On Monday 9th July, an Immanuel Staff XI played against a combined Years 7 and 8 XI in the College’s first staff versus pupils cricket match. The atmosphere was filled with nervous excitement as most of the staff members had not picked up a ball or bat in over 20 years. Some had never played the game before and were unaware of how to bowl, run, or score! Despite this, the staff team were victorious, winning by 3 wickets. The pupils managed to put on a respectable 133, with Oliver Rich and Ben Wolpert (both Year 8) proving useful with the bat. Mr Raine, bowling rather than pitching for the first time in his life, managed to take two wickets, although the number of wides staff bowled proved somewhat embarrassing. The staff were, however, more adept with the bat and runs were put on by Mr Shaw, Mr Popat and Mr Felsenstein, with the winning hit provided by Mr Suter courtesy of a wonderfully-placed chop down to third man! The staff team was most ably captained by Mr Raby and thanks must go to Mr Gooch who organised the event, although a fixtures meeting prevented him from participating. The staff look forward to playing a combined Years 9 and 10 team next year.

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