Cublington Cricket Club

1st XI beat Leighton Buzzard II by 9 wickets

Mon, 14 May 2012 20:48:39 GMT

Cublington 1st XI gave uneventful debuts to Daniel Catt (via Australia) and Andy Lane (via not so glamorous Winslow) on Saturday during their demolition of Leighton Buzzard 2nd XI. A sterling effort by head groundsman Robin Harrhy and his dedicated team was rewarded with the ground being confirmed fit for play on the morning of the game despite being effectively underwater only 48 hours previously. No surprise that Cubs skipper lost the toss, carrying on consistent form from 2011, however much surprise at Leighton’s skipper choosing to bat on a drying track that would surely only improve throughout the day.

And so it proved. Leighton’s openers made slow progress in the opening overs against an opening attack of Phil Rice and Jono Waugh, both under strict instructions to keep the ball full and straight. Sticking to the plan paid dividends in the ninth over as Waugh bowled Brazier (3) and then removed Mistry (4) in the eleventh over by the same route. Scott and Jackson stood their ground for another 5 overs before Waugh bowled Scott (10) and then has Pope bowled first ball in the 17th over. Having bowled 8 overs for 4 miserly runs at the opposite end, Phil Rice was duly rewarded with a wicket when Jackson was bowled for 2. At 26 for 5, Leighton had little chance of a way back into the game and when Waugh had Benger trapped LBW and then took a fine caught and bowled to remove Halhead, Leighton teetered on 26 for 7. Raine showed some resistance, taking 11 from the last over of Phil Rice but the introduction of Greg Jenkins (3 for 1) mopped up the tail in just two overs. Leighton didn’t quite make 50 between them at 46 all out.

In response and on a drying track Cubs batsman took their time to ensure victory was achieved without fuss, with the loss of Bill Burton for 14, LBW to Benger, being the only blot in the copy book. Ben Sim (17no) and Jamie Leggett (11no) brought the side home for a debut win in Division 4.

Sunday XI beat Kingsway by 14 runs

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:22:46 GMT

Well Played Sim with 65 runs and 3 wickets. Good all round game and nice to get out on the pitch! The runs and wickets will flow soon for the Aussie!

Tonight's net sessions

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:18:52 GMT

More apologies - tonight's Junior net session is, again, unfortunately cancelled. The ground is saturated and needs time and some decent weather to dry it out before it becomes playable and safe. Sunday's session is also in doubt - could parents please contact their age group coach before travelling to the ground on Sunday morning. The Youth Cricket Action Group will be meeting soon to discuss ways of extending the season into July/August to make up for the dreadful weather which has affected the early season to date.

Junior Nets

Fri, 04 May 2012 10:40:55 GMT

Sorry everyone but this evening's (May 4th) junior net session has been called off - the ground is still saturated and not fit for play. Sunday's session for the Under 9s and below also looks unlikely - please contact your coach on Sunday before travelling to the ground. Sorry once again.

Sunday XI beat Swanbourne Society by 2 runs

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:35:40 GMT

Junior outdoor sessions

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:39:17 GMT

Just a reminder that outdoor sessions for the Juniors start this coming Friday and Sunday The timings for each age group are: Under 10 and younger on Sunday mornings 9.30 – 11.30am starting from 29th April at Orchard Ground *PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A NEW DAY FOR THESE AGE GROUPS FOR THIS SEASON* Under 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 on Friday evenings 6.30 – 8.00pm starting from 27th April at Orchard Ground. Under 16 and 17 with Senior Practice on Tuesday evenings. For the Junior sessions on this Friday and Sunday there will be someone available in the pavillion to collect memberships fees for the season. Lets hope the sun shines!!

Cublington CC Hoodies

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:49:41 GMT

For the fashion consious amongst you Chiltern Sports has a new range of branded hoodies available to purchase. These garments are black with white piping and have the club crest embroidered onto the left breast and 'Cublington CC' across the back. The cost is £26 for junior sizes and £29 for senior sizes. Stocks are limited so to get your order in please get in touch with Richard Young at Chiltern Sports on either (01296) 613399 or (07831) 662874.

Bucks Over 50s and 60s

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:12:18 GMT

This is lifted directly from an email from Bucks CB: "This year Bucks Over 50s have a full programme of 22 matches in three competitions for Over 50s ECB, Over 50s HCSC (Including 49 year olds) and Over 60s We urgently are looking for players who can play some mid-week afternoons at some of the better venues around. We are not seeking superstars but most people playing club cricket still will be useful to us. Most people who play enjoy the matches so we need names and e-mail addresses of players we can contact. Please let me know of any who might be interested" Any sprightly 50 plus who may be interested should let me know. Peter Darling (07979) 053403

Cricket Tour 2012

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:34:44 GMT

For further details please see the attached link.

Season's Greetings

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:39:22 GMT

Cublington Cricket Club wishes all of its members and friends a very merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year

AGM 2012

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:58:20 GMT

The Club AGM will be held at The Unicorn PH on Wednesday 25th January 2012 commencing at 7.45pm. Please do try to attend as the Club is always looking for ideas and inputs from the members. If you have any motions to raise at the AGM please let me have them in writing before 30th December. The address is: 30 Redwood Drive Aylesbury Bucks HP21 7TN Finally, as always, the Club are looking for volunteers to fill a few posts that are vacant or becoming vacant and really need you to provide your particular skills to help and assist with the way forward. Please contact myself, Andy Carter or Niall Mackay if you think you can help. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Peter Darling

Winter Net Sessions

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:57:30 GMT

Senior/Junior/Youth Indoor Nets 2012 Venue: Aylesbury Grammar School, Walton Road, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 7RP Dates: Beginning Sunday 29th January up to and including Sunday 1st April Times: 5.15pm – 6.15pm: Juniors – ages 7 – 11 (current school years 3 to 6)* (registration from 5pm onwards) 6.30pm – 7.30pm: Youth – ages 12 – 15 (current school years 7 to 10) (registration from 6.15pm onwards) 7.30pm – 9pm: Seniors Cost: Junior/Youth: £40 paid in advance for all 10 sessions or individual sessions are charged at £5 each Senior: £50 paid in advance for all 10 sessions or individual sessions are charged at £6.50 each. Please make cheques payable to Cublington CC (remembering to write the player’s name on the reverse) and send them to: Peter Darling, 30 Redwood Drive, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 7TN *please note that we are unable to accommodate year 2 children for the indoor sessions however we will be delighted to see them at the outdoor sessions later in the year.

CHANCELLOR OSBORNE TO STEP DOWN !

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:33:59 GMT

As some of you may know our Treasurer of recent years, John Osborne, will step down at the Club's AGM in January and I take this opportunity of thanking John for his successful work during his tenure! Being Treasurer is not an onerous job and I am therefore looking for a volunteer to take on this role. Currently the role involves: - monitoring our income and expenditure - attending a number of committee meetings (normally 4 + AGM)during the year - liaising with club captains regarding match fees and subscriptions If you would like to help the Club, this is an ideal opportunity for you to get involved. So please contact me on 01296 689181 or 07768 838223, or email niallmackay@btinternet.com Niall Mackay, Chairman

Sunday XI beat Great Brickhill by 56 runs

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:24:46 GMT

A day for the young guns at Great Brickhill for the last match of the season. Sam Carter and KGS opened the batting with the fearlessness of youth and took the game away from Brickhill right for the start. Six an over from the first 20 overs was an excellent platform, and Sam only fell after drinks, caught on the boundary on his first slip in concentration. He was especially strong through the covers off the back foot, punishing anything short. Kit gave a few chances but made the most of them, finishing up with a very fine 80. Other than some entertaining hitting at the end from WR-T, the rest of the batting was inconsistent, but 230 was a competitive score. WR-T and Ollie Fairhurst then ripped the heart out of the Brickhill batting, with five wickets down for 20 off the first 11 overs. WR-T's over to the Brickhill number three was a classic, working him over before finding the edge through to PC. Reminiscent of Freddie Flintoff to Ponting in the 2005 Ashes and a pleasure to watch from 2nd slip. A change of bowling allowed Brickhill back into the game, but wickets fell regularly and the game was never in doubt. Morris batted well to record 51, and was last man out, but it must be said he needs to work on his banter. Something for winter coaching, perhaps. Lovatt's W and G took three wickets between them and Farr wrapped up the tail. A good end to an excellent season for the club. Looking forward to seeing you in 2012.

Sunday XI lost to Ballinger Waggoners by 41 runs

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:46:23 GMT

Under 14 lost to Buckingham by 7 wickets

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:35:00 GMT

Annual Dinner & Awards Night

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:26:35 GMT

To all CCC Members and Supporters Saturday 22nd October 2011 - 7pm for 8pm - The Unicorn, Cublington. The Annual Dinner and Awards night is approaching, and there will be limited tickets (100) available for a splendid night – live music with Scubaroots, a three course meal from the award winning team of Chefs at the Unicorn Public House, wine on the table at arrival, table games, auction and raffle and some great surprises!!! – all for just £30 per person. This night will include senior awards – recognition for the achievements of the promoted 1st and 2nd team, and the much improved 3rd team. Please ALL CAPTAINS ensure your squad is well represented. Tickets available from Michael Reilly – email mtcreilly@aol.com to reserve tickets and/or ring 07876593434

Sunday XI beat Aldbury Entertainers by 52 runs

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:48:51 GMT

A classic Sunday match. Torrential rain at the start ("We'll never play" "You're mad, skip" "What a waste of time" said 10 Cublington Eeyores). Some excellent, and unexpected contributions, a good result and a couple of quiet beers afterwards. After we had squeezed out the wicket, the sun came out and Cublington batted, and after some good early bowling accounted for young KGS, Simmo and Paul China, yes Paul China, settled down to accumulate a big total. PC fell for a Cublington career best 41, in a stand worth 98. ("He's scoring my runs", muttered KGS.) Sim also hit a career best, falling agonisingly close to a first ever ton. Sam Carter added 43 off 37 balls and the tail failed to wag but 236 for seven was a decent score though. In reply Farzi was de man. After Gadsby and Howe had taken the shine [sic] off the ball Adam the Bandit snaffled his first off a leg side full toss hoiked to the longest boundary to the only man on the field likely to catch it, and got the oppo skipper so LBW that he was walking, all in his first over. Two more followed, but he declined the opportunity to fulfill his contractual obligations and take the all important jug activating 5th wicket. Boo hiss! Michael Reilly bowled one over, but his radar was off and he was not at his most effective best, and if the oppo hadn't decided to chase balls pitching at point and square leg and just taken the wides, would probably have won in that over. The over is probably still going, somewhere is a parallel universe. There were still one or two hitters in the Aldbury ranks, though, very keen to entertain and to chase the Cubs total, until the introduction of Tim 'he's big, he's bad, he's better than his dad' George. Tim's first senior bowling stint yielded the very creditable figures of seven overs, one for 37. Wild celebrations greeted Tim's first wicket, and probably, now that the floodgates have been opened, the first of many for the club.

2nd XI beat Leighton Buzzard III by 63 runs

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 09:32:43 GMT

A small wobble perhaps, but Cubs 2nd XI overcame that and finished an excellent debut season in the Cherwell league with another win. With minds perhaps already on the Cublington Feast at the Unicorn that evening the advice of the dressing room was 'stick 'em in, skittle 'em out and let's get to the pub'. So we won the toss and batted. An excellent attacking innings of 45 from Andy Carter, supported by 22 from Stalky George and 19 from Nick Osborne gave us a base of 107 for three off 20 overs, and while the middle order collpased like an abandoned souffle, Jacob Watson, with 30 not out, took us to a relatively comfortable 206, and himself to a season's average of exactly 100. One up on the Don. Not bad for a number eight batsman. Ben Orchard and Craig Spencer also ensured a decently waggy tail. In reply Leighton Buzzard also started strongly, with Allbury hitting 41, until Sam Carter trapped him LBW. Stalky George kept chipping away with has flat, sharply turning darts, and the run out of skipper Raine by Craig Spencer with the score on 89 proved crucial as there was little batting left in the tank. Big Jacob Watson cleaned up the tail. Both he and Stalky finshed with four wickets, Stalky denied a five-fer by Watson's fast, straight bowling. We'll not mention the dropped catch and missed stumping off his bowling, and I'm sure no-one noticed. Leighton Buzzard subsided from 131 for 3 to 143 all out. A great season from Cubs 2s, and the team was kind enough to give the skipper, who steps down after four seasons and four championships in charge, a guard of honour on leaving the field.

1st XI beat Brackley by 6 wickets

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:37:00 GMT

Cublington 1st XI secured the division 5 title at Brackley on Saturday with a comfortable win. A very green track meant the toss was critical, and after a season of failures skipper Tomlinson was delighted to return to the dressing room having finally won one and had asked Brackley to bat. This decision proved a good one as from the off the track produced some variable bounce and little pace. Brackley skipper Carpenter was the first to fall caught behind of WRT, and within 10 overs Brackley had slipped to 25 for 3 with WRT accounting for 3 of the top four, all from catches behind the wicket. When Jon Waugh took his first wicket with a sacrificial catch lobbed to Leggett at short leg and then his second as Hedger had his off stump removed, Brackley had limped to 40 for 5, a position from which they never recovered. With the introduction of Steve Godfrey and Greg Jenkins wickets continued to fall with some excellent catches being taken by cubs; of particular note the two at first slip by Ben Sim of Godfrey and the “champagne moment” catch by Sear at point to remove R. Cartwright. When Godfrey held his own catch of Jenkins the Brackley innings was over with a poor total of 80 posted.

Never wanting to make things easy for themselves cubs lost wickets chasing that small total. Jamie Leggett (22) started well crashing three boundaries from the first over but fell caught behind in the third. Jenkins struggled with the paceless track and faired no better, being bowled in the 8th over for 11. Pip Webb tried to inject some emphasis into the run chase but didn’t time the ball well, falling caught at deep mid off having failed to find the boundary. When Ben Sim was caught in similar fashion trying not to get bogged down Cubs were four down for 60, however the experience of Steve Godfrey (13) and effective hitting of Nick Talbot (16) saw cubs home without further drama. So silverware for the 1st XI for a third year running sees a successful era for the club as a whole continue.

3rd XI beat Little Horwood by 1 wicket

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 00:08:12 GMT

Fred & I decided to go on a cricket tour this afternoon, taking in Orchard Ground, Wingrave and Brackley.
At Orchard Ground, Cubs 2s were comfortably placed against Leighton Buzzard, messrs Carter & George stroking the ball around to good effect and talk was of whether we should to declare or just rack up 300. Stalky clipped one off his legs straight into square leg's grateful hands, Carter arrowed one at mid off, flat-spotting and splitting the ball in the process and, at 160 for 8, the talk changed to making sure we used up the overs.
No such problem at Wingrave where Cubs had skittled Horwood for 92, Capt. Loverocket with a five-fer, & gaining more than 20 overs in the process. We arrived when Cubs were about 60 for 6 in reply, only Prof Middleton having set a solid base . Then it was 72 for 9, with a messed up batting order seeing Loverocket and Usain Gloveman bringing up the tail. Phew, Gloveman chips one straight to mid off when we are tied on 92 and he.......drops it!!! "I knew he'd drop it as soon as I hit it" said Gloveman afterwords, shaking and foaming at the mouth as he came off. One of the other team members told me later that evening that Gloveman had had to take his whites straight to Sketchleys after the game!
On to beautiful Brackley then. But too late.....all there was to see was their groundsman mowing the pitch after the game, Cubs having skittled them for 80 and got there 4 down in reply. Champions!!!! I conned Fred into buying me shandy, a magical moment for a Scotsman.
Back to Orchard Ground to see what Cubs 2s had managed. 206 as it happens but that didn't look enough as with three wickets down and 120 on the board , Leighton's skipper started to despatch the bowling to several parts of the ground between mid-wicket and mid-on. Somehow the Brigadier brought about a Divine Intervention as their skip got himself run out, whereupon the remaining 6 wickets fell for 10 runs, with Jacob Watson being our chief beneficiary. Extra-special thanks to Baino for a humongous stumping appeal from backward square after PC had decided the batsman was so in it wasn't worth taking the bails off. As always Baino kept his audience in stitches!!
3 games, 3 wins, 2 champions - can't be bad!!

2nd XI drew with Abingdon Vale IV

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:09:32 GMT

2nd XI beat Brackley II by 61 runs

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:02:03 GMT

This was where it was sealed. At the start of the day there were still four teams in with a chance of winning Div 9. By the end of the day Cublington 2s were celebrating the fifth promotion as champions in a row. Cublington elected to bat, on a damp green wicket, to take control of the game and for the best chance to gain the lion's share of the points. The plan backfired early, with the loss of Andy Carter for a duck, and the top order struggled against some very good Brackley bowling. In a rain shortened game Cubs went for drinks with the score on 46 for four after 20 overs. Timmis was especially difficult to play with just nine runs coming off his first seven overs. Josh Walker got the score board moving with a belligerent 34, and some late hitting from Orchard, Gadsby and Farr took the total to a semi-respectable 138 off 40 overs. Baines continued his run of getting injured in interesting and amusing ways by getting in the way of Farr's sharply struck pull off the last ball of the innings while umpiring at square leg. It took him amidships and he went down like he'd been shot. Refreshed by a first class tea Cubs went out determined to make up for some wayward batting. Pennell fell early to a smart caught and bowled from Orchard, but Hollyoak, Brackley skipper and key batsman remained in the way. He was dropped while in single figures and survived a caught behind appeal, but was finally cleaned up by Orchard. Brackley also struggled on a difficult wicket and, oddly, also reached drinks on 46 for four. Brackley were always behind the rate, though, and as wickets fell steadily, hope became belief. A four man run out (Osborne chased to the boundary, Carter threw to China who relayed to Walker at the bowler's end), another run out off a dropped slip catch, and some tight bowling kept up the pressure. Spencer was the pick of the bowling, well supported by the other seamers. The spinners didn't get a look in. Congratulations to all who have played in the 2s this season. A remarkable effort to clinch the division with a week still to go. Our apologies to the diners in the Unicorn who were suprised by the volume of some of the singing, and to the barmaids who put up with several renditions of 'Roxanne' and Why, why, why Fiona'.

Strollers beat Bladon by 3 wickets

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:38:16 GMT

Sunday XI beat Buckingham by 7 wickets

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:15:50 GMT