2006/07 Annual Report - Melbourne Cricket Club

MCC XXIX CLUB v VIGNERONS XIPlayed at: Albert Ground on December 10, 2006MCC XXIX CLUB8/213 (36.2 OVERS)DEFEATEDVIGNERONS XI8/212 cc (42 OVERS)BATTING BOWLING BATTING BOWLINGB Stahmer 21 J Mann 40 0/38 (6)T Lamb 33 G Thomson 0M Langley 19 0/20 (3) G Stirling 58 RetT Norton 9 0/13 (3) P Joiner 39 0/23 (6)S Stockdale 4 D Cowburn 32 0/22 (3)P Khan 1 0/33 (5) G Burge 20D Broad 45 1/18 (4) G Baldwin 17A Fidler 50 Ret 2/18 (7) D Neal 0 4/42 (7)M McCarthy 13 n.o. 0/21 (7) J Oliver 1 2/29 (6)G Fidler 0 n.o. 1/31 (6) M Arney 0 1/36 (7)M Butler DNB 1/53 (7) J Baxter DNB 0/7 (1.2)Sundries 18 Sundries 5Umpires:Scorer:Brian Robertson, Adrian CrawleyBarrie HopkinsThe XXIX Club were very keen to play this game and atone for last year’s loss. The Vignerons, again ledby Jeremy Oliver, had travelled from far and wide to take up the battle on the Albert Ground.We won the toss and decided to field first (Bill Stahmer’s idea to maybe sample some of the Vigneron’soffering while we were batting later in the day). This decision backfired somewhat as we fielded in thehottest part of the day (I think it got to 40 degrees C) and then a cool change came just as we werefinishing our bowling stint.Mick McCarthy and Geoff Fidler’s nephew, Adrian Fidler, opened the bowling and were both veryeconomical. Most of the Vignerons’ top order did well with the bat except for danger man GlennThomson who was bowled for a duck by Adrian. The Vignerons finished at a very competitive 8/212.Bill and Troy Lamb got us off to a good start, which was imperative for the run chase. There may havebeen some talk out in the middle as it appeared that Bill was given a good ‘send off’ from Jeremy Oliverwhen he eventually took his wicket. Our middle order was kept quiet by some excellent spin bowling byDoug Neal and the danger man Max Arney who had taken five wickets against us in the correspondingmatch last year. Warney and MacGill have started something, I think; it is great to see two top classleggies bowling at the same time. Luckily your correspondent and Adrian Fidler, having a great match,made a few runs and with the help of Mick McCarthy the XXIX Club got over the line with 8/213.Thanks to Brian Robertson and Adrian Crawley for umpiring and to Barrie Hopkins for scoring duties inthe hot box. Also thanks to Barrie and Manager-Operations Bill Stahmer for their work on the aftermatch BBQ that was washed down with some magnificent offeringsfrom the Vignerons.Many thanks to the Vignerons for taking up the challenge. Many ofthem had travelled great distances to play the game and the winetasting after the match was truly superb this year. We look forwardto next year’s battle.David BroadManager11