Match Report – Steve Dixon Cup Final 21st August 2011
I can’t decide on the most appropriate summary for this match report. There are so many suitable options, so I’ll go with all three.
- Wolvercote loot the Steve Dixon Memorial Trophy from under the noses of West Witney,
- West Witney let the Steve Dixon Cup slip through their fingers (makes a change from us dropping stuff), or
- To quote Churchill (not the nodding dog), “Never was so much owed by so many to so few our bowlers”.
The weekend before last was a big one for the first team, having a top of the table clash on Saturday and the first chance of some silverware in recent memory on Sunday. It was strange that the Saturday game appeared to be (on paper at least) the harder of the two, playing away to a team riding high rather than a final against a team that had only won a handful of games all season, albeit it in the league above. So after achieving the much-needed win on Saturday, we turned up at Westbury on Sunday full of confidence.
Early signs were positive: according to Tim the pitch looked full of runs (when don’t they Tim?!), the weather looked good , all the players made it (despite Ben and Quinny’s best efforts to have the game played on the Westbury chairman’s front lawn by supplying yet another dodgy postcode) and, in the least shocking event of the day, Burnsy not leaving until after he was supposed to arrive.
