White City All Stars Cricket Club: Match Report

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Match Report

White City All Stars vs Oak Hill (Peter Savill)

July 26, 2013

White City All Stars won the toss and elected to bowl. George Oborne and Kit McCrystal opened the bowling on what was to be not so close a game as we had hoped, with McCrystal giving away five wides on the first over of his spell (with some very athletic diving from Tubby Shenfield

to deny extras from gaining even more runs). Oborne had a better first over with very few being given away, however the skill of the batsmen proved to be too much until the fourth over when K. McCrystal improved enough to get the first wicket of the game. This was quickly followed by G. Oborne’s wicket to dismiss the third batsman for just seven runs. However, the strength and depth of the opposing batsmen proved to be too much, as the first and fourth batsmen quickly scored their half centuries. The fourth batsman went on to gain his century before being retired due to the destruction of the WCAS bowlers. The whole WCAS side was glad to see the back of him. Unfortunately the departure of the fourth batsman was followed with a new big hitter who quickly brought his score into the high fifties. Meanwhile, WCAS captain Peter Oborne had a major breakthrough by dismissing the opening batsman on 61. The remaining batsmen saw out the rest of the forty overs to come to a score of 282 runs for 6. There were some interesting moments in the field including comical dives from club life president Damien McCrystal and Beesh, the latter managing to roll down the hill on the far side of the boundary. There was also a dropped catch by K. McCrystal off Bill Coales, who attracted further admiration by chasing a ball and stooping to flick it up into the hands of a grateful fielder. Tim Shipman’s fielding achieved brilliance as he stopped numerous runs (despite the score the fielding from WCAS was actually quite good). Looking at the bowling, even though Shipman and Coales were giving away little more than 10 per over - and I hasten to add that they bowled mostly dot balls - this was only because the batsmen hit some sixes, one of them in Shipman’s over (I quote from Shippers himself: “The largest six in the history of the tour”). All this being said it was a spirited bowling and fielding performance against a very strong Oak Hill batting side.

Our batting performance, although not as good, was strong and showed evidence of a comeback into the huge 282 score set previously. A curious decision saw our opening batsman Jesh Rajasingham out on 19, and confusion in the calling led to our other opener, P.Oborne, being out. A couple of quick wickets saw Shenfield facing the bowlers sooner than expected. This was brilliant for the all stars as he and Beesh saw out a 58 partnership in style. However Beesh was soon caught brilliantly which allowed Tom Davenport to come in and hit a quick few runs before being caught out to T. Savill. K.McCrystal and Coales saw out the rest of the game scoring very few runs in the process - a partnership of 15. White City lost but Savill’s team found themselves wishing they had got the two remaining wickets.

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	BATTING
	INNINGS OF:		Oak Hill (Peter Saville)
No	Batsman	How Out	Fielder	Bowler	Runs	6s
1	T. Saville	Bowled	N/A	McCrystal	5
2	Cowdrey	LBW	N/A	P. Obourne	61
3	J. Bryan	LBW	N/A	G. Obourne	7
4	T.Pratt	Retired	N/A	N/A	105
5	J. Lush	Not Out	N/A	N/A	56
6	M. Lush	Stumped	Shenfield	Coals	12
7	K. Buch	Bowled	N/A	Coals	12	2
8	Davitt	Bowled	N/A	Savail	0
9	P.Saville	Not Out	N/A	N/A	6


	Byes___	Noballs_		Wides____
	Legbyes____			Total Extras____
		Overs: 40		Total Runs: 282

				BOWLING
	Bowler	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Nb	W	Econ
1	G. Obourne	8	2	24	1			3
2	K. McCrystal	7	0	42	1			6
3	T. Davenport	3	0	26	0			8.7
4	T. Shipman	5	0	51	0			10.2
5	P. Obourne	8	0	50	1			6.25
6	W. Coals	6	0	62	2			10.3
7	H. Savail	3	0	18	1			6

	BATTING

	INNINGS OF:		WCAS
No	Batsman	How Out	Fielder	Bowler	Runs	6s	4s
1	Jesh	LBW	N/A	Sweeny	16	0	1
2	P. Obourne	Run Out	T. Saville	N/A	34	0	5
3	Bish	Caught	T. Saville	Cowdry	33	0	4
4	Savail	Caught	Bryan	Sweeny	10	0	2
5	A. Kelly	Bowled	N/A	Sweeny	2	0	0
6	T. Shenfield	Bowled	N/A	T. Saville	34	0	3
7	T. Davenport	Caught	Bryan	T. Saville	11	0	1
8	Shipman	Caught	Bryan	T. Saville	0	0	0
9	Coals	Not Out	N/A	N/A	1	0	0
10	K. McCrystal	Not Out	N/A	N/A	14	0	2
11	G. Obourne	DNB	N/A	N/A	0	0	0
	Byes: 7	Noballs: 0		Wides: 15
	Legbyes: 1			Total Extras: 23
		Overs: 40		Total Runs: 179
	Sitwell will now replace Jesh

					BOWLING
	Bowler	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Nb	W	Econ
1	Lush	7	1	31	0	0	0	4.4
2	Bryan	7	0	27	0	0	5	3.8
3	Sweeny	8	0	34	3	0	3	4.25
4	Annonymous	2	0	19	0	0	0	9.5
5	P. Saville	6	0	19	0	0	1	3.2
6	Cowdry	6	1	21	1	0	1	3.5
7	T. Saville	4	0	19	3	0	2	4.75
8	P. Saville mi	1	1	0	0	0		0

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Tarry, Tarry Night

A fascinating debate amongst some members has emerged about the digestive effects of Guinness. It is an important discussion, given the increasing old age and Guinness consumption of many members, especially on Tour. It began when one All Star belatedly complained about the captioning of a picture of a tray of Guinness as "7 pints of spastic colon" on the grounds that it is "offensive to disabled people" and "generally unpleasant and disgusting". The blogmaster disputed the complaint, arguing that far from being an offensive term, Spastic Colon is one of the accepted medical terms for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and generally refers to erratic bowel movements – “such as one is pretty well certain to suffer after drinking large quantities of Guinness”. This assertion was based on his own experience and anecdotal evidence, particularly on the Irish Tour. He also argued, perhaps rashly, that this is understood by Guinness drinkers all over the world. Another member, asked for support by the complainant, could not comply and instead wrote: "I can confirm (both from experience and consulting with my surgeon uncle) that [blogmaster] is correct regarding the relationship between irritable bowel sydrome, a spastic colon and 7 pints of the black stuff. Hence the fact that I only drink lager on tour." The complaint appears to have been based on the irrational and fundamentally ignorant fear that other forces might use the term "spastic colon" against the mildly famous complainant.

Internet research demonstrates that "spastic colon" is a perfectly acceptable phrase, but what of the "Guinness effect"? How widespread is it? A fascinating blog site called "IBS Tales. Personal experiences of irritable bowel syndrome" (http://www.ibstales.com/men_and_diarrhea_3.htm) gives a clue, albeit implicitly: "I started a new job in the September of that year meaning I could move back to an area we knew. Things did seem to get a bit better (slowly) and I was not in as much pain. Slowly but surely I started to go to the pub with my team at lunch time, I even dared myself to try a Guinness! Heaven for 15 minutes, hell for three days! But by the November I was OK again, almost back to my pre-IBS days."

On the other hand, the equally captivating fartygirl.blogspot.com (http://fartygirl.blogspot.com/2011/04/ive-been-bad-bad-gluten-free-vegan.html) contains the testimony: “The thought of living a life without Guinness killed me. Then I read somewhere that some touchy stomachs can handle Guinness. This is because Guinness is wheat free, made from barley. I drank Guinness and I continue to drink Guinness. It gives me NO problems.”

(Incidentally, if you are doing your own internet research do not be diverted by a website called www.doodlekisses.com as that is about a dog called Guinness which happens to suffer from IBS.)

One member of the Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self Help and Support Group(http://www.ibsgroup.org/forums/topic/74144-alcohol-and-ibs/page__p__121147__hl__guinness__fromsearch__1#entry121147) says: “Guinness can give the most regular drinkers problems the next day also.” And in the website MedHelp (http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Gastroenterology/Re-black-and-tarry-stools--guinness/show/440172), under the heading “Black and tarry stools” a contributor writes: “I have found that drinking guinness causes me to have these foul things. Is this a universal effect of guinness or a possible indicator of something wrong with my insides?” There was no satisfactory response.

Members may also find limited further general insight into the subject on the Poopreport website (http://www.poopreport.com/Doctor/Knowledgebase/beer_and_poop.html). The man who had to shave his buttocks tells a particularly enchanting tale.

All Stars should email the blogmaster with their own experiences (whitecityallstar@aol.com). Their identities will be kept strictly confidential, if that is their wish. This topic could run and run.

All Stars news

Media tributes to Tom Beard

- http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jul/28/tom-beard?CMP=share_btn_fb

- http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/actor-tom-beard-dies-cancer

- https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/2015/actor-tom-beard-dies-aged-50/

- http://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/news/actor-tom-beard-dies-aged-50_38345.html

- http://www.playbill.com/news/article/stage-and-screen-actor-tom-beard-known-for-bridget-jones-diary-dies-at-age-50-353717

- http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BRIDGET-JONES-Theater-Star-Tom-Beard-Dies-at-50-20150721#

- Peter Oborne has published another book, Wounded Tiger: a history of Cricket in Pakistan.

July 2014

-Damien D'Oliveira has died of cancer at the age of 53. A wonderful, kind, modest man, he was also a great help to Peter O and Paul Y in their documentary about his great father Basil. He was a fine cricketer and a superb coach. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family.

29 June 2014

- Glowing profile of Alex Beard in The Times - see post, right.

- Congratulations to occasional Tourist and one-time self-proclaimed All Stars captain, Amol Rajan, who has been appointed Editor of The Independent. He was previously Editor of Independent Voices, a comment, campaigns and community platform across print and digital. He also wrote a book called Twirlymen: the Unlikely History of Cricket's Greatest Spin Bowlers and plays for the distinguished Authors XI.

- Richard Greene of Halverston Cricket Club writes with very sad news:

Alan Ruddock's father John died on Friday 17^th May 2013. He had been in hospital for a short time. He was a huge cricket fan, often staying up all night to watch or listen to Test matches. He had been a schoolteacher and headmaster but his real passion was as an impressario. He brought over and promoted many classical performers from Eastern Europe in particular, and nurtured them in their early careers with concerts in Limerick and Dublin and sometimes in London. Many are now major international names. He told me recently that he had just held his 800th concert! John was greatly distressed by Alan's death and missed him enormously particularly as Doreen his wife had died about five years previously. He is survived by Gillian his daughter.”

The funeral is on Tuesday 10.30 in the same church as Alan in Dalkey.

Gill's address is:

Gillian McCutcheon

Gortnamona

Killiney Hill Road

Co Dublin

- Alex Beard becomes a fully-fledged Grandee: having been made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the arts in the New Year Honours at the end of 2012, Alex has also been named the next Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Opera House (see post, right). It is a well-deserved appointment, although we have never quite forgiven him for auctioning off the Tate Gallery's cellar of fine wines.

- Following Basil D'Oliveira's death, word is out that Paul Yule and the acclaimed producer Andy Harries are working towards a feature film about him, based on Peter Oborne's biography. The script has already been written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Sir Ronald Harwood.

- "Basil d'Oliveira, the great South African and England cricketer, who has died aged 80, was easily the most distinguished White City tourist. He came to Ireland with us in 2003 and it is safe to say that he was not awestruck by the standard of our cricket. He also outshone most of us off the field and Tim Shipman, who was on that tour, records: 'I have never met anyone who I felt so exuded greatness in their company'. "(P.Oborne)

PS Does anyone on that tour have any photos of Basil for use here?

- Nigel Whittaker, an active All Star in the 80s and early 90s and enduring friend of older members, died on February 20th aged only 62. An extremely accomplished man, he was the founding finance director of Woolworth Group when it was bought out in 1982. His other roles included chairman of B&Q and Kingfisher group communications director. He was also a passionate and able cricketer; at his other club, the Fleet Street Strollers, he held for many years the record for highest individual score - 152 not out v West Herts in 1990.

- Peter Swaab, All Star founder member and distinguished academic, is to publish a new book, Bringing Up Baby, which examines, in part, "the wild abnormalities of romance" (see post, right)

- Richard Heller's new cricket novel, The Network, the sequel to A Tale of Ten Wickets, has been published by Bearmondsey Publishing and is now available (see post, right).

- Peter Oborne has made new documentary, Pakistan: After the Floods, which appears in the Unreported World series on Channel 4, Friday 5th Novenber.

- Peter Oborne returns after a summer largely away from the public prints, with his new column at the Daily Telegraph (Sept 26 2010) and a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, entitled Tabloids, Tories and Telephone Hacking.

- There is to be a memorial service for Alan Ruddock on Thursday 16th Sept in St Bride's, Fleet Street at 11.30am.

- Paul Yule makes new documentary with Nicholas Shakespeare about the charismatic writer Bruce Chatwin August 8 2010 (see post, New Yule documentary, right)

- Tony Oakshett's gigantic depictions of the lost Armada Tapestries formally unveiled at House of Lords July 6 2010 (see post, Oakshett's Triumph, right)

- Sunday Independent names award for Irish International Cricketer of the Year, 'The Alan Ruddock Trophy' June 1 2010

- Alan Ruddock dies playing cricket May 30 2010

- Danny Alexander appointed Chief Secretary to the HM Treasury May 29 2010

- ALTON TOWERS: Roger Alton (former editor of the Independent and the Observer) to join The Times as joint executive editor May 25 2010

- Peter Oborne appointed columnist at Daily Telegraph May 19 2010

- Danny Alexander appointed Secretary of State for Scotland May 12 201

White City All Stars: a brief history

The All Stars were formed in 1984 primarily by two friends from Cambridge, Peter Oborne and Peter Stevenson, who were joint captains of the team and instituted an annual Irish cricket tour which continues to this day, albeit with a constantly changing roll of players. Many of the originals have dropped out due to death, apathy, parenthood or other forms of incapacity. The team also plays annually at Horningsham in Wiltshire, family home of the extended Obornes.

It is claimed, however, that the above version is revisionist whitewash, and that Peter Stevenson was introduced as sole captain after Oborne and his real co-founder, Nick Stoop, could not make a joint-captaincy work. Against this version of events is the fact that Oborne and Stevenson were successful joint captains for a great many years. Anyone who can shed authoritative light on this dark period in the All Stars' history should contact this site.

Members and Players over the years

Over the years, members and players include or have included Danny Alexander, Tony Alt, Roger Alton, Alex Beard, Tom Beard, Sean Bellew, Henry Bellingham, Richard Beswick, Dimitar Bojkov, Mihir Bose, Charles Carrington, Sam Clarke, Jeremy Clarke, Giles Clarke, Nigel Clarke, Bill Coales, Patrick Cobb, John Coyle (decd), Basil D'Oliveira (decd), George Dudley, Nigel Dudley, Alex Evans, Nick Evans, Matthew Fosh, Rupert Gordon-Walker, Stephen Hargrave, Richard Heller, Harry Holt, Richard Horlick, Jack Howard, Adam Jacot de Boinod, James Jones, Jimmy the Bus Driver, Mark Jones, Tim Kavanagh, Titch Kavanagh, Alex Kelly, John Kiely, Dominic Lawson, Jonathan Marland, Alex Massie, Conolly McCausland, Damien McCrystal (Life President), Kit McCrystal, Will Middleton, Nick Miles, Willie Mullins, Andrew Nixon, Frank Northbrook, Tony Oakshett, George Oborne, James Oborne, Nick Oborne, Peter Oborne (Joint Captain), Tom Oborne, William Oborne, Andre Odendaal, James Osborne, Chris Pressley, Dominic Prince, Jack Prince, Jeshuran Rajasingham, Jeff Randall, Tim Razzall, Alan Ruddock (decd), Joe Saumarez Smith, Charles Scott-Plummer, Marcus Scriven, Adrian Sells, Tubby Shenfield, Tim Shipman, Peter Shwab, Richard Shwab, George Sitwell, William Sitwell, Harry Snook, Nick Somper, Peter Stevenson (Joint Captain), Nick Stoop (Co-founder), Andre Studholme, James Studholme, Ric White, Nigel Whittaker (decd) and Paul Yule.