RAOC Gazette - page 163
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| Publication date | 1978 |
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| Early date | 1978 |
| Late date | 1978 |
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port* Report CORPS CRICKET 1978— FINAL REPORT BAD WEATHER caused the cancellation of matches versus A*CC (twice) and Hampshire Colts and brought a premature close to a season that ended disappointingly after a promising start. Beset by team problems, the Corps XI used twenty- seven players, with Corporal Roy Wilkinson the only ' ever present,' in its twelve completed matches. Of these, four were won, three lost and five drawn. Features of the season were, firstly, the all round perform- ances of W02 Carl Forde who led the run scoring with three hundred and seventy eight runs, including two fine eighties and howled his off breaks economically and accurately and secondly, \he late season form of WOl John Wood. The bowling duties fell mainly on the shoulders of Major Steve Goldring and Sergeant John Holmes, who having * sorted out' his run up, improved as the- season wore on, Mention must be made of WOl Roy News on who began the season as scorer but finally played in ten matches. His some- what unorthodox batting on a number of occasions led the ' tail wagging.' We wish him luck in his retirement. Corps XI 1978. Rear row: W 2 C. N. Hartley, Sergeant J. D. Holmes, Captain P. R, Hanlon, Corporal C Johnson, W O l (SSM) R. A. Newson, Corporal J. Aldridge, Corporal E. L. Wilkinson. Front row: Lieutenant Colonel C. D. O'Hare, W 2 L. C. Forde, Major S, Goldring, Lieutenant Colonel C. 6. Hopkinson and W O l (Cdr) J. R. Wood. CORPS FRIENDLY FIXTURES 15th May, RAOC 143 for 6 dec, Baker 42; Brussels 61 for 5, Cowell 2 for 11. 11th June, RAOC 218 for 7 dec, Thomas 68 n.o„ Smith 67; 2 Div 97, Cowell 5 for 20. 14th June, RAOC 197 for 8 dec, Thomas 47, Bradley 43, Smith 39; RAMC 112 for 8, Cowell 3 for 14. 16th June, RAOC 219 for 9 dec, Bradley 59 n.o., Thomas 54, Cowell 50; REME 194 for 7, Simmons 3 for 68. 31st July, RAOC 182, Law 100 n.o.; Brussels 130, Thomas 5 for 18, Lane 4 for 35. 26th/27th August, Berlin 78, Simmons 6 for 37; RAOC 82, Taylor 20, Thomas 15; Berlin 127, Dickenson 4 for 36; RAOC 49, Smith 18. INTER CORPS COMPETITION 30th June, RE 97, Thomas 4 for 20, Lane 3 for 15; RAOC 109, Law 27. 1st July, RMP 74, Smith 3 for 6, Gelling 3 for 13; RAOC 75 for 3, Baker 25 n,o., Law 21 n.o. 2nd July, RAOC 88, Taylor 39 n.o.; RCT 90 for 3, Shore 3 for 17. RAOC v RMA at Sandhurst RAOC lost by 9 wickets THE heaviest defeat of the season. The Corps, batting first, failed to come to terms with the RMA bowling and lost wickets steadily, only Jones (37) and Goldring (24) looking comfortable. A hostile opening spell by John Holmes and Goldring indicated that the Academy batsmen might have difficulty in reaching the required total but, having survived the first hour, ihey punished the Corps bowlers to run out early winners. RAOC 129 (Jones 37, Goldring 24, Hopkinson 24). RMA 130 for 1 wicket. Average 37.80 29.62 25.60 25.16 21.83 16.50 14.00 13.90 11,33 7.80 6,33 4.87 3.66 Bradley Law Thomas Cowell Smith Baker Voice Taylor Bowling Overs Mdns Runs Whts Average W02 Jones 36 13 73 8 9.12 JIajor Goldring ... 132 33 376 28 13.42 Sergeant Holmes 109 32 297 20 14.85 W02Forde 77 22 208 11 18.91 CplAldridge 80 17 222 9 24.66 Vetoing 7 L t Col O'Hare, 5 WOl Wood, Cpl Wilkinson Also Played Colonel Skinner (3 matches), Lieutenant Colonel Hopkinson (3), Majors Gimble (4), Cook (2), Hazelrigg (1), Staff Sergeant Reifer (3), Sergeant Thomson (1), Corporals Brooks (2), growne (2), Bunting (1), Lance Corporals Hussey (1), logs (3), Private Grirasley (1). — CRICKET THE RAOC (BAOR) XT, once again under the leadership of Major Wes Thomas, was a much improved side this year. The season included for the first time fixtures with Royal Brussels CC, and ended with an extremely ' social' weekend in Berlin. The semi-final of the inter-Corps championship was reached and in Brussels, twenty two year old Private Paul Law achieved a rare milestone in Corps cricket by scoring an undefeated century, for which he was awarded his cap. . * LATE RESULTS RAOC v RAMC at Mytchctt RAOC won by 122 runs A RETURN to form after two defeats. A sound start by John Wood and Lieutenant Colonel Don O'Hare opened the way for the highest partnership of the season, 117 by Carl Forde and Cecil Johnson which ended when Johnson was unluckily run out for 48. When the Medics batted, in poor light and on a lively wicket, John Holmes and Steve Goldring were virtually un- playable. They were soon replaced by the slower bowling of For:le and Johnson who ran through the RAMC lower order barmen. RAOC 207 for 7 declared (Forde 81, Johnson 48, Wood 41). RAMC 85 (Forde 3 for 16). FINAL AVERAGES Batting Matches Innings TMO Runs Highest W02 Forde 10 11 1 378 82 WOl Wood 8 8 237 81 W02 Jones 5 5 128 40 Captain Kemp .... 5 6 151 50 Corporal Johnson 7 7 1 131 48 Major Goldring ... 11 12 2 165 33 WOlNewson 10 10 140 33 Corporal Wilkinson 12 12 2 139 45" Lt.-CoI.O*Hare ... 5 6 68 39 W02 Morgan 5 5 39 15 Corporal Aldridge. 8 8 2 38 9 Captain Hanlon . 8 8 39 17 Sergeant Holmes . 9 6 3 11 8* (BAOR) Cowell Smith Lane Shore Thomas Simmons Gelling Dickenson BATTING Inns N,Q. H'gest 4 1 59* 8 1 100* 9 1 68* 4 — 50 10 — 67 10 1 42 4 — 20 7 1 39" BOWLING Overs Mdns Wkts 23 6 10 16 2 6 33 7 7 13 1 4 70 14 16 70 16 15 23 4 6 29 4 8 Total 115 208 221 99 185 122 48 81 Runs 45 43 51 32 168 204 78 114 Ave 38.3 34.6 27.6 24.9 18,5 13.7 12 11.5 Ave 4,5 6-1 7,3 8 10.5 12,6 13 14.2 The following list of new caps has been submitted to the DOS (BAOR) for approval: Staff Sergeant Trevor Smith* Corporals John Baker and ' Geordie' Bradley, Lance Corporal ' Geordie' Simmons and Private Paul Law. (Continued on page 148) 133 — |
| Book number | R0247 |