1998
1998 Season
Officials and Committee | |
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70th AGM November 1997 at Toft CC | |
President | Norman Ryan |
Chairman | John Reed |
Secretary | Simon Locke |
Treasurer | Peter Watson |
1st XI Captain | Nigel Muirhead |
2nd XI Captain | Dave Mitchell |
3rd XI Captain | Ben Crouch |
Over 40’s Capt | Paul Freedman |
Mid Week Capt | Brian Coutts |
Taverners Capt | Nigel Thomas |
Roebucks Capt | P Garrett |
Club Coach | Peter Hancock |
Committee | + Jonathon Bradshaw, Mike Townsend, Paul Raffo, Shirley Ryan, John Howard |
Death of Bill Blackburn
Cheshire cricket was stunned by the death during Toft’s Over 40’s match at Hyde on Wed 8th July of the highly-regarded Bill Blackburn, at the age of 50. A Lymm farmer, married with three children, Bill played his Saturday cricket at Mobberley and had previously served Timperley, Alderley Edge and Cheshire, winning the Wilfred Rhodes memorial Trophy in 1969 when he topped the Minor Counties batting averages
Club Events/Socials/Other Fixtures
Cheshire v Oxfordshire at Booths Park
This season will be played as a Round Robin - 24 clubs playing one another once = 23 fixtures
Team Achievements
2nd XI
- Losing Finalist in the 2nd XI KO (Urmston 111-10 v. Toft 105-10)
- Shaun Mudalige named 2nd XI KO Man of the Match
Over 40’s
- 3rd in League Table
U15’s
- 4th in Under 15’s League Table
Player Achievements
Nigel Muirhead(1)
- 633 runs (av. 31.70)
- 95 v. Unknown
- 27 wkts (av, 21.44)
- A Top 10 All-Rounder (27 wkts and 633 runs)
Andy Bones(1)
- 399 runs (av. 22.20)
- 79 v. Unknown
Palash Bhowmick(o)(1)
- 483 runs (av. 28.40)
- 83v. Unknown
Richard Hardstaff(1)
- 347 runs (av. 21.70)
- 90 v. Warrington
Dave Mitchell(1)
- 57* v. Bowdon
Ron Locke(1)
- 56 wkts (av. 17.82)
- 7-79 v. Neston
- 6-31 v. Birkenhead Pk (21.2ov)
- 6-66 v. Alsager
- 6-70 v. Warrington
- 6-55 v. Grappenhall
Paul Bertenshaw(1)
- 48 wkts (av. 13.02)
- 5th in league averages
- 8-43 v. Brookland
- 7-31 v. Sale
Colin Meadows (WK)
- 27 Dismissels (14c + 13s)
Peter Green(2)
- 637 runs (av. 49.00)
- 76 v. Unknown
Adi Walker(2)
- 365 runs (av. 40.53)
- 82* v. Unknown
Dave Mitchell(2)
- 349 runs (av. 34.90)
- 65* v. Unknown
Brian Coutts(2)
- 38 wkts (av. 16 34)
- 7-24 v. Alsager
Ron Locke(2)
- 5-31 v. Timperley (21.1 ov)
Shaun Mudlidge(2)
- 99 v. Timperley (Stumped)
Simon Locke(2)
- 62 v. Timperley
Andy Hodgson(2)
- 33 wkts (av. 17.24)
- 6-53 v. Warrington
Billy Bradshaw(2)
- 25 wkts (av. 17.32)
Gareth Murdey(3)
- 431 runs (av. 71.83)
- 118 v. Winnington Park
- 109* v. Cheadle
'N Lea(3)
- 276 runs (av. 39.43)
- 130* v. Winnington Park
- 15 wkts (av. 9.86)
- 1st in 3rd XI Sun Div A Bowling Averages
- 2nd in U15’s Bowling Averages
Mike Townsend(3)
- 286 runs (av. 26.10)
- 72 v. Unknown
N Hudson(3)
- 15 wkts (av. 15.73)
Ben Crouch(3)
- Best all round performance 74 and 4-34 v. Heaton Mersey
V Bhardwa(U11)
- 3rd in U11 Batting League Table
Adam Carolan(U15)
- Junior Player of the year
- 1st in U15’s Batting Averages (7inns, 6no Av. 238.00)
Player Batting Partnerships
2nd wkt (2) - 119 v. Timperley - Shaun Mudalidge (99) and Simon Locke (62)
Player Representative Honours
Mark Mudalige - played for the League Senior Colts
Eddie Bones - played for the League ‘A’ Team Colts
R Lea - played 3 times for the League Under 15’s
Adam Carolan - played 4 times for the League Under 15’s
N Thacker - played once for the League Under 15’s
V Bhardwa - played twice for the League Under 11’s
Joan Hill the Toft scorer became the secretary of the new style Umpires and Scorers Association
Match Highlights
Toft v. Warrington, Warrington all had bleached blond hair after the Romanias had the same in the football World Cup played in France prior to their game against Tunisia – all in the name of team bonding.
Birkenhead Pk 82.10 (from 43.2 ov) v, Toft 83-6 (from 32.5 ov) Ron Locke 6-36 from 21.2 ov
Compiler Jeff Tenner