Fixtures & Results 2012


April









29 Ceders home 2.00 Cancelled rain







May







5th Bourne Opp away 2.00 Cancelled







6th Rushden home 2.00 Cancelled soggy pitch







12th Witham on Hill home 2.00 Cancelled







13th Wansford away 1.30 Won







20th CAMRA home 2.00 Won







26th Wakley and Barrowden home 2.00 Won







27th Great Houghton home 2.00 Lost







June







3rd Centralians home 2.00 Cancelled in respect of Her Majesty The Queen







9TH Uppingham away 2.00 Cancelled







10th Farcet home 2.00 Won










17th Old Warden away 2.00Won







23rd Tolthorpe home 1.00 Won







24th Motley Crew home 2.00 Cancelled













30th 6 -a-side tournament home 10.30am *BURP*







July







1st Camra away 2.00 at Orton Park Lost







7th Old Wyvernians home 2.00 Cancelled







8th Old Eastonians away 2.00 Cancelled







14th Wigston St James home 2.00 Cancelled







15th Rushden home 2.00 Cancelled







21st Leicester Mossdale home 2.00 Cancelled







22nd Orton Park home 2.00 Lost







29th Oundle away 2.00 at Middle School Cancelled











August







4th Wakeley and Barrowden away 2.00 Cancelled







5th Huntingdon 3rds home 2.00 Rain Stopped Play







11th Witham on Hill home 2.00 Cancelled







12 th Old Eastonians home 2.00 Lost







18th Bishop Tachbrook home 2.00 won







19th Wansford home 2.00 lost







25th Tolthorpe away 2,00 rained off







26 th Old Warden home 2.00 won











September







1st Uppingham away 1.30 cancelled







2nd Huntingdon 3rds away 1.30 lost







8th Bourne Opp home 1.00 won







9th Farcet home 1.00 won







16th Oundle home 1.00 LOST







22nd Folksworth - HALL CUP home 1.00 cancelled







23rd Motley Crew Home 1.00.












30th Cedars home 1.00


December

Saturday 1st - AWCC awards night & dinner, Chequered Skipper 7.00pm






























































Wednesday 28 September 2011

Tuesday 27 September 2011

Orton Park CC vs Ashton Wold ~ Terry Hancock Memorial Match Sunday 25th September 2011




Both teams together after Ashton Wolds victory over Orton Park.

Wednesday 24 August 2011

1000!



Sam Palmer achieved his 1000 run target for the season on Sunday in a knock of 37 in Ashton's win over Old Eastonians on Sunday 21st August. Sam is the first batsman to this millennium to make 1000 runs in a season.

Friday 29 July 2011

2011 Warwick Tour




The date was Saturday the 25th of July the clock read 11:00am and Ashton Wold Cricket Club were meeting for their first tour in almost 20 years. Destination Warwick and Leamington Spa, where the plan for the weekend was to Smash Runs, Smash Wickets and Smash Beers.
The tour party consisted of Dan Blatch, Mark Buckley, Richard Awdry, Chris White, Harry Chapman, Doug Heath, Jack Allan, Sam Nowlan, Chris Wood, Jack Duncan, Sam Palmer and Casper.

After some interesting detours from Dan let’s turn left Blatch and Richard I can’t read the sign Awdry we arrived at the ground.
Our first game was against Bishop Tatchbrook XI which was held in the fantastic surroundings of Warwick school a setting which far eclipsed the talent on show. Ashton won the toss and captain Mark Buckley finally saw the chance to smash through the 20 barrier decided to bat first on what can only be described as a road of a wicket. Opening the batting were Harry Chapman and Mark (you take the first ball) Buckley. Ashton got off to a fast start, which almost never happens with Chapman opening,they lost their first wicket Buckley for 19 missing out on the 20 milestone once more!! Buckley had not been struggling with foot movement until that point but after middling it to the keeper his feet seemed to stop working and stood his ground. Ashton’s resident Umpire Jack Allen had little choice but to send the skipper on his way. Chapman was joined at the crease by Sam Palmer who up until this game had been in sparkling form but he went cheaply for only 8 runs. He was bowled by a ball that was a straight as an arrow but this dismissal had very little to do with the ball more the ugly heave and the shut eyes being displayed by the batsman. Unfortunately this would be the highlight Palmer’s day. Nowlan then joined Chapman at the crease and they proceeded to stylishly take the game away from the opposition with a mixture of power hitting from Nowlan and classy cover drives from Chapman as well as quick running between the wickets. Nowlan’s day had not begun particually well as his Mum had finally let him pack his own bag and once again he proved that task is too complex for him by leaving his whites at home. But he made an amends for this but scoring 54 but then had a huge brain freeze and left a ball that hit his leg stump. This brought the littlest hobo Dan Blatch to the crease to join Chapman. This was a short lived partnership as Chapman was quickly on his way back to the pavilion after facing the best ball of the day and being caught at point for what would be the highest score of the day of 65. Blatch was joined by Chris Wood which I believe if the most beardy partnership to have ever batted for Ashton. Some very impressive hitting from both Blatch and Wood meant that both of them went on to score 50s. A special mention to Wood for scoring his first 50 and hitting his first 6 of the year, the only other batsman to do that for Ashton was Blatch. Ashton ended up scoring 296 for 4 falling a few runs short of their highest ever score, I think at this point I should say that we would have scored way over 300 if Blatch could run between the stumps!!!
After tea Ashton opening bowlers of Chris 'the luck' White and Richard 'the talent' Awdry set about trying to make early inroads. Chris’s bowling was hostile and the gods were not smiling on him as the batsman soon discovered that Palmer was the fielder to aim at as he dropped his first catch of the day which came as a massive surprise but Chris kept smiling through the pain. To make matters worse for White, Jack Duncan Ashton’s wicket keeper dropped a simple edge spoiling an otherwise good day behind the stumps. Awdry was his normal self from the other end for that reason the captain decided it was time for a change and brought Doug Heath on. This proved to be a good move as he took the first wicket as the batsman played onto his stumps. Heath’s bowling was very impressive as the ball was swinging all over the place and he deserved more wickets than the one he ended up with. Chris was replaced by Jack I miss umpiring Allan. This lead to the next break through as Chapman caught a steepling catch on the boundary Palmer could only look on in envy. Jack then had another break through once again with the help of Chapman taking a one handed catch in the covers. Jack earned his wickets by bowling a tight line and length on a batting friendly pitch most of the time. Heath, Awdry and White probably didn’t see it in this way. There followed a long spell of batting resistance until captain Buckley had another master stroke and brought Blatch onto bowl. Blatch has recently stopped bowling at 20mph off his long run up and started bowling spin in an effort to reserve energy levels for the winter months. This change of action brought about some positive results he broke the batting partnership with a fierce leg spinning delivery. Shortly after that wicket Jack Teflon Duncan made up for his earlier drop by taking a sharp catch again off of Blatch’s bowling and that would prove to be the last wicket of the day, there could have been a couple of more but Palmer’s day went from bad to worst with a couple more drops of Chris 'chuckles' White, but that didn’t stop Ashton running out victors by approx.

For the night out the Ashton lads had brought their finest glad rags Jack Duncan looked sharp in a shirt and tie combo, Chapman was doning his spray on Jeans, Heath was brave choosing to wear some chinos but a special mention is reserved for Mark 'Stavros' Buckley who used the occasion to dress up as a Greek sex symbol. Unfortunately Ashton are not that much of a manly bunch and stuck mainly to drinking fruity cocktails like Woo Woos (Sam Nowlan idea of a good drink!!) and other multi colours drinks, despite that a good night was had by all we saw far too much of some people Casper(!) drank too much and dominated the local drinking holes.

The second day brought a hazy Ashton team to the home ground of Bishop Tatchbrook which was always going to be an anti-climax from the setting of the day before. One particular highlight was the dog turd smudged into a length on the wicket!!! This time Captain Blatch won the toss and put the home team into bat. This lead to Awdry proving the critics wrong and shunning his new name of Richard Ordinary ripping his way through the top order with a display of stunning bowling he took 3 wickets all bowled in next to no time putting them firmly on the rack. Perhaps real cricket pitches are too difficult for Richard to bowl on!! From the other end Heath was once again bowling a good line and length for very little luck he found the edge a few times and had a simple catch dropped by Chris 'Pestkins' Wood. After Heath finished his spell Blatch once again persisted with his comedy bowling this lead to him getting another two wickets both of them stunning catches from Chapman and Palmer making up for his bad day yesterday. Jack Allen picked up one more wicket for the weekend and this let Jack Duncan and Harry Chapman have a go at tail gunning. Jack Duncan picked up his first wicket for Ashton with a straight ball the surprised the batsman, from the other end Harry 'Swanny' Chapman picked up three wickets finishing off a good weekend for the breadless wonder!! One of the wickets was a good catch behind the stumps for Chris White who was deputising for Jack due to a bad shoulder.This good effort in the field reduce the opposition to 124 and the Ashton openers of Mark Buckley and Sam Palmer made short work of chasing it down. Palmer smashed a rapid 50 in his usual belligerent style, he then retired to let Casper thanks for coming …. Have a go and contributing more to the weekend than getting is nob out and eating a bible. Unfortunately the cricket part of the tour proved too difficult as he was dismissed for just 2 runs. Jack Duncan then strolled confidently to the crease to finish off the run chase with Buckley. Both Duncan and Buckley played confident shots including a wonderful pull shot from Buckley that helmet is obviously giving him more confidence(!) and ended up not out in the 20s. A special mention needs to go to Jack Duncan for making a late claim for arse of the weekend by leaving his wallet and phone in Harry’s car, but I am afraid the award has to go to Sam Nowlan for his inability to pack, leaving a straight ball and choosing the worse drinks in the world!!
For the Ashton Wold 2011 I would like to thank Dan Blatch for organising a very successful trip. Hopefully the 2012 tour will be as much fun and have the same mix of below par cricket talent, high quality banter and drinking.


By Harry Chapman

Sunday 26 June 2011

Fixtures & Results 2011

April

SAT 30th Tolthorpe (H) lost by 38 runs

May


SUN 1st Motley Crew (H) won by 21 runs
SAT 7th Bourne Opp (A) @ Edenham 1pm won by 99 runs
SUN 8th Withma on the Hill (H) CANCELLED
SAT 14th Wakeley & Barrowden (H) CANCELLED
SUN 15th Greath Houghton (A) 2:30pm won by 79 runs
SAT 21st
SUN 22nd Rushden (H) won by 127 runs
SAT 28th
SUN 29th Great Houghton (H) won by 4 wickets

June


SAT 4th Wakeley & Barrowden (A) won by 9 wickets
SUN 5th Folksworth (H) lost by 23 runs
SAT 11th Uppingham (A) 2:30pm won by 95 runs
SUN 12th Farcet Fen Farmers (H) CANCELLED
SAT 18th Town Malling (H) lost by 102 runs
SUN 19th Camra (H) Derek Rawson Memorial Match won by 51 runs
SAT 25th Toethorpe (A) won by 6 wickets
SUN 26th Motley Crew (A) @ Edenham won by 7 wickets

July

SAT 2nd Farcet Fen Farmers (H) won by 114 runs
SUN 3rd Old Eastonians (A) lost by 9 wickets
SAT 9th Old Wyvernians (H) won by 6 wickets
SUN 10th Easton on the Hill (H) won by 1 wicket
SAT 16th Wigston St James (H) Cancelled
SUN 17th Rushden (A) Cancelled
SAT 23rd TOUR Won by 107 runs
SUN 24th TOUR Won by 9 wickets
SAT 30th Narborough & Littlethorpe (H) Cancelled
SUN 31st Camra (H) won by 3 wickets

August

SAT 6th Uppingham (H) cancelled
SUN 7th Witham on the Hill (A) won by 4 wickets
SAT 13th Howitzers (H) won by 102 runs
SUN 14th Langtos (H) cancelled
SAT 20th Bishop Tatchbrook (H) won by 5 wickets
SUN 21st Old Eastonians (H) 1:00pm won by 29 runs
SAT 27th Uppingham (A) cancelled
SUN 28th T20 day Winners ~ Ashton Wold CC

September

SAT 3rd Old Warden (H) 1:00pm lost by 87 runs
SUN 4th Oundle (A) 1:00pm cancelled
SAT 10th Bourne Optimists (H) 1:30pm lost by 4 wickets
SUN 11th Easton on the Hill (H) 1:00pm cancelled
SAT 17th
SUN 18th Huntingdon 3rds (H) 1:00pm won by 95 runs
SAT 24th Bretton (H) 1:00pm lost by 45 runs
SUN 25th Orton Park (A) 1:00pm won by 49 runs

All games start at 2:00pm unless stated otherwise.

Fixtures & Results 2010

All games are 2pm start unless stated otherwise.

May

SAT 1st Tolethorpe Park (H) Won by 7 Wickets
SUN 2nd Motley Crew (H) Won by 141 runs
SAT 8th Bourne Optamists (A) 1:00pm Cancelled
SUN 9th Egerton Park (H) Cancelled
SAT 15th Uppingham (H) Lost by 4 Wickets
SUN 16th Great Houghton (A) 2:30pm Won by 8 Wickets
WED 19th Farcet Fen Farmers (H) 6:00pm Lost by 6 runs
SAT 22nd
SUN 23rd Rushden (H) Won by 5 wickets
SAT 29th Isham Zingari (A) Cancelled
SUN 30th Cresent (H) Lost by 110 runs


June

SAT 5th Leicester Teachers (A) Cancelled
SUN 6th Folksworth (H) Hall Cup Rained off
SAT 12th Easton on the Hill (A) Cancelled
SUN 13th Farcet Fen Farmers (H) Dereck 'Rosco' Rawson Memorial Match Won by 71 runs
SAT 19th Isham Zingari (H) Won by 102 runs
SUN 20th CAMRA (H) Won by 6 wickets
WED 23rd Polebrook (H) 6:00pm Won by 86 runs

SAT 26th Tolethorpe Park (A) Won by 109 runs
SUN 27th Motley Crew (A) Won by 78 runs


July

SAT 3rd Easton on the Hill (H) Cancelled
SUN 4th Old Eastonains (A) Won by 3 wickets
WED 7th Barnwell (H) 6:00pm Won by 35 runs
SAT 10th Old Wyvernians (H) Cancelled
SUN 11th Langtons (A) 2:30pm DREW
SAT 17th Wigston St. James (H) Won by 8 wickets
SUN 18th Rushden (A)
Lost by 81 runs
WED 21st Jack's Buddies (H) 6:00pm
Won by 5 wickets
SAT 24th Leicester Mossdale (A) Cancelled
SUN 25th Polebrook (H) Won by 7 wickets
WED 28th CAMRA (H) 6:00pm Won by 30 runs
SAT 31st Narborough & Littlethorpe (H) Won by 12 runs


August

SUN 1st Great Houghton (H) Lost by 2 wickets
SAT 7th Uppingham (A) 2:30pm Cancelled
SUN 8th Uppingham (A) 2:30pm Won by 10 runs
SAT 14th Peterborough Lions (H) Cancelled
SUN 15th Langtons (H) Won by 9 Wickets
SAT 21st Bourne Optimists (H) Cancelled
SUN 22nd Bishop Tatchbrook (H) Lost by 2 Wickets
SAT 28th Upwood (H) 1:30pm Cancelled
SUN 29th Oundle (A) Won by 15 runs


September

SAT 4th Old Eastonians (H) 1:00pm Won by 7 wickets
SUN 5th Orton Park (A) 1:00pm Won by 104 runs
SAT 11th Bourne Optimists (A) 1:00pm Won by 4 wickets
SUN 12th Folksworth (H) Hall Cup 1:00pm Lost by 31 runs
SAT 18th CAMRA (H) 1:00pm Won by 4 wickets
SUN 19th Upwood (A) 1:00pm Cancelled
SAT 25th Bretton (H) 1:00pm Won by 6 wickets
SUN 26th Cedars (H) 1:00pm Won by 71 runs