CRYPTICS

MATCH SECRETARY REPORT 2016

Summary

Of the 34 fixtures on the Cryptics card 25 games were completed.

3 matches were started but were not completed due to the weather and a further 3 were cancelled due to rain without a ball being bowled. 3 matched were cancelled for other reasons.

Of the 25 games completed 8 were won, 3 were drawn and 14 were lost. 

The Statistics

The full season summary is attached at Appendix 1.

Attached at Appendix 2 are the notable individual performances both for and against the club.

A special mention should perhaps go to Ben Tibble for scoring an unbeaten century and taking a 6 wicket haul (not in the same match). 

The Tours

A successful start to the season with a 2 match tour to Menorca with the Cryptics recording a win and a defeat.

The Southern Tour was a victim of the weather with two of the three games being washed out by the rain. The Cryptics suffered a heavy defeat against Old Hurstjohnians in the only completed game of the tour.

See Appendix 3 for Andrew Lewis’ report of West Midlands Tour.

The Northern Tour also lost two games to the weather. The highlight was a nail biting one wicket win over the Yorkshire Gents.

Some Highlights

 

An excellent wind over Cambridge Crusaders after last year’s debacle.

 

Another very close two day game against the Hogs with all 4 results possible going in to the  last over.

 

Cryptics successfully defending 67 runs in an eight run win over Sandhurst Wanderers.

 

Cryptics pile on the runs on the West Midlands tour.

 

Five Cryptics record 5 wicket hauls. 

 

 

Some Observations/Topics for Discussion

 

Fewer games cancelled this year (3) for non-weather reasons although some match managers did struggle to raise sides.

 

The win/loss ratio (8/14) was a little disappointing. Seven centuries were scored against the

Cryptics compared with three scored for the Cryptics.   

Appendix 1

Season Summary 2016

Played: 25      Won: 8            Drawn: 3       Lost: 14

Abandoned 3

Cancelled  6 (Rain 3, Other  3)

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Pre-Season Tour to Menorca

 

v Menorca                              Won by 5 wickets

 

            Menorca                      119-6 (30 overs)

            Cryptics                       120-5

 

v Menorca                              Lost by 6 wickets

 

            Cryptics                       158-5 (40 overs)

            Menorca                      162-4

1. v St Edwards School        Lost by 72 runs

 

            St Edwards School     164 all out

            Cryptics                       92 All out

           

2. v Cambridge Crusaders   Won by 5 wickets

 

            Crusaders                   160 All out

            Cryptics                       161-5

 

3. v Royal Household           Won by 90 runs

 

            Cryptics                       181-8

            Household                   91 All out

 

4. v Stragglers of Asia          Lost by 39 runs

 

            Stragglers                    287-6

Cryptics                       248 All out

 

5. v Sandhurst Wanderers   Won by 8 runs

           

            Cryptics                       67 All out

            Sandhurst                    59 All out

 

 

6. v Oxford Authentics         Lost by 5 wickets

 

                                                Cryptics 165 all out

                                                Authentics 166-5

 

             

7. v Hurlingham                     Won by 2 wickets

 

            Hurlingham                 168 All out

            Cryptics                       173-8

 

 

8. v Oxford Downs                Lost by 8 wickets

 

            Cryptics                       146-9

            Downs                         147-2              

 

9. v Middleton Stoney          Cancelled

 

10.v Amersham                     Lost by 75 runs

 

Amersham                  236-9

Cryptics                       161 All out

 

11. v Frogs                             Cancelled Rain

 

12.v Cheshire Gents             Abandoned Rain

 

            Cheshire Gents           232-7

Cryptics                       5-0

 

13. v MCC                              Lost by 120 runs

 

            MCC                           277-5              

            Cryptics                       157 All out

 

14. v St Edward's Martyrs   Cancelled

 

             

15. v Earl of Carnarvon’s XI Drawn  

 

            Cryptics                       251-7

            EoC XI                        234-8

 

16. v Barnes                           Won by 36 runs

 

            Cryptics                       245-8

            Barnes                         209 All out

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SOUTHERN TOUR

 

17. v Old Amplefordians      Abandoned Rain

 

            OAs                             290-6

            Cryptics                       179-4

 

18. v Sussex Martlets           Cancelled Rain

 

19. v Old Hurstjohnians       Lost by 153 runs

 

            OHJs                           215-8

            Cryptics                       62 All out

 

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20. v Eton Ramblers              Lost by 3 wickets

 

            Cryptics                       151 All out

            Ramblers                    152-7

 

21. v Hampshire Hogs          Lost by 7 runs

             

            Hogs                            271-8 and 180 All out

Cryptics                       263-4 and 181 All out 

22. v Ditchling                       Drawn

 

            Cryptics                       264-6

            Ditchling                      224-8

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NORTHERN TOUR

 

23. v Yorkshire Gents           Won by 1 wicket

 

Yorkshire Gents          145 All out

Cryptics                       146-9  

 

24. v Settle                             Lost by 30 runs

 

Settle                           182-7

            Cryptics                       152 all out

 

25. v Durham Pilgrims          Abandoned Rain

 

            Durham Pilgrims         125-4 and 162 All out

            Cryptics                       110-7 and 52-1           

 

26.v Cherry Tree CC             Cancelled Rain

 

                                               

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27. Free Foresters                 Cancelled

 

 

WEST MIDLANDS TOUR

 

28. v Warwickshire Imps      Drawn

                                                           

            Cryptics                       217-6

            Imps                            176-8

 

 

29. v Old Malvernians           Won by 125 runs

 

            Cryptics                       248-7

            OM’s                           123 All out

 

30. v Worcestershire Gents  Lost by 2 wickets

 

            Cryptics                       240-5

            Gents                          243-8

 

31. v Gloucester Gipsies      Lost by 4 wickets

 

            Cryptics                       223-6

            Gypsies                       224-6

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32. v Hampstead                   Lost by 53 runs

 

            Hampstead                 231-5 (35 overs)

            Cryptics                       178 All out

Appendix 2

Notable Performances

 

1. Centuries made for Cryptics

    

   Ben Tibble                   116* v Ditchling

   Tom Chappell             107* v Worcester Gents

   G Parsons                   102 v Hogs

    

2. Half Centuries made for Cryptics

    

   Ollie Clayson               98 v Crusaders

   Mike Stafford              89 v Worcester Gents

   J Siebert                      86 v Gypsies

   T Fogden                     80 v Earl of Carnarvon’s XI

   Drake-Brockman        70 v Authentics

   Stuart Turner               69 v Ditchling

   Tom Smith                  69 v Barnes

   Mike Stafford              69 v Imps

   Johnny Coburn           63 v Hurlingham

   Rob Walker                 61 v Gypsies

   T Wright                      60* v Hogs

   J Pym                         59 v Eton Ramblers

   Warren Miller              58 v Royal Household

   Ben Hardy                   57 v Menorca

   Joe Ireland                  56* v Barnes

   Ed Montague              55 v Amersham

   Tom Chappell             55 v Imps

   Ockert Erasmus         52* v Yorkshire Gents

   James Westhead        51 v Yorkshire Gents

   Barney Bamford         51 v Malvernians

   Richard Howitt            50* v St Edwards School

    

3. Five Wicket Hauls for Cryptics

    

   Robert Champion       v Malvernians 6-37

   Ben Tibble                   v Amersham 6-59

   Joe Ireland                  v Barnes 5-19

   L McConnell                v Cambridge Crusaders 5-26

   M Smith                      v Hogs 5-66

    

4. Centuries made against Cryptics

    

   J Ganderton                136* for Worcester Gents

   B Holland                    126* for Earl of Carnarvon

   S Phillips                     120 for OAs

   B Fitzherbert               116 for OAs

   T Bancroft                   107* for MCC

   C Tilbury                     105* for Amersham

   G Reid                         104* for MCC

    

5. Five Wicket Hauls against Cryptics

 

J Anderson                  5-27 for Yorkshire Gents                                                                   

F Fox                           5-44 for Eton Ramblers

Appendix 3

                                                   West Midlands Tour Report           

 

CRYPTICS MATCH REPORTS – MALVERN 2016

Imps

After a late start, the Cryptics won the toss and as is customary, elected to bat. We made steady progress to 217-6 before declaring at around half time and at a total which appeared fair. We were indebted to Tom Chappell (55) and to the older statesmen of the side, Mike Stafford, who put everyone to shame with 69 not out. A further useful contribution of 31 came from young all-rounder Jason Richards.

In reply, the Cryptics bowling was opened by a fragile looking Chris Fox and William Buckland who was being wrapped in cotton wool for a heavy workload later in the week. The bulk of the bowling fell therefore to Stafford and Richards. Mike bowled superbly (18-3-30-4) and Jason too with 1-33.

In the end, after having the Imps reeling at 71-6 the game rather petered out as they finished on 176-8.

OM’s

8 changes to the side for the second game with only Lewis, Buckland and Richards remaining. Again we won the toss and chose to bat and rattled up 248-7 at around half time. The runs were shared somewhat but the pick was recently elected member Barney Bamford who made 51 including 9 fours.

We won easily on this occasion, bowling out the OM’s for 123. Special mention though to Robert Champion who made a welcome return to the Club taking 6-37. I think these were the first 6 wickets to fall and miraculously, he decided to call it a day voluntarily after 10 overs, saying that he could not manage any more! Roddy Williams, the opening bowler from RGS Worcester mopped up the tail taking 3-8 and it might have been over even quicker had he bowled earlier. William made further steady progress although by now, he was in full swing as far as conversation goes.

Worcs Gents

This game was played at the beautiful ground of Eastnor CC who once again, were great hosts. The Cryptics once again won the toss and made the usual carefully thought out decision to bat. We welcomed back Fox, Chappell and Stafford and then sit back in the sunshine to admire the latter two putting on 113 for the 5^th wicket. Stafford went on to score a classy 89 and Chappell (as far as I know) a chanceless 107 no. We declared at 240-5 which “dangled the carrot” and captain Lewis ventured into the dark somewhat as regards to his unknown quantity of a bowling attack.

Fox again shaped to open the bowling before advising that he thought he had pulled a hamstring. Buckland replaced him and bowled 16 excellent overs unchanged for 3-53. The one that he failed to dislodge however was the Gents’ opener Ganderton who carried his bat to score 136 no. We still looked comfortable at 113-5 however with 4 of their top 6 making 0, 0, 5, and 8 respectively. The unknown quantities leaked runs though and the Gents ran out worthy winners reaching their target for the loss of 8 wickets.

Glos Gipsies

Another very different looking Cryptics side assembled at Stowell Park with the look of a Pinewood School staff team thanks to the hard work of Mark Smith. A full house of winning tosses saw the Cryptics again choosing to bat which definitely was not tactical. However, an excellent 61 from Rob Walker and 86 from the Pinewood Director of Sport enabled us to declare at 223-6. They were ably assisted by a quick fire 26 no from Mark Smith including 2 all run three’s.

Buckand bowled unchanged again, this time for 13 overs, and had the ball on the proverbial “end of a piece of string”. He returned 3-36 including decimating their top order. However, a host of dropped catches and a good knock of 77 no from their captain saw the Gipsies home in a close game.

 

 

 

 

 

		Opponents	At	Match Manager
	1-5th April	Menorca CC	Menorca CC (Sat)	Alex Hutchinson	Won by 5 Wickets
			Menorca CC (Sun)		Lost by 6 wickets
Sat	9th April	AGM and Dinner	OUOTC, Oxford	Ed Montague
Sat	9th April	St Edward's School Oxford	St Edward's School	Francois Vainker	Lost by 72 runs
Sun	24th April	Cambridge University Crusaders	Cambridge	President	Won by 5 wickets
Sun	1st May	Royal Household CC (2.00pm)	Windsor	Ed Montague	Won by 90 runs
Sun	8th May	Stragglers of Asia	Ascott Park	Chris Fox	Lost by 39 runs	07500 895521
Sun	15th May	Sandhurst Wanderers (12.30pm)	RMA Sandhurst	Nick Priestnall	Won by 8 runs	07850 484488
Sun	29th May	Hurlingham (11.00am)	Hurlingham	Patrick Nolan	patch@jpnfilms.co.uk	07714 324586
Sun	29th May	Oxford University Authentics	Marston	President	mark .williams@mcc.org.uk	07957 482059
Sun	5th June	Oxford Downs (2.00pm)	Standlake	Stuart Turner	googturner@gmail.com	07890 980286
Sun	12th June	Middleton Stoney (2.30pm)	Middleton Stoney	Chris Ward	ward.chris1989@gmail.com	07792 070343
Sun	19th June	Amersham	Amersham	Stuart Turner	googturner@gmail.com	07890 980286
Sun	26th June	Frogs	St.Edward's School Oxford	Ed Montague	edwardmontague@btinternet.com	07887 775358
Tues	28th June	Gentlemen of Cheshire	Esckrick Park	Nick Westhead	nick@mg-consulting.com	07896 051183
Mon	11th July	MCC	Bradfield College	President	mark.williams@mcc.org.uk	07957 482059
Fri	15th July	St Edward's Martyrs	St Edward's School	Paul Armstrong	parmstrong@bradfieldcollege.org.uk	07775 221790
Sun	17th July	Earl of Carnarvon's XI	Highclere Castle	Alex Hutchinson	alexjhutchinson@hotmail.com	07788 717860
Sun	31st July	Barnes CC	Barnes	Tom Chappell	tomchaps@hotmail.com	07926 361169
Sun	7th Aug	Eton Ramblers	Eton	Ed Montague	edwardmontague@btinternet.com	07887 775358
Wed	10th Aug	Ditchling CC	Ditchling CC	Alex Hutchinson	alexjhutchinson@hotmail.com	07788 717860
		Southern Tour
Mon	1st Aug	Old Amplefordians	Ardingly	Joe Ireland
Tue	2nd Aug	Sussex Martlets	Ardingly		joseph.ireland@westminster.org.uk	07932 431113
Wed	3rd Aug	Old Hurstjohnians	Hurstpierpoint
Mon/Tues	8/9th Aug	Hampshire Hogs	Warnford	Simon Halliday	sjh@harrowschool.org.uk	07920 597515
		Northern Tour
Sun	7th Aug	Yorkshire Gents (12.00pm)	Escrick Park	Nick Westhead
Mon	8th Aug	Settle (1.30pm)	Marshfield Settle
Tue	9th Aug	Durham Pilgrims (12.00pm)	Castle Eden		nick@mg-consulting.com	07896 051183
Wed	10th Aug	Durham Pilgrims	Castle Eden
Thurs	11th Aug	Cherry Tree CC	Blackburn
		West Midlands Tour
Mon	22nd Aug	Warkwickshire Imps	Malvern College	Andrew Lewis
Tue	23rd Aug	Old Malvernians	Malvern College
Wed	24th Aug	Worcester Gents	Malvern College		ahlewis@tiscali.co.uk	07584 313945
Thu	25th Aug	Gloucester Gipsies	Stowell Park
Sun	28th Aug	Hampstead (1.00pm)	Hampstead	Nick Priestnall	nickpriestnall@msn.com	07850 484488
Sun	4th Sept	HAC - CANCELLED
Sun	4th Sept	Sandy Ross Memorial 20/20	St James CC	Patrick Nolan	patch@jpnfilms.co.uk	07714 324586