Playing Cricket
The Society XI is drawn from members all over the country and plays some 30 matches a season against a variety of opponents ranging from top London clubs to village teams.
Regular overseas tours are also arranged.
Cricket Society Averages 2007
Played 22, Won 10, Lost 6, Dawn 3, Abandoned 3, Cancelled 5
Batting Innings NO Runs HS Average
Ronald Paterson 11 4 563 119* 80.42
Razar Ali Dar 4 2 148 77* 74.00
Tony Crockert 7 1 218 76* 36.33
Andrew Moss 7 0 203 66 29.00
Neil Holmes 10 4 136 42 22.66
Adrian Gale 8 1 138 64 19.71
Matt Pfahl 5 1 76 64* 19.00
Tony Warrington 10 2 136 34 17.00
Omar Hameed 4 0 67 31 16.75
Tom Carmichael 9 6 49 9* 16.33
Andy Graham 12 2 129 25* 16.12
Peter Hartland 5 1 62 33* 15.50
Paul Fielding 5 3 16 6* 8.00
Charles Noakes 12 1 66 16 6.00
Edward Crockert 4 0 19 9 4.75
John Symonds 4 0 16 8 4.00
Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average
Razar Ali Dar 30 8 75 9 8.33
Edward Crockert 26 2 129 9 26.00
Peter Hartland 61 5 234 14 16.71
Robert Leachman 16 1 122 7 17.42
Neil Holmes 188.1 43 534 24 22.25
John Symons 124.1 21 498 22 22.63
Ian Jackson 19 1 116 5 23.20
Results
Rain has certainly dampened our efforts, if not our spirits, after such a great start. The majority of games between late May and the end of July have been washed out and, in the remainder, form has often been elusive.
Isle of Wight tour
Torrential rain washed out our games at Ventnor and Ryde. Even the ferries stopped running for a while. Nevertheless we amused ourselves with an indoor net at the fantastic facilities in Ventnor and a singsong at the Spyglass. The highlight was a solo from our scorer!
2nd July v Merchant Taylor's School. Lost
Society 175 for 8 dec (David Blizzard 70, Tony Warrington 34)
MTS 178 for 4 (Adnan Mohammed 4 for 52)
We again failed to do ourselves justice in this game.
17th June v Chipstead, Coulsden and OW. Draw
Chipstead174 all out (Bob Leachman 5 for 35)
Society (112 for 9)
Things looked distinctly promising with Chipstead 111 for 8 at one stage. As is often the case on Sundays, a couple of useful players batting probably lower than their league slots pulled the innings around. Bob Leachman in his quest for a world record only plays at grounds once. This new fixture gave him a chance to shine. Our reply never really got going and a flurry of late wickets left Tom Carmichael needing to block out the final over; with Leachman flatly refusing to leave the non-striker's end.
The games at Newdigate and Yattendon were called off without us travelling.
8th July v Bentley 40 overs each.Lost
Bentley 217 for 7 (Angus Graham 3 for 54)
Society 77 for 9
A new fixture in Essex and a result best forgotten.
11th July v Old Leightonians Lost
Society 220 all out ( Andrew Moss 66, Clive Ricks 58)
Old Leightonians 221 for 5 (Andrew Short 3 for 46))
The sun returned for our visit to the beautiful ground of Leighton Park School. Andrew Moss (recently returned with Susan from two months cycling in France) was in good form at his alma mater. Former Oxfordshire player, Clive Ricks, tucked into some friendly late bowling. However only Andrew Short enjoyed any success with the ball.
15th July v Britwell Salome Abandoned
Society 20 for 0
Our optimistic efforts were thwarted by thunder
26th July v Kew Abandoned
Kew 24 for 1
Tony MacDonald Barker had assembled a “ team of all the talents” , only rain could defeat it, and duly did.
29th July v Gt and Lt Warley Lost
Society 115 for 8 dec (Neil Holmes 28*)
Gt Warley 116 for 7 (John Symons 3 for 40)
A new fixture at an attractive Essex ground. Our batting could not get going on a very slow pitch with a lengthy grass on the outfield. Batting became easier and, despite the best efforts of Neil Holmes, Paul Fielding and John Symons, Gt Warley made it home. Impressive post-match entertainment made it an enjoyable day.
