Introduction

Cavaliers Cricket Club has two teams in the PDQ Cars North Essex league (currently Division 2 and 5) and a team in the Evening League.

We are keen to welcome new players who enjoy their cricket whatever their standard. We are a very economical club with membership just £10 a season and match fees of £6. Please contact us by phone or e-mail; all the details are on the Contacts page.

News

19th May - Peter R, Jon R and Simon met with Steve Collis from the council and John Powell, Chairman of Colchester Rugby Club, today to discuss our tea hut plan. John was very supportive of our intentions and will take our proposal to their next committee meeting on 23rd June for formal agreement. In the mean time Steve has agreed that we should proceed with an application for planning permission.

Membership fees of £10 are now due, please pay your team captain at the next game. The following are fully paid up members: Darren, Jon R, Danny, Jon W, Simon, Jack K, Paul C, Phil W, Luke, Dan, Tony, Peter J, Martin P, Stuart J, Paul M, Martin V, Rasanga, Ray, Robbie, JJ, Deji, Bernie and Steve P - 17th May

21st April 2009 - We received a reply from the council regarding our request to install a new tea room. A copy can be found here.

A letter was sent to the council today to formalise our request to develop our facilities. A copy can be found here.

Web Site Updates

I have added Vinnie's century against Dedham in 2004 to the official records. Two matches were recorded in a scorebook that was assumed to be new and the records were discovered when we needed a book for the evening league.

The all time statistics have been brought up to date and I've added the ability to sort the list by any column by clicking on up or down arrows. The 2009 season statistics are being compiled on a database built by Luke and will be presented through the web site soon.

I have updated the league map map to show the locations of the teams we will be playing this year.

The fixture list has been transferred to Google Calendar. Everyone can view the club calendar's (one for each team) and if you have your own Google account you can copy fixtures into your personal calendar.

Laws of the Game

There has been some recent controversy around the issue of waist high no-balls. The Laws of Cricket state that;

Law 42.6 - Dangerous and Unfair Bowling

(b) Bowling of high full pitched balls

(i) Any delivery, other than a slow paced one, which passes or would have passed on the full above waist height of the striker standing upright at the crease is to be deemed dangerous and unfair, whether or not it is likely to inflict physical injury on the striker.

(ii) A slow delivery which passes or would have passed on the full above shoulder height of the striker standing upright at the crease is to be deemed dangerous and unfair, whether or not it is likely to inflict physical injury on the striker.

Team News

Sun 4th July
Abberton vs. Cup XI
Rugby Club 12:45pm
Simon G (c)
Stuart J
Phil W (w)
Jack K
Paul C
Darren D
Amir B
Jon R
Danny S
Ray S
Rasanga

Match Reports

Career Best 7 for Stuart

Stuart J's seven wicket haul including a hat-trick ripped through Great Bentley to dismiss them for a paltry 66 and secure a 9 wicket victory for the Cavaliers.

Luke "picks" Half Century at Bentley

In glorious sunshine the Cavaliers 2nd XI put their heavy defeat at the hands of St. Osyth the week before firmly behind them as they returned to winning ways with a comprehensive return victory away to Great Bentley.

A Game of Four Quarters

Little Bardfield dominated the early exchanges in both innings but Cavaliers fought back strongly with bat and ball to secure a valuable victory.

The Longest Day

The 2nd's winning streak in Div 5 came to a rather emphatic end on Saturday at the hands of St. Osyth, the defeat made all the worse given the countless interruptions for bad weather... the game not finishing until around 9pm!

Quick Victory for Seconds

On a glorious sunny day the Cavaliers 2nd XI looking to maintain their 100% winning record returned to competitive action in PDQ Div 5 at home to Cressing - 14th June 2009

Tense Victory Double

Cavaliers completed the double over West Bergholt with a somewhat nervous batting display making hard work of a small target set up by excellent bowling and fielding - 14th June 2009

Seconds Lose Friendly

A report from our special correspondent, Mr Steve Peeling ..... 6th June 2009

Gosfield Heat Stroke

In the heat of a glorious late May Cavaliers strangled Gosfield's batting to secure a comfortable victory - 31st May

Seconds Bash Bishops

The seconds carried their good form from the prior weekend into their 2nd league fixture of the season at home against Wickham Bishops - 17th May

Direct Hit Turns Game

Cavaliers bowling coach Ronty Joades described Jack as a "swooping eagle" as he descending on the ball from mid-on to execute a direct hit and turn the game in our favour - 17th May

Confidence Building Victory for 2's

The Cavaliers 2nd’s kicked off their 2009 PDQ Div 5 league campaign with a home match against Great Bentley II’s - 10th May

Frozen Out by Bentley

Our top order frailties were exposed again as a poor all around batting display, Phil excepted, led to our first defeat of the season - 10th May

Bowlers Dominate Bergholt

Another cold day but a performance to warm a captain’s heart, especially from our bowlers - 4th May

Middle Order Mayhem

Our preliminary round cup tie at Earls Colne was dominated by the middle order of both sides as we recovered from 24-4 to win with 3 wickets and a hatful of overs remaining - 3rd May

"Excellent" friendly ....

Given the shortage of League fixtures in PDQ Div 5 the Cavaliers Second XI kicked off their 2009 Season with a friendly away at picturesque Dedham - 26th April

Deja Vu at Totham

Nearly a repeat of the game at the close of last season over at Totham - 26th April

Dramatic Win Over Bardfield

A hundred run partnership from Robbie and Amir, on debut, for the eighth wicket snatched a dramatic victory over Bardfield - 19th April

Match reports from 2008.

Match reports from 2007.