RED BAT CRICKET COLLECTIVE

 

   

Home
The Constitution
History
Fixtures
AGMs/EGMs
Averages
Records
Features
Picture Gallery   Links

1986 Season

With the Collective now becoming hardened to the rigours of the South London cricketing life, the usual early-season humiliation by the Surrey Antilles was followed by a good spell of 5 generally comfortable wins in 7 games, punctuated by a narrow defeat to West Byfleet and a thrashing from Wanham.  Sadly the rest of the season was a tale of almost unrelieved losses, with only Southfleet providing the thrill of victory in a low-scoring match.  RBCC's second tour, taking in the delights of Norfolk, was chastening for most, though not for BAL who finished his season with a record nine wickets on tour, including a marathon of 20-4-63-6 in the game against Shropham.

The 1986 averages are unlikely to provide many of the participants with much pleasure, though PoC and BAL have some impressive bowling stats, and Bill Gill managed, slightly freakishly, to be a real all-rounder with his batting average higher than his bowling average.

The season by numbers

 

1986 Fixture List 

Date Opponents Venue Remarks
3 May 1986 Surrey Antilles Dulwich Park Lost by 38 runs
11 May 1986 Richgas Acton Won by 93 runs
17 May 1986 Merton Saints Dulwich Park Won by 46 runs
1 June 1986 West Byfleet Dulwich Park Lost by 10 runs
7 June 1986 Merton Saints Morden Won by 4 wickets
14 June 1986 STA ULU, Motspur Park Won by 45 runs
21 June 1986 Wanham Dulwich Park Lost by 131 runs
29 June 1986 Nuxley Hall Place Won by 23 runs
6 July 1986 Albert Taverners Blackheath Lost by 8 wickets
13 July 1986 Richgas Dulwich Lost by 3 wickets
19 July 1986 Nuxley Blackheath Lost by 3 wickets
27 July 1986 Town Cryers Dulwich Lost by 7 wickets
3? August 1986 Surrey Ovalites   Lost by 101 runs
10? August 1986 Southfleet   Won by 3 wickets
16 August 1986 Bill Philpott All Stars Dulwich Fragmentary scoresheet

23 August 1986 Great Ellingham Great Ellingham Lost by 128 runs
24 August 1986 Hingham Hingham Lost by 2 wickets
25 August 1986 Shropham Shropham Lost by 72 runs

30 August 1986 Oakwood Dulwich Park Drawn (rain stopped play)