Newsletter 12

25 September 2004 Lunch

Grace, by the Reverend David Brown
Almighty God, whose generosity and love for us is unending, we pray for your blessing on our end of season gathering today, as we enjoy the fellowship of the table and the fruits of your creation. We ask this in Jesus' name. Amen

The Menu, by Dick Orders
Baked Open Cup Mushroom, stuffed with smoked bacon, garlic butter and stilton cheese
Warm Smoked Mackerel on a bed of mixed leaves, drizzled with lemon vinaigrette
Guinea Fowl on a bed of roasted vegetables with a Claret jus
A selection of English Cheese & Biscuits
Coffee & Mint

Apologies for Absence
Apologies had been received were received from: the Pardoe family, Andrew Renshaw, Stephen Saunders, Roy Clarke, John Young, Douglas Miller, John Woodcock, Tony Webb, Bill Enstone, Christopher Bazalgette, Chris Barrett, Mr & Mrs Tait, Stuart Lampard, Keith Hayhurst and Peter Baxter.
Warm Welcome to Mr & Mrs Alistair MacLennnan fron Bowral, Australia

The Art of Bradman
John Grimsley had brought along copies of the newly published book 'The Art of Bradman' with artwork by Brian Clinton and Text by Richard Mulvaney. The book is only published in Australia, but John had been permitted to bring back some copies to the UK.

Quiz
It had been decided to have a quiz, rather than a speaker and David Allen had very kindly compiled the following challenging questions:

ROUND 1 - LEFT HANDERS
1. Who composed centuries on his home debuts in 2004?
2. Record catcher - probably wearing a jumper
3. Hampshire's greatest run- maker
4. Defeated many years ago by the first knighted bowler, but came back well in 2004
5. Hampshire all-rounder who threw right-handed but conquered the Indians as no-one had ever done before - with his left
6. Chinese - sent away by the Tykes

ROUND 2 - HAMBLEDON
7. Complete ----------- BILLY BELDHAM (Hambledon)
8. Who told us about the Cricketers of his Time?
9. How might Harry and younger brother, Tom, have travelled?
10. And, by contrast, what about Mr Mann?
11. Complete ------------WHITE
12. Complete ------------STEVENS

ROUND 3 - BATTING, BOWLING & FIELDING
13. Why doesn't a Dumelow plus one count?
14. What links Malcolm Nash of Glamorgan to Tilak Raj of Baroda?
15. The only two wicket keepers with 1,000 dismissals departed in 2004
16. Alfred Shaw was the first bowler to do this in Test Cricket in March 1877
17. What took Compton one minute three hours in South Africa 1948/9
18. Name the only three West Indians with 35,000+ First Class runs

ROUND 4 - MISCELLANEOUS
19. A very small bowler did this in 1928. The big boys never managed it. Who and what?
20. What was won by May (1951), Trueman (1952), Cowdrey (1953), Brearley (1964) and Flintoff (1998) - among others
21. Two Smiths, scored more than anyone else when doing this (and it's nothing to do with Hampshire). What did they do?
22. What happened for the first time in Test cricket in 1960?
23. What was the year of the first Lord's final?
24. Name the consecutive years in which Ramadhin bowled most balls and Hanif batted longer than anyone.

Results
Table 6 Last Orders 24
Table 4a Too Many Cooks 20.5
Table 3 Brown Snake 20
Table 2a Dumelow Doubters 18
Table 4b Jodrell Bankers 18
Table 2b Young Nyren's Mum 18
Table 5 Hambledon Hogs 16
Table 1 The Challenged Team 15

Trafalgar Day Match -Victory Ancient Mariners - v - Hambledon Club
An all day match will be played, in full rig with 2 stumps and old bats, at the end of September / beginning of October to raise money for Charity / Youth Cricket. Date being discussed with the Curator of HMS Victory.

11am Grog
1st Innings
lunch, with copious quantities of Claret
2nd Innings

Costume of the day will be investigated.

Parish Notices
The President announced the sad news that Douglas Foskett had died.

Support for Hambledon CC's Colts
Dick Orders ran the usual draw, which helped us to raise a sum of £165.70 for Hambledon’s Colts.

Grateful thanks
Many thanks to Dave Allen, for compiling the excellent quiz, which everyone enjoyed.

Quiz Answers

Round 1
1. Andrew Strauss
2. Frank Woolley
3. Philip Mead
4. Ashley Giles
5. Kevan James
6. Johnny Wardle

Round 2
7. Silver
8. John Nyren
9. Walk(er)
10. (Noah) Ark or Horse
11. Shock
12. Lumpy

Round 3
13. 3 bounces - no ball
14. 6 x 6 in one over
15. 1. Jack Russell. 2. Stephen Rhodes
16. Take 5 wickets
17. Fastest 300 runs
18. 1. Richards. 2. Greenidge. 3. Marshall

Round 4
19. Who Tich Freeman. What 300 wickets
20. Young Cricketer of the Year
21. Highest score at No 11
22. Match tied
23. 1963
24. 1957 / 1958