An indifferent day greeted the few early risers, however by the time the bus rolled off the Derbyshire the clouds were breaking. Dee and the driver missed the turn as we passed through Duffield and we ended up in the next town before the back seat drivers convinced those in the front to turn the ship around. To further exacerbate being late the bus could not travel to the ground due to height restrictions (to keep the Gypsies out)and we hoofed it the final 700m.
CPCC, under John Jackson won the toss and sent Duffield in, their Terry Hills connection opening the batting. Rohanek toiled well again with Faulkner starting at the other end. Some tidy fielding, especially Horstead and Faulkner diving along the sticky wicket square saved some key runs. Langy (2 for 40) and Jake Carden (1 for 20) bowled well and a boundary catch to Minnett helped the CPCC cause. With Rohanek’s efforts of 2 for 55 CPCC looked to hold Bradfield to under 200 off their 40, unfortunately their Queensland pro took the game away from CPCC and they ended with 232.
CPCC needed a solid start and a four to Jacko of the second ball of the innings seemed promising. However before the over was out he was the first of the victims of our difficulty with adjusting the damp slow low pitches. No CPCC batsman really got going and the chase was unseuccesful. Fours were only hit by Minnett, Jacko and Langy. Horstead top scored with 18 batting at 4. Other scores included Minnett 14, Steve Carden 13 and Tom Carden 13 not out with Jake again contributing at the end of the innings. CPCC all out in the 40th over for Nelson.
Rohanek was Duffield’s vote for Man of the Match and his reward was a cap and a Yard of Bitter. He obliged and downed the Yard in one big and one little go. The evening BBQ and beautiful Duffield vista in the sun nicely rounded out the day that had its origins in another one of Jacko’s Mandalong connections.