Tag Archives: Adrian Mills

Sunday XI beat Ockham and the Weather

Sunday 17th September 2023
Friendly
Ockham 90 all out (26.1 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 91 for 1 (18.4 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 9 wickets

A victory for Stoke but moreover a victory for cricket as both sides showed a shared enthusiasm to make the best of some atrocious conditions and complete a match. Read more

2nd XI lose at Hampton Hill

Saturday 19th August 2023
Surrey Championship Division 4 – 2nd XI Competition
Hampton Hill 2nd XI 237 for 7 (50 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI 186 all out (43.2 overs)
Hampton Hill 2nd XI won by 51 runs

The simple maths of this one was that one of the opposition scored 111 and one partner, with whom he shared a stand of 107 for the 4th wicket, also bettered Stoke’s highest scorer, (45), and no others made it past 35. Read more

Sunday XI lose exciting match at Chobham

Sunday 23rd July 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 122 for 9 (40 overs)
Chobham 123 for 8 (38.2 overs)
Chobham won by 2 wickets

We were delighted to receive an invite from Chobham in the week, and two evenly matched sides played out an exciting game that went the home side’s way in the end, but they were made to work extremely hard for their win after Stoke posted a moderate score. Read more

3rd XI beat the Rain and Ruts

Saturday 8th July 2023
Surrey Championship Division 4 West
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 153 for 9 (40 overs)
Old Rutlishians 107 all out (37.2 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 46 runs

The 3rd XI continued their recent win/lose sequence with a great win at Old Rutlishians who started the day third in the table. Read more

2s beat Addiscombe in Extra Time. Gudgeon 133, Earl 5 for 35

Saturday 1st July 2023
Surrey Championship Division 4 – 2nd XI Competition
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI 185 all out (44.5 overs)
Addiscombe 2nd XI 175 all out (57.2 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI won by 10 runs

After three lean weeks in terms of points Stoke’s 2nd XI reignited their promotion ambitions with an ultimately nerve-wracking win at Addiscombe. Read more

Sunday XI defeated by Chessington

Sunday 11th June 2023
Friendly
Chessington 134 for 9 (35 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 100 all out (28.5 overs)
Chessington won by 34 runs

Continued good availability, that saw the possibility of a second fixture at one point in the week, saw us secure this excellent fixture. Good job we didn’t book one as the availability gods then did their worst; the pool of eighteen available players went to ten with no regular keeper by the morning of the game with some new entries to the book of reasons for dropping out, and all pre-game planning to try to bat first went out of the window. Read more

3rd XI win well at Whiteley Village

Saturday 13th May 2023
Surrey Championship Division 4 West
Whiteley Village 3rd XI 132 all out (39.5 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 133 for 3 (26.1 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 7 wickets

Following back to back promotions Stoke’s 3rd XI delivered a performance to suggest a third could be on the cards come September. Read more

Narrow defeat for Sunday XI in thriller

Sunday 30th April 2023
Friendly
Odney 170 for 6 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 161 all out (39.3 overs)
Odney won by 9 runs

After two washouts the Sunday XI finally got going and played out a tremendous encounter at The Rec, falling just short having nearly chased down an above par total. Read more

Sunday XI win at Shepperton

Sunday 25th September 2022
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 263 for 6 (40 overs)
Shepperton 185 for 3 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 78 runs

The season continued after good early availability and an invite from Shepperton, who produced an excellent surface, and a tea probably unrivalled on any Sunday game this year. Read more

Sunday XI win great game at Frimley

Sunday 4th September 2022
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 172 for 8 (40 overs)
Frimley 155 for 6 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 17 runs

If Carlsberg did Sunday fixtures…

We were delighted to receive an invite from Frimley to continue our season, and they extended their hospitality so much that they offered to field first, their plan to give as many players a bowl as it was their last home match of the season. Read more