Canvey Island Cricket Club Results

Weekend 10^th – 11^th May 

Saturday     
Foulness               166-5
Canvey Island I     169-1   
Canvey won by 9 wickets 

Canvey bounced back from their opening defeat with a comprehensive win against Foulness at Smallgains on Saturday. Despite lacking penetration on a typical Canvey wicket Foulness were not able to post the sort of total that would have been competitive. Gary Snowdon chipped in with 3 for 36 to keep the scoring rate down, leaving Foulness about 50 short of a par score. Paul Ward (105) and Neil Casson (38 not out) put the target into context when they came to bat, Ward in particular accelerating in spectacular fashion upon passing his half century to ensure victory inside 32 overs.

Rankins II              119 all out
Canvey Island II    110 all out     
Canvey lost by 9 runs 

There are many ways to lose a cricket match, but not many of them involve capitulating from 94 for 1 to 110 all out. Canvey II’s have always sought out more weird and wacky ways of gifting victory to the opposition, but this was one of their better efforts. Nine wickets fell for 16 runs as defeat was well and truly snatched from the jaws of victory. Defeat was particularly hard on skipper Dave Higgins who did more than most to put Canvey in with a shout. He followed up season’s best figures of 7 for 28 with a rapid 40 with the bat, but ultimately it was his dismissal that precipitated the collapse. Five ducks littered the Canvey card, four of which were golden, Canvey slipping to an embarrassing nine run loss.

 Sunday      
St. Aiden’s             214-9
Canvey Island        91 all out 
Canvey lost by 123 runs 

Canvey made it two collapses in two days with another dreadful batting display on Sunday against St. Aiden’s. Another comfortable win seemed on the cards at the off following on from last year’s victory in same fixture when Terry Cockell snaffled 4 for 28 with his unorthodox brand of left-arm spin to restrict St. Aiden’s to 214 from their 40 overs. However, no one was able to stay for long in the middle as Canvey subsided to 49 for 9. Only a stubborn last wicket stand of 41 from Paul Synnott (33) and Gary Snowdon (10 not out) prevented a more humiliating defeat.