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  A REVUE OF THE SEASON -  2012 

SCROLL DOWN FOR RESULTS, AVERAGES, STATISTICS AND TEAM REPORTS, INCLUDING FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND UNDER ELEVENS'

ANNUAL AWARDS

The following were presented at the Annual Dinner and Presentation Night:

First Eleven Batsman of the Year  - Jimmy Hart

First Eleven Bowler of the Year - Chris Perry

First Eleven Players' Player - Jimmy Hart

Second Eleven Batsman of the Year - David Clarkson

Second Eleven Bowler of the Year - Jamie Perry

Second Eleven Players' Player of the Year - Jamie Perry

Third Eleven Batsman of the Year - Rex Boddington

Third Eleven Bowler of the Year - Nick Dawson

Third Eleven Players' Player of the Year - Nick Dawson

Douglas Partridge Young Player of the Year - Cameron Pike

Ernie Bryan Junior Player of the Year - Patrick Bright

 
MOST RUNS Jimmy Hart 633
MOST WICKETS Chris Perry 54
MOST WICKET KEEPER DISMISSALS Cameron Pike 24
MOST CATCHES Steve Musgrave 12
HIGHEST SCORE Rex Boddington 139
MOST CENTURIES Jimmy Hart 2
MOST FIFTIES Jimmy Hart 4
BEST BOWLING Jamie Perry 6 for 17
MOST FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS Chris Perry 3
  Jack Playfair 3
  Jamie Perry 3
  FIRST ELEVEN BATTING AVERAGES 2012    
                   
  Games Inns Not out Runs Highest Ave 50 100 Ducks
Jimmy Hart 12 12 1 486 100* 44.18 2 2 0
Matthew Jones 17 16 2 402 82* 28.17 3 0 1
Steve Musgrave 18 18 2 361 100* 22.56 1 1 2
Mark Carter 13 11 4 152 55* 21.71 1 0 1
Chris Perry 20 17 5 232 38 19.33 0 0 0
Mark Ralph 17 15 1 222 82* 15.86 1 0 7
Lewis Bates 16 15 1 188 72 13.43 2 0 3
Kieran Furniss 6 4 1 35 28 11.67 0 0 0
Nick Shelton 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 0 0 0
Marcus Shelton 11 9 2 66 16 9.43 0 0 0
Liam Bates 17 15 0 136 44 9.07 0 0 6
John Pike 12 9 1 41 19 5.13 0 0 4
Jack Playfair 19 9 3 24 8* 4.00 0 0 2
Simon Driver 16 10 2 29 10 3.63 0 0 3
Mark Gibbs 7 3 0 9 5 3.00 0 0 1
Andy Luck 2 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 1
David Clarkson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andrew Silsby 1 1 1 0 0*   0 0 0

 

With all three teams winning their final games, the season closed on a relative high with the First Eleven in tenth spot in the Premier, the Seconds  fifth in division Three and the Thirds gaining promotion from division Twelve by finishing in the number three position behind Earls Barton 3rds and O.W'S 2nds.

The First Eleven only managed one win before the halfway staged but made a strong burst at the end and won all three games in September.

 The Seconds meanwhile were hardest hit by the weather with a record six games lost to rain. With two wins in May and three in June things were going well but one of the wettest July's on record saw the first three Saturdays rained off, and any momentum picked up prior to the deluge was washed away until the September revival which saw two wins out of three.

The Thirds started off like a train and won the first eight games they played. Then like the Seconds, July proved unproductive with one game washed out, two lost and just one victory. Two wins were achieved in August which meant a win in the last game would clinch the number three spot and promotion. The game was duly won, and with it promotion to division Eleven.

FIRST ELEVEN

 

  P WBF WBS DBF DBS NR Lost Bat pt Bowl Pts  Ded
Peterborough 22 8 10 0 0 2 2 1 11 496 0
Northampton Saints 22 8 4 2 1 3 4 11 30 402 0
Finedon Dolben 22 5 6 2 0 3 6 20 50 380 0
Old Northamptonians 22 5 7 1 0 5 4 12 29 377 0
Rushton 22 1 7 2 2 3 7 28 58 302 0
Brixworth 22 4 2 3 2 6 5 32 60 293 0
Stony Stratford 22 5 0 1 1 3 12 30 64 260 0
Wellingborough Town 22 3 4 0 4 4 7 19 31 251 0
NCCC Academy 22 2 1 3 4 3 9 47 86 247 0
Wollaston 22 3 1 2 4 4 8 26 72 239 4
Burton Latimer 22 0 2 3 1 3 13 30 78 184 0
Horton House 22 1 1 2 2 3 13 28 74 180 0

* WBS: won batting first      WBS:won batting second        DBF: drew batting first.    DBS: drew batting second

        NR: no result      Bat: batting points   Bowl: bowling points   Ded: points deducted for mis-registered player

FIRST ELEVEN RESULTS 2012

Date            Opponents   Start Results   Points

scorecard

               
APRIL 21st HORTON HOUSE A 12pm NR   4 scorecard
APRIL 28th STONY STRATFORD H 12pm No play   3  
               
MAY 5th PETERBOROUGH A 12pm Lost   0 scorecard
MAY 12th NORTHAMPTON SAINTS H 12pm Lost   5 scorecard
MAY 19th FINEDON A 12pm Lost   4  scorecard  
MAY 26th O.N's H 12pm Won   25 scorecard
               
JUNE 2nd NCCC ACADEMY A 12pm Draw   16 scorecard
JUNE 9th WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN H 12pm Lost   8  scorecard
JUNE 16th RUSHTON A 12pm Draw   9 scorecard
JUNE 23rd BURTON LATIMER H 12pm Draw   17 scorecard
JUNE 30th BRIXWORTH H 12pm Aband   7  scorecard  
               
JULY 7th HORTON HOUSE H 12pm Draw   6 scorecard
JULY 14th STONY STRATFORD A 12pm No Play   3  
JULY 21st PETERBOROUGH H 12pm Lost   5 scorecard
JULY 28th NORTHAMPTON SAINTS A 12pm Lost   2 scorecard
               
AUGUST 4th FINEDON H 12pm Lost   3 scorecard
AUGUST 11th O.N's A 12pm Lost   5  scorecard
AUGUST 18th NCCC ACADEMY H 12pm Draw   9 scorecard
AUGUST 25th WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN A 12pm Draw   18 scorecard
               
SEPTEMBER 1st RUSHTON H 12pm Won   30 scorecard
SEPTEMBER 8th BURTON LATIMER A 12pm Won   30 scorecard
SEPTEMBER 15th BRIXWORTH A 12pm Won   30 scorecard

 

Campbell Park     Milton Keynes

FIRST ELEVEN BATTING AVERAGES 2012

  Games Inns N.O Runs High Ave 50s 100s Ducks
Jimmy Hart 12 12 1 486 100* 44.18 2 2 0
Matthew Jones 17 16 2 402 82* 28.17 3 0 1
Steve Musgrave 18 18 2 361 100* 22.56 1 1 2
Mark Carter 13 11 4 152 55* 21.71 1 0 1
Chris Perry 20 17 5 232 38 19.33 0 0 0
Mark Ralph 17 15 1 222 82* 15.86 1 0 7
Lewis Bates 16 15 1 188 72 13.43 2 0 3
Kieran Furniss 6 4 1 35 28 11.67 0 0 0
Nick Shelton 1 1 0 11 11 11.00 0 0 0
Marcus Shelton 11 9 2 66 16 9.43 0 0 0
Liam Bates 17 15 0 136 44 9.07 0 0 6
John Pike 12 9 1 41 19 5.13 0 0 4
Jack Playfair 19 9 3 24 8* 4.00 0 0 2
Simon Driver 16 10 2 29 10 3.63 0 0 3
Mark Gibbs 7 3 0 9 5 3.00 0 0 1
Andy Luck 2 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 0 1
David Clarkson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Andrew Silsby 1 1 1 0 0*   0 0 0

FIRST ELEVEN CENTURIES 2012

Steve Musgrave  100* v Wellingborough Town
Jimmy Hart  100* v Wellingborough Town
Jimmy Hart 100 v Brixworth

FIRST ELEVEN FIFTIES 2012

Steve Musgrave 89 v Burton Latimer
Mark Ralph  82* v Old Northamptonians
Matthew Jones  82* v Northamptonshire Academy
Lewis Bates 72 v Burton Latimer
Matthew Jones 69 v Northamptonshire Academy
Jimmy Hart 60 v Rushton
Mark Carter  55* v Wellingborough Town
Matthew Jones 55 v Horton House
Jimmy Hart 55 v Finedon
Lewis Bates 51 v Northampton Saints

FIRST ELEVEN PARTNERSHIPS 2012

174 2nd Steve Musgrave   100* & Jimmy Hart    100* v Wellingborough Town
117 1st Lewis Bates   49 & Matthew Jones   69 v NCCC
87 5th Mark Ralph   82* & Mark Carter   21 v Old Northamptonians
74 3rd Mark Ralph   41 & Lewis Bates   72 v Burton Latimer
64 2nd Liam Bates   44 & Matthew Jones   39 v Wellingborough Town
63 3rd Jimmy Hart   60 & Lewis Bates   15 v Rushton
62 1st Steve Musgrave   100* & Matthew Jones   19 v Wellingborough Town
59 6th Nick Shelton   11 & Steve Musgrave   46 v Brixworth
55 5th Chris Perry   27 & Mathew Jones   82* v NCCC

FIRST ELEVEN BOWLING AVERAGES 2012

  Overs Mds Runs Wkts Best 5 wkts Econ SR Ave
Chris Perry 243.1 47 808 54 6 for 45 3 3.32 28 14.96
Steve Musgrave 219.5 30 704 34 5 for 51 2 3.20 39 20.71
Jack Playfair 176.4 28 744 31 5 for 46 3 4.21 35 24.00
Mark Gibbs 40.1 6 186 6 3 for 48 0 4.63 41 28.42
John Pike 50 7 199 7 2 for 14 0 3.86 42 33.00
Simon Driver 77.2 16 282 5 1 for 18 0 3.65 93 56.40
Liam Bates 10 1 34 3 2 for 20 0 3.40 20 11.33
Jamie Perry 9 0 45 1 1 for 27 0 5.00 54 45.00
Kieran Furniss 16 3 52 1 1 for 11 0 3.25 96 52.00

FIRST ELEVEN FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS 2012

Chris Perry 6 for 45 v Northampton Saints
Chris Perry 5 for 32 v Old Northamptonians
Steve Musgrave 5 for 44 v NCCC
Jack Playfair 5 for 46 v Brixworth
Steve Musgrave 5 for 51 v Wellingborough Town
Jack Playfair 5 for 61 v Rushton
Chris Perry 5 for 64 v Peterborough
Jack Playfair 5 for 68 v Burton Latimer

FIRST ELEVEN FIELDING 2012

CATCHES

Steve Musgrave 12
Liam Bates 8
John Pike 6
Marcus Shelton 6
Mark Ralph 5
Jimmy Hart 4
Chris Perry 5
Jack Playfair 5
Simon Driver 4
Lewis Bates 3
Mark Gibbs 1
David Clarkson 1
Andy Luck 1

WICKET KEEPING

  Catches Stumpings Total Dismissals
Mark Carter 5 5 10
Matthew Jones 5 3 8

FIRST ELEVEN CAPTAIN'S REPORT

Preparation for the First team season started way back in February with organised sessions at Overstone Park gym and winter nets at Northants County Ground. The lads that could attend these sessions put the hard work in and went into the season feeling positive towards their cricket.

When the overseas player for 2012 season arrived from Sydney, in time for the inter club warm up game, the club and first team felt in good spirits ready for the pre season trip to Sheriff Hutton Bridge in York the week after, successfully organised by Mark Carter.

Everyone in the team that travelled to York got involved in the game with good innings from the Bates brothers in particular.  Mark Gibbs, Jack Playfair and Steve Musgrave got some valuable overs under their belts and some wickets on the way, but a hail shower  made the game come to a premature end.

The league season started away at Horton and after a week of rain the game was firmly in doubt as we headed over on a gloomy Saturday morning. We started but in the front of our minds was, if there was to be any more rain, then the ground could possibly not take much more and then  that would be that, which after a few light showers an early tea the inevitable heavy rain came and we left with four points.

The game at Horton would set the trend for the most of the season with rain having an input on most games. We missed the next week and went into a tough run against Peterborough, Saints and Finedon. We had a very poor day at the office at Peterborough and getting bowled out for 30 would be something we wouldn’t have expected. But a wet wicket and Ajaz Akhtar hoping rubbing his hands it was always going to be a difficult task although we showed that we have quality bowlers and they were 5 down at the end.

The games against Saints and Finedon were similar. We bowled well first up to restrict them to what we thought was a below par score but with our batters not having much time in the middle and the nets over the previous month, we fell short on both occasions.

Then our first win came against our bogey team ON’s. We restricted them to a below par score and then Mark Ralph - in what was a difficult season for him, showed us the batsman he can be (and will hope to be in future     seasons) with a fluent and well paced  82 not out. 25 Points and time to move forward  - or at least we thought…..

With rain and wet wickets still playing their part and batsmen in no sort of form we fell short of a run chase at the County Ground against Northants Academy but we picked up a valuable 16 points. We then lost games  against Wellingborough and Rushton before a 17 point draw against Burton, after which we lost the last game before the mid way point to Brixworth.

At the turn we knew that a bit of fight and courage we would be fine but we all knew that with the tough run against Peterborough, Saints and Finedon coming up again it wasn’t going to be easy. We had targeted big points against Horton who were struggling worse than us and Stony who we perform well against over the past few years, but rain interrupted those so much so we didn’t bowl a ball again against Stony so only 9 points from those two games.

 Poor batting again against the ‘big guns’ let us down as well as ON’s away but availability on this occasion also led to our down fall.

We moved on to fixtures against the Academy, Wellingborough, Rushton and Burton knowing that these were the ones we had to perform 100% in, as by this point Burton had scrapped a few wins and were above us. And that is what we did. We came close in a run chase again against the Academy, falling just short due a great spell of end - of-innings bowling by their now first teamer Oliver Stone.

Wellingborough was a great occasion totally dominated by Wollaston CC, two hundreds in an innings brought up in the same over was a feeling I - and I am sure the rest of the WCC members who were there that day, won't forget in a hurry this joy, brought to us courtesy of Muzzy stepping up to open the batting, and Jimmy Hart who was finding form at the right time. Again rain prevented us winning this with only 2 wickets and genuine rabbits due to the crease and 40 odd scheduled balls in the innings remaining.

 We then went to pick up 30 points against Rushton with Jack Playfair now bowling quick and accurate with the decks improving, 30 points against Burton - Muzzy again in the runs and wickets. After this game we were mathematically safe from the dreaded drop but in true Wollaston fashion we signed off with 30 points against Brixworth – Jimmy Hart again a magnificent 100.

As captain I would like to thank the following people;

Mark Carter – Always having an ear for my issues and selection, even when he was the other side of the world.

Steve Musgrave – Offering his advice from previous years' as captain and playing 22 weeks - only two players could say they have done that.

Neal Perry – Always there to help in every capacity

Paul Bates – Fed the bowling machine all season on Wednesday Training sessions

Matt Jones – When the batting was falling apart early season Matt was as consistent in trying to pull it in our favour every time, and deserves a massive pat on the back proved that in a season we were poor with the bat he is a genuine Prem player

Les – Consistently there supporting us as well as always having a neat scorebook and some banter with the boys along the way

John Hodges and Paul Carter – In a season where the ground needed a lot of attention due to the poor weather these two men tried their hardest to make a game of cricket happen on as many Saturday as possible.

Andy Silsby – Works tirelessly for the club in every aspect and never lets you down

Players – All the players that played first team this year, it was a tough year but I cant question anyone’s efforts towards the cause

Supporters – We have some very loyal men and women that come to every game where possible, and they have supported us and deserve a mention. At times this year as mentioned in the report above we couldn’t put on the type of show they would like, but they stuck with us and maybe more than others believed that we could turn it around and put a valuable run of good performances together, which we did in the last few games and I hope that kept their appetite up for watching WCC in the 2013 season.

 Chris Perry

Wollaston CC 1st Eleven Captain

SECOND ELEVEN

  PL WBF WBS DBF DBS NR Lost Bat pts Bowl pts Total pts
Rushden 2nd 22 7 3 1 4 5 2 18 34 356
Irchester 22 7 2 0 2 5 6 18 33 327
West Haddon 22 3 3 7 0 4 5 33 74 313
Great Houghton 22 3 3 3 4 4 5 19 70 286
Wollaston 2nd 22 5 2 1 1 6 7 17 45 281
Heyford 22 4 2 4 2 3 7 29 55 281
St Crispins Ryelands 22 3 2 2 0 5 10 34 73 266
Old 22 1 5 1 4 6 5 31 62 264
Great Oakley 22 3 4 2 1 4 8 12 47 261
Horton House 2nd 22 0 6 1 2 7 6 25 44 243
Podington 22 4 1 1 3 5 8 19 56 243
Raunds 22 1 3 3 3 4 8 33 65 233

* WBS: won batting first      WBS:won batting second        DBF: drew batting first.    DBS: drew batting second

        NR: no result      Bat: batting points   Bowl: bowling points  

 

SECOND ELEVEN RESULTS 2012

Date            Opponents   Start Results   Points

 

               
APRIL 21st HORTON HOUSE ll H 1pm No Play   3  
APRIL 28th WEST HADDON A 1pm No Play   3  
               
MAY 5th OLD H 1pm Lost   7 scorecard
MAY 12th RAUNDS A 1pm Draw   6 scorecard
MAY 19th ST CRISPIN RYELANDS H 1pm Won   22 scorecard
MAY 26th HEYFORD A 1pm Won   22 scorecard
               
JUNE 2nd GREAT OAKLEY H 1pm Won     scorecard
JUNE 9th PODINGTON A 1pm Lost   6  scorecard
JUNE 16th IRCHESTER H 1pm Won   30 scorecard
JUNE 23rd RUSHDEN ll A 1pm Won   30 scorecard
JUNE 30th GREAT HOUGHTON A 1pm Lost   6  scorecard
               
JULY 7th HORTON HOUSE ll A 1pm No Play   3  
JULY 14th WEST HADDON H 1pm No Play   3  
JULY 21st OLD A 1pm No Play   3  
JULY 28th RAUNDS H 1pm Lost   8 scorecard
               
AUGUST 4th ST CRISPIN RYELANDS A 1pm NR   3 scorecard
AUGUST 11th HEYFORD H 1pm Lost   8 scorecard
AUGUST 18th GREAT OAKLEY A 1pm Lost   9 scorecard
AUGUST 25th PODINGTON H 1pm Draw   10 scorecard
               
SEPTEMBER 1st IRCHESTER A 12pm Won   30 scorecard
SEPTEMBER 8th RUSHDEN ll H 12pm Lost   9 scorecard
SEPTEMBER 15th GREAT HOUGHTON H 12pm Won   30 scorecard

SECOND ELEVEN BATTING AVERAGES 2012

  Games Inns No Runs High Ave 50s 100s Ducks
Jimmy Hart 3 3 0 147 71 49.00 2 0 0
Marcus Shelton 6 6 0 177 69 29.50 2 0 1
Andrew Kowal 12 12 4 222 64* 27.75 2 0 2
David Clarkson 16 16 1 343 59 22.87 1 0 1
Brett Hanson 9 9 1 157 48 19.63 0 0 2
Mark Gibbs 5 5 1 76 24 19.00 0 0 1
Adrian Ward 13 10 6 68 15* 17.00 0 0 1
Kieran Furniss 11 10 0 163 45 16.30 0 0 0
Jamie Perry 14 13 3 134 33 13.40 0 0 1
Andy Luck 13 14 1 159 53 13.25 1 0 1
Patrick Bright 8 7 0 83 21 11.86 0 0 0
Darren Laughton 15 1 1 164 27 11.71 0 0 2
Cameron Pike 16 9 7 22 7* 11.00 0 0 0
Andrew Silsby 10 10 0 104 58 10.40 1 0 3
Harry Broome 11 11 1 101 38* 10.10 0 0 5
John Pike 3 3 0 28 12 9.33 0 0 0
Nathan Richards 6 5 0 38 14 7.60 0 0 0
Marcus Gross 6 4 0 21 16 5.25 0 0 2
Tom Hodson 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0
Harmit Bahra 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 0
James Pegg 4 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2
Alex Melia 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1

SECOND ELEVEN FIFTIES 2012

Jimmy Hart 71 v Podington
Jimmy Hart 69 v St Crispins
Marcus Shelton 69 v Irchester
Andy Kowal 64* v Great Houghton
Andy Kowal 64 v Podington
David Clarkson 59 v Old CC
Andrew Silsby 58 v Heyford
Andy Luck 53 v Raunds
Marcus Shelton 50 v Old CC

SECOND ELEVEN PARTNERSHIPS 2012

108 2nd Andrew Silsby 58 & David Clarkson 38 Heyford
94 5th Andy Luck 53 & David Clarkson 43 Raunds
75 2nd Marcus Shelton 50 & David Clarkson 39 Old CC
69 1st Brett Hanson 38 & Harry Broome 34 Heyford
57 1st Marcus Shelton 69 & Andrew Silsby 13 Irchester
57 2nd Brett Hanson 48 & David Clarkson 30 Irchester
57 4th Jimmy Hart 71 & Harry Broome 9 Podington
57 6th Darren Laughton 27 & Andy Luck 40* Heyford
57 9th Kieran Furniss 45 & Adrian Ward 11 Rushden ll
56 7th Darren Laughton 27 & Andy Kowal 64 Podington
54 7th Kieran Furniss 29 & Andy Kowal 64* Great Houghton
52 5th David Clarkson 10 & Marcus Shelton 69 Irchester

SECOND ELEVEN BOWLING AVERAGES 2012

  Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Best 5 wkts Econ Strike rate Average
John Pike 45 16 99 9 4 for 39 0 2.2 30 11
Mark Gibbs 72 21 197 15 4 for 30 0 2.74 29 13.13
Kieran Furniss 77.1 16 220 16 4 for 26 0 2.85 29 13.75
Jamie Perry 165.4 36 520 32 6 for 17 3 3.14 31 16.25
Adrian Ward 74.4 3 332 20 4 for 33 0 4.45 22 16.6
Jimmy Hart 19 3 59 3 3 for 49 0 3.11 38 19.67
Marcus Gross 25.5 4 103 5 2 for 28 0 3.99 31 20.6
Alex Melia 14 3 66 3 2 for 51 0 4.71 28 22
Andrew Kowal 139.2 31 384 17 5 for 21 1 2.76 50 22.59
James Pegg 7 0 31 1 1 for 31 0 4.43 42 31
Andy Luck 39.5 0 206 6 5 for 53 0 5.18 39.8 34.33
David Clarkson 2 0 16 0 0 for 16 0 8 0 0

SECOND ELEVEN FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS 2012

Jamie Perry 6 for 17 v Great Oakley
Andy Kowal 5 for 21 v Irchester
Jamie Perry 5 for 28 v Heyford
Jamie Perry 5 for 43 v Great Oakley

SECOND ELEVEN CATCHES 2012

Darren Laughton 9
Andy Luck 4
Adrian Ward 3
Brett Hanson 3
Jamie Perry 2
Nathan Richards 2
Andrew Kowal 2
David Clarkson 1
Jimmy Hart 1
Marcus Shelton 1
Kieran Furniss 1
Harry Broome 1
Patrick Bright 1
Mark Gibbs 1
Alex Melia 1

SECOND ELEVEN WICKET KEEPING 2012

  Catches Stumpings Total
       
Cameron Pike 23 1 24
David Clarkson 1  0 1

THIRD ELEVEN

  Pl WBF WBS NR Lost Bat pts Bowl pts Total pts
Earls Barton 3rd 18 7 6 1 4 52 78 392
Old Wellingburians 2nd 18 9 3 2 4 61 67 372
Wollaston 3rd 18 7 5 2 4 52 69 365
Cogenhoe 2nd 18 4 8 3 3 47 61 354
Weekley and Warkton 3rd 18 5 1 6 6 24 48 204
Overstone Park 4th 18 1 4 4 9 37 57 202
Mears Ashby 2nd 18 3 1 4 10 36 49 173
Weldon 2nd 18 3 1 3 11 33 50 169
Obelisk 2nd 18 0 4 3 11 20 46 152
St Michaels 74 2nd 18 1 0 6 11 22 33 87

*WBS: won batting first      WBS: won batting second     NR: No result  

THIRD ELEVEN RESULTS 2012

Date            Opponents   Start Results   Points

 

               
APRIL 21st NO FIXTURE            
APRIL 28th NO FIXTURE            
               
MAY 5th MEARS ASHBY 2nd H 1.30pm No Play   2  
MAY 12th O.W's 2nd A 1.30pm Won   30 scorecard
MAY 19th OVERSTONE 4th A 1.30pm Won   29  scorecard
MAY 26th OBELISK 2nd H 1.30pm Won   30 scorecard
               
JUNE 2nd WEEKLEY & WARKTON 3rd A 1.30pm Won   26 scorecard
JUNE 9th EARLS BARTON 3rd H 1.30pm Won   29 scorecard
JUNE 16th COGENHOE 2nd A 1.30pm Won   27 scorecard
JUNE 23rd WELDON 2nd H 1.30pm Won   27 scorecard
JUNE 30th ST MICHAELS 74 2nd A 1.30pm Won   30 scorecard
               
JULY 7th MEARS ASHBY 2nd A 1.30pm Lost   3 scorecard
JULY 14th O.W's 2nd H 1.30pm No Play   3  
JULY 21st OVERSTONE 4th H 1.30pm Lost   4 scorecard
JULY 28th OBELISK 2nd A 1.30pm Won   27 scorecard
               
AUGUST 4th WEEKLEY & WARKTON 3rd H 1.30pm Won   30 scorecard
AUGUST 11th EARLS BARTON 3rd A 1.30pm Lost   3 scorecard
AUGUST 18th COGENHOE 2nd H 1.30pm Lost   7 scorecard
AUGUST 25th WELDON 2nd A 1pm Won   30 scorecard
               
SEPTEMBER 1st ST MICHAELS 74 2nd H 1pm Won   30 scorecard 

       WEEKLEY & WARKTON 3rds  PLAY AT BENEFIELD  

       EARLS BARTON 3rds  PLAY AT ECTON   

         WOLLASTON 3rd v COGENHOE  AT EARLS BARTON  (not Emberton)

THIRD ELEVEN AVERAGES 2012

  Games Inns Not out Runs Highest Ave 50 100 Ducks
Rex  Boddington 14 14 1 422 139 32.46 2 1 3
Paul Jones 14 14 2 247 38* 20.58 0 0 1
Craig Boddington 12 12 2 209 60* 20.90 1 0 2
Marcus Gross 8 8 2 186 48* 31.00 0 0 1
Nathan Dawson 7 7 1 15 98 29.17 1 0 1
Nathan Richards 10 10 4 170 61 28.33 1 0 3
Scott Bailey 11 10 2 125 42 15.63 0 0 2
Patrick Bright 8 8 1 115 45 16.43 0 0 1
Andrew Silsby 3 3 0 106 54 35.33 1 0 0
Brett Hanson 4 4 0 79 52 19.75 1 0 0
Harry Broome 2 2 0 74 39 37.00 0 0 0
David Pegg 9 9 2 58 22 8.29 0 0 1
Alex Melia 11 5 2 47 21 15.67 0 0 0
Nick Dawson 14 7 3 42 21 10.50 0 0 0
James Pegg 11 2 6 40 20* 10.00 0 0 0
Brian Bartlett 3 2 0 24 14 12.00 0 0 0
Haydn James 5 5 1 23 9 5.75 0 0 2
David Ward 13 3 1 20 9 10.00 0 0 0
Adam Tee 2 2 0 15 9 7.50 0 0 0
Sam Drage 7 4 2 9 7* 4.50 0 0 2
Elliot Knight 4 2 0 5 3 2.50 0 0 0
Ben Pegg 2                
Tom Hodson 2                
                   

THIRD ELEVEN CENTURIES 2012

139 Rex Boddington v Obelisk

THIRD ELEVEN FIFTIES 2012

98 Nathan Dawson v Earls Barton 3rds   home
 84* Rex Boddington* v Cogenhoe   Earls Barton
74 Rex Boddington v St Michael 74 2nd   home
61 Nathan Richards v Overstone 4th   away
 60* Craig Boddington* v Weldon 2nd   away
54 Andrew Silsby v St Michael 74 2nd   home
52 Brett Hanson v St Michael 74 2nd   away

THIRD ELEVEN PARTNERSHIPS 2012

151 5th Marcus Gross   48 & Nathan Dawson   98 v Earls Barton 3rd home **
123 3rd Rex Boddington   139 & Paul Jones   31 v Obelisk 2nd home **
110 1st Rex Boddington   139 & Patrick Bright   45 v Obelisk 2nd home  
106 1st Rex Boddington  79 & Andrew Silsby   54 v St.Michael 74 2nd home  
95 8th Nathan Richards   61 & Marcus Gross   48* v Overstone 4ths away **
71 2nd Paul Jones   38 & Scott Bailey   42 v Obelisk 2nd away  
70 4th Brett Hanson   52 & Nathan Dawson   36 v St.Michael 74 2nd away  
67 4th Rex Boddington   84 & Paul Jones   16 v Cogenhoe away  
63 1st Rex Boddington   34 & Paul Jones   28   v Weekley & Warkton 3rd home  
60 2nd Rex Boddington   79 & Harry Broome   39 v St.Michael 74 2nd home  
57 6th Craig Boddington   60* & Marcus Gross   22* v Weldon 2nd away  
54 6th Nathan Richards   39 & Paul Jone   8 v St.Michael 74 2nd home  
            ** new record    

THIRD ELEVEN SIXES 2012

THIRD ELEVEN SIXES  
Nathan Dawson 4
Andrew Silsby 4
Marcus Gross 3
Craig Boddington 2
Nick Dawson 1
Paul Jones 1
Nathan Richards 1

THIRD ELEVEN BOWLING AVERAGES 2012

  Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Best 5 wkts Econ S/r Average
Nick Dawson 142 47 298 30 5 for 33 1 2.1 29 9.93
David Ward 130.1 23 351 30 4 for 25 0 2.7 27 11.70
James Pegg 110.4 20 316 21 6 for 40 1 2.85 32 15.05
Alex Melia 101 25 263 15 3 for 36 0 2.6 41 17.53
Marcus Gross 44 3 170 12 3 for 32 0 3.86 22 14.17
Nathan Dawson 30 4 161 7 2 for 5 0 5.37 26 23.00
Elliot Knight 13 1 30 5 2 for 10 0 2.31 16 6.00
Paul Jones 17 4 42 3 3 for 36 0 2.47 34 14.00
Harry Broome 4.3 0 23 2 2 for 23 0 5.11 14 11.50
Adam Tee 10 2 25 2 2 for 25 0 2.5 30 12.50
Sam Drage 21 0 120 1 1 for 2 0 5.71 126 120.00
Tom Hodson 3 0 17 0 0 for 17 0 5.67    
Patrick Bright 13 0 76 0 0 for 18 0 5.85    
Nathan Richards 5.2 0 19 0 0 for 4 0 3.58    

THIRD ELEVEN FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS

James Pegg 6 for 40 v Weldon 2nd
Nick Dawson  5 for 33 v St Michael 74 2nd

THIRD ELEVEN FIELDING 2012

CATCHES     WICKET KEEPING      
Nathan Richards 5     Catches Stumpings Total
Nick Dawson 5   Rex Boddington 8 1 9
Alex Melia 4   Dave Pegg 3 0 3
David Ward 3          
Elliot Knight 2          
Nathan Dawson 2          
Brett Hanson 2          
Patrick Bright 2          
Marcus Gross 1          
Scott Bailey 1          
James Pegg 1          
Haydn James 1          

THIRD ELEVEN CAPTAIN'S REPORT

Starting the season in a higher division is always a bit daunting because most of the grounds and teams are  new to us with no "previous history".

So our main aim at the start of this season in division twelve was the same as 2010 and 2011, which was was to be competitive on a weekly basis, hold our own in the new division - give our best and enjoy it.

Early season rain prevented an excess of practice and also washed out our first match. But we then won our next eight games and at the end of June we were sitting on top of the table, just in front of Earls Barton 3rds and O.W's 2nds.

Whether winning so many games made us complacent, or it was just "one of those days" but looking for win number nine at Mears Ashby 2nds we had a real awakening . Ashby had not won a game and were firmly at the bottom when we played them on that damp, dank Saturday. But that day they looked the team on top of the league and we played like we should be on the bottom. We lost easily and came down to earth with a bang.

From that point in the season it was rather up and down and we lost three more games and won four. Fortunately we had just done enough to secure promotion on the last Saturday.

Rex Boddington again scored the majority of the runs but his son Craig made some telling contributions as did Nathan Richard - especially when runs were needed towards the end of the innings. Paul Jones was as reliable as ever and debutant Patrick Bright showed that he will mature into an excellent attacking batsman and will hopefully make his mark in the Premier Division sometime in the future. The explosive side of batting was at times demonstrated by Nathan Dawson who was unlucky on one occasion to reach 98 before being dismissed.

Marcus Gross split his games between Two's and Three's and made and impression with bat and ball.

Our seam attack excelled this year. Led by the model of consistency, Nick Dawson, both Alex Melia and James Pegg made run scoring difficult for the opposition and kept batting sides under real pressure. Spinner Sam Drage and seamer Elliot Knight both came into the team and showed promise for the future.

So I think over the season we deserved to get promotion. On balance we were certainly one of the best three teams in the division.

Next season will be new challenge in division eleven, but I am sure that if we carry forward our positive attributes and play to our potential there is no reason why we can't once again make our presence felt at a higher level.

I would like to thank the players for their support, umpires Dave Ekins and Graham Richards, scorer Ben Pegg and everyone who came to watch us during the season.

David Ward              Third Eleven Captain

UNDER NINE - Season 2012

This season was a case of leaving the best until last!

 Our first tournament in June was on home soil and having managed to pick the only weekend during the month when it didn’t rain, we lost in the semi finals to Saints. Despite us putting in a good bowling performance, the Birchfield Road East outfit bowled very tightly to restrict our scoring and were comfortable winners.

 At Thrapston our fate was the same, having seen off Wellingborough and Rushden B we were pipped to the post by eventual winners Rushden A, by two runs in a very tense match. Particular highlights of the day were Elliot “switch hitting” four boundaries on the trot in the semi, George bowling very economically throughout and the quality of the fielding in each game. We were starting to gel as a team, bring on the next tournament!

 Rushden and Dean – metaphorically we didn’t turn up! This was a bit of a case of back down to Earth with a bump.

 Rushden Town – This was the day I felt we really grew up. Up until then we had the odd occasion when we didn’t concentrate fully on the pitch but this day was different.

On our way to the final, we beat Saints, Wellingborough and Podington. We had a squad of ten on the day and everyone played their part.

In the final it was Saints again! They opted to bat first and scored a very creditable 242 which was going to be a tough ask. We then batted and passed the total without losing a wicket. It was a superb team effort.

Jack won bowler of the tournament, which was not only a credit to him but was also due to the fantastic fielding from the team throughout the day.

 Batsman of the season was awarded to Elliott and bowler to George.  Most improved player was Tom.

I wish those who have moved onto the U-11’s continued success and here’s hoping we can do more of the same in the coming season.

Many thanks to Ian, Jim, John and Andy for their help

Simon Parsons - Under Nine Manager

UNDER ELEVEN 

stumps to the dumps’ ‘bails to Wales’ ‘more blocks than Legoland’ ‘ducks on the menu’  were the cries from the WCC under 11s in 2012 , we had the most to say certainly!!

Second in the league to Finedon ‘A’ , knocked out of the cup by………..Finedon ‘A’!!!!

2012 was a season of considerable success and improvement in all areas of cricket knowledge and performance on the field.

 Tom and I were fortunate to have a squad of players who listened, behaved and performed to a high standard on and off the field. The children’s attitude and sportsmanship is a credit to themselves, their parents and the club. They are a close knit bunch who have had a lot of fun in training and games.

The age group had players who progressed beyond club level, Bethan playing for county girls under 13s and Dan , Marcus K and Lewis all representing the East Northants District, Lewis narrowly missing selection at county level. This is an excellent reflection on the progress made by the players and the Club.

In the Higham league we lost just three games , winning eight, the development of James Dawson , Marcus Davis, Gaby Melia and many others have been significant, the arrival of George and Harry Green mid season, gave the team more depth and quality, I have George for another year whilst Harry has moved up to the under 13s.

One of my highlights of the season was Harry facing the first over from a Finedon and District opening bowler and bravely getting behind every ball, he had put his hand up to open the batting in this game, very impressive.

Marcus Kings five wickets and hat trick at Rushden and Lewis belligerent hitting at almost every game we played will stay in the memory from a hugely successful season.

I would like to sign off by thanking all of the parents for their support throughout the season , but particularly to Tom and Sam Hodson for their invaluable work to help the team and Club run smoothly, thank you guys, much appreciated.

 

UNDER 13'S -    CHAMPIONS !

The County U13 tournament was played at our ground on Sunday 1st July, after it was postponed from the previous week at Burton Latimer.

Wollaston played Rushton in the first semi final and after a good bowling and fielding display, they restricted Rushton to just 58 runs. This proved an easy score to overcome with Cameron Pike and Harry Broome knocking off the runs with all wickets intact and plenty of overs in hand.

 Overstone overcame Kineton in a close fought contest in the other semi final, thus setting up a local final.

 In the final Overstone batted very aggressively and had 3 of their players reach the limit of 30 runs, before they were asked to retire. They reached 116 in their 20 overs. Our bowlers and fielders were made to work hard, but generally kept their heads as they produced a number of run outs to help keep the score down.

 When our reply began we lost Cameron early on, but recovered with a solid partnership from Patrick Bright and Harry, which saw them both reach the mandatory retirement figure of 30.  Our progress began to slow as we lost a few quick wickets, but as the tension grew amongst the spectators, our team the players kept their cool and edged towards the target.

 Every run was becoming vital and small partnerships were key, none more so than that from Chris Manktelow and Max Halliday. It was Chris who hit the winning run to great cheers from the fans.

 This is  a great achievement from a good little team, that have been well coached by Nick Broome and Jason Bright.

 So well done guys and everyone involved at the club is very proud of your achievement.

Neal Perry

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WOLLASTON YOUNGSTERS MAKE THE GRADE

Ten Wollaston CC youngsters have been selected for various County and District squads this season.

This is an excellent achievement for both our juniors and our coaches.  Congratulations to everyone involved.

Patrick Bright – Northants County U13  &   Harry Broome – Northants County U13
Nathan Healey – Northants County U12
Dan Hodson – East Northants District U11  &  Marcus King – East Northants District U11
Oliver Newton – Northampton District U14
Lewis North-Row – East Northants District U11
Cameron Pike – East Northants District U14
Beth Solomon – Northants County Girls U13
Harry Tobin – East Northants District U12

 

 

 

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