The leaves fall..: Gents of West London 19 Sept 2004
Report by: Me

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: It was an Autumnal day as we convened at the unheard hour of noon for the last game of the season (well all except The German who was operating on European time).

Cap'n Ben won the toss and put the Salixites into bat on a rather damp and dead, leaf strewn, wicket. A bad choice as it turned out - the afternoon got windier and sunnier and the pitch dried out to favour the bowlers. But hey, are we weather men? I don't think so. And so commenced one of the lowest scoring games we have played for a long while.

Tight bowling and runs mainly in singles saw the team edge very slowly along. Cap'n Ben, opening, stayed around a while. The lower order had a thrash and alas poor Warrick, we knew him well, had a bit of shocker Golden. And so to tea, where young Ollie (3) and New Dom (104) shared a birthday cake as the Ryder Cup flickered on the screen.

And then to bat with CK1 reminding us why he got the Bowling Excellence award and the rest of the bowlers being mean and on a line. But sadly 109 was not a defensible total and the Gents hit the winner with 7 overs to spare. And thus it was to the Bridge Hotel for a swiftly (They're on me lads, cried New Dom as the Salixites collectively swooned).

And so another summer, finished as it started. Roll on 2005

Salix CC versus Gents of West London at Glaxo on 19-09-2004 (35 Over Game) Salix CC (batting second) 109 all out off 33 overs Match Lost Gents of West London 111 for 5 off 28 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Dominic Spillane 8 Run Out 2. Ben Shaw 28 Caught 3. Andy Rayner 5 Caught 4. Roger Heaton 4 LBW 5. Warrick Cumming 0 Caught 6. Christy Kulasingam 6 Caught 7. Adam Darling 12 Caught 8. Tony Fletcher 11 Caught 9. Rajeev Sanwalka 5 Run Out 10. Toby Lewis 0 Not Out 11. Steve Jacobs 4 Bowled Extras 26 Total 109		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Christy Kulasingam 7 1 25 3 8.33 14.00 3.57 2. Steve Jacobs 4 0 16 0 - - 4.00 3. Warrick Cumming 6 0 14 1 14.00 36.00 2.33 4. Roger Heaton 5 0 14 0 - - 2.80 5. Rajeev Sanwalka 4 0 16 1 16.00 24.00 4.00 6. Adam Darling 2 0 11 0 - - 5.50
		Warrick Cumming 1 catch Dominic Spillane 1 catch Warrick Cumming 1 drop Adam Darling 1 drop Steve Jacobs 1 drop Ben Shaw 1 drop

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