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If the Cowfolk are doing it, this is where it’s at…
Cup Glory
Ev reports thus:
End Of An Era
The End of an Era.
Its all a bit last minute but Kaz and Otam who have been landlords of the Plough for 10 years are about to leave and their throwing a party this weekend.
They want to thank you one and all for your continued support.
Zero One sound system will be bringing a plethora of djs to get the party bumping.
Friday Night, Satday night, and Sunday
Nice lights n decor.
Come and show the guys your support.
They have been terrific.
Match Report
Dunc’s report on the Sunday 1st Team game reads thus:
At long long last, the cricket season had become a reality by the 2nd weekend in May. I was beginning to ponder the notion of getting through to June without so much as a soggy squib of a start. But no, the erstwhile timid sun roared out as if it had never been away and the Sunday 1sts meandered into the field, Bolts having won the toss on what was expected to be a tricky batting track.
An early wicket LBW (!!!!) to Omar who also ensured a slow scoring rate from Stothert and Pitt made sense of this decision, but a correct, skilled and clever number three soon began to build a very good partnership via cuts and well timed pushes. The early inroad was not followed up, mainly due to the good batting but unfortunately down to a drop by Andy C., obviously distracted if not terrified by Martin’s exceedingly loud and historically premature celebration. The fielding had been of a decent standard though not stunning. Bowling likewise by the unfortunate but steady Martin, brisk medium paced Andy C., unusually unsuccessful Mark W and VC Deano. Until, that is, RT2 started a second spell which ripped through the middle order consisting mainly of nervous looking yoofs. But an old and familiar cricketing story of a big hitting no 8 began to rear it’s ugly head after this burst of Cowboy dominance, also including Jonsey’s LBW wicket (HUZZAH! HUZZAH!).
5×6’s and 5×4’s plus a few dodgy singles later, the S&P innings had waded through 8 different bowlers, accumulating a rather larger than expected 237 on what was actually a good batting wicket. Hmmmmm??
S&P then stuffed 90% of the sandwiches before we got a look in, leaving the munchy-attacked smoking latecomers somewhat bereft of sustenance, much to their annoyance. Meanwhile, Man City had bought the Premiership title for a few hundred million quid.
And so to the Cowboy reply. Slow starts are not always bad, even chasing high totals. However, this one was. The usual Bolts and Justin duo was swiftly broken, leaving the skipper to bat very briefly with Mark W, who then chopped a slightly wide ball onto his off stump. Your correspondent wasn’t really ready to bat this early despite 8 months of waiting. After a steady but slow short partnership, the inevitable daft run out situation left one batman 5 yards short of his ground (humph) and one wincing at the debacle over his shoulder. A steady flow of wickets, Bolts for 34, Jonathon for 2 and Rob for 9, fell. But amongst all this rather depressing news, a ray of light. The flashing if unconventionally held blade of Omar Miakhill. 31 from 18 balls, mainly over a back-pedalling and surprised covers field gave the rest of us something to cheer sarcastically about. And cheer sarcastically we did until Omar’s stumps were uprooted, whereupon we all lost heart and found solace in whatever alcohol we could blag off the guilty captain.
After some stout but obviously doomed resistance from Andy and Gretch, Martin and Dean were but lambs to the slaying stone. The Cowboys had slumped to a moderately dreadful 109 a.o.
Still, it was a lovely day out from under one’s partner’s feet, a pint at the Plough was duly chugged upon. MOM (Omar I think)/cider moment (Martin’s yelling I believe) votes were cast amid the strains of old reggae and the stories from our similarly unsuccessful buddies from the Sunday seconds.
Roll on next week, unbridled success, and all the painful bruising both psychological and physical it will no doubt bring us.
Don’t Forget The Euros
Don’t for get to enter the Euro perdict-a-score. You can download the entry form here: Easton Cowboys Euro 2012 – pdf or Easton Cowboys Euro 2012 – .doc
Here Comes The Sun
12/05/2012
The Saturday Team beat Timsbury 3rds by 8 wickets. They got 99 in 31 overs with Windypops bowling 8-3-15-1 and Uberpops bowling 5-0-10-3. In reply Ev battened down the hatches with 15 off 41 balls and Kahlu baton charged the bowling hitting 57 off just 38 balls. It was all over in 28.1 overs.
Ev reports thus:
With our home ground at Winford unpreparable due to weeks of constant rain this match was cancelled on thursday. However our opposition kindly agreed to play the fixture at their place and a team, and a tea, was hastily reassembled for the first league game of the year in warm spring sunshine.
Following a lucky guess of heads Timsbury were inserted on a pudding like wicket and bowled out for just 99 in 31 overs, with SteveO returning the best figures of 3-10, swinging the ball extravagantly. All the bowlers bowled well, so well in fact that Kalu, Iggy and Evan were not required to take the ball.
Ben and Justin opened proceedings in the Cowboys innings, collecting runs cautiously until Justin was caught at backward square in the 6th over for 5. Ben continued looking solid and taking ones and twos, and defending well as the ball was coming off the pitch slowly. Evan took 18 balls and half an hour to get off the mark in a bid to bore the opposition into submission.
When Ben pulled one hard straight to square leg Cowboys were 27 for 2 on a dodgy wicket. Surely time to consolidate? – apparently not – Kalus first words to skipper Evan when he arrived at the crease were “lets finish this now”.
Kalu then threw the bat wildly at every ball he faced (with the exception of one or two utterly incongruous forward defensive shots) , and bludgeoned his way to 57 not out winning the game, the Man of the Match award and the Amontillado Moment with a straight 6!
Easton Cowboys won by 8 wickets.
13/05/2012
The Sunday 1st Team lost to Stothert & Pitt CC 3rds by 129 runs. They hit an impressive 237 on what must have been a fairly sticky wicket. BobT2 bowled 8-1-43-3. In reply we mustered a measly 108, with Ned getting 34 and Omar getting 31.
In what looks like an odd game the Sunday 2nd Team lost to Bristol Lions CC by 118 runs. The foe hit 164 with Wayne and DC2 both getting 4 wickets each (yeah, go DC you are in my fantasy team). The openers got 79 and then the middle order collapsed before number 8 hit 40. In reply our boys could only manage 46 with Fat Boy top scoring with 17 batting at number 9 and 5 players getting ducks.
This Belongs In A Museum
And indeed it is in a museum. The M-Shed is running an exhibition from 22 May to 9 Sept called Bristol Urban Sport. What is even more exciting is that Uberpops has got the Cowboys & Cowgirls memorabilia included in the exhibits. It will be very sporting and indeed very urban, so pop along and have a butchers, or indeed an urban butchers. You can download the full sized pdf flyer here.
The Cabinate
Uberpops has been crawling through the archive again and photogrpahing a load of old… trophies. Have a look on his photoblog to see the full collection.
Lunatics’ Clubhouse
The Hairy Turk reported thus on the messageboard.
I’m sure you’re all doing well getting the tournament going. If you check the link down here the first 9 pics were taken at the opening of the Lunatics Clubhouse, last night, in my garden. Quite a few Cowfolk memorabilia on show ;o)
http://www.flickr.com:80/photos/the_hairy_turk/
Not planning a shave in the near future so won’t be going the Olympics. Saving up for Berrow.
A Result
03/5/12
Netball report thus:
The 6’s had there last match of the season but were beaten by a strong Novers team 24-42. Mare got player from them and Emma from us. Thanks for all the supporter’s that came to cheer us on, twas nice! xx
Two out of the three cricket games for the weekend are already off due to the weather, the third is sure to follow 🙁