Wednesday, 12 August 2009
Old Blues vs Stowe Templars @ CH, Sunday 11th July 2009
Saturday, 11 July 2009
Team to Play Stowe Templars CC, Sunday 12th July @ CH, 11am start
Friday, 3 July 2009
Old Blues vs Brook, Sunday 5th July 2009
Newick CC vs Old Blues CC @ Newick, Sunday 28th June 2009 (report by Edd Young)
On a hot and humid Sunday afternoon, the Old Blues played Newick Cricket Club in the heart of
The Old Blues won the toss and decided to bowl first, a diplomatic choice seeing as there were only 3 actual bowlers. Richard Stringfellow and Neil Green opened the bowling and it became quickly apparent that it might be a batting track. The outfield was as dry as a bone and once the ball had beaten the fielder there was no point in chasing, as the ball would fizz to the boundary. Richard and Neil opened the bowling well, Neil was getting an interesting amount of bounce and turn and Richard was steaming down the hill with a snarl on his face. After Newick lost an early wicket to Richard and then nearly losing a second not long after, (even though Edd Young heroically dived to try and take the catch) Newick started to build up a steady total. There was some good bowling support from Vishanka whose wily spin was out-smarting the batsman, Dominic Roberts bowled with good line and length and Frank Thomas who hadn't bowled in a cricket match for over ten years took the valuable wicket of Rupert Thacker, Newick's prize batsman with his leg spin bowling ………….or was it seam? If the fielding had been a bit better than the standard of an Under 13 girl’s team, the Old Blues may have restricted Newick to a easy total, but Newick smashed on and ended their 40 over innings on 211 for 9, a total that the Old Blues would have been fairly happy to accept at the beginning of the day. One of the stand out performances came from Ed Dean, producing a stunning display of wicket keeping, taking 2 catches, standing up to the ferocious seam bowling and talking the batsmen into submission.
After Tea, the Old Blues opened the batting with Luke Dealtry and Frank Thomas, two batsman who haven't batted together since 1998. There were some good looking shots from both players, certainly not showing any sign of rustiness over the years. Everything was going well until an untimely call and Luke was run out in his prime. Neil was next in but fell not long after to what looked like a no ball beamer. The scoring continued adding up but wickets were also falling. When Johnny Owens came into bat many Old Blues were starting to fear we may be falling short, but an innings that will live in the memory of the spectators was provided by our John. He smashed his way to a fantastic 86 not out, helped along the way with contributions from Vishanka and Rudi Coulter, with only 3 needed of the last ball to win, a wild full toss (again looking like a no ball) was bowled and only one run could be taken. The Old Blues lost this game by one run but it was a fantastic day with a great result that both teams can be proud off. It was a game of spirit and pride that has produced a new team of friends in a village called Newick.
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Team to Play Newick CC in memory of John Young, 28th June 2009
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
Eastbourne College Old Boys vs OBCC, Sunday 21st June @ Saffron Ground, Eastbourne
Thursday, 18 June 2009
Old Blues vs CH 1st XI, Sunday 14th June 2009
Friday, 12 June 2009
Old Blues team to play CH 1st XI on Sunday 14th June
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Old Blues vs Old Reigatians, Sunday 31st May 2009, Cricket World Trophy round 2

Old Reigatians are the current "Cricket World Trophy" holders, having defeated Old Oakhamians in the final in 2008, and whilst only a handful of the same side played, we knew they would be a strong opposition. There were debuts for the Old Blues for a number of players: Richard Stringfellow (1998), Hugo Holland (2001), George Hobden and Andy Whittingham (2008). As has been the case for the last few years, getting a side out was a bit of a struggle but when we had eleven confirmed we felt that we had a decent side, with lots of runs in the top order but a few bowlers who might be a little rusty. How wrong could we be?!
What happened next was unexpected. Before we knew it we were 21-4 with the loss of Carl, Mitty and Hugo cheaply, and Johnny without troubling the scorers. This was definitely not part of the plan. All 4 wickets went to Brickley, the aforementioned swinger (!) who finished with figures of 4-24 off 9. Fair play.
136 for 7. Surely this was not beyond our reach. It had been a while since a victory and we had fielded so well, caught all our catches and the morale and commitment had been excellent. Andy Whittingham strode to the crease to join Tim and looked assured with the bat, to finish 9 not out, hitting the winning runs as we won by 3 wickets with 8 overs to spare.
Mentions must go to Jim and George for their foundation bowling that set us up to win this game, and Max and Tim for a cracking partnership and for steadying a rather floundering ship! We have shown we can beat a good side and we must feel positive going into the next cup match, on 21st June at Eastbourne. The old enemy; how good would it be to beat them, guys?!
Until next time.....