Canvey Island Cricket Club Results
Weekend 4^th - 5^th August

RAIN ALMOST ROBS CANVEY OF VICTORY CHARGE

 Saturday    
Danbury                      118 all out
Canvey Island             120-3          
Canvey won by 7 wickets

 The rain almost conspired to rob Canvey of a deserved victory against Danbury. The match ended in near farcical conditions with the rain coming down in biblical proportions and the pitch becoming increasingly unplayable. After three earlier stoppages neither team wanted to come off the field until the winning runs were scored. Paul Ward (49 not out) and Richie Burrill (37) coped best with the conditions but batting was never easy in the rain. Conditions had been much easier earlier on, but Danbury failed to make the best of a good start and succumbed to the swing and seam of Phil Walker (4 for 23) and John Gunn (4 for 39). Only two men scored more than 10 as Canvey bowled and fielded well to restrict Danbury to an eminently gettable target. This win keeps Canvey in the hunt at the top of the league, with the clash with main rivals South Woodham Ferrers only a couple of weeks away.

 SUPER SCAMMELL AND SYNNOTT STOPPED BY WEATHER

Canvey Island 2            178-5
Chignal Smealy              75-1    
Match abandoned

Rain brought a premature end to this absorbing clash. With the match delicately poised the players were forced from the field and were unable to return. This was hard luck in particular for John Scammell (66) and Paul Synnott, who with a season’s best 36 not out, had batted Canvey into a position of strength. Scammell has been in sublime form this season and his 66 was the fifth time he has passed fifty in the league already. Unfortunately his efforts were all in vain as nature had the final word.

CANVEY CRUISE TO SIMPLE SUNDAY WIN 

Sunday          
West Billericay            112 all out
Canvey Island             115-2             
Canvey won by 8 wickets

Smallgains played host to a rather one-sided encounter on Sunday as Canvey easily overcame an under strength West Billericay side. John Gunn (45 not out) and Gary Snowdon (27 not out) saw Canvey home to a modest victory target of 113, with Snowdon smashing two gigantic sixes off Drew. His lusty efforts placed into stark perspective the earlier difficulties of the West Billericay batsmen to come to terms with the Canvey attack. They were always on the back foot once Paul Ward (2 for 10) had ripped out both openers, and with the heart exposed Dave Knox (3 for 9) took full advantage. But for a spirited captain’s innings from R. Simmons (56) this would hardly have been a game at all.