Thursday July 24th 2008

Roger Bayes

It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Roger Bayes who passed away peacefully in Colchester General Hospital on Monday 21st July.

Roger had been a teacher at the Colchester Royal Grammar School with English and Cricket his key subjects. He was also a keen member of Colchester & East Essex Cricket Club for many years and a great supporter of the bond between the school that saw many cricketers play for both school and club. One has only to look at the current team sheets to see the influence of the school and especially from Roger. Even after his retirement Roger could still be seen on his cycle along Maldon Road and then cycling around the school cricket grounds offering his advise to budding cricketers of all ages.

Funeral arrangements are not yet known but as soon as I have news of them I will inform everyone.

Brain Savill

Sunday's results - wins for the top five in Division C

DIVISION C
Coggeshall (19ts) 202-8 Sudbury* (9pts) 201-9 Coggeshall won by 2 wickets
Copdock & O.I. (19pts) 194-1 Frinton* (4pts) 193-9 Copdock & O.I. won by 9 wickets
Harwich & D. (20pts) 160-3 Ipswich* (4pts) 159 Harwich & D. won by 7 wickets
Maldon* (7pts) 196-2 Brightlingsea (16pts) 197-7 Brightlingsea won by 3 wickets
Mistley* (7pts) 187-7 Clacton (18pts) 188-6 Clacton won by 4 wickets

Saturday's results

DIVISION ONE
Abberton (7pts) 179 Sudbury* (20pts) 271-6 Sudbury won by 92 runs
Coggeshall (14pts) 191-8 Halstead* (13pts) 191 Match tied
Copdock & O.I.* (2pts) 120 Frinton (20pts) 123-2 Frinton won by 8 wickets
Mildenhall* (20pts) 280-7 Maldon (3pts) 65 Mildenhall won by 215 runs
Wivenhoe* (7pts) 172-9 Ipswich & E.S. (19pts) 173-8 Ipswich & E.S. won by 2 wickets

DIVISION TWO
Exning (9pts) 193-9 Brightlingsea* (19pts) 202 Brightlingsea won by 9 runs
Kelvedon & F. (19pts) 211-6 Hadleigh* (8pts) 208-9 Kelvedon & F. won by 4 wcks
Mistley* (19pts) 226-3 Haverhill (4pts) 170-8 Mistley won by 56 runs
Witham* (19pts) 262-4 Easton (7pts) 213-8 Witham won by 49 runs
Woodbridge & O.W.* (20pts) 150-9 Elmstead G. (6pts) 136 W'bridge & O.W. won by 14 runs

DIVISION THREE
Brockley* (4pts) 139 Woolpit (20pts) 140-5 Woolpit won by 5 wickets
Bury St. Edmunds II* (6pts) 194 Mildenhall II (20pts) 199-5 Mildenhall II won by 5 wcks
Copford* (2pts) 119 Lakenheath (20pts) 120-3 Lakenheath won by 7 wickets
East Bergholt v Felixstowe match cancelled
Ipswich* (20pts) 196-6 Tuddenham (5pts) 139 Ipswich won by 57 runs

DIVISION FOUR
Braintree* (20pts) 309-4 Clacton II (5pts) 152 Braintree won by 157 runs
Frinton II (20pts) 177-7 Worlington* (7pts) 175 Frinton II won by 3 wickets
Halstead II (5pts) 125 St. Margarets* (20pts) 178-7 St. Margarets won by 53 runs
Stowmarket (6pts) 108 Dunmow* (20pts) 216 Dunmow won by 108 runs
Sudbury II* (20pts) 196-9 Little Bardfield V. (7pts) 165 Sudbury II won by 31 runs

DIVISION FIVE
Achilles v Copdock & O.I. II match cancelled
Boxted v Coggeshall II match cancelled
Ipswich & E.S. II v Wivenhoe II match cancelled
Long Melford v Ipswich II match cancelled
Woolpit II (17pts) 192-5 Earls Colne* (6pts) 189-5 Woolpit II won by 5 wickets

DIVISION SIX
Brightlingsea II (7pts) 143 Mildenhall III* (20pts) 144 Mildenhall III won by 1 run
Bury St. Edmunds III (6pts) 141 Harwich & D.* (20pts) 259-8 Harwich & D. won by 109 runs
Eight Ash Green (8pts) 216-9 Mistley II* (19pts) 279-6 Mistley II won by 63 runs
Hadleigh II v Kelvedon & F. II match cancelled
Maldon II* (20pts) 166-6 Witham II (3pts) 96 Maldon II won by 70 runs

DIVISION SEVEN
Felixstowe II (9pts) 184 East Bergholt II* (20pts) 194 East Bergholt II won by 10 runs
Harwich & D. II* (3pts) 151 Abberton II (20pts) 152-1 Abberton II won by 9 wickets
Ipswich III v Long Melford II match cancelled
Nacton* (20pts) 140-8 Copford II (6pts) 133 Nacton won by 7 runs
St. Margarets II* (19pts) 157-8 Melton St. Audreys II (5pts) 103-8 St. Margarets II won by 54 runs

DIVISION EIGHT
Colchester Garrison (6pts) 106 Stowmarket II* (20pts) 120 Stowmarket II won by 14 runs
DBSL* (20pts) 170-8 Dedham (7pts) 155 DBSL won by 15 runs
Elmstead G. II (18pts) 149-3 Maldon III* (3pts) 148-7 Elmstead G. II won by 7 wickets
Great Bromley* (20pts) 196-9 Braintree II (6pts) 144 Great Bromley won by 52 runs
Halstead III* (4pts) 149-7 Witham III (18pts) 153-5 Witham III won by 5 wickets

DIVISION NINE
Eye & D. (20pts) 86-2 Ipswich IV* (1pt) 85 Eye & D. won by 8 wickets
Felixstowe C. v Coggeshall III match cancelled
Haverhill II* (19pts) 252-5 Kesgrave (7pts) 201-9 Harverhill II won by 51 runs
Kelvedon & F. III* (20pts) 300-7 Felixstowe III (3pts) 94 Kelvedon & F. III won by 206 runs
Maldon IV* (4pts) 170-9 Brockley II (19pts) 174-3 Brockley II won by 7 wickets
West Mersea* (6pts) 182-7 Sudbury III (18pts) 186-5 Sudbury III won by 5 wickets

Harwich go from low to high, and match with no bowling points!!!

It was only a few short weeks ago that Harwich & Dovercourt suffered the indignity of being dismissed for just 12 against Witham II's, but now they have gone to the other extreme and hit a new league record score, as they went to Eight Ash Green and rattled up a massive 420-3, (pictured above: Aaron Bilton 137 (left) and, Dan Goff 163 (right)),they put on 304 for the second wicket, also a league record, before dismissing their hosts for just 139.

Easton's record low total goes

Eight years ago Easton were shot out for just 14 in a Division Three match, but that is no longer the lowest total achieved in the League following Harwich & Dovercourt's miserable afternoon against Witham II where they were bowled out for just 12. Pictured below: Chris Hills (Left, 5 wickets for 3 runs) and Charles Spence (Right, 3 wickets for 8 runs) after the game against Harwich.

Games

We have just added an online cricket game to our site - and created a Two Counties League. It's basically a catching challenge, and is complete with a Two Counties League Table for the best perfromers. I thought you may like to link to the game from your site.
The address is
http://brockleycc.com/brockley_new/cricket_game.htm

You can also link to the league table if you like :
http://www.testcatchcricket.com/standings/nnPBII0W/

Administrative pages

Gill Denny has requested that we add an Administrative Page to the website so that Club Officials can instantly see the important dates for submitting entries, or making payments, and such like. The Link for this page has now been added to the panel on the left.

Braintree fixtures search

Braintree Cricket Club are looking for a number of friendly fixtures on Sundays during the coming season. Games can be either home or away and would be aimed at development level cricket with a few senior players, recreational cricketers and younger players moving into the senior game. If your club is interested please contact Steve Hale at steve.hale@braintreecc.co.uk or on 07816 905436

Mistley looking for ladies

Mistley CC are in the process of forming a ladies team, interest so far is good but we would welcome more players to swell the numbers and allow us to get some friendlies underway; if you are interested please contact the club via e mail mistleycc@aol.com or robin@mills3358.freeserve.co.uk Players of all abilities are most welcome.

Umpiring Rota

Don Quennell has now supplied us with a link to view the forthcoming Umpire Appointments for the Two Counties Championship it is: www.asuffcus.seekdotnet.com

Photos

I would like to be able to publish more photos on the web-site during the course of the season, whether they be team groups or actions shots. I did not have any pics sent to me of last seasons' various champions and so have been unable to update the opening page to the site. So please send them in via e-mail, the link for which is further down the page, and also add a caption as to what the shot is, and the players names thereupon. Thanks very much.

All the news, results and tables on your mobile

Anyone with a wap enabled mobile phone can now access these pages there upon. Just go to www.twocounties.com/news and you will get this page, and all the links will lead you to the other pages.

Please ensure I receive the correct scores

Club links page

I have updated the clubs links page as much as I can, if any other the links need updating then could someone from the club contact me with the revised details sr.isaac@btclick.com

Have Your Say message board returns

I am pleased to announce that the Have Your Say forum will return for the new season. It will be edited by Rick Jones, and all comments should be posted to him on rickjones@ntlworld.com.

Steve Isaac

Just how well this web site functions is also very much down to the individual clubs as I would like to receive news of the matches and the clubs from individuals within the clubs. So please nominate someone in your club to act as your representative to forward such to me via e-mail. I would like to know about outstanding performances, strange events during matches, well you know the sort of thing we can put on the web site.

Over the coming weeks the site will expand as additional information, records and other features are added, so please keep returning. Your input is extremely important, whether it comes from a club, an individual, or the General Committee itself. So please just mail me via the link below.

Contact Steve Isaac via this link sr.isaac@btclick.com