A search has been made, high and low, for the 1997 season stats. Lofts have been cleared, cupboards ransacked, and writs issued to former officials, but all without yielding useful statistical data. The only information comes from your chronicler’s own office diary, hidden among jottings on shopping reminders, birthdays and (unattended) meetings. The opponents (15 fixtures on the card) were the usual Newcastle University suspects (ORP, Guinea Pigs, Genetics, and Computing) plus Built Environment from Northumbria University, Floorplan, Davipart, Westgate College and ‘Newcastle Recreation’. Of the seven results recorded by your chronicler, four were wins and three losses (one or which came right at end of the match). The chronicler’s contribution was 5 for 21 off 10 overs in the three games he recorded and 26 runs he scored in an over against Davipart (the origin of the ‘Flashing Blade’ sobriquet (that must be a mystery to many of today’s members!) The many and various acts of daring do among the rest of the Mallard contingent is simply unavailable, as the 1997 represents a brief return of the Dark Ages to our club’s story. The official summary sheet must be entombed somewhere; the record remains open to updates – over to you, gentlemen!

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