Quiz Night Details Saturday 25th March, 7:30pm

Please add this date to your diaries - The first event of the new cricket season, the ever-popular annual Petersfield Cricket Club fundraising Quiz.
It would be great to see lots of you there so please come along to show off your general/random knowledge & have a lot of laughs.
All are welcome - members (Adults & Colts), family, friends. The more the merrier!
Teams can be put together on the night so don’t worry if there’s just one or two of you.

The date is Saturday 25th March, 7:30pm gathering for an 8pm quiz kick-off, at St Peter’s Church Hall, Petersfield.
Tickets are £10 for Adults, £6 for Colts and includes supper provided by Seafare. Menu choices are:

- Fish & Chips (Cod)
- Sausage & Chips
- Veggie burger & Chips

To reserve a place please email Angie Clarke at angie@japh.co.uk with your menu choice.
Please bring along cash to pay for your entry & supper on the night. There will be drinks on sale, and raffle tickets too.

As is traditional, the raffle is drawn later in the evening. Anyone able to donate a raffle prize, please let Angie know, all donations will be very gratefully received!

Club sorry to hear of the passing of club stalwart Brian Hall

Brian Hall, erstwhile umpire, scorer, huge character and supporter of Petersfield Cricket Club for well over 30 years passed away last week.  He lived alone and was found on New Year’s Day.   

 

Brian umpired the 1^st XI from the late 1960s to the 90s until the advent of neutral umpires when he became the 2^nd XIs’ regular official.  He barely missed a game, Saturday, Sunday and mid-week, home or away.  He also served as Club Treasurer and was ruthless in extracting match fees and debts from frugal players.  Although, far from being a wealthy man, he made anonymous donations to the Club; a fact that was inadvertently disclosed at a Committee meeting.

 

He was a very fair and generally strict umpire, so no great friend of toiling bowlers.  However, he was very well known across cricketing circles throughout the south because of his singing prowess and entertainment value in the bar.  He needed little encouragement and on numerous occasions at visiting clubs, the ubiquitous karaoke meant few of us returned before midnight.  Innumerable tales could be told, but one lasting legacy is that his singing resulted in the whole of Petersfield Cricket Club being banned from The Harrow after the Steep game in the early 1980s; a ban which apparently has still not been lifted.

 

Funeral and donation arrangements service details on the 24th, 2 P.M. at St Peter’s Church and afterwards at Petersfield Football Club, Love Lane .  And for those who wish to, donations can also be made to our Petersfield club account online (referenced “Brian Hall”) before CoP Thursday, a cheque donating all money will then be made to those making the arrangements for the funeral and service… 

Notice of Petersfield CC AGM Meeting Tuesday 13 Dec 16 at 7.30pm

Dear all, 

please find attached the formal calling notice for this year's Annual General Meeting to be held in the Holland Room (upstairs room) of the Square Brewery pub in Petersfield.

We very much hope that as many as possible can make it.  Please note the requirement to let me know if you intend to come (if only tentatively).  It is a constitutional requirement to hold an AGM but don't be put off!  It should be wrapped up in 60-90 minutes which leaves plenty of time for a beer and cracking a few tall stories about your cricketing feats.

Please also note there are a few vacant committee positions, most notably Chairperson and Vice Chairperson and we would very much welcome nominations for these and the other posts.

Very much hope that we will see you.

Link Agenda

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B93Id7oVbKGFY2EwcE9jSF95cEU/view?usp=sharing

Regards John Childs

Secretary - Petersfield Cricket Club

Mobile: 07950 309248 Home: 01730 263864

secretary.petersfieldcc@gmail.com

Petersfield 2s v Old Netley 2s

Petersfield Cricket Club News

A much changed team saw Petersfield 2s side start with 4 Under 16 players at a Sunny and Hot Heath ground on Saturday. A good sign that the youth program at Petersfield CC is alive and well.

Acting Captain Russell won the toss and elected to bat but as has been the case this year the home pitch was not very easy to bat on. Petersfield lost Oscar Windebank, Ben Anscombe and Tom Sherry early on with only Russell finding any form on the slow and inconsistent pitch which the visitors were exploiting with some good, accurate bowling.
Joe Clarke (8) helped to steady things for the second time in 2 weeks but when he fell things were not looking so good at 68 for 5. Russell continued to score but when he lost his wicket LBW to a grubber for 49 with the team on 87 for 5 a low score looked likely. The tail wagged however and Paul Clarke (26) and Ed Milford (13) hit some powerful shots and then Ben Cox (12 not out) worked with the tail enders to take Petersfield to a reasonable 147 for 8 from their 42 overs.

Captain Russell encouraged the team to work hard and put pressure on the opposition which seemed to work with Oscar Windebank (2-12) and Ed Bayliss (2-13) removing both openers for 1st ball ducks. Only Mo Khan played with any fluidity and Old Netley were always in the game whilst he was at the crease.

Petersfield turned to the spin of Ben Anscombe (3-22) and Chris Russell (2-16) and wickets continued to fall and eventually Khan hit Anscombe straight to Russell in the covers for a hard fought 59 and Old Netley faded to finish 87 all out.

This was a really hard won victory for the Petersfield second team and leaves them in the top 2 of the division having won 10 and lost 2 games this season with an away trip to leaders Shanklin set for next weekend.

Petersfield 2s V US Portsmouth 2s report

Petersfield 2s were looking to extend their unbeaten run to 7 games and after a poor batting performance but an conversely superb bowling performance they managed to beat US Portsmouth by 15 runs.

On another glorious Saturday at the Heath US Portsmouth captain called wrongly and it was no surprise as Petersfield skipper Frank Straw elected to bat first even with some late pullouts from the batting order.

Last week's openers Dave Squires (10) and Chris Wood (4) did not have things their own way as US’s opening bowlers got more out of the Heath wicket than any other attack as far as pace and bounce is concerned this season. Chris Wood was caught behind as the ball from T Allen (5-27) hit a crack and jumped to take a glove. Squires lasted a bit longer then Allen got a ball to misbehave as itl kept low this time and came off the bottom of the bat to take out middle stump. Frank Straw made a breezy 9 as he clattered a couple of boundaries square of the wicket before mistiming a shot to cover. Andy Butcher (0) came and went as he was clean bowled by S Jadhav (1-14) in the next over. Jack Butcher (7) and Ed Milford (16) looked to steady the ship but Jack was out caught at fine leg off a top edge.

Ed Milford was hitting anything in his hitting ark but misjudged a full delivery and was clean bowled by E Devine (2-29) to leave Petersfield 59-6. Tom Stevens (3) on his batting debut for the 2’s hung around for a while with Richard Stephens (19) but was caught again in the covers off S Lawrence (2-12). Rich Stephens was looking comfortable despite his hamstring strain but then T Allen returned and like Squires before him he got a ball that kept low and took the inside edge to be bowled. Omar Iqbal (5) kept plugging away against young Freddie Gadd (0-8) despite the legside line of the young leg spinner. Oscar Windebank(1) and Ed Bayliss (1 not out) helped the score to 99 before Iqbal was bowled to leave Petersfield 1 run short of their 3rd batting point.

A very modest total by Petersfield looked well within US Portsmouth’s range despite them only having 10 men. This was proven as they moved quickly to 37 with T Harris (18) and T Gadd (24) running well and hitting anything short to the boundary before Oscar Windebank (2-29) removed Harris LBW. Oscar then got another LBW as he hit Warburton (4) on the toe plumb in front of middle stump to leave the score 41-2. Richard Stephens (5-29) joined the attack and immediately got turn and bounce from the wicket to remove Gadd. Stephens was proving that his left arm spin was very very effective (especially at the Heath) and he picked up the next 3 wickets in quick succession thanks to some fine catches by Chris Wood and Dave Squires. At the other end Oscar Windebank was building the pressure with 2 maidens.

Rich then took his fifth wicket T Allen (0) missed a full toss to be clean bowled. Frank Straw (2-13) then returned to pick up the last 2 wickets to seal an unlikely but welcome victory for  Petersfield 2s in the 26 over.

The win puts Petersfield up to 3rd in the race for 1 of the promotion places in Regional Division 1 South.

Man of the Match Rich Stephens for his allround performance

Result Sheet

http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/site_admin/results/2651415

League Table

http://www.hantscl.com/leagues/RD1S16/

Petersfield 2s V Steeps 2s

Petersfield 2s returned to their home ground to play local rivals Steep 2s.

Petersfield skipper Frank Straw decided to bat first as the opposition skipper called wrong on a very hot and humid day.

Dave Squires (31) had a new opening partner in Chris Wood (70) due to the number of changes in the 2s side with the start of the holiday season. The pair put on an opening stand of 118, by far the biggest of the season as they put the Steep bowling to the sword with Chris Wood especially looking in a ruthless mood as anything short on leg stump was dispatched. In the 14th over the pair had put on 64 and jokingly discussed getting to a 100 partnership and then going for a sit down and a cold beer. After drinks Chris pushed on looking very comfortable with Squires just giving the strike to his partner at every opportunity.

Local celebrity Jhon Cosgrove (3-21) came on and broke the partnership in the 25th over trapping Wood plum in front of middle stump. Will Jameson (17) joined Squires and started well pulling Ed Ellis (1-38) to the midwicket boundary. With Petersfield looking to take advantage of the superb start and push the score on Squires was caught at midwicket as he mistimed a full toss straight up in the air to be caught at midwicket. Squires trudged off having scored his highest league score with a 50 beckoning.

Rory Newman (4) joined Will Jameson but Rory departed in a similar way to Squires to a full toss off of Cosgrove. Jameson put on 20 for the 4th wicket with Andy Butcher (22) before Jameson was trapped LBW by Ellis. Jack Butcher (3) joined his father at the wicket and timed his first couple of shots beautifully through the covers before being caught at mid off.

Skipper Straw (9) came and went in 11 balls scoring 1 four before holing out to deep long off to returning opening bowler Callingham. This meant Petersfield were tottering on 178 - 7 and in danger of not getting maximum batting points in their pursuit of 3rd place, but Rich Stephens (19 not out) and Omar Iqbal (6 not out) put on 29 in 5 overs to get Petersfield to 207-7.

With a required run rate of just under 5 an over Steep started brightly despite an attack of flying ants as just like last year the little biting insects were coming up through the holes made by the stumps. After the ants flew off, Petersfield removed Callingham (2) in the 7th over thanks to a cutter from Omar Iqbal (1-12) to take out off stump. Chris Wood (1-12) bowling with a possible broken toe removed opener Gareth Dale (16) caught by Jameson at mid wicket. Petersfield kept a tight reign on the scoring and Steep only lost their third wicket with the score on 52 in the 19th over when Kiddle (6) was superbly pouched by Andy Butcher behind the stumps 1 handed off Steve Gibson (1-37).

Mike Burkie (11) hit some lusty blows as he put on 20 for the 4th wicket with skipper Ellis (70) hitting good balls for a couple of boundaries to try and change the momentum of the game. He was caught by sub fielder Adam Childs at long off (on for Chris Wood who had succumbed to his toe injury), giving Frank Straw (2-30) his first wicket. M Bugh (21) joined Ellis and put on 53 in 6 overs as some wayward bowling allowed Steep to think they could chase their total down as the run rate (despite the quick fire 50 partnership) continued to climb. When Bugh departed caught and bowled by Dan May (4-31) the score was 126 in the 34th over Steep needed 10 an over.

Ellis who had looked in no trouble at all for the whole of his innings was the 8th man out as he was caught at deep long off by Rory Newman off May who had also bowled Will Yates (0) in the same over. Rich Stephens (1-22) then trapped Jhon Cosgrove (0) plum in front of middle stump to wrap up the innings as Steep finished on 153 in the 41st over.

A great win for Petersfield which pushes them up to 4th in the table just half an average point behind 3rd place. Petersfield are at home again next week as they face US Portsmouth looking to continue their good run since defeat to Salthill 6 games ago

Man of The Match - Chris Wood

Scorecard-  http://petersfield.play-cricket.com/website/results/2651413g

Petersfield's 2s repot v Wicham 1s

On a day that did not promise a lot of cricket, a truly remarkable game.took place between Petersfield and Wickham. Petersfield won the toss and elected to field first to try and give themselves the best chance of winning the game.

On a dry pitch ( despite all the rain during the week)  Wickham started slowly but steadily before Martin Rowe played back to a ball from Frank Straw(2-16). Martin Reed fell in the next over to a slower ball from Oscar Windebank (1-10) to remove him for a golden duck.
Peter Gywnn (14) fell to a catch a deep long on off Frank Straw (2-16) by Chris Salmon in the over after that leaving Wickham 28-3. Richard Stephens (2-19) returned to the attack after being not needed the week before to remove Bob Haywood (5) caught and bowled. The combination of pace from one end from Toby Austin (2-12) and spin from Stephens at the other worked well for skipper Straw. Austin had Martin Rowan (6) caught at gully by Chris Russell before catching Jon O’leary (5) off his own bowling to leave Wickham 55-6. That soon became 55-7 as Stephen had Steve O’leary (1) trapped plum in front lbw.

Chris Russell (2-16) then bowled David Chetri (4) leaving Wickham 64-8 before the heavens opened and the rains descended to halt the victory charge. The new covers were deployed (sponsored by the Paradise Balti House) and hoses attached but a lot of the players thought that was game over with still another 12 overs of the Wickham innings to be bowled. One attempt to get the covers off looked to have succeeded an hour later only for the rain to start again just as play was to resume. After a lot more hard work soaking up the water on the square using the the waterhog play resumed at 5pm.

Petersfield continued with Russell and Stephens and Russell removed John Gywne (10) but Andy Gwyne and Steve Judge batted out the overs to score 89-9.

After some frantic adjusting of the scores Petersfield were set a victory target of 54 from 20 overs, at around 2.5 runs an over this looked a simple run chase with the sun now out and no more rain clouds in sight.

Chris Salmon (2) and skipper Straw (4) opened the batting and set the tone for the early part of the run chase as David Chetri (5-13) blew away the top order with accurate left arm seam working on the old principle of you miss I hit, the only members of the revised top order who looked comfortable were Andy Butcher (6) and Ed Milford(10)  who took  the score to 18-5 before Butcher was caught. Ed Milford played well and with Chris Russell took the score to 28 before both went quickly and the winning score looked a long way off with 7 down. The crowd knew it would only take a couple of  steady heads and last week's opener Toby Austin (7 not out) and all-rounder Oscar Windebank (17) took the score to 51 before Windebank was caught at mid-wicket trying to pull to the short boundary. Rich Stephens (2 not out) and Austin saw Petersfield home with 8 balls to spare.

A big sigh of relief from all especially the skipper as a nail biting game of cricket came to an end. Well bowled by both sides and well done to the Petersfield 2s players and spectators to get the game finished after the afternoon deluge. Not many games were played in any division so the money invested by the club in water hog and covers paid dividends. A game played in good spirits despite the weather interruptions.