lift the cup !
Congatulations to Johnny Y & his team for thrashing Brightwell and bringing back the Anniversary Cup to The Bear.
Even more meritoriously, this was achieved without the services of our 23rd man- Bomber.
JY has promised to provide the detail of how this glorious victory was achieved..................................
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Well, where to start! With the so called first team otherwise engaged at the old homestead playing some west end girls in search of glory, a makeshift team was sent to Brightwell to play in the inaugural anniversary cup. Crusties were coaxed out of retirement and boys skipped sunday school! Brightwell could hardly contain their delight at the appearance this rag tag outfit and with Simon (badger hair) winning the toss, they thought that they were set for the perfect day. Unfortunately for Brightwell it all went downhill from there. They duly put Moreton in, expecting to rattle us all out and get down the R** L*** for the BBQ (which I might add isn't a patch on the fodder served at The Bear!).What they hadn't bargained on was Percy and Rick(combined age 179) putting on over a hundred for the first wicket and backed up with some clever batting from newcomer Rowan the mighty Moreton Bears posted a very healthy 164 for 4. After a brief interlude where we were expected to pay for a cup of tea,(tight sods!) the Brightwell Lionesses began their reply. Swagger and Percy opened the bowling and whilst keeping it fairly tight couldn't make the early breakthrough which is so much a feature of the Moreton attack.Brightwell reached 120 for 1 and needing just 9 an over from the last 5 overs they made the fatal mistake of making the boy Cross, cross!! Two mistakes in the outfield from Nic leading to caps and sunglasses being thrown asunder,expletives echoing around south oxfordshire and two extra runs to the opposition meant that we Bears had a real live grizzly on our side! Swagger pulled the angry young man/bear to one side, gave him the ball and told him to go win us the game. This he duly did, backed up with some fine bowling from Percy and Wicksy and finished with match winning figures of 4-14! The Moreton Bears then proudly picked up the trophy,paraded it around the R** L*** and promptly left for a triumphant return to The Bear just in time to watch the so called first team lose and to get drunk and take the piss out of Number 23 Bomber! What a wonderful sunday afternoon................
Swagger was so 'emotional' after the game he spent £60 calling me in Portugal to re-count the whole sordid tale - fantastic story. Poor old Bomb.
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