by Editor | Aug 13, 2019
Sunday 28th July 201935 over match, won by 143 runsToss negotiated and SCCC batted firstSCCC 237 for 5 off 35 oversCrondall 95 for 7 off 35 oversHugh Greenway writes: As David Niven said, “Much in life is simply a matter of perspective. It’s not inherently good or...
by Editor | Aug 12, 2019
Sunday 4 August 2019Blackheath 202/7 35 overs innings closedSCCC 189/6 35 overs innings closedBlackheath won by 13 runs Blackheath won the toss, 35 over match Peter Andrew writes: And so to Blackheath, by whatever circuitous route available to avoid the Lycra Louts in...
by Editor | Jul 31, 2019
Sunday 7 July 2019Holybourne 198/9 dec off 39 oversSCCC 138 all out off 39.1 oversHolybourne won by 60 runs So, back to Holybourne for our eighth game. You’d have thought that, having lost last year on the last ball, we’d at least have rocked up with...
by Editor | Jul 31, 2019
Sunday 23rd June 2019West End Esher 40 over match, lost by 5 wicketsSCCC won the toss and elected to batSCCC 217 for 7 off 40 oversWest End Esher 218 for 5 off 39.4 overs Hugh Greenway writes: There is an art to the skippering of a Sunday cricket game, even the vulgar...
by SCCC | Jun 14, 2019
Sunday 2 June 2019 Banstead 182/5 off 40 overs SCCC 183/9 off 35 overs SCCC won by one wicket Chris Muldoon writes: We lost the toss and 10 man Banstead chose to bat. Grinders had Banstead up against if from the off. Grinders bagged two early wickets thanks to...
by SCCC | Jun 14, 2019
Sunday 19 May 2019 Follies Farm OSCC 237-7 (40 overs) SCCC 218 all out (37.3 overs) Lost by 19 runs 40 over match Toss by negotiation David Grindrod writes: We made such a hash of the game last year that it was decided that Follies would bat first so more of them...
by SCCC | Jun 11, 2019
12 May 2019 SCCC 156-8 (35 overs) Binsted 109 (25 overs) SCCC won by 47 runs, 35 over match. Binsted won the toss Stu Hennicker-Smith writes: Having only recently thawed out from the arctic conditions of the opening game of the season, 11 mainly elderly Cryptics...
by SCCC | Jun 11, 2019
Sunday 28 April 2019 Avorians 192-8 (40 overs) SCCC 166-9 (40 overs) Lost by 26 runs Avorians won the toss Keith Taylor writes: So a new season begins: The temperature dropped; the grey clouds rolled in; there was a threat of rain in the air; Pippa was carrying an...
by SCCC | Jun 11, 2019
Malta II Peter Andrew writes: On September 20th, the biggest Cryptic tour party of all time assembled for the second Maltese tour. Economy passengers got to Gatwick at sparrow-fart, for the Air Malta flight, and an early introduction to Cisk, the Malteser’s beer of...
by SCCC | Jun 11, 2019
Played 14 Won 4 Drawn/Tied/Abandoned 3 Lost 7 Sunday 19 August 2018 Stoke d’Abernon 223-7 dec (42 overs) SCCC 123-7 (42 overs) Match drawn Stoke won the toss, declaration match Richard Seeckts writes: Ten months elapsed while we tried to get this fixture...
