Whitchurch-on-Thames Cricket Club

27th Sep.  Another sunny day @ Whitchurch CC but bl**ding cold in the shade!! Regals - a team who we have never beaten - won the toss and chose to bat, sportingly opening with younger members of their squad. Excellent bowling from Jonny G(3 fer) Riyas, Francis, Tom and Lynn saw oppo reduced to 60 odd for 5 wickets with good catches from Dave, Sid, Francis and a “first class” slip catch from Scooby. Regals rallied with some big hitting from middle order batsmen Billy and “Inty” and managed to get to a respectable 175-7 off their 35 overs.  Whitchurch got off to a solid start with Jon S and Woody. After Jon and Scooby perished to a low ball and a good catch - the Chapman brothers showed what talent exists in the family. Woody put on another masterclass of “hitting the bad ball” and smashed a superb 112 n.o. ably supported by Tom C with a perfect supporting 34 n.o to see Whitchurch cruise to a comfortable win in 25 overs. A great team performance and shows how far the team has pr...

A Beautiful day at Whitchurch CC 25  Degrees and full sun! Whitchurch batted first on a slow wicket and very dry wicket that had been used twice before and after a solid opening stand with Jon and Grogie, Woody came in and blew away the Cholsey attack with a magnificent 114 no ably supported by powerful cameos from Tom (my head hurts Chappers) 29 and Scooby 31 no. WCC finished on 238 for 5 off 40 overs Coldest reply was permeated by the regular loss of wickets and at one stage it looked we would bowl them out for 130 but they steadied and a strong 91 by Warren Ainsworth got them close  - squeeky bum time again! But once he holed out off Grogie - (magnificent high catch by Jonny G) their batters could not keep up with the run rate with them finally falling short by 15 runs. Good bowling and fielding by all and well done Nick H, Francis, jonny G( who took a 3 fer) and Tommo. Good performance today boyz - a good unit! Grogie

Wow 😯 what a game today - 25 degrees and full sun and weren't we entertained!!!! WCC won the toss and batted, and after the loss of 3 early wickets WCC consolidated and a fab elegant anchor role by Sid who got 98 who shared a 130-ish partnership with Nick Hill who got 42. When Nick fell, Tom Chappers came in and treated us to some fab extra cover drives and shots through mid wicket- WCC ended with 248 for 9 off their 40 overs. Peppard and Stoke Row's reply was measured and they bided their time keeping wickets in the bank; however they were always behind the required run rate - WCC bowled fantastically well - well done Lyn, Tom Francis, Jonny G, Corm’s, Nick H. We had them needing over 20 from 8 balls but their Berks U17 player saw them home with some powerful hitting with 2 balls to spare, hitting an inside out 6 over cover.  What a close great game - all 3 outcomes were in play in the last 20 mins of the game -it was squeaky bum time. I've played at WCC for nearly 30 ye...

A sunny 19 C day presented itself as well as a square full of worm casts an hr before the start which Jon Steward quickly sorted and produced a good wicket which the oppo who elected to bat could not take full advantage of due to great bowling by Francis, Riyas, Tom, Jonny and Lyn supported by 2 quality catches by Lyn on the boundary and Jonny G at extra cover- we bowled the oppo out for 149 in 37 overs. Fun highlight was Tom's collision with Lyn in the field in his quest to get the dirtiest whites! Whitchurch’s reply was solid - after losing 2 early wickets , an unfortunate run out of Jon and Scooby getting bowled by one that nibbled on him on the drive, Sid and Woody put on a 60+ partnership and when woody holed out for a powerful 39 and Nick Leadbeater came in to see the team home inside the 23rd over with Whitchurch winning by 7 wickets. Sid finished with an elegant 62 .Couple of nice beers at the ground after with the really nice oppo. We were really good in the field tod...

 Heavy rain in the week led to a slightly damp wicket that dried as the game went on in the gentle breeze and milky sunshine on this 17 C day It was one of those days when everything went right for wcc in the field after they won the toss and elected to field. Good bowling by Jonny G , Francis, Riyas, Ronnie, Cormac and Jon lead to a steady clatter of wickets supported by good fielding ( Nick Hill took a great catch on the boundary but then dropped a dolly!). As I said pretty much everything went right and their 2 first teamer batsmen we got out really cheaply and bowled them out for 74 WCC reply was permeated by some antics by Andy M who opened and conspired to fall on this bat when going for a quick second run injuring himself in the process and retiring  😢  hurt. Don’t worry Andy you can open next week!! After brief cameos from Nick 0 and Jon 1 - woody came out and with some lusty blows executed the coup de grace on the Crowthorne attack which was weak aided by the su...