1st XI (PDQ Cars North Essex Cricket League Division 3)
Played 16†, won 10†, lost 6, cancelled 4. Points: 238, average 14.88. League position 4 th (out of 11)
Wins : Cressing (A); Bocking (H); Eight Ash Green (A); †Little Clacton (A ‑ conceded); †Cressing (H – conceded); High Easter (H); Dedham (H); Gosfield (A); Cavaliers (A); Dedham (A);
Defeats : Wivenhoe Town (A); Cavaliers (H); Clacton (H); Clacton (A); Eight Ash Green (H); Gosfield (H).
Cancelled : Little Clacton (H); Wivenhoe Town (H), Bocking (A), High Easter (A)
2nd XI (PDQ Cars North Essex Cricket League Division 5)
Played 20†, won 9†, lost 11. Points: 217, average 10.85. League position 8 th (out of 11)
Wins : Real Oddies (A); Copford (A); Maldon (H – ‘away’ fixture played at Great Braxted); Abberton & District (H); Cavaliers (H); Maldon (H); †Copford (H ‑ conceded); North Springfield Wanderers (H); Abberton & District (A).
Defeats : Great Bentley (A); Wormingford (A); Little Baddow (A); Ardleigh (H); Little Baddow (H); Cavaliers (A); Wormingford (H); North Springfield Wanderers (A); Ardleigh (A); Great Bentley (H); Real Oddies (H).
Friendlies
Played 2, won 2, cancelled 2.
Wins : Halstead Fenns (H); Leavenheath (A).
Cancelled : Halstead Fenns (A); Galleywood (A)
Highs and lows
Highest GB&T total : (2 nd XI) 312 for 7 v Cavaliers on 31 July at Great Braxted
Lowest GB&T total : (2 nd XI) 29 v Cavaliers on 26 June at Mill Road, Colchester
Highest total by opponents : 223-6 by Wivenhoe Town on 15 May at Wivenhoe
Lowest total by opponents : 44 by High Easter on 5 June at Great Braxted
Biggest victory batting first : by 137 runs against Maldon on 6 August at Great Braxted
Biggest victories batting second : by 10 wickets against High Easter on 5 June at Great Braxted and against Maldon on 9 July at Great Braxted
Heaviest defeats : (1 st XI) by 126 runs against Cavaliers on 26 June at Great Braxted and (2 nd XI) by 10 wickets against Wormingford on 8 May at Wormingford.
Highest aggregate runs total : 490 (GB&T 2 nd XI 312 for 7; Cavaliers 178 on 31 July)
Closest results : (1 st XI) 1 run win against Cavaliers on 31 July at Mill Road, Colchester; (1 st XI) 4 runs defeat by Clacton on 7 August at Clacton; (2 nd XI) 5 runs win against North Springfield Wanderers on 18 September at Great Braxted; (2 nd XI) 1 wicket win against Real Oddies on 4 June at Mile End; 1 wicket win against Leavenheath on 17 September at Leavenheath (friendly)
Batting
Centuries for Great Braxted & Tiptree – two [2004: six]
AG Bethell (1): 118* v Cavaliers (H) on 31 July
Alan Cookson (1) 100 v Maldon (H) on 6 August
In addition, there were 18 other scores of 50 or more [2004: 17]:
Sean Hummerstone (4); Tony Gennings (2); Michael Lamb (2); Philip Williams (2); Darren Bloomfield (1); Andrew Bond (1) Alan Cookson (1); Rod Croxon (1); Steve Farmer (1); Darren Gennings (1); Philip Mann (1) and Tristan Webb (1).
By contrast, there were 52 ducks [2004: 61]. Most ducks: 4 (Andy Bond). Most ducks in a match: 6 (1 st XI v Cavaliers (H) on 26 June)
Bowling
5 wickets in an innings – six instances [2004: two]
David Gay: 8.4-5-11-6 v High Easter (H) on 5 June
Robert Hill: 9-2-31-6 v Maldon (H) on 6 August
Spencer Sewell: 10-1-33-6 v Abberton & District (A) on 24 September
Michael Williams: 7-4-12-5 v Gosfield (A) on 3 July
Spencer Sewell: 5.4-0-21-5 v Leavenheath (A) on 17 September
John Hale: 10-0-50-5 v Copford (A) on 12 June.
In addition there were 7 instances of bowlers taking four wickets in an innings [2004:15]: Robert Hill (2); Owen Boxell (1); David Gay (1); Spencer Sewell (1); Michael Williams (1); Philip Williams (1).
Other statistics
Century partnerships (2) [2004: 5]
132 (S Hummerstone 79 and RHW Croxon 51) for the 1 st wicket v Dedham (A) on 21 August.
107 (TG Webb 75 and AR Gennings 40) for the 4 th wicket v Cavaliers (A) on 31 July.
Wicketkeeping dismissals (28) [2004: 23] : 12: Alan Cookson (11c + 1st); 7: Tony Gennings; 3: Tony Brown, Mark Harlow; 2: David Lamming (1c + 1st); 1: Paul Buchheister (1st).
All catches (111) [2004: 125] : 11: Alan Cookson and Tony Gennings; 9: Philip Williams; 8: Andy Bond; 7: Sean Hummerstone and Michael Lamb; 6: Tony Brown and Robert Hill; 5: John Hale and Michael Williams.
The players
40 people played for Great Braxted & Tiptree in one or more matches during the 2005 season [2004: 45], with 24 different people playing for the 1 st XI and 37 for the 2 nd XI.
20 people played in 10 or more games as follows [2004: 20]: 21 games played – 2; 19 – 1; 18 – 1; 17 – 3; 16 – 3; 15 ‑ 5; 14 – 1; 12 –1; 11 – 1; 10 – 2.
20 people played in 9 games or fewer as follows [2004: 25]: nine games played – 2; eight – 2; seven – 2; five – 1; two – 4; one: - 9.
GB&T fielded fewer than 11 players on only two occasions: on 15 May v Little Baddow (A) (9 players) and on 26 June, 2 nd XI v Cavaliers (A) (8 players).
Note : The statistics do not include the club game played on 29 May 2005 between Steve Turner’s XI and Paul Buchheister’s XI, arranged in consequence of Little Clacton and Cressing conceding the two games they were scheduled to play that weekend. Best performances in the club game were: batting – MC Lamb 72; bowling – Steve Turner 4-2-13-4.
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