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28 Aug |
The Gents
20th Anniversary celebration climaxes with a tied game between the Gents and a West London Select side.
Thanks to Mr Burman, Close PF, West XI and all who played for making it a memorable day. Here's to the next 20! |
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20 Aug |
Gents are back to winning ways and complete a double against the always competitive
London Saints. Match winner was Scibbo (37 and 3-33) with good support with bat and ball from HP (30), Sanjay (28 and 3-19), Ravi (24) and Ahsan (22).
How the Saints saw it - good luck to Steve Cotton in Aus. |
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6 Aug |
A flurry of wickets in Stuart's (4-39) second spell gave us hope but we were eventually overhauled by a strong
West One. Ravi hit a quite marvellous 61 to reach a respectable, but alas not winning, total against a quality attack. |
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30 July |
More heartache for the Gents as they narrowly lose a low scoring game against
Battersea Ironsides. Another captains innings from HP (24) in an otherwise disappointing innings. However the bowlers hit
back superbly (Ravi 4-22, debutant Chris Rudd 2-12) but victory was agonisingly denied. |
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22 July |
Gents back to winning ways against
Enterprise. Good knocks from Ravi (33), Druv (29 - welcome back), Naveed (25) and Rich (24) in a solid team effort.
Hemin (4-7) took the bowling honours in the Enterprise reply, with Cloete, arguably the best batsman we have faced this season, hitting a very impressive 57. |
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17 July |
So near yet so far as
West XI narrowly win to square the BAMC series. Gents stars were Hemin (4-12) and Ahsan 43*. |
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8 July |
Gents are beaten by the ever impressive
Old Tenisonians (Paul Kain 49). Stars in the field were debutant Murali (8-3-19-4) and Daoud (an economical 8 overs for 15 runs). In our reply most get a start but fail to push on, HP top scoring with 21. |
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2 July |
Our unbeaten record comes crashing down against a vocal
Purley Arms. HP (29) resisted impressively for an understrength Gents against a talented pace and spin attack in a very one sided game. |
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24 June |
The Gents edge a tense low scoring game against the
London Rams by 1 wicket. A fine bowling and fielding performance restricted Rams to 71 all out (Snarler 3-11),
but a valiant fightback was not qute enough as Gents collapsed in the face of Neil Patel's 5-11, Ravi's 15 not out seeing us home. Kudos to Rob for a fine unbeaten 50 in the following Pro15. Congratulations also to Richard Gilkes for his 1000th Gents run and West XI's Steve Bignell for reaching the 5000 run landmark. |
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23 June |
Last week the Gents won a classic encounter with new oppo Cairns Fudge by 2 wickets off the penultimate ball of the match. Ravi (63) and Scibbo (29) shared a 104 partnership after Horace Hibbert (welcome back) took 5-11.
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10 June |
Nabil hits another fine ton (109) supported by Naveed (51) and Jimmy (47) in an impressive batting performance at Chiswick. The Weasels refuse to buckle and see out their overs, although the Gents can be pleased with their bowling and fielding, Scibbo taking 3-16.
Report |
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3 June |
Gents win a low scoring game at Old Tenisonian's against London Saints. In ideal seam bowling
conditions, Ahsan Iqbal's pacy and accurate spell earns figures of 5-7 including a hat-trick that most of us missed!
Gents Report, Saints Report. |
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20 May |
Gents strike first in the 2008 Bob Aston Memorial Cup with a convincing 83 run victory. Plaudits to Nabil (32 and 5-13),
Naveed (46 and 1-0) and Ravi (28 and 2-3) in an excellent team performance. West's resistance led by Chris Wright with 44. Reports from
The Gents and West XI viewpoints. |
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13 May |
Big thanks to our hosts Sloane Club for their hospitality and a top day out, as Andy Burman
reports. |
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6 May |
On an early season 'pudding' the Gents stumble to 123-9 in a timed game against an unambitious Kingston Left Handers who
secure a largely unexciting draw. HP top scores, but sustains a calf injury, SP is the pick of the bowlers.
Report. |
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1 May |
The season starts with a typically damp April afternoon, but we get some cricket and
a win against
St Ann's Allstars. |
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16 April |
Various updates. 2007 averages on the Stats page plus various Archive updates
including the superb
GOWLCC20, the definitive history of the Gents by Andy Burman. |
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13 Feb 2008 |
Nets have been arranged for Sundays 17 February, 16 March and 13 April from
10am - Noon at
Teddington School, Broom Road, TW11 9PJ. All welcome! |
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27 Nov. |
The 2007 AGM will be held at the Wagon and Horses
, 1 Surbiton Hill Road, Surbiton, Surrey on Saturday 1 December, 2007. Please get there in time for a 6pm start. |
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20 Sept. |
Gents complete the season with a defeat against
Salix. Tony bowled a tight spell, but overall we conceded a few too many runs.
However, a respectable innings - including a spectacular 47 from Lloyd, 24 from Sanjay and a return to form for Rob - leaves
us 29 short. This is how the oppo saw it. |
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13 Sept. |
Further disappointment as West XI deservedly win at Berkhamsted to square the series and retain the Bob Ashton Memorial Cup.
Reports from both a Gents and Wests perspective. |
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4 Sept. |
A disappointing defeat for the Gents against new oppo
Gubbays at their very pleasant home. Good performances from Snarler, HP and Scibo (welcome back!) are
undermined by a series of unforced errors. |
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31 August |
We have a game on Sunday! Cavendish RG,
Eastcote.
Eastcote Tube Station is on the Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines (Uxbridge branches), meet at ground 1pm for 1:30pm start. Well done, Andy. |
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29 August |
Gents shade an enjoyable 2 innings match against a talented and youthful Wombles amid much
creative and good natured sledging at Old Tenisonians. Thanks to all who took part and contributed food, plus Old Ts for their hospitality. Note that Sunday's
game with Jay Bharat will not take place after they double booked opponents and then helpfully blew us out. Andy is
working to arrange an alternative fixture at short notice. |
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21 August |
9 man Gents lose a close game against a rejuvinated London Saints. Fingers crossed for a fine Bank Holiday weekend. |
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8 August |
Gents win both weekend games against Enterprise and the London Owls. Congratulations to
Tony Buck on his 100th Gents wicket. Hemin Patel is ruled out for the season after sustaining a nasty injury on Sunday. |
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30 July |
Some cricket at last and a win in a tough game against 12 Angry Men - report . Best wishes to the great Horace Hibbert, who
was forced to retire from the match due to illness. |
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15 July |
A potentially classic clash with West XI was curtailed by a torrential downpour - report . |
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10 July |
An eventful weekend. On Saturday, the Gents recorded a record winning margin of 236 runs against New Barbarian Weasels. Nabil again led the
way with an awesome 143 not out, ably supported by Chris Wright (54), Alex (28) and Sanjay (27). Tony took 5 wickets in the Weasels reply, with Stuart bagging 3 in a hostile opening spell.
Sunday's timed game with Old Tenisonians ended in swift defeat after a dramatic Gents collapse, but some pride was restored with an 8 wicket win in a hastily arranged 20-20. Rich, Lloyd and
Nabil made excellent runs following a competitive bowling and fielding performance. Thanks to guests Chris, Steve, Dave, Naveed and Druv. |
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1 July |
Today's game was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch. |
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26 June |
NB. Due to a fixture backlog Brondesbury CC are unable to host us on Sunday 1 July. Instead we will be playing Old
Tenisonians at their Motspur Park ground, kick off is 2pm. The wet weather caused last Sunday's game to be cancelled. |
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20 June |
We wanted a test and certainly got one. Pak (Ghaffar 45, Maani 31) hit an impressive 172 on
another shocking Fairfield wicket, complete with novelty strip of long grass inside the boundary. Gents reply of 128 (Sanjay 48, Umar 5-30)
featured an array of dismissals to unplayable shooters - Report |
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10 June |
Gents (177) defeat New Barbarian Weasels (117-9) by 60 runs in the PALS League.
Nabil (69) and Tony (29) top score for the Gents. Weasels are restricted by a tight spell from Nabil (7-3-14-1) and
Druv's 3-21. Hoskins hits 34* - Report. |
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4 June |
Records tumble as Gents post their highest ever score (325-5) in a 141 run win against London Saints (184-9), also the highest aggregate match score. The 3rd wicket partnership of 162 between Nabil (100*) and Paul Kain (87) the highest in Gents history for any wicket. Other significant contributions came from HP (45), Druv (45), Sanjay (5-30) and Hemin (3-27).
Saints respectable reply was helped by 42 from Yogeswaran - Report
and how the oppo saw it. |
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29 May |
Sadly our game at Hale fell victim to the shocking Bank Holiday weather. We hope for better luck next week. Player profiles have been updated. |
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20 May |
The Gents (194-7) defeat West XI (79) by 115 runs at Gunnersbury Park.
Strong team performance, with honours going to Nabil (75 & 2-1), Druv (39), Lloyd (27 & 3 outstanding catches), Sanjay (a remarkable 3-0) and
Snarler (2-8). Congratulations to West XI's Steve Bignell (3-47) for passing the 400 wicket milestone for the club.
Neep (26) was West's top scorer - Report. |
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6 May |
An excellent start to the season as the Gents (139) beat a sporting Pak (85)
by 54 runs - Report. Good team effort, but outstanding performances from Nabil (39 and 3-10), Hemin (27 and 2-8) and Ed Babar (3-10).
Naveed scored 36no in Pak's reply. |
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The stats page is now up to date. |
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20 Mar |
Ground details updated on About us page. Gent 111 added to Archives. |
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1 Mar |
Nets have been arranged for Sundays 25 March and 22 April from
10am - Noon at
Teddington School, Broom Road, TW11 9PJ. All welcome! |
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4 Feb |
Career statistics updated on the Stats page. |
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22 Jan |
2007 Fixtures published and 2006 AGM Minutes |
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14 Jan 2007 |
Happy New Year. 2006 Averages now on the Stats page. |
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25 Dec |
Congratulations to new Gents vice-Captain Peter Denton and
award winners Nabil Husain (Batting and All-Rounder), Hemin Patel (Bowler and Most Improved), Paul Turpin (Fielder)
and Andy Burman (Special Award). Merry Christmas to all players, officials and visitors. More updates soon. |
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15 Nov |
Gent 110 |
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07 Oct |
A Reminiscent Drive. With the
website having spanned 2 complete seasons, it's time for me to hand over the
reigns to someone new. Click here for
a brief history of the website, reviewing previous front covers of the site. |
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06 Oct |
Numerous Updates to the site
have now been made, including reports and scorecards for
Gents v West XI,
Gents v Urban Associates,
20-20 Competition and
Gents v London Owls. Apologies for the
delay in publishing these reports. |
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Click here for
the latest news about the 2006 AGM. |
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20 Aug |
The Gents got back on track
after four successive losses with a 73 run victory after a chaotic but fun day
against London Saints.
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The Gents did well to keep a talented Bedouins
batting line up to one run shy of 200, though for the second weekend running
they suffered a record stand.
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10 Aug |
After Tony Buck had taken two
early wickets, Roland Heyman and Robert Jones added a stratospheric 215 to put
the game against Village XI beyond The Gents.
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The Match report against
Brondesbury Casuals has been updated to include pictures from the game - thanks
Ken.
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27 July |
A negative match reporter,
perhaps the mischievous troublemaker from West XI E Savinalar-Finney, would cite
the fifth defeat in seven games and the presence of five guests, including three
debutants, as profound causes for concern. The result was a fine game, narrowly
if deservedly won by Jay Bharat, a very impressive mix of colts and senior
players.
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20 July |
A stand of 73 between
Australians Cameron Vine and Mark Barling saw a feisty, combative and talented
West XI to a convincing six-wicket victory at a sunny, airless Motspur Park.
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11 July |
A patient 36 not out by Jim
Wright, which left him unbeaten on 131 in 63.1 overs in his last two games, was
the bedrock of a welcome Gents win at sunny Surbiton.
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A dogged bowling and fielding
display and a bright start with the bat were not enough for The Gents in the
furnace of Brondesbury, the Casuals’ spinners taking eight wickets to propel
their side to a merited victory by 62 runs.
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27 June |
Even 24 hours later, the
scorecard of this game makes scarcely credible reading. In a game that was a
triumph for the groundsman The Gents, inserted as two Rams had to leave early,
struck their record score, including 31 fours and eight sixes, five from the bat
of Nabil Husain. Jim Wright batted through the innings, though he may not be
said to have carried his bat, as only three wickets fell. In reply, Rams were up
with the rate for a long time, Severn leading the way with a fluent fifty and
the top eight batsmen all reaching double figures, but fell short by 72 runs
after a late tumble of wickets.
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23 June |
A Gents side not helped by late
withdrawals played bravely before collapsing in a dismal heap against
comfortably the best side played this season. But out of darkness cometh light
and in a game both more enjoyable and of far higher quality than the scratchy
affair 24 hours before, there were several Gent performances to cherish, if
ultimately nothing as good as the sublime 72 by Essex league batsman Abdul
Ghaffar which was, within one run, the difference between the teams.
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The strongest Sunderland side
to play The Gents since 2001 chased down a below-par score on a patchy wicket,
the individual highlight of the day being six wickets for the wily medium-pace
of veteran Len Baker, who in bowling at the stumps adopted tactics beyond all
Gent bowlers bar the captain. It was a curious, unsatisfying game, not helped by
an infestation by the pavilion of Surbiton’s finest, electronic tags and all,
but one deservedly won by the visitors.
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16 June |
This game was a triumph over adversity, its very
existence being in doubt until Friday afternoon as no ground could be found for
a game originally scheduled for the usual Saturday at Berrylands.
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Nabil
Husain’s second century, a superb effort with 20 fours and a six compiled in
just 25 overs at the crease, led The Gents to a mammoth total at sunny Elstree.
Cloud then descended, favouring the visitors’ seamers and despite an excellent
second-wicket stand between Griffiths and Berkeley, Saints fell 110 runs short
with 6.3 overs unbowled. This was a very good all round Gents performance
against competitive but, as ever, friendly opposition.
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An often farcical game, though not one without some good cricket by both sides, saw The Gents and Pak shake hands on a draw as heavy rain, a muddy pitch and Satanic darkness made it too dangerous to continue. More... |
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A club-record second wicket stand of 122 between Jim Wright (nine fours and a huge straight six) and Mark Sciberras (seven fours), who scored his maiden fifty, enabled The Gents to post a huge score of 251 against 12 Angry Men on a wicket that was a batsman's paradise. More... |
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10 May |
The annals will show a narrow victory, but in reality it was a convincing one with over 16 overs to spare. The Gents played some good cricket in a maiden fixture against friendly oppo to record the second victory of 2006, winning a good toss and rightly inserting Hale on a wicket that seamed all day. More... |
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| 1 May |
After the disappointment of a cancellation brought about by wet weather the week before, the Gents kicked off the 2006 season with a convincing win over the St. Anne's Allstars at sunny Barnes Common. More... |
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| 19 Apr |
The Gentlemen of West London Cricket Club Website exclusively and proudly presents "The Decade", a complete record of the club's first ten seasons. Click here to read or alternatively click here to download the Decade in MS Word format. Thanks and congratulations to Andy for a fantastic piece of work. Enjoy! |
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