Colt Match Reports & Scorecards

Last of the group games saw Havering travel to their local rivals Upminster. Skipper Ryan Hurley won the toss & decided to put Upminster into bat. Tom Hine soon made a breakthrough with the score on 7. Wickets then fell at regular intervals to leave Upminster at 120 for 6. However a 7th wicket stand of 56 helped Upminster achieve 179 for 7 at the end of their 40 overs, helped largely by 34 extras of which for the 2nd week running 21 were wides.
In reply Havering got of to the worst possible start when Ryan Hurley was out LBW 3rd ball fo a duck. This proved decisive as Tom Mitchell batting at 3 was dismissed soon after for 4 to leave Havering on 5 for 2. A 3rd wicket stand of 63 between Tom Gentle & opener Reece Beechey restored some respectibility to the score. Gentle was the next to fall for 30 with the score on 68. Beechey continued with keeper Ollie Williams with a 46 partnership for the 4th wicket before Bechey holed out to deep mid-wicket for a well made 45. A partnership of 26 between Williams & Jack Gale took the score to 140 before Williams was bowled for 3. Tom Hobborugh followed soon after without troubling the scorers to leave Havering on 140 for 6. Only 40 was required with 10 overs left & 4 wickets in hand. Gale was next out for 24 with the score on 152. Havering then lost their 8th wicket with the score on 166 & their remaining 2 wicket with the score on 168 to lose by 11 runs & give Upminster their 1st win in the group stages.
In summary a bad loss, but not the worst team we have played against. The amount of extras conceeded made all the difference in the end Havering giving away 34 extras (21 wides), compared to Upminster 17 extras (8 wides). The need for having practice facilities available at the home ground was never more highlighted than in these figures.
Havering ended their U16 Matchplay campaign with 24 points from 9 games (5 wins & 4 defeats). This is by far the best ever performance by one of our teams in this county competition. Its just a shame, that more members did not turn up at some stage during the tournament to acknowledge these efforts & support the colts.

Havering skipper Ryan Hurley won the toss and put Hutton into bat. A bright start saw the Hutton openers put on 67 for the first wicket before Tom Hobborough (2-29) removed Yorke for 24. Tom then struck again to remove the other Hutton opener, Simpson for a top score of 46. Wickets continued to fall at regular intervals with Hutton finishing on 174 for 9 from their 40 overs. The remaining wickets were shared between Tom Hine (1-37), Tom Mitchell (2-25), Ryan Hurley (1-24) & Reece Beechey (2-14).
Havering in reply made a steady start before Ryan Hurley was caught behind for 21 with score on 31. Tom Gentle then went for a duck to leave Havering on 32 for 2. Reece Beechey & Tom Mitchell then steadied the ship before Tom fell for 12 with the score on 65 & 2 runs later Reece holed out for 33 leaving Havering in trouble on 67 for 4. Enter Ollie Williams who with Jack Gale put on 51 for the 5th wicket before Jack was out for 22. Ollie remained and put on another 50 partnership, this time with Tom Hobborough. This took Havering to within sight of victory before Ollie was bowled for an excellent 52. Tom stayed defiant & was there at the end with 28 not out, Havering reaching their target of 175 in the 35th over for the loss of 7 wickets.
Havering won by 3 wickets.

Havering entertained Shenfield in this U16 Matchplay clash. Havering lost the toss & were put into bat. They soon lost opener Reece Beechey without a run on the board. Tom Gentle then followed with the score on 31. Skipper Ryan Hurley & Tom Mitchell then steadied the ship, Ryan being the 3rd man out for 37. Tom continued to bat on until he was the 8th man out for an excellent 60. Ollie Williams (14) & Tom Hine (12) were the only other players to reach double figures. Havering were eventually all out for 174 in 35 overs.
Shenfield in reply got off to a solid start but from being 76 for 1 went to 105 for 7. At 160 for 9 a tense finish was on the cards. Havering thought they had won it when Havering thought they had no:10 Brooking caught behind, but it was not to be. Shenfield reached their target after 39 overs & won by 1 wicket.
Tom Mitchell capped off a fine all-round display with 4 wickets for 30 runs. As for the Shenfield batsmen Joiner made 31 & Brooking 32 not out.
Havering lost by 2 wickets.

Havering skipper Ryan Hurley lost the toss and Havering were put into the field. Goresbrook made a brisk start but both their openers were to fall to run outs. A mini collapse then ensued as Goresbrook lost 4 wickets for 12 runs to leave them on 61 for 6. Wickets continued to fall at regular intevals until Goresbrook were eventually all out for 134 in 37.2 overs with D Forward being stranded on 47 not out. Wickets were shared between the Havering bowlers, Tom Hine 1-27, Tom Hobborough 2-16, Tom Mitchell 2-11 Reece Beechey 1-18 & Ryan Hurley 2-14.
In reply, Havering started slowly but upped the tempo until they lost both their openers with the score on 43. This brought Tom Gentle & Tom Mitchell to the wicket. They went about the bowling sharing an unbroken stand of 95 in less than 13 overs. Tom Gentle hitting 59 not out off 55 balls with Tom Mitchell scoring 22 not out.
Havering won by 8 wickets with more than 15 overs to spare.

Fives & Heronians played host to Havering and skipper Ryan Hurley won the toss & put Fives into bat. A good opening spell by both Tom Gentle and Tom Hobborough keep the runs down (10 overs for 23 runs). Once the first wicket fell on 36, wickets fell at regular intervals and & Fives were eventually all out with one ball left of the 40th & final over for 146. Opener Shamudin top scored with 37. As for the Havering bowling, Tom Mitchell took 4-20, Tom Hine 2-23, Ryan Hurley 2-26 and Bradley Tollon 2-23.
Havering went aggresively about their batting. A fine opening partnership of 86 between Ryan Hurley & Reece Beechey was broken in the 15th over when Ryan holed out to cover for 34. Reece, however continued to smash the bowling to all parts of the ground to finish not out with an excellent 89. Havering reached their target of 147 in the 24th over for the loss of only 3 wickets.
Havering won by 7 wickets with 16 over to spare.

Havering entertained Harlow Town at Broxhill Road. Harlow Town won the all important toss & decided to field. Ryan Hurley & Reece Beechey made a good solid start putting on 58 for the first wicket before Reece holed out to long-on for a fine 37. Then a scenario all to similar happened. Wickets began to fall at regular intervals with batsmen struggling to reach double figures. Skipper Ryan Hurley (31) was 5th man out with the score on 94. The trend di not change & Havering were eventually all out for 138 in 33 overs, wicketkeeper Ollie Williams (19) the only other Havering batsmen to hit double figures. The inability to bat the 40 overs came back to haunt them later.
Harlow got off to a sticky start & were soon 6 for 2. However a 3rd wicket partnership of 75 between Blunt & skipper Alderson (69) laid the foundation for victory. Then Ryan Hurley & Reece Beechey bowled in tandem, their 15 overs producing 5 wickets for 30 runs. This put pressure back on the Harlow batsmen who held firm to get their winning runs in the 1st ball of the last over for the loss of 7 wickets. Ryan Hurley finished with 2-21 & Reece Beechey 3-9.
Harlow Town won by 3 wickets with 5 balls to spare.

Broomfield played host to Havering in this U-16 Matchplay encounter. Havering skipper Ryan Hurley lost the toss and Broomfield elected to bat first. Tom Hine, with a fine opening spell (1 for 22 from 7 overs) made the breakthrough with the score on 36. Broomfield skipper Eglin played a fine innings on the way to a fine 64 and received support from Spindler (28), Farrow (23) & Fisher (20). Pick of the Havering bowling was Tom Gentle who took 3 for 33. Broomfield finished on 183 for 8 from their 40 overs.
In reply Havering made a good start but lost their first wicket on 36, skipper Hurley being bowled after hitting a huge 6 two balls previously. Reece Beechey (73) & Tom Gentle (28) put on a excellent 2nd wicket stand of 75, but then a middle order collapse resulted in an exciting finish with Havering needing 28 of the last 4 overs with 3 wickets remaining. Enter wicketkeeper Ollie Williams who smashed a superb 39 off 30 balls and with Tom Hine provided an unbeaten 8th wicket partnership of 44 to see Havering home by 3 wickets with 7 balls to spare.
An excellent game of Cricket with an exciting finish.

Havering entertained Aythorpe Roding in the U-16 matchplay. Havering lost the toss & were put into bat. The first wicket fell with the score on 30, Reece Beechey out for 12. Havering then continued to lose wickets at regular intervals. Skipper Ryan Hurley was the 5th man out for a hard fought 34. Tom Hobborough & Luke Beckett each scored 14 & Rhys Ager scored 17 in a last wicket partnership that yielded 28 runs. Havering were eventually all out for 131 in the 37th over. Pick of the Aythorpe Roding bowlers were Stevens 3-12 & Malins 4-21.
In reply Aythorpe Roding lost their first wicket with the score on 6. Their second wicket fell at 27 which gave Havering a chance. However a partnership of 76 between skipper Gravatt (36 n/o) & Keaney 40 all but saw Aythorpe Roding home. They eventually achieved their target in the 32nd over for the loss of 4 wickets.
Havering los by 6 wickets.

Havering played their first U16 Matchplay game of the season away to Bentley. Havering skipper Ryan Hurley won the toss & decided to bat first. Wickets fell at regular intervals until they were eventually all out for 105 in 36 overs. Tom Gentle top scored with a fine 36 & was well supported by Reece Beechey who hit 30. Pick of the Bentley bowling was Rawlinson who took 3 for 10.
Realising they were up against it Havering then turned in a superb bowling display. At one stage, Bentley were 23 for 5. Only Coleman with 41 held the innings together. However when he was the 6th man out with the score on 59, the writing was on the wall. Bentley were eventually all out for 67 in 23.3 overs. All 4 Havering bowlers picked up wickets, Tom Hine, 2-21, Tom Hobborough 3-29, Bradley Tollon 2-13 & Tom Mitchell 2-3.

Havering entertained Hornchurch at Broxhill Road on Wednesday night in the Under 15s Peters Cup.
After winning the toss Hornchurch elected to bat with both openers F.Jacobs (36) & V.Tiwari (51) retired giving their side a solid start to their innings. Havering first four bowlers, although not expensive, were wicketless, but a double change at both ends saw Jake Preston take Havering first wicket in his first over from the road end. He finished with 3 overs 1-12. At the other end Thomas Sandburgh bowled his first over and with his second ball removed opener Jacobs caught & bowled, and with his fourth and fifth balls took two further wickets and had three for two off one over. His second over started with two dot balls followed by a hatrick of wickets tearing the heart out of the Hornchurch batting line up restricting them to 110 off their 20 overs. Sandburgh finished with figures of 3overs 1 maiden 6-5.
The Havering reply got off to a racey start with skipper Reece Beechey hitting four fours in a row before falling to Nisiri for 19. Tom Mitchell at the other end started in the same vain and along with no3 Ollie Williams kept the score moving along and when Mitchell (29) and Williams (23) were out. The scoring slowed for a short while before big hitting Rhys Ager took Havering to within touching distance of the finish line. However fine bowling from Hornchurch took the game to the very exciting last over and when Havering needed 2 runs off the last ball, they fell 1 run short losing what can only be described as a great spectacle of cricket to which both teams involved should be proud to have taken part in.

Havering U15s began their season with a hard fought match at Goresbrook on Wednesday night.
Goresbrook won the toss and chose to bat. The opening bowlers for Havering were Reece Beechey 3overs 0-10 and Rhys Ager 4 overs 0-14 bowled tight lines for their overs restricting Gorsbrook to 28 off 7 overs, before the captain Reece Beechey had to leave the field after injuring his back at the end of his third over. The bowling became wayward and too short and the fielding ordinary to allow Goresbrook to finish their 20 overs on 149-3.
Haverings inning did not get off to a good start when opener Tom Mitchell was caught off his second ball. Mitchell stayed to act as runner for Reece Beechey who came to the wicket with the score on 5 for 1 off the first over. He and Ollie Williams (41) had a partnership of 82 runs for the second wicket. After Williams departed that brought Joe Palmer to the middle who took over the scoring from Williams and after his skipper retired on 50, held his nerve as wickets fell to see Havering over the finish line with a score of 38 not out.
Havering reached their target of 150 in the 19th over and won by 4 wickets.