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Whitchurch win at home to Hambleden
Whitchurch win by 71 runs. Batting first, Whitchurch put on 230 for 5 in 35 overs, with opener Cormac Neeson hitting 53 and Tim Close hitting 72, largely over the fence and into the nettles.
Excellent bowling and fielding, starting with Robbie Cotgreave and Lyn Williams's fierce opening spell put Whitchurch in control early on.
Whitchurch draw at Grey's Green
Grey's Green batted first, scoring slowly at first thanks to good bowling from Harry Williams and Robbie Cotgreave in particular. We didn't take enough wickets, however, so with 8 wickets in hand Grey's Green accelerated to make a competitive 178 for 2.
After a shaky start, Whitchurch's reply improved (largely thanks to Robbie C's 42) to give us real hope of the win. A late fall of wickets, however, meant that Craig Hampton and Robbie Lowden hung on in the last overs to secure the draw with 111 for 9.
Whitchurch Man of the Match was Robbie C for his batting and bowling.
Whitchurch win at Blewbury by 1 run
Whitchurch beat Blewbury by just 1 run with a catch off the last ball by Travis.
Whitchurch made 164 all out (34.4overs) and Blewbury 163 all out (35overs). As well as the winning catch, Travis hit his first 50 for Whitchurch and bought the requisite beers which were well received by the rest of the team.
Honours even on the Whitchurch CC tour to France
Whitchurch enjoyed mixed fortunes, mixed weather and one or two mixed drinks on tour to France in July.
Cormac arrived fashionably late on Saturday in the vain hope that we wouldn't notice that he was driving his new Renault Kangoo (sponsored by Motability Whitchurch).
Eventually we stopped laughing long enough to make 233 for 4 (Russell 100*, Jones 40) before winning by 19 runs in the final over, keeping Les Ormes down to 214 for 6 (Scanlon 114, Seward 3 for 20).
Some comedy fielding kept the fine-master busy distributing wine-coloured paint-stripper at the barbecue after the game, before moving on to over-refreshment in the bar.
Sunday's game was almost rained-off, despite the artificial pitch, but Le Ormes won a reduced (30 overs) game by 8 wickets, after restricting Whitchurch to 96 all out.
Village Fete to be held at Whitchurch Cricket Club
This year's Whitchurch Village Fete will be held at the cricket ground on 1st September.
History of Whitchurch Cricket Club
by Miles Whitelock
It has been suggested to me that the residents of Whitchurch might be interested to read a short account of the history of Whitchurch Cricket Club as I remember it. I was born at Underwood in Hardwick Road in 1918.
Any story to be told must also include impressions of some of its more active and colourful members. In writing this I have no wish to appear anything but affectionate and loyal to those who have created a lasting tradition.
The ground was acquired by my father, A.R. Whitelock, in 1921. Originally it had been a lush meadow, seemingly much enjoyed by a pedigree herd of Mr Aldridge's ruminating cows, but at the time no longer required for their use. It will be appreciated that in 1921 the country had hardly recovered from the awful consequences of the 1st World War. The Cricket Club, though theoretically in existence, had no ground and no equipment.