Sunday 11th June 2017
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 148 for 9 (40 overs)
Epsom Methodists 149 for 5 (34.4 overs)
Epsom Methodists won by 5 wickets
An inspection of the scorecard makes this look like a routine ‘restrict & chase’ for the opposition, but it was far from that. Stoke can take a number of positives from this, notably the contributions from their younger players.
Saturday 10th June 2017
Travelbag Surrey Championship Division 4 – 2nd XI Competition
Sinjungrammarians 2nd XI 161 all out (45.3 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI 164 for 9 (54.3 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI won by 1 wicket
Another nail-biter as Stoke’s 2nd XI claimed a narrow victory in Wandsworth.
Sunday 4th June 2017
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 101 all out (33.4 overs)
Richmond Nomads 69 all out (26.3 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 32 runs
Another mad day in the life of the Stoke Sunday side but it all worked out in the end!
A sunny day, all the Stokers present and correct, clock ticking towards the point where the opposition should be starting to appear…but no sign of them. A speculative call to them to see how they were getting on was met with a rather surprised voice at the other end suggesting that the fixture was next Sunday. Cue panic with the tea lady now on site too!
Saturday 3rd June 2017
Travelbag Surrey Championship Division 4 – 2nd XI Competition
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI 143 all out (50.2 overs)
Ewell 2nd XI 122 all out (46.5 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI won by 21 runs
Stoke’s 2nd XI scored a sensational win at Ewell having been second favourites for at least 3 quarters of the afternoon.
Saturday 27th May 2017
Travelbag Surrey Championship Division 4 – 2nd XI Competition
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI 264 for 9 (50 overs)
Merstham 261 all out (49 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI won by 3 runs
Back to back wins for Stoke’s 2nd XI with this 20-point haul, but they made harder work of this one than they should have, although Merstham contributed a lot to this match.
Sunday 21st May 2017
Friendly
Wisley Southside 139 for 6 (40 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 140 for 7 (36.1 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 3 wickets
Stoke’s Sunday XI completed a clean sweep of senior cricket victories at the weekend with a successful run chase at The Rec. Lots of familiar faces in the visitors’ line-up when they arrived, but they advertised themselves as “stronger than usual” and hustled Rod Thomson into giving them first use of the strip.
Tuesday 16th May 2017
Surrey Championship T20 – Round 1
Camberley 107 all out (19.2 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon 111 for 3 (14.4 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 7 wickets
Stoke progressed to the next round of the Surrey Championship T20 with a superb all-round team performance where every player left something positive on the scorecard. By their own admission at the toss the home side “scraped” a team together, but Stoke faced the same challenge, plus the lengthy round trip that included a closed M3 on the way home.
Sunday 14th May 2017
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 197 for 5 (40 overs)
Badgers 185 all out (38.3 overs)
Stoke D’Abernon won by 12 runs
A fixture that was in jeopardy on Friday due to late drop outs, including the author of this report, was fulfilled due to some much appreciated assistance from those who played in the League the previous day, and a highly entertaining game was played out where all results were possible going into the closing overs.
Sunday 7th May 2017
Friendly
Stoke D’Abernon 164 for 6 (40 overs)
Battersea Eagles 168 for 8 (37.2 overs)
Battersea Eagles won by 2 wickets
Numbers, (just), were available for a Sunday fixture this weekend and the Battersea Eagles were the successful club selected from those who replied to our advert, and they also kindly supplied us with an 11th player. (More on him later.)
Saturday 6th May 2017
Travelbag Surrey Championship Division 4 – 2nd XI Competition
Stoke D’Abernon 2nd XI 251 for 7 (50 overs)
Kingstonian 2nd XI 252 for 9 (48.5 overs)
Kingstonian 2nd XI won by 1 wicket
Stoke’s second string were left to rue this one that got away as Kingstonian chased down their total with one wicket and seven balls to spare despite having been 106 for 7 at one point.
