Wizzy News 29 August 2024

Welcome to another edition of Wizzy News – our weekly roundup of news and events at Wisborough Green Cricket Club. If you missed last week’s edition please click here

A somewhat disappointing Saturday after both senior league matches had to be called off because of the weather. The Sunday Memorial game on Sunday however more than made up for the lack of cricket on Saturday with a most memorable match that went right to the wire… The game was livestreamed using ‘Frogbox’ and recorded on Youtube. Please see the link in the Memorial match report to view the match in its entirety on Youtube. Many thanks to Suzana Braddock and the team for all their efforts with bringing the livestreaming technology to the club.

Training on Friday evening

Training for the various age groups as follows this Friday :

Under 5,6 and 7 : Training has finished for the season
Under 8 and 9 : Training has finished for the season
Under 10: Final training of the session on the Green at 6pm
Under 12 and 14 : Training has finished for the season
Girls : 6:30pm – 8 pm

Honours Boards

Congratulations to all the players who feature on the Honours Board this week

Seniors End of Season Dinner

The Seniors End of Season Dinner will be taking place on Friday 27 September at the The Sir Roger Tichborne pub in Alfold – please make a note in your diaries. Places are limited so please book early.

Upcoming Fixtures

Upcoming fixtures this weekend – the penultimate week of the season :

First X1 are away to Pagham 2nd X1 on Saturday at 1pm
Second X1 are at home to Pagham 3rd X1 on Saturday at 1 pm – match to be live streamed on Playcricket
Sunday X1 are at home to Crawley on Sunday at 1 pm – match to be live streamed on Playcricket
Under 12’s have a home friendly match against Storrington on Saturday morning at 9:30 am

Please click here for all of our age group fixtures on the ECB’s Playcricket website. Fixtures are also listed in our official Fixture card, copies of which available in the Pavilion. You can also download an electronic copy of the fixture card by clicking here.

Team selections for this week

Match Reports

Memorial match

The second annual meeting of Vickery XI vs Spiersy XI didn’t disappoint!!

Vickery XI won the toss and decided to set a target
Francis combo, Frank V and Chris F, got the Vickery XI off to a decent start – compiling 10 and 18 runs respectively
Franky was run out attempting a very slow two and Franny was caught Farmer bowled Georgie
Etheridge entered the scene as if he had been practicing in secret all summer – and got a tidy 14 before getting a good one from Farms
Sadler also accelerated the run rate with a run a ball 17 before taking on the wrong arm (Sean O’Donnell with the direct hit)
Hannah Vickery bravely took the attack to the Spiers XI bowling and did brilliantly, unlucky not to get more runs before Henry Nicholls found her stumps with a straight one
Nick Lee started brightly before being bowled by the young Charlie Spiers
This bought together Dan and Willbo with Vickery XI struggling at 73-6 – Spiers XI having bowled and fielded nicely
Willbo was quickly on the attack with a 6 off his first ball
He kicked on from there and retired on 53 off just 29 balls
Dan also attacked some of the looser balls and was finally removed trying to scope Charlie but only finding the waiting Rich Nicholls – a decent 46. Vickery XI were now close to 200 but 7 down
DJ and Hector added some more quick runs to get us up to 214, with Gav and Josh adding a final run before the overs ran out
Tea was taken – and the now infamous Vickery (savoury) / Spiersy (sweet) combo did not disappoint. Best tea of the year!!
Spiers brothers Andy and Ali opened the batting and had a good battle with Gav and Joshy
Joshy made the breakthrough removing Ali for a stubborn run
Tommy came to the middle and him and Andy got Spiersy XI into the 30s before Nick Lee got Andy with a slow one – getting through his shot early with Jim Sadler doing the rest
In what would turn out to be a theme of the second innings Tommy complained he couldnt see it very well – not that it stopped him making 50
Charlie Spiers looked to just be getting in when Hector bowled him with a really good one
Sean O’Donnell came to the crease and wasvery positive, running well with Tommy and putting away the bad ball well
This got Spiersy XI over 150 before Tommy and Sean retired – both making 50
Franny, Hector, Franky, Dan and Buddy all bowled economically but with only the juniors picking up a wicket
Etheridge and Hannah combined nicely to restrict Will Spiers and Harry Hunter
Pressure was building with the runs getting tight and balls running out – this match could really go either way
Hannah Vickery got her first wicket in hard ball cricket after a great little spell
With Spiersy XI pushing for two when it wasnt there Henry Nicholls was run out
This left Farmer and George at the crease needing 26 off 2 overs
Joshy bowled the penultimate over and Farmer took him for 14
12 needed off the last – the match was setup nicely and with the sun shining brightly (🤨) Willbo came into the attack to try and close out victory
George was happy getting off strike and leaving it to Farmer to try and finish the match
Farmer went down swinging but unfortunately Will got his man with 7 still needed
Jo Spiers came to the crease and did her team proud seeing out the remaining balls with Spiersy XI coming up just 5 runs short
A huge shout out must go to Jo Spiers and Hannah Vickery – both fielded absolutely amazingly and bowled and batted brilliantly
Thank you to all those that played – it was a great game played in great spirit
Also a big thank you to Pete Klein and Darren for umpiring, Rob Knight (a great friend of Malc Spiers) for scoring and Suzanna for scoring and live streaming the cricket (yes highlights of me dismantling Farmer are available)
Family, Friends, Cricket, Fun and all whilst raising over £1400 for charity – a great tribute to the legends of the past
Already looking forward to the third match in the series next August Bank Holiday weekend – a great day to be part of whether that’s playing or supporting.

Please click here for the full scorecard

The video livestream of the match was recorded on Youtube – see below . The match starts at the 1hr 30 mark ..

**Pictured from left – Captains Andy Spiers and Dan Vickery**

**Frank Vickery keeping out a straight one**

**Will Dixon in fine form with the bat**

**Dan Vickery off his toes with Jonny Farmer looking on with great interest ..**

**Hannah Vickery in to bat for the Vickery X1**

**Jo Spiers fielding for the Spiers X1**

Under 16 Festival

Congratulations to the under 16’s who finished off their Under 16’s Festival in style with a 26 run victory against Horley on Friday. The going was tough but full marks to the players for their efforts during their Festival week