by Editor | Dec 29, 2019
Fixtures for the 2020 season are now confirmed and published here. Please remember that 2020 is the year and that we have explicitly not moved to an inferior form of cricket. Fixtures have never been published this early so there is no excuse not to get organised and...
by Editor | Sep 25, 2019
2019 Dinner – Six new Legends A full 11 of Cryptic Legends And the four still waiting… Scottie – Man of the Year 2018 The broken Skipper Tommy Three Cryptics with 443 Cryptic Caps and 10 Test Caps Stalwarts – Grinders and Huggs Cryptic 11 at...
by Editor | Sep 25, 2019
We played only nine games of the 13 fixtures made. Wood Street Village were unable to raise a team but we had to let down Reigate Pilgrims, Chipstead and Stoke d’Abernon due to lack of availability. In mitigation, we were ravaged by injuries, not least to Skipper Paul...
by Editor | Sep 25, 2019
Sunday 1 SeptemberWoking & Horsell CC 247-6 (40 overs)SCCC 242–7 (40 overs)Woking & Horsell CC 247-6 (40 overs)Lost by 5 runs40 over matchWoking & Horsell won the toss Another glorious and exciting season’s finale at Woking was played out in fine weather,...
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...
