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The One With The Jelly Beans

2007-08-02. Won by 78 runs 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs Jack of Diamonds 

The Mighty Fishers: 138 for 5 from 20 overs, Jack of Diamonds: 60 for 6 from 20 overs. 

The omens for the day were good when three positive things happened before the game: 

1) Andrew Watson became the first ever Fisher’s player (well, probably) to actually fill in [...]

The One With Rainy Run Outs

2007-07-25. Won by 49 runs 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs KIMPTON 

The Mighty Fishers: 124 for 6 from 16 overs, Kimpton: All out for 75 from 12.3 overs. 

Sometimes we take too much for granted. Sometimes we happily turn up to play week in week out without truly valuing those who make great sacrifices for this team to be all [...]

The One With The Century

2007-08-12. Drew 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs Hackney Grasshoppers 

(at Highgate) 

The Mighty Fishers: 230 for 7 from 43.4 overs (dec.), Grasshoppers: 153 for 6 from 39 overs. 

Q: What has Simon Marriott got in common with Karl Marx? 

A: Both left a lasting impression in Highgate. 

With overseas player Grant making a (re)appearance after three years’ hard-labour in Oz for stealing Christie’s [...]

The One Where Magnet Got 49

2007-09-16. Won by 4 wickets 

By Dave Boxer

SJFCC vs Washington CC 

The Mighty Fishers: 148 for 6 from 30.5 overs; Washington CC: 146 all out from 37.2 overs 

The season’s final match was marked by one of the season’s finest (depending on how you define finest) innings. Today was all about Magnet – that immovable (his feet anyway) force [...]

The One With Dropped Balls

2007-06-28. Won by 31 runs 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs ST ALBANS DIOCESE 

The Mighty Fishers: 142 for 4 from 20 overs, St Albans Diocese: 111 for 7 from 20 overs. 

Meeting for the second time in five weeks, both teams scored more runs on this occasion than in the earlier ‘Sunday’ game (played, naturally, on a Tuesday. Tuesday, as [...]

The One In The Dark vs Keith

2007-08-16. Won by (c.) 42 runs 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs Generics 

The Mighty Fishers: 149 for 5 from 20 overs, Generics: 107 (+byes) for 8 from 20 overs. 

So, as surely as spring turns straight to autumn, the Fishers’ weekday season ended with a re-arranged fixture at Old Owens in Potters Bar. This was fixture number ‘sweet sixteen’ in [...]

The Short One With Swingers

2007-07-19. Won by 9 wickets 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs KILLIGREW 

Killigrew: All out for 15 from 10.1 overs, The Mighty Fishers: 16 for 1 from 4.3 overs. 

I’m not in possession of the scorebook, so apologies if I’m out by a run or two here, but I don’t think it will make a real difference in the scheme of [...]

The One Where Bungle Got A Run

2007-07-17. Won by (about) 25 runs 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs CRABTREE 

The Mighty Fishers: 128 for 3 from 20 overs, Crabtree: c. 103 for 7’ish from 20 overs. 

The two teams last met in early June and Harris is still away doing his open-top bus tour of the minor county grounds celebrating his phantom fifer. 

In blustery conditions at Rothampstead [...]

The One Without Enough Players

2007-06-20. Won by 29 runs 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs FINAL CRICKET CLUB 

The Mighty Fishers: 131 for 4 from 20 overs, Final Cricket Club: 102 all out in 17.3 overs. 

Bungle won the toss and, taking into consideration the wicket, the light, cloud cover, wind direction, local tides and imminent changes to the law on smoking in the workplace, [...]

The Chinese One

2007-07-04. Won by 1 wicket 

By Matt King

SJFCC vs GARDEN FIELDS 

Garden Fields: 107 for 7 from 20 overs, The Mighty Fishers: 111 for 9 from 19.3 overs. 

Unbeaten in the month of June, Fishers went into this first July fixture like Schumacher racing a bumper card, but oh how the wheels so nearly came off. 

Garden Fields won the [...]