League & Cup News
Clubs ready for T20 Blast off!
The brand new Greene King IPA Gloucestershire County League T20 Blast kicks off on Sunday with 22 teams eager to make their mark. The sides have been placed in three geographic groups with the table-toppers set to qualify for a round-robin finals day at Hatherley...
Week 7 is a washout for many but there’s joy for Thornbury
VERY little weekend cricket was possible because of persistent rain but Thornbury defeated the weather and Corsham to move up a place to second in Premier Two Glos/Wilts in the Courage West of England Premier League. On a day when the overwhelming majority of...
Sunday service … if it stops raining!
WEATHER permitting, plenty of cricket is scheduled for Sunday in a number of different competitions. Bishopston will make a second attempt at beginning their defence of the Stuart Canvas Gloucestershire Cup when they entertain Bedminster (1.30pm) in an opening...
Week 6 Honours Boards are up!
Week 6 Honours Boards are up! Well done to Jer Perrins of Eastcombe for topping the batting with his 181* which secured sixth place nationally, and also to Tony Pinder of Bristol YMCA for leading the bowling with a return of 6-12, all...
Week 6 WEPL round-up
CHELTENHAM produced a tremendous fightback to complete a memorable first win since being promoted to Premier One of the Courage West of England Premier League, holding off Taunton St Andrews by six runs. Saints were clear favourites for the spoils at 210-3, needing...
Week 6 Bristol & District review
BRISTOL YMCA maintained their strong start to life in the Martin Berrill Bristol & District League’s Senior Division with a nine-wicket pounding of Keynsham 2nds. Opener Tom Kennedy was bowled for 99 as Keynsham reached 221-5 but the target was well within...
Week 6 Gloucestershire County League review
TOM Hayward produced a match-winning burst of 6-30 for Division One pacesetters Apperley away to Chipping Sodbury in the Greene King IPA Gloucestershire County League. Sodbury, pursuing 230, were in a decent position to challenge at 133-2 but faded away as Hayward...
Clubs aiming to be at their Sunday best!
AS well as full Saturday league programmes, there is plenty of Sunday cricket to look forward to this weekend. Bristol YMCA, for example, are hosting a full day of girls’ cricket activity based around the World Cup. Three teams are taking part in a six-a-side...
Five Valleys girls club searching for new players
GLOUCESTERSHIRE has a new girls cricket team which is trying to attract players from the ages of 11 to 16 (years 6-11). Five Valleys is an innovative collaboration between Painswick and Frampton-on-Severn who both had a number of girls interested in cricket, but...
Matt’s 9-27 tops the national bowling board!
Week 5 Honours Boards are up! Special shout out to Downend's Matt Jackson for his 9-27 (incl hat-trick) which was the best bowling performance in the entire country last week, and to our top batter Adam Young of Pucklechurch for his 190 which came in at No 12...
Week 5 WEPL review
MATT Jackson finished with career-best figures of 9-27, including the hat-trick, but Downend were still unable to overcome Taunton St Andrews who ran out 44-run victors in Premier One of the Courage West of England Premier League. The 39-year-old sparked a Saints...
