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Junior
Colts B XI
The Junior Colts B’s record for
the season – two wins, one
draw and six losses – does
not look impressive, but I was
nevertheless thrilled with the
team’s improvement as a whole
during the term.
We secured a great win over Magdalen
College School: we made 192-2, with the
captain
Toby Rooth
playing a captain’s
innings, scoring 60 not out, and in response
MCS made 97-5. The other win was a
thrilling match played against Cothill.With
the team needing 30 runs off the last 15
balls, in came
Chinweike Onwu
, who hit
a rapid 22 runs and saw us through to
victory in what had been a close game. The
JCBs also enjoyed a thriller against Elstree.
There was great teamwork and enthusiasm
throughout the game and
Ewan Gleason
and
Milo Millard
did their best to help us
get close to the opposition’s total, with
scores of 48 and 46 respectively, but we
just fell short of reaching the target. I hope
these boys continue playing cricket in
similar spirit over the years to come and I
wish them all the best in their remaining
time at Summer Fields.
Jack Spargo
Junior Colts C & D
Not everyone in this group had learned the basics of the game with
JDAN the previous summer but those who were new to cricket
applied themselves well and most improved their skills.
Everyone was keen to use a proper ball, rather
than the ‘incrediball’. Much emphasis was
placed on learning to bowl and several novices
showed promise in this department, notably
David Otegbola
and
Masato Higuchi
.When
it came to school matches, the main problem
for all was delivering six consecutive straight
(-ish) balls; luckily most of our opponents were
similarly inconsistent.
At Moulsford the JCD team played pairs
cricket and lost a close contest in which
Gerald Somovidis
hit a few boundaries (and
later gained promotion), whilst the JCCs
recorded an exciting last-ball victory in a 20-
over game.
Vladimir Nevskyy
(26), supported
by
Will Cannon
, provided the backbone to
our innings, whilst
Elliot Regazzacci
was the
pick of the bowlers (3-7). In the pairs match
against Elstree we simply didn’t take enough
wickets to reduce their total; Nevskyy was top
scorer and then promoted to JCB. In another
pairs contest at Ludgrove a satisfying win saw
two boys revealing some potential:
Zong
Yang
batted masterfully whilst
Zachary Tse
took two wickets in his two overs and, more
importantly perhaps, gave away no wides
or no-balls. In a timed game at home to the
Dragon we simply didn’t score enough runs,
althoughYang and
AustinAnite
gave us a
glimmer of hope for a short while. Back to
pairs cricket at Cothill, our innings included
very few opportunities to score with the
bat (such was the standard of the bowling!);
our hosts were always in contention as they
chased our total, until a run-out in the final
over put the game out of their reach.The
Caldicott match was, as reported elsewhere,
abandoned because of extreme weather
conditions – thus saving us from almost
certain defeat.
This was an enjoyable season with a group
of, for the most part, enthusiastic and biddable
boys.With continued application and practice,
some of them should develop into competent
cricketers. I am grateful to Mr Macdonald for
his help during the term.
Others who played for JCC were:
Ivan
Silkin, Zachary Sam-Alao, Dima Fitzherbert,
Blake Low,Tobi Amusan, Jago Barker, Mark
MacNaughton, Mubarak Tinubu, Kent
Horiguchi
and
MylesWilliams.
APWB
Junior Colts C XI
Opposition
Result
Runs
Details
For Against
Moulsford
Won 115-4 112-7
Nevskyy 26, Regazzacci 3-7
Lambrook
Cancelled
Elstree
Lost
271
315
Ludgrove
Won 339
277
Dragon
Lost
69
71-4
Cothill
Won 250
235
Caldicott
166-5
MatchAbandoned
Junior Colts D XI
Opposition
Result
Runs
Details
For Against
Moulsford
Lost
132
148
Lambrook
Cancelled
Junior Colts B XI
Opposition
Result
Runs
Details
For Against
Caldicott
Lost
36
37-0
Magdalen College School
Won 192-2 97-5
Bowlby 29*, Gleason E 29*, RoothT 60*
Moulsford
Lost
81
82-3
Lambrook
Cancelled
Elstree
Lost
132 141-3
Gleason E 48, Millard M 46
Ludgrove
Lost
54
221-6
Dragon
Lost
108-7 109-6
Cothill
Won 97-6
96
Caldicott
140-3
MatchAbandoned
Cheam
Won 85-5 84-3
Loxton-Edwards 35
S u m m e r F i e l d s
2 0 1 5 – 2 0 1 6
100