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Surrey win Cup with a huge slice of luck
The U14 County Cup Finals Festival at Oakham School was severly interrupted by the weather and the most fortunate side had to be eventual winners, Surrey. The sun god hardly put in an appearance but the weather gods must come from the leafy south.
Thursday 6th August saw play start in the Semi-Finals in glorious sunshine. By lunch Hampshire had posted a total of 160 in their match against Northamptonshire but major drama had taken place on the main school ground at Doncaster Close. Here Surrey had batted first and had been humbled by the Yorkshire bowlers as they were hustled out for a paltry score of 78. Yorkshire had batted before lunch and in 7 overs had reached 28-1. At this point there was disputing the fact that the White Rose County was in complete control of the match. Play never restarted after lunch as torrential rain set in for the next 14 hours. As a result both Semi-Finals had to be decided on Bowl-outs. Surrey then proceeded to use their 'Get out of Jail' card and win the bowl out 5-1 and Hampshire beat Northants 2-1.
The following day no play was possible on the Wilson Ground so the 3rd Place Play-off was abandoned.
After an early lunch the Final was amazingly able to start in glorious sun shine and a 45 overs match was played. Surrey scored 221 and Hampshire were never seriously in the hunt as they lost wickets too frequently. Surrey running out winners by the grace of the weather gods.
Richard Dexter and his team of grounds-staff worked wonders in such adverse conditions to get the ground ready for play and were a real credit to Oakham School.
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