Welcome to Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club
Welcome to Maidenhead & Bray Cricket Club. The Club is situated in the beautiful village of Bray, Berkshire, on the banks of the Thames, overlooked by the Church of St Michael. The main ground is widely acknowledged as one of the most picturesque in the country.
Records of cricket at Bray go back over 260 years. The Club is now one of the most go-ahead and lively cricket clubs in the county. We have four teams in the Morrant Thames Valley League, and six teams in the Berkshire Colts Cricket League. The senior side has won the Thames Valley League twice, and our colts sides are among the best in the county, with 6 teams playing in the 5 age groups.
We have around 250 colts, boys and girls, aged from around 6 up to 17, and some of our colts regularly play for our senior teams; we regularly provide county teams with colts players, and one has played for England colts teams. We also ensure that as many colts as possible get games during the season, with a programme of 'friendlies'. The Club is one of the few in the county with a dedicated girls section, and is the only one in Berkshire to provide cricket coaching for disabled youngsters.
We have over 20 qualified coaches, 5 qualified at Level 2. We were the first Berkshire club to be awarded Sport England’s Clubmark by the ECB.
The social side of the Club is particularly strong, with a programme of functions throughout the season. For many years the highlight of the social calendar has been 'Parkie Day', hosted by our President, Sir Michael Parkinson.
New players, supporters and their families are guaranteed a warm and friendly welcome. There are excellent facilities for playing, practising, socialising and best of all you'll be part of the most progressive club in Berkshire.
Saturday 5th September was the last round of the 2009 Thames Valley League Season. The 1st XI secured the 13 points required to survive another season in the Thames Valley League division 1 with a winning draw over Tring Park, which leaves the First XI the top side in the Town. A great achievement when you consider four got relegated from the division.
The Second XI cemented their fourth position in division 4B with a 25 point win over Eversley 2's, with Saqib Quershi (70 not out) rolling back the years ably supported by birthday boy John Hewitt (51) producing one of his typical cavalier innings.
The Third XI, already promoted lasted week under the leadership of Saj Tariq for the third time in three years, eventually disposed of Newbury helped by a 141 run partnership between Milan Pandya (80*) and Barrie Wykes (54).
The Fourth XI claimed the division 8B title. Already promoted they needed to win to guarantee the Championship against Amersham 3. Restricting Amersham to 224 for 6 in their 52 overs, Bray cruised past the target in the 35th over, Phil Cowell top scoring with 31.
Two sides promoted, two sides mid table, not a bad season!!!
Latest News from the Club
The Under 9's back a winner !!
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"
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
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.
The Going Good to Soft at the Race Course
The U13s followed their midweek win against Reading with another victory last Sunday against Royal Ascot but they did make hard work of it!!
Having won the toss and asked Ascot to bat, our bowling and fielding was outstanding, with two wickets for James Downey, Liam Condon (on his first start) and James Gadeke (in
Another Nail-biting Victory for U11’s
After the crazy events away to Windsor a few weeks ago, the U11 match versus Boyne Hill, on the main Bray ground today, was a real cliff-hanger.
We eventually won, by 6 wickets, with only 3 balls of the allotted 20 overs left.
We knew this was going to be the toughest game yet, with both sides unbeaten.
M&BCC Under 9s in massive win over North Maidenhead
Under bright blue skies and St Michael's gaze M&BCC Under 9s held local rivals North Maidenhead to 210 for 5 and then scored an impressive 343 for 2 to notch up a fourth consecutive win to stay top of the league!
The bowlers bowled straight and gave away very little with wickets shared between
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