misc965698	Normanby Park Second XI v Outcasts
	Lincolnshire County League Division Two 1984
Venue	Normanby Park Estate, Scunthorpe on 23rd June 1984 (1-day single innings match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Toss not known
Result	Normanby Park Second XI won by 4 wickets

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Outcasts innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Thompson	lbw b Smith	13			2	-
M Torr	b Winrow	31			2	-
R England	c DJM Stewart b Winrow	41			5	-
JHT Bramhill	c Smith b Winrow	21			2	-
M Coulman	c Emerson b Winrow	1			-	-
R Burrell	c DM Stewart b Winrow	24			2	1
A Lawsom	b Scales	10			2	-
+DMD Thompson	not out	29			3	-
GRJ Bramhill	st DM Stewart b Scales	0			-	-
J Brooke	c DJM Stewart b Winrow	4			-	-
P Wallhead	not out	6			1	-
Extras	(3 b, 4 lb)	7
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	187
Fall of wickets:
1-?, 2-?, 3-?, 4-?, 5-?, 6-?, 7-?, 8-?, 9-?

Normanby Park Second XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Emerson	6	1	25	0	-	-
Smith	7	1	25	1	-	-
Coulson	3	0	23	0	-	-
Winrow	15	2	42	6	-	-
Scales	14	1	65	2	-	-

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Normanby Park Second XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
G Smith	c P Thompson b Wallhead	91			9	1
P Torr	c JHT Bramhill b GRJ Bramhill	7			1	-
J Moore	b Torr	21			2	-
G Johnson	b Brooke	2			-	-
D Barratt	b P Thompson	24			2	-
R Scales	lbw b P Thompson	1			-	-
*+DM Stewart	not out	18			2	-
DJM Stewart	not out	3			-	-
KJC Emerson	did not bat
I Winrow	did not bat
W Coulson	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 10 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, 43 overs)	188
Fall of wickets:
1-23 (Torr), 2-90 (Moore), 3-105 (Johnson), 4-130 (Barratt), 5-159 (Smith), 6-161 (Scales)

Outcasts bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
GRJ Bramhill	10	1	44	1	-	-
Wallhead	12	0	47	1	-	1
Torr	11	0	53	1	-	-
Brooke	4	0	13	1	-	-
P Thompson	6	2	13	2	2	-

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Notes
--> Each innings was limited to 45 overs

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The match became famous locally for not finishing until 2155 and causing several rule changes in the Lincolnshire league.
After 3 rain delays during the game the match should have been called off but neither captain could agree to take the players off the field, with Outcasts captain Martin Thopmson adamant the players should stay on the field and complete the game. Geoffrey Smith the Normanby Park batsman had to leave the field and go and clock in for nights at work before returning to complete his innings, ending on 91.
After the match the fallout from the game played out in the local newspapers, with the Scunthorpe telegraph calling the game "controversial and farcical". A week later they calmed down and invited the Normanby Park players for a picture where they took a team photo in pyjamas and displayed it on the back page of the newspaper.
The league took a dim view of the match and at the 1985 AGM the league proposed a rule change that if a game was off for rain for more than 30 minutes the match became a "timed game" and would finish no later that 6 hours and 30 minutes after the start of the game. The rule would stay in place until 2024.

 

 

 

 

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