League round-up
It’s always a bit daunting trying to round-up our league adventures, but mid-July, deep breath, here goes:
Adults:
Our 1st XI push for promotion has been hit by untimely injuries to skipper Gus Grant and batter Lloyd Paternott, who had been averaging 77. The 2nd XI recovered after a poor start, notably on 10th July when with the entire team from the previous week isolating, a new team came in and beat Ashstead.
Adult 1st XI – 3rd Surrey Championship Div 1
Adult 2nd XI – 6th Surrey Championship 2nd XI Premiership
Adult 3rd XI – 1st Surrey Championship 3rd XI Premiership
Sharks – 2nd Surrey Cricket League Div 1
Adult 4th XI - 3rd Surrey Championship Div 4 East
A strengthened Women’s 1st XI continues to push hard for promotion to the Premiership whilst the 2nd XI are in a strange division, facing strong teams featuring county players some weeks and winning by 10 wickets others.
Women’s 1st XI: 1st Womens Cricket Southern League Championship
Women’s 2nd XI: 5th Surrey Womens Cricket League - Div 1
Our previous success in the midweek Surrey Slam continues, with the Sunday team being mainly Academy players:
Surrey Slam Women’s A: 1st
Surrey Slam Midweek N: 1st
Surrey Slam Sunday League A: 4th
Academy
Academy matches are always later in the year, exams pushing back fixtures. But at the time of writing, things have gone very well:
Academy 1st XI – 1st Surrey Trust League Tier 1 North –
Academy 2nd XI – 1st Surrey Trust League Tier 3 South
Spencer Spitfires U19 – 1st U19 ECB T20 Tier 1 East
U17 1st XI - 1st Tier 1 Denis Jacobs Cup
U17 2nd XI – 4th Tier 2 North East
Juniors:
The Junior league season is nearly over, still some going strong in Cup competitions, notably the BU15 who are in the knockout stages of the ECB Cup. With this being the first season of the new Surrey Junior Cricket Championship and with the Girls leagues also growing, it’s been less predictable than previous years. But we simply can’t get beyond the amazing volunteer effort to put out 54 league teams, providing access to matches for many hundreds of children.
Positions as of 19/07:
Boys Under 15 Tier 1 Invitation: 6th
Boys Under 15 Tier 2 Sunday Central: 10th
Boys Under 15 Tier 3 Sunday North East: 2nd
U15 Girls Smash IT Hardball: 2nd, 3rd, 5th (includes a GU14 team)
Boys Under 14 Tier 1 Invitation East: 2nd
Boys Under 14 Tier 2 Midweek North: 3rd
Boys Under 14 Tier 2 Sunday East Central: 7th
Boys Under 14 Tier 3 Sunday North East: 6th
Under 14 Girls Smash IT Development: 1st, 2nd,8th (includes 2 GU13 teams)
Boys Under 13 Tier 1 Invitation East: 1st & 7th
Boys Under 13 Tier 2 Sunday North: 6th & 7th
Boys Under 13 Tier 3 Sunday North: 3rd & 6th
GU13: Boys Under 12 Tier 3 Sunday North: 2nd
Under 13 Girls Smash IT Softball – North: 1st, 4th, 5th (includes 2 GU12 teams)
Boys Under 12 Tier 1 Midweek: 5th & 9th
Boys Under 12 Tier 2 Sunday North East: 5th & 8th
Boys Under 12 Tier 3 Sunday East: 4th
Boys Under 12 Tier 3 Sunday North: 5th
Boys Under 11 Tier 1 Sunday North East: 1st & 7th
Boys Under 11 Tier 2 Sunday East: 3rd
Boys Under 11 Tier 2 Sunday North East: 4th
Boys Under 11 Tier 3 Sunday North East: 4th & 5th
Under 12 Girls Smash IT Development Hardball – Central: 1st & 7th (includes GU11 team)
Under 11 Girls Smash IT Softball – London: 1st, 3rd, 6th, 8th (includes 2 GU10 teams)
GU10: Boys Under 09 Saturday North East: 5th
Boys Under 10 Tier 1 Sunday East: 2nd, 5th
Boys Under 10 Tier 2 Sunday East: 2nd
Boys Under 10 Tier 2 Sunday North East: 3rd
Boys Under 10 Tier 3 Sunday North: 4th
Boys Under 09 Hardball Midweek North: 5th
Boys Under 09 Saturday North: 3rd & 4th
Boys Under 09 Saturday North East: 6th
Boys Under 08 Saturday North: 2nd & 3rd
Under 08 Saturday North East: 5th
There are obviously a ton of people to thank for enabling over 500 league matches to take place with teams wearing Spencer colours. We can’t possibly name everyone but special thanks to one person - Per-Arne Johnsen, whose mighty Springtime spreadsheet, figuring out teams / grounds / days enables everyone else to do their bit. Dieu défend le droit!