Colt Match Reports & Scorecards

Havering played away to Bishops Stortford in their last zonal game in Group B.

Skipper Jack Houghton won the toss & put Stortford into bat. Havering soon had the hosts in trouble at 12 for 2, Tom Hine having taken both wickets. Stortford continued to make slow progress & at 20 overs were 81 for 5. Once Stortford reach 3 figures a collapse ensued & they lost their last 5 wickets for 32 runs. For the hosts, James McGran top scored with 32. Havering wickets takers, were Tom Hine with 2 for 11, Tom Anderson, 1 for 21, Jack Houghton 1 for 12, Adam Winder 1 for 31, Tom Mitchell 2 for 14 & Mitchell Walker who took 3 for 21. Stand-in keeper Ryan Hurley did well behind the stumps taking a catch & a sharp stumping. Stortford were bowled out for 136 in 32.1 overs.

Havering opened with Adam Winder & Jack Houghton & progress was around the 3 runs per over mark. Adam was the first to fall with the score on 38, being bowled for 18. James Lavender stuck around for 13. Tom Hobborugh didn't last long for his single. Ryan Hurley came to the crease & hit his 1st ball for 4. With the score on 102, Jack Houghton fell for 32 & very next ball Jack Gale had his middle stump uprooted With the score on 120, Jack Hurley was out for 23. Tom Mitchell was then out for 10, with the score on 132 & the pressure mounting. One more run was added berfore Tom Anderson got out for 7. This left Tom Hine & Mitchell Walker at the crease needing 4 off the last over to win. Scambled singles meant that Havering won by 2 wickets with one ball to spare. Havering scored 137 for 8 off 39.5 overs.

This win meant Havering had won 2 of their 8 zone matches & did not finish bottom off Group B. That honour went to Bishops Stortford, so this victory was twice as sweet.

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Skipper Jack Houghton lost the toss & Havering were put into bat. After a bright start which saw 18 runs scored off the first 3 overs, the run rate then dried up. The first wicket fell at 27 (Ryan Hurley out for 10). Regular wickets then began to tumble with only Adam Winder making 26 & Jack Gale making 11 the only other batsmen to reach double figures. There was 4 ducks in the innings & Havering were all out for 83 in 30 overs.

The game was soon over with Fives getting the reqd 84 in only 9.4 overs, with opener Lloyd scoring an unbeaten 51, helped by some very poor bowling. Only Tom Hine came out with any credit bowling 3 overs for 12 runs, 2 of which were maidens. The whole innings lasted only 40 mins.

A very disappointing performance against a fairly strong side, especially after what the boys achieved against Hainault & Clayhall in the last game.

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Havering matchplay team played away to Hainault & Clayhall. Skipper Jack Houghton lost the toss & Havering asked to field. There were chances as early as the 1st over with both a run out opportunity missed & a catch dropped. Tom Anderson was the first to strike (1 for 18) & Hainault lost their first wicket with the score on 39. A mini collapse then ensued with Hainault losing a further 5 wickets to be 50-6. This was due to a fine spell of bowling from Bradley Tollon taking 4 wickets for 8 runs from his 5 overs. Hainault went to 75 for 8 when the last pair came to together (palyer not delared on team sheet so could only bat with 10). This last pair added 47 to the frustration of Havering. Hainault & Chigwell were eventually out for 122 in 36 overs. Other wicket takers were Jack Houghton 1 for 25 & Mitchell Walker 2 for 28.

Havering, in reply, were soon in trouble & lost Ryan Hurley in the 1st over for a duck. A collapse then ensued & Havering were 46 for 7, with Tom Gentle being the only batsman to reach double figures (18). The heroes were to come from unlikely sources. Firstly Jack Gale, top scroed with 24 batting for almost 40 mins. Mitchell Walker was run out for 4 which left the last pair of Tom KIlbey & Bradley Tollon with the score on 96 for 9. Both showed incredible maturity & concentration in difficult circumstances. Tom Kilbey batted for 11 mins short of 2 hours for 19 not out & Bradley Tollon for 50 mins for 12 not out.

Havering won the game by 1 wicket with 14 balls to spare thanks to the fantastic efforts in the lower order.

Pick of the Hainault & Chigwell bowling was S Kazi who took 7 for 27 from his 8 overs & really had Havering against the ropes at times.

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The start was delayed by 30 mins due to an early morning downpour which resulted in a damp wicket & soggy outfield at Broxhill Road.

Jack Houghton won the toss & decided to bat. After a quick start where opener Ryan Hurley hit 2 fours in the 1st over, things dramatically slowed down. Havering ended up all out in 36.4 overs for a total of 95. Wicket-Keeper Ollie Williams top scored with a hard fought 26. Tom Anderson (20) & Ryan Hurley (10), were the only other players to reach double figures.

Goresbrook wasted no time in reaching the target in 14.5 overs for the loss of 3 wickets - all taken by Bradley Tollon for 16 runs in 2 overs.

Saffron Walden won the toss & decided to bat on what was a humid start to the innings. The skipper brought himself off after 2 overs which had cost 17 runs. In all 8 bowlers were used, the wickets being shared between Tom Anderson 1-28, Reece Beechey also 1-28, Mitchell Walker 1-36 & Tom Hobborough 2 for 25 from his 5 overs. Hobborough bowled particularly well beating the outside of the bat on a number of occasions. In the end Saffron Walden ended up with 256 for 5 off their 40 overs.

Adam Winder & Jack Houghton opened the innings & put on an opening stand of 30 before Adam was caught fo 12. Reiss Beechey went soon after, followed by Jack Houghton & Tom Hine leaving Havering on 34-4 A stand of 33 between James Lavender & Tom Mitchell took the score to 67 before both were dismissed in quick succession leaving the score on 69 for 6. Wickets then fell at regular intervals leaving the score at 120 for 9, Tom Anderson having clubbed a quick 23 which included a six & 4 fours. Last man Mitchell Walker came to the crease in what seemed a hopeless task. However both Mitchell & Tom made a game of it by adding 67 for the last wicket, Tom finishing 2 short of his 50 & Mitchell stranded not out 18. This was a particularly good effort by these 2 who both played some cracking shots & were almost up with the rate. In the end Havering finished on 187 all out from 33.3 overs.

In reply, Benfleet knocked off the runs in 24 overs for the loss of just 2 wkts. Tom Hine taking 1 for 22 & Mitchell Walker taking 1 for 18.

Rain delayed the start which eventually got going at 2pm. Brentwood won the toss & decided to bat first. Wickets fell at regular intervals but Brentwood finally ending up with 159 for 9 off their 40 overs. Pick of the bowlers were Mitchell Walker who took 3 for 20 from 8 overs & Tom Hine who took 2 for 15 from 6 overs.

In reply, Havering got off to the worst possible start losing Adam Winder, Jack Houghton & Tom Gentle all to successive balls in the 2nd over - a hat-trick for B Sach. In total there were 4 ducks with only James Lavender who top scored with 27 & Tom Anderson who hit 16 reaching double figures. Credit to James Lavender & Mitchell Walker who had a last wicket stand of 33 runs, when the team was in a hopeless position of 57 for 9. Havering were all out for 90 in the 28 over.

In summary the bowling & fielding efforts were put to waste by some very abject batting.

Played at the home ground, skipper Jack Houghton won the toss & decided to bat 1st. The first. Four batsmen reached double figures, Jack Houghton top scoring with 27, followed by Ryan Hurley with 15 & then Adam Winder & Tom Gentle who both scored 14. Some disaster ous running between the wickets accounted for 2 of the wickets. Havering were eventually bowled out for 119 in 38.5 overs. A sin not use the full 40 overs.

The Dunmow reply was bright & breezy. They achieved their target in 17.3 overs for the loss of 2 wickets in just over 1 hour.

A very disappointing all-round display. Poor batting followed by wayward erratic bowling, which was the last thing required, especially when defending a small total. The fielding also left a lot to be desired.

Skipper Jack Houghton lost the toss & HABCC were put into bat. A slow tempo was maintained throughout the inns on what was a slow wicket. HABCC crawled to 122 all out off the last ball of their alloted 40 overs. Pick of the batting was Tom Gentle who made 29 & Tom Hine who made 19.

In reply, Benfleet knocked off the runs in 24 overs for the loss of just 2 wkts. Tom Hine taking 1 for 22 & Mitchell Walker taking 1 for 18.

I didn't realise that Benfleet was so close to Antartica. WHAT A COLD DAY.

Havering batted first and put Upminster to the sword with Ryan Hurley (73) and Reece Beechey (62) in fine form. Tom Hobborough (13 n/o) and Jack Gale (18 n/o) saw Havering to a commanding 192-2

In reply, Upminster were never in the hunt as Tom Mitchell, Aaron West and Bradley Tollon took 2 wickets each to reduce Upminster to 99-9.

Havering won by 93 Runs.

Havering entertained Upminster B in this midweek U-15 Havering League clash. Havering skipper Ryan Hurley won the toss & put Upminster B into bat. Tom Hobborough struck with the very 1st ball of the innings clean bowling Williams. Upminster B gradually recovered & had contributions from most of their batsmen, with 4 getting into the 20's, Culliford top scoring with 25. They completed their 20 overs reaching 131 for 9. Pick of the Havering bowling were Reece Beechey with 2 for 24 & Tom Hobborough 2 for 16.

Havering in their reply wasted no time. They lost Ryan Hurley in the 5th over with the score on 49, but Tom Hobborough & Reece Beechey continued the good work before Tom was out for 39. Reece remained not out 46 at the end of the innings, as Havering reached their target for the loss of 2 wicket in just 12 overs. Wicket takers for Upminster were Vine 1 for 20 & Williams 1 for 15.

Havering won by 8 wickets.

Skipper Ryan Hurley won the toss & decided to bat. Ryan & fellow opener Reece Beechey immediately took to the bowling maintaining an average of 10 runs an over. Ryan Hurley went on to smash 104 before he retired, his innings including 14 fours & 4 sixes. He was well supported by Reece Beechey who remained at the end 73 not out (12 fours). The opening partnership was 196, which must be some sort of record for this club at this age group.

Ryan Hurley rested both Reece Beechey & himself from the bowling attack and used 8 bowlers in the reply. Tom Hine took 2 for 2, Bradley Tollon 1 for 5, Tom Hobborough 1 for 4, Joe Palmer 2 for 13 & Aaron West 2 for 8 in a comprehensive win.

Havering under 15 side performed well with the ball as they restricted Hornchurch to 102-9 off their 20 overs.

Ryan Hurley was the pick of the bowlers taking two wickets, with one wicket apiece for Tom Gentle, Reece Beechey, Bradley Tollon, Tom Mitchell and Zain Kadar.

In reply, only Ryan Hurley (19) and Reece Beechey (15) made any substantial contribution putting on 43 for the first wicket, but Havering lost all their wickets for 11 runs, being all out for 53.

AG batted 1st & racked up 163 for 5 off their 20 overs. Pick of the bowling was Tom Hine with figures of 2 for 21 from 4 overs & Bradley Tollon 2 for 18 also from 4 overs.

Very much a scratch side for HABCC due to end of season football commitments. In reply, HABCC made 81 for 5 from their 20 overs, with stand-in skipper Tom Gentle making 22 & Bradley Tollon capping a fine all-round performance with 18.

Out of that competition, now to concentrate on the league !!!.

Havering travelled to local rivals, Harold Wood, for this Havering League match. Batting first, Harold Wood were all out for a miserly 66 as extras were the only double figure score on 15. Reece Beechey was the pick of the bowlers with 3-13 off 3 overs. Palmer and Thompson picked up 2 each.

In reply, Havering took just 11 overs to overtake the Harold Wood score for the loss of 3 wickets. Ollie Williams led the way with 22 not out with Reece Beechey (15) and Tom Mitchell (18) scoring well.