Shipwrecks Suffer Engine Failure

Once again a lack of adequate charts is hampering the maintenance of the Ship's Log of the second half of Shipwrecks' latest voyage.  This time it had been supposed that Dumfries Colts were maintaining our scorebook, which proved to be not correct. Suffice it to say that Shipwrecks went down by about three wickets to the Colts after the batting acceleration achieved against Burgh Boys last week distinctly failed to kick in.

Slow progress was understandable at first as Mike Lumb and Danny McBryde faced an accurate attack from Sam Thornley and Nunholm's unknown Aussie Pro. During this phase the most notable event was the invention of a new defensive shot to the leg-side wide by McBryde, unfortunately for no runs.

Definitely Not in the Coaching Manual - Danny's New Shot

Both openers were eventually bowled trying to get a head of steam up, Lumb playing on unluckily from well wide of the stumps. Donald McCuaig then played some neat shots in his not out but could not reach the boundary while Alex Taylor, looking seriously out of form against the variable bowling, could not find his sea legs at all.  By the time the innings was half over, Shipwrecks were still foundering in the forties.

As the breeze turned even cooler Davey Fallas typically managed to dispatch a few salvos towards the Arctic Circle, but Shipwrecks failed to get their other hitters into battle early enough and finshed on 105 - 3, well short of par for the Nunholm course.

After a lively start Fallas broke through the Nunholm opening partnership, which however only brought unknown Aussie Pro to the crease to lash all bowlers unmercilesly around the ground for a high speed retiral.  From then on defeat looked the likeliest outcome but a couple of wickets from Andy Cameron brought the junior Colts up on deck and Shipwrecks were able to put the anchors on the run rate.

With Thornley still needing to wield the heavy blade, Colin Taylor's swing produced a couple more wickets and a run out in the last few overs to leave faint hopes of a miraculous rally.  He should have had a third when he induced a false shot from Thornley, only to spill the resulting gentle caught and bowled as the batsmen paddled home for the winning run.

Overall, not a good day in the wheel room for the Shipwrecks.

Incomplete Scores: Shipwrecks 105 – 3 (Fallas 27 ret., McCuaig 23 n.o., Lumb 18, McBryde 13) : Dumfries Colts  106 - 7 (C. Taylor 2-8)