Reports & Newsletter 1996

Frogs               190                 

’Tics                195-5               (Turner 3-44)

’Tics won the toss and Frogs were inserted. A quickly drying wicket combined with cavalier batting both rustic and rusty left us 132-6 at lunch. A promising partnership between Chew and Walsh could never quite break free and we moved rather sluggishly to our total of 190. This was probably 30-40 too few on the day for although Frogs bowled and fielded very well in a war of attrition, ’Tics reached their total with eight balls to spare. Early on ’Tics were 1-2 and 12-3, due, in one instance, to a mesmerising direct hit from 40 yards by Western Province player Gavin Stoffberg. The middle order consolidated and, if it had not been for Bull (96*), the only batsman who got away all day, we might have gone very close to winning ourselves.

Frogs : T Patel, G Stoffberg (guest), I Martin, T Cockroft, L Compton (guest), H Norman, S Walsh, S Chew, L Turner, T O’Leary (c), N Rayner.

Frogs               252-7 dec        (Law 78*, De Souza 45, Croom-Johnson 44)

Hampstead      233-8               (Whitmore 6-34)

This match could be described as notable for two reasons: firstly we didn’t lose (!) ; and secondly Frogs found a new opening batsman closely resembling Nick Knight….

O C-J grasped his chance with some style and together with the classy De Souza and a helping hand from the skipper and his South African ringer, the Frogs reached the dizzy heights of 252 for 7.

Hampstead were not going to take this lying down but were rocked back by a fierce spell of seam and swing from the enigmatic Whitmore. Figures of 6 for 34 tell the tale. Unfortunately none of the other Frogs bowlers were able to get near his level of performance, otherwise the home side would have been well and truly whipped!

As it was, Hampstead hung on at the death to leave Frogs with the better of a hard fought draw and Hampstead, for once, with their tail somewhat between their legs!

Frogs : M De Souza, O Croom-Johnson, A Mathur, N McIver,  T O’Leary, M Freyer, G Shuttleworth (guest), F Law (c), P Shah, N Rayner, C Whitmore.

Frogs               232                  (Ricketts 75, Fitzpatrick 47)

Chesham         233-4              

After last year’s defeat the Frogs were anxious to put on a better show against Chesham this year. To this end we introduced a secret weapon in Rod Dowle, Chairman of Chesham CC, and a fund of knowledge on the weaknesses of the opposition. Unbeknown to us he had recruited a South African mercenary for Chesham who had opened the  bowling with Shaun Pollock for Natal Universities.

Frogs batted first and after a poor start Ricketts, our Oxford Blue, and Fitzpatrick repaired the damage. Together they tamed the South African threat and Ricketts in particular began to strike the ball to all corners of the ground. A century before lunch looked on the cards but he was bowled playing a rash shot. Lunch was taken at 150 for 4, but afterwards there was a mini collapse. This was halted by Steve Chew who played some brave forcing strokes against the pace bowling and eventually the Frogs were all out for a respectable 232.

It soon became plain that Chesham had fielded a strong batting side. Frogs began well and had four out for a hundred, but we were unable to make further progress. Our secret weapon was introduced into the attack and his first three balls commanded respect. When the next two were deposited out of the ground and into the River Chess we realised the ploy had failed and could only resign ourselves to defeat.

Frogs : R Bray (c), A Mathur, J Ricketts, D Fitzpatrick, T O’Leary, R Chalk, J Richardson,  S Chew,  N Rayner, R Dowle.

Marlow            178-8 dec        (Martin 3 for 46)

Frogs               181-2               (Stoffberg 107, O’Leary 52*)

This new fixture at a superb setting provided a day of surprises, with maturity and experience showing its worth in the field and peer competition giving us one of the truly great batting displays.

On paper the bowling line-up looked thinnish. How appearances can deceive! Having won the toss the Frogs took the field. In his third over Andrew Marshall slipped one through Robinson’s defences (9-1) and two balls later Ian Martin, bowling superbly (can we now forgive him his fetching blue shorts?) got one to stop on Otto (fresh from a 160 the previous weekend) making it 9-2. Marshall and Martin continued to probe away and with the right support from the mature OC close catching cordon, Marshall would have gained just reward. As it was, when the edge came Fischel moved gracefully but the right paw failed to hold on.

New bowler Ed Webb then trapped the dangerous Land with one that kept a bit low (57-4) whilst Martin (3-34) struck via a magnificent dipping catch at second slip by Prain, rolling back the years (57-5). For a team bordering on the senior circuit the fielding was magnificent.

The balance of the game was firmly tipped our way when in the last over before the interval Webb dropped a cunning long hop to Donelan who smashed it to O’Leary at shortish backward square leg to silence his complaints about the boring nature of this position (82-6).

After an excellent chicken and broccoli bake followed by lemon meringue the score progressed turgidly to 158 before the declaration after 72 overs.

Stoffberg and O’Leary opened the Frogs innings with the former in stunning form taking four fours off his school chum Wells’s second over and 40 off Donelan’s four. Marlow had no answer as Frogs raced to 100-0 in the fifty minutes before tea with Stoffberg on 86 not out. The skipper then remembered Marlow were fielding with ten, offered another, but was politely turned down! Stoffberg moved to his hundred in the first over after tea but then top edged to cover. O’Leary then emerged from his shell to ease the spinners around the ground. Freddie Jones was a little too ambitious and perished at long on which left Fischel just enough time to stroke a couple of delightful fours. O’Leary brought up his fifty and finished the game with an on-driven four to ensure the final 20 overs were unnecessary.

My thanks to all for playing and in particular to Alison Marshall for keeping such a tidy score sheet.

Frogs : G Stoffberg (guest), T O’Leary, F Jones, D Fischel, C Griffith-Jones, G Prain, D Thomas (c), I Martin, E Webb (guest), B O’Gorman, A Marshall.

Frogs               219                  (Cockroft 90*, Loup 40)

Hurlingham     223-9               (Hancock 5 for 45)

Frogs won the toss and batted first and were soon 39 for 4 with the top order struggling against Richard Heard. Cockroft and Fischel led the recovery with the former going on to 90 not out, ably supported by fellow O.W. Simon Loup who made 40 at number 11, adding 79 for the last wicket.

Hurlingham reached their target in the last over thanks to 54 from Armist and Robb at number 8 with 45. The pick of the Frogs  bowlers was Justin Hancock with 5 for 45 in 15 overs.

Frogs : T O’Leary, J Hancock, M De Souza, D Fischel, O Jones, T Cockroft, J Stafford, S Chew, D Churton, C Griffith-Jones (c), S Loup.

Frogs               225-7 dec       

Limspfield       228-8               (Croom-Johnson 3 for 46)

Four hundred and fifty runs on a kite-flying afternoon ended with the home side scraping a win in an enthralling last over.

Lark led the way to 225 for 7 with a fine 47 and deserved the chance to raise his bat after a few years in the wilderness. However, it was not to be despite sundry middle order support from McIver, Freyer and Shah and a steadying knock from the President.

The men from Kent set off in chase of what they considered to be a tough target, but the skipper knew his former team mates too well and 225 soon became 20-odd from two overs, which still looked too steep.

To their credit, the Limspfield last pair swung the bat unafraid and thanks to an off-stump yorker hacked away over square leg the home side won with one ball to spare, despite good bowling from Rayner, O C-J and the irrepressible Shah.

Frogs : S Lark, O Croom-Johnson, J Carter, N McIver, G Prain, F Law (c), M Freyer, P Shah, N Rayner, D Churton.

Frogs : R Bray, F Jones, D Thomas, C Brown (cand), F Machlachlan, C Griffith-Jones, L Turner, G Prain, O Croom-Johnson, K Rodger, J Richardson.

Frogs               237-8 dec        (Leman 63, Fischel 51, Bray 48)                   

Amersham       241-6               (Chapman 3 for 47)

An interesting collection of Frogs and non-Frogs gathered in stages. It seemed a good toss to win as we might not have had a quorum to field at the start. David Fischel and Richard Bray batted excellently on a wettish wicket putting up 109 for the first wicket. However, both were out in quick succession, Richard timing his exit to perfection as lunch and drinks were about to be served.

There followed a collapse of wickets while not many more runs were scored. This left skipper Tom Leman and Mark Russell with much to do. They put on 90 entertaining runs when it mattered and set up a reasonable declaration score.

Here the Frogs went badly wrong. Amersham opened with a pinch hitter who butchered our opening attack. At the other end a plodder acted in the anchor role. These two effectively put Amersham in an unassailable position, although the pinch hitter (98) was out long before the plodder (47). However, Jeff Chapman took three wickets in a steady spell while Iain Jackson (guest) found line and length in an aggressive second spell, his towering frame breasting the slope at the pavilion  end majestically.

One more breakthrough from these two might have caused panic in the home side, but there were only minor flutters as they ran out victors by 4 wickets.

Frogs : D Fischel, R Bray, J Chapman, J Cann (guest), T Leman, G Prain, M Russell (guest), T O’Leary, H Silby (guest), I Jackson (guest).

Frogs                           207-6 dec        (O’Leary 69)

Old Wellingtonians     208-4               (Loup 4 for 77)

Frogs batted first and, faced with four Frog O.W. bowlers made slow progress to 207 for 8 declared, Tim O’Leary scoring 69. The O.W.’s opened with Jonathan White who, after being dropped by your captain in the first over, went on to score 113! They got the runs fairly easily, the only wicket taker being another O.W. Frog Simon Loup with 4 for 77.

Frogs : C Brown, T O’Leary, C Peerless, C Griffith-Jones, J Hancock, M Bristowe, G Challis, G Prain, O Jones, S Loup, J Richardson.

Frogs               126

Fernden             86                  (Marshall 6 for 46)

On a pitch that looked hard and true, twenty wickets fell for just over 200 runs, when 400-500 would be the norm. After the wet and slow early season wickets, batsmen were undone by a bit of extra bounce that most bowlers found.

The Frogs started reasonably, passing 50 for the loss of only one wicket but then James Lawrence, whom we had over generously loaned to the other side, started on a successful spell which brought him 5 wickets for only 20. Several batsmen threatened to play an innings but none did - only Tim 0’Leary scored more than 20.

We expected 126 to be a difficult score to defend but Andrew Marshall bowled a superb spell full of hostility in which he dismissed the first six batsmen for 19 runs. Mike Doggart gave Richard Wells some assistance before Steve Chew got him, leaving Richard Wells to play a lone hand which saw him carry his bat through the innings for 46 not out. Jeff Chapman wrapped their innings up with 2 for 1 leaving Richard Wells, who batted very well, and Andrew Marshall to take the honours.

Frogs : T O’Leary, R Bray, J Chapman, A Mathur, M Stewart (cand), J Richardson, B O’Gorman, G Prain, A Marshall, S Chew, K Rodger.

Frogs               267-6 dec        (Cullinan 108)

Beaconsfield   268-2              

On a beautiful summer’s day Frogs won the toss and chose to bat. Cullinan and the Match Manager, playing in what he declared to be his last match, put on a hundred for the first wicket and Cullinan went on to reach that rare goal, a hundred  before lunch. It was a delightful innings.

After lunch against some steady slow bowling, we were not able to maintain the same rate of scoring, but useful knocks were made by Chapman and Pascal, returning from Dubai, Cook, O’Leary, and the evergreen Prain. We declared at twenty to four with 267 on the board. On the face of it a formidable total, but in view of past seasons’ results the Match Manager had a slight sense of unease.

This was to prove justified. After two early chances off Steve Chew went down, the Beaconsfield openers tore into the Frogs’ attack and we were unable to stem the flow of runs. Frogs stuck to their task but Beaconsfield ran out comfortable winners with about two overs to spare.

Frogs : R Bray (c), M Cullinan, D Lawrence, J Chapman, T Pascal, R Cook, T O’Leary, G Prain, J Richardson, S Chew, A Marshall.

Frogs                           230                  (Chapman 86, Peerless 66)

Old Cranleighans        232-6              

Having won the toss and elected to bat, the Frogs got off to a rather shaky start. However, this was countered by a robust, chanceless innings by the classy Chapman who, together with Peerless, put on 104 for the fourth wicket. Peerless was at his cavalier best, hooking their quickie with disdain and punching him through gulley in true Robin Smith style. Once these two were out, the innings subsided to 230 despite some lusty blows from Thomas.

Although this looked about 30 runs too few on a pitch full of runs as is usual at Cranleigh, the hosts were pinned back by an impressive hostile opening spell from Will Oatley (guest), and with help from Whitmore, Thomas and Chapman, they were on the ropes at 116 for 5.

But a well-paced century from Old Cranleighan’s number 4, and with the Frogs hampered by having only 10 men on the field, the Old C’s frustratingly reached the target for the loss of only 6 wickets, with a couple of overs left. As ever, though, a good day’s cricket.

Frogs : T Pascal, T O’Leary, C Brown, J Chapman, C Peerless, N Dunnett, D Thomas, D Williams, W Oatley (guest), C Whitmore (c).

Hampshire Hogs         219-7 dec        (Ricketts 4 for 64)

Frogs                           110                  (Ricketts 42)

To have one no show in a team is bad enough, to have two is guaranteed to provide the nearest institution with the match manager as its next inmate. Both good players, one had flu on the day and the other suffered a stolen car. Add to this the late arrival of two other players and the usual loss of the toss with the consequent spell in the field and, despite the fact that the decency of the Hogs meant we had some substitute fielders, the morning session was not a light-hearted affair.

However, our nine men were quite a good nine, and there was no reason to doubt a reasonable performance, especially as the Hogs got off to their usual steady start and we felt that we would be able to contain them after lunch to a gettable total. With Justin Ricketts bowling some very good leg- spin in the afternoon, this looked to be the case until the seventh wicket partners got away from us a little prior to  the declaration.

On the batting front we looked a little thin, and we needed our stars to perform. Nick Rayner was thrust (or rather thrust himself) to the front of the batting order, and for 50 minutes quite looked the part before forgetting himself with a real tail-ender’s waft. There was a briefly promising stand of 48 in just over half an hour between Justin Ricketts, who played well, and Thierry Pascal, but this was really the only period of the innings when we looked to be in the hunt. What you certainly don’t need when you have only eight wickets to fall, is a run out. We had two - to go with the no shows - and were duly and deservedly undone with 9 overs to go.

Frogs : T O’Leary, N Rayner, O Jones, J Ricketts, T Pascal, J Richardson, S Chew, K Rodger, O Croom-Johnson (c).

Falkland                      182-7   (Peerless 3-34)

Frogs                           183-9   (Chapman 55)

Frogs attack was weakened by late withdrawals but Peerless and Chapman bowled steadily in warm conditions, Peerless finishing with a creditable 3 for 34 against a youthful Falkland side. The leg-spin attack of Thomas D and Thomas M (guest) was more to the batsmens’ liking, as was the off-spin of Oakley (another guest). A Falkland total of 182-7 was nonetheless well within reach of a strong Frogs batting line-up.

Solid contributions from Chapman (55), Prain (36) and Ran (28) put the Frogs well on the way to victory until an unexpected (!) collapse saw Frogs reeling at 176-9. Some swift running between the wickets by the last pair, and a towering drive over long off by number 11 Duncan Thomas saw Frogs home. Just!

Frogs : T O’Leary, J Chapman, S Brackley, G Prain, C Ran, M Thomas, C Peerless, R Oakley,  J Richardson (c), L Tillan, D Thomas.

Stowe Templars           170      (Mathur 4-28)

Frogs                           171-9   (Pascal 51)

Warne, Kumble, Ahmed, Strang, Mathur - after this impressive exhibition of beguiling leg-spin, virtually bowling out a strong opposition by himself with a mixture of classically flighted leg-spinners and cunning googlies and flippers, Ash laid his claim to be bracketed with this pantheon of great modern day twirlers.

In fact, when the Frogs side assembled on the morning of the match, it looked as though we would struggle to field a team, let alone win, due to one overnight cry-off and a no-show.

Templars opted to bat and got off to a good start with the aggressive (jammy) Atkinson (45) laying waste to some profligate bowling (mine!). But when he was snared by C-J the Frogs moved in for the kill, and it was time for Ash to strut his stuff. By the time he had finished bowling a useful batting line up had been reduced to 170 all out. Crucially, Ash (4-28) had accounted for the dangerous Law (49), caught by the keeper - the leg-spinners wicket. There was good bowling from Mark Saunders, and mention must be made of Garrick Marton, who kindly agreed to play for us at the last minute and who snapped up the wicket of the Templar Nick Hughes, after being told by him that if Garrick got him out he “would give up playing cricket”!

Frogs began the chase with all guns blazing, with Pascal (51) in violent stroke-making mood. But a flurry of wickets halted us in our tracks and suddenly Frogs were 115 for 5, having been coasting at 80 for one. But this resourceful side knew no defeat, and not even the opposition captain’s donkey drops could deflect them from their goal, eventually scrambling to victory with one wicket in hand.

Frogs : A Mathur, T Pascal, T O’Leary, N McIver, M Saunders, J Richardson, C Ranganathan, O Croom-Johnson, C Whitmore (c), G Marton (guest).

Ashstead         253-3 dec       

Frogs               257-1               (Martin 163*, O’Leary 42)

Frogs arrived at Ashstead on another glorious day determined to avenge their five consecutive defeats here. It started badly when Frogs lost the toss and had to field with Whitmore (due to take the new ball) still negotiating the M25. Things got worse when Turner’s first over tested the available bounce in all parts of the wicket - often different parts with the same delivery!

However, Whitmore’s stand-in, Peter Leaver, produced an excellent and mean 14 over opening spell - unlucky to claim only one wicket. Good spells also came in the shape of the off-spin of Peerless, the “Waqar-like” inswing of Whitmore, and the flighty leg-spin of Thomas. However, on a slow pitch, wickets were never going to come easily and progressively confident batting from Ashstead’s New Zealander (138*) saw them to a score of 252-3 when the declaration came after 60 overs.

Martin and O’Leary opened for the Frogs and the score passed 50 in the fifth over. By tea the score was 110-0 and, by the time O’Leary was out to an excellent catch for 42, the score stood at 162. In no time (in fact with 17 overs to spare), Martin (163*) and Chapman (31*) saw us home to victory - rarely tasted by the Frogs at Ashstead.

Frogs : I Martin (c), T O’Leary, J Chapman, D Lawrence, J Southorn (cand), C Peerless, L Turner, R Leaver, P Leaver (cand), C Whitmore, D Thomas.

Wimbledon                 250-8 dec        (Chapman 5 for 25)

Frogs                             48-2              

A multicultural Frogs eleven, the eleven itself quite an achievement given the paucity of Frogs talent available, assembled at SW19 to contest one of the season’s traditionally tough games. A lost toss and some good early Frogs bowling saw us in a reasonable position at lunch - Steve Chew contributing a “15 on the trot” prior to the interval.

After lunch Jeff Chapman worked his way through the middle order to take 5 for 25 and Wimbledon closed on 250 for 8. Martini looked to be on the way to another formidable score when the Wimbledon wet struck and ……. match abandoned.

Frogs : I Martin, T O’Leary, Naveed (guest), D Fitzpatrick, G Chapman (guest), J Chapman, Pearson (guest), D Thomas, S Chew, Nabil (guest), James (guest).

Frogs               234-9 dec        (Adam 58*, Shah 55*, Saunders 54)

Adastrians       234-6               (Shah 4 for 73)

After electing to bat, the Frogs did so feebly until lunch, but rallied strongly to set a target of 234 and produce a thrilling game which ended with the scores level.

Notable batting performances included Saunders’ usual classy opening half-century, Pank Shah’s crucial watchful first fifty, and Adam’s forthright hitting which provided the perfect foil to Shah and enabled us to reach a creditable 234 for 9.

Few of us thought at lunch that the game would last until tea time, let alone produce 468 runs in the day. Great credit goes to Shah and Adam for breathing fresh life into a game that was in danger of falling as flat as a pancake.

Shah repeated his heroics with the ball, taking 4 for 73 operating in tandem with Ashwani “Shane” Mathur, after the Adastrians had got off to a flying start.

Then came the nail-biting finish as Angus Adam prevented the RAF getting the third run they needed, leaving the scores level.

Frogs : M Saunders, F Jones, A Mathur, N McIver, G Prain, F Law (c), P Shah, T O’Leary, M Freyer, A Adam, A Marshall.

Frogs:  J Rawlinson, D Cruickshank (cand), J Chapman, B van Beuge, H Norman,

Frogs:  B van Beuge, D Cruickshank (cand), J Hancock, T Cockroft, G Williams, R Hopkins (guest), A Slattery (cand), A Botha (guest), G Prain, B Passenger, T O’Leary (c).

Frogs:  A Slattery (cand), T O’Leary (c), B Passenger, G Williams, B Latcham (guest), B van Beuge, G Prain, T Cockroft, D Cruickshank (cand), J Hancock, D Pengelly (guest). 

Frogs:  G Williams, B van Beuge, A Botha, A Slattery , G Prain, D Cruickshank (cand), T Cockroft, J Hancock, B Passenger, T O’Leary (c), C Westbrook. 

Frogs                           174                  (Chapman 53)

Wiltshire Queries        156                  (Westbrook 5-63, Warren 3-38)

Frogs                           257-7 dec        (Luca 107*, Patel 40)

Bradfield Waifs          179-6              

The Waifs won the toss and, seeking another gritty victory, stuck the Frogs in.

Three consecutive years of being outplayed (although not always beaten) by the Waifs; Waifs on the back of their Cricketer Cup triumph; the impudence of asking the Frogs to bat; a gorgeously sunny day; a rousing call to arms by the Manager: almost all played a part in the Frogs raising their game to unprecedented heights for this fixture in recent years. The Frogs thoroughly outplayed the Waifs who ended up resorting to defence with 35 overs remaining, only 3 wickets down and their best batsmen at the crease, to secure an undeserving draw.

Flexibility was the key factor in the success. A very fluid batting order (as the selected opening batsmen, Pascal (29) and Cook (24) arrived during the morning to take their places as required) supported Luca to a magnificent century batting through the innings. The bowlers were switched around to “make something happen”; take wickets; buy wickets or simply give some runs away! Nine bowlers were used including Pascal’s first Frogs over. But on a flat track (yes, it was played at Oatlands) batsmen content to sit on the splice were difficult to dislodge. A special mention for Richard Chalk’s excellent keeping.

All in all a super day with great banter and team spirit - next year the Frogs will finish the job!

Frogs : Luca (guest), A Mathur, Narayan Iyer, T Pascal, R Cook, T Patel (c), D Hagan, A West (guest), A Marshall, C Westbrook.

Cross Arrows              279                  (Westbrook 4 for ??)

Frogs                           218                  (Williams 100, Slattery 49)

On a wonderful September morning the Frogs won the toss and decided to chase on the postage stamp sized nursery ground at Lord’s. Sure enough we were soon chasing leather as the Cross Arrows scored 35 off the first four overs. Charles Whitmore was unlucky in a useful opening spell and despite some tight overs from Cockroft and a good spell from Westbrook lunch was taken with the Cross Arrows on 206-3. After lunch the Frogs fought back into the game with Chris Westbrook finishing with four wickets as a target of 280 was set.

If it hadn’t been for our Australian contingent then game would have been over very quickly since, bar a few lusty blows from David Fischel and Hugo Norman, the Anglo-Frogs batted poorly. At the other end Greg Williams (Anglo-Australian) batted superbly giving a thorough demonstration of technique to all and sundry whilst scoring 100. He was ably supported by Andrew Slattery who scored an aggressive 49 and whilst they were together victory looked a possibility.

It wasn’t to be and in the end we were all out for 218, losing by 61 runs. But this was a great day for all of us privileged enough to play and even take home some of the sacred turf (pitch being re-laid!).

Frogs               121                  (McIver 40)

Privateers        122-3              

This was one of those matches where the result was unaccountable. The Frogs fielded a good side, including the Australian pros Williams and Slattery up from the West Country for the Cross Arrows game the day before. It all started brightly enough with Neil McIver smacking the ball to all parts, and after less than half an hour we were 43 for none, when Greg Williams, who apparently hadn’t had very much (enough?) to drink the night before, played a very rustic shot and was caught. This was the sign for everything to start going pear-shaped, which it continued to do without any kind of respite until the game finished shortly before tea time. All the batsmen gave the impression of finding the bowling unworthy of serious consideration and instead merely found increasingly flamboyant ways of getting themselves out. There was a brief counter-attack from debutant Chris O’Mahoney, but ultimately our total of 121 gave Holdsworth  (4-34) and Watson (6-23) some very flattering figures.

Despite the usual concerns about the look of the Oatlands Park pitch before we started (it was a toss up as to which one we used), it played pretty well, and with the opening attack not quite hitting the spot, the Privateers got off to a reasonable start. They followed this up with quite a good middle, and then a perfectly competent end, romping home comfortably by 7 wickets.

Frogs : G Williams, N McIver, A Slattery, D Thomas, C Brown, G Prain, C O’Mahoney, N Rayner, J Richardson, K Rodger, O Croom-Johnson (c).