KING'S ROAD CRICKET AND SOCIAL CLUB

Yip-pee! Captain Brown opens account with Wonder of Wandsworth

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Now, A haiku, from Peter Jackson Eastwood:

Troopers excited,
The season curtain raiser,
Would rain scupper it?

Cocken less than pleased,
But Christopher adamant,
The show must go on.

South Bank were the foe,
And first blood to their captain,
Toss lost, in to bat.

A pitch like a swamp,
But our openers not fazed,
Smally bowled for four.

So Cmac came in,
And then Cmac went out, nought,
Uh oh, Hughes gone too.

PEJ looking solid,
But still can’t judge a single,
Fifteen runs, four down.

Hibernation done,
A Bear ambles to the crease,
His vigil was long.

Matt Cocken, gutsy,
But next man to go for twelve,
Mandrews on debut.

No Mr nice bat,
Mandrews wants to biff a few,
Singles, fours, sixes.

When’s he gonna stop?
Soon, twenty-four, worth double,
But off stump knocked back.

Mo always steady,
A measured approach works well,
Keats falls for twenty-six.

One hundred tough runs,
Keats doubtless was our saviour,
Teas tasty, Cocken.

Thirty more overs,
Can we defend our total?
Early signs not good.

Brown and Ali, loose.
Isham next, quite unlucky,
Small sensational.

Pressure building now,
Breakthrough, Mandrews a wonder,
Another, Tyzack.

Catches held at last,
Cocken and Mo, both safe hands,
Caught and bowled, Andrews.

The door is ajar,
Road have a battering ram,
Mandrews a monster.

Stumps are splattering,
The young attack are hungry,
Brown in on the act.

Tension palpable,
South Bank really on the chase,
But Roaders mighty.

Why look, it’s the skip,
He’s having a yip, or three,
Short run up, better.

Last over, Mandrews,
Here’s a man with nerves of steel,
Goodbye middle stump.

Three balls left, run out,
Cmac a wicket keeper,
And one of repute.
Just one ball remains,
And just one run for the draw,
Mandrews says ‘no thanks’.

Delirious all,
The Wonder of Wandsworth, win,
What a start Browny.

Embarrassing, Chris,
Tantrum, PEJ quite hates Ali,
Teas, always Cocken,

Champagne, final ball,
Man of the match, Matt Andrews,
What will next week bring?

Author – Peter Jackson Eastwood

Oscar Newlove

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