Oporto 2009

SCCC tour to Oporto 3rd – 7th September 2009 Saturday 5th September SCCC 171 for 8 dec Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club 128 all out SCCC won by 43 runs Sunday 6th September SCCC 187 for 8 dec Oporto Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club 88 all out SCCC won by 99 runs...

2009

Played 19 Won 11 Drawn/Tied 5 Lost 3 Sunday 30th August 2009 SCCC 190 (37.2 overs) OCA 54th CC 194-5 (30.4 overs) 40 over match Lost by 5 wickets OCA 54th CC won the toss Richard Seeckts writes: A new fixture at the Wandgas ground in Worcester Park, where only very...

2008

Played 13 Won 10 Drawn/Tied 2 Lost 1 Sunday 7 September 2008 SCCC 159-9 dec Woking & Horsell 123-8 Match drawn SCCC won the toss Peter Andrew writes: Last match of the season, and against a real cricket team, too. We started late, for a number of reasons. No,...

Ljubljana 2007

SCCC tour to Ljubljana, Slovenia 13-17 September 2007 Game 1: Ljubljana 135-7 (35 overs) SCCC 136-6 (22 overs) Won by 4 wickets Game 2: SCCC 256-4 (35 overs) Ljubljana 127 all out (32 overs) Won by 129 runs Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia, has a population of around...

2007

Played 11 Won 8 Drawn 2 Lost 1 Sunday 9 September 2007 Woking and Horsell 194-8 dec (45 overs) SCCC 195-2 (32 overs) Won by 8 wickets Toss by negotiation Experience triumphs – 472 years of Cryptic beef This was David Grindrod’s match with jingling bells on. So...

2006

Played 15 Won 6 Drawn 3 Lost 5 Tied 1 Sunday 10 September Woking & Horsell 176-6 dec SCCC 155 SCCC lost by 21 runs SCCC won toss Paul Goss accepts the captaincy from Richard Seeckts to the delight of a Cryptic cheerleader So, the end of an era, as Seeckts’s...

The year without defeat

Sing when you’re winning. The year without defeat. Played 17, Won 13, Drawn 4, Lost 0. The washout at Putney on 21 May 2006 ensured that the Surrey Cryptics achieved a full year unbeaten. This remarkable record was not down to the weather – Putney was the first...

Malta 2005

Cryptics Tour to Malta, 2005by Peter Andrew Cryptics on tour in Malta This was familiar territory for previous Cryptic tourists. Pippa was carrying an injury. Tom Ware was enthusiastic, dogmatic, reactionary. Fat piemen were a little older, greyer. Our opposition were...

2005

Played 17 Won 12 Drawn 3 Lost 2 Sunday 4 September SCCC 165-8 (40 overs) Ottershaw 150 all out (39 overs) Won by 15 runs SCCC won the toss, 40 over match With only seven players on the ground at the scheduled start time, none of whom could keep wicket, the decision to...

2004

Played 15 Won 9 Drawn 4 Lost 2 Tilford 12.09.04 SCCC 242-7 dec (42 overs) Tilford 175-8 (44 overs) Match drawn Tilford won the toss The share of the overs suggests that the declaration was about right, maybe even generous. On a fast scoring ground it was a shame that...