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Purley on Thames CC Sunday Village Cup XI v Netherne on Sun 06 Jun 2010 at 1:30pm
Purley on Thames CC Won by 28 runs

Match report REBER REVELS AS POTTERS REACH REGIONAL FINAL

Sensational skippe Paul Reber worked tirelessly through the week to overcome selection nightmares before leading Purley to a historic victory and the Regional Final of the National Village Cup.
The usually excellent tosser Paul Reber was unsuccessful in his quest to bowl first as the opposition captain correctly. Purley's innings got off to a disastrous start as prolific Patrick Allen fell early. Reber strolled majestically to the crease, like a warrior heading in to battle, ready to separate the men from the boys. Purley built their innings around Paul Rebers solid and stylish 35, which included 4 boundaries including the sweetest late cut you could wish to see (Purley spectator Alan Schofield commented, "That's so Paul Reber"). Useful contributions also came from Nalin Pai (28) and Dan Clark (76) as the Potters reached 196-6 off their alloted 40 overs.
During the tea interval, Purley's leader Paul Reber contemplated his teams performance while tucking into a tasy piece of battenburg. He observed, "it was a good effort on a difficult track, but we'd have hoped for another 20 runs".
Purley's young shaver, fuelled by a sugar free Red Bull 60ml shot (retail price £1.79, available from all good newsagents) was like a whippet behind the stumps taking 4 catches with a return of 60 fantasy league points and powering Charlotte Bishops team "Poetry in Motion" up the league table. This left the visitors reeling on 27-4. The visitors problems worsened, as their hopes of victory sunk like the Titanic, after hitting the iceberg that was Rebers flawless and inventive captaincy. Soon the ice melted, as a downpour descended on the Fosters Top Goosecroft. With a renewed impetus, Netherne resumed on 61-6 as Flanagan and Meyer weathered the storm and built a useful partnership aided by some typical lapses of Purley concentration, with Paul Reber finding himself struggling to reach the ground and groping at thin air. Meyer and Flanagan propelled the visitors to 131-6 and Purley fan Alan Schofield was heard to say, "It's squeeky bum time at the Goosecroft". Rebers rage grew with every boundary that his side conceded, so he looked around the field for an inspirational bowling option. Mark Nash, polishing off his 65th Fosters Top of the weeked, seemed the only choice. This was genius. Along with Secret Cyril Cox (2-27), Nash propelled the Potters over the winning line, with 2-23 and a champagne moment run out to finally sink the Netherne ship as Purleys fielders partied like it was 1999.
Inspired by his recent luck in love, Nick Holman-Measham also showed much improvement on recent efforts, only conceding 6 wides!.
Victorious captain Paul Reber emerged from the huddle of victory to say, "This is a day that will live in infamy".

Purley on Thames CC Sunday Village Cup XI Batting

Player Name		Runs	Ct	Ro
extras TOTAL :	for 6 wickets	0 196
Patrick Allen	Caught	6	1
Nalin Pai	Caught	28
Dan Clark	Caught	76
Paul Reber	Bowled	35
Mark Nash	Bowled	14		1
Chris Rackley	Bowled	5	4
Nick Holman	Not Out	1	2
Vikram Kamath	Not Out	2
Errol Masters
Alex Clough
Cyril Cox

Netherne Bowling

Player name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
No records to display.

Netherne Batting

Player name		R
extras TOTAL :	for 10 wickets	0 168 (0.0 overs)

Purley on Thames CC Sunday Village Cup XI Bowling

Player Name	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	Economy
Nick Holman	9.0	3	24	3	8.00	2.67
Alex Clough	8.0	0	39	1	39.00	4.88
Cyril Cox	7.0	1	27	2	13.50	3.86
Errol Masters	4.0	0	24	0	0.00	6.00
Mark Nash	4.5	0	25	2	12.50	5.17
Patrick Allen	3.0	0	25	1	25.00	8.33

Umpire :
Graham Watkins
Scorer :
Charlotte Bishop

Photos and video of Purley on Thames CC Sunday Village Cup XI v Netherne on Sun 06 Jun 2010 at 1:30pm