Welwyn Garden City Cricket Club

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Highest Individual Scores

M H James	182	v Chipperfield (Chipperfield Common) 1995
M H James	182	v Richmond (Digswell Park) 1995
D C L Beynon	169	v Harrow Town (Digswell Park) 2001
M H James	167*	v Walthamstow (Buck Walk) 1990
M H James	159*	v Letchworth (Letchworth Corner) 1995
E J Watts	156*	v Hatfield Hyde (KGV Playing Fields) 1977
P A P Driver	152*	v Old Merchant Taylors (Durrants) 1982
M H James	152	v Hitchin (Lucas Lane) 1995

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Century on début

C Young	102*	v Hawker Siddeley Aviation (Comet Park) 1967
A R L Emerton	118	v Hoddesdon (Digswell Park) 1982

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Most centuries in a season

6	G Bateman	1976
4	C A S Abraham	1999
	M H James	1995

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Most centuries in a lifetime

17	P A P Driver
10	M H James
	I C Maclaurin
8	J C Adams
7	G Bateman
	S A H Watts
6	C A S Abraham
	S J Page
5	D C L Beynon
	A R L Emerton
	E J Watts

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1000 runs in a season

	Year	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50s	100s
M H James	1990	50	2	2157	167*	44.94	17	3
M H James	1995	39	5	2140	182	62.94	16	3
G Bateman	1976	41	5	1640	130	45.56	9	6
P A P Driver	1985	39	8	1468	115*	47.35	10	2
P A P Driver	1993	42	7	1345	107*	38.43	9	1
G Bateman	1975	45	6	1310	114*	33.59	6	1
P A P Driver	1991	42	12	1300	131*	43.33	11	1
J C Adams	1976	41	3	1299	105	34.18	5	2
G P Daniels	1980	42	3	1290	140	33.08	6	2
C A S Abraham	1995	35	6	1266	126*	43.66	6	1
E J Watts	1975	35	9	1234	114*	47.46	12	1
S J Page	1993	33	3	1159	93*	38.63	9	0
S J Page	1989	42	2	1156	79	28.90	9	0
S J Page	1991	41	4	1152	126	31.14	10	1
J C T Murch	2003	30	6	1147	109*	47.79	4	3
J C Adams	1974	32	2	1143	101	38.10	6	1
P A P Driver	1992	33	7	1143	126*	43.96	6	1
S A H Watts	1980	33	4	1138	109*	39.24	9	1
A R L Emerton	1987	31	4	1131	98	41.89	7	0
G P Daniels	1984	36	2	1087	103*	31.97	7	1
C A S Abraham	1999	27	3	1068	136	44.50	3	4
S A H Watts	1990	33	14	1051	114	55.32	6	1
D C L Beynon	1990	35	3	1025	111*	32.03	9	1
G P Daniels	1981	34	1	1013	80	30.70	6	0
T G Edwards	1989	35	3	1011	118	31.59	7	1
P A P Driver	1986	33	6	1002	87*	37.11	6	0

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Most runs in a lifetime

	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50s	100s
P A P Driver	644	130	17358	152*	33.77	104	17
S J Page	484	30	12736	126	28.05	74	5
T G Edwards	552	42	11005	118	21.58	56	3
S A H Watts	407	75	9756	114	29.39	60	7
M H James	267	22	9520	182	38.86	67	10
J C Adams	376	22	9482	105*	26.79	47	8
A R L Emerton	299	53	8494	118	34.53	48	5
D C L Beynon	333	42	7291	169	25.05	48	5
C A S Abraham	255	34	7189	136	32.53	38	6
A E Skeggs	253	50	6603	121	32.53	39	4
G P Daniels	235	13	5898	140	26.57	29	3
G Bateman	155	22	4233	130	31.83	22	7
P R Woolley	257	77	4083	102*	22.68	15	1
E J Watts	108	26	3689	156*	44.99	28	5
S P Willis	180	31	3592	103*	24.11	17	1
R W H Smith	148	20	3408	100*	26.63	22	1
D B W Jowett	259	62	3256	118*	16.53	9	1
M Bateman	144	28	3251	97	28.03	19	0
J E Fitt	163	18	2792	135	19.26	6	2
E R Tucker	172	36	2744	101*	20.18	10	1
N R C Maclaurin	73	16	2350	124	41.23	16	2
A Raikes	99	9	2283	112	25.37	9	3
C S Molyneux	108	22	2248	111	26.14	8	2
I C Maclaurin	60	14	2154	132*	46.83	12	5
A J Homer	92	9	1910	118*	23.01	8

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Most runs in a lifetime

	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	50s	100s
J C T Murch	30	6	1147	109*	47.79	4	3
I C Maclaurin	60	14	2154	132*	46.83	12	5
E J Watts	108	26	3689	156*	44.99	28	5
N R C Maclaurin	73	16	2350	124	41.23	16	2
M H James	267	22	9520	182	38.86	67	10
F Prescott	34	2	1171	132	36.59	10	1
A R L Emerton	299	53	8494	118	34.53	48	5
P A P Driver	644	130	17358	152*	33.77	104	17
C A S Abraham	255	34	7189	136	32.53	38	6
A E Skeggs	253	50	6603	121	32.53	39	4

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Carrying bat through completed innings

C S Molyneux (58* out of 117) v Stoics (Digswell Park) 1997

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

20 balls

M S Wrodarcyzk v CRS Cardinals (Digswell Park) 2002

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

89 balls	C A S Abraham v Finchley II (Digswell Park) 1999
	C A S Abraham v Brondesbury II (Digswell Park) 1999

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1000 runs by the end of May

This feat is extremely rare in club cricket, and was achieved by M H James in 1995.

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Highest partnership for each wicket

1st	262	M H James (182) and S J Page (96) v Chipperfield (Chipperfield Common) 1995
2nd	192*	E J Watts (156) and P A Roe (54) v Hatfield Hyde (KGV Playing Fields) 1977
3rd	202	D C L Beynon (139) and M H James (1240 v Sudbury Court (Vale Farm) 1998
4th	171	S A H Watts (110) and S P Willis (76) v Royston (Therfield Heath) 1985
5th	128	M Hesketh (85*) and P J Moyce (57) v Mill Hill (Grahame Park Way) 1972
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	98	I C Maclaurin (114*) and E Cummins (32) v Vauxhall Motors (Brache) 1970
9th	75	I C Maclaurin (57*) and M J Evans (38) v Hitchin (Digswell Park) 1970
10th	90*	C Young (102) and J Horner (8) v Hawker Siddeley Aviation (Comet Park) 1967

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Eight or more wickets in an innings for Welwyn Garden City

A G C Tarry	9-24	v Potters Bar (The Walk) 1982
A Davies	9-27	v Broxbourne (Digswell Park) 1965
C Stainsby	9-77	v Harpenden (Harpenden Common) 2002
W D A Hopkins	8-25	v R Dale's XI (Digswell Park) 1959
J C T Murch	8-27	v Chorleywood (Chorleywood Common) 2003
D A Lewis	8-37	v Hatfield Hyde (KGV Playing Fields) 1957
J P McGill	8-58	v Hertford (Digswell Park) 1985
D C L Beynon	8-61	v Kenton (Digswell Park) 1991

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Four wickets with consecutive balls

W D A Hopkins v Kodak (Wood Lane End) 1963

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Hatricks

J F G Page v Old Merchant Taylors (Digswell Park) 1983

J D Bateman v Hatfield Hyde (KGV Playing Fields) 1985

R C Taberner v Leverstock Green (Bedmond Road) 2000

B C Tamblyn v Ickleford (Walnut Way) 2001

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70 wickets in a season

		Ovs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	BB	5wI
S Bridgewater	1989	477.4	115	1472	109	13.50	7-17	11
J D Bateman	1987	566.2	163	1456	105	13.87	7-23	7
S Bridgewater	1990	535.2	94	2222	101	22.00	5-18	2
D B W Jowett	1994	382.3	93	1096	92	11.91	6-40	6
J D Bateman	1984	399.4	134	1054	79	13.34	7-55	6
R W Bond	1974	407	60	1483	76	19.51	6-59	4
R W Bond	1975	345.1	56	1290	74	17.43	6-29	5
S B Khawaja	1979	356.5	58	1241	71	17.48	6-28	7
D B W Jowett	1988	422.2	91	1307	71	18.41	5-42	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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500 runs and 50 wickets in a season

A G C Tarry	1982	509 runs	77 wickets
D B W Jowett	1993	530 runs	54 wickets
E R Tucker	1999	517 runs	62 wickets
E R Tucker	2000	501 runs	68 wickets
B C Tamblyn	2002	758 runs	57 wickets
B J Frazer	2003	671 runs	51 wickets
J C T Murch	2003	1147 runs	66 wickets

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2000 runs and 200 wickets in a lifetime

D C L Beynon	7012 runs	269 wickets
D B W Jowett	3256 runs	503 wickets
E R Tucker	2744 runs	281 wickets

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Most dismissals in a season

57	(35 ct, 22 st)	M H James 1990
48	(28 ct, 20 st)	M Bateman 1976
	(38 ct, 10 st)	D L Sandford 1971
	(30 ct, 18 st)	M Bateman 1979
42	(31 ct, 11 st)	C A S Abraham 1991
	(35 ct, 7 st)	C A S Abraham 1995

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Most dismissals in a lifetime

238	(185 ct, 53 st)	C A S Abraham
184	(128 ct, 56 st)	M Bateman
167	(133 ct, 31 st)	M H James
152	(112 ct, 40 st)	D L Sandford
144	(101 ct, 43 st)	K D Flowers
108	(94 ct, 14 st)	G P Daniels

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Most catches in a season (not wicket keepers)

28	P A P Driver	1993
24	E J Watts	1975
23	P R Woolley	1987
21	D C L Beynon	1991
	P A P Driver	1991

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Most catches in a lifetime (not wicket keepers)

279	P A P Driver
162	S J Page
159	T G Edwards
	S A H Watts
145	S Bridgewater
141	J C Adams
140	P R Woolley
139	D C L Beynon
120	D B W Jowett
109	A R L Emerton

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Most appearances in a lifetime

699	P A P Driver	324	A R L Emerton
589	T G Edwards	321	J P McGill
514	S J Page	282	M H James
492	S Bridgewater	281	C A S Abraham
426	S A H Watts	276	A E Skeggs
384	D b W Jowett	241	G P Daniels
383	J C Adams	210	E R Tucker
379	J D Bateman	207	S P Willis
371	D C L Beynon	181	J E Fitt
367	P R Woolley	176	K D Flowers

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Highest totals by Welwyn Garden City

445-8	v Sudbury Court (Vale Farm) 1998
393-4	v Chipperfield (Chipperfield Common) 1995
332-8	v Holtwhites Trinibis (Digswell Park) 2003
314-8	v Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2001
308-6	v St Albans (Digswell Park) 2001
307-5	v Richmond (Digswell Park) 1995
302-6	v Knebworth Park (Knebworth Park) 1991

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Highest totals against Welwyn Garden City

343-3	by Radlett (Cobden Hill) 2003
326-6	by Orpington (Digswell Park) 1997
315-5	by Hoddesdon (Lowfield) 2002
311-2	by Chelmsford (Chelmer Park) 1991

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Lowest totals by Welwyn Garden City

39	v Hemel Hempstead Town (Digswell Park) 1970
	v Hemel Hempstead Town (Heath Park) 2003
42	v Stevenage (Ditchmore Lane) 2002
49	v Radlett (Digswell Park) 1976

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Lowest totals against Welwyn Garden City

19	by Stevenage (Ditchmore Lane) 1957
23	by Leinster (Digswell Park) 1962
34	by King's Walden (King's Walden) 1964
36	by Stevenage (Digswell Park) 1982

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Largest margin of victory

350 runs

v Sudbury Court (Vale Farm) 1998

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Most Not Outs

130	P A P Driver
100	S Bridgewater
77	P R Woolley
75	S A H Watts
65	J P McGill

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