The Rayleigh Cricket Club

Report of week ending 19 May

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Published on 19 May 2013
Written by Brian Dawbarn
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  1. For the third week in a row three Saturday League teams won and three lost but it was a bad day for both the 1st and 2nd teams.

    Dropping the opener on 1 and 8 proved very costly for the 1st XI at Bentley as he went on to score 196 in a total of 339-3 with seven other catches going to ground. Rayleigh never looked like reaching this total and subsided to an all out total of 126 with skipper Matt Williams top scoring with 35.

    The 2nd XI fared little better in a home match against Broomfield 1st XI and batting first were all out for 135, Steve Adams (29). The visitors passed this total for the loss of 2 wickets.

    The 3rd XI travelled to Navestock & Ardleigh Green 1st XI and batting first totalled 263-7, George Barker leading the way with 121. The home side scored 183-6 in reply.

    The 4th XI played Southend Echo Monarchs Trojans 2nd XI at Rawreth Lane and batting first scored 263-7, Simon Harwood (83), Richard Verrinder (56) and Daryl Ox (39*) leading the scoring. The visitors scored 184-7 in reply, Richard Mantell taking 3-32..

    The 5th XI were away at Eastwood 3rd XI and totalled 204 all out, Tony Catling (52), which score the home side passed with two overs to spare for the loss of five wickets.

    The 6th XI were at home to Eastwood 4th XI who were asked to bat first first and after a bright start were all out for 123, Phil Hammond mopping up the tail with 4-6 in 2.5 overs. At 41-5 it looked as though the 6th XI's good start to the season was to come an end but Matt Verrinder (37) and Conor Slough (19*) saw the home side home by 2 wickets.

    The Sunday XI scored 174 all out, Ian Bryant 72, Alex Jones 50*. In reply St Aidans totalled 145 all out, Liam druce taking 3-13, Ian Bryant 2-29 and Neil Kelly 2-32

    The Women & Girls XI batted first at Great Waltham and Lorraine Frost (26 retired) and Jodie Billett (23) led the way to a total of 119-4 in their 20 overs. In reply the hosts scored 70-8 with Kelly Castle taking 5-2 in her 4 overs.

Peters Cup 2nd round report

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Published on 23 May 2013
Written by Brian Dawbarn
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The 2nd round of the Peters Cup saw Rayleigh u15A's visit Basildon at Mopsies Park.  Due to the cloudy skies, the match started early and was reduced to 15 overs a side to ensure a finish.  Stephen won the toss and elected to field.  All the bowlers contributed, with all but 1 of the 6 bowlers used picking up at least 1 wicket.  Pick of the bunch was Conor's 3-9 at the death.  This was backed up by some great catches from Neil, Conor and Matt, as well as great stumping from Matt who had taken over the gloves from the unfortunate Joe who was injured.  The hosts were restricted to 65-7.
 
In reply openers Stephen and Tom set off at a rate of knotts with 28 runs coming off the first three overs.  They put on 47 fpr the opening wicket before Tom was bowled for 18.  Neil followed for 2 and Stephen for a classy 31.  That left Max and Luke to see the side home with 5 not out each. 
 
Rayleigh won by 7 wickets with over 4 overs to spare.

Rayleigh U13 versus Belhus U13

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Published on 19 May 2013
Written by Michael Humphrey
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Team: Adam Bailey, Joe Barnett†, Jamie Coleman, Jack Hadlow, Tom King, Tom Lopez, Kian Norton-Reeves, Craig Smith*, David Watts.

For the first time this season we didn’t have 10 players ... we had 9. Clearly the organiser / manager is not doing his job properly.

Having got a bye in the Cup competition this week was a friendly against Belhus who not only had a full team but a couple of lads who were taller than the umpires. Nutrition is a wonderful thing.

Read more: Rayleigh U13 versus Belhus U13

Report of week ending 12 May

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Published on 12 May 2013
Written by Brian Dawbarn
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For the second week in a row three Saturday League teams won and three lost.

The 1st XI entertained Aythorpe Roding 1st XI and batting first were 40-5 but recovered to an all out total of 128 thanks to skipper Matt Williams top scoring with 47. As last week this total looked too low but in a very tight finish the visitors fell 3 runs short with Mike Walsh taking 2-10 off his 12 overs, Matt Gilmore 3-34 and Sree 2-44.

The 2nd XI travelled to Springfield 2nd XI who batting first totalled 231-9. In reply Rayleigh never looked like chasing down this total finishing on 133-5, George Barker (65*) top scoring.

The 3rd XI hosted Brookweald 2nd XI and bowled them out for 94. Steve Adams (42) led the reply and Rayleigh finished on 95-1 to win by 9 wickets.

The 4th XI went to Great Wakering who batted first and amassed 277-8. The 4th XI totalled 179-7 in their innings, Richard Verrinder scoring 72, so lost by 98 runs.

The 5th XI were away at Havering Atte Bower 3rd XI and were skittled out for 59 which the home side passed for the loss of one wicket.

The 6th XI were at home to Wickham 2nd XI who were asked to bat first first and tight bowling from all six bowlers restricted the visitors to an all out total of 119. The 6th XI passed this total for the loss of 2 wickets thanks to an unbeaten third wicket partnership of 79 between Matt Dobson (71*) and Max Jones (13*).

The Women & Girls XI were due to host strong opposition in Kelvedon & Feering but surprisingly the visitors were unable to field a side and forfeited the game.

The Under 15As opened their campaign with a 9 wicket win in a Cup match against Eastwood Under 15s. Eastwood were bowled out for 56 and Rayleigh passed this score for the loss of one wicket. See separate report.

　

The Under 11As began their season against Leigh on Sea with a 69 run victory. Rayleigh scored 335-2 net 325 and in reply Leigh scored 296-6 net 266.

Peters Cup Result and report

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Published on 09 May 2013
Written by Brian Dawbarn
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Rawreth Lane
9th May

Eastwood Under 15s   56 all out

Rayleigh Under 15A    57-1

Rayleigh won by 9 wickets
 

Eastwood 56 all out
Rayleigh 57-1
Rayleigh Win by 9 wickets
 
The weekend's sunshine gave way to a cold and windy Rawreth Lane - is that summer been and gone already?   Steven won the toss and elected to field.  There followed a strong all round bowling performance, with a mixed bag in the field.  Wickets fell at regular intervals, with only one of the openers reaching double figures with a very creditable 17.  Pick of the bowlers was Josh Jones with 3-3, but the wickets were shared between Matt, Conor, Alec, Steven and Tom.  There were also 2 run outs from Steven and Matt - unfortunately there was also a dropped catch and a few long barriers went missing on the bumpy outfield.  Eastwood totalled 56 all out off 18.5 overs.
 
In reply, it looked like openers Tom and Max were going to see the side home against some enthusiastic bowling and fielding.  Tom led the way with 21 before being bowled with 8 runs needed.  Max made a very accomplished 13 not out and it was left to Neil to finish the game with a flourish, hitting a 6 over mid-wicket.  Rayleigh had reached their target with just over 9 overs to spare.
 
So a safe passage was secured into round 2 where it looks like its Basildon away.  Eastwood are back at Rawreth Lane next week for the opening league match and more of the same will do nicely.
 
 
Chris Slough

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