Carlton Piranhas 16 - 7 Loan Wolves
There have been no match reports for a few weeks, as there were no matches to report on! One game was postponed due to the other team not being able to get a side out, and then we had a couple of fallow weeks in the schedule. The first team, in the other league, have been doing well meanwhile. So we returned to the fray after a bit of a break...
This match was a baptism of fire for many players, not least Doug who had been anticipating a couple of innings’ pitching experience at the end of the game up until ten minutes before start of play. Instead, he had to pitch the whole game, thrown into the deep end against a team prepared to look for walks and a somewhat idiosyncratic umpire.
A Loan Wolves side featuring many players new to the game or in unfamiliar fielding positions produced a performance which that final scoreline doesn’t truly reflect. One bad innings - that perennial nightmare - saw over half the Piranhas’ runs scored, but up until that point we had been in contact throughout the match. Some effective fielding - Deejay’s Third to Second double-play to Luisa springs to mind - showed what the Wolves were capable of, and there was some impressive hitting. Though overall we didn’t quite bat consistently enough to push more runs onto the board.
The lesson I took from it, from my position scowling and shouting from the touchline like a football manager (or a drunken homeless person), was that there was a lot of potential in our players. Some more experience in the different fielding positions, and a little more communication between players, and that game would have been a win.
This match was a baptism of fire for many players, not least Doug who had been anticipating a couple of innings’ pitching experience at the end of the game up until ten minutes before start of play. Instead, he had to pitch the whole game, thrown into the deep end against a team prepared to look for walks and a somewhat idiosyncratic umpire.
A Loan Wolves side featuring many players new to the game or in unfamiliar fielding positions produced a performance which that final scoreline doesn’t truly reflect. One bad innings - that perennial nightmare - saw over half the Piranhas’ runs scored, but up until that point we had been in contact throughout the match. Some effective fielding - Deejay’s Third to Second double-play to Luisa springs to mind - showed what the Wolves were capable of, and there was some impressive hitting. Though overall we didn’t quite bat consistently enough to push more runs onto the board.
The lesson I took from it, from my position scowling and shouting from the touchline like a football manager (or a drunken homeless person), was that there was a lot of potential in our players. Some more experience in the different fielding positions, and a little more communication between players, and that game would have been a win.