Match Reports 2009

Bishops Castled

An 8 wicket victory over Wickham Bishops gave Cavs IIs a double over the newcomers.

Runs Flow as Totham Totter

Blustery weather conditions made bowling and fielding hard work but Paul C made light work of batting us to an eight wicket win over Totham.

Golf Challenge vs. Stanway Badminton Club

Cavaliers narrowly defeated Stanway Badminton Club in a Ryder Cup style golf match held at the Essex Golf and Country Club on a glorious day.

Little Sargent Batting Lesson

A day to forget for the Cavaliers 2nds on Sunday with a comprehensive defeat at the hands of unbeaten Stebbing.

Holiday Season

Holiday season came to Mill Road with only four first team regulars available for the visit of promotion rivals Boxted. Despite some encouraging displays from Bernie and Ben making their first team debut we suffered a heavy defeat with only ten men on the field.

Closest Possible Cup Defeat

Cavaliers lost to Division 1 leaders Abberton in a tense, close-fought game with the winning runs coming from the penultimate ball of the game. Although the team can be proud of their performance, everyone was massively disappointed that we had lost from a position of strength.

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