MRS WELTON FURIOUS AT GRUMPY TAG [16/05/08 12:02:18]
After news leaked that a Mrs Grumpy award was in the offering, Mrs Welton (pictured below with her adoring husband in happier times) launched a pre-emptive stike earlier this week. Cutting quickly to the chase, she used her direct line to the heavens. Her prayers were soon answered as the 'big fella' sent down a thunderbolt cunningly disguised as a rearing cricket ball and lo! did smite her nemisis, the Webmeister, firmly on the pate!
Mrs W, when shown a picture of the multi-striped boat of the 3rd XI's third choice wicketkeeper burst into a fit of the giggles before commenting "let this be a lesson to those other w***ers in the five o'clock club. Christ, his hooter is even bigger than that nice ex-groundsman's!".
On the cricketing front the Blossom Hill Brigade were all a flutter when news reached them that none other than Jose Mourinho was playing for SPH at The Brow on Wednesday. However on closer inspection, it just our favourite web-fingered scamp Paul 'Sir Don' Le Ford!
The Mersea maestro turned in a scintillating display with his Hero Jaguar blade as he amassed an extremely polished 2 not out. Teammates were quick to laud possibly the best display of strokeplay seen at The Brow this year.
Batting partner Craig Scott told the post-match press conference "It was a privilege just to be out in the middle with him, I just kept pushing the ones to give him the strike." Whalebone CC skipper Paul da Vino (run out for a duck earlier in the innings) added "I am seriously looking at the top four batting order for the coming season after this monumental innings." Out of form batsman Andy Lockyer was the only dissenting voice: " I thought he was f***ing shite!" snarled ADCC's Director of Cricket before storming off to the changing rooms.
