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M&BCC Under 9s win Binfield tournament

Nick Clements — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:31:52 +0100

Under a beautiful Sunday afternoon sky the M&BCC Stags won the annual Binfield under 9 six a side tournament beating the hosts in the final.

The first match was without doubt the toughest against an excellent Finchampstead side who were kept to 242 off there six overs by some good straight bowling and sharp fi

M&BCC Under 9s thunder into the semi final

Nick Clements — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 05:23:43 +0100

Under stormy sky's and the watchful gaze of a huge crowd M&BCC Under 9s thundered into the BYCL semi final beating Finchampstead Falcons by an impressive 86 runs scoring 335 for 3 and holding the opposition to 249 for 7 in reply.

Skipper Josh Wallace was delighted to be asked to bat and once again openers Tanm

The Full Match Report - U11s suffer a heart-breaking defeat

Huw Buckle — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:24:05 +0100

The U11s competitive season came to a disappointing end on Sunday as we lost our Berkshire League Quarter Final to Finchampstead Falcons by 18 runs.

Despite fielding a very strong side, which was an achievement in itself with the holidays upon us, it was not meant to be our day! This was always going to be a tough

Sadly not to be our Day - QF V Finchampstead Falcons - Sunday 1st August

Huw Buckle — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:55:03 +0100

Well, I’ve had a miserable afternoon after the Boys unfortunately came up short this morning against a very good Finchampstead Falcons side, by 18 runs.

We won the toss and elected to field – a strategy that’s worked well all season. We bowled very well.

M&BCC Under 9s win the league beating Royal Ascot by a distance

Nick Clements — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:16:41 +0100

M&BCC Under 9s won the Berkshire Youth Cricket League Division A today scoring 289 for 4 in reply to Royal Ascot's 216 for 5.

Invited to field, skipper Luke Clements was delighted with the excellent (straight) bowling and tight fielding of the team, with Luke himself (2), Mathew (2) and Callum all taking wicke

M&BCC Under 9s stay well north of local rivals

Nick Clements — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:04:22 +0100

Under a stormy Friday sky and without the sight of Hippo M&BCC Under 9s beat North Maidenhead by 74 runs to stay at the top of the league with one game to play.

Skipper Marcus Wand was happy to be asked to bat, and in spite of a sluggish start, a healthy contribution from from A. Wide and N.O.

M&BCC Under 9s win their ninth in a row

Nick Clements — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:07:50 +0100

Under a blue Bray sky and the watchful gaze of the bell tower M&BCC Under nines won by over 100 runs in this rescheduled league game against Slough holding the opposition to 222 for 8 and scoring 323 for 5 in response.

Skipper Mathew Fulton was delighted to be asked to field and Tanmay Joshi took a wicket in t

M&BCC Under 9s scupper Henley

Nick Clements — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 06:59:55 +0100

Under a pendulous grey sky and with no sign of HRH at the Jubilee M&BCC Under 9s beat Henley Cougars by 61 runs to remain unbeaten at the top of the BYCL Division 9A.

Skipper Thomas Boulton was delighted to be invited to field by Henley and was his own reward with 2 wickets in his over to set the tone for an a

Castled at Windsor

Barry Upton — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:51:16 +0100

We played our rearranged match against Windsor on Monday evening and it proved to be an extremely close and exciting match which unfortunately we came just short by 4 runs.Windsor batted first and scored 109.Our bowling was generally much improved from the Sunday match against N.Maidenhead and there were a couple of outs

All round performance by the Under 13's

Barry Upton — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:33:26 +0100

The U13s had another good win yesterday morning against N.Maidenhead winning the match by eight wickets.

N.Maidenhead chose to bat first and James Downey removed the opener first ball but the N.Maidenhead batters did well.

The U11 Clean Sweep - 8 Victories out of 8

Huw Buckle — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:34:49 +0100

What more can be said – our U11s travelled to Hurley for their final league match of the season.

Hurley have a new side this season and have struggled, losing all of their previous matches.

Drums, Sun, Wine, Burgers, Spirit & another U11 Victory

Huw Buckle — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:12:07 +0100

It’s evenings like these that make you think that Cricket must have been invented in Bray! I’m sure it had nothing to do with the serpent, I believe Adam realised he could get late away swing with an apple! Come on Dads – how many Golden Delicious have you bowled in the garden?!

A couple of Sunda

M&BCC Under 9s cooking at Cookham stay top of the league

Nick Clements — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:59:23 +0100

Under flame grilling heat and with the Dean of Cookham nowhere in site the under 9s scorched their way to 335 for 1 and then made mincemeat of the opposition roasting them at 222 for 11.

Birthday boy skipper Yusef Perwaz opened the batting with Marcus Wand and scored 30 in his three overs to get the side off to a

M&BCC march on to beat Windsor and stay top

Nick Clements — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:47:26 +0100

Under a hotter than July sky M&BCC comfortably beat Windsor by 42 runs and remain undefeated at the top of the Under 9 Division A league.

Skipper Charlie Sherlock won the toss, inserted the opposition and was rewarded by a tight display in the field as M&BCC held Windsor to 232 for 3.

Bowling strai

Under 11's Friendly versus Braywood

Bimal Desai — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:01:49 +0100

Last Sunday our U11s Bray side took on a Braywood side in a friendly match.

Back to winning Ways for the Under 13's

Barry Upton — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:15:22 +0100

The boys got back to winning ways in convincing style by beating Cookham Dean by ten wickets. Cookham Dean batted first and were restricted to 67-5 by some tight bowling and good fielding.

M&BCC Under 9s beat Slough convincingly

Nick Clements — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:49:38 +0100

Under a flaming June sun M&BCC Under nines beat Slough convincingly by 63 runs to stay clear at the top of the league.

Skipper Josh Maier won the toss and inserted Slough on a bone dry track and was rewarded with a great performance in the field, with outstanding catches in the deep from Marcus Wand and Charli

The Under 9's back a winner !!

Nick Clements — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:46:37 +0100

Under glorious sky's and the gaze of the Royal enclosure at Ascot racecourse, M & BCC Under 9's beat Royal Ascot by 49 runs to stay top of the league.

M & B were captained by Josh Mair who won the toss and elected to field first.

Another one of those "Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory"

Barry Upton — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:58:52 +0100

We played against Boyne Hill this morning and unfortunately we lost the match by 14 runs but that does not tell half the story.

We won the toss and elected to bowl first and the majority of our bowling and fielding was outstanding.

Another win for the Bray Under 11's

Huw Buckle — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:46:41 +0100

Under cloudy skies & a bitterly cold wind at the delightful Cookham Dean ground, the U11 Colts put together a quite superb all round performance to beat a very good Cookham Dean side by 9 wickets.

The Boys are quite simply getting better and better.