Scorecard

Ship Inn C.C. v Dunfermline Carnegie Cricket Club Carnegie Centenary XI on Sun 28 Jun 2009 at 14.00
Dunfermline Carnegie Cricket Club Lost Ship Inn win

Match report Before you read further, a couple of disclaimers

1. I dont have the book so this is done by memory
2. My memory is not so great due to the amount of Belhaven Best I drank

A bus full of Carnegie members, family and friends were joined by many friends of the club as Carnegie arrived at the beautiful Ship Inn and Elie beach

The players were greeted by Richard Philip, owner and captain of Ship Inn C.C. Richard is a clever man, and his first words to arriving Carnegie players was "free Belhaven beer there boys, get tucked into your hearts content". Game over!

Meanwhile, Carnegie WAGS got fired into the barbecue and Wolfblass on offer and found a perch on the Ship Inn's fantastic beer garden balcony overlooking the cricket pitch as Ship Inn players completed pre match preparations by rolling the wicket

A toss of sorts was conducted and Carnegie were asked to bowl first. A "wind ball" was used to give bounce and Nelly was asked to open the bowling into a big crowd

The format of the game was 30 overs a side, with a maximum of 3 overs per bowler. This gave everyone a chance to bat and bowl.

With a man of the match prize of a magnum of Wolfblass, and champagne for anyone hitting a six into the beer garden, all players were keen to play their best.

Nelly first over was a bit mixed, but only went for one run. Bongo came on from the sea end, and the batsmen seemed to like his pace and he went for a boundary.

Bob had elected not to wear wicket keeper gloves, given the soft ball, and for the first two overs, appeared to have forgotten his hands too, as a few byes were lost.

At the end of the 3rd over, Nelly got a cheer when he clean bowled the Ship Inn opener.

Pikey came on, and bowled a tight opening two overs, before dropping a great caught and bowled chance and conceding a few in his final over.

Fielding was proving a problem, with the wind ball swinging in the air, and bouncing irregulary off the beach. A major trouble point was near the beach wall, where the unlucky fielder had to stand in water to protect the boundary.

I think it was Kev and Monty on next from the "pub end", and they tried to get the wind ball to spin. Both bowled very well, and Carnegie were fielding well and Hunter had found his hands and started to keep well.

Owen replaced Pike at the "sea end" and after a couple of looseners, picked up a wicket to please the crowd. Pike defied his years at mid off to take a great catch.

Big Kev has never been one to shy from the crowds, so he then took an amazing diving catch of a steepling shot at long on. "This is what we paid to see" the crowd chanted.

Carnegie were heavily on top, bowling well, and fielding great. We needed to make a game of it, so Stevie Hunter was brought on from the "pub end" and bowled two overs of balls that didnt pitch to be hit for countless sixes to bring the crowd to life - "the full tosser" - gave Ship Inn a sporting chance.

Matty "king of spain" Lafferty was next on from the "sea end", and what a change of plan it proved to be! Philip Jnr of Ship Inn hit a lofty drive to long on off Matty's first ball's 2nd bounce, and Nelly took a safe catch right on the boundary to give Lafferty his wicket.

This brought Richard Philip to the wicket, and Lafferty delighted the Ship Inn players and staff by bowling a flighty doosra that teased Richard into lifting the ball to a gleeful Monty at fine leg who reliably took the catch

Richard took the walk of shame off the beach, only to be encountered by his team mates on the balcony with a chorus of "quack, quack, quack" which brought laughter from the crowd.

Lafferty's first over was a double wicket maiden, and after such an emotional high, he finished with fine bowling figures from his 3 overs.

The Don was next on from the "pub end" and after a shaky start, his line and length brought him a wicket, trusty Monty again taking his 2nd catch of the match.

Mitch relied his "senior players to take responsibility" for the death overs, and utilised himself, Nelly and Ally for the final 4.

Ship Inn had brought in the Heriots captain, and he started to show his class with reverse sweeps, and classy boundaries.

Mitch picked up a wicket, and Ship Inn picked off a lot of runs in the last few overs to finish up on 189 for 8 (I think)

Tea was taken, and again, captain Philip utilised his "tactics" to full effecty by putting on a fantastic lunch that Carnegie perhaps over enjoyed!

Mitch and Matty opened the batting for Carnegie in front of a "well fired" crowd who were keen for more fireworks.

Batting on a beach was certainly different to batting on flat grass wickets such as Pitreavie, and both started watchfully, and used their speed to accumulate runs

In the fourth over, Mitch went for a lofty drive, but did noty fully connect and was caught at mid off. Carnegie were 13 for 1

Carnegie were soon 14 for 4!

First Pikey rocked back to a full ball and was bowled for a duck

A nervy Carnegie gallery debated whether to "follow suit" and berate their chairman with a torrade of "quacks". We went for it, and Pike took it well.

13 for 2 - ok, relax, Bongo's in next

Bongo went in looking to score, and after sneaking a single, tried to claim his champagne with a six into the crowd. Instead, he fell thanks to an awesome flying catch by mid off.

13 for 3 - crikey

Kev was in at 5, and he went for it as only he can. Straight to cover. Quack quack, and the big man enters the race for the pond.

14 for 3 - close your eyes, its Nelly next - pond race leader!

Nelly came into join Matty, and after an unconfident start pushed a single to a large cheer from Carnegie, and the crowd put their car keys back in their pocket.

Laffery and Nelly started to build a partnserhip and give Carnegie's innings some stability. Lafferty was flicking the ball about with ease, and Carnegie began to pick up some fast run singles.

Nelly was getting into it, and managed to hit Carnegie's first boundary, by connecting well to a long hop and clearing the boundary for a 6!

Many cheers from the crowd and the balcony as Carnegie passed 50.

Nelly then tried to dampen the spirits of the day by running straight through an umpire whilst stealing a quick signal. This caused the umpire to hit the ground hard. Initial laughter quickly turned to concern as the semi conscious umpire took a few minutes to get up. Christ, I thought I had killed him!

Matty fell for 17, and Don joined Nelly. He started confidently, and whacked a few runs.

Nelly got another boundary before falling for 18 (top score!) when playing a bad shot.

Carnegie were 60 odds for 5, but many overs were bowled, and we were happy to have made a day of it.

Monty came in, and althought he took a while to learn to wait for it, snuck a few runs to large cheers.

Mood was high on the balcony, as the Belhaven continued to flow.

When Don fell, Owen did soon after, and he was the foutth player of the day to get the tirades of "quack, quack, quack" from the balcony.

Stevie was looking to recoup his bowling runs, and hit a lovely shot to get off the mark.

Sadly, getting "off the mark" is a tough thing for a Hunter, as he was soon run out!

Last man was Bob Hunter, and he hit his first ball for a four to great acclaim from the large crowd

Bob looked in great nick, before getting run out.

Rumours are abound that this week both Hunters were receiving running coaching from Colin Jackson!

Carnegie were (around) 90 all out in just under 30 overs.

Smiles all round as both teams left the field of play to loud applause from the crowd

A presentation took place on the balcony where the Ship Inn player who got a 50, received the MOM prize for his 50

Mitch presented Richard Philip with a Carnegie tie and Centenary programme as thanks for the brilliant day he had provided for us

With the bus booked for a 9pm return, this left 3 hours of socialising in which we:

* drunk gallons of beer (special thanks to Willie Honeyford for his barmaid skills "hold your glass straight")

* eat some food (fantastic fish and chips)

* sung happy birthday to Lynsey and ate some cake

* presented Champagne moment to Nelly for almost killing the umpire

Memories then start to fade quickly for the remainder of the evening!

What a brilliant day


Ship Inn C.C. Batting
189 for 8
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Dunfermline Carnegie Cricket Club Carnegie Centenary XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Niall Walker3.0015115.005.00
Ally Cameron3.002500.008.33
Martin Honeyford3.001100.003.67
Monty Urolagin3.001900.006.33
Owen Goody2.0016116.008.00
Steven Hunter 2.003600.0018.00
David Mitchell3.002300.007.67
Kevin Ross3.01212.000.67
Matthew Lafferty3.011628.005.33
Michael Hunter2.00900.004.50
Donald Walley3.00919.003.00

Dunfermline Carnegie Cricket Club Carnegie Centenary XI Batting
90 for 10
Player Name RunsCatchesStumpingsRun outs
Matthew Lafferty Caught  17 1
David Mitchell Caught  4
Martin Honeyford Bowled  0 1
Ally Cameron Caught  1
Kevin Ross Caught  0
Niall Walker Caught  18 1
Donald Walley Caught  7
Monty Urolagin Not Out  11 2
Owen Goody Bowled  0
Steven Hunter Run out  1
Michael Hunter Run out  10

Ship Inn C.C. Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
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