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The 2009 season saw Rayleigh with five teams playing league cricket for the first time. The First team competed in Division 2, the Second team in Division 5, the Third team promoted to Division 8, the Fourth team promoted to Division 10 and the Fifth team were accepted into Division 11 of the T-Rippon League.

Batting Imran Shah 188 Chris Eldridge 176* Marcus Cornish 150* Simon Harwood 138* Adam Dobson 116 Ian Bryant 106 Simon Lennox 100 Peter Vile 95 Richard Mantell 84* Matt Gilmore 83 Liam Druce 82 Adam Vyse 76 Tom Walker 73 Jack Vile 73 Steve Connett 70* Alan Brown 66 Colin Mayor 65 George Barker 61*

Highest Score : Imran Shah, 188, First XI vs Springfield II Best Bowling : Sam Lowe, 7 for 50, Fourth XI vs Galleywood II Best Rayleigh Innings (Sunday): 361 for 3, Sunday XI vs South Fambridge Best Rayleigh Innings (Saturday): 349 for 7, Fourth XI vs South Woodham Ferrers III Lowest Rayleigh Innings (Friendly): Sixth

7th XI Only played 3 games but could have played more if we could have found opposition. 6th XI The 6th XI picked up most of last year’s 5th XI fixtures and struggled as a result. Some excellent bowling performances by our colts in this team but the opposition bowling was often too strong for

388 — Terry Tofts 349 — Mike Law 339 — Phil Stoney 315 — Willie Leadbeater 285 — Jon Cook 280 — Mike Humphrey 267 — Richard Abley 266 — Tony Catling 263 — Andy James 237 — Andy Thurogood

14215 — Willie Leadbeater 9800 — John Suckling 9666 — Danny White 8663 — John Wright 8543 — Steve Adams 7625 — Paul Dudmish 7051 — Simon Harwood 6494 — Brad Walker 6071 — Phil Wolff 5852 — Jon Cook

 (stats from 1995) 1000 runs — Simon Lennox, Adam Dobson, Matt Gilmore, Andy Lynch, Marcus Cornish, Ian Bryant, Jason Ox, Matt Verrinder 2000 runs — Richard Verrinder 4000 runs — Martin Sanderson 5000 runs — Chris Eldridge 6000 runs — Phil Wolff 7000 runs — Simon Harwood, Paul Dudmish 8000 runs — Steve Adams 14000

 (stats from 1995) 1000 runs — Simon Lennox, Adam Dobson, Matt Gilmore, Andy Lynch, Marcus Cornish, Ian Bryant, Jason Ox, Matt Verrinder 2000 runs — Richard Verrinder 4000 runs — Martin Sanderson 5000 runs — Chris Eldridge 6000 runs — Phil Wolff 7000 runs — Simon Harwood, Paul Dudmish 8000 runs — Steve Adams 14000

Rayleigh 287–6 net 219 Westcliff 282–3 net 258 Result: Lost by 39 runs We won the toss and decided to bat first. Max and Connor opened the batting they got off to a steady start with some cracking shots going for 4. Max eventually got out to a good ball. At the end of their

Rayleigh B 281–6 net 233 Wickford B 260–3 net 236 Result Lost by 3 runs Rayleigh team: James Buckley, Henry Hands, Callum Bond, Callum Bishop, Joseph Peppiat, Matthew Apps, Owen Brooks, Oscar Driscoll, Michael Crichton (capt, wkt), Neil Kelly. Rayleigh batted first with James and Henry the first pair in. They were up against some accurate