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1st XI Captian’s Season Review 2009
Overall I’m pleased with our league performance in my first year as captain. We managed to win a third of our matches and finish in a comfortable seventh spot. Ben Wallis (485 runs) and Sam Anthony (340 runs) led the way with the batting, whilst Steve Ansell (34 wickets), Darren Shanley (34) and Jo Anthony (17) stood out with the ball. As ever, statistics don’t tell the whole story, and I’d like to mention Oliver Tilbury in these pages for his continued improvement as our new ball bowler. Other positives to take into 2010 include Dockers new role as an opening batsman, Tim Anstead scoring hundreds again, James Scarborough showing application in the middle order and Nick Anstead’s usual ’impact’ play. Going forward, myself and Kitt hope to increase the size of our squad if at all possible and also really focus in on the team’s batting. With the support of the lads in the 1st team and the club as a whole, I’m looking forward to 2010 and very much hope that I can juggle the captaincy and my role as a player more successfully. See you at the AGM if not before, Gilo |
| 2nd XI Captain’s Season Review 2009
Despite a difficult season, we managed to come out of the season with a huge ammount of positives and a relatively successful second half of the season. Having come through a tight finish with Potters Bar to nick a huge win, we proceeded to thrash Welwyn Garden City III’s, Abbotts Langley II’s and Radlett IV’s to finish the season with four wins, two losses and two draws from our final eight games. There were significant contributions from Kam Raja, Alex Scarborough, Des Boucher, Darren Pedder, Andy Parker, Gary Bentley and Ben Spencer but it would be naive and wrong to say that we couldn’t have achieved this success without the comittment of everyone throughout the season. Special mentions go to Tim Reed, Gary Bentley and Peter Green for their outstanding availability throughout the season giving us a core to select from. Ian Mulligan - what a legend - despite taking a good haul this year, he has shown exactly what comittment is all about, umpiring all bar two of our games! Big thank you’s to everyone who has represented the two’s this year - a tremendous effort full of character and determination to see us to safety. We have played with spirit and character all year and we said it would get us through - in the end it did! Well done all and see you at the Chairmans dinner - we will be a better team for our experiences this year and should be challenging in the top half of the table, especially with the likes of Ben Spencer, Ryan Richards, Bruce Monk, Ross Dedman, Nick Sheffield, Alex Cox and Gregor Noblett demonstrating at different stages that they can all perform at this level this year along the way. Roll on 2010 and i am really positive about the prospects for the II’s! Nick Miller |
| 3rd XI Captain’s Season Review 2009
The season of 2009 can only be described as the year of the egg. Everything started well with a good victory over Cockfosters by 10 wickets. Then it started the following week away lost by one wicket in a game we should and could have won this was going to be the theme for the rest of the year. Playing well, many times better than the opposition only to fall a few runs or one wicket short. I could list all the games and results but I’d get bored doing that and I’m sure you’ll get bored reading about it so I’m just going to list a few of my highlights. The first game a master class in batting with Wicks and JK 87 and 98 both not out. My hatrick against Leverstock Green. The victory over Shenley Village. (First time we took 15 wickets) Ross Dedman’s explosive 50 and Mark Bailey’s well constructed 100 not out. Gregor Noblett’s 6 for 23 against Stevanage. Wick’s 7 for 44 (sorry Ian for taking the other 3) Nick Sheffield’s 58 not out and Des Bouchers 86 in the last game of the season. Steve Gilmore’s 46 before being given out bat before wicket. The season for me was great fun and the banter within the team was fantastic. Everybody gave 100% every game and it was a pleasure to skipper the 3’s. My thanks go to everybody that helped the season run smoothly. In summary, we played some cricket. Won a few, drew a few, lost a few. Drunk some beer (some more responsibly than others) but mainly had some fun. D.S |
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