Sellsy's Sunday Supplement

The most essential thing about village cricket is teas. Over at Lydeard St Lawrence yesterday (Saturday), Over Stowey 1^st team had a bit of a feast. As I walked into the pavilion at Lydeard, I just help noticing doughnut and flans appearing at all angles. The 1^st team assured me that it was one of the better spreads they had this season.

Now, not forgetting our own teas at Over Stowey, Wendy put on another wonderful selection of sandwiches, sausage rolls, quiches, cake and not forgetting a nice cuppa to wash it down, well in my case a bottle of Thatchers, many thanks Wendy.

So everyone who reads this blog today, raise a glass in honour of all tea ladies up and down the country, who, without them, the cogs of society would grind to a halt, well now quite, but I think you know what I mean.

Over Stowey 2^nd’s I hear are being called in to do extra practice, especially in the art of catching. There are so many contenders for the ‘Hole in the Hand’ award and this is from just this one match. Ok Julian’s was a difficult one, but off your own bowling, I ask you. Ok, to be fair, if he didn’t get a hand on it a trip to casualty might of ensued, as I think somehow that ball might of taken his head off.

Richard Duddridge done himself no favours yesterday, admitting that he scores slower the Rhys Satchell, and this even before he went to bat. To be fair to Dudds, he did prove me right, his knock yesterday would certainly bring back the crowds to Over Stowey, well Wendy’s teas certainly would, but not sure about Dudds’ batting.

On the subject of Rhys, I believe I gave him a disservice last week, as I said he scored 20 runs of 35 overs, well in fact he knocked 27 runs of those 35 overs, even only 23 was in the score book, as he claimed that he hit a four and was put down to leg byes instead!!!!

Nice to see Barrie Buller back in the runs these past few weeks, a 50 last weekend, and another on Saturday could only mean one thing, a jug! Barrie done a great service last weekend, as he bought a jug of cider, but yesterday a jug of lager, I ask you, what would Thatchers say about that? No wonder I had a sore head this morning!

Well one to the 1^st XI who beat Lydeard yesterday, chasing down a score of 193 isn’t easy, especially yesterday, as all wickets and outfields were recovering from the bad weather earlier in the week. Phil Rich had the right idea, two jug avoidance's, taking four wickets and then took himself off, the holing out while in his 40’s.

So the roll of honour this week:

1. Barrie Buller – 1^st team – 52
2. Phil Rich – 1^st team - 4-25
3. Phil Rich – 1^st team – 40
4. Jack Rich – 1^st team - 33
5. Simon Pickard – 2^nd team – 20 not out

Whack-a-day cricket starts at the County Ground on Wednesday, Twenty20 season is here. So an early finish on Wednesday at work, walk across the road to the Ring of Bells, have a few ciders, then a stroll to in to the ground, a few more ciders, loads of sixes, may have a pork roll just to keep a balanced diet, more sixes and a snooze on the way home!

Somerset entertain Warwickshire on Wednesday in their first T20 encounter of the season. So what is going to happen this season? Surely not runners-up again? Must admit T20 is a bit of a lottery, but let’s see what happens. I now hear Somerset have signed Kevin O'Brien, now that is breaking news.

For once Somerset must thank the rain for saving them in their latest Championship match, away against Middlesex at Lord’s (not a happy hunting ground for Somerset in recent years), plus of course, not for the first time this season, the batting of Nick Compton, who held up an end, and made sure Somerset didn’t slip up. At one stage on Friday Somerset were 123 for 5, which made me chuckle.

Right, nearly time for a Thatchers, not quite 10.57, but off to see my sister for a bacon butty (I hope).