Tag Archives: Rod Thomson

Moral Victory for the Sunday XI

Sunday 2nd July 2023
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Stoke D’Abernon 172 for 8 (40 overs)
Ottershaw 175 for 8 (32.2 overs)
Ottershaw won by 2 wickets

After an excellent fixture at The Rec a couple of years ago we secured a return when the game was advertised; and the Sunday XI, on the road yet again, assembled at the Chertsey Recreation Ground in good time. Park cricket but a nice venue. Then we waited and waited for sign of an opposition. Read more

One of those nights for the Over 40s

Tuesday 27th June 2023
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Leatherhead Over 40s 185 for 4 (20 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 124 for 6 (20 overs)
Leatherhead Over 40s won by 61 runs

Nights like this can happen. Our Over 40s team has played the odd game where pretty much everyone has reached the retirement mark and in return the opposition has never really got going. Tonight it was our turn to be on the receiving end. Read more

“I get out caught a lot”

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.) Read more

Local Derby Win in Rod’s Last Match

Sunday 28th August 2022
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Stoke D’Abernon 218 for 7 (40 overs)
Maori Oxshott 123 all out (31.1 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 95 runs

If Carlsberg did ways to end a career.

This match saw Rod Thomson’s playing days at Stoke come to an end, and he would end with the wicket to close out victory against Maori Oxshott who were not only kind enough to come to us to play having advertised for a home game themselves, but they would also provide a guard of honour and invite us to bat despite winning the toss on a warm afternoon. Read more

Sunday XI end very long losing streak with very quick victory

Sunday 21st August 2022
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Leatherhead 72 all out (23.5 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 73 for 1 (10 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 9 wickets

Stoke’s Sunday XI ended an eight game losing streak with an emphatic victory over a Leatherhead side on a similar but not as lengthy run. Read more

Defeat for the Over 40s but good fun

Monday 25th July 2022
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Leatherhead Over 40s 174 fo 5 (20 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 127 for 8 (20 overs)
Leatherhead Over 40s won by 47 runs

The Over 40s were back in action and first up thanks again to Kevin for arranging the fixture and assembling the side; although his appearance in a sling then affected his ability to send out the correct coded messages to skipper Justin Jones to get the right match ups. Read more

Last Ball win for the Over 40s over West End Esher

Thursday 7th July 2022
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Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s 172 for 5 (20 overs)
West End Esher Over 40s 167 for 9 (20 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon Over 40s won by 5 runs

To say both sides used their squads and a bit of creativity was an understatement, but it ended up being a last ball thriller. Read more

3rd XI Win – Five wickets on debut for Richard Parsons

Saturday 2nd July 2022
Surrey Championship Division 5 West
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI 207 for 6 (40 overs)
Weybridge Vandals 3rd XI 158 all out (35 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 3rd XI won by 49 runs

The right result achieved…in the end.

With the captain on holiday Ralph Coleman was given the keys and ticked the first box by winning the toss and electing to bat on a warm afternoon. Read more