St Mary’s
Cricket Club
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2005 is a big year for Walton Church Cricket Club; it's our 25th anniversary. As usual we have a full fixture schedule for the season. We hope to make this a season to remember and there will be some special events to help us celebrate.
Some recent match results:-
| Tuesday 17th May |
P & O 125 for 4
(Silas Bingley 2 wickets) beat
Walton Church 110 for 5 (Geoff
Bingley 37, Andrew Brown 25) by 15
runs.
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| Thursday 26th May |
Match cancelled as Suffolk Coastal was
unable to raise a team
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| Tuesday 31st May |
P & O 135 for 2 beat Walton Church 93
for 6 (Ian Brown 22) by 42 runs.
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| Tues 7th June |
It might have taken until August to win a match in
2004, but in June 2005...
Walton Church 115 for 4 (Geoff Bingley 56,
Brian Nichols 20, Ralph Fawkes 16*) BEAT P & O 108 for 3 by 7
runs, thanks to some tight bowling by Ralph Fawkes & Gary Hawkes
in the final overs, and some tigerish fielding by everyone.
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| Thur 16th June |
We're on a roll!
Corinthians 99 for 8 (Mel Whitesides 3
wickets, Silas Bingley 2) lost to Walton Church 103 for 2 (Geoff
Bingley 55no, Ian Brown 25no) by 8 wickets.
Walton opened in the field and enjoyed a
remarkable Ian Brown catch early on, setting the trend for some
excellent fielding. The win was secured with 5 consecutive 4's from an
in form Geoff Bingley.
Special thanks to Ken Dunn who kindly volunteered to be an umpire for the match! |
| Thur 23rd June |
& the winning run continues...!!!
Fred Olsen 84 for 7 (Silas Bingley & Steve Rowe 2 wickets each) lost to Walton Church 85 for 5 (Gary Hawkes 25, Ralph Fawkes 14no) by 5 wickets with 3 balls remaining! Thanks again to Ken 'Dickie' Dunn for umpiring! |
| Thur 30th June |
The match between Walton Church & the
Captain's Invitation XI was rained off.
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| Thur 7th July |
Once again, the Walton Church v Captains
Invitation XI match (Corinthians pulled out - anything to do with our
winning streak?!) was rained off.
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| Tues 12th July |
P & O 124 for 5 (Mel Whitesides
& Ralph Fawkes 2 wickets each) beat Walton Church 68 for 4
(G Hawkes 30no) by 56 runs, so ending our 3 match, 6 week, unbeaten
run!
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| Thurs 21st July |
The Man in the Stand becomes the Clergyman at
the Crease (well, for 1 ball!)
Walton Church 91 for 9 (Ian Brown 40no,
Geoff Bingley 22, Rod Corke, along with 3 others, a first ball 0!!) lost
to Suffolk Coastal 94 for 2 by 8 wickets.
After a 30 year absence from the cricket
field, Rod bravely ventured to the wicket, having impressed with the bat
while practicing. The bowler bowled, the ball hit wood, but alas it was
the wicket, not Rod's bat!
When it was time to field, Rod saw more action
& stopped the runs building up more quickly, so that we lost with only
5 balls remaining.
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| Thurs 28th July |
Walton Church 66 for 9 (a recovery from
36 for 7!) lost to Birketts Solicitors 68 for 6 (Mel Whitesides 3 wickets,
Ted Payne 2) by 4 wickets with 8 balls remaining.
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| Thurs 4th Aug |
Rugby Club 91 (Alex Sthanakiya 3
wickets) beat Walton Church 76 for 7 (Geoff Bingley 40no, Steve
Turner 17) by 15 runs.
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| Wed 10th Aug |
Walton Church 66 for 9 lost to Birketts
Solicitors 68 for 6 (Mel Whitesides 3 wickets & 2 for
Ted Payne) by 4 wickets .
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| Tuesday 16th Aug | Walton Church 84 for 8 (Steve Turner 18) lost to Ipswich Borough Council 85 for 5 by 5 wickets |
| Thurs 18th Aug |
And now the good news...our losing streak has
come to an end!!
Fred Olsen 77 for 5 (Mel Whitesides
& Jes Rennie 2 wickets each) TIED with Walton Church 77 for 5
(Andy Smethurst 48).
In a match closer than an Ashes encounter,
which saw Ken 'Dickie' Dunn making his Walton Church CC playing debut,
Trevor White was valiantly out on the last ball, attempting to score the
winning run!!
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| Tues 23rd Aug |
Walton Church 68 for 6 (Andy Smethurst
41no, Ralph Fawkes 2 wickets) beat P & O (including 4 Walton
guest stars!) 62 for 6 (John Taylor 2 wickets) by 6 runs.
Our final match v Felixstowe Corinthians
was rained off, so our final results tally was won 4, lost 7, & tied 1.
After 2 games, Ken 'Dickie' Dunn has
announced his retirement from playing at the age of 75 years young, having
not played for over 30 years! So it's back to umpiring next season, but
thank you Ken for being such a great sport. No excuses for anyone not to
play now, because if Ken can.....!!!!
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Download the 2005 Fixture list here
As one team member wrote: Not only is Mel an extremely active member of the team on the field, but off the field he is always welcoming and friendly, everything you would want from a good team player! Also voted for were: Geoff Bingley, Ged Burgess, Ralph Fawkes, Gary Hawkes, Brian Nichols (=2nd), Andy Smethurst, Alex Sthanakiya (=2nd) and Steve Turner (=2nd)
Mel was top wicket taker; in top two of bowling averages for second season running at 70 years young! Ken played again after 40 years, a cancer operation last winter, and at 75 years young!
ALEX STHANAKIYA - 3 ducks in 7 innings, beating GARY HAWKES with 3 (in a row!) in 9!
Download the full 2005 Season averages and review here
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