Canvey Island Cricket Club Results
Weekend 21^st  - 22^nd July

 WALKER AND WARD WASTE WOODHAM

 Saturday 
Woodham Mortimer 2           75 all out
Canvey Island 1                     76-0      
Canvey won by 10 wickets

 Victory could not have been any easier for Canvey on Saturday as they crushed a pathetic Woodham Mortimer by the massive margin of 10 wickets. Opening pair Paul Ward (40 n.o.) and Ben Davis (27 n.o.) cruised home inside 19 overs to notch up Canvey's most comprehensive win of the league campaign, displaying an impressive array of strokes between them, after the bowlers had decimated the Woodham Mortimer innings. Chief destroyer was Phil Walker who claimed 4 for 16 in a sumptuous display of quality swing bowling. Russell Abbott (3 for 16) and Gary Burton (2 for 25) also exploited the conditions to the full to send the Woodham batsmen packing. On a slow, low pitch, many of the batsmen were culpable for their own downfalls with injudicious shot selection, but that should take nothing away from the bowlers, who performed infinitely better than their Woodham counterparts. With Canvey showing such devastating form as the season reaches a crucial phase, confidence of sewing up promotion should be sky-high. 

NORMAL SERVICE RESUMED WITH NAIL-BITING  WIN FOR CANVEY

Pegasus/Corringham 3            174 all out
Canvey Island 2                     175-8      
Canvey won by 1 wicket

 Canvey 2's bounced back from last week's humiliation at the hands of Brookweald in style on Saturday, although they again showed their propensity for almost snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. After Dave Higgins (6 for 42) had bowled superbly, assisted by some unusually athletic work in the field from skipper Ken Roberts, who took two blinding catches, Canvey looked set fair for victory. A fourth win in five games seemed almost assured with John Scammell and Roberts at the crease chasing the target of 175. But from a secure 133 for 3, things started to go awry with the dismissals of Scammell for a well-made 51, and Roberts for a powerful 49. As is usual with the second team, no one in the middle-order was able to hang around, and it was left to the final wicket pair of Terry Castille and Lee Banks to sneak Canvey over the winning line in a tense finale. 

GUNN FIRES CANVEY TO TIGHT WIN 

Sunday    
Mulberry                      118 all out
Canvey Island               119-8       
Canvey won by 2 wickets 

Smallgains was the scene of another tight finish on Sunday as Canvey scraped home by 2 wickets against a stubborn Mulberry side. At 30 for 5 chasing 119 for victory Canvey looked to be on the wrong side of the eight-ball, but sensible batting from Paul Synnott (24) and Gary Burton (13) saw the deficit gradually whittled away. A classy knock from John Gunn (33 n.o.), who mixed studious defence with controlled aggression, and aided by some bizarre field placings from the Mulberry skipper, saw Canvey past the winning post. Gunn was also the pick of the Canvey bowlers, claiming 4 for 11, as the Mulberry innings folded faster than an Olympic origami champion. Gary Burton (2 for 19), and Rob Eve (1 for 3 from 8 overs) also bowled well on a day dominated by the ball.