▁b ats man ▁Michael ▁Thomas , ▁who ▁had ▁only ▁been ▁draft ed ▁into ▁the ▁side ▁at ▁the ▁last ▁minute , ▁sm ashed ▁a ▁quite ▁remarkable ▁un be aten ▁ 1 0 2 ▁from ▁ 7 0 ▁balls , ▁and ▁with ▁No ▁ 1 1 ▁Julian ▁Sh ack el ▁sw atting ▁a ▁composed ▁ 2 7 ▁not ▁out , ▁the ▁O L s ▁pulled ▁off ▁a ▁one - wick et ▁win ▁in ▁the ▁pen ult imate ▁over . ▁ ▁All ▁change ▁All ▁was ▁not ▁well ▁in ▁the ▁B rew ers ▁Cup ▁competition , ▁however . ▁The ▁Ta un ton ▁incident ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁merely ▁served ▁to ▁height en ▁the ▁issue ▁of ▁' ring ers ' ▁playing ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁compet ing ▁clubs ▁and ▁the ▁following ▁year ▁proved ▁the ▁final ▁st raw ▁for ▁the ▁cup ▁committee ▁as ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁withdraw als ▁– ▁that ▁allowed ▁the ▁O L CC ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁semi - final s ▁without ▁even ▁playing ▁a ▁game ▁– ▁contributed ▁to ▁their ▁decision ▁to ▁close ▁the ▁competition . ▁( The ▁O L CC ▁had ▁raised ▁a ▁full ▁team ▁of ▁b ona ▁f ide ▁Old ▁Le ight oni ans ▁for ▁every ▁fi xture ▁they ▁had ▁cont ested ▁in ▁the ▁competition ▁since ▁joining ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 , ▁making ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁wind ▁up ▁the ▁competition ▁all ▁the ▁more ▁difficult ▁for ▁the ▁committee ' s ▁chairman , ▁Robert ▁Stein , ▁himself ▁a ▁stal wart ▁member ▁and ▁subsequently ▁a ▁Life ▁Vice ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁O L CC ). ▁