Club Cricket de l'Oust

CLUB CRICKET de L'OUST vs CENTRAL BRITTANY CRICKET CLUB

(Jack Thompson Memorial trophy 20/20 Match)

Match Summary

Central Brittany : 77 all out off 20 overs

Club Cricket de l'Oust : 78 for 4 off 16 overs

CLUB CRICKET DE L'OUST WON BY 6 WICKETS

Weather : Hot and sunny

This game was the first one ever played at Josselin, and our thanks are due to the Josselin Mairie for permission to use the pitch.

The game was played in memory of Jack Thompson, one of de l'Oust's founder members, who very sadly passed away last year. However, we were delighted to welcome Jack's wife Maree as our guest of honour for the day. There was a very good turnout in support of Jack by many of his friends, which made for a great atmosphere.

We played a 20/20 match for the Jack Thompson Memorial Trophy, which both teams had paid towards, and which will hopefully become an annual challenge between the two teams.

De l'Oust won the toss and put CBCC into bat. They made a very lively start and after just 4 overs had scored 34 runs; but again with the DLO fielders and bowlers playing with great accuracy CBCC were all out for 77 in their final over.

Pick of the bowlers were Tim Harrington with 3 for 24, skipper Matt Powell with 2 for 11 and Alan Cook with 2 for 18. However the star bowler was Jack's brother Ron who only bowled 4 balls but took 2 wickets for just one run to finish off the CBCC innings. A really great effort - only Lee Snelling (18) and Stuart Nicholls (25) reached double figures for the visitors.

In reply DLO scored 38 in 7 overs before the first wicket fell. 3 more wickets fell, but with the score on 60 for 4 matt Powell and Alan Cook guided DLO to a comfortable victory with an 18 run partnership.

All 6 DLO batsmen contributed, with Tim Harrington top scoring on 17 Matt Powell scoring 15* and Jon Ward 10.

Our thanks to CBCC for an excellent game played in a great spirit; a wonderful tribute to Jack Thompson.

We must also offer a huge debt of thanks to Trudie, Kev, Sophie and Alex for all their work in the buvette, as well as Dave Coe, Pierrot and Gaetan for running the barbeque, and all the other wives and friends who contributed to a great day out. THANKS!