Wot no Beer !

We may be used to playing The Didcot IV, but were rather surprised when The Brewery turned up with just 4 players & no beer; the lack of players would have been acceptable if the beer had materialised. Anyway, charitable sorts that we are, we found them some spares, including a budding, if rather scruffy, Worcestershire player, named Macdonald, a scruffy amateur, called Templeman , and a Welsh import called Mowie- collectively known as "scabs". Our application for charitable status is now quite advanced, following loose bowling and slack fielding;at least the jug count was rising faster than the barometer reading, which was steadfastly stuck in November. Will was dropped twice, and was involved in at least 2 run outs as he strolled the required 22 yards. His cricketing aspirations should perhaps be revised, and a place in Lea & Perrins 2nd XI would seem appropriate, on this showing. A quick mention for Nige, who fielded frenetically, as if he was on speed, and Fuz, who actually was on speed, while the rest of us stuck with valium overdoses. A large total off 15 overs, which I can't recall, always looked beyond us, with their star bowler "Smelly Kelly" being particularly economical. Sam had invested in a new "woodworm" bat, which unfortunately lived up to its name and fell to bits in his hands, and Fuz tried to entertain us with a couple of sixes, but finally the valium prevailed, and we all adjourned to the pub, to drink anything but White Horse.