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GREAT BRITAIN TRANSPLANT CRICKET CLUB

David Hookes Memorial Trophy Series

 GBTCC v Australia

 Percy Main Cricket Club:     9th - 10th July 2006
2 Day Game - Minimum of 90 overs per day.

The Australians had arrived safely in England and following an action packed week in London had eventually arrived in my beloved north east of England.   Some were staying in Newcastle hotels but the majority of players and  their wives would enjoy the delights of Whitley Bay and Tynemouth for the next seven days.    I think they were pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the coast in my little corner of the world, even if the surf in Tynemouth was non existent during their stay.  

The weather was set fair after some overnight rain, but the wicket had been covered and whoever won the toss would have the advantage.   Australia won the toss and elected to bat:-

ATCC - 1st Innings

Bowling:

The Australians used up 75 overs grinding out a total of 221 and kept us in the field for the best part of a hot day.   They set their stall out very clearly and were not going to give up the trophy easily.   Nick Harris,  Phil Walker and Michael Campbell-Jones all batted very well.   Chris Wills was run out brilliantly by Ian Hillier without scoring and we would pay dearly for this as the series progressed.

Phil posted the highest score so far (78) in the competition.    This was simply an early indication of what was to come in this record breaking series.    Alistair Hedderwick took the first 'five for' on English soil and all the other bowlers bowled very tidily.

For the record:   
Nick Harris c Alex Chillcott b Matt Coombes was the first wicket to fall in England.

GBTCC -1st Innings

Bowling:

Chris Wills made amends for his duck by bagging a six wicket haul, another first.   Dave Parker scored the first fifty (67) by an Englishman and the middle order provided him with good support.   Alex Chillcott provided a glimpse of his power but was brilliantly caught by super sub Damian Lentell on the boundary.   A deficit of 30 on first innings.   Will the Aussies go for the win?

ATCC - 2nd Innings

Nick Pomone fielded as sub in both innings.

Bowling:

Nick and Chris both batted with power and the scoring rate was an improvement on the first innings, but inexplicably the tail used up a lot of overs with no apparent urgency.      

I took my fourth wicket of the innings and the declaration eventually came but there were only 22 overs of the match remaining.   Surely a draw was the only result?

GBTCC - 2nd Innings

Bowling:

Chris Wills took his match figures to a magnificent 10 - 78, another first in the competition's short history.   Dave Parker, coming in lower down the order, passed 100 runs for the match and he and Alistair saw out the draw with ease.

Result: Match Drawn       Series:   GBTCC 0 - 0 ATCC

Men of the match -  Dave Parker (GBTCC) / Chris Wills (Australia)    Pictured below:

Umpires:   Alan Howe (Eng) &  Mike McLean* (Eng)                           
                   *Mike had a liver transplant four years ago.    Pictured above.

Official Scorer:   Howard Watts (Australia)

Summary:  

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