Richard Verrinder

With continuing poor availability expectations were not high this weekend but surprisingly there were four wins for our six Saturday league sides. T Rippon Mid Essex Premier Division.  The 1st XI entertained Brookweald 1st XI in an important relegation match and batting first lost four early wickets for 40 but some good partnerships and quick

Only one win for the five Saturday league sides who played but a welcome first win for the 1st XI. T Rippon Mid Essex Premier Division.  The 1st XI visited neighbours Rettendon 1st XI who batted first and were bowled out for 139, Ian Bryant taking 4-26 and Will Nolde 3-18.  Rayleigh passed the target

A slightly better week for the Club with two Saturday league sides winning but still no win for the 1st XI and three other losses and the Women’s XI losing too. T Rippon Mid Essex Premier Division.  The 1st XI visited unbeaten Springfield 1st XI who scored 276-6 in their 45 overs Will Wheeler taking

Continuing poor availability and an inability to score runs quickly enough cost the club dear again with one win and five defeats for the Saturday league sides. Highlight was an excellent victory for the Under 16 XI in their first ever Trevor Bailey Matchplay competition game. T Rippon Mid Essex Premier Division.  The 1st XI

Overall Bowling Stats – as at 22Sept18; qualification – 25 overs Stats Overs Mds Runs Wkts 5w Best Econ S/R Avg P Wolff 27 4 114 8   4 for 18 4.22 20.25 14.25 P Everitt 34 4 141 8   3 for 30 4.15 25.50 17.63 I Bryant 149 26 523 28 1 5

League Bowling Stats by team – as at 22Sept18, qualification = 25 overs First XI Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Best Econ S/R Average P Everitt 34 4 141 8 3-30 4.15 25.50 17.63 W Nolde 59 6 313 15 5-36 5.31 23.60 20.87 I Bryant 126 26 435 19 4-26 3.45 39.79 22.89 R Abley

Fastest 50\’s – as at 22Sept18   Balls for fifty Team   Opposition   S Law 28 Third XI v Writtle II 12 May 2018 S Law 30 Tour XI v Eight Ash Green 03 August 2018 J Gibson 30 Fifth XI v Canvey Island II 28 July 2018 J Ox 32 First XI v

A particularly disappointing week for the Club with 30 regular players unavailable and every Saturday league side losing and the women’s team losing their first League game too. T Rippon Mid Essex Premier Division.  The 1st XI entertained Rainham who batted first and started badly with 3 wickets down for 20 runs. However, the later

Fielding – as at 22Sept18 (qualification – 8 dismissals)   Catches Run Outs W/k Catches Stumpings Total W Wheeler 11 2 0 0 13 M Verrinder 0 0 10 2 12 P Cox 11 0 0 0 11 A Brown 3 1 5 2 11 S Gosling 0 0 10 1 11 J Cook 9

Partnerships by wicket- as at 22Sept18 1 98 Simon Lennox and A Brown Fifth XI Canvey Island II 26-May-18 2 96 I Turnbull and J Cook First XI Brookweald 01-Sep-18 3 187 R Nolde and J Cook Tour XI Garboldisham 31-Jul-18 4 89 G Pedder and R Claussen Seventh XI Navestock II 18-Aug-18 5 128*

Partnerships by team – as at 22Sept18     First XI           1 72 A Impey and P Everitt v Rainham 26-May-18 2 96 I Turnbull and J Cook v Brookweald 01-Sep-18 3 114 J Cook and B Francis v Brookweald 01-Sep-18 4 66 J Ox and L Sullivan v Old