Canvey Island Cricket Club Results
Weekend 11^th – 12^th August

WARD WHACKS TERLING

 Saturday          
Canvey Island 1            214-7
Terling 2                       124 all out
Canvey won by 90 runs 

A superb all-round display by Paul Ward was the cornerstone of Canvey’s easy win against Terling on Saturday. Ward top scored with 46 in the Canvey innings and then opened the bowling to good effect as he returned figures of 4 for 31, ripping out the top order in the process. But it wasn’t just a one-man show, Ward was ably assisted by the Burrill brothers, Richie (44) turning the tables on the previous match and out-scoring Les (39), and by Terry Cockell who also claimed four wickets with his unorthodox left-arm spin. The win puts Canvey clear in second place in Division 8 of the league, with the top-of-the-table clash with South Woodham Ferrers to come next week.

SORRY CANVEY SLUMP DESPITE SCAMMELL EFFORTS

Bluehouse 3                 241-7
Canvey Island 2           157 all out     
Canvey lost by 84 runs

 A strange quirk of this game was the 42 wides bowled by the Bluehouse team. Without these Canvey would have struggled to muster 100 runs, as they found life extremely difficult against a strong Bluehouse side. Only John Scammell (31) made any significant contribution as he raced past 400 league runs for the season, and without the wides it would have been a much sorrier tale. Hunt (40) and Guttridge (65) put the Canvey bowling to the sword early on, and two late wickets for Darren Wainer were scant consolation for the power hitting that had gone on before.

Sunday  
Canvey Island              178-7
Mallards                      125 all out      
Canvey won by 53 runs

A blistering 85 from skipper Paul Ward was the highlight of this encounter against Mallards. Ward dispatched the bowling to all parts as he thrashed 12 fours and a huge six over long-off. He was particularly severe on the bowling upon reaching fifty, striking four sumptuous boundaries off one Cox over. Gary Snowdon (28) also got in on the act before being controversially dismissed caught off a ball clearly over shoulder height. He trudged off disconsolate, but there was no call of no-ball forthcoming from umpire Dave Knox. The Mallards reply was undermined almost immediately following an inspired bowling change which saw Dave Shroder having his first bowl of the season. Having recovered from back problems the off-spinner ripped out three top-order batsmen to return highly impressive figures of 3 for 29. Darren Wainer was equally impressive with the ball as he cleaned up the tail to end with career-best figures of 4 for 14.