Canvey Island Cricket Club Results
Weekend 5-6th July 03

Saturday  
Canvey Island I      184 all out
Eastwood               152 all out    
Canvey won by 32 runs 

John Gunn was once again the hero for Canvey revenge was gained over an Eastwood side sitting pretty at the top of the league and unbeaten going into the reverse of the opening fixture of the season. On that occasion Canvey had been humbled, scoring only 94 runs and going down by 8 wickets. How the story was different this time around. Paul Ward (77) and Neil Casson (34) set the ball rolling with their trademark century stand for the first wicket. Ward was particularly severe on the opening attack who had created such havoc at Eastwood, belting a towering six over square leg to bring up his fifty. Once those two were out, the jitters sit in with the innings folding for the addition of only 81 runs for the final nine wickets. Leake proved to be the pick of the bowlers, returning a remarkable 8 for 38 with his slow dobblers. The total of 184 looked about 20 or 30 runs short of a good score on the usual flat Smallgains wicket, but after Gary Snowdon (3 for 47) made some early incisions in the top order there was no way back for Eastwood as they fell further behind the rate. In the midst of this John Gunn embarked on a masterful spell of seam bowling, chipping in with regular wickets on his way to a match-winning 5 for 36. This win leaves Canvey with an outside chance of promotion with the second grudge match with Fyfield only three weeks away.

Rayleigh III             140 all out
Canvey Island II      141-6
Canvey won by 4 wickets 

A superb all-round showing with bat and ball brought Canvey another welcome league victory at Raleigh on Saturday. Young Richard Foot started things off by ripping out the top order with his medium pace swingers on his way to season-best figures of 3 for 27. Stand-in captain Darren Wainer then took over, sending down a miserly ten over spell of nippy seamers, and claiming 3 for 20 in the process. Contributions all the way down the order helped Canvey on their way to the victory target of 141, Paul Synnott providing the stand-out contribution, once again proving why he is currently the second highest run scorer in the club, with an aggressive 42. Fresh from his maiden fifty last week, Rikki Broadmore chipped in with 23 to see Canvey home by 4 wickets.

 Sunday 
Wickford                  125-9
Canvey Island           126-8      
Canvey won by 2 wickets 

While the margin of victory might suggest that the game was close the reality was anything but as Canvey strolled to as comprehensive 2 wicket win as you are likely to see. Once again it was the youngsters who stepped up, putting in some quality performances in both parts of the game. Sam Collins started things off with a superb spell of left-arm pace, cleaning out the first three batsmen on his way to figures of 3 for 27. Veteran Gary Snowdon claimed 2 for 3 from 8 miserly overs to restrict Wickford to only 125 on a decent Canvey wicket. Darren Wainer caressed the bowling around for a season-best 33 to kick-start the reply, and after a mid-innings wobble, Nathan Collins steadied the ship with a cultured 36. Collins fell shortly before the end, but captain John Gunn stood firm to see the side home with an over to spare.