[themaclad]

https://www.palaceshieldcricket.co.uk/in...ivision-6s

The end is almost nigh the last match is this Saturday although that could depend on the impending demise of Her Majesty.

This was a clos game although the scores do not reflect it, lost the toss and put in. A steady trickle of wickets on an odd feeling surface felt like a bed of straw, highest partnership was 13 between myself and Neil Hankey although we were helped by a shed load of wides from Oliver Szigeti, faced most of his bowling hard work batting when you don't know which area of the square he will pitch it, in my case he bowled me which reunited with earth when it hit the wicket, possible no ball for height not given. Hankey made 21 being given out caught of the arm.
Newcombe took 5-12 apparently he's only 12 We were all out for 57 about 20 runs short given what happened next.
The only innings of note from the opposition was from Chris Duffield who made 31 and saw them home. Duffers until two weeks before the season started was our Chairman and second team captain, left the club after failing to be informed that we had opened merger talks with local club Fylde.
Mistakes were made but they were not insurmountable but off he trotted, got history he disapeared half way through a season a couple of years ago
To make matters worse we dropped him three times, probably may have won the game but he saw them to victory, wasn't easy probably one of our best battling performances of the season
As stated last game this season Vernon Carus 3rds Flintoff's team none of those lads will be playing but hey we got a refurb pavillion out of it