Hornsey Cricket Club

Hornsey 92-3 off 20 overs (Jack Bruce 22*, Tom Waine 14)
Winchmore Hill 94-3 off 11 overs (1 wicket each for Cormac Haughton, Joe Smith & Jack Bruce)

A disappointing loss in the Cup to a strong Winchmore Hill side. Hornsey U11 in fact contain five Under 10s and Hornsey batted well against an accurate attack. Only 38 runs off the bat but 54 extras, inevitable at this level, but it was a tricky pitch if the bowling was fast and straight which it generally was. In reply, Winchmore Hill batted very well, and ran superbly between the wickets. Hornsey bowled badly, very few straight balls, and fielded as if half asleep.

The U11s are now free to concentrate on the league.

Author:Johnny Bruce

Southgate 96-7 (David Reed 3-15, Tom Stevens 1-10)
Hornsey 98-4 (Liam Baker 51 ret, Alfie Beswick 23*)

Playing Hornsey’s first competitive match of the 2009 season, the U15s (fielding a team which included five U13s) scored an excellent win in the first round of the cup,. It was going to be a good evening when David Reed took a wicket with the first ball of the match, and followed up with two more in his second. Despite a flat and placid pitch, Southgate struggled to exert much control, with tidy bowling in mid-innings from Alec Noar and William Matthews and an unplayable over from Tom Stevens restricting their score. Another highlight was Freddie Mills in the unaccustomed role of wicket-keeper. We did however let ourselves down with sloppy fielding and backing up – with better discipline in this area they should have scored 12-15 less than they did.

Hornsey’s batsmen took to the field requiring 97 to win off 17 overs and darkness already gathering. Both openers were out quickly but this brought to the wicket the U13 partnership of Liam Baker and Alfie Beswick, who proved to be the match winners. Liam hit 51 before being retired, including ten 4s, with shots all round the wicket and particularly through the covers, and giving scarcely a chance. By the end of his innings he had the bowlers and fielders thoroughly demoralised. Alfie rotated the strike sensibly at first then gained confidence and started to dominate as well, and with Rufus Pope at the other end was there to hit the winning runs in almost complete darkness.

Congratulations to Hugh Matthews on making his debut for Ho

Author: Gavin Ralston

It's very sad to report that Roger Pearman died on Thursday 9th April.

Roger was probably the greatest batsman ever to play for Hornsey, playing for the Club from 1958 to 1973. The only rival for this title is Rusi Cooper who this year was reunited with Hornsey CC some 56 years after he returned to India.

Roger is the clubs' leading run scorer with 20,191 runs and was pre-eminent in London club cricket in the late 1960s. He scored 32 centuries for Hornsey (another record). This was an era when Hornsey was one of the best clubs in London, if not the best, and Roger was its' best player. He scored 1,000 runs every season from 1960 to 1971, his best being 1966 when he scored 1,994 runs (another record) at
62.31, including 7 centuries (another record). As a slip fielder he was unparallelled, taking 50 catches in 1968 (another record) and 325 in his career (another record).

Hornsey debut 27th September 1958 vs Dulwich, at Tivoli Road, aged 15, scoring 7. Highest score 165* vs Beckenham on 28th July 1962.

The following appreciation was written by Tony Dey, eminent Hornsey CC historian, in the 1970s

From 1958 to 1974, he made 20,191 runs with 32 centuries. This fantastic record speaks for itself. A right hander, his sense of timing is so good that he is able to play the ball away to either side of the pitch with facile ease. All bowling comes alike. His wide range of stroke play has been a joy to watch. Whether driving, hooking, cutting or glancing, his feet have remained perfectly positioned and
the ball has sped away. He is a first rate runner between the wickets. He made his debut for Middlesex in 1962 at Newport and did sufficiently well to head the Middlesex averages. His best performances, however, have been for Hornsey. In every season from 1960 to 1971 inclusive he scored over 1,000 runs, failing by only six runs on one occasion to reach 2,000. From 1966-71 he was captain. A
brilliant fielder, especially good in the slips, he was a more than useful change bowler. The highest of his centuries was 165* vs Beckenham. His records may well stand for all time.

It's hard to underestimate his contribution to the history of the Club. He played 8 games for Middlesex between 1962 and 1964 and then represented the Minor Counties in the early 1970s, with only moderate success, surprisingly. He was later chief executive of Derbyshire CCC.

Hornsey CC will be represented at the funeral.

Author
Johnny Bruce

Taken from BBCs local news in 1989, a 3 minute report about 17 year old Adam Gilchrists time with Richmond CC. There are interviews, net footage and some match footage. The match footage is against Hornsey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARE4RDqARNk&feature=related

The clip is a very good one of all time leading Hornsey catcher prowling at square leg, and then we have the current President, Chris Waite, wheeling away from one end (at a pace a little less than we were led to believe?).

The date of the match is 5th July 1989 and it's actually in the Middlesex Cup.

The large fella fielding the ball at mid off is none other than Rupert Pyrah, the keeper Geoff Ellis and the sharp bowler from the pavilion end with the whirlwind action is none other than first class cricketer David Boden. That's John Sutherland standing at Waitey's end

Boden 9-1-51-2
Waite 9-4-18-2

Richmond 207-5 off 45 (Gilchrist, Bowled Waite 11, batting for 46 minutes)
Hornsey 87 all out off 35
Hornsey team Disco, Vujnovich, Paulas, Otto, Boden, Allen, Brown, Thakur, Ellis, Waite, Pyrah


A month or so later Hornsey played Richmond at home in the league.

Richmond 173-4 off 53.1 match abandoned due to rain
Gilchrist c Thakur, bowled Otto 55, dismissed in 49th over, so kept very quiet.
Hornsey team Craig Smith, Chet, Waite, Weekes, Otto, Brown, Lawler, Thakur, Ellis, The Hammer, AN Other!

2009 Senior Winter Nets will take place at:

The Academy - Middlesex County Cricket Club - East End Road, Finchley, N3 2TA

Every Monday 21:00 to 22:00
Cost £5.00

Additonal nets will be held at Lords on Sundays - dates to be confirmed

2009 Colts Winter Coaching

Nets will take place at Fortismere School, Tetherdown, Muswell Hill N10 1NE

Every Friday 18:00 to 20:00

U15 League: Hornsey lost to Brondesbury by 10 wickets

Hornsey 89-8 (J Morris 35) off 20 overs; Brondesbury 91-0 (J Goldberg 0-15) off 14.1 overs

The U15s suffered their worst defeat of the season at the hands of Brondesbury, with whom we had tied in the home fixture.

When Hornsey batted, the standard of Brondesbury's bowling was generally high, although we did not make things easier by losing two early wickets to shots played across the line to balls that were right on target. Wickets fell relentlessly as the innings progressed, and the only counter-attack was mounted by Jamie Morris with an excellent hard hitting 35, assisted for a time by Vijay Dale (making a welcome return to Hornsey) and Alex Robson. Although this took the score to 89 we were at least 30 short of what was needed to challenge Brondesbury's batsmen.

And so it proved. Hornsey's cause was not helped by the absence of Tom Bacon and Freddie Mills and by Callum Foy's only being able to bowl one over before his persistent back injury reasserted itself. The best Hornsey bowling performance came from the spinners, Jack Goldberg and Rob Devenney: Jack bowled tightly (4 overs for 15 runs) and although Rob was more expensive he troubled the batsmen persistently and had a couple of sharp chances put down. Nonetheless Brondesbury remained within their comfort zone and won with nearly six overs to spare. Hornsey's fielding started off well (Tom Stevens stood out in particular) but became more ragged as the score mounted.

A disappointing result after a couple of excellent wins.

Gavin Ralston

U11 League: Hornsey U11A beat Stoke Newington by 15 runs.

Hornsey 90 all out off 15.1 overs (Richard Footman 56)

Stoke Newington 75 all out off 19.3 overs (Oliver Toohey 4-3-7-4, Tom Waine 4-0-24-3)

A sensational victory over title rivals Stoke Newington keeps Hornsey in with a chance of winning the division. Recovering from the almost unbelievable start of 7 for 5 off 4.4 overs, Hornsey somehow managed to accumulate 90 runs. Richard Footman hit a first 50, 56, to make up for the fact he ran out two of our best batsmen on consecutive balls for 0 having faced a combined 1 ball between them. We were very close to 15 all out, but the openers were seen off and the back-up bowlers were off the pace. Extras 20, next highest score 6. And almost 5 overs were left unused. Inexcusable.

Then Jack Bruce (4-2-6-0) and Richard Footman (4-2-10-0) bowled really good opening spells to put Stoke Newington behind the clock. They had some competent bats and they just couldnt get the ball away. Oliver Toohey and Tom Waine then cleaned up as they got behind the clock and had to swing the bat. Oliver took 4 wickets to make his season figures against Stoke Newington 9-19 off 8! Three run outs were a just reward for good fielding and it was a high class performance in the field. Great catch by Alex Robinson at mid off from a drilled drive.

The last match of the season is against unbeaten Primrose Hill Because our match against them earlier in the season was rained off, if we beat them next week, we will be top of the league. The match is in the Hub at Regents Park on Wednesday 9th July, 6pm start. All spectators welcome.

Author
Johnny Bruce

U11 Friendly: Hornsey U11 beat North Middlesex by 55 runs.

Hornsey 152-5 off 20 overs (Matthew Budgett 35, Ben Reed 18, Joe Light 12*, Richard Footman 11, Jack Bruce 10 retired)

North Middlesex 97 all out off 20 overs (Joe Light 2-0-6-2, Dominic Robson 2-0-8-2, Patrick Haughton 2-0-16-2, Jack Bruce 2-1-6-1, Ben Reed 2-0-9-1)

A comprehensive victory over North Middlesex by the U11s. Excellent batting by Matthew Budgett after a decent start by Jack Bruce and Patrick Haughton, despite some kamikaze running. Ben Reed, Richard Footman and Joe Light then scored well. The fielding was excellent. Oliver Toohey took two catches and U11 debutante Joe Macadam sealed the win with a direct hit run out of the last ball of the innings.

Author
Johnny Bruce

North Middlesex U17 beat Hornsey U17 by 9 wickets.
Hornsey 66 all out,
North Midd 67 for 1

With 10 players, 2 of whom were injured , it was always going to be difficult to match North Midd's highly competitive team .Still,everyone had a bat and got involved with the fielding to try to limit the damage.

Thanks to James Coombs and Barbara for helping out.

Author
Lakshmi Hewavisenti
Hornsey U17 manager

U15 League – Hornsey beat Islington by 41 runs

Hornsey 121-9 (T Bacon 34, T Stevens 21, R Devenney 16)

Islington 80 (J Morris 4-2, J Goldberg 3-7)

Hornsey easily overcame Islington for the second time this season. The batting order was varied for this match, with Rob Devenney and Jack Goldberg dropping down to 5 and 7 respectively. This allowed excellent contributions from Tom Stevens, with 21, and Tom Bacon, proving the U15s' answer to Owais Shah, with 34, and at the end of the innings Adam Nickless-Wright with 11*.

When Islington batted, Hornsey, with David Reed and Adam opening, dismissed the two openers quickly. Islington then put on 60 for the third wicket, creating a glimmer of hope before Hasan Ameer broke the partnership with his first wicket for Hornsey. Thereafter Jack and Jamie Morris took control, with the latter taking four wickets for two runs off 2.3 overs, ending the Islington innings in the nineteenth over. This was a strong all-round performance and the team thoroughly deserved a second successive win.

Thanks to James Coombs for umpiring, and Zinzan and Barbara for scoring.

Author
Gavin Ralston