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Yea vic was a nite to forget on the spin bowling front your umpires riled me up and i blew my top went back to med pacers but you werent there for me to get my annual vic wkt ;) pass my well dones onto Jock hel know why!!!

sticking at the spin tho pal back to the nets tonite!!!

I'd just like to echo Jeff's comments,
fantastic to see so many younger ones playing and enjoying cricket and great credit must go to the clubs and their hard working & enthusiastic representitives.

And secondly, the new up to date N.C.U. website is excellent and a pleasure to read and put results into etc.
Brilliantly run and kept up-dated by Wylie McKinty.... "well done Sur", as they say in the North/West !

Lastly, I did'nt even make 12th. man for our seconds game last-nite,but I hear Jason Max of Millpark would be better sticking to his 'medium pacers' and leave the 'spinning' to the experts!! lol.

re Gary Smyth

It is anticipated that the draw for the third round of the NCU Challenge Cup will take place next week (w/b 31/05) - a date has still not been fixed.

Clubs will be informed when it will take place

Well done Cooke/Collegians beating Dundrum by 31 in the under 13 Banogue cup an also fine effort from Dundrums Zak Cullen getting 36 including 4 boundaries as he is stiil 11 and at primary school .The ncu website is very good so well done all involved. Ive played cricket 38yrs but dont think i ever was as proud as last night seeing the juniors play their ist game an ive no sons so it was a great day for the future off Dundrum cricket club .

When is the draw for the next round of the Challenge Cup?

Just like wish Dundrum under 13 team all the best in their first ever cricket game in the banogue cup at home too Cooke/Collegians tonight and with a team in the league its looking like we will have too enter an under 11 team next year .

Yes vic I'll see you tonite I'm starting my new career as a spinner tonite!!! Last match it lasted 5 balls so hoping bit longer tonite, will you be my 1st wkt as a spinner????

Thanks Wylie, no I wasn't aware that Chris held that position within the N.C.U. and like yourself, great to have such dedicated and worthy gentlemen involved within the higher echelons of our great cricket Union.
Always have my support! (For what it's worth !)

Park-Ranger,
I actually phoned 'Sir' Gerald on the mobile at the tea interval to tell him I had managed to emulate his feat all those years ago and capture Chris's prized wicket !

But he's a 'hard-man' to please,is our 'Pro', he just grunted down the blower that he had done it when Chris was at the height off his powers playing for Ireland and then told me to let him get back to watching Lurgan play Instonians.....think he was a bit grumpy,cause he wasn't picked for our team!!!

Bye the way,make sure you roll our batting strip well today,while your at work. Millpark 2nds.this evening and I hear Jason Maxwell is very keen to get my wicket.... Again ! Don't want too let the pitch give him any help at all !!!!

Dundrum golf classic at downpatrick golf club this friday tee off times 1pm til 5pm entry is 80£ four man team winning team 200£ first prize . contact jeff 07730334479/02843751442

heard a wee rumour about a pitch invader at Armagh a week ago - any truth in this "rumour"?

So you followed in the footsteps of your idol then Vic? What did Sir Gerald Johnston have to say on the matter?

Vic

I'm not sure if you are aware but Chris Harte is also the Vice-President of the Northern Cricket Union.

Jimmy,
The scrap-book is filling up nicely and thanks for enquiring, still plenty of room in yet for more adventures and hopefully very soon, your 'scalp' will be in there too......... If it's not already !!

dear vic have you filled the first page of your scrap book yet lol

What a great success our venture this season with a Victoria third eleven is proving to be.

Despite still searching for that all elusive win,our travels and matches so far have enabled us to play against clubs and players we would normally never have come up against in previous seasons !

Down at Bangor on Saturday just past, to take on their 5th. team,at playing fields just outside Bangor itself and what a glorious setting it was,with cricket matches going on in every direction one could see.
And who had we the pleasure to meet and play against on the Bangor 5th team, none other than ex-Irish International, Chris Harte no less !

Some may remember me talking about our own Gerald Johnston once claiming his wicket during a long since past Senior Cup game up at Lurgan many 'moons' ago. And then telling the whole world and his dog all about it ever since!

Well Chris actually confirmed the story during our game and actually remembers the said 'wicket' and low & behold did'nt I manage to repeat the feat all these years later!! Caught & bowled.

But what I have to also mention is, this was after Chris had scored 66 runs out of 150 odd for his team in just 30 ovs. and then proceeded to bowl a great spell of spin bowling during our innings,knocking over our top order batsmen in the process and virtually ending any chance we had of a victory.

What a cricketer and a gentleman and great to have another story for 'the Vic Johns cricket scrap book' !