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Eastington Cricket Club

We are playing in the Stroud League Division One this season.   We have won 7 of our 11 games in the league so far (as on 19th July) which puts us in 4th place.

Centuries have been a feature of this season, for different reasons: Will Beese has scored two with the bat and has an average of over a hundred.

The club is now in it's 154th year. The oldest wicket taking combination was set (as far as we know) at 144 years when a visiting batsman was dismissed caught K.Dench (71) bowled C. Chopping (73).  A few days later Chris “raised the bar” to 146 with a “caught and bowled C. Chopping.”

Sadly, this record may stand for sometime as Chris died recently while away on holiday. As the vicar said at his funeral, well attended by members of the club, “he was going well on his way to a century, only to be caught just inside the boundary”. Actually, we will remember him mainly as a bowler and for the enthusiasm and sheer delight he expressed in claiming every wicket as if it had been his first.

On a happier note, one of our players, Sam Jones, has made himself unavailable for our match on 12th August on what many cricketers consider the weakest of excuses: “getting married”. We think grandad, Ron Bomberg, would have said “OK, but don't do it again”.

Best wishes to Sam and Megan for the 12th, and the future.

As always, Roger Beese  01453  823128 or Keith Dench  01453  764990 would like to hear from you if you would like to play for the club.   Nearly all our games are on Saturday afternoons in the summer and we also play in an evening, indoor, winter league.