Whitchurch-on-Thames Cricket Club

Saturday: A draw on a sunny day and damp wicket BBC Caversham batted first on a slow wicket ("like bales of hay" - Ed.), posting a reasonable score of 137. Mostly due to some fairly lame half-track bowling by Whitchurch it has to be said, with only Richard Leach and Matty Kilford really stepping up to the mark. Whitchurch's reply was slow to get going, but despite an excellent 55 from Paul Vaughan, a flurry of late order wickets trying to force the pace left us playing for a draw in the last over, needing another 20 runs. Still, nice to get out in the sun. And we were nearly all-out.... in the sun. Sunday:  Unbeaten in July; The Run Goes On An excellent show of Whitchurch's cricketing prowess or a reflection of the last 5 games being lost to the weather? If you know Whitchurch CC, you'll know the answer!! Having been put in by Aldermaston all of Whitchurch's top-order batsmen scored runs but carefully avoided having to buy a jug. Jug avoidance, ...

From Lyn, the Kids on Tour... But for the cricketers, rain of biblical proportions, something like this all weekend, resulted in the three fixtures lost without trace....

An excellent bowling performance from Whitchurch put them in a strong position from which to canter to victory against Jack Frost . Ronnie Kahn and Nick Hill were the pick of the bowlers, but all bowled well, with Jack Frost all out for 128. A good anchoring role from Jon Steward with the bat saw us safely home with 4 wickets and more than 10 overs to spare. As usual we cleaned up in the boat race as well. "A grand day out Grommit", as one of their players might have said! Lyn and / or Cormac The Boat Race Jack Frost's Own Report One of the great pleasures of playing for the XI against long-standing opponents is that everyone strives to make a game of it, regardless of adversity. And so it was this year at Whitchurch, whom the XI first played on 16th June 1974, so our Chairman and chief statistician informs me. The adversity was all on the side of the XI. For a start, for XI read IX. However, Whitchurch had agreed to supply us with two p...