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  • AVCC v Keevil
    25 September 2016

    Well, I thought I would let the autumnal weather kick in before doing the final match report of the season…giving you something to miss, besides cricket, for a good few months. Today’s offering will warm your heart, lift your spirits and make you dream of leather on willow until Spring’s rays warm us again. Indeed, many records have been broken! Read on.

  • Urchfont v AVCC
    11 September 2016

    With autumn closing in, but the last vestiges of blue skies and fluffy white clouds around, AVCC arrived at Urchfont, with just 10 men to face the mighty Urchfont. Good lads, but this time well reinforced with 1st teamers who were competitive, young and very keen.

  • Collingbourne v AVCC
    4 September 2016

    Wow…a match report at long last. Well I’ve been sulking since the gripes from Avebury, but I couldn’t let the last match pass without recording sterling tales of daring-do. The feats are worth recording and reading.

  • AVCC v Burbage
    14 August 2016

    Well, that'll teach me to check emails before leaving to play!

  • AVCC v Avebury
    6 July 2016

    AVCC took the field in what has become unfortunately our trademark (without 11 cricketers).

  • AVCC v Bishops Cannings
    26 June 2016

    On a dull, rainy day, we welcomed a new fixture - Bishops Cannings - at Rushall.

  • AVCC vs Collingbourne (20/20)
    23 June 2016

    Well despite the floods and heavy rains blanketing most of the country, our game went ahead at home on Thursday evening vs our nearby friends of Collingbourne. Pitch was green, skies were grey and heavy, and rain threatened. We were voting for Brexit that day and so it was a day of great portent, much debate and history (although the author had wisely voted weeks before by postal vote).

  • Avebury vs AVCC
    5 June 2016

    Summer arrived and off we went to Avebury’s picturesque ground alongside the pre-historic landscape of man’s greater designs from long before even Dudley and I took up willow in our hands.

  • AVCC v Collingbourne
    2 June 2016

    Well, another cold, windy night and we arrived at Collingbourne for a 20/20 game. Long grassy outfield, undulating track and a new look AVCC.

  • Chitterne vs AVCC
    23 May 2016

    Braving the showers of a typical British Sunday, we took on the good gentlemen of Chitterne.

  • AVCC v Marden
    15 May 2016

    Well the sun shone, for a worthy cause. Remembering Richard Cox, a good friend of many in Upavon and Marden, who passed away in 2000. This match is a charity match, with all match fees, fines and donations going to his favourite charity - the Wiltshire Air Ambulance, and all prizes being handed out by his widow, Mary who attended the game with a number of friends.

  • Poulshot v AVCC
    11 May 2016

    With the heavy rain that fell in Wiltshire yesterday it was debatable whether we would get a game or not; but as the start of play grew closer the clouds decide to stop dropping rain in the area of Poulshot.

  • Aldbourne v AVCC
    8 May 2016

    Wow...what a scorcher this Sunday turned out to be. Felt like summer had arrived finally. Felt like a day for daring deeds and cricket.

  • FOSS v AVCC (20/20)
    3 May 2016

    Well it finally happened… the sun was shining, and with no practice sessions behind us, we turned up for our first fixture of the season to face the Friends of Stonehenge School (FOSS) at the new Centenary Pavilion Ground in Amesbury. A new venue for us, and a new fixture. It was a 20/20 match, and so high excitement beckoned.

 
 
Wednesday, 6 July 2016

AVCC v Avebury

AVCC took the field in what has become unfortunately our trademark (without 11 cricketers).

Our captain Angus Harley arriving an hour late, so Dudley pulled rank/age and managed to persuade their captain he would like to bat first.

A decision he was regretting a couple of overs later after some great bowling from Jamie Corden, Harry Flack and Michael Rae (and some very dodging running. Dudley claims he ran someone out) had removed Avebury's top order.

Unfortunately their captain Dom Fry and Safa entered the fray to smash our bowling all around the park, not helped by some pretty average fielding at point from Mr Perrin and left us chasing 171 from 15 eight ball overs.

Bowling figures:

Corden: 3-0-27

Rae: 3-2-28

Flack: 3-3-24

Jones: 3-2-31

Borthwick: 1-0-15

Morrison: 2-0-38

We opened our batting effort reasonably well with Simon Borthwick hitting a couple of fours, but wickets fell at regular intervals until Angus (our late arriving captain) and Hugh Morrison decided to apply for the vacant number 3 spot in the English middle order and demonstrate their defensive ability to the ECB finishing 15 and 16 not out respectively, off a combined 61 balls!

We finished short on 97 for 5 (Harry Flack joining the primary club along the way) but that shouldn't detract from a solid all round display.

Special mention goes to Nick Westlake-Toms who donned the keepers gloves at late notice and batted very well for his 19.

We returned to the Ship for a pint and some food (very tasty indeed) and thanks to a certain Mr Newlands not being present had a very harmonious end to the day watching Wales lose and discussing the EU referendum.