Chigwell Cricket Club

Byfleet CC Ends Chigwell's Unbeaten Run (Byfleet 25/4/04)

What happened to Wells? Sadly the local fixture was cancelled with indecent lateness by our local rivals, citing some old tosh about not being able to prepare a pitch for the Sunday game.... both pitches in use on Saturday however....hmmm. Still I'm sure they had their reasons.

The lateness of the cancellation left us having to arrange a fixture through the conference, and ending up on the opposite side of the M25 at Byfleet. We fielded first and recovered well from a rapid start by Byfleet. They ended on 205 for 7, three wickets to Rob Allum, 2 to Nick Allum and generally good bowling from Dom, Tim M and Joe. Owen swung the ball well, but was smashed mercilessly around the ground in the period immediately prior to the declaration. Chigwell found their opening batting innings of the season difficult and couldn't score at any sort of rate. Most perished trying to play shots, hardly anyone managed to get away with even the slightest aggressive intent. All out for 95 and a heavy defeat, but not without some positive aspects; after all we did play pretty much a first XI team. Greater glory will be ours!!!

Son of "Website In Update Shock!"

Ok, I've finally done it. No, not given the groundsman his Christmas 2001 bottle of single malt - I've been quaffing that into the wee small hours while updating our website! It's all here - fixtures, ground locations, even a handy Outlook calendar so you'll never forget where you're playing next weekend. Please enjoy.

From now on though, Rob Orange will be sharing his thoughts about the season's progress here on 'Captain's Blog'. Be seeing you...