View Full Version : Well done Victoria!
wagstaff
3 Mar 2002, 16:03
Congratulations Victoria on turning around a seemingly certain win into a humiliating loss - the first time a side has lost a match after enforcing the follow-on at Australian domestic first-class level in over 35 years!
It takes something special to be as crap as you've been over the past two days. I'm sure everybody at Bigfooty will join me in saluting you on your ineptitude!
A lot of people underestimate Victoria. After the first day of this match there was a lot of head shaking, and claims of "How are you going to get out of this one, chaps?" The cause seemed hopeless. Not even the glorious Vic sides of the mid 90s could have lost this one. Surely it would require someone of the stature of Darrin Ramshaw, or Geoff Allardice, or even the great Ian Wrigglesworth, to conjure defeat from this situation.
But I never lost faith. I knew we could do it. Handicapped as we were by the inclusion of Elliott, Hodge and Harvey, there was still hope. A glance at the names Jewell, Moss, McGain, Carr - names that will echo through the ages in the annals of humiliating Victorian defeats - fortified me. The selectors led the way by excluding Klinger, Fleming, Inness, and not once including Ayres in the Vic side this season.
Well done, lads. From the brink of victory you have conjured a stunning, breath-taking defeat. And once again the name Bushrangers resumes it's rightful place in the world of slapstick comedy. I salute you.
dogboy23
3 Mar 2002, 17:20
The worst part is that from the moment I logged on to the live scores and saw that WA had built a 100 odd run lead not for a moment did I think we had a remote chance of getting the 135.BTW congratulations to Marcus North a great double ton.
Well I enjoyed the result anyway.
SeinDude
4 Mar 2002, 08:57
I cant believe we managed to grab defeat from the jaws of victory in this game!! It's a pretty disappointing end to a terrible season for the Bushrangers, who desperately need to find some talented young players to come through the ranks.
Congratulations to the Warriors, but I feel Victoria threw this game away and have only themselves to blame.
SeinDude
cjwalkley
4 Mar 2002, 11:30
Originally posted by RogerC
But I never lost faith. I knew we could do it. Handicapped as we were by the inclusion of Elliott, Hodge and Harvey, there was still hope. A glance at the names Jewell, Moss, McGain, Carr - names that will echo through the ages in the annals of humiliating Victorian defeats - fortified me. The selectors led the way by excluding Klinger, Fleming, Inness, and not once including Ayres in the Vic side this season.
Problem being Moss, McGain and Carr were three of the better performers. Carr bowled very well again, McGain was great in the first innings, however the rain made it difficult for the leggie to grip the ball, and Moss batted and bowled alright. Yet again in a second innings we were let down by Mott, Harvey and Berry. Harvey has more talent in his little finger than most players have in all their bodies, yet he wastes it most times. Mott is useless under pressure, and Berry needs to be replaced with a keeper who can bat.
GoEagles
5 Mar 2002, 17:44
WHAT A WIN!!!
Miracle Match #2 for WA. I listened to the last days play on ABC radio and it was nailbiting stuff. I knew we were a chance after we got Hodge out and then the Vic tail crumbled.
We won the match we thought we couldn't win. A big congrats must go out to Marcus North for his 200.
Originally posted by cjwalkley
and Berry needs to be replaced with a keeper who can bat.
Didn't Chuck make a ton last match?
Agreed pathetic performance by the little v.