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Three wins and three defeats for the Saturday XIs. The Women & Girls XI narrowly lost the semi-final of their league. The1st XI went to Aythorpe Roding 1st XI who batted first and scored 309-6. This target looked well out of reach given recent batting performances but in a valiant response, Rayleigh came up 12 […]

The sun shone again but only the Saturday 3rd and 6th XIs won and the 2nd XI tied their game. The Women & Girls XI reach the semi-final of their league. The 1st XI hosted Springfield 1st XI who batted first and scored 242-9, Jon Cook taking 4-42 and Keith Sharp 3-61. In reply Rayleigh collapsed

At last the sun shone and some higher scores were recorded with wins for the Saturday 2nd, 3rd and 4th XIs. The 1st XI hosted High Roding 1st XI who batted first and scored 248-6. In reply Rayleigh scored 209-9 losing by 39 runs. The 2nd XI travelled to Rainham 1st XI who batted first and

Despite a poor weather forecast, all seven Saturday games were finished with wins for the 2nd and 4th XIs. The1st XI travelled to Chignal 1st XI and batting first were dismissed for 72 having been 5-5 at one stage. Chignal were 7-4 in reply but recovered to win by 4 wickets. The 2nd XI hosted

Despite two rain interventions, five of the six Saturday games were finished with wins for the 1st and 3rd XIs. The1st XI entertained Great Baddow 1st XI and batting first totalled 173-9 in a match reduced to 37 overs with useful late contributions from Matt Gilmore (31) and Mike Walsh (21*) bringing respectability to the

The Midweek XI played Rankins in the semi-final of the Southend Evening League Cup on Monday evening. Rankins batted first scoring 115-2, C Lees 54 and Greenfield 45. In reply Rayleigh scored 119-8, Matt Williams 35 and Keith Sharp 26*. The final will be played on June 25th at Southchurch Park against the winners of

In a complete reversal of fortunes the top five Saturday League teams all won. The1st XI travelled to Old Chelmsfordians 1st XI who batting first were all out for 204, Keith Sharp taking 6-50 and Matt Gilmore 2-22 off 12 overs. Rayleigh passed this total for in the penultimate over for the loss of 7

  The top four Saturday League teams all lost. The1st XI travelled to Stock and batting first were all out for 184, Nick Gosling top scoring with 60. Stock passed this total for the loss of 7 wickets, Mike Walsh taking 4-48. This result leaves the 1st XI bottom of the Premier Division. Newcomers to

The 1st XI were the only Saturday League team to lose. The1st XI hosted Hatfield Peverell who batting first scored 173-9, Danny White taking 4-33. Only Marcus Cornish (42) troubled the bowlers as Rayleigh subsided to an all out total of 119. The 2nd XI travelled to Galleywood 1st XI and batting first totalled 241-6,

For the third week in a row three Saturday League teams won and three lost but it was a bad day for both the 1st and 2nd teams. Dropping the opener on 1 and 8 proved very costly for the 1st XI at Bentley as he went on to score 169 in a total of

For the second week in a row three Saturday League teams won and three lost. The 1st XI entertained Aythorpe Roding 1st XI and batting first were 40-5 but recovered to an all out total of 128 thanks to skipper Matt Williams top scoring with 47. As last week this total looked too low but