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The newsletter for members of Walton-on-Thames Cricket Club

The end of the 2016 season is now very much in touching distance for all senior sides. And it is certainly not an understate-ment to say that there is a lot to play for as we approach the final month of fixtures!

Both the 1st XI and 3rd XI have had tough fixture cards throughout July but have dug in deep to ensure that maintaining their posi-tions in Division 1 and the Premiership re-spectively are still very much in their hands. One final push and a couple of wins each, and both sides can ensure they stay up and achieve a successful season by consolidating in two very competitive leagues.

At the other end of the Surrey Championship tables, the 2nd XI and 4th XI are looking upwards. Both are extremely well-placed in leagues where the top four or five sides are only separated by a handful of points. Again, a few more wins for these two sides and it

could cap another remarkable season for Walton.

But the entertainment does not stop there! It is with great excitement to announce that Olly Davis and his u19 T20 Walton Warriors side have topped their group and have se-cured a place in the Quarter Finals of the competition, after several strong wins (see below for more details), The Trust XI have the chance to follow suit, needing just one more win to secure their place in the Surrey Trust League Cup Semi Final.

So with a bit of luck, some more hard work and some good cricket, some silverware could be on the cards for Walton-on-Thames CC! Good luck to all players involved and to all other members, friends and supporters, why not get down to a match and cheer the Swans home? Last season was certainly not one to forget, but this season might just eclipse it!

Swans still with plenty to play for

INSIDE INSIGHT: Issue 5

Junior Season Update

July results update

Player Profiles

Travelbag Competition

Walton CC on Eagle Radio

Volume 5 Issue 5

July 2016

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The U19 T20 side have had a jammed-packed calendar in July, not least with a rained-off fixture back in June being rearranged to go ahead in July. The fixture card included three games in seven days, with a Saturday Surrey Championship fixture squeezed in between for most of the lads. Some of the players complaining were quickly shot down by the older club members, with phrases such as “Wait until you’re my age!”. A loss to East Molesey early in the campaign would have dented most sides’ confidence. But the Warriors, led by captain Olly Davis, are made of stern stuff. They secured good wins against Maori Oxshott and Stoke D’Abernon, before demolishing local rivals Esher Eagles, and finally a belting win against Chessington by 80 runs. This remarkable run of results meant the Walton Warriors finished in top spot of Group B of the competition, and subsequently secure a Quarter Final place against a side yet to be con-firmed. Sammy Davis, Cam Allen and Luke Minshull have led from the front in the bowling department. The captain himself, along with help from Nick Christie and Alex Firth amongst others, has set the tone with the bat. Olly has been forced to retire on not out half-centuries on a number of occasions, such has been his stunning form. So a Quarter Final and a potential finals day for this talented Walton side awaits in August. Certainly not to be underestimated, let’s see how far they can go…

Walton Warriors secure Quarter Final place

Olly Davis — Warriors Captain



Walton on Thames Beer and Wine Festival 2016

On the 1st July 2016, Walton on Thames CC hosted the second ever Walton on Thames Beer and Wine Festival. What an event it was! A complete sell out, with more beer and wine to last year, a fantastic live band, hog roast and newly designed beer glasses.

If you were lucky enough to attend and enjoyed the event as much as we did, why not take the chance to win 2 free tickets for the 2017 Festival! Please complete the survey by clicking on the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DDS5SB2

We would really appreciate you filling out this survey so that we can improve the event for next year. Every response will be put into a draw to win 2 tickets for next year’s Beer and Wine Festival!!

Message from the Chairman Season so far and the Final Push

I am delighted to see an improved standard of cricket being played across all the club’s junior and senior teams this season and an increase in overall membership and participation. With Junior leagues now mostly finished, it is gratifying to know that our junior boys have been competitive in their competitions and our junior ‘Cygnets’ girls have been trail blazers.

Looking at development and senior cricket we have more emerging young players making an impact at this level with some eye catching performances. After last season’s record breaking three from four senior teams promoted we knew that this season would be a lot tougher. With only four games of the season remaining, all four XIs have a great deal to play for (there’s nothing worse than end of season dead rubbers). Player availability across all teams is now hugely important to ensure we keep our 1s and 3s in their divisions and help push the 2s and 4s onto promotion. So, let’s come together again and make this season another season to remember!

Graham Mann

Walton on the Radio! Everyone at Walton knows that we are one of the best local cricket clubs… But now eve-ryone in Surrey and Hampshire knows it too! The cricket club managed to secure a slot on the Friday morning breakfast show of Eagle Radio, with Jamie Mann representing us proudly. He was able to talk about the histo-ry of the club, our successes last season and how we are getting on in 2016. A big thanks to Jamie and Graham Neale who helped the club with this amazing positive publicity in the local community.

Win the Trip of a Lifetime! Fancy winning the trip of a lifetime this sum-mer, all courtesy of the Surrey championship sponsors, Travelbag? You might be closer to winning in than you think! One lucky batsman, bowler and fielder in the Surrey Championship will be walking away with a holiday for two to Dubai at the end of the season. Anyone reaching the qualifying cri-teria will be entered into an end-of-season draw, making this a competition anyone could win! Visit the Walton on Thames Pitchero website for more details.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DDS5SB2



2016 has been another season of growth and development for the junior sec-tion, despite the best efforts of the weather. A pre-season publicity campaign seems to have helped to boost numbers of the youngest members and we have run well-attended training sessions on Fridays and Sundays for 15 to 5 year olds (and younger), for boys and for girls. It has been great to see so many seven year olds and younger participating in games and skills develop-ment on Sunday mornings and we hope that this will be just the beginning of a long association with the club and with cricket. Teams at all but one age groups from under 8 to under 15 have participated in the West Surrey youth Cricket league and season summaries from a selection of the teams are all in-cluded below. It has also been a milestone year in the development of girls cricket at the club: more on that below. There been some notable successes, including decent cup runs for all the teams. A big thank you to the team man-agers and administrators who enable all these games to happen.

Ian Whitehouse

Junior Section Update

U12 Season Report Under 12s have had a mixed season this year, with some strong victories but also some big defeats, especially where our batting has proved a bit vulnerable: the standard we encounter in our leagues can be quite varia-ble. And the weather played a disruptive part with some games unable to be completed as time ran out before holidays began. The highlight of the season was probably a low-scoring tight victory in the last over at Valley End. This is a group of committed boys who enjoy playing togeth-er and are a pleasure to coach.

Ian Whitehouse

It has been a great season for the U11s. They finished 4th in the main league winning 5 matches and reached the final of the u11 cup. Unfortunately they were soundly beaten by an excellent Esher team. There has been a huge improvement in numbers in the squad, up to 22, and their confidence in their own ability improving with every match. Special mention in the batting honours goes to Oliver Pascall (U10) who has been outstanding throughout the year and excellent contributions from Ryan Bradley and Jake Bainbridge. In the bowling depart-ment, Daniel Roberts has been unbelievably consistent and the pace of George Bennett and Joshua Oosterkamp has been very difficult to play against. Mattie Cunliffe has bowled well and the spin of Zain Wilde improved with every match. The squad has developed well during the season and if numbers remain the same, we will enter both leagues next season.

Mark Bainbridge

U11 Season Report

The objective of this year was to give as much playing time across the 19 boys registered. I believed this was achieved with the availability given and there was cer-tainly a sense of enjoyment from all the boys playing their first ever cricket matches. Out of 11 matches, there were good wins against Weybridge girls, Bagshot, Pyrford, Englefield Green and East Molesey, which was a great effort. The pleasing aspect of this first season was the improvement shown throughout the summer even though the side changed quite heavily over every game. The boys have listened well and this was shown with strong individual performances with both bat and ball, but also very noticeably in the fielding department which I’m trying to impress is such an important part of the game. I would like to thank all those parents who have helped out in whatever capacity they have to make this first year run so smoothly. I would like to pay par-ticular thanks to David and Martin for stepping in and covering when I couldn’t make the matches, and also to Adam London for his excellent coaching on the Sunday mornings.

Paul Bainbridge

U8 Season Report The Walton Cygnets had a truly fantastic season. The bril-liant new kit, as pictured below, and sponsored by our wonderful partners Huxley Hound, really helped to unite the team spirit and invented our famous Huxley huddle! The season was about getting the girls thinking together and playing competitive friendlies against our boys and other clubs, honing our skills in a game scenario which has led to them voicing what they want to practice in nets. We are hoping to play more games in August and keep think-ing about cricket throughout the winter months. We are raising the age to U14 next season and already looking forward to building on all the success so far made in 2016!

Jo Cook

Cygnets Season Report



July 2016 Results

Ryman Surrey Championship: 02/07/16 - Spencer (Home): Losing Draw

Highlights: Ali Stanley (42), Mark Bainbridge (9-2-31-4)

09/07/16 - Malden Wanderers (Away): Winning Draw

Highlights: Neal Prowse (61), Anthony Alleyne (15-0-44-2)

16/07/16 - Chipstead (Away): Winning Draw

Highlights: Neal Prowse (92), Anthony Alleyne (23-3-92-4)

23/07/16 - Valley End (Away): LOST: Valley End won by 46 runs

Highlights: Anthony Alleyne (147), Matt Nichols (7.2-0-42-2)

30/07/16 - Leatherhead (Home): LOST: Leatherhead won by 144 runs

Highlights: Olly Davis (53), Anthony Alleyne (16-2-83-3)

August 2016 Fixtures 06/08/16 - Old Ruts (Home) 20/08/16 - Chipstead (Home) 13/08/16 - Old Whits (Home) 27/08/16 - Spencer (Away)

Captain — Ali Stanley

1st XI Update

Walton 1st XI — looking to secure their place in Division 1 for next season

July 2016 Results

Ryman Surrey Championship: 02/07/16 - Sutton (Away): Abandoned

09/07/16 - Farnham (Home): LOST: Farnham won by 5 wickets

Highlights: Ben Goswami (29), Jack Dominy (9-3-42-2)

16/07/16 - Worcester Park (Home): WON by 11 runs

Highlights: Alex Firth (37), Rory Annandale (14-1-36-4)

23/07/16 - Valley End (Home): WON by 9 wickets

Highlights: Francis Annandale (63*), Jack Dominy (8-3-17-4)

30/07/16 - Leatherhead (Away): WON by 95 runs

Highlights: Sam Gorvin (62), Jack Dominy (8-1-26-3)

August 2016 Fixtures 06/08/16 - Old Ruts (Away) 20/08/16 - Worcester Park (Away) 13/08/16 - Guildford (Away) 27/08/16 - Sutton (Home) Captain — Jamie Mann

2nd XI Update

Walton 2nd XI are in 2nd position in Division 1



July 2016 Results

Ryman Surrey Championship: 02/07/16 - Malden Wanderers (Away): Abandoned

09/07/16 - Spencer (Home): LOST: Spencer won by 7 wickets

Highlights: Tom Christiansen (38), Ed Hougasian (7-2-13-1)

16/07/16 - Ashtead (Home): LOST: Ashtead won by 3 wickets

Highlights: Tom Christiansen (31), Ed Hougasian (7.4-2-23-3)

23/07/16 - Old Ruts (Home): LOST: Old Ruts won by 3 wickets

Highlights: Tom Christiansen (46), Ash Walton (17.2-4-71-3)

30/07/16 - Dulwich (Away): WON by 79 runs

Highlights: Josh Thomas (35), Ed Thom (3.3-1-7-3)

August 2016 Fixtures 06/08/16 - Reigate Priory (Away) 20/08/16 - Ashtead (Away) 13/08/16 - Weybridge (Away) 27/08/16 - Malden Wanderers (Home)

Captain — Liam Desai

3rd XI Update

Walton 3rd XI — Looking to cement their position in the Premiership

July 2016 Results

Ryman Surrey Championship: 02/07/16 - Beddington (Home): Abandoned

09/07/16 - Oxted (Home): LOST: Oxted won by 137 runs

Highlights: Tom Cates (34), Uddhav Umakanthan (9-0-27-5)

16/07/16 - Ashtead (Away): WON by 7 wickets

Highlights: Tom Cates (45), Dan O’Connell (15.1-2-43-6)

23/07/16 - Purley (Away): LOST: Purley won by 7 wickets

Highlights: George Sharpe (45), Connor Hobbs (7-0-35-2)

30/07/16 - Ashford (Home): WON by 116 runs

Highlights: Oli Clarke (58), Cam Allen (4-1-6-3)

August 2016 Fixtures 06/08/16 - Normandy (Home) 20/08/16 - Ashtead (Home) 13/08/16 - Weybridge (Home) 27/08/16 - Beddington (Away)

Captain — Oli Clarke

4th XI Update

Walton 4th XI are positioned well in Division 1 in 4th place



Walton CC Tour to Sussex

The Walton Tour to Sussex was once again a great week enjoyed by all who ventured down to the south coast. Three fixtures against Havant, Waterlooville and Stirlands were played, With Walton coming out on top against Waterlooville, and losing two competitive games of cricket against the other two sides. Match report from the Waterlooville game is below, written by the successful captain for the day, Ed Hougasian:

Walton arrived at Waterlooville having never beaten their hosts and things didn’t start as planned as captain Hougy lost the toss on a glorious, yet hot summer’s day and the visitors were asked to field.

Dominy and Wilde started well with the ball with the former picking up 2 early wickets to put some early pressure on the hosts. Mikey produced a useful 8 over spell of bowling which was rewarded by claiming a stumping thanks to some good glovework from Greety. The bowlers were rotated regularly as the remain-ing Waterlooville batsmen came and went with some good catches being held, in particular Dukey’s tumbling effort at cow corner helping OC to claim extraordinary figures of 3-3 from 4 overs. In the end, Walton bowled the hosts out for 135 in the last over after a very good fielding effort.

Eddy and Tom Cates started Walton’s reply however the latter was thwarted by a fast inswinging yorker early on before Greety and Sharpey were also cleaned up by the Sri Lankan overseas. Eddy looked as calm as ever, stroking shots through the off side and dismissing loose deliveries to the on side boundary. As the visi-tors closed in on their modest target, both Eddy and subsequently Des were dis-missed trying to finish the game in style. In the end, the game was won by 5 wickets much to the delight of the watching squad members with a beer in hand.

Many thanks go to Waterlooville for hosting us yet again, putting out a good team and for their generous hospitality. Several beers were shared before returning to the Woolly in preparation for a night out in Pompey.

Havant CC

Waterlooville CC

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‘Curtain to close on Evening Standard Challenge Trophy'

This headline in a June 2008 edition of the Evening Standard, recently discov-ered in the pavilion score-box, brought back many memories of sixteen years of the Club’s memorable and notewor-thy involvement in a prestigious com-petition.

On 7 September 2008, after sixteen years, the Evening Standard Challenge Trophy, the premier knock-out compe-tition for the top one hundred clubs in the Greater London area, ended at the Brit Oval with a victory for Ealing over Sunbury. When releasing the news, Tournament Director David Willis said, ‘All good things come to an end and the Evening Standard has been under financial pressure for a few years now so London’s cricketers have been very fortunate in receiving the support they have from the newspaper. Prize money alone since 1993 has been over £200,000, directly invested into the coffers of London’s clubs’.

For Walton there were a number of matches worthy of recall. In 1997 the Club grabbed the newspaper’s cricket headlines with, 'Goodnight Barnet, as the Walton’s send them packing for just 19'. This is surely one of the high-lights of our involvement in the com-petition. It was on Sunday 10 June 2007 that Barnet B’s earned an unen-viable place in the competition’s record books when, in a second round match, we dismissed them for 19 runs! Our chief destroyers were Miller (4-1-9-4) and, with identical figures, Bell (4-1-9-4). Two run-outs by Giles Henderson and Paul Bainbridge completed the rout. The bowlers also gave Barnet a helping hand as 7 of their 19 runs came from wides and no-balls!

The north London side were dismissed inside ten overs by a Walton team who required just eight overs to reach the target, losing the wickets of Matt Haddow and George Vaughan along the way. Out of interest, the previous lowest total in the competition was 32, scored by Ashford against Esher in 2005. Reflecting on the astonishing result, the captain, Giles Henderson, said afterwards 'It was a pretty bizarre game, all over in an hour and five minutes and that included a ten mi-nute interval between innings. It was-

n't a good pitch and the ball kept low but it was still just one of those days. I felt sorry for Barnet but at least it was better than conceding'. The third round, unsurprisingly, proved to be a much tougher hurdle. A home tie against Upminster, an Essex League Premier side, proved to be a bridge too far and Walton duly exited the competition.

However, perhaps the most enduring memory was our involvement in the 1995 competition when the Club pro-gressed majestically into the semi-finals with victories over, Bishops Stortford, Mitcham, Brondesbury, Sun-bury and Bromley, all of which were teams from their counties’ respective premier divisions. The reward for some outstanding cricket was a home tie against local Surrey rivals. Malden Wanderers.

There was no shortage of talent on view in the Wanderers’ team. They were led by Neil Stewart, son of Micky and brother of Alec, both of whom came to Ashley Park to provide vocal support. Their side also included two exceptional Surrey players, Ben Hol-lioake and Ian Ward, both of whom were subsequently capped by England.

Australian born Ben Hollioake was an exceptionally talented cricketer who tragically died in a car crash whilst driving in Perth in March 2002, aged 24 years. His early sporting skills, to-gether with those of his brother Adam, were developed at Woburn Hill Prep School. Ben then went to Millfield School and upon leaving joined Malden Wanderers before being offered a con-tract by Surrey CCC. During his short career with Surrey he played in two Test matches and twenty ODIs. He was essentially a batsman but he also took twelve international wickets.

Ian Ward, another Millfield School alumni, needs little introduction to cricket followers as he is now one of the familiar faces fronting Sky's inter-national cricket coverage. His career was plucked from the doldrums in 1997 when he was given a second chance by Surrey, five years after be-ing released by the County having played only one First Class match. His restoration brought County success and recognition from England with five caps in the Test series’ against Paki-stan and Australia. In 2004 he joined Sussex but, following a season of inju-ries, he retired at the end of the 2005 season and joined Sky.

Walton were undeterred by this array of talent and why not. In the early rounds they had disposed of a string of strong opposition and at the time they were riding high in Division 1 of the Eve Surrey Championship. Led by wicketkeeper batsmen Iain Turner, the batting line-up was strong and includ-ed present day veterans Mark and Paul Bainbridge who were supported by Mark Grant and Greg Lee. The bowling attack had variety and proved ...

Walton Remembered - The Evening Standard Challenge Trophy

Walton Remembered this month travels back to 1995 and Walton CC’s cup run in the Evening Standard Challenge Trophy. Brian Turner and David Osborne kindly take us back to a memora-ble season...

Ben Hollioake

Ian Ward



The Road to the Semi Final

...very effective with Andy Holder and Iain Blair sharing the new ball. Waiting in the wings were the varied spin threats of Noel Brett, Nick Coyle and, of course, 'Baino'. And if things were not going well, the captain could always turn to 'PC', as he did in the match against Brondesbury and who duly obliged with 5-33.

On a scorching Sunday afternoon in late August, a large crowd saw Neil Stewart win the toss and elect to bat with Malden eventually posting a respectable 230 for 9 off their allotted 50 overs. On an unfriendly wicket, Ben Hollioake went cheaply but despite the combined efforts of the spinning trio of Mark Bainbridge, Nick Coyle and Noel Brett (4-48), Ian Ward could not be dislodged and he went on to make a splendid, undefeated match winning innings of 88.

Faced with a challenging run chase, Walton's early season batting form sadly deserted them. They struggled against the bowling of Ben Walters (4-17) and some very sharp fielding, eventually slumping to 168 all out in 45.4 overs, a tantalis-ing, 62 runs short of their target.

The very talented group of play-ers who represented the Club during the ‘95’ season can quite rightly look back on their achievements with great pride. They created a marvellous team spirit and delivered some out-standing performances on the field. However, despite their Tro-phy semi-final appearance and a runner’s-up finish in Division 1 of the Eve Surrey Championship, their season-long performances were not fully rewarded. As a consequence, there was an un-derstandable element of disap-pointment at the end of the cam-paign.

However, the year finished on a brighter note when Nick Coyle was voted the Evening Standard Player of the Season. This was a fitting reward for Nick's consistency throughout the year which reaped him a hatful of league and cup wickets. Nick received his trophy at the Evening Standard annual cricket awards dinner, held at the Cafe Royal in November. Belat-edly, due to an administrative oversight, the Club re-ceived a cheque for £750.00 as a losing semi-finalist.

A brilliant finale to a splendid season for both Nick and Walton-on-Thames Cricket Club.

Article by Brian Turner

Sub-edited by David Osborne

Walton Remembered - The Evening Standard Challenge Trophy

Walton Remembered this month travels back to 1995 and Walton CC’s cup run in the Evening Standard Challenge Trophy. Brian Turner and David Osborne kindly take us back to a memora-ble season...

Walton-on-Thames Cricket Club 1995

Eve Surrey Championship Division One - Runner-up

Evening Standard Challenge Trophy - Semi-finalist

Round 1 A Bishop Stortford 111-10

Round 2

Won by 37 runs

A Walton-on-Thames

Mitcham

189-9

152-10

Iain Turner

Greg Lee 41

52

41

Round 3

Won by 8 wickets

H Sunbury

Walton-on-Thames

101-10

104-2

Nick Coyle 5-23

Round 4

Won by 65 runs

H Walton-on-Thames

Brondesbury

238-10

173-10

Mark Bainbridge

Iain Turner

Paul Bainbridge

78

73

5-23 Quarter-final

Won by 42 runs

H Walton-on-Thames

Bromley

184-7

142-10

Mark Grant

Nick Coyle

66

4-25 Semi-final

Lost by 62 runs

H Malden Wanderers

Walton-on-Thames

230-9

168

Ian Ward

Noel Brett

Ben Walters

88*

4-48

4-17

Paul Bainbridge, Noel Brett, Simon Coyle, Ian Blair, Andy Holder, Nick Hoyle, Nick Purdue

Greg Lee, Mark Grant, Iain Turner (Captain/wicketkeeper), Nick Coyle, Mark Bainbridge



Simon ‘Ducati’ Duke

1) Age? 20

2) Years at Walton CC? 8

3) Bat Type? Driver, sometimes a 3 iron

4) Preferred batting order position? 7, I can dream

5) Highest Walton batting score? 25

6) Bowl Type? Right arm trebuchet

7) Best Walton bowling figs? 5-30 or 3-3 in a T20

8) Favourite cricket tea sandwich filling? Jenni’s tikka or Dave the Rave’s sushi platter

9) Professional cricket hero? Steve Finn

10) Superstition before a Saturday league game? Bat with my phone in my pocket

11) Best Walton player to have under a high catch to win the game? Alex Firth

12) Worst Walton player to have under a high catch to win the game? Anyone in the 3s against Old Ruts...

13) Worst dressed player on a Saturday evening at Walton? Harry Samuels (get some longer shorts)

14) Who would you choose to have as your batting partner in a run chase and why? Cam Allen, three sixes in four balls

speaks for itself

15) Most embarrassing moment on a cricket pitch? Definitely opening the batting on tour, edging their overseas bowler into

my head without a lid on and having to retire til the bleeding stopped

16) Favourite ever Walton cricket memory? Back to back promotions in the 3s

17) Best club cricket ground to play at, excluding Ashley Park? Coronation Rec, so many wicks

18) Test or T20? ODI?

19) Long sleeve or short sleeve? Short sleeve

20) And…. As you are both known primarily for your bowling, who is the best no.11 batsman at Walton? For a run

chase — me. For the draw — Rohan

Rohan ‘I can bat’ Wilde

1) Age? 20

2) Years at Walton CC? 5

3) Bat Type? Number 11

4) Preferred batting order position? Anywhere above 11

5) Highest Walton batting score? 5* RINK

6) Bowl Type? Not a clue...

7) Best Walton bowling figs? 6-10 including 4 in 4. Scenes

8) Favourite cricket tea sandwich filling? Coronation Chicken

9) Professional cricket hero? Jimmy Anderson

10) Superstition before a Saturday league game? Always bowl first

11) Best Walton player to have under a high catch to win the game? Jamie Mann

12) Worst Walton player to have under a high catch to win the game? At the moment, Hougy… sorry

13) Worst dressed player on a Saturday evening at Walton? Hougy, sorry again

14) Who would you choose to have as your batting partner in a run chase and why? Olly Davis. He is a gun

15) Most embarrassing moment on a cricket pitch? Having a go at a player from Staines after he gave a wide (which most

definitely wasn’t wide) and subsequently being sent to field at deep cover for the rest of the game by OC

16) Favourite ever Walton cricket memory? In the 4s, the appeal for a caught behind against Old Wimbledonians last season

for a hatrick. Has to be the loudest appeal of all time.

17) Best club cricket ground to play at, excluding Ashley Park? The Home of Cricket: Coronation Rec

18) Test or T20? Test

19) Long sleeve or short sleeve? Short sleeve

20) And…. As you are both known primarily for your bowling, who is the best no.11 batsman at Walton?

Jimmy Newell

Player Profiles — 20 Questions July Issue of Swan e-news sees the match up of two right arm seamers, both battling it out with the editor himself for the title of Walton’s best (worst) tail-ender. Dukey and Rohan discuss their cricket hero, best bowling figures for Walton and their most em-barrassing moment on a cricket pitch. Watch out for questions 16 and 20 this month!

The Duke — Quickest bowler in the

Surrey Champ off a 2 pace run-up

Rohan Wilde — bags 6 fers for

fun



Lookalikes

Lookalikes is back again and we have three more celebrities that look exactly like three Walton players. Any good? Think you can do better? Why not get in contact, get involved and contribute to your club’s newsletter!

Jacques Kallis — Oli Clarke Jimmy Bullard — Luke Minshull Colson Smith — Mikey McDonagh

Swan e-news July Photo Album

View from the score box — Ashley Park in the July sunshine

The final score against Valley End as the Walton 2nd XI secure a brilliant win

Player Anagram Challenge This feature continues due to popular demand! Ben Monk held onto his Anagram King crown last month, just pipping the challenger, Graham Neale, to the June title by minutes. Can anyone beat Monky this month? Clue for the three anagrams below — all are players who have represented the mighty Walton Warriors this year. Let us know if you get all three...

LULU SINK HELM

MY MAD VISAS

TIN IRIS CHECK

Thank you to our Club Sponsors

Stat Corner

Editor’s Highlight



Contributions

We hope you enjoy this edition of SWAN e-news and we welcome any ideas and suggestions for items that you may have for future issues. Should you wish to contribute to the newsletter, please contact us at:

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Editor: Jack Dominy

Walton cricket club would like to give a big thank you to all of our fantastic sponsors. We particularly want to welcome our new sponsors,

VisionOn Systems We are looking to continue to pro-gress and move forward this year, and the club is enthusiastic about continuing the partnership it has with all our sponsors. Here is to more suc-cess for the rest of 2016!

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Follow us on twitter too for live updates on cricket scores, reminders about training sessions and other information:

@WOTcricket

It is not often that you get to obliterate a side who is top of the table in club sport. I was fortunate enough to be a part of such a side against valley End for the 2nd XI in July. It was an afternoon where everything came together and everyone in the side contributed to a fantastic performance and result.

To beat top of the table by 9 wickets and leap frog them with the points secured from the win was a great feeling and a brilliant team achievement. Personal highlight of the season… so far!

*Monthly Teasers*

Who is the only bowler to take two 6 fers in senior cricket so far this season at Walton?

Who has taken the most wickets so far this year for Walton, up until the end of July?

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