All five Saturday league games and two friendly fixtures were washed out without a ball being bowled.
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The Women & Girls XI challenge match against Sudbury, the fourth placed team in the North section was also cancelled as they could not raise a side to travel to Rayleigh.
Friendly The Sunday XI game v West Ham was restricted to a 20 over game due to rain. Batting first Rayleigh scored 132, Dayl Ox (45) and Matt Gilmore (25) top scoring. In reply the visitors totalled 121, Ian Bryant taking 2-23. Rayleigh won by 11 runs.
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SEDCB West Group Rayleigh U15AÂ 98-6 Christian Humpries 35 retired, George Barker 24, Gideon Humphries 18 off 4 balls. Wickford 48 all out, Sam Verrinder 4-7 off 4 overs, Owen Davies 2 -12. Rayleigh won by 50 runs. A brilliant bowling and fielding performance given that Wickford had only lost 11 wickets in the previous 5 games and means that the team has qualified for the semi-final of the Board competition.
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SEDCB East Group Rayleigh U13A Rayleigh 140 for 8, Steve Lynch 26 not out and Luke Sullivan 28 not out. Rankins 122 for 4. Rayleigh won by 18 runs to finish top of East group and also qualify for the semi-final of the Board competition.
Friendly fixture Rayleigh Fairview Under 11s 268-4 net 248. Rayleigh U11s 261-5 net 236. Rayleigh Fairview won by 12 runs.