2020 Season Review

Smith and Ward (KL) lead the way in Village Cup victory

Reed faced local rivals Hare Street and Hormead in the First Round of the 2021 National Village Cup. Having lost the toss, Reed were put into bat. and were in trouble at 13 for 2 after just 5 overs. A century partnership between Stuart Smith and Kallum Ward led the revival. Once Ward was out for 61 off just 46 balls, skipper Ed Garrott took up the reins with a further 70 runs added before Smith fell for 75 off 83 deliveries. Garrott (49) fell agonisingly short of his fifty. Michael Robertson (39) added some useful late runs with the lower order. Reed finished on 271 for 7 off their 40 overs. Hare Street opened their batting with former Reed colt Reece Fitzgerald and Hugh McNamara. McNamara fell early bowled lbw by Julien Fynn (5-0-25-1). Fitzgerald and Steel set about upping the run rate, Fitzgerald was out for exactly 50 with the score 99 for 2. Reed now tightened the screw in the middle overs with Giblin (8-1-14-3) and Garrott (8-0-41-1) leaving the visitors on 116 for 5, Chris Jordan supported Steel through a 47-run partnership for the 6th wicket, before Rupert Martin (7.5-0-44-2) and Karl Ward (6-0-44-2) returned to wrap up the innings for 169 in the 35th Over. The hard-hitting Steel might have brought-off a miracle if he had continued, and was tantalisingly close to a three-figure score when he was out, much to the relief of the Reed faithful. Reed now face Preston in the 2nd Round on 9th May after they had beaten Sharnbrook & Brougham comfortably in their Round 1 tie. Match report submitted by Neil Haslam.

By |2021-04-27T09:17:51+01:00April 26th, 2021|Categories: 2020 Season Review, 2021 Match Report, Match Reports|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Smith and Ward (KL) lead the way in Village Cup victory

Award Winners, 2020 season

Winners of the Club Awards were announced during the recent AGM; congratulations to them all. The Diana Field Cup Award is for the best individual performance of the year. WILLIAM HESLAM The Tony Bysouth Cup Awarded to the best / most improved young player in Open-Age (Adult) cricket. CHARLIE WALTERS The Mike Jackson Cup Awarded to the U15 player who made the most important contributions to Open-Age (Adult) cricket during the year. WILLIAM ARCHER Special Award In recognition for the work "Behind the Scenes" during the Coronavirus Pandemic. MICK AND MARGARET WATSON Special Award In recognition of services to the club RICHARD ROBERTSON Club Captain's Award Given by the Club Captain to any Club Member whom he / she believes has committed themselves to the Club that year over and above the call of duty. For commitment to the Club during the Coronavirus Pandemic. BETHAN SMITH 1st XI Batsman MITCHELL COOPER 1st XI Bowler JACK TIDEY 1st XI Players' Player of the Year JACK TIDEY 2nd XI Batsman CHRIS JACKSON 2nd XI Bowler RUPERT MARTIN 2nd XI Players' Player of the Year CHRIS JACKSON 3rd XI Batsman ROB WILLOUGHBY 3rd XI Bowler OWEN HUGHES 3rd XI Players' Player of the Year - The Steve Lovegrove Memorial Trophy ROB WILLOUGHBBY To see all the winners in previous years, going back almost 60 years, go to HISTORY then click on SEASONS AWARDS. There are some familiar and some not so familiar names listed.

By |2021-02-28T14:24:12+00:00February 28th, 2021|Categories: 2020 Season Review|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Award Winners, 2020 season

Honorary Secretary’s Report, 2020

I am assuming that you won’t want my annual report to be peppered with all those words that we had never needed to use in our cricketing lexicon before, so let’s get them out of the way in the first paragraph – unprecedented, truncated, sanitizer, restricted, lockdown, PPE, running-lane, Covid, furlough, Coronavirus, pandemic, remote, roadmap for return, virtual, self-isolation, facemask, government advice, bubble, social distancing – the list goes on and I’m sure you can add a few of your own. I’ll try not to repeat them! At the AGM in November 2019 Sean Tidey departed the General Committee because he was too old to remain the Under 25 Representative! Rhodri Hughes succeeded him. Rhodri was also elected as the Third Team Captain and Matt Bowles became Vice-Captain of the Second XI. Julien Fynn joined the General Committee (Without Portfolio) and after several decades, Jonathan Fynn decided to cease auditing duties and nominated another of his sons, Alec, to take over from him. The General Committee consists of 24 people and it met in January and March as normal then via Zoom from June onwards. Whilst never getting a full-house, (the best was 21 attending in July), overall average attendance was 76.56% over the year with 5 members having a 100% record. Additionally the Executive Committee met three times. Exigent Club business and all periphery issues affected by the Government’s and ECB’s rules continued to be administered by close contact between Committee members using available electronic wizardry. Good news on the Inspection front - North Herts District Council, (NHDC), assessed us as being low risk relating to the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013. And the annual inspection of our Fire Extinguishers was satisfactory. [...]

By |2021-02-27T18:00:35+00:00January 21st, 2021|Categories: 2020, 2020 AGM, 2020 Season Review, AGM, Season Review|Tags: , |Comments Off on Honorary Secretary’s Report, 2020

End of Season Reviews, Captains & Colts’ Managers

1st XI REPORT 2020 A lot of positives to take out of a very strange first Premier League season. We managed to get 8 games in and although we only won 1, we pushed most teams hard and made a bit of a name for ourselves in the League that we won’t be push overs. Will Heslam made a sublime 100 whilst chasing 227 over at Welwyn. A game in which ex-Test match player Owais Shah was playing. We ended 7 runs short in one of the games of the season. This ended up being a bit of a habit and probably a lack of experience at the top level cost us a couple of times. However huge positives were to be taken from performances by Jack Tidey in particular. Home grown and proving to be the number 1 bowler in the Premier League at his first time of asking was a huge achievement and I’m sure only a small sign of things to come. Mitchell Cooper also played superbly well averaging well into the 40s showing great maturity with the bat coupled with ball striking on another level. We hope that things get back to some kind of normality for the 2021 season. With plenty of positives to take into the spring my hope is that we can maintain our Premier League status, look to continue to build our squad and play lots of entertaining cricket at the green. In the meanwhile I hope you all stay safe, and that current times will all be a distant memory soon. Fingers crossed I’ll share a cold one with you all during the summer. Go well! Tom Greaves, Club Captain, RCC. ************************************************** 2nd XI REPORT 2020 [...]

By |2021-02-27T18:02:46+00:00January 21st, 2021|Categories: 2020, 2020 Season Review, Season Review|Tags: , , |Comments Off on End of Season Reviews, Captains & Colts’ Managers
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