Canvey Island Cricket Club Results
Weekend 14^th - 15^th July

ABBOTT HAS DAY TO REMEMBER 

Saturday            
Canvey Island 1        168-5
Rettendon 2              87 all out   
Canvey won by 81 runs 

Even the atrocious weather conditions of the past weekend were not enough to prevent Canvey's victory march on Saturday against a poor Rettendon side. The star turn was provided by Russell Abbott who produced the outstanding performance of the season so far by smashing an unbeaten 100 during Canvey's innings and then returning to claim 5 for 17 to send Canvey on their way to an easy win. Despite a sluggish start in partnership with Neil Casson (38), Abbott burst into life in the final ten overs of a game reduced to 37 overs per side due to persistent rain. Smashing 8 four's and a 6 during his superb knock, Abbott brought up his first ton of the season, and the first in the club this year, from the final ball of the Canvey innings. 

CANVEY 2'S SINK TO ALL-TIME LOW

Canvey Island 2           50 all out
Brookweald 2              51-2        
Canvey lost by 8 wickets

 After three wins in a row confidence was high that Canvey 2's could continue their winning run against a Brookweald side that they had been unlucky to lose to earlier in the season. However, the confidence could not have been more misplaced, as the Islanders slumped to their worst defeat of the season and set a record for their lowest score in the process. Only 33 of the scheduled 90 overs were required to complete the whole match as Canvey succumbed to a startling spell of 7 for 13 from Brookweald's Forrest. Only Ken Roberts with a typically robust 25 managed double figures in a game that Canvey will want to forget as quickly as it was over.

 GUNN OOZES CLASS AS SNOWDON STRIKES GOLD

 Sunday  
Canvey Island                 226-8
Rayleigh Fairview            196-8        
Canvey won by 30 runs

 Sunday saw a day of firsts for the Canvey side. John Gunn (71 not out) slammed his first fifty of the season, and Les Snowdon claimed the first two wickets of his Canvey career to propel Canvey to victory. John Scammell (51) and Gunn provided the main impetus of the Canvey innings, with Gunn particularly severe on the Rayleigh bowling. Eight boundaries were blasted either side of the wicket in a classical display of clean hitting to go with a perfectly timed 6, as over a hundred runs came from the final 15 overs. In reply Rayleigh were immediately in trouble as spinner Ben Davis claimed two cheap wickets, but it was Les Snowdon who ended any hopes of victory, removing dangerman Moore for 33 and then going on to claim a second wicket in as many balls to set himself up for a unique hat-trick next time out. Watch this space!