A beautiful sunny day greeted us at the club and prepared us for what turned out to be a well balanced, very enjoyable game against Eynsham.
For the first time this season, I lost the toss, which turned out for the best as, in retrospect, I don’t think we’d have won if we’d batted first. […]
Apologies for no match report for the Cold ash game, we were let down by thereporter.
Batting:
B. Martin 7
O. Haine 4
S. Pritchard Not very many
S. Moore 25
C. Teale 0
C. Mercer 21
S. Boag 13
A. Peach 7
S. Bramley 6
T. Weekes 1
D. Henson 2 not out.
Total 98 all out
Bowling:
S. Moore 7-2-13-0
C. Mercer 4-0-25-0
D. Henson 7-0-14-1
A. Peach 7-1-16-2
S. Boag […]
It’s that time again! welcome to the new season and the first game of the year and with that, we require the first write up of the season… I, (PoD) volunteered, gives me the chance to big myself up a bit more. Last Sunday, we took on Minster Lovell at home, 2pm start, great […]
On a high from beating the Presidents XI last week, we prepared to play E&W Hendred on a warm, dry but slightly cloudy day. Having won the toss, we elected to bat first , hoping to post a suitably high score that would keep us busy for the rest of the day.
PoD and ’Bows […]
The day began with the match getting a brief mention on Radio 4. Paddy O’Connell caught our attention by first mentioning that Tim Weekes of Wantage, Oxfordshire had written in by email. Tweekey! What salient point could Tweekey be raising that was worth mentioning on Radio 4? Apparently there was a big black cloud over […]
After our thumping last week at Crowmarsh Steve decided to go for a new option with the batting this week, bat first…and my gosh did it work! We managed to rack up an impressive 256 before taking enough wickets to keep them short of the total with out actually bowling them out.
Although rain had been […]
Last Sunday was the game that many of us chose to avoid, mainly as it was Crowmarsh away, and the usual associated aggro! Unfortunately 11 of us had to play, and we bravely stepped out to field in thirty degree heat to give them 35 of our best! We bowled admirably but again our […]
Despite the recent downpours and widespread flooding Wantage and Grove managed to find a suitable pitch for their fixture against Blewbury. It was supposed to be a home fixture but with the Wantage pitch more fit for a re enactment of the Armada it was rearranged to be played at Blewbury. The sun […]
With both teams keen for a victory, Wantage and Harwell began a good natured and smashing game of cricket. Harwell, which consisted mostly of Wantage Saturday players, fielded first with Chief Wiggum and ’Bows opening the batting for us.
Chief was caught early in the innings off of Steve Pritchard’s bowling for 3 […]
Sorry, but I’m not going to write much this week as it’s painful to type. More about that later.
The weather was good and the wicket, although played on the day before, was perfect. A good batting strip with a lovely hard surface with even bounce. I lost the toss, as usual and Swindon NALGO went […]
