Canvey Island Cricket Club Results
Weekend 24^th – 25^th May 

Saturday  
Canvey Island I      103 all out
Fyfield                   106-4            
Canvey lost by 6 wickets 

Canvey stumbled to a second league defeat in three games to send their assault on the Division Six title into a tailspin. The Fyfield match was always likely to provide a difficult test, as it did last season, but no one quite expected the much-vaunted batting line-up to fail away from home for the second time in a row. Conditions were not great for batting with a wet pitch and long outfield hardly offering full value for the stroke, but Canvey were up against it from the third ball when the first wicket fell. Russell Abbott (29) top-scored but found piercing the infield almost impossible. A total of 103 was always likely to be about 30 runs short and so it proved as Fyfield inched their way to the target from 38 overs, but crucially for the loss of only 4 wickets. Abbott also proved the most successful bowler with 2 for 45, but it was another day to forget for the Canvey boys.

Pegasus & Corringham III  176 all out
Canvey Island II                 181-3    
Canvey won by 7 wickets 

Canvey put last week’s batting debacle firmly behind them with a good win against Pegasus on Saturday at Smallgains. A good bowling display from Mark Gorman (3 for 45) and Sean Peters (2 for 38), ably backed up by skipper Dave Higgins (4 for 19) with his medium-pace wobblers ensured that Canvey were chasing an eminently gettable target. Following on from a brief cameo from Peter Cook (26), Ken Roberts (60) and Martin Robinson (56) played as if their dinner was getting cold, smashing the ball to all parts to get the match over quickly. Both men were dismissed shortly before the end, but Michael Gunn (16 not out) entered into the spirit by winning the game with a towering six to climax a satisfactory day for the Islanders.

 Sunday      
Canvey Island         174-9
West Billericay        135-9      
Canvey won by 39 runs 

West Billericay visited Smallgains for their routine beating on Sunday, and it was duly administered again, although this time with the match proving more competitive than recent encounters. Early wickets gave West Billericay hope, but Gary Burton (36) and Ricky Broadmore (33) started the re-building effort for Canvey, and Paul Ward coming in at no.8 injected some much needed late innings impetus with a chancy 51. Young Richard Foot (3 for 11) made some inroads into the West Billericay reply and when Terry Cockell claimed 2 for 10 with his left-arm spin Canvey were well and truly on top. The run out of the dangerous Tim Loader sealed the win by 39 runs.