Scorecard

Newenden Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI v Wonersh CC on Sat 30 Jul 2022 at 1:30pm
Newenden Cricket Club Lost by 29 runs

Match report Last Week It Was Sweden, This Week It Was Holland

If Carlsberg did cricketing weekends then this was certainly it.

We began on the Friday with our Player's Dinner, which was a cracking evening. Eighteen of us donned our 'Sh*t' shirts' and settled into to what was probably the best dinner yet.

Garry Smith was voted Player's Player by his peers, with Charlie Harker taking home the 'Sh*t' Shirt title and Ben Browning pipping Chris Thomson-Frost in a hard fought drinking based version of 15 to 1.

From the look of some of the videos to emerge the next morning the celebrations continued well into the night. How are the knees Chatters?



Saturday saw us welcome touring side Wonersh to the NCG. They always arrive in fancy dress and this year they came in full bio hazard suits, complete with gold chains and nose rings ( yeah, me neither?). They looked like a piss-poor tribute act for East 17 that had got lost on their way to the White Hart Beer & Music Festival.

But the day was all about the tea, with the cricket very much playing second fiddle, which ironically is exactly what it looked like CJ and Giles had just finished in 'that' photo from the morning after at Jasper's.

Toby and Nicola Holland took things to a whole new level. We were treated to a full tasting menu, which included freshly cooked onion bhajis, black pudding scotch eggs, even slow-cooked beef tacos, with Toby's hot sauce ( feel free to add your own comical aside). There was so much on offer that I hear Deliveroo have been in touch about opening a Newenden franchise.

Nicola had made a plethora of superb cakes and biscuits, including NCC biscuits and cricket balls, and then filled large NCC letters with fruit, crudites and cake bites. It was unbelievable. Both teams sat and enjoyed the feast on a long table on the boundary line. Thank you Toby and Nicola, the engraver has been primed.



The cricket match wasn't half bad too. Having won the toss we asked Wonersh to bat, this was a tea based decision as opposed to a cricketing one. They posted a very competitive 216-9 from their 35 overs, with notable performances from Alex 'Dwayne' Stone taking 4-13, and Olly Addis taking his first wicket for the club. Wonersh were helped by some lax fielding, with several catches going down. It would appear that Charlie Harker has actually been told that if he takes a catch he will have to go for a night out with Finn Piper, as he has been resolute in dropping everything that comes his way.

Our reply was a mixed affair, with momentum swinging more than CJ after being debagged for losing 15 to 1 the previous evening. Morris and Jasper Piper had things under control until the former fell after drinks for 58, Tom ' Village' Hall continued to take on the Wonersh attack with Piper, and it looked like we were cruising home, before both batsmen fell within two overs, exposing our tail (room for one more CJ joke?).

The Morettis got the better of Kutner, as he appeared to kneel to greet a bouncing delivery and it smacked him straight in the kisser, which lead to a nasty looking gash (too easy) and blood pouring from his mouth. Dr Holland abandoned his pizza oven and dashed onto the pitch diagnosing that he should play no further part in the game. He advised that Christian should keep ice on the cut throughout the evening, this he did with the aid of several large glasses of Jack Daniels. There was still time for Al' Mini-Merv' Auger to hit his first boundary for the club, the look of joy on his face was worth the match fee alone.

In the end we came up just short, but it was a valiant effort. There was still time for Toby to produce about twenty mini pizzas which were very well received by all. What an effort.

We returned to league action on Sunday with a trip to Bapchild, which I have since found is twinned with Boobnipper in Austria. We had a strong side, and it proved to be far too much for Bapchild. We posted 305-3 from our 40 overs, with Browning (82*), Patel (69) and Bellhouse (54*) doing the damage.

We then bowled the opposition out for 135, with the returning Ian Jones taking 5-40, and a notable mention for Patel who took 2-12 from his nine overs.

We stay top of the table after extending our unbeaten run.

Wonersh CC Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
6nb 21w 14b 2lb 
for 8 wickets
43
216 (35.0 overs)		     
Josh Hill run out  (Unsure) 24 6
Rupert Miller ct  B Browning b O Addis 47 10
Richard Heygate b  O Chatterton 20 5
Elliot Cozens b  A Stone 24 5
Kieron Chilton lbw  A Stone 5 1
Oli Miller ct  O Chatterton b A Stone 0
Daniel Mercer b  A Stone 1
Steve Cozens Not Out  30 6
Paul Kenyon Not Out  0
Gary Durrant  
Luke Wetherill b  C Kutner 22 4

Newenden Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Oliver Chatterton7.0049149.007.00
Ben Browning7.003500.005.00
Chris Thomson-Frost3.003700.0012.33
Christian Kutner7.0051151.007.29
Alex Stone7.041343.251.86
Olly Addis4.0015115.003.75

Newenden Cricket Club Sunday 1st XI Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1w 5b 1lb 
for 9 wickets
7
187		        
Philip Morris ct  L Wetherill b J Hill 58 60 11 1 96.67
Charlie Harker ct  R Heygate b P Kenyon 0 2 0
Ben Browning b  E Cozens 9 11 2 81.82 1
Jasper Piper b  K Chilton 59 61 10 96.72
Chris Thomson-Frost b  J Hill 0 2 0
Tom Hall b  K Chilton 44 35 8 1 125.71
Olly Addis b  R Heygate 1 5 20.0
Oliver Chatterton b  K Chilton 1 5 20.0 1
Christian Kutner Retired Not Out  1 5 20.0
Alan Auger Not Out  6 7 1 85.71
Alex Stone b  L Wetherill 1 6 16.67

Wonersh CC Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Elliot Cozens7.0022122.003.14
Luke Wetherill6.1029129.004.70
Paul Kenyon3.0030130.0010.00
Josh Hill5.0137218.507.40
Kieron Chilton7.0045315.006.43
Richard Heygate5.0018118.003.60