Laughton and Mowsley V Fleckney Village Cricket Club
L&M win by a country mile
Result aside you have to love playing at Laughton and Mowsley, village cricket at its finest. Scenic beauty , friendly attitude and a complete absence of facilities bar a large shed. Please don't construe that last comment as a criticism, the old-world charm is totally refreshing.
Now let us not miss the obvious,Fleckney were comprehensively beaten. Hands down, fair and square with a cherry on top. Some destructive home hitting meant possibly as many as 8 cherries were lost into surrounding hedgerows, one out of the ground and in the foliage on the other side of the road. This amount of balls hadn't been missed since Cinderella ugly sisters had a week long hangover.
274 was a long way to go ( may well have been more if a one stump throw down from Mandeep had been missed) and Fleckney only managed 113. A game that was started early to allow the football final to be viewed in full was over a long time before the scheduled final over.
You might be asking why the details of the match have been sketched over and I was coming to that. Its time for a long overdue public service announcement.
Do you remember a tea time TV favourite called ‘Pet Rescue’? A scmoozy sickly 30 minutes where animals in need of love and a new home are featured. This isn't quite the same but bear with me.
You see in beautiful South Leicestershire is an animal called Sunday Skipper. A quiet and unassuming creature with a beard and love for chasing balls.
Sunday Skipper has lived with his present owners for 30 years but even they, fantastic people that they are, cannot give Sunday Skipper the wins his efforts deserve.
Sunday skipper displayed a party trick or two. His celebration when pulling off a hattrick would have any Retriever jealous. Indeed he got the better of 5 on this particular afternoon but still the gap between effort and reward was too great.
Sunday skipper doesn't need his belly rubbing , he doesn't even need to sniff trees or other cricketers rear ends. Let's all club together and give this clubman the happy ending he really deserves.
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