St Ouen’s CC vs SCF in Evening League at Grainville on 14 July 2004

St Ouen’s CC 95 for 7 in 12 overs

SCF 98 for 0 in 9.1 overs

St Ouen’s batted first in the return fixture against old enemies SCF. The St Ouen’s batsmen struggled against the SCF bowlers Jewell, Reynolds and Hague with Rob Tewkesbury, Gary Kynman, Dendy Thompson, Mark Tribe and Paul Horton all returned to the pavilion with only one double figures score between them.

But it was Dave Parry who was to provide the entertainment for the St Ouen’s supporters. He arrived late after making his way to LQ1 only to find St Ouen’s were playing at Grainville. It was like he had taken directions from the second change bowler Rene Maraj because he launched into an unending assault on his 2 overs with huge shots on the leg side. The further the ball was bowled outside off stump the harder and further it was hit on the leg side.

It was not to stop there he also pushed 2 shots on the off side to show that he is capable of playing shots all around the wicket. He was stumped of the last ball of the innings for 47 very enjoyable runs.

In reply Mo Kemp immediately pinned the younger Carlyon with a flat delivery which he could not avoid. After that Hague and Carlyon knocked off the required number of runs to take the full 6 points. Carlyon is understood to have fractured his hand after this delivery.