2010 Season
Played 22: Won 13: Lost 7: Drawn 2: (Cancelled /abandoned 4)
Highlights
Batting (100s)
Jo Weaving - 150 vs Englefield
Patrick Chichester - 117 vs Straggers of Asia
Coyney? - 115 vs Winchester 2nd XI
Jo Weaving - 114* vs Midhurst
Archie Hill - 112 vs Berkshire Gents
Henry Hickman - 100* vs Midhurst
Bowling (5 wickets)
Tim Kittoe - 5 - 30 vs Dunsfold
Rupert Allan - 5 for 38 vs Guards
Jo Weaving - 5 for 45 vs Chelsea Arts Club
2010 Season - Match Reports
17 April 2010 - Rugby XXII - Drawn
BCC – 209 for 9
Rugby XXII – 170 for 8
Greeted by beautiful sun and on paper a rather good batting (if not bowling) side we
coerced the boys and their coach into letting us have a bat.
As suspected with an early season game the majority of our players looked good for 20
before either missing a straight one or chipping on straight to a fielder. The exceptions to
this were Fergus Maclehose who looked good for all of half a delivery (perfect forward
defence) but sadly down the wrong line, and George Mallet who didn’t even look good for
half a ball yet eeked his way to a top score of 32. Our constant fall of wicket made the
game quite interesting until our inverted batting line up showed its real talent with 10 and
11 adding a quick 50 with Freddie Chalk pummelling the boundary. We finally declared
on 209-9.
Bowling on paper looked a little tougher but having talked Fergus into reverting back to
pace rather than offspin, and Matt Wallis to take off the keeping gloves we had a
fearsome opening attack. All the boys seemed to enjoy swinging the bat, we enjoyed
outrageous fielding positions but sadly the Pimms and the natural remedies provided by
Mr Garrett had an effect on our fielding, most particularly George Mallet who looked like a
mixture between being lost and having a morbid fear of the ball. Jonathan White bowled
some beautiful leg spin taking 4 wickets but sadly our bowling/fielding was summed up by
Joe Weaving’s despairing and completely hopeless diving catch 2 overs from the end.
The boys finished on 170-8.
A great day was had by all, especially those of us who were nearly lured into staying the
night in Rugby by rather overzealous and ale laced teachers. “I’ve a sofa you can
share… I’m sure my wife won’t mind”.
24 April 2010 - Westminster 1st XI - Lost by 7 wickets
Butterflies - 113 all out
Westminster - 114 for 3
A Somewhat Delayed Debrief on the Butterflies Vs Westminster School Game:
Irritating, disappointing and annoying things:
- Last time I sat down to address this task I received a short but stinking email from Hon
Sec Cobb, which put me right off the subject, causing some delay, and my broadband
service has been on blink for last 5 days, hence further delay. Bah
- We lost the game pretty heavily (7 wickets?) - I thought I'd wait until I was in a good
mood to write it up, but how long can the task wait? not long enough evidently...
- Our umpire pitched-up with no ball or score sheet. I actually got a ball off the school,
however the absence of scoresheet means I cannot be absolutely accurate in my figures
here. Unfortunately Cobb has taken a copy so the grizzly details are recorded
somewhere in butterflies archives.
- We batted like under 14 schoolgirls. Only Joe Weaving concentrated for any significant
stretch, and he got to late 20's before patting one back to the off spinner. I think his
wicket was the only one not to be taken by one of the 2 Westminster School opening
bowlers. Jones, the left armer with 4-30 and Fitzsimons, bowling right-arm lanky, with 528, dismissed the whole goddarn batting line up for a paltry 120 or something.
- This total could have been even worse as I have a hazy memory of seeing 32-6 on the
scoreboard at one point. 5,6 & 7 were all out for 0 - Poor old Spencer Crawley forgot to
even try to hit the ball, Buddy Mason did try to hit it, but missed a peculiar french-cricket
style shot and was bowled, and Matt Cornes was good enough to hit the ball, but only as
far as the slips.
- We dropped loads of catches (one behind stumps, a simple high one, couple of flat
ones back to bowlers, all alongside a few other half-chances). Also Buddy Mason,
bowling at a lively lick, and fresh from his boast in the dressing room that he had "...not
bowled a single wide or no-ball for the last 2 seasons", managed to bowl his best and
only potentially-wicket-taking ball from just in front of the popping crease.
- The schoolboys had just returned from a tour of Barbados... I mean bloody hell. Who'd
have thought we're in middle of a recession? No bloody wonder they were bowling good
lines & lengths and holding onto catches...
Humbug
Good, pleasing and happy things:
- Franklin the new groundsman appears to be doing a good job. He seems a very nice
fellow, and the pitch is better than it has been for many years (in an all-round cricketing
sense). The atmosphere in the pavillion and ground in general is also vastly improved
under his control.
- After being bowled for 0 playing no shot and missing a simple skyer in the field, Spencer
Crawley held on to his second very similar chance. Also Matt Richardson did hold onto
the only chance off my bowling!
- Buddy Mason bowled with a ridiculous bandana round his head, but he did bowl pretty
well - quickly and with good accuracy and control. Equally pleasing was that the
schoolboys played it pretty well. Not adventurous (just runs down to third man in main),
but with bravery and sound technique
- Actually our bowling was not too bad all round. Benny Hyam bowled very competitvely
and well, Japhet was looking pretty useful until he hurt his hand dropping a c&b chance,
Weaving also bowled some useful offies. Ed Garrett relatively tidy behind stumps aside
from aforementioned drop.
- Westminster Fitzsimons took MoM for 5 wicket haul. I hope & expect a few of this
generation to play some good Butterflies cricket in years to come. Paperwork in post...
Interestingly, several claim to be "gun fielders", and one even has a "nifty knuckle ball" to
offer... hmmmm
- All sorts of lovely families and friends turned-up, it was lovely weather, and those who
did not care about the shambolic Butterflies performance seemed to have had a great
day.
6th May 2010 - Eton XXII - Lost by 80 runs
Eton - 270 for 7 (35 overs)
BCC - 190 all out
Hon secretary and match manager (Cobb and Newall) arrived in good time, good form!
Hon secretary started our ignominious day by unfurling our glorious colour up the fine flag
pole on ...... the wrong pitch! Fabulous mis communication on the wonderful levels of
school incompetence, BCC had been posted to play Middle Club on Mespots
(Mesopotamia). Luckily this did not mean a complete upheaval to Constinantinople, but a
short trek across the road. I think we were initially a little disappointed to be playing the
4th XI and also at being shifted from Agars, but hey, got to go with the flow. I was
planning on having a word with the master in charge once we had ceremoniously put the
Eton boys to the sword, although Cobbie decided to have a pop prior to the game! You
will see that my tactic of waiting was probably the wiser!
We inserted the Eton boys on the news that four of them had voted that morning for
UKIP, thinking that they needed a bit of medicine from their older and wiser OE's. Thank
god the rest of the country had more sense. Charlie O'Brian toiled away, finally getting a
wicket on the last ball of this very tidy 7 over spell. Tremmers, well tremmers trundled and
was responsible for the two openers. I think the best thing to be said that 10 fielders were
not enough to stem the flow of runs emanating from free hitting young Etonians who were
relishing the fact that a session of care free hitting was a fair attack against a bunch of
slow moving over 40's.
Middle order lads got stuck in and made hay, a 79 and an 81 from numbers 3 and 5
respectively, moved the score on and after 35 over, they posted 270 for 7. Ouch. Further
wickets from Will Leschallas, Charlie Frank and Cobb(2!).
Willie Boone opened and a brilliant 82 was much needed, backed up ably by Will
Leschallas with 32. As we had lost Willie on the boundary for much of the fielding innings,
was all the more impressive that he refound his concentration and got his head down.
Well done. A few cheap wickets lead to Newall and Seligman coming in for 32 quick runs
off 8 balls, when we still needed 12 an over for an improbably victory! As these things
happen, it was not to be and we were all out (9 down) for 173.
Victory last year against the second X1 was a fine day, sadly defeat to the 4th XI was
less so this year, but the sun shone, the company was good and the playing fields of
Eton were about to produce another Prime Minister.
16th May 2010 - Midhurst - Won by 81 runs
Rumour of a victory from Midhurst .... "we trounced them - won the toss and batted, we
got 261-3 off 40 overs. Unbeaten centuries from Henry Hickman and Joe Weaving, then
we bowled them out for about 180 off 34 overs. 3 wkts for Wakely, 3 for Hyam, the rest
scattered around. Really excellent stand by Hickman and Weaving, who
put on something like 180 together".
Apparently a full match report to follow .........
20th May 2010 - Bradfield 2nd XI - Lost by 128 runs
Bradfield - 276 for 4
BCC
- 148 all out
On a muggy warm day, Butterflies won the toss and fielded. The school were contained
on a very good pitch with some good bowling from guests Nick Heater and Steve
Medhurst. We bowled and fielded well all morning but only achieved 2 wickets for 140 at
lunch (which was excellent as usual--including wine!)
After lunch Charlie Mayes had a very good spell coupled with another good spinner guest
Andy Collins. Jamie Cobb then came on and took 2 wickets. Declaration came at 276-4
off 58 overs
A good start by the Butterflies - Matthew Richardson scoring 42 and putting on over 60
for the first wicket with the chairman. Then the collapse started with wickets falling
frequently. Their spinner took 52 for 8 which certainly flattered him as he was not that
good! Butterflies ended up with 146 with 19 overs left in the day - a most disappointing
batting performance ...
22nd May 2010 - Hurlingham - Won by 77 runs
BCC
- 256 all out
Hurlingham - 179 all out
Word reaches the Butterflies CC Internet Centre that "It was a really spirited all round
performance from a young team"
Butterflies
Jonathan Best
Joe Weaving
Alex Fisken
Matthew Richardson *
Anthony Jackson +
Henry Hickman
Jeremy Holt
Rupert Rowland Clark
George Mallet
Tim Kittoe
Benny Hyam
Extras
Total
ct
LBW
ct
ct
Not Out
R
19
0
4
3
54
86
b Brooksbank
4
b Brooksbank
1
b Kennedy
38
b Edward Beckwith
20
8
b Brooksbank
0
()
254
( all out , 50.3 overs)
b
b
b
b
Brooksbank
Brooksbank
Brooksbank
Lyon
Fall Of Wickets
7-1 Joe Weaving; 11-2 Alex Fisken; 29-3 Jonathan Best; 33-4 Jeremy Holt;
42-5 Matthew Richardson; 110-6 Anthony Jackson; 115-7 Rupert Rowland Clark; 224-8 George Mallet;
234-9 Henry Hickman; 254-10 Benny Hyam;
Hurlingham CC
Andrew Scott
James Defty
Holland
Tremayne
Razvi +
Kennedy *
Brooksbank
Edward Beckwith
ct Rupert Rowland Clark b Tim Kittoe
ct George Mallet
b Rupert Rowland Clark
ct Matthew Richardson b Rupert Rowland Clark
b Alex Fisken
ct Tim Kittoe
b Benny Hyam
ct Jeremy Holt
b Benny Hyam
b Joe Weaving
ct Joe Weaving
b Joe Weaving
R
8
16
6
17
13
19
34
33
B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4s
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6s
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9 0 0 0
3 0 0 0
16 0 0 0
b Jeremy Holt
0
()
( all out , 48.1 overs) 189
Saeed Hatteea
Lyon
Not Out
Robert Jenkins
Extras
Total
b Jeremy Holt
Bowling
O
6
6
13
15
5
3.1
Rupert Rowland Clark
Tim Kittoe
Benny Hyam
Alex Fisken
Joe Weaving
Jeremy Holt
M
2
1
3
4
1
1
R
15
28
49
67
17
3
W
2
1
2
1
2
2
Nb
0
0
0
0
0
0
Wd
0
0
0
0
0
0
30th May 2009 - Sandhurst Wanderers - Cancelled
12th June 2010 - Charterhouse 2nd XI - Won by 10 wickets
Charterhouse - 152 all out
BCC
- 153 for 0
Charterhouse School - 2nd XI
R
Wise * +
ct Joe Weaving
b Zuhair Mirza
15
Hasan
ct Joe Weaving
b Zuhair Mirza
5
Rhind-Tutt
ct Jonathan Brewer
b Rupert Paul
8
b Rupert Paul
19
b Rupert Paul
2
b Rupert Paul
0
Manton
Church
ct Jonathan Brewer
Moseley
Knight
ct Joe Weaving
b Julian Hill
12
Schmitt
ct Somerled Macdonald
b Joe Weaving
44
Allen
ct Somerled Macdonald
b Zain Mirza
15
Ferguson
LBW
b Freddie Chalk
16
Extras
( 4b 5w 1nb )
10
Total
(10 wickets)
152
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Nb
Wd
Freddie Chalk
7
1
15
1
0
0
Zuhair Mirza
5
0
28
2
0
0
Rupert Paul
5
1
19
4
0
0
4.3
0
7
1
0
0
Julian Hill
4
0
22
1
0
0
Zain Mirza
4
0
25
1
0
0
George Mallet
3
0
37
0
0
0
Joe Weaving
Butterflies CC
R
David Stranger-Jones
Retired Not Out
35
Joe Weaving
Not Out
71
37
George Mallet
Not Out
Jonathan Brewer
Did Not Bat
Freddie Chalk
Did Not Bat
Julian Hill
Did Not Bat
Rupert Paul
Did Not Bat
Somerled Macdonald +
Did Not Bat
Zain Mirza
Did Not Bat
Zuhair Mirza
Did Not Bat
Simon North *
Did Not Bat
Extras
( 2lb 8w 2nb )
12
Total
(0 wickets)
155
13th June 2010 - Stragglers of Asia - Drawn
BCC
- 334 for 5
SoA
- 262 for 4
Butterflies CC
R
Patrick Chichester
Mark Fenn
Joe Weaving
Michael Bailey +
James Bailey
George Mallet
Tom Everitt
Jamie Cobb
Freddie Chalk
Rupert Rowland Clark *
Harry Chichester
ct
ct A Hooper
ro J Allsop
ct
Not Out
117
36
68
41
52
8
b M Hunt
b A Hooper
b I Perry
b J Allsop
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
Extras
Total
( 3b 3lb 4w 1nb )
(5 wickets dec)
11
334
Stragglers of Asia
R
13
C Brown
b Freddie Chalk
T Bostock
b Mark Fenn
104
b Jamie Cobb
b Freddie Chalk
104
7
7
7
A Hooper
I Perry
J Allsop
S Prodger
M Hunt
N Trapino +
P McDuell
A Perry *
Unsure
Extras
Total
Not Out
ct Rupert Rowland Clark
ct Michael Bailey
Not Out
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
Did Not Bat
()
(4 wickets)
0
262
Bowling
Patrick Chichester
Rupert Rowland Clark
O
4
5
M
0
2
R
18
14
W
0
0
Nb
0
0
Wd
0
0
Freddie Chalk
James Bailey
Joe Weaving
Tom Everitt
Mark Fenn
Jamie Cobb
9
1
11
3
8
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
38
10
61
43
52
19
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20th June 2010 - Englefield CC - Won by 160 runs
BCC
- 358 off 40 overs
Englefield - 198
After the usual difficulty raising a side we turned up with numerous debutants who proved
too young fit and able for an Englefield Sunday XI.
In bright sunshine Patrick Cobb won an important toss given a number of sore heads on
the butterflies team. Guy Bomford and David Stranger-Jones laid the foundations each
reaching 50 with conviction and ease within the first 12 overs. However just when it
appeared as though the rest of us would be forced to sunbathe all day a rush of blood to
the head of David saw him charging down the track only to effectively shoulder arms and
continue walking to the pavilion bar.
Some improved consistency and accuracy in the bowling saw the run rate slow as
Englefield picked up another couple of wickets. This brought skipper Weaving to the
crease and some friendly bowling (some from a 12 year old boy), a few pre-innings ales
and a short boundary convinced him golf shots were the order of the day from the off.
After watching Houghton sky a full toss from a minor, and stealing the strike from Jolyon
for the majority of the last 10 overs Weaving reached 150 leaving the butterflies at 358 off
the 40 overs.
A tough task from the off the opposition never looked like keeping up with the run rate or
even keeping wickets in hand against Warburton and Harper, contrasting openers, one
short and sharp the other lumbering and pedestrian, both styles combined well to pick up
wickets. Even with some clangers in the field, Howarth (whose bowling was not much
better), Cobb, Weaving, Bordell (numerous times) the Butterflies picked up wickets
consistently. Cobb, Weaving and Jolyon each picking up a few before Warburton and
Bomford (bowling Afridi pace leg spin) came back to finish the job. Outstanding fielding
must go to Houghton for his diving effort at short extra to remove his tormentor while he
was batting and cause the young boy to all but burst into tears. TFC award goes to Mr
Howarth. And best bowler to Harry Warburton with a 4 for (I think) as we bowled them out
for under 200.
Thoroughly enjoyable game, glad to have Englefield back on the fixture list and next year
they promise to bring a few stronger players.
Thanks to all who played
22nd June 2010 - Winchester College 2nd XI - Won by 123 runs
BCC
- 313
Winchester 2nd X1 - 190
Team: Patrick Houghton, Michael Brookes, James Clements, Charles Jenkins, Nick
James, James Rowland Clarke, Ben Donald, James Coyne, James Bailey, Michael
Bailey, Patrick Cobb,
The team descended on to Meads, voted most beautiful ground in the country by 63336
(AQA) on what could only be described as a scorcher. Skipper for the day, Bailey Jr,
made the slightly forced decision to bat; a few players were stopping off to get the papers
and snacks (absolutely crucial so they were duly forgiven). BCC were off to a slow and
gentle start as Houghton and Brookes found their way and we didn’t really get in to the
runs (Clements making a solid 3) before Jenkins steadied the ship with a fine 49. The
Winchester bowlers kept a steady line and a lot of petulant chat in the field got under the
skins of the middle order. Rowland Clarke, a very big name in the cricketing public school
circle was clean bowled for 2 leaving us at 86-6. What the boys did not however realise
was that we had a few big tricks up our sleeve, they came in the form of Coyne and
Bailey senior and big was definitely the word of the day. Messrs Coyne and Bailey took
apart the flat 2’s bowling and really showed why these boys were in the 2s. A stunning
118 from Coyne and an unconventional 62* from Bailey Snr. This was added to by a brief
30 from the skip and the side finished with a highly respectable 313.
The response from the boys was limited with a few of them getting their eyes in but the
ferocious bowing of Coyne and a very tight Allen kept them in check. Their number 5,
Allan scored a solid 54* and will be a future recruit the way Cobb is pursuing him. Some
scintillating catches were held in the slips,:‘Brog’ Brookes, in particular, redeeming
himself for the limited batting display by using some absurd magnetic field-like ability to
attract the ball and the Winchester team was dispatched for 190. Cobb as per usual was
hit for some big runs but also got his own back with some clever field placings. It was a
fantastic day out, bring on Lords next year!
24th June 2010 - Harrow 2nd XI
Harrow 2nd XI - 216 for 9
BCC
- 190 all out
At 2pm on a beautiful sunny day the Butterflies XI congregated at the Richardson pavilion
on the Philathletic pitches at Harrow School and their skipper lost the toss. Once more
James Virgin was oversubscribed for this fixture but he had strong line up.
Fielding first, the opening bowlers began badly, Aki Onitri and Al Hill, let slip 60 or so runs
at above 10 runs an over in what was only a 35 over game. To be fair it was a good
batting display, particularly their number one Alex Poole, a boy only in the Vth Form, who
was using a Mongoose bat – he pulled or hooked most things for 4 or 6.
The second partnership faired better – Charles Wilce began to spin his offy’s reliably and
Charlie Reid delivered his flat, spiky, heavy medium paced balls on a tight line and to
great effect nicking 4 wickets with one brilliant low catch from young Callum Berrill. Their
run rate dropped to only four an over.
The attack was strengthened by the introduction of Callum Berrill to bowl and his bright,
sharp, pacy bowling probably should have opened the innings – he bowled dangerously
to no avail before pulling up with an ankle injury after about five overs.
Jeremy Lloyd-Jones introduced his left arm round off-spin and bowled very well taking 2
wickets and was briefly supported by Hugh Seligman before All Hill and Charlie Reid took
back the ball to close their innings. They ended 216 for 9.
After a good tea, Callum Berrill impressed people with a fast but controlled 30 before
slashing at a wide ball and surprisingly being caught by the wicket keeper. At the other
end Peter Haughton, not used to opening the innings, made Chris Tavare look flashy.
Charlie Reid at three batted excellently taking 72 runs and after 25 overs the Butterflies
looked set to win with 150 runs – sadly he was out short of his century and left Charlie
Jenkins to do the cleaning up. Charlie looked good, striking the ball well but the other end
let us down, with toss loser James Virgin getting a duck and then Al Hill following suit
after five. A collapse was confirmed when Ayas Fallon Khan lost his wicket cheaply and
Jeremy Lloyd Jones also was adjudged clean bowled.
The Butterflies ended on 190 all out, 26 runs shy of a cracking victory. The man of the
match was awarded to Harrovian Will Findly who had batted well for 55 runs.
27th June 2010 - Eton Ramblers - Cancelled
Eton Ramblers couldn't raise a side ... maybe something to do with the Football ?!?!
11th July 2010 - Hampshire Hogs - Won by 111 runs
BCC
198 all out
Hogs
87 all out
With some trepidation the Butterflies descended on Warnford having not won there for a
number of years.
A classic Butterflies team of possibly strong but probably brittle won the toss and decided
to bat. After a solid start by Garrett E and Ferg Maclehose the Flies reached 40 odd
without loss. The latter put a(n above) waist high full toss to cover and the brittle element
of the side came through spectacularly. Garrett LBW next over, Harrap blatantly running
out the VERY in form Weaving, small contributions from Paull, Garrett R and our special
guest Tom, a totally brainless four balls from Frederick Chalk (by the way Fred somehow
or another your shirt ended up in my bag if you're wondering where it is!), a brief cameo
from Rowland Clark and some decent crease occupation from O'Connor up to lunch
meant that we were in the rather sorrowful state of 127 for 7. A couple of quick wickets
after lunch and we were 134 for 9, an incredibly sensible and unusually mature final
wicket stand between G Tregoning and N Harrap of 64 meant that we at least had
something to bowl to, however on a good track and a lightening out field it felt as though
it was never going to be enough.
R. Rowland Clark coming down the hill, F Chalk, after his headless batting display, up the
hill. The wind was perfect for their respective away and in swing. Before tea Fred did the
damage with their opening bat yorking himself, the other opener chipping a ball to short
extra and then their best player, Peter Came, became very concerned when one of
Fred's devilishly slow deliveries caught the end of his thumb, this seemed to play slightly
on his mind and blocked a full toss straight to cover for a smart catch. Tea 39 for 3 and
we were in with a sniff!
After tea it was all about Rowland Clark, he found great rhythm and a classic over of 3
consecutive play and misses ended with a catch behind where Ed (this time) made no
mistake. The threat of being told that it was his last over made Rupert continue getting a
wicket per over and with Weaving picking up a couple of wickets at the end it meant that
in a total of only 26 overs the Hogs had been bowled out for 87.
A great and consistent bowling spell by the openers meant the captains could make
some unorthodox field settings which obviously totally confused the batsman into giving
their wickets away, bowlers were ably supported by some tidy catching, except by the
brainless batter who obviously wanted to stop Rupert getting five for!
Many thanks to all of you who played, a good win!
Butterflies
Edward Garrett +
Fergus Maclehose
Joe Weaving
Nick Harrap *
James Park
Robert Garrett
Rupert Rowland Clark
Freddie Chalk
Mike O Connor
Tom Davenport
Guy Tregoning
Extras
Total
LBW
ct J Price
ro
LBW
b Dick Aldridge
b M Goodeve-Docker
b Peter Came
b M Goodeve-Docker
b M Goodeve-Docker
b M Lowe
b M Lowe
b M Lowe
b I Chakrabati
ct M Goodeve-Docker
st Fred Palmer
ct
ct Fred Palmer
Not Out
( 4b 4lb 16w )
( all out , 42.3 overs)
R
15
28
5
69
5
0
16
2
4
5
25
24
198
B 4s
29
3
26
6
15
0
95 11
7
0
4
0
15
0
4
0
23
0
7
0
30
0
6s
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Fall Of Wickets
46-1 Fergus Maclehose; 46-2 Edward Garrett; 60-3 Joe Weaving; 64-4 James Park;
76-5 Robert Garrett; 106-6 Rupert Rowland Clark; 108-7 Freddie Chalk; 129-8 Mike O'Connor;
134-9 Tom Davenport; 198-10 Nick Harrap;
Hampshire Hogs
T Tennant +
J Price
M Costin
Peter Came
I Chakrabati
M Goodeve-Docker
A Styleman
Fred Palmer
M Lowe
T Cradduck
Dick Aldridge *
Extras
Total
b Freddie Chalk
b Freddie Chalk
b Freddie Chalk
b Freddie Chalk
b Rupert Rowland Clark
b Rupert Rowland Clark
b Rupert Rowland Clark
b Joe Weaving
b Joe Weaving
b Rupert Rowland Clark
ct Nick Harrap
ct Fergus Maclehose
ct Guy Tregoning
ct Edward Garrett
LBW
ct Nick Harrap
ct Mike O'Connor
Not Out
( 1lb )
( all out , 25.5 overs)
R
16
5
5
10
1
2
21
1
13
5
0
8
87
B
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4s
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6s
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Fall Of Wickets
22-1 ; 25-2 ; 39-3 ; 42-4 ; 42-5 ; 48-6 ; 67-7 ; 71-8 ; 81-9 ; 87-10 ;
Bowling
Rupert Rowland Clark
Freddie Chalk
Joe Weaving
O
13
10
2.5
M
3
3
0
R
43
31
12
W
4
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12th July 2010 - Old Westminsters - Lost by 10 wickets
Not much detail, but this short report so far
"The game against Westminster was a 10 wicket loss for the Butterflies. Butterflies batted
first scored 204 having been c.40-4. Kershen scored a ton in the OW response. There
was also a Butterflies ton but I can’t find the scoresheet to give you a name."
Does anyone know who the centurion was?
13th July 2010 - Sherbourne Pilgrims - Cancelled
BCC unable to raise a team....
31st July 2010 - Guards - Won by 8 wickets
Guards
- 189 all out
BCC
- 190 for 2
Team: M. Richardson, M Bailey, J, Weaving, A Worthington, N Darlington, A HughesOnslow, J Butler, R Allan, D Allan, T Kittoe and R Rowland-Clark (c)
When the Butterflies skipper arrived at Burton Court on an overcast morning he was
greeted with a very unusual spectacle: half his side were warming up in one of the nets.
Even worse, the entire Guards team were warming up in the other net. After an
emergency meeting, skippers of both teams agreed to try and bring an end to this
ungentlemanly conduct.
After the Butterflies skipper lost the toss and the Guards elected to bat (a decision that
the Guards' skipper went on to rue), the Butterflies took to the field with only 10 men.
Whilst Messrs Kittoe and Rowland-Clark bowled tight opening spells (Kittoe in particular
extracting some lively bounce from the 'ridge end' and bowling several unplayable
deliveries), the Guards opening batsmen rode their luck and put on a solid opening
partnership. Little did the Guards know that the Butterflies skipper had unwittingly kept his
two secret weapons - the Allan brothers - in reserve. After some swopping of ends,
Rupert Allan replaced Kittoe at the ridge end and cut through the Guards side like a hot
knife through butter with his away swinging seamers - he ended with very impressive and
thoroughly deserved figures of 5-39 (the first Butterflies pfeiffer of the season). Rupert
was ably assisted at the other end by his older (?) brother Duncan who proved his
skipper wrong by taking wickets at an end that had hitherto been comparatively lifeless.
Facing a low score, the Guards' tail showed some impressive resistance and wagged
semi-furiously when it took advantage of some wayward bowling from James "Jimmy"
Butler, who had finally graced us with his presence at 3pm. With the Butterflies skipper
off the field receiving treatment to an injured wrist, Jimmy finally put an end to the Guards
stubborn last wicket stand and the Butterflies were faced with a total of 189 to beat.
Overall it was an impressive effort in the field with some sharp fielding from Darlington
and Hughes-Onslow.
There was much debate between innings as to whether the steepling bounce of the ridge
end meant that this was a competitive total. It soon became clear that it was not, as
openers Bailey and Richardson, though occasionally unsettled by the hand grenades of
Corporal Bent, set out about the Guards bowling with relish. Richardson's luck finally ran
out when he was caught on 26. This sent Bailey into overdrive who, with the assurance of
the steady Weaving (a veritable run machine this season) at the other end, stroked one
majestic boundary after another. Unfortunately, Bailey ended his innings on 77 (off just
44 deliveries) and was replaced by Worthington. Weaving and Worthington (both
unbeaten at the end on 42 and 23, respectively) looked resolute in defence and with
some style they eased the Butterflies to an 8 wicket victory.
Whilst the Guards' decision to bat first certainly enabled the Butterflies to benefit most
from the conditions, this was still a very good all-round performance from a young and
well motivated side. After the game the two teams made their way to the Phoenix for a
few pints and a debrief.
Thanks to the Guards and their skipper for their hospitality and another fun game and
also to our excellent scorer, Oliver Cohen.
2nd August 2010 - Brook - Lost
No details yet.....
8th August 2010 - HAC - Lost by 5 runs
HAC
- 155 all out
BCC
- 150 all out
With the match due to start at 12.30, half of the Butterflies were still on their way, having
become snarled up in road works and road closures, including stand in captain Matthew
Richardson. Harry Chichester lost the toss as stand-in stand-in captain, and the
Butterflies eventually took to the field with 9 men. Fortunately the start was delayed long
enough for Will Tremlett to rush onto the field to bowl the second over. Without a warm
up, he then proceeded to bowl a superb spell, rolling back the years to the glory days. He
picked up 3 of the first five wickets - his opening partner Rupert Rowland Clark picking up
the other 2. After 16 overs, the HAC were in trouble at 41 for 5. Unfortunately, first
change Harry Chichester spell was cut short due to a shoulder injury, giving the
beleaguered batsmen a bit of respite. Their number 3 batsman went onto score 59 before
being caught by Tremlett off Jo Weaving's off-spin for 59. The HAC seemed to bat down
to number 11. Haroun Hickman bowled a tidy spell from one end, whilst Weaving picked
up another couple of wickets and Tremlett came back at the end to pick up another
wicket (and figures of 4 for 33). The HAC ended on 155 all out.
The Butterflies had a strong batting line up on paper. Mallett and Richardson opened up Mallett being triggered in the third over for 4. Weaving looked on very good form - right up
until he missed a straight one, bowled for 15. Jonathan Brewer and Matthew Richardson
(riding his luck!) kept the score ticking along at a fair old rate, and in the 20th over the
Butterflies were 98 for 2, with the game looking all but over. Richardson's luck eventually
ran out, and he was bowled for 51. Brewer and Rupert Paul batted sensibly against some
tidy spin bowling, However, Brewer's innings of 29 ending with a rusty looking shot, and
Paul was caught for 16. 128 for 5 should have been no cause for alarm, however the
Butterflies, like Tremlett, rolled back the years (but to the bad old days) and proceeded to
collapse dramatically. Anthony Jackson was bowled, Rupert Rowland-Clark played on,
Hickman was LBW, and Tremlett bowled first ball. Last pair in with only 6 runs need, with
Patrick Houghton looking good on 20 not out, and on strike. Unfortunately he padded up
playing no stroke, and the Butterflies had lost by 5 runs.
The stand-in captain is still trying to work out how we snatched defeat from the jaws of
victory...
21st August 2010 - Royal Household - Won by 7 runs
BCC
- 144 all out
Royal Household - 137 all out
The Butterflies arrived at her majesty’s residence with the most dangerous of
possessions: a side that looked great on paper. With the prospect of a one new ball
game and humid, overcast conditions, an important toss was lost and the good looking
Butterflies side was put into bat. An hour later, with the top 5 all back in the pavilion and
the score 28-6 the team sheet was rapidly losing its lustre. A calm and elegantly struck
39 from Stranger Jones was accompanied by some resistance from Chalk, (16)
Macdonald (22) and a 40 run stand between Warburton (9 n.o) and Cavanagh (24) for
the 10th wicket saw the Butterflies scrape up to 144 and the consolation of some sort of
total to bowl at.
On being presented with a soggy 40-over old ball MacDonald and Chalk looked about as
enthused as a couple of 10 year olds being asked to kiss a particularly hairy aunt,
however they threw themselves into the task and Chalk was rewarded with an early
wicket and the first seven overs yielded only 7 runs. Despite maintaining this level of
discipline and rotating through the considerable wealth of bowling talent (8 bowlers were
used in total) wickets were proving hard to come by and after 30 overs the Royal
Household were 80ish for 1 and seemingly cruising to victory. A moment of brilliance in
the field from Warburton with a direct hit from deep mid off seemed to re-energise the
Butterflies. This was quickly followed by similarly sharp work in the field from D.Bamford
and W.Weaving producing another two run outs which were interspersed by Hadcock
grabbing a stunning one handed catch in the gully from R.Bamford’s bowling, which in a
dizzying couple of overs reduced the RH to 100-5 with 18 overs of play left. It is moments
like this where inspirational leaders really come into their own, and in a stroke of genius
that was part Brierly and part Churchill, the skipper decided that what his team needed
was the added focus of being a man down and left the field of play to attend to an urgent
engagement. This move paid immediate dividends at with W.Weaving producing another
dazzling direct hit to reduce the RH to 106-6. With J.Weaving keeping things tight from
one end, replacement captain R.Bamford threw the ball to MacDonald who tore in down
the hill and produced a spell of controlled quick bowling that removed the last 4 batsmen
to leave the RH all out for 137 with 6 overs to go.
A remarkable game which see sawed from almost certain humiliation to the most
memorable of Butterflies’ victories, due to a rearguard batting action, consistently
disciplined bowling, and some moments of fielding genius.
22nd August 2010 - Chelsea Arts Club - Won by 5 wickets
CAC - 177 all out
BCC - 178 for 5
The Butterflies assembled on Upper Club at 11.30ish raring to go. Team Manager for the
day Fred Chalk won an all important toss and put the Chelsea Art’s Club in to bat. CAC
got off to a flyer, courtesy of some pinch hitting by one of their openers. Rupert Rowland
Clark was able to remove the danger man and from then onwards the Butterflies
managed to take wickets at fairly regular intervals – none of the oppo made more than
30. Wickets were taken by Rupert Rowland Clark (3) Fred Chalk (a not very deserved 1)
Charles Mayes (a very important 1) and Joe Weaving (see scorecard). Mention should go
to David Newall for some very tidy bowling and 3 brilliant catches and Jonathan Best for
holding on to 2 high catches. It was great to see a lot of catches being held by a side not
always blessed with safe hands in the field.
The Butterflies were set 178 to win off 40 overs, which the openers, Jonathan Best and
Rupert Paul set about acquiring runs with style (and a few played and missed’s). Will
Weaving and Tim Best were in 3 and 4. Will looked very stylish for his 17 before chipping
to mid off and Tim batted with patience in a crucial unbeaten knock, partnering David
Newall who didn’t hang around for his half century. David was out going for yet another
big shot, with just a few runs left to go. This brought in Charlie Scrase Dickins, our wicket
keeper for the day, who sadly got caught going for glory, meaning Patrick Cobb took his
chance to be on the pitch for a great Butterflies victory.
Many thanks must go to the opposition for their hospitality (and food and drink) and many
congratulations to the Butterflies who completed a fantastic double win over the
weekend.
29th August 2010 - Dunsfold - Won by 2 wickets
Dunsfold
- 101 all out
BCC
- 102 for 8
(Team: J.Beaumont-Shaw, A.Hill, A.Hughes-Onslow, P.Cobb, J.Hill, P.Cooke,
R.Rowland- Clark, M.Richardson, G.Brown, T.Kittoe, J.Zikha.
Against the backdrop of an airshow at the local aerodrome, and Vulcan Bombers and
Red Arrows buzzing the pitch barely 200 metres of the ground, the Butterflies decided to
make the most of the new ball and inserted the opposition. Rupert Rowland-Clark and
Tim Kittoe bowled well but without success, until John Zilkha, our wicket-keeper for the
day, decided to break their concentration by badly dislocating his finger. His wife showed
off her crisis management skills by rushing onto the pitch to nurse her ailing husband,
shouting "what the ..... have you done now", and dragging him off to the local A&E. The
plan worked wonders, and Tim Kittoe proceeded to take out the whole of the Dunsfold
top order in short order thereafter. He was allowed to rest having taken 5 wickets with
Dunsfold reeling at 48 for 5. After a short break for rain, the sun came out (at the same
time as the red arrows), and Archie Hill, bowling off-spin, and his father Julian, bowling
(slow?) medium mopped up the lower order. Dunsfold scraped to 101 all out.
After a delicious tea, Justin Beaumont-Shaw and Archie Hill were set the task of knocking
of the runs without losing a wicket. All was going to plan until the third over when Justin
left a ball that sent his off-stump cartwheeling. Andrew Hughes-Onslow missed his first
ball with the same result. Archie, who was going great guns at the other end holed out at
mid-off for 25, and Julian Hill was caught behind leaving the Butterflies in the parlous
state for 38 for 4, with Patrick Cobb steadying the ship! Patrick Cooke was triggered by
the umpire given out caught behind without touching it, and when Cobb was eventually
out, the Butterflies were 60 for 6. When the skipper fell only a few runs later, BCC were is
dire straits, but a classy innings from Rupert Rowland-Clark who made 35, put us in with
a chance of winning, and in a tight end to the game, Gary Brown and Tim Kittoe saw us
scrape home by one wicket, scoring the last 20 runs in style.
3rd September 2010 - Berkshire Gentlemen
Berkshire Gentlemen - 242 for 9
BCC
- 244 for 4
Jake "where's he gone?" Robson and Willie "Pistol Pete" Boone, having passed me the
poisoned chalice of running the Berks Gents game and having lost the toss, I took the
field with what I thought were 10 players, most of whom were unknown to me. Thanks,
Willie!
It was only after about 20 minutes' play that I realised we were 11. A certain Geordie had
joined the ranks. Anyhow Alastair Smellie and Harry Davenport bowled very steady
opening spells, followed by Julian and Archie Hill. The latter bowled superbly before
lunch and got their free-scoring opener with a beauty. At lunch 100-odd for 3. I asked
Jolyon Rebbeck before the game what he did and he said he was mainly a bowler, so I
gave him a go after lunch. After a couple of overs of wides and long-hops I offered him
one more out of charity. Alas! he got a wicket with a full toss, thanks to an athletic running
catch by James Everton-Wallach, so I had to keep him on for one more over. He then
proceeded to con another wicket with an outrageous long-hop, which the batsman tried to
hit into Hampshire. So, one more over. Although that over contained a missed catch
down the leg side, my patience was exhausted. In desperation I brought on myself and
managed 3 quick wickets, at which point their captain came in at No 10 and hit me for 20
in an over. It did at least shame him into declaring at 242 for 9. A word here for young
Jack Carason (spelling?). He volunteered to keep wicket and threw himself around with
great enthusiasm, even tho he had me next door at 1st slip, critisizing his every move (at
least we were spared the ponderous Boone). He then volunteered to open the batting
and managed to keep one end going for a while. Our reply was dominated by a great 4th
wkt partnership betwwen Archie H and the maligned Jolyon R. Archie got a magnificent
hard-hitting ton and Jolyon accumulated steadily without giving a chance. There was a
slight stutter towards the end when once again their skipper brought himself on belatedly
but Alastair S saw us home in the last over. A fantastic day's cricket in perfect weather. A
word for Jonathan EW: in the field it wd not be difficult to tell him apart from Jonty
Rhodes--or even Patrick Cobb--but he was a great support with his good humour. I fully
support a shirt for Archie, and even a cap for Julian who, as well as bowling a useful spell
and keeping our spirits up, was responsible for producing Archie!
George Wakely - 16/09/2010
5th September 2010 - Christopher Sheppard XI - Won by 4 wickets
Chris Sheppard XI - 224 all out
BCC
- 225 for 6
The Butterflies arrived (mostly) on time for a 10.30am start in the pouring rain at
Linkenholt. Clearly there had been a misunderstanding as the opposition didn’t arrive
until after 11.30. The decision was made to carry on regardless of weather and so it was
that Butterflies were asked to field in what were pretty soggy conditions.
James Coyne and Harry Warburton opened up, both bowling decent spells. It was
Warburton who struck early on, removing both openers fairly cheaply. Coyney looked
threatening for his 8 overs, but was not rewarded with a wicket. The opposition 3 and 4
looked fairly set, both approaching 50s, when Michael Bailey stepped up and had the
dangerous-looking Paddy Curtis trapped LBW.
After a delicious lunch and a couple of beers the Butterflies looked slightly less
dangerous in the field but nonetheless George Masefield stuck at his demon spin bowling
from the Winchester end and was rewarded as two of their big hitters were caught in
successive deliveries at deep cover and then, expertly predicted by the bowler, deep midwicket. The hosts were bowled out for fairly par-looking 224 having not quite used their
full 40 overs.
Jack Burdell and Harry Cobb were sent in to open in conditions that had improved
considerably since the start of the day. Burdell, much to the agitation of Patrick Cobb,
only managed to survive a couple of overs before the opposition’s Zimbabwean had him
caught behind wafting at a wide one. In went Mike Bailey with the knowledge that he had
a full 37 overs to bat, so scoring quickly was not necessary. Bailey took no heed of this
wisdom and proceeded to cart the opposition bowlers to all parts of the ground, making
78 before putting one straight down mid-wicket’s throat. Coyney looked to have himself
set, after Harry Cobb had been given out in a dodgy LBW decision, but failed to make a
huge mark despite hitting some sweet boundaries in his 24.
After George Masefield and Jamie Cobb got out cheaply the game was very much in the
balance at 140-6, but Anthony Jackson (29 n.o) and Freddie Chalk (43 n.o.) managed to
see the Butterflies home, with 3 overs to spare, for an overdue victory at Linkenholt.
A great day, despite the weather. Wonderful hospitality and very evenly matched sides
made for a brilliant day of cricket. I suspect they’ll have a slightly stronger side next year
so as not to lose again – nothing the Butterflies cannot handle.
7th September 2010 - InterButterflies 20/20
A win ......
29th September 2010 - Cross Arrows - Abandoned
Rain, rain, and more rain