T Rippon Mid Essex League Premier Division. The 1st XI were again shown how difficult life in the Premier Division was going to be as they were beaten at Aythorpe Roding by 68 runs. The home team batted first and scored 229-7, Ian Bryant taking 4-58. Marcus Cornish (36), Dale Farnham (34) and Ian Bryant (31) all contributed to the Rayleigh reply in the total of 161 all out.
T Rippon Mid Essex League Division 5. The 2nd XI entertained Purleigh and bowled them out for 149, Nick Green taking 4-48. The 2nd XI knocked the runs off for the loss of 8 wickets in a close finish with captain Chris Frost scoring 71* to lead the 2nd XI home.
T Rippon Mid Essex League Division 7. The 3rd XI entertained Mountnessing who scored 184-8 batting first with Tony Catling taking 3-48. The 3rd XI struggled in their reply and were all out for 146 with only Alex Jones (32) and Richard Verrinder (23) offering resistance.
T Rippon Mid Essex League Division 10. The 4th XI visited Gloucester Park for an away game against St Andrews. The home side batted first and scored 175-7. The 4th XI then overhauled this total for the loss of 6 wickets with Steve Elsdon top scoring with 76*.
T Rippon Mid Essex League Division 11. The 5th XI won their league match without bowling a ball as Eastwood conceded the game. In its place they played a friendly against Belhus 5th XI and won a close match by 10 runs. Rayleigh reached 158-9 in their 40 overs with Adam Keeley scoring 47. In reply Belhus scored 148 all out with the wickets shared between all of the 5th XI bowlers.
Other matches
Beaumont Seymour League South Division. The Women & Girls XI visited Kelvedon & Feering. Rayleigh batted first and started well with Castle (28 retd) and M King sharing a good second wicket partnership. Tight bowling from Cowell, Butcher and Yates then restricted Rayleigh to 69-6 from their 20 overs. Rayleigh’s total was not adequate as Kelvedon’s N Wilson retired on 28 as the hosts reached the winning total with 8 overs and 7 wickets to spare.
South Essex District Cricket Board Peters Cup 2nd Round. Rayleigh Under 15’s scored 118 all out with Adam Krise (30*) and Gideon Humphries (27) being the main run scorers. Leigh replied with 121-7 winning a close game in the 19th over to move into Round 3 by a 3 wicket margin.
The Sunday XI entertained Ingatestone in a Warsop Sunday League game in what proved to be a high scoring match. Rayleigh, batting first, scored 277-4 with Jason Ox (124) and Liam Druce (107) sharing an opening partnership of 242. In reply Ingatestone scored 201, Adam Dudmish taking 3-7, to give the Sunday XI a 76 run victory.
Friendly matches.
The Saturday 6th XI visited Chelmsford 6th XI at Chelmer Park, Chelmsford. The home team batted first and were all out for 128 with Alan Brown taking 4-11 and Conor Slough 3-15. In reply, the 6th XI were struggling at 9-5 when Neil Dobson (75*) joined Alan Brown to share in a 94 run 6th wicket partnership to take the 6th XI to victory by 4 wickets.