The Flying Ducksmen CC

Fixture List

Apr-25	Horton Kirby	A	Horton Kirby	WON by 8 Wickets

May-02	Minthurst	A	Reigate	Cancelled
May-09	Franklyn Lewin	A	Coulsdon	Cancelled
May-16	Parkhill	A	Ewell	WON by 5 Wickets
May-23	Waggoners	A	Beckenham	WON by 7 Wickets
May-30	Macknade	A	Faversham	WON by 9 Wickets

Jun-06	Warreners	H	Darenth	MATCH DRAWN
Jun-13	Old Whitgiftians	A	Croydon	LOST by 21 Runs
Jun-20	Lamorbey Park	H	Darenth	WON by 100 Runs
Jun-27	Redhill & Old Coulsdon	A	Redhill	WON by 128 Runs

Jul-04	Edinburgh Jacobites	H	Darenth	LOST by 8 Wickets
Jul-11	Pembury Hospital	H	Darenth	WON by 148 Runs
Jul-18	Richmond Nomads	A	Ham	MATCH DRAWN
Jul-24	Hillbillies	TOUR	Penzance	WON by 6 Wickets
Jul-25	Trengilly	TOUR	Constantine	WON by 45 Runs
Jul-26	Club Match	TOUR	Constantine	WON by AAAAARSE
Jul-27	Mount Ambrose	TOUR	Redruth	WON by 2 Wickets
Jul-28	Trengilly	TOUR	Constantine	MATCH DRAWN
Jul-29	Bishops Lydeard	TOUR	Bishops Lydeard	LOST by 10 Runs

Aug-01	NO MATCH
Aug-08	Old Dartecs	H	Darenth	WON by 93 Runs
Aug-15	Horton Kirby	A	Horton Kirby	WON by 5 Wickets
Aug-22	Bromley Common	A	Keston	WON by 3 Wickets
Aug-29	Calthorpe	A	Muswell Hill	WON by 2 Wickets

Sep-05	Beckenham Merlins	A	Beckenham	LOST by 9 Wickets
Sep-12	Sherwood	A	Rochester	WON by 7 Wickets
Sep-19	Borstal	A	Rochester	WON by 2 Wickets

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Horton Kirby vs FDCC 25th April 2004 |View Horton Kirby Innings| |View Ducksmen Innings|

Horton Kirby 133 for 9 (Love 45 / Mackell 3-30, Potter 2-15, Domine 2-17, Bennett 2-21)
FDCC 134 for 2 (Williams 38, Bunker 36, Robinson 34 / Drew 1-15, Love 1-17)

FDCC Won by 8 wickets

I emerged, blinking, from under the duvet. It was very warm and the sun was shining. I looked up at the clear blue sky – not a cloud to be seen. I thought to myself, who has nicked my bloody tent? I checked my watch – it had stopped, but at least it was right twice a day. I quickly realised that I had not just awoken from a sleep of epic proportions. This was April, not July, and the new cricket season is upon us. And so it was that the Flying Ducksmen XI assembled at the pleasant and friendly Horton Kirby ground for the opening match of the season. Some came by car, some by train, and some via the magical scenic route of invisible garages…
New season skipper Robin “Funky Bob” “Brian” Mackrell came second in the toss, and Horton Kirby elected to bat first. Fielding a team covering the outer limits of the age spectrum, they made a steady, if slow start. During the opening partnership of 69, the general rustiness of winter was in evidence from both sides. The batsmen played and missed a few, whilst Jon England got a few no-balls and ‘barely wides’ out of his system, but ‘Wily’ McDonald was his usual miserly self. The breakthrough came when Cap’n Mackrell, resplendent in grass-stained whites (surely not last season’s grass, Robin?), brought himself on and tempted Love to cut into the waiting, regal hands of Robinson, who held on well, despite a slight misjudgment causing blue blood to issue forth from the royal digit. His Highness retired from the field to receive attention from Royal Surgeon-General Tracey, and was replaced by sub Neal, freshly arrived astride motorbike. The wicket marked the turning point, as Horton Kirby then lost wickets steadily, as Mackrell (twice more), Potter, Bennett and Domine (after a most unusual dive during the delivery stride) accounted for the young and old of the home team, with only an 8th wicket partnership of 40 to remark upon. Horton Kirby finished on 133-9 from their 40 overs, and tea was taken, much to the obvious, but expected delight of Stewart.
The Ducksmen began their reply at much the same pace as Horton Kirby had, with steady but unspectacular progress. Bunker in particular, appeared to have mastered the dot ball, leaving Williams to try and time a few lusty blows, some of which were successful, until his stumps were re-arranged for a satisfying 38. A suitably relaxed and patched-up Robinson joined Bunker for a solid partnership of 77, during which Bunker finally found the boundary rope (to thunderous applause from almost 6 people) and Robinson stuck to his task of trying to time the pull shot. The Umpire’s supersonic finger ended Robinson’s knock, lbw for 34, and this brought Holton to the crease with just 8 needed for victory. Despite a lucky top edge, which the keeper managed to touch 4 times before dropping the chance, an attempt at a run-out and straight-ish drive which caused Bunker to adopt the prone position to avoid injury, they saw the Ducksmen home to a satisfactory 8-wicket win, with 8 overs to spare. A fine start to Mackrell’s Captaincy, and a hope that much winter rust has been eradicated from the system. Now where is my tent?

Elmo’s friend

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Parkhill vs FDCC 16th May 2004 |View Parkhill Innings| |View Ducksmen Innings|

Parkhill 69 all out (M Goldsmith 19 / Potter 5-11, England 2-21, McDonald 2-25, Barham 1-9)
FDCC 70 for 5 (Bunker 23, M West 14* / A Goldsmith 2-16, Andrews 1-6, Barford 1-9, Williams 1-28)

FDCC won by 5 wickets

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Waggoner 139 all out (Morrison 37*, Wardle 34, Haines 24 / Mackrell 4-24, Bunker 2-20, McDonald 2-23, Domine 2-27)
FDCC 141 for 3 (Neal 53*, Bunker 45*, Khan 15 / Fox 2-28, P Burley 1-39)

FDCC won by 7 wickets

Broken trains aside, a beautiful day for a game of cricket dawned. The HSBC pitch as ever looked tremendous, outfield immaculate. We had another strong team out, with Rodney, Alex and Shaz all playing first games of the season. Toss won, batting first looked an option until the team’s resident coaches advised that the pitch might be “sweaty”. Alarmed at the prospect of simultaneously sweating pitch and batsmen, the Ducksmen scurried into the field.
Fresh from the heroics of last week, the Ducksmen fielded like demons, miserly in the extreme despite the odd full toss slipping its way into the opening few overs. The Waggoners were no match for the sheer ferocity of the fielding display and Potter was eventually out playing across the line (surely not?).Good work behind the stumps from Nelly and in the slips from Rodney accounted for 2 more and they quickly slumped to 17 for 5. Sadly, another full toss found the middle of the bat and flew like a tracer bullet to Rich W. His noble effort to catch the ball resulted in a nasty looking injury (see stories page) which led him to leave the ground in pursuit of friendly nurses to put him back together again.Back on the pitch, Domine entered the fray and continued to look for new and interesting ways to fall over during his run up. The batsmen were by now looking to mount a recovery, but slipped to 66 for 7 with Tigger claiming 2 scalps. Good work by their numbers 7,8 and 9 allowed them a defendable total; Bunker snatched 2 wickets towards the end and they were eventually bowled out in the 39th over for 139. A reasonable total after the start they suffered.Tea was taken and Rodney and Andy strode forth to open the innings. Steady progress was made until the umpire forget that Rodney batted left handed and he was on his way. Fox of the Waggoners made an extraordinary attempt to out Wiley our own tight-fisted opener, but the figures tell the story.

However, a good start for the bowling side; Khan and Holton both flattering to deceive and leaving the Ducksmen in a potential pickle at 68-3. Fortunately, Alex had returned from picking up the injured Williams in his swanky car and was in the mood to hurry things along a bit. After a correct start, Alex made a mockery of the slow outfield and tight bowling by spanking 53 off only 36 balls including an implausible 6 picked up off a length to end the game in style. Ducksmen roll on…..

Brian Mackrell

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Macknade 123 all out (Rowcroft 32, Juniper 30 / Bennett 3-7, Domine 3-35, McDonald 2-26)
FDCC 124 for 1 (Neal 68*, Bunker 34* / S Freed 1-30)

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FDCC 277 for 5 (Neal 109, Robinson 68*, Bunker 42 / Webb 2-69)
Warreners 204 for 6 (N Francis 78, Corbin 66 / Domine 3-17, McDonald 2-30)

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Old Whitgiftians vs FDCC 13th June 2004 |View Old Whitgiftians Innings| |View Ducksmen Innings|

Old Whitgiftians 213 for 8 (Clark 84, Flood 50*, McNamara 26, Singh 22 / England 2-20, McDonald 2-22, Domine 2-31)
FDCC 192 all out (Robinson 80 / Singh 2-10, Roffey 2-19, Chatwal 2-25)

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FDCC 211 for 2 (Bunker 65*, England 44, Neal 36* / Bakhshish 1-30)
Lamorbey Park 111 all out (Darroch 36, Heath 20 / McDonald 5-40, Mackrell 2-34)

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FDCC 184 for 8 (Neal 63*, Potter 23 / McMillan 3-30, Lockett 3-41)
Redhill & Old Coulsdon 56 all out (Potter 4-18, Bennett 3-8, McDonald 2-21)

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FDCC 204 all out (Domine 53, England 28, Mackrell 22*, Potter 20/ McMillan 3-31, Peters R 3-41)
Edinburgh Jacobites 208 for 2 (Murphy 100*, Jeffries 53)

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FDCC 282 for 1 (Bunker 139*, Williams 70, Neal 48*)
Pembury Hospital 134 for 9 (Domine 2-8, Barham 2-20)

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FDCC 181 all out (Mackrell 61, West M 33 / Cundy Snr 4-9, Bull 3-59)
Richmond Nomads 145 for 9 (Scarborough 39* / Potter 4-48)

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Hillbillies 143 all out (Tyres 40 / Domine 4-19, Bunker 3-28, McDonald 2-10)
FDCC 145 for 4 (Robinson 83*, Peters A 28*)

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FDCC 192 all out (Bunker 63, England 57, Williams 23 / Mackay 5-23, Logan 3-47)
Trengilly 147 all out (Shaw 59*, Logan 49 / Bennett 5-49, Mackrell 2-19)

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AAAAARSE 179 all out (Bunker 48*, Mackrell 38 / England 2-19, Peters B 2-27)
Consonants 101 all out (Domine 21, McDonald Snr 0, Williams 0 / McDonald H 2-1, Peters A 3-21, West S 2-7, Mackrell 2-8, Vader D 1-7)

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Mount Ambrose 143 all out (Dower 38, Brokenshire 25 / Potter 4-18, Neal 3-17, McDonald 3-21)
FDCC 146 for 8 (Neal 66, Mackrell 41* / Dower 3-31)

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FDCC 264 for 4 (Robinson 94, Peters A 68, Mackrell 27)
Trengilly 127 for 8 (Bottin 27 / Domine 4-29, Fuller 2-6)

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Bishops Lydeard 146 for 9 (Taylor 38*, Fitt 34 / Bennett 2-22, England 2-31)
FDCC 136 all out (Potter 33, Bunker 27, Williams 24 / Taylor 3-25)

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FDCC 208 for 6 (Neal 92, Bunker 42, Williams 33 / Cooper 3-32)
Old Dartecs 115 all out (Froggat 22 / Peters 3-5, Potter 3-18)

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Horton Kirby 162 for 9 (Williams 4-15, Robinson 2-28 / Lane 43)
FDCC 164 for 5 (Bunker 54*, Robinson 28)

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Bromley Common 165 all out (Williams 3-19, Potter 3-38 / S Walker 52)
FDCC 166 for 7 (Mackrell 49*, Robinson 22/ M Walker 3-16)

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Calthorpe 81 all out (A Peters 4-16, Potter 2-9, G McDonald 2-30)
FDCC 84 for 8 (Williams 36*/ Anstee 2-7, D Jenkins 2-14, Jignesh 2-19)

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FDCC 170 for 9 (Mackrell 71, Williams 30/ Solanki 3-44)
Merlins 171 for 1 (Kempton 110*, McVicar 39*)

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Sherwood 146 all out (Gentry 38, Hill D 24, Jones 20 / McDonald 2-20, Domine 2-23, Bennett 2-34)
FDCC 150 for 3 (Bunker 63*, Neal 58* / Patel 2-28)

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Borstal 134 for 6 (D'Mello 34, Knight 33*, Bahia 27 / Bennett 3-23, McDonald 2-24, Mackrell 1-17)
FDCC 138 for 8 (Neal 26*, Stewart 23, Williams 19, Mackrell 15* / Patel 2-28)

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