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.
Sunday 20th August 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 289 for 3 (40 overs)
Odiham & Greywell 193 for 7 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 96 runs
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Tuesday 15th August 2023
Friendly
Whiteley Village Over 40s 134 for 7 (20 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 131 for 7 (20 overs)
Whiteley Village Over 40s won by 3 runs
An exciting game with all results possible at the start of the final over saw Whiteley Village score a narrow win.
Sunday 6th August 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 159 for 8 (40 overs)
Graveney 152 for 9 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 7 runs
A tremendous advert for Sunday cricket saw Stoke secure a narrow win with all four results possible going into the final over.
Tuesday 25th July 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 134 for 4 (20 overs)
Westfield 110 all out (18.5 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s won by 24 runs
The Over 40s completed a win double over Westfield at The Rec with a solid performance; posting a score that was within range with a short boundary one side, but was defended well with good bowling and fielding.
Sunday 9th July 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 253 for 8 (35 overs)
United Lawyers Society 209 all out (32.3 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 44 runs
A bonus home game for the Sunday XI, the ground becoming available on Friday after cancellation of the Under 15s League match. Ad placed, much interest in playing us as always; and we selected the United Lawyers Society to come and play; a new-build in cricketing terms, based on half a dozen or so lawyer friends who hadn’t played cricket for a while plus friends, family and the odd ringer to form a wandering side. They have one or two common opponents on their card, notably our good friends Wraysbury, one of whom played for them.
Monday 19th June 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 144 for 6 (20 overs)
West End Esher Over 40s 144 for 6 (20 overs)
Match Tied
A quick turnaround for the Overs 40s squad, many of whom were involved at the weekend, and it was a welcome break from the quest for league points; although by the end nerves were just as frayed.
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.
Sunday 7th May 2023
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 205 for 9 (40 overs)
Warfield 132 for 8 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 73 runs
Strong Saturday availability led to the chance to assemble a team and source a fixture for Sunday. Thanks to those who made themselves available, and to George for being able to get another game out of last week’s strip.
Followers of our Twitter page would have seen us recently capture details of our active players with the most number of innings having never been dismissed leg before. (For those who hadn’t seen it Geoff Vinall tops that list with a current run of 51 innings from debut and never been lbw.)
