WEST MERSEA RESULTS 2012

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1 WEST MERSEA RESULTS 2012

2 HALSTEAD v At Star Stile, Halstead Saturday 21 st April 2012 Friendly Match Drawn HALSTEAD D Shelton lbw Bass 58 S Chinery c Lockhart b Husnain 15 G Pritchard c Smith b Bass 59 S Rippingale lbw Bass 31 S Little c Husnain b Bass 2 A Jones not out 17 J Dale c Lockhart b Fahie 6 Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 18, nb 1) 25 Total (for 6wkts, 41.5 overs) 213 Did Not Bat : B Morris, A Juniper, B Roper, M Richards Fall of Wickets 41 (2) 146 (1) 157 (3) 167 (5) 205 (4) 213 (7) Bowling : C Williams ; A Porter ; A Husnain ; C Drage ; R Green ; D Bass ; G Smith ; DC Fahie A Lockhart run out 8 R Green b Jones 6 C Williams b Jones 0 D Bass c unknown b Dale 58 C Drage c & b Dale 4 M Hughes + b Little 23 GS Pryke * c & b Little 13 A Husnain b Little 29 DC Fahie not out 7 A Porter b Pritchard 5 G Smith not out 0 Extras (b 6, w 2) 8 Total (for 9 wkts, 40 overs) 161 Fall of Wickets 8 (2) 8 (3) 34 (1) 42 (5) 101 (4) 107 (6) 131 (7) 149 (8) 161 (10) Bowling :A Jones ; M Richards ; J Dale ; B Roper ; S Little ; B Morris ; G Pritchard After a week of heavy rain it was a surprise that the opening fixture of the 2012 campaign was on! Graham was desperately searching for two additional players on the mornings of the match, and eventually found a couple of recruits, including Dean Bass from Little Bardfield. In an old fashioned friendly dependent on time rather than overs, Halstead batted first and made 213 for 6 in 41.5 overs. Guest players Dean Bass was the pick of the Mersea bowlers with 4 for 25 from his eight overs, the other wicket takers were Ali Husnain (1 for 34) and David Fahie (1 for 5). In reply Mersea slipped to 42 for 4 and seemingly heading towards another friendly defeat. Dean Bass (58) steadied the ship, and capped a fine match by securing the club s first half century of the season. A partnership of 59 with Mel Hughes (23) for the fifth wicket seemed to steer Mersea away from defeat, but when both were dismissed within six runs of each other, the demons began to re-appear. Ali Husnain hit a rapid 29, but was 8 th man out with the score on 149. David Fahie and Adam Porter edged the islanders towards a draw, although Fahie did attempt to run his young partner out on more than one occasion. Porter was eventually bowled with two balls remaining in the game, Graham Smith valiantly defending the last two balls to see the match drawn.

3 WITHAM v At The Parks, Witham Sunday 22 nd April 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division One Witham won by 5 wickets Umpires : R Digweed & O Hopkins Toss won by Witham AW Rutter + c & b Garwood 60 S Mills b Sambrook 20 JA Tilsley c Bellehewe b Sambrook 6 LD Bruce b Cooke 19 LV Conway * c Headley b Bendall 12 DC Taylor b Sambrook 15 DR Rumble not out 16 JI Rutter c & b Sambrook 9 THMI Sanderson b Sambrook 2 MJ Wilkin not out 2 Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 21) 24 Total (for 8 wkts, 40 overs) 185 Did Not Bat : RL Provan Fall of Wickets 46 (2) 52 (3) 113 (4) 119 (1) 132 (5) 171 (6) 181 (8) 183 (9) Bowling : W Bendall ; W Smith ; P Bellehewe ; J Sambrook ; O Cooke ; T Garwood WITHAM M Headley st AW Rutter b Conway 73 O Cooke b Bruce 20 M Glynn b Conway 8 K Hawes not out 40 G Huggins b Mills 18 P Bellehewe c AW Rutter b Wilkin 0 W Smith not out 3 Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 18) 26 Total (for 5 wkts, 42 overs) 188 Did Not Bat : J Sambrook, T Garwood, W Bendall, G Sambrook Fall of Wickets 65 (2) 98 (3) 117 (1) 167 (5) 168 (6) Bowling : DR Rumble ; MJ Wilkin ; LD Bruce ; LV Conway ; S Mills The first eleven opened their 2012 campaign at Witham, hoping to push on from a very successful 2011 season. Batting first Mersea made 185 for 8, with Adam Rutter contributing the bulk of the total with an excellent 60. Five other batsmen all got starts, getting to double figures, but no other batsmen was able to score more than 20. Mersea struggled to get any momentum in their innings, with the bowling of Jack Sambrook (5 for 27) restricting the pace of the innings. Witham were never really troubled in their reply, with Mike Headley (73) leading the way in a perfectly paced innings. When Luke Conway did dismiss him on his way to figures of 2 for 31, Kaan Hawes took up the Witham baton with an unbeaten 40 to see the hosts home with 13 balls to spare. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : AW Rutter

4 v. WITHAM 3RD At The Glebe, West Mersea Saturday 12 th May 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 26 runs Toss won by Witham AW Rutter c O Brien b White 23 ND Gray b Sambrook 5 JA Tilsley b Sambrook 73 JI Rutter c Smith b Garwood 2 LV Conway lbw Garwood 36 DC Taylor c Sambrook b Garwood 0 A Husnain b Facey 8 M White + b Garwood 20 MJ Wilkin * not out 15 C Williams b Sambrook 0 RL Provan b Brown 2 Extras (w 5, nb 2) 7 Total (37.5 overs) 191 Fall of Wickets 22 (2) 34 (1) 51 (4) 103 (5) 107 (6) 129 (7) 157 (8) 183 (3) 183 (10) 191 (11) Bowling : G Sambrook ; D White ; T Garwood ; S Facey I Brown WITHAM S Facey c AW Rutter b JI Rutter 78 D Wilson b Williams 1 G O Brien b Williams 5 J Tyler c Conway b Wilkins 1 L Hancocks b Williams 5 T Garwood b Williams 0 A Smith b Provan 8 R Trigg b Provan 2 D White c Conway b JI Rutter 6 G Sambrook not out 14 I Brown b Conway 5 Extras (b 6, lb 3, w 27, nb 4) 40 Total (44.4 overs) 165 Fall of Wickets 4 (2) 13 (3) 19 (4) 46 (5) 46 (6) 76 (7) 91 (8) 133 (9) 145 (1) 165 (11) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; C Williams ; LV Conway ; RL Provan ; AW Rutter ; JI Rutter The season finally began at The Glebe with the Two Counties side entertaining Witham 3 rd s. New skipper Matt Wilkin lost his first toss and in a break with tradition Mersea found themselves batting first. The innings centred around James Tilsley at number three who made an excellent 73, there was good support from Luke Conway (36) and Matt White whose innings was short and sweet with 20 coming from four scoring shots (2 fours, 2 sixes). Mersea were bowled out in the 38 th over for 191, with Tommy Garwood 4 for 73 and George Sambrook 3 for 23 the pick of the visitors bowlers. In reply Witham never recovered from a fine opening bowling spell from Donk Williams, who bowled four of the opening six batsmen to reduce the visitors to 46 for 5. Stuart Facey (78) batted with some assurance at the top of the order, but with little support the visitors were eventually bowled out for 165 in the final over. Ricky Provan and James Rutter both claimed two wickets a piece, whilst Donk returned in an attempt to claim his first five wicket haul for the club, but failed. Nevertheless his fourteen over spell returned commendable figures of 4 for 36. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : JA Tilsley

5 2ND v. WICKHAM BISHOPS At The Glebe, West Mersea Sunday 13 th May 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division Five West Mersea won by 7 wickets Toss won by Wickham Bishops WICKHAM BISHOPS S Taylor lbw Rumble 7 J Lyndon c Rumble b Conway 33 T Rowe + lbw Conway 0 A Baker c Vince b Conway 16 A Little c Hughes b Conway 2 G Booker b Rutter 29 M Talbot not out 38 J Billington not out 34 Extras (b 9, lb 6, w 7) 22 Total (for 6 wkts, 45 overs) 181 Did Not Bat : D McKechnie * Wickham Bishops only had nine men Fall of Wickets 43 (1) 43 (3) 54 (1) 67 (5) 76 (4) 126 (6) Bowling : DR Rumble ; PR Phillips ; LV Conway ; TJ Vince ; NP Goodridge ; JI Rutter GM Bowers c Taylor b Booker 4 NP Goodridge * not out 63 JI Rutter c Little b Lyndon 5 IR Young b McKechnie 72 LD Bruce not out 19 Extras (b 8, lb 7, w 7) 22 Total (for 3 wkts, 33.3 overs) 185 Did Not Bat : LV Conway, DJ Lambert, M Hughes +, TJ Vince, PR Phillips, DR Rumble Fall of Wickets 9 (1) 28 (3) 150 (4) Bowling : G Booker ; J Lyndon ; A Little ; M Talbot ; D McKechnie ; J Billington West Mersea seconds opened their Division Five campaign with the visit of Wickham Bishops, who were immediately disadvantaged having turned up with just nine men. Shockingly, Goodridge lost the toss, and Mersea found themselves condemned to the field in the first innings. Luke Conway was the pick of the Mersea bowlers returning 4 for 25 from his ten overs, whilst Trevor Vince was the model of economy after his first over was dispatched for 11, his next nione overs yielded just 13 runs. The Bishops were indebted to a fifth wicket partnership of 50 between G Booker (29) and Martin Talbot (38*), and then a sixth wicket unbeaten stand of 55 between Talbot and James Billington (34*) to get them up to a competitive 181 for 6. In reply Mersea lost Graham Bowers and James Rutter cheaply, but Nod Goodridge (63*) and Ian Young (72) then put on a match winning stand of 122 for the third wicket. Luke Bruce added a quickfire 19 from eight balls to see Mersea to victory in the 34 th over. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : IR Young

6 COGGESHALL 4TH v At Harefield, Coggeshall Hamlet Saturday 19 th May 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 118 runs Toss won by Coggeshall AW Rutter b McCabe 33 JA Tilsley lbw Goding 33 DC Taylor c Wickens b McCabe 84 JI Rutter c Wickens b Goding 6 LV Conway c & b Goding 0 M White + b Goding 4 THMI Sanderson st Wickens b Whalen 37 DJ Lambert b McCabe 0 MJ Wilkin * c Wickens b McCabe 8 C Williams not out 5 RL Provan b McCabe 2 Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 17, nb 3) 24 Total (45 overs) 236 Fall of Wickets 60 (1) 83 (2) 105 (4) 107 (5) 111 (6) 217 (7) 219 (3) 220 (8) 234 (9) 236 (11) Bowling : D McCabe ; T Whalen ; P Goding ; M Blackwell ; L McCabe ; A Girling COGGESHALL T Whalen b Williams 19 J Kneller b Williams 5 P Goding b Sanderson 33 E Surguy lbw Conway 11 M Blackwell b Conway 0 A Smith run out (Provan) 1 A Girling b Conway 0 A Wickens + c AW Rutter b Conway 25 G Charnley lbw Sanderson 0 L McCabe not out 8 D McCabe c Provan b JI Rutter 0 Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 11, nb 2) 16 Total (28.4 overs) 118 Fall of Wickets 22 (1) 38 (2) 78 (4) 78 (5) 81 (6) 81 (7) 83 (3) 87 (9) 113 (8) 118 (11) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; C Williams ; LV Conway ; THMI Sanderson ; RL Provan ; JI Rutter West Mersea won their second Two Counties match of the season to sit proudly at the top of the table. Batting first Mersea made an excellent start through Adam Rutter (33) and James Tilsley (33), the pair putting on 60 in eleven overs for the first wicket. However, a middle order collapse which saw Mersea reduced to 111 for 5, briefly threatened the innings. Tom Sanderson (37) then joined Digs Taylor (84) and the pair enjoyed a match winning stand of 116 for the sixth wicket to see Mersea over the 200 mark. An attempt for quick runs at the end of the innings saw the side bowled out for 236. In reply Coggeshall never really threatened the Mersea total as Luke Conway 4 for 27 ripped out the middle order. The home side were eventually bowled out for 118. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : DC Taylor

7 v. EARLS COLNE At The Glebe, West Mersea Sunday 20 th May 2012 Friendly West Mersea won by 28 runs A Lockhart st Callaghan b Mason 0 NP Goodridge b Clark 37 L Johnson b Mason 0 R Green b Mason 1 E Johnson st Callaghan b Haynes 58 C Drage b Clark 2 DC Fahie +2 retired out 21 A Passfield b Abbey 32 LV Conway +1 b Mason 33 GS Pryke * b Brewer 2 A Tiwari not out 5 A Porter c Scores b Page 0 Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 19, nb 3) 24 Total (39.5 overs) 215 Fall of Wickets 0 (1) 4 (3) 10 (4) 108 (5) 117 (6) 119 (2) 121 (8) 204 (9) 206 (7) 208 (10) 215 (12) Bowling : B Mason ; A Page ; O Callaghan ; J Brewer ; K Hewes ; C Scores ; T Haynes ; S Clark , L Abbey ; D Coleman ; T Nicholson EARLS COLNE H Callaghan + retired out 100 T Nicholson st Fahie b Conway 14 K Hewes b Lockhart 0 C Scores b Lockhart 8 J Brewer b Green 0 L Abbey b Green 14 B Mason not out 14 T Haynes * b Johnson 5 S Clark not out 0 Extras (b 7, lb 5, w 19, nb 1) 32 Total (for 7 wkts, 40 overs) 187 Did Not Bat : D Coleman, A Page, O Callaghan Fall of Wickets 112 (2) 117 (3) 132 (1) 133 (5) 141 (4) 164 (6) 187 (8) Bowling : A Porter ; A Tiwari ; A Passfield ; C Drage ; LV Conway ; A Lockhart ; R Green ; L Johnson With the lack of cricket in the area through the inclement weather, and a number of cricketers going stir crazy, a twelve a side friendly was played against Earls Colne on 20 th May. Mersea batted first and slumped to 10 for 3, before Neil Goodridge (37) and Ed Johnson (58) put on 98 for the fourth wicket. Adam Passfield (32) and Luke Conway (33) added some quick runs at the end of the innings to see Mersea up to 215 all out in the final over. In reply a century opening stand in 21 overs saw the game in the balance. The partnership was broken by Luke Conway, and then the Mersea players had the joy of seeing Earls Colne debutant Kevin Hewes dismissed for a duck to a looping beamer, which to everyone s surprise was not called a no ball! The Colne opener Harry Callaghan retired after reaching his century and from that point the total was never really threatened. Rory Green with 2 for 17 was the most successful bowler, although there were encouraging spells from Callum Drage and Adam Passfield as Mersea won by28 runs.

8 v. KELVEDON & FEERING 3RD At The Glebe, West Mersea Saturday 26 th May 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 343 runs AW Rutter c unknwn b Grimley 206 S Mills b S Bonvini 64 DC Taylor b Davies 14 LD Bruce c unknown b Clevedon 21 LV Conway not out 74 JI Rutter not out 5 Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 16) 26 Total (for 4 wkts, 45 overs) 410 Did Not Bat : M White +, THMI Sanderson, MJ Wilkin *, C Williams, RL Provan Fall of Wickets 144 (2) 227 (3) 280 (4) 400 (1) Bowling : J Bonvini ; J Grimley ; D Pepperall ; S Bonvini ; N Davies ; S Clevedon KELVEDON D Pepperall c White b Williams 5 A Green lbw Wilkin 0 M Pope c Wilkin b Sanderson 6 J Grimley b Conway 12 C Hards b Sanderson 0 J Read lbw Conway 3 S Bonvini lbw Sanderson 2 N Davies not out 2 J Bonvini lbw Conway 9 S Clevedon b Mills 5 S James c Taylor b Mills 0 Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 16, nb 1) 23 Total (38 overs) 67 Fall of Wickets 4 (2) 13 (1) 19 (3) 22 (5) 28 (6) 40 (4) 46 (7) 59 (9) 67 (10) 67 (11) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; C Williams ; THMI Sanderson ; LV Conway ; JI Rutter ; S Mills The Mersea record books were re-written on 26 th May, when West Mersea entertained Kelvedon 3 rd in the Two Counites league. Mersea won the toss, and in glorious sunshine elected to bat. Adam Rutter and Two Counties debutant Stuart Mills set the tone of the innings with the 100 coming up in 12 th over, Mills was first depart with the score on 144 for 64. Rutter continued the onslaught reaching his century, and with brief cameos from Digs Taylor and Luke Bruce the team were handily placed at 280 for 3, when Luke Conway arrived at the crease. The pair then upped the tempo with Adam Rutter reaching the club s first ever double century, eventually falling for 206, which included a record eleven sixes. Luke Conway hit a rapid unbeaten 74, as Mersea closed at their own Two Counties record high of 410 for 4. The young Kelvedon side had little response to the accurate Mersea bowling, with Tom Sanderson 3 for 12, and Luke Conway 3 for 17 causing the main damage, the visitors were bowled out for 67, to see Mersea achieve their biggest margin of victory in any game of cricket. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : AW Rutter

9 GREAT SAMPFORD v At Great Sampford Saturday 26 th May 2012 Friendly Great Sampford won by 8 wickets NP Goodridge c unknown b Drane 24 A Tiwari b Blyth 0 RC Green b Hopkinson 34 A Passfield c unknown b Drane 13 E Johnson not out 86 J Luckman b Hopkinson 3 GS Pryke * c unknown b Thrower 0 DC Fahie + c unknown b Blyth 2 T Wargent b Blyth 5 G Smith not out 0 Extras (b 1, w 12, nb 4) 17 Total (for 8 wkts, 40 overs) 184 Did Not Bat : A Porter Fall of Wickets 4 (2) 40 (1) 58 (4) 125 (3) 157 (6) 159 (7) 172 (8) 179 (9) Bowling : Thrower ; Blyth ; Drane ; G Smith ; Hopkinson ; Webster GREAT SAMPFORD G Banks c Smith b Luckman 37 S Hughes c Johnson b Wargent 56 R Webster not out 35 A Wisby not out 34 Extras (b 7, lb 2, w 8, nb 8) 25 Total (for 2 wkts, 23.3 overs) 187 Did Not Bat : Fall of Wickets 95 (1) 119 (2) Bowling : A Porter ; G Smith ; A Tiwari ; J Luckman ; T Wargent ; A Passfield ; RC Green Mersea suffered a comprehensive defeat at Great Sampford on a sunny Saturday afternoon. However, there were some encouraging performances, after losing Amit Tiwari for a duck early on, Neil Goodridge (24) and Rory Green put on 36 for the second wicket. The partnership of the innings came between Green and Ed Johnson, the pair putting on 67 before Green was fourth man out for a career best 34. Ed Johnson then commanded the rest of the innings to end unbeaten on 86, as Mersea posted 184 for 7 from their 40 overs. The hosts coasted to victory inside 24 overs, with all four batsmen posting scores of over 30, the best being 56 by S Hughes. Jack Luckman and Tom Wargent claimed a wicket a piece as Great Sampford won by 8 wickets.

10 COPDOCK & O.I 2ND v 2ND At Old London Road, Copdock Sunday 27 th May 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division Five West Mersea won by 5 wickets Toss won by Copdock COPDOCK D Searle b Rutter 12 D Ward c Bibby b Vince 29 A Wilkinson c Goodridge b Vince 40 M Searle c Goodridge b Vince 13 B Durey b Conway 9 D Whitehead b Phillips 21 D Crane b Conway 0 L Brame b Phillips 2 O Williams b Phillips 0 N Meakin not out 4 S Bolter b Phillips 4 Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 6) 12 Total (36 overs) 146 Fall of Wickets 27 (1) 60 (2) 97 (4) 102 (3) 114 (5) 114 (7) 127 (8) 130 (9) 137 (6) 146 (11) Bowling : J Bibby ; JI Rutter ; TJ Vince ; LV Conway ; PR Phillips ; GM Bowers GM Bowers lbw Durey 20 NP Goodridge * run out 5 MJ Laver c unknown b Ward 8 IR Young not out 39 LV Conway b Williams 57 DJ Lambert b Williams 0 JI Rutter +2 not out 0 Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 7, nb 5) 19 Total (for 5 wkts, 21 overs) 148 Did Not Bat : J Bibby, M Hughes +1, TJ Vince, PR Phillips Fall of Wickets 29 (2) 47 (1) 66 (3) 134 (5) 140 (6) Bowling : L Brame ; O Williams ; D Searle ; B Durey ; N Meakin ; D Ward A new fixture for Mersea saw the second team travel to Copdock for a PiriPiri Division Five fixture. Copdock won the toss and unsurprisingly in the heat elected to bat, they promptly raced to 70 for 2 off of 13 overs. The game was then delayed for about half an hour due to the arrival of the police following the theft of Mel Hughes car from the ground. A very unfortunate incident, which soured the afternoon. Mel was replaced as wicket keeper by James Rutter, as he went to help the police with their enquiries. The introduction of Luke Conway (2 for 22 from 10) and Trevor Vince (3 for 42) who claimed the wickets of Ward (29) and Archie Wilkinson (40) then halted the home sides charge. Peter Phillips then weighed in with the last four wickets, all bowled, to see Copdock dismissed for 146. The highlight of the reply was Luke Conway s sensational 12 ball fifty (a club record), which included 30 off of one over. His 57, along with an unbeaten 39 from Ian Young saw Mersea to a comfortable victory, and the teams sixth on the bounce, which equalled a record set in Mick Laver also reached a landmark when scoring his 5 th run of the day, reaching runs for Mersea. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : LV Conway

11 EIGHT ASH GREEN v At Fordham Heath, Eight Ash Green Saturday 2 nd June 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 40 runs ND Gray b Ukwatte 0 DR Rumble b Ukwatte 16 JA Tilsley c Norris b Firman 15 JI Rutter b Nunn 51 M White + c Lee b Firman 6 LV Conway c Nunn b Aston 8 THMI Sanderson c Smith b Nunn 35 DJ Lambert c Lee b Goodall 8 MJ Wilkin * b Goodall 7 C Williams b Nunn 8 RL Provan not out 6 Extras (b 10, lb 2, w 4, nb 5) 21 Total (44.2 overs) 181 Fall of Wickets 0 (1) 23 (2) 43 (3) 49 (5) 59 (6) 143 (7) 149 (4) 162 (8) 162 (9) 181 (10) Bowling : N Ukwatte ; R Nunn ; O Firman ; T Aston ; M Goodall EIGHT ASH GREEN R Polley c White b Wilkin 9 P Johnson c Wilkin b Williams 10 R Nunn b Conway 19 O Firman c Tilsley b Conway 17 N Ukwatte c White b Sanderson 0 M Goodall c Wilkin b Sanderson 21 M Norris lbw Conway 2 T Aston c & b Wilkin 15 K Smith + c Tilsley b Conway 5 J Wair lbw Conway 7 T Lee not out 7 Extras (b 11, lb 6, w 11, nb 1) 29 Total (40.4 overs) 141 Fall of Wickets 20 (2) 33 (1) 56 (4) 65 (5) 90 (3) 99 (7) 99 (6) 108 (9) 127 (10) 141 (8) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; C Williams ; THMI Sanderson ; LV Conway The Two Counties side remain pace setters in their Division, and have now built up a handy 33 point lead. They batted first in the match with previously unbeaten Eight Ash Green, and after slipping to 59 for 5, were indebted to a mature partnership between James Rutter (51) and Tom Sanderson (35), the pair putting on 84 for the sixth wicket, to get them out of trouble. Some useful cameos at the end of the innings saw Mersea eventually reach 181. The Mersea bowlers were always on top as Eight Ash Green went about their reply. Matt Wilkin claimed 2 for 20, and Donk Williams (1 for 19 from 7) bowled a steady opening spell. However, it was Luke Conway who claimed the plaudits with 5 for 41 as the home side were bowled out for 141. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : JI Rutter

12 v. KELVEDON & FEERING At The Glebe, West Mersea Saturday 2 nd June 2012 Friendly West Mersea won by 2 wickets Toss won by Kelvedon KELVEDON S Stobbs retired out 33 T Taylor retired out 49 O Wilton-Steer c Drage b Luckman 0 J Butcher c &b Passfield 10 B Robinson c Johnson b Green 20 D Newman retired out 16 N Cocks b Green 2 G Curtis not out 1 C Leftwich not out 1 Extras (b 9, lb 1, w 20, nb 4) 29 Total (for 7 wkts, 40 overs) 161 Did Not Bat : S Nunn, W Newman Fall of Wickets 86 (1) 86 (3) 111 (4) 120 (2) 155 (5) 157 (6) 159 (7) Bowling : G Smith ; C Drage ; A Porter ; J Luckman ; A Passfield ; T Wargent ; RC Green ; DC Fahie A Lockhart c Cocks b Curtis 4 RC Green c Leftwich b Newman 0 A Passfield c Leftwich b Wilton-Steer 69 T Wargent c Cocks b Curtis 9 L Johnson + b Wilton-Steer 17 J Luckman st w/kp b Stobbs 13 C Drage run out 0 GS Pryke * lbw Wilton-Steer 32 DC Fahie not out 4 G Smith not out 6 Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 5, nb 1) 10 Total (for 8 wkts, 33 overs) 164 Did Not Bat : A Porter Fall of Wickets 1 (2) 12 (1) 34 (4) 100 (3) 105 (5) 105 (7) 138 (6) 153 (8) Bowling : Newman ; G Curtis ; S Nunn ; O Wilton-Steer ; S Stobbs ; J Butcher Kelvedon were the visitors on 2 nd June for a friendly match. The visitors batted first and made 161 for 7 from their 40 overs. Rory Green was the most successful of the home bowlers returning 2 for 22, although there were encouraging spells from Jack Luckman 1 for 12, and Adam Passfield 1 for 18. After being reduced to 12 for 2, Mersea recovered through some excellent middle order partnerships between Adam Passfield, Lewis Johnson (17) and Jack Luckman (13). Passfield went on to record a career best 69, and with Graham Pryke scoring 32 late on the islanders got home with two wickets to spare.

13 2ND v CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE 2ND At The Glebe, West Mersea Sunday 3 rd June 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division Five Chappel & WC won by 50 runs CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE D Maytham * c Bibby b Rutter 41 W Maytham c Hughes b Vince 42 M Feaviour st Hughes b Vince 9 R Carter b Rutter 6 J Hope c Goodridge b Rutter 11 A Beckett c Bibby b Rutter 2 B MacDonald b Bibby 22 A Dear c Rutter b Bibby 2 P Hadcock not out 4 T Wilson + not out 1 Extras (b 17, lb 1, w 6) 24 Total (for 8 wkts, 35 overs) 164 Did Not Bat : B Hayes Fall of Wickets 77 (2) 90 (3) 110 (4) 123 (1) 125 (6) 151 (5) 159 (8) 159 (7) Bowling : J Bibby ; K Hewes ; TJ Vince ; JI Rutter ; PR Phillips GM Bowers c MacDonald b Hope 27 NP Goodridge * b MacDonald 0 K Hewes c D Maytham b Carter 17 IR Young c MacDonald b Hope 4 E Johnson c W Maytham b Feaviour 18 MJ Laver c MacDonald b Carter 8 JI Rutter c D Maytham b Feaviour 5 J Bibby c Carter b Feaviour 12 M Hughes + c Wilson b MacDonald 7 TJ Vince not out 0 Extras (b 3, lb 4, w 7, nb 2) 16 Total (for 9 wkts, 32.5 overs) 114 Did Not Bat : PR Phillips (injured) Fall of Wickets 8 (2) 52 (3) 58 (1) 61 (4) 78 (5) 89 (6) 92 (7) 112 (8) 114 (9) Bowling : B MacDonald ; P Hadcock ; J Hope ; R Carter ; M Feaviour The form odds were probably stacked in Mersea s favour having won their last six PIriPIri fixtures, whilst conversely Chappel had lost their previous six. In a game reduced to 35 overs per side, Chappel made good use of the wicket after being inserted, with father and son opening partnership David Maytham (41) and Bill Maytham (42) putting on 77 for the first wicket in 14 overs. James Rutter 4 for 43 pegged the visitors back, but with lusty hits from Brett McDonald (22) in the closing overs they reached 164 for 8. Graham Bowers top scored for Mersea with 27, but a mean bowling spell in the middle of the innings from Robin Carter 2 for 14, from eight and then decisive wickets from Martin Feaviour 3 for 13, added to some excellent outfielding saw the islanders slump to 114 all out. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : JI Rutter

14 COPFORD v At Copford Sunday 3 rd June 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Cup First Round Copford won 3-2 on bowl off Mersea s Cup sojourn for 2012 ended at the first hurdle, when the poor weather resulted in the cancellation of their scheduled First Round match with Copford. The resulting bowl off saw Mersea defeated 3-2, and now face the prospect of competing in the Plate competition.

15 COLCHESTER & E.E 2ND v At Castle Park, Colchester Monday 4 th June 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division One Colchester & E.E. won by 9 wickets Umpires : Toss won by Colchester & E.E. AW Rutter + b Bokhari 0 S Mills b Savill 8 DC Taylor lbw Cairns 10 LD Bruce c Topley b Allison 23 JI Rutter b Cairns 0 LV Conway * c Eaton b Cairns 0 THMI Sanderson c Foster b Godbold 34 DJ Lambert not out 13 MJ Wilkin c K Savill b Cairns 6 RL Provan b Cairns 0 L Johnson c Eaton b Cairns 6 Extras (b 1, w 18) 19 Total (30.1 overs) 119 Fall of Wickets 0 (1) 18 (2) 36 (3) 39 (5) 39 (6) 74 (4) 90 (7) 103 (9) 103 (10) 119 (11) Bowling : H Bokhari ; G Savill ; A Cairns ; B Allison ; M Godbold ; A Eaton ; M Reid COLCHESTER & E.E. S Foster not out 57 T Blundell b Wilkin 23 A Eaton not out 29 Extras (lb 1, w 9, nb 1) 11 Total (for 1 wkt, 14.2 overs) 120 Did Not Bat : H Bokhari, G Savill, A Cairns, B Allison, M Godbold, R Topley, M Reid, K Savill Fall of Wickets 37 (2) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; THMI Sanderson ; LD Bruce ; LV Conway ; S Mills The first eleven crashed to a nine wicket defeat against Colchester & East Essex seconds on Bank Holiday Monday in the First Division. Mersea were undone by the best bowling spell of the season, Andrew Cairns 6 for 16, and with only Tom Sanderson (34) and Luke Bruce (23) putting up any real resistance they limped to 119 all out. Colchester then raced to victory in just 14 overs, with Sam Foster leading the way with an unbeaten 57. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : THMI Sanderson

16 v. TENDRING At The Glebe, West Mersea Saturday 9 th June 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 4 wickets Toss won by Tendring TENDRING I Wilks lbw Wilkin 10 S Starling c Provan b Conway 54 J Bickers c White b Conway 12 R Lamb run out (Conway) 45 D Flood not out 39 P Baker not out 4 Extras (b 6, lb 4, w 12) 22 Total (for 4 wkts, 45 overs) 186 Did Not Bat : D Gibson, R Guary, J Jenno, W Spain, G Jenno Fall of Wickets 28 (1) 53 (3) 117 (2) 164 (4) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; C Williams ; THMI Sanderson ; LV Conway ; RL Provan ; JI Rutter AW Rutter c Wilks b Starling 102 JA Tilsley c Gibson b Flood 47 LD Bruce c Starling b Flood 15 LV Conway c Lamb b Starling 2 M White + not out 15 JI Rutter not out 3 Extras (b 1, w 5) 6 Total (for 4 wkts, 32.4 overs) 190 Did Not Bat : RL Provan, MJ Wilkin *, C Williams, DJ Lambert, THMI Sanderson Fall of Wickets 150 (2) 163 (1) 172 (3) 176 (4) Bowling : G Jenno ; D Gibson ; W Spain ; D Flood ; S Starling The Two Counties side excellent start to the season continued with their fifth straight victory of the season, which has extended their lead in the Division to 39 points. Tendring batted first and made sedate progress, largely due to a tight opening spell from Donk Williams (0 for 8 from seven), however, from 58 for 2 in 28 overs they accelerated over the last seventeen overs to get to 186 for 4. Steven Starling (54), Russell Lamb (45) and Doug Flood (39no) all making useful contributions, Luke Conway with 2 for 44 was the most successful Mersea bowler. The game was effectively over as a contest after an excellent opening stand of 150 between Adam Rutter and james Tilsley (47), Adam went on to record his second century of the season, scoring 102, as Mersea reached their target for the loss of four wickets and with 13 overs to spare. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : AW Rutter

17 DEDHAM v At Dedham Saturday 9 th June 2012 Friendly Dedham won by 7 wickets A Lockhart b Sam Lucas 9 R Green c Steve Lucas b Taylor 4 A Passfield c Taylor b Weston 42 T Wargent b Cook 1 L Johnson + 1 c Fitch b Cook 0 C Drage c Taylor b Cook 0 GS Pryke * not out 24 B Clarke b Cook 0 DC Fahie c Weston b Salmon 8 J Luckman + 2 c Cook b Salmon 12 A Porter c Steve Lucas b Sam Lucas 1 Extras (lb 4, w 18) 22 Total (30.3 overs) 123 Fall of Wickets 5 (2) 20 (1) 53 (4) 53 (5) 54 (6) 97 (3) 97 (8) 109 (9) 121 (10) 123 (11) Bowling : T Taylor ; Sam Lucas ; I Davies ; P Cook ; N Weston ; I Everard ; J Salmon DEDHAM Steve Lucas c Johnson b Drage 19 A Lloyd c Fahie b Clarke 24 T Messer + not out 32 I Everard b Drage 1 F Fitch * not out 38 Extras (b 4, w 6, nb 1) 11 Total (for 3 wkts, 24.4 overs) 125 Did Not Bat : I Davies, N Weston, T Taylor, Sam Lucas, P Cook, J Salmon Fall of Wickets 45 (2) 52 (1) 67 (4) Bowling : A Porter ; J Luckman ; B Clarke ; C Drage ; A Passfield ; A Lockhart The friendly side travelled to picturesque Dedham on 9 th June, with the match taking place on an artificial wicket due to the heavy rain in the preceding week. Mersea batted first and were indebted to another rapid 42 from Adam Passfield and an unbeaten 24 from skipper Graham Pryke to see them up to their total of 123. Cook for Dedham claimed 4 for 12, as the Mersea innings boasted three more ducks in the Mallard Trophy. Dedham were never pressed as they cruised to victory, although there were relatively good bowling figures returned by Jack Luckman, Ben Clarke and Callum Drage, the latter being the most successful with 2 for 16.

18 v MALDON At The Glebe, West Mersea Sunday 10 th June 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division One West Mersea won by 5 wickets Umpires : B Brown & B Lovejoy Toss won by Maldon MALDON S Coker lbw Wilkin 0 J Collins b Young 1 B Gibbons c AW Rutter b Young 2 J Glenn not out 112 T Patel b Rumble 4 J Riley c AW Rutter b Rumble 0 R Walpole + c Rumble b Conway 9 Mi Foster run out (Johnson) 2 M Bryant b Young 8 C Pateman b Young 0 Ma Foster not out 3 Extras (b 5, lb 3, w 2) 10 Total (for 9 wkts, 35 overs) 151 Fall of Wickets 1 (1) 1 (2) 9 (3) 37 (5) 45 (6) 85 (7) 89 (8) 133 (9) 147 (10) Bowling : AJ Young ; MJ Wilkin ; DR Rumble ; LV Conway ; S Mills AW Rutter + b Ma Foster 24 S Mills b Bryant 61 JA Tilsley lbw Ma Foster 0 AJ Young c & b Glenn 0 DC Taylor b Ma Foster 1 JI Rutter not out 28 LV Conway * not out 27 Extras (b 3, lb 6, w 3) 12 Total (for 5 wkts, 31.1 overs) 153 Did Not Bat : E Johnson, DR Rumble, MJ Wilkin, DJ Lambert Fall of Wickets 50 (1) 54 (3) 61 (4) 62 (5) 120 (2) Bowling : J Riley ; C Pateman ; J Glenn ; Ma Foster ; M Bryant ; Mi Foster The first eleven finally recorded a victory to lift them off the bottom of the First Division. The visitors won the toss and batted first, but were soon in trouble as Alex Young making his seasonal debut claimed two early wickets to help reduce them to 9 for 3. The innings was then dominated by an excellent innings from Jamie Glenn, who smashed an unbeaten 112, however, with little support from any of his team mates Maldon could only muster 151 for 9 from their 35 overs. Young returned late in the innings to claim figures of 4 for 26. Mersea coasted to 50 without loss with Adam Rutter (24 and Stuart Mills at the wicket. Mark Foster then claimed three quick wickets, although James Tilsley was unfortunate to be adjudged leg before to a ball that seemed to be high. With Alex Young caught and bowled for a duck to Glenn, Mersea were languishing at 62 for 4. James Rutter, who seems to revel in crisis situations, then joined Stuart Mills, and the pair gradually rebuilt the innings putting on a partnership of 58 before Mills was bowled for 61. Skipper Luke Conway then brought about a rapid end to the game by bashing 27 from just 9 deliveries, whilst Rutter was undefeated on 28 at the other end to see Mersea home by five wickets. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : S Mills

19 BRANTHAM v At Brantham Leisure Centre Saturday 16 th June 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 29 runs AW Rutter c Uren b Nicholls 42 LV Conway c Cooper b Pearce 44 JA Tilsley c Uren b Pearce 3 ND Gray b Nicholls 11 JI Rutter c Mayhew b Powell 1 M White + b Powell 0 G Irvine c Mayhew b Powell 0 DJ Lambert c Powell b Nicholls 6 MJ Wilkin * not out 9 B Clarke c & b Powell 0 RL Provan c Hunt b Powell 5 Extras (lb 5, w 3) 8 Total (35.1 overs) 129 Fall of Wickets 67 (2) 75 (3) 102 (1) 109 (5) 109 (6) 109 (4) 115 (8) 115 (7) 117 (10) 129 (11) Bowling : J Pearce ; A Uren ; J Powell ; T Nicholls BRANTHAM A Mayhew b Conway 37 A Uren lbw Wilkin 12 B Chenery lbw Conway 2 L Cooper b Conway 0 S Hunt b Conway 0 S Gooch b Conway 9 J Powell c Wilkin b Conway 0 C Nicholson c Wilkin b Conway 9 T Nicholls not out 16 R Chenery b Wilkin 8 J Pearce lbw JI Rutter 0 Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3, nb 2) 7 Total (51.5 overs) 100 Fall of Wickets 19 (2) 28 (3) 30 (4) 36 (5) 50 (6) 50 (7) 66 (1) 75 (8) 100 (10) 100 (11) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; JI Rutter ; LV Conway ; AW Rutter A first ever fixture against Brantham on the 16 th June, gave the Two Counties the next test in what is becoming a very successful season. However, after an excellent start from Luke Conway (44) and Adam Rutter (42) who put on 67 for the first wicket, the rest of the innings capitulated alarmingly to see Mersea bowled out for 129 and the home side gifted nine overs giving them a maximum of 54 overs to achieve their target. The four Mersea bowlers then bowled incredibly well, with the stand out performance coming from Luke Conway who bowled eighteen consecutive overs, to return a Mersea Two Counties best ever bowling performances of 7 for 15, as Brantham were bowled out for 100 to see Mersea to a 29 run win and their sixth successive victory. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : LV Conway

20 v CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE At The Glebe, West Mersea Saturday 16 th June 2012 Friendly West Mersea won by 56 runs NP Goodridge * c R Evans b Voyce 37 A Lockhart b Voyce 46 A Passfield c Wilson b M Beckett 39 C Drage c & b Voyce 0 TJ Vince not out 8 D Woodcock + b M Beckett 0 H Luckman not out 0 Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 13) 21 Total (for 5 wkts, 35 overs) 151 Did Not Bat : J Luckman, J Hoggarth, A Porter Fall of Wickets 83 (1) 102 (2) 104 (4) 148 (3) 150 (5) Bowling : A Beckett ; R Evans ; S Evans ; B Hayes ; W Voyce ; R Attwood ; M Beckett ; K Bozney CHAPPEL & WAKES COLNE J Hadcock b Hoggarth 36 R Attwood b J Luckman 0 J Fordham b Hoggarth 2 F Levett b Hoggarth 2 T Wilson + b Drage 10 A Beckett c Passfield b Goodridge 5 B Hayes b Hoggarth 0 R Evans b Drage 0 K Bozney b H Luckman 0 S Evans not out 7 W Voyce c Lockhart b Vince 11 Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 13) 22 Total (31.5 overs) 95 Fall of Wickets 1 (2) 5 (3) 10 (4) 41 (5) 53 (5) 54 (6) 54 (7) 59 (8) 71 (1) 95 (11) Bowling : A Porter ; J Luckman ; J Hoggarth ; NP Goodridge ; C Drage ; H Luckman ; TJ Vince At The Glebe there were two debutants in the friendly with Chappel, Harry Luckman and Jason Hoggarth. Mersea batted first and made an excellent start through Neil Goodridge (37) and Angus Lockhart, the former being the first man out with the score on 83. Adam Passfield joined Lockhart and continued his good form by striking several deliveries to the boundary. Lockhart was second man out for a career best 46. Passfield took charge of the rest of the innings with 39 as Mersea posted 151 for 5 from their 35 overs. Chappel were dependent on opener Jerry Hadcock (36) for the majority of their runs, as almost all the Mersea bowlers claimed success as the visitors were bowled out for 95. Jason Hoggarth was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 15, but there were good spells from Jakc Luckman 1 for 11 from 6, and Callum Drage 2 for 7 from 3.

21 RAYNE v At Shalford Saturday 16 th June 2012 Friendly Rayne won by 5 runs RAYNE T Freeman st Fahie b R Green 47 D Bicknell lbw Pacey 43 C Allerton c R Green b R Daines 21 M Bicknell run out (Tiwari) 20 J Buckleby not out 12 T Karas b C Green 0 S Whiteside c Pryke b R Daines 0 O Dome run out (Tiwari) 0 A Buckley lbw R Daines 7 Brown not out 6 Extras (b 2, lb 1, w 7, nb 4) 14 Total (for 8 wkts, 40 overs) 170 Fall of Wickets 96 (2) 104 (1) 146 (3) 150 (4) 152 (6) 152 (7) 153 (8) 162 (9) Bowling : G Smith ; T Daines ; A Tiwari ; B Hughes ; A Pacey ; M Smith ; R Green ; R Daines ; C Green G Smith c Buckleby b Whiteside 62 R Green +2 c unknown b M Bicknell 0 DC Fahie +1 run out 48 A Pacey run out 15 C Green c unknown b M Bicknell 6 A Tiwari c Dome b Brown 11 GS Pryke * not out 9 Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 6, nb 2) 14 Total (for 6 wkts, 40 overs) 165 Did Not Bat : B Hughes, M Smith, T Daines, R Daines Fall of Wickets 10 (2) 87 (1) 118 (4) 133 (5) 149 (6) 165 (3) Bowling : J Buckleby ; M Bicknell ; A Buckley ; D Bicknell ; S Whiteside ; C Allerton ; Brown The experiment of giving youngsters their chance to play in Adult Cricket continues to blossom as a very young side, coupled with several old hands travelled to Shalford for this friendly. Rayne won the toss and elected to bat on a good track. The two openers batted very sensibly adding 80 runs against some spirited bowling and fielding. All the bowlers performed well but debutants Tom Daines 4 overs for 15, Ben Hughes 4 overs for 15, Matt Smith only 9 years of age!! 4 overs for 21, supported by Graham Smith 8 overs for 39 and Dr Amit Tiwari 5 overs for 12. The introduction of Alex Pacey, playing his first game in over six years produced the breakthrough and there followed a steady procession of wickets as 2 other debutants Connor Green, 11 year old, took 2 wickets for 10 runs from 4 overs and Rosie Daines became the star as she took 3 for 21 from 5 overs. Backed up by two run outs from Dr Amit Tiwari the innings closed at 170 off 40 overs. With a very inexperienced side Graham Smith was promoted to open with Rory Green. After the early dismissal of Rory, Smith was joined by David Fahie and the two produced a great partnership of 77 runs, with Smith dominating the partnership with a career best for Mersea of 62. David Fahie would continue to the end of the innings finally running himself out off the last ball for 48 as Mersea chased 6 off the last ball for an unlikely win. As it was despite some little cameos the innings finished 5 short at 165 for 5, Amit 11 and Alex Pacey 15 adding some acceleration before Mersea fell agonisingly short. More important was the introduction of more young players who hopefully will go on to play for the club for many years.

22 LITTLE BARDFIELD VILLAGE v At Church End, Little Bardfield Sunday 17 th June 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division One Little Bardfield Village won by 3 wickets Umpires : AW Rutter + lbw Graham 8 S Mills b Graham 10 JA Tilsley b Graham 1 JI Rutter c Bass b Cooke 12 DC Taylor b Cooke 0 LV Conway * c Graham b Sargent 21 THMI Sanderson b Graham 38 DJ Lambert b Ahmed 6 DR Rumble c Bray b Sargent 6 MJ Wilkin not out 27 RL Provan b Bass 3 Extras (b 22, lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 31 Total (31.1 overs) 163 Fall of Wickets 11 (1) 19 (3) 31 (2) 32 (5) 61 (4) 65 (6) 82 (8) 107 (9) 127 (7) 163 (11) Bowling : T Graham ; R Cooke ; G Sargent ; A Ahmed ; D Bass LITTLE BARDFIELD VILLAGE P Sheridan c Conway b Wilkin 3 D Bass lbw Rumble 21 D Hymas b Conway 17 P Bray lbw Conway 0 T Graham c AW Rutter b Wilkin 30 C Gliddon not out 51 A Ahmed c JI Rutter b Sanderson 5 N Gliddon b Mills 0 S Sargent not out 25 Extras (b 2, lb 2, w 7, nb 1) 12 Total (for 7 wkts, 50.5 overs) 164 Did Not Bat : Ruffle, R Cooke Fall of Wickets 5 (1) 40 (3) 40 (4) 42 (2) 89 (5) 108 (7) 112 (8) Bowling : DR Rumble ; MJ Wilkin ; LV Conway ; THMI Sanderson ; S Mills ; JI Rutter The first eleven were left rueing some undisciplined batting on the 17 th June at Little Bardfield Village, which saw them bowled out for 163 and gifting their hosts 14 overs in their run chase. Mersea stumbled to 32 for 4, and then 107 for 8 before Tom Sanderson (38) and Matt Wilkin (27no) managed to bring some respectability to the innings. Darren Rumble (1 for 19 from 10) and Luke Conway (2 for 25 from 10) then reduced the home side to 42 for 4, and with further wickets falling they were precariously placed at 112 for 7. However, with plenty of overs in hand, sensible batting from Chris Gliddon (51no) and Simon Sargent (25no) steered the home side to a three wicket victory in the 51 st over. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : THMI Sanderson

23 2ND v LEXDEN At The Glebe, West Mersea Sunday 17 th June 2012 PiriPiri North Essex Cricket League Division Five Lexden won by 10 wickets GM Bowers b Manhire 36 NP Goodridge * b Jones 9 DC Fahie b Highfield 23 MJ Laver b Manhire 0 RC Green b Manhire 1 M Hughes + b Vandermark 9 B Clarke c Parkes b Manhire 5 TJ Vince not out 33 J Luckman c Berger b Vandermark 0 H Luckman c Seller b Manhire 1 Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 8, nb 1) 16 Total (for 9 wkts, 45 overs) 133 Did Not Bat : C Drage Fall of Wickets 29 (2) 76 (1) 77 (4) 82 (3) 85 (5) 94 (7) 109 (6) 116 (9) 133 (10) Bowling : E Vandermark ; J Summerfield ; J Jones ; A Highfield ; A Manhire LEXDEN J Jones not out 71 E Vandermark not out 53 Extras (b 8, lb 1, w 4) 13 Total (for 0 wkts, 20.2 overs) 137 Did Not Bat : A Manhire, S Berger, R Seller, A Shearman, J Morgan, A Highfield, K Parkes, J Summerfield Fall of Wickets Bowling : GM Bowers ; J Luckman ; B Clarke ; TJ Vince ; C Drage With a lot of unavailability from the regular second teamers on June 17 th it was not very surprising that an inexperienced side would suffer defeat by an unbeaten Lexden. Indeed there were no less four debutants for Mersea, all from the junior ranks who all acquitted themselves well, Ben Clarke, Callum Drage, Rory Green and Harry Luckman. Mersea batted first and were restricted to 133 for 9, with Graham Bowers (36) and Trevor Vince (33no) top scoring. Ali Manhire with 5 for 35 was Lexden s chief destroyer. In reply Mersea s bowling attack lacked teeth and the Lexden openers Jon Jones (71no) and Ed Vandermark (53no) made hay in the sunshine with an unbeaten 137 run partnership to see Lexden home to a ten wicket victory. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : GM Bowers

24 v BRANTHAM At The Glebe, West Mersea Saturday 23 rd June 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 46 runs AW Rutter c & b Cooper 15 LV Conway b Cooper 11 M White + b Powell 31 JA Tilsley st Orman b Cooper 1 JI Rutter b Nicholls 56 DC Taylor c A Uren b Cooper 4 AK Pacey lbw Cooper 5 DJ Lambert b Cooper 0 MJ Wilkin b Cooper 4 C Williams c Cooper b Uren 3 RL Provan not out 3 Extras (b 11, w 7, nb 3) 21 Total (44.2 overs) 154 Fall of Wickets 19 (2) 37 (1) 39 (4) 61 (3) 66 (6) 80 (7) 88 (8) 93 (9) 137 (10) 154 (5) Bowling : L Cooper ; A Uren ; J Powell ; T Nicholls BRANTHAM A Mayhew c Wilkin b Williams 7 A Uren c JI Rutter b Williams 0 B Chenery c JI Rutter b Williams 4 L Cooper c Williams b AW Rutter 7 S Hunt lbw Wilkin 1 D Orman + c Lambert b AW Rutter 7 R Uren b AW Rutter 0 R Chenery not out 23 J Powell not out 47 Extras (b 2, w 9, nb 1) 12 Total (for 7 wkts, 45 overs) 108 Did Not Bat : T Nicholls, R O Brien Fall of Wickets 5 (2) 13 (1) 15 (3) 16 (5) 27 (4) 27 (7) 30 (6) Bowling : MJ Wilkin ; C Williams ; LV Conway ; AW Rutter ; AK Pacey ; JI Rutter ; DC Taylor ; DJ Lambert The return match in the Two Counties with Brantham occurred a week after their first encounter, and there was a sense of familiarity about the game. Mersea batted first and the early momentum came from Matt White who blasted a rapid 31, which included three four and three sixes. Lee Cooper for the visitors was causing the home side all sorts of problems on his way to impressive figures of 7 for 36 as Mersea slumped to 93 for 8. James Rutter, a man for a crisis, as he was earlier in the season against Eight Ash Green, compiled an excellent half century and enjoyed a ninth wicket stand of 44 with Donk Williams who batted very sensibly for a valuable 3 runs. Rutter was last man out for 56 in the last over, but the Mersea score had risen to a respectable 154. The game was rapidly over as a contest as the visitors crashed to 30 for 7 Donk Williams 3 for 7 and Adam Rutter 3 for 26 causing the damage. Luke Conway bowled ten overs for just eight runs to add to the pressure. R Chenery (23no) and J Powell (47no) then put on an undefeated partnership of 78 to see the visitors close at 108 for 7, and deny Mersea full points. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : JI Rutter

25 MISTLEY v At New Road, Mistley Saturday 23 rd June 2012 Friendly Mistley won by 7 wickets NP Goodridge c Johnson b Kempster 65 DC Fahie c wktkeeper b Hood 1 A Passfield + c Hood b Johnson 27 TD Wargent lbw Hood 0 J Hoggarth c & b Crissell 23 B Clarke b Crissell 11 GS Pryke * c Spencer b Crissell 9 J Luckman b Kempster 0 A Tiwari b Johnson 2 A Porter b Johnson 5 T Daines not out 1 Extras (b 15, w 5, nb 5) 25 Total (38.1 overs) 169 Fall of Wickets 2 (2) 32 (3) 37 (4) 103 (5) 133 (6) 157 (1) 157 (8) 157 (7) 163 (10) 169 (9) Bowling : M Johnson ; K Hood ; M Garity ; G Spencer ; W Crissell ; W Kempster ; A Mills MISTLEY T Mills retired out 55 D Bishop not out 70 G Spencer c Pryke b Wargent 10 M Garity b Wargent 0 M Johnson not out 0 Extras (b 17, w 19, nb 3) 39 Total (for 3 wkts, 26.3 overs) 174 Did Not Bat : K Hood, W Crissell W Kempster, A Mills Fall of Wickets 150 (1) 164 (3) 164 (4) Bowling : A Porter ; T Daines ; A Tiwari ; J Luckman ; B Clarke J Hoggarth ; TD Wargent Mistley comfortably defeated Mersea in a friendly on 23 rd June. Mersea batted first and the innings was dominated by Neil Goodridge who made 65, although he did get good support from the consistent Adam Passfield (27) and Jason Hoggarth (23). Mersea were bowled out in the 39 th over for 169. The Mistley openers both scored half centuries as they posted 150 for the first wicket, before Mills retired out. Tom Wargent claimed two wickets in a double wicket maiden, but with D Bishop undefeated on 70 the home side got to the target with plenty in hand.

26 v HARWICH & DOVERCOURT At The Glebe, West Mersea Saturday 30 th June 2012 Marshall Hatchick Two Counties League Division Eight South West Mersea won by 67 runs S Mills c unknown b Trigg 45 LV Conway ct unknown b Trigg 5 M White b Luxford 5 LD Bruce b Fox 18 JI Rutter c unknown b Attrill 8 JA Tilsley b Atrill 1 DC Taylor c Trigg b Attrill 0 DR Rumble c unknown b Attrill 16 AK Pacey c Lewis b Fox 5 DJ Lambert c Lewis b Traynor 0 MJ Wilkin * not out 4 Extras (b 7, lb 4, w 8) 19 Total (26.4 overs) 126 Fall of Wickets 25 (2) 41 (3) 67 (1) 83 (5) 99 (4) 99 (6) 107 (7) 118 (8) 122 (9) 126 (10) Bowling : T Luxford ; D Trigg ; S Fox ; E Attrill ; R Traynor HARWICH & DOVERCOURT R Harman c Rumble b Bruce 14 S Fox c Tilsley b Wilkin 0 T Luxford c Conway b Rumble 0 B Simpson b Wilkin 11 R Traynor b Conway 19 P Brown lbw Bruce 0 P Lewis c Wilkin b Bruce 1 D Trigg b Conway 6 E Attrill not out 0 L Reynolds b Conway 0 D Taylor b Conway 0 Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 1) 8 Total (29.4 overs) 59 Fall of Wickets 0 (2) 0 (3) 23 (4) 32 (4) 32 (6) 49 (5) 59 (7) 59 (8) 59 (10) 59 (11) Bowling : DR Rumble ; MJ Wilkin ; LV Conway ; LD Bruce West Mersea made it eight wins on the bounce in Division Eight South of the Two Counties league to extend their lead in the division to 62 points, although third place Eight Ash Green do have three games in hand. Harwich & Dovercourt were the visitors to The Glebe on 30 th June, and gave the islanders a small scare. Not for the first time in the last few weeks the Mersea batsmen failed to put a big score together with only Stuart Mills (45) showing any real resistance against the visitors bowling attack as Mersea were bowled out for just 126. However, the Mersea bowlers came to the rescue once again and with skipper Matt Wilkin and Darren Rumble reducing them to 0 for 2, wickets fell all too alarmingly. Luke Conway pitched in with 4 for 10 as Harwich were shot out for just 59. MERSEA MAN OF THE MATCH : S Mills