Welwyn Garden City Cricket Club

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1st XI League Records

Centuries made for Welwyn Garden City (19)

G Bateman	119*	v Sawbridgeworth (Digswell Park) 1976
P A P Driver	103	v Berkhamsted (Digswell Park) 1985
	112	v Luton Town (Digswell Park) 1989
	106	v Cockfosters (Chalk Lane) 1999
	113*	v Langleybury (Hunton Bridge) 2001
	116*	v Hertford (Digswell Park) 2002
T G Edwards	104	v Luton Town (Wardown Park) 1990
B J Frazer	112*	v Chorleywood (Digswell Park) 2003
M H James	152	v Hitchin (Digswell Park) 1992
	159*	v Letchworth (Letchworth Corner) 1995
	106	v Luton Town (Wardown Park) 1997
N R C Maclaurin	109*	v Knebworth Park (Knebworth Park) 1998
M W C Olley	108	v Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1996
S J Page	119*	v West Herts (Park Avenue) 1992
	118	v Hitchin (Digswell Park) 2000
	110	v Bishop's Stortford (Cricketfield Lane) 2002
A E Skeggs	105	v Barnet (Digswell Park) 1993
	100	v Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2002
	121	v Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 2003

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Centuries made against Welwyn Garden City (28)

M Allibone	105*	for Cockfosters (Chalk Lane) 1999
R R Baigent	106	for North Mymms (Digswell Park) 1992
A J Burridge	132*	for Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1975
	106*	for Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1977
	110	for Watford Town (Woodside) 1978
T L Clough	110	for Hertford (Balls Park) 1976
	100	for Hertford (Balls Park) 1978
S Crosier	109*	for Hitchin (Lucas Lane) 1995
M Cullen	100*	for Cheshunt (Albury Ride) 1976
M D Dale	127*	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Digswell Park) 2001
	101*	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Digswell Park) 2002
	113	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Heath Park) 2002
A Dindar	101	for Berkhamsted (Lower Kings Road) 1980
A Emery	111*	for Watford Town (Woodside) 1974
A N S Hampton	100*	for Radlett (Cobden Hill) 1993
I J F Hutchinson	126*	for Millhillians (Headstone Lane) 2000
N J Ilott	113*	for Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1991
	111	for Langleybury (Hunton Bridge) 2002
E A Levey	109*	for Sawbridgeworth (Town Fields) 1985
P Magafas	111*	for Stevenage (Ditchmore Lane) 1995
S March	103*	for Cheshunt (Albury Ride) 1992
J S G Norman	108*	for Potters Bar (Digswell Park) 2002
S G Plumb	102*	for Bishop's Stortford (Digswell Park) 1989
C A Randall	102	for Radlett (Cobden Hill) 1979
S Tilbury	131*	for St Margaretsbury (Digswell Park) 2003
M F Voss	154*	for Radlett (Cobden Hill) 1991
S P White	119	for St Albans (Clarence Park) 2003
D G Wilson	111*	for Sawbridgeworth (Town Fields) 1997

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Most runs in a season

		I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50s	100s
M H James	1995	17	1	827	159*	51.69	7	1
M H James	1997	16	1	598	106	39.87	4	1
M H James	1990	17	0	583	98	34.29	5	0
P A P Driver	1985	16	3	569	103	43.77	3	1
S J Page	1992	14	1	558	119*	42.92	4	1
D C L Beynon	1999	16	3	518	79*	39.85	5	0
A R L Emerton	1987	14	1	514	98	39.54	2	0
S J Page	1993	14	2	510	93*	42.50	3	0
A E Skeggs	1993	15	4	504	105	45.82	2	1
C A S Abraham	1995	15	2	499	90	38.38	2	0

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Most runs in a lifetime

	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50s	100s
S J Page	228	11	5891	119*	27.15	34	3
P A P Driver	239	48	5732	116*	30.01	28	5
M H James	169	14	5243	159*	33.83	36	3
D C L Beynon	162	23	3478	95	25.02	20	0
A R L Emerton	132	17	3349	98	29.12	18	0
A E Skeggs	123	22	2976	121	29.47	17	3
T G Edwards	156	15	2790	104	19.79	14	1
J C Adams	110	6	2664	94	25.62	16	0
S A H Watts	138	23	2410	91	20.96	13	0
C A S Abraham	94	10	2144	90	25.52	7	0
N R C Maclaurin	59	11	1800	109*	37.50	15	1
G P Daniels	62	1	1420	84	23.28	4	0
M Bateman	56	8	1118	97	23.29	7	0
E J Watts	40	9	1115	95	35.97	11	0
R W H Smith	52	9	1019	78*	23.70	5	0
G Bateman	39	5	988	119*	29.06	7	1
D B W Jowett	93	20	953	60*	13.05	2	0
A J Homer	41	2	834	87*	21.38	4	0
E R Tucker	60	7	792	60	14.94	1	0
B C Tamblyn	44	10	732	83	21.53	3	0

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Highest lifetime average (Qualification: 10 innings)

	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50s	100s
F Prescott	19	2	687	88*	40.41	6	0
B J Frazer	15	3	453	112*	37.75	2	1
N R C Maclaurin	59	11	1800	109*	37.50	15	1
E J Watts	40	9	1115	95	35.97	11	0
M H James	169	14	5243	159*	33.83	36	3
P A P Driver	237	47	5721	116*	30.11	28	5
G A Buchanan	12	1	326	88	29.64	1	0
A E Skeggs	123	22	2976	121	29.47	17	3
A R L Emerton	132	17	3349	98	29.12	18	0
G Bateman	39	5	988	119*	29.06	7	1

Fastest fifty (this record is only complete from 1997 onwards)

36 balls

N R C Maclaurin v St Albans (Digswell Park) 2001

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Highest partnership for each wicket

1st	180	S J Page (118) and D C L Beynon (72) v Hitchin (Digswell Park) 2000
2nd	170	M H James (83*) and G A Buchanan (88) v Sawbridgeworth (Town Fields) 1997
3rd	198	P A P Driver (112) and D C L Beynon (95) v Luton Town (Digswell Park) 1989
4th	131*	M A Everett (65) and A E Skeggs (66) v Chipperfield (Goodman Park) 2000
5th	82	A E Skeggs (57) and P A P Driver (35) v Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2001
6th	118	A E Skeggs (100) and C S Molyneux (27) v Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2002
7th	124*	D C L Beynon (76) and B C Tamblyn (52) v St Albans (Digswell Park) 2001
8th	65*	M H James (61) and P R Woolley (23) v Millhillians (Digswell Park) 2000
9th	54*	D R Bray (35) and J P McGill (21) v Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 1997
10th	15*	C Stainsby (19) and S Bridgewater (6) v St Albans (Digswell Park) 2002

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Six wickets in an innings for Welwyn Garden City (38)

S J W Andrew	6-23	v St Albans (Digswell Park) 2001
J D Bateman	6-17	v Stevenage (Digswell Park) 1982
	7-55	v Hitchin (Digswell Park) 1984
	6-57	v Bishop's Stortford (Cricketfield Lane) 1986
	7-23	v West Herts (Park Avenue) 1987
	6-58	v Letchworth (Letchworth Corner) 1987
	6-79	v Cheshunt (Digswell Park) 1987
	6-53	v Bishop's Stortford (Cricketfield Lane) 1988
	6-26	v Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 1988
	6-72	v Luton Town (Digswell Park) 1991
S Bridgewater	7-79	v Letchworth (Letchworth Corner) 1995
S M Dyson	7-33	v Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1981
	6-72	v Letchworth (Letchworth Corner) 1981
B J Frazer	6-77	v Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 2003
	6-32	v Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2003
D B W Jowett	6-40	v St Albans (Digswell Park) 1994
	6-58	v Radlett (Digswell Park) 1994
S B Khawaja	6-28	v Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1979
J P McGill	6-55	v Watford Town (Woodside) 1988
	6-35	v Sawbridgeworth (Town Fields) 1989
	6-54	v Knebworth Park (Digswell Park) 1997
J C T Murch	8-27	v Chorleywood (Chorleywood Common) 2003
	6-74	v Chorleywood (Digswell Park) 2003
P A G Newing	7-47	v Stevenage (Digswell Park) 1976
	6-44	v West Herts (Park Avenue) 1977
D A A Owen	6-76	v Barnet (Underhill) 1984
J F G Page	6-53	v Cheshunt (Digswell Park) 1981
S J Page	6-26	v Letchworth (Whitethorn Lane) 1999
R C Taberner	7-55	v Leverstock Green (Leverstock Green) 2000
B C Tamblyn	6-53	v Luton Town and Indians (Digswell Park) 2002
	7-52	v Stevenage (Ditchmore Lane) 2002
R Tapner	6-33	v Stevenage (Ditchmore Lane) 1979
A G C Tarry	6-33	v Letchworth (Letchworth Corner) 1985
E R Tucker	6-32	v Old Millhillians (Digswell Park) 1998
	6-23	v Chorleywood (Digswell Park) 1999
M J Walshe	7-26	v Sawbridgeworth (Town Fields) 1995
S Warrington	6-58	v Tring Park (Digswell Park) 1978
B S Wood	6-75	v North Mymms (Home Farm) 1995

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Six wickets in an innings against Welwyn Garden City (47)

Azmat Chaudry	7-20	for West Herts (Park Avenue) 1979
N Bancroft	6-62	for Hertford (Digswell Park) 1979
O Batson	6-19	for Hitchin (Lucas Lane) 1993
R Bayliss	7-54	for Watford Town (Woodside) 1976
I R Beven	7-17	for Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1981
	6-44	for Watford Town (Woodside) 1982
G R Black	7-37	for North Mymms (Digswell Park) 1986
	7-72	for North Mymms (Home Farm) 1991
M Childs	7-47	for West Herts (Park Avenue) 1983
B G Collins	9-48	for St Albans (Digswell Park) 1982
S Cooke	7-49	for Stevenage (Digswell Park) 1986
D Cousins	6-66	for Letchworth (Digswell Park) 1974
	6-72	for Letchworth (Digswell Park) 1980
J W J Cundle	6-40	for Hertford (Balls Park) 1980
T Dash	6-40	for Sawbridgeworth (Digswell Park) 1986
N P Draper	6-20	for Radlett (Cobden Hill) 1983
S R Easterbrook	6-28	for West Herts (Digswell Park) 2002
M J Eldred	6-46	for Hertford (Balls Park) 1978
B J Frazer	6-46	for Hertford (Digswell Park) 2001
H Galbraith	7-39	for Hertford (Balls Park) 1976
A R Garofall	6-58	for St Albans (Digswell Park) 1994
T Haydon	7-58	for Cockfosters (Chalk Lane) 1999
B R Hellewell	6-56	for Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 1986
R S Jerome	6-48	for Langleybury (Digswell Park) 2001
R Kingshott	6-29	for Cheshunt (Albury Ride) 1980
	7-18	for Cheshunt (Digswell Park) 1983
	6-52	for Cheshunt (Albury Ride) 1994
A McElligott	6-44	for Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 1998
J Maloy	8-39	for Luton Town (Digswell Park) 1987
R P J Miller	7-55	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Digswell Park) 1984
M Milner	6-48	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Digswell Park) 1980
Mushtaq Ahmed	6-39	for Luton Town (Digswell Park) 1997
D G Price	6-21	for St Albans (Clarence Park) 1989
T C S Radcliffe	6-56	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Heath Park) 1977
J Rumball	6-75	for Watford Town (Digswell Park) 1987
M I W Russell	6-47	for Chorleywood (Digswell Park) 2000
	7-36	for Chorleywood (Chorleywood Common) 2003
D Shanley	6-93	for St Margaretsbury (Digswell Park) 2003
M E Smith	6-39	for West Herts (Digswell Park) 1998
T S Smith	7-91	for Bishop's Stortford (Cricketfield Lane) 1990
C N Spinks	7-48	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Heath Park) 1989
T Statham	8-41	for Cheshunt (Digswell Park) 1991
D Surridge	6-30	for Bishop's Stortford (Digswell Park) 1989
D L Sutton	6-37	for Hitchin (Digswell Park) 1988
G Taylor	6-43	for Hemel Hempstead Town (Heath Park) 1979
C Thomas	7-38	for Watford Town (Woodside) 1984
T Williams	6-25	for St Margaretsbury (The Bury) 2003

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Most wickets in a season

		Ovs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	BB	5wI
J C T Murch	2003	286.3	56	909	53	17.15	8-27	3
J D Bateman	1987	271.1	77	742	51	14.55	7-23	5
J D Bateman	1991	293	72	908	51	17.80	6-72	3
B C Tamblyn	2002	309	57	1058	47	22.51	7-52	4
E R Tucker	2000	245.4	48	745	42	17.26	5-41	2
B J Frazer	2003	268.4	60	812	42	19.33	6-32	2
J D Bateman	1988	282.5	82	824	42	19.62	6-26	2
D B W Jowett	1994	126.2	22	412	38	10.84	6-40	4
S J W Andrew	2000	189	45	466	38	12.26	5-20	2
J D Bateman	1990	216.4	41	827	35	23.63	5-36	1

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Most wickets in a lifetime

	Ovs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	BB	5wI
J D Bateman	2283.1	585	7171	347	20.67	7-73	19
S Bridgewater	1167	232	4047	178	22.74	7-79	5
D B W Jowett	1010.4	132	3800	165	23.03	6-40	4
J P McGill	1084.5	225	3391	156	21.74	6-35	10
J F G Page	1043.3	320	2695	137	19.67	6-53	5
M J Walshe	832.3	138	2829	136	20.80	7-26	4
E R Tucker	880.3	163	2821	124	22.75	6-23	4
D C L Beynon	750.2	144	2586	100	25.86	4-30	0
S J Page	444.2	71	1686	85	19.84	6-26	2
S M Dyson	537.5	170	1240	80	15.50	7-33	5
B C Tamblyn	598.3	121	2028	80	25.35	7-52	5
S J W Andrew	304.3	59	841	62	13.56	6-23	3
P A P Driver	371.4	67	1370	61	22.46	5-32	2
S B Khawaja	329.1	55	1137	56	20.30	6-28	4
J C T Murch	286.3	56	909	53	17.15	8-27	3
R C Taberner	360.3	87	1076	53	20.30	7-55	3
P A G Newing	239.5	34	816	49	16.65	7-47	2
A E Skeggs	267.1	44	959	43	22.30	5-43	2
B J Frazer	268.4	60	812	42	19.33	6-32	2
R A Bray	315.4	62	1066	42	25.38	5-7	2

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Hat tricks

R C Taberner

v Leverstock Green (Leverstock Green) 2000

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Most dismissals in a season

25	(15 ct, 10 st)	M H James	1990
25	(25 ct)	M A Wilkinson	2000
24	(19 ct, 5 st)	P M Davidge	2001
20	(18 ct, 2 st)	C A S Abraham	1994
20	(17 ct, 3 st)	M W C Olley	1998

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Most dismissals in a lifetime

95	(80 ct, 15st)	M H James
90	(72 ct, 18 st)	C A S Abraham
56	(40 ct, 16 st)	K D Flowers
53	(32 ct, 21 st)	M Bateman
33	(28 ct, 5 st)	G P Daniels
33	(27 ct, 6 st)	M W C Olley

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Most catches in a season (not wicket keepers)

11	D C L Beynon	1991
	D C L Beynon	1997
10	J C Adams	1979
	A E Skeggs	2000
	M S Wrodarczyk	2002

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Most catches in a lifetime (not wicket keepers)

100	P A P Driver
75	S J Page
63	D C L Beynon
52	J C Adams
45	S Bridgewater
	A R L Emerton
	A E Skeggs

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Players ever present throughout a season

1974	G Bateman
1975	G Bateman, H I Boyd, E J Watts
1976	J C Adams, G Bateman
1977	M Bateman
1978	S Ings
1980	G P Daniels
1981	G P Daniels, J F G Page
1983	G P Daniels
1986	A R L Emerton
1988	J D Bateman
1989	J D Bateman
1990	J D Bateman, M H James, M J Walshe
1991	J D Bateman, P A P Driver, S J Page, A E Skeggs
1992	P A P Driver, S J Page
1993	P A P Driver, M H James, D B W Jowett
1994	D C L Beynon, R A Bray, S Bridgewater, M H James, D B W Jowett, S J Page
1995	P A P Driver, M H James, D B W Jowett
1997	D C L Beynon, M H James
1999	S Bridgewater
2000	M H James, A E Skeggs, E R Tucker
2001	P M Davidge, M H James, B C Tamblyn
2003	S Bridgewater, J C T Murch, A E Skeggs, B C Tamblyn

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Most appearances in a lifetime

266	P A P Driver	162	S Bridgewater
240	S J Page	161	T G Edwards
180	D C L Beynon	152	S A H Watts
178	M H James	142	A R L Emerton
168	J D Bateman	140	A E Skeggs

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Oldest and youngest players

F Prescott is believed to have been 60 when he made his final appearance in 1978. D W S Beynon fielded as substitute at Bishop's Stortford in 2001 at the age of 68, having last played in the side in 1981. A J Carolan made his only appearances in 1995 at the age of 15.

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Highest totals by Welwyn Garden City

314-8	v Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2001
308-6	v St Albans (Digswell Park) 2001
277-2	v Hertford (Digswell Park) 2002
274-1	v Letchworth (Letchworth Corner) 1995
264-4	v Hitchin (Digswell Park) 2000

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Highest totals against Welwyn Garden City

315-5	by Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2002
267-5	by Bishop's Stortford (Digswell Park) 1995
261-4	by Langleybury (Hunton Bridge) 2002
259-5	by Hitchin (Digswell Park) 1992
257-2	by North Mymms (Digswell Park) 1990

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Lowest totals by Welwyn Garden City

49	v Radlett (Digswell Park) 1976
61	v Radlett (Cobden Hill) 1975
73	v Chorleywood (Chorleywood Common) 2003
74	v West Herts (Park Avenue) 2001

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Lowest totals against Welwyn Garden City

36	by Stevenage (Digswell Park) 1982
50	by Barnet (Underhill) 1998
53	by Chorleywood (Digswell Park) 1999
59	by Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 1988

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Highest match aggregate

559-12

v Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2002

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Lowest match aggregate (in which 20 wickets fell)

140-20

v Chorleywood (Chorleywood Common) 2003

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Largest margin of victory

197 runs

v St Albans (Digswell Park) 2000

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Season by season records

	Captain	P	W	D	T	L	NR	Place
1974	J C Adams	15	3	2	0	7	3
1975	G Bateman	15	4	8	0	2	1	6th
1976	J C Adams	15	1	11	0	2	1
1977	M Bateman	15	1	6	0	5	3
1978	M Bateman	15	0	6	0	6	3	16th
1979	M Bateman	15	3	7	0	4	1
1980	S A H Watts	15	4	4	0	4	3
1981	S A H Watts	15	5	4	0	1	4	2nd
1982	S A H Watts	15	3	6	0	4	2
1983	J C Adams	16	3	5	0	5	3
1984	J C Adams	16	3	6	0	5	2
1985	P A P Driver	17	1	10	0	6	0	17th
1986	P A P Driver	17	1	7	0	6	3	17th
1987	A R L Emerton	17	4	5	0	6	2
1988	A R L Emerton	17	3	4	0	9	1	15th
1989	A R L Emerton	17	8	2	0	7	0	4th
1990	A R L Emerton	17	5	6	0	6	0
1991	A R L Emerton	17	7	8	0	2	0	6th
1992	J D Bateman	17	2	6	0	7	2
1993	J D Bateman	17	5	6	1	4	1
1994	M H James	17	9	3	0	3	2	2nd
1995	M H James	19	6	7	0	5	1	5th
1996	N R C Maclaurin	19
1997	N R C Maclaurin	19	4	8	1	4	2
1998	D C L Beynon	19	4	8	0	6	1	12th
1999	D C L Beynon	18	3	12	0	2	1	2/7th
2000	A E Skeggs	18	12	3	0	2	1	2/1st
2001	A E Skeggs	18	5	4	0	6	3	8th
2002	A E Skeggs	22	4	9	0	9	0	9th
2003	A E Skeggs	18	11	2	0	4	1	2nd

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