Tour 2000 Report - the very hot weekend of 16-17-18-19 June    Not so much a report, more unadulterated ramblings

"AFTER ALL, that is why I loved my team so much - not only for the joy in victory, but also for the stupid desire to cry on evenings when we had lost." Not, in fact, the thoughts of a disconsolate Salix player, making his way home after his team had met its Waterloo in sunny Kent.

No, they are the words of a French goalkeeper called Albert Camus, all goalkeepers being at heart existentialist philosophers. And he admits that, yes, you do love a thing that brings you pain and misery. You would hardly trouble with it, if it did not.

The Team prior to the Longport Game

In honour of Andy Foster, we hereby publish these two photos:  the swordsman	and the Monkeys forehead.   No idea why, really	Sherwin Williams bat Handle	Chaucer hotel

 

The tour was in Kent, where they grow hops, which we drank.

We stayed at the Chaucer hotel, centrally located for the town and for the decorators. The worlds smallest rooms were, however, very cheap. A couple of tour members disliked the hotel so they stayed out all night. Or perhaps there was another reason?

We played:

• Nonington CC (lost)
• Beltinge CC (drew)
• Choughs CC (er, lost)
• Longfleet CC (well, guess..)

and saw  some beautiful grounds. We recommend you visit the website of one of the oldest grounds in the country , where we played and lost www.choughs.co.uk 

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Who Played	some comments from Fletch
Rich Winter	no Hawaiian shirt in evidence but showed evidence of more than one stroke
Mark Rodbert	Father of the team
Andy Bush	Winner of worst shirt competition, but lost out in the monkeys forehead stakes
Andy Foster	name now changed to Swordsman Foster
Steve Jacobs	Is that mobile permanently glued in his ear
Simon Curtis	Steady, but greying slightly
Neil Clark	We missed the funny trousers
Fletch	Fat bloke, easily injured
Dominic Guinness	Didn't bother to come, citing pressure of work
Charles Hewitt	His Captaincy has matured with age, like a Beaujolais Noveau
Andy Shilling	Lurched into majestic action, but easily injured
John Lock	Chick issues kept him away
Jay Sharma	Likely to be our new man in the States just as he was getting broken in
Fred Maroudas	Chazza shoes are big to fill, but Fred showed us his size 12's
Craig Brown	or Hat Trick Craig as we now know him
Richard Cox	Hefty does of Sanatogen kept him nimble and scoring
Dave Henig	Our man in a crisis, fueled by greasy breakfasts

 

How fast does the Clarkster bowl?

This blurry shot of the Clarkster at full whack is a video still.  According to my state of the art ClarksterCam, it takes 0.83 seconds for the ball to leave his hand before being whacked for 4.  This is a distance of around 19 yards, so a little arithmetic shows us that the ball is travelling at 46 miles per hour. Give or take.

Next week we submit Andy Bush to the Machometer and time Fletch with a sand glass

We had an excellent visit to the Salix Bat factory (and Andy Bush and Andy Shilling both bought one). 

 

 

 

 

The Team	The Team	The Team	Clarkster says "What's a bat?"
At Salix Bats	Making the Sherwin Bat	Chazza picks one	Has it got a edge he asks
Andy picks one (then pays)	worst Shirt contest winner	Simon and Richard arrive on tour	Captain Chazza shows his true feelings
Andy Shilling tests the wicket (like it matters)	Fletch hits a 4 (rare event)	Fletch hits 50 (very rare event)	Showers at the Choughs - unchanged since 1762
The Lads relax	The Clarkster in Action	Whoops	Rich womans house. Rented from a brewery
Fred dives. Fred drops. Fred catches 2nd time. Bushy cheers	Wincarnis works wonders. Richard bowls a leggy	The Foster Arse	Delicately, Andy Shilling plays a classic on drive (sorry, wrong caption)

Salix CC versus Nonington at Fredville Park on 15-06-2000 (25 Over Game) Salix CC (batting first) 129 for 3 off 25 overs Match Won Nonington 111 for 6 off 25 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Richard Winter 1 Bowled 2. Neil Clark 29 Caught & Bowled 3. Andy Bush 50 Retired 4. Richard Cox 18 Not Out 5. Tony Fletcher 13 Caught 6. Mark Rodbert 2 Not Out 7. Charlie Hewitt 0 Did Not Bat 8. Andy Foster 0 Did Not Bat 9. Simon Curtis 0 Did Not Bat 10. Unknown Ringer 0 Did Not Bat 11. Steve Jacobs 0 Did Not Bat Extras 16 Total 129		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Andy Bush 5 0 17 0 - - 3.40 2. Steve Jacobs 5 1 27 2 13.50 15.00 5.40 3. Simon Curtis 4 1 13 1 13.00 24.00 3.25 4. Neil Clark 3 0 17 2 8.50 9.00 5.67 5. Unknown Ringer 2 0 8 0 - - 4.00 6. Richard Cox 3 0 8 1 8.00 18.00 2.67 7. Charlie Hewitt 2 0 30 0 - - 15.00 8. Andy Foster 1 0 13 1 13.00 6.00 13.00
		Andy Bush 1 catch Neil Clark 1 catch Tony Fletcher 1 catch Andy Foster 1 catch Mark Rodbert 1 catch Tony Fletcher 1 drop Richard Winter 1 drop

Salix CC versus Beltinge CC at Beltinge on 16-06-2000 (Timed Game) Salix CC (batting second) 130 for 9 off 38 overs Match Drawn Beltinge CC 183 for 9 off 29 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Neil Clark 8 Caught 2. Richard Winter 6 Caught 3. Tony Fletcher 54 Caught 4. Charlie Hewitt 4 Bowled 5. Jay Sharma 12 LBW 6. Andy Foster 8 Bowled 7. Andy Bush 0 Bowled 8. Andy Shilling 4 Caught 9. Craig Brown 13 Not Out 10. Richard Cox 0 Bowled 11. Steve Jacobs 2 Not Out Extras 19 Total 130		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Steve Jacobs 8 0 43 2 21.50 24.00 5.38 2. Andy Shilling 5 0 52 1 52.00 30.00 10.40 3. Richard Cox 2 0 19 0 - - 9.50 4. Craig Brown 7 0 30 2 15.00 21.00 4.29 5. Andy Bush 7 1 35 3 11.67 14.00 5.00
		Andy Foster 2 catches Jay Sharma 1 catch Andy Foster 1 drop

Salix CC versus Choughs at Canterbury on 17-06-2000 (25 Over Game) Salix CC (batting first) 114 for 9 off 30 overs Match Lost Choughs 118 for 5 off 29.1 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Fred Maroudas 1 Caught 2. Andy Shilling 20 Bowled 3. Jay Sharma 0 Caught & Bowled 4. Mark Rodbert 1 Run Out 5. Richard Cox 4 Bowled 6. Richard Winter 12 Bowled 7. Charlie Hewitt 12 Caught 8. Andy Bush 27 Not Out 9. Andy Foster 10 Run Out 10. Simon Curtis 0 Bowled 11. Neil Clark 1 Not Out Extras 26 Total 114		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Neil Clark 5 1 10 1 10.00 30.00 2.00 2. Simon Curtis 5 0 21 2 10.50 15.00 4.20 3. Andy Bush 5 0 16 1 16.00 30.00 3.20 4. Charlie Hewitt 5 0 22 0 - - 4.40 5. Richard Cox 4.1 0 27 0 - - 6.48 6. Jay Sharma 5 1 15 1 15.00 30.00 3.00
		Fred Maroudas 2 catches Andy Shilling 1 catch Richard Winter 3 drops Neil Clark 1 drop Charlie Hewitt 1 drop

Salix CC versus Longport at Herne Village on 18-06-2000 (35 Over Game) Salix CC (batting second) 118 all out off 0 overs Match Lost Longport 120 for 6 off 26.1 overs
No Player Score How Out 1. Craig Brown 26 Run Out 2. Richard Winter 25 Caught 3. Andy Foster 16 LBW 4. Mark Rodbert 3 Run Out 5. Neil Clark 12 Bowled 6. Andy Bush 0 Bowled 7. Jay Sharma 15 Run Out 8. Fred Maroudas 0 Caught 9. Dave Henig 5 Bowled 10. Richard Cox 3 Not Out 11. Steve Jacobs 0 Bowled Extras 13 Total 118		No. Player Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Ave SR Econ 1. Andy Bush 7 2 22 0 - - 3.14 2. Neil Clark 6 1 20 1 20.00 36.00 3.33 3. Jay Sharma 1 0 17 0 - - 17.00 4. Steve Jacobs 6.1 1 38 1 38.00 37.00 6.16 5. Craig Brown 6 1 16 4 4.00 9.00 2.67
		Andy Foster 1 catch Richard Winter 1 catch Craig Brown 1 drop Steve Jacobs 1 drop