from the boundary
News from Legendary statistician, Nicholas Evanson
FANTASY CRICKET ROUND 2
Well after the 2nd weekend of the season, in 1st place is only the chair, Steve Waters on 930 points – backing himself as a batter does help as his own performances so far have secured him 139 points. Alex Peggie is the leading bowler on 149 points while leading all-rounder is currently Harry Passenger on 162 points. For purposes of completeness, the leading wicketkeeper is currently Faiz Ebrahim on 60 points.
ground hop challenge!
So Saturday 17th May is the weekend for the ultimate “Ground Hop”. Supporters can start out with 1st XI at Bovey Tracey, before heading to Kingskerswell to see the 4th XI take on Babbacombe CC 3rd XI in their first ever home match, then a quick stop at Torre Valley North to see the 3rd XI take on Paignton 4th XI, before finally arriving home at the Rec to see the 2nd XI take on Hatherleigh CC 2nd XI
DEVON CRICKET LEAGUE ROUND 2
1ST XI
The big one T&K 1st XI hosting their arch rivals Barton CC 1st XI for the first time since the merger.
Prior to the call of “Play” at the request of Harry Passenger, there was a minute’s silence for those T&K members who had passed away over the winter – primarily Roger Biddick and Brian “Pops” Latto. Praise must be given to Hazza for instigating this when you consider he is still so young.
However, with regards to the toss, normal service was resumed, Barton won it and decided to bat. Barton though were soon regretting batting first with Torquay old boys Shaun Needham and Nick Watkin (acting skipper) back in the pavilion thanks to Josh Thompson. It was then left to spin twins Chris Kelmere (4 for 8) and Harry Passenger (3 for 14) to dismantle Barton’s batting – extras were top scorer with 17 followed by Adam Parker with 15. Barton were all out for 86 in just 29.3 overs by 2.24pm.
With such an early finish T&K had to go out to bat before tea and had until 4pm under the rules to complete the run chase, otherwise tea would have to be taken unless Law 43 was applied. There was a rare failure for Chris Kelmere – the snick behind was clearly heard. However, as he has done so many times over the years, Tim Western anchored the innings with an undefeated 44. Nathan Roux who only landed in the country on Thursday morning contributed 24 before Harry Passenger came to the crease and scored a quick fire undefeated 11 – a 8 wicket win by 3.48pm. A NOTE TO ALL PLAYERS THOUGH – PLEASE GO LOOKING FOR BALLS THAT GO INTO HEDGE AS EVO WILL GET VERY GRUMPY! SERIOUSLY THOUGH IF PLAYERS (OR SPECTATORS) DON’T, THE CLUB COULD FALL FOUL OF LEAGUE REGS AS OF 1ST JUNE.
Next up for the 1st XI, and you couldn’t make it up is an Aaron Printers Cup match this Thursday away to you guessed it, Barton CC 1st XI. The 1st XI then return to DCL action away to Bovey Tracey CC 1st XI.
Barton CC 1st XI 86 all out (29.3 overs)
Extras 17
A Parker 15
C Kelmere 4-8
H Passenger 3-14
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 1st XI 90 for 2 (17.2 overs)
T Western 44 not out
N Roux 24
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 1st XI (20 pts) beat Barton CC 1st XI (2 pts) by 8 wickets.
2ND XI
Saturday was so reminiscent of the old days of the DCL when the 1st and 2nd XIs played the respective XI from the same opposition club. So the 2nd XI nipped up the road to Torquay’s old ground, Cricketfield Road, to take on Barton CC 2nd XI.
T&K won the toss and asked Barton to have a bat. Adam Last formerly of this parish top scored with 33, while Sreejith Sankaranaryanan contributed 27. However extras also contributed 25 which ultimately proved costly. It was certainly a day for caught and bowls with no fewer than 3! The best of the T&K bowlers was young kiwi, Tobias Delahunty with 4 for 43. Barton were all out for 149 in just 33 overs.
In reply despite losing Tom Lillywhite cheaply, T&K seemed on course for victory with Bobby Western scoring 43 and Faiz Ebrahim 32. However, it was then step forward young Jack Shelton who destroyed the rest of the middle order and the tail taking 6 for 20. As a result T&K lost by 7 runs with plenty of overs to spare.
It was good to see so many of the 1st XI nipping up the road to support the 2nd XI – this club certainly has the “we are one club” ethos at its heart.
Finally, T&K and in particular, scorer Sandra Western, would like to thank the “lovely man / woman” who uploaded the scores onto Play Cricket following some computer glitches.
Next up for the 2nd XI, next weekend will be to host Hatherleigh CC 2nd XI which will be either the 1st or last stop on the Ground Hop Challenge.
Barton CC 2nd XI 149 all out (33 overs)
A Last 33
S Sankaranaryanan 27
T Delahunty 4-43
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 2nd XI 142 all out (37.3 overs)
B Western 43
F Ebrahim 32
J Shelton 6-20
Barton CC 2nd XI (18 pts) beat Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 2nd XI (8 pts) by 7 runs
3RD XI
The 3rd XI played host to North Devon CC 3rd XI at Kingskerswell.
T&K won the toss and elected to bat. Virtually everyone contributed with the bat. However, the standout batter was Shrey Sancheti with an undefeated run a ball 70. The best of the North Devon bowlers was Wes McKellar with 3 for 54 as T&K finished on 243 for 9 in their 40 overs (only 7 runs short of what would have been maximum batting points under 1st XI regs but 10 overs less).
In reply, North Devon lost wickets at regular intervals thanks to young Noah Carswell with 4 for 28 and Matt Rossin with 3 for 25. The biggest contributor to North Devon’s score was extras with 45 (radar issues for bowlers the biggest culprit). North Devon were all out 135 in just 28.2 overs.
Next up for the 3rd XI is an extremely long trip next weekend to Torre Valley North to take on Paignton 4th XI.
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 3rd XI 243 for 9 (40 overs)
S Sancheti 70 not out
W McKellar 3-54
North Devon CC 3rd XI 135 all out (28.2 overs)
Extras 45
N Carswell 4-28
M Rossin 3-25
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 3rd XI (19 pts) beat North Devon CC 3rd XI (7 pts) by 108 runs
4TH XI
So the day dawned and the doom mongers were proven wrong – the 4th XI took to the field with a full XI. Their first match turned into a tense thriller and but for the Rugby Club Dinner, they could have won.
Kenn CC 2nd XI won the toss and elected to field. The star with the bat for T&K was Steve Waters with 57 not out (let’s hope he was in the chair afterwards) who was supported by loan player Sachin Joy with 48. The best of the Kenn bowlers was Ben Parry with 3 for 34 as T&K finished on 184 for 6 in their 40 overs.
Kenn’s reply was built around the 68 scored by Tim McDonald before he was run out by Joseph Frost and 50 scored by Harry Scott before he was caught by William Frost. The best of the T&K bowlers was the other loan player, Jibin John, with 4 for 24. However. Kenn reached the required total with 3.3 overs remaining but with just 1 wicket in-hand. A promising start for the 4th XI though under the leadership of Ollie Smith.
Next up for 4th XI is their first home fixture next weekend against Babbacombe CC 3rd XI who could easily be known as Devon Dumpling CC!
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 4th XI 184 for 6 (40 overs)
S Waters 57 not out
S Joy 48
B Parry 3-34
Kenn CC 2nd XI 188 for 9 (36.3 overs)
T McDonald 68
H Scott 50
J John 4-24
Kenn CC 2nd XI (17 pts) beat Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 4th XI (8 pts) by 1 wicket
Player of the Day
Not such an easy one this with so man candidates but it goes to Shrey Sancheti for his undefeated 70,
Spectator Watch
Well where do you start! Camp Kelmere was expanded with the Shergold’s in residence, let’s hope the result might tempt Rob out of retirement. Life Vice President, Ian Hayman and his daughter Mel was also present, both of whom were heavily involved with TUFC until recently – it was nice to see Mel back to her bubbly self after the vile attacks she suffered on social media. Continuing on the TUFC theme, Paul Osborn, dad of Neal who played for both clubs also made a rare appearance. Finally, there was Colin Davey, who was Evo’s first skipper when he started scoring for the 2nd XI back in 1986 – he has a lot to answer for! One noticeable absentee though was “Captain Panic” aka John Morgan. Evo has been reliably informed he had decided to go fishing with a certain Matt Hunt!
HAZZA WHITE BALL DEBUT FOR DEVON
Tomorrow will see Harry Passenger’s white ball debut for the senior Devon side at the same ground that he made his competitive debut for Torquay CC 1st XI in the ECB Cup (Hazza, “I’d forgotten about that – good memory Evo”). Cornwall are hosting Devon at Redruth CC.
Good Luck Hazza
BROCKMAN CUP UPDATE
The committee have been informed by Brockman Cup Committee that after the abandonment of the match between the 2nd XI and their counterparts from Barton, the match has been awarded to T&K. However, as Barton have until 7pm next Monday to appeal. PLEASE CAN NO MEMBERS COMMENT PUBLICLY ON THIS MATTER.
calling all those between aged between 13 and 17!
Want to improve your leadership skills. Well here is your chance. The Devon Cricket Foundation are running two courses (one being a girls only). The link to these is below:
https://www.devoncricket.co.uk/devon-young-leaders-2025
incoming roux
The committee are pleased to announce that Nathan and his new good lady wife arrive early tomorrow morning ready for round 2 of “hostilities” with Barton CC this weekend.
WESTERN IN ACTION FOR ENGLAND O50 LIONS TODAY
The club are pleased to announce that Tim Western is in the side to take on Worcestershire O50s today at Stourport CC - the match is being Live Streamed on YouTube.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMITTEE
Please could all members / supporters please refrain from commenting on the Brockman Cup against Barton CC 2nd XI which was held at The Rec on Tuesday 6 May which was abandoned due to Bad Light.
the first battle with barton!
The first encounter between T&K and Barton was held tonight in the Brockman Cup at the Rec tonight. It has to be reported that unfortunately DACO could only supply one umpire and that Mr President aka Mike Hunt was late on parade minus the First Lady. A note also to the 2nd XI skipper, please make sure you have both a match ball and spares, and that you also pay the umpire – Evo is fast becoming Mr Grumpy! Late dashes to cars by Ryan Hanauer and Harry Passenger saved the day on the first two counts though.
T&K won the toss and elected to bat. The T&K innings was built around Josh Thompson’s 80 in just 42 balls – very reminiscent of his winning knock in last year’s final, and Alex Peggie’s quick 25 not out. The best Barton bowler was Louis Hargreaves with 2 for 30 as T&K were all out for 156 with 3 balls remaining.
With the gloom descending, Barton were soon in trouble at 24 for 3 thanks to Alex Peggie’s 3 or 6. However, when Harry Shelton was 5th out with the score on 64, the umpire took the only decision he could to take the players off with 9 overs and a ball remaining. Harry Shelton having been the best of the batters with 17.
The match was therefore abandoned and has to be replayed following discussions with Tim Chapman, the competition chair.
Praise must be given the umpire, Martin Powell, for doing his best to keep the players out on the field until 10 overs had been reached, in the hope the competition rules would say 10 overs constituted a match. Sadly though, they don’t and this is something which must be looked at as how many Brockman Cup matches should be abandoned because of light issues. One option is for the old rule from the John Player Sunday League – the maximum run up for bowlers set at 12 yards. However, does that put it even more in favour of the batters?
Praise must also be given to young Emily Passenger for bringing the the stumps and fielding discs in along with Pasty’s better half - well probably. It was so dark by then, Evo couldn’t actually see!
less than a week before the 1st game supporter is announced!
All shall be revealed by the club’s EDI and Mental Health guru, Evo, very soon.
FANTASY CRICKET ROUND 1
So the Fantasy League has started with 18 teams – somewhat appropriate as there are 18 weeks of the season! However it is a shame not more people have supported Ollie Smith’s initiative.
Into an early lead though is Aaron Hearn on 491 points thanks primarily to the efforts of Ethan Abraham and Chris Kelmere. While at the bottom is Simon Rice on just 81 points – handicapped rather by the majority of his XI not getting their kit on!
The top batter this week which was helped by his appearance behind the stumps was a certain Steve Waters with 52 points. Little surprise the top bowler was young Ethan Abraham with 132 points. As for the top all-rounder, Harry Passenger sneaked in just ahead of Chris Kelmere with 70 points. With most regular keepers not playing, Faiz Ebrahim was top by default with 5 points.
SUPPORT THE STARS OF THE FUTURE
On Wednesday our U11s have a short trip along the coast to take on their counterparts from Teignmouth and Shaldon CC and on Thursday our U13s play host to Babbacombe CC. Both matches start at 6pm.
devon cricket league round 1
1ST XI
The 1st XI headed north of Dartmoor in a battle of merged clubs – Bridestowe and Belstone CC 1st XI.
One again under the leadership of Harry Passenger, who it is understood been practicing all week trying to win the toss, contained three debutants – Messrs Delahunty, Peggie and Thompson.
The practice tossing must have worked as Hazza called correctly and asked B&B to bat. It is worth noting the B&B skipper was a former public schoolboy through and through as Evo was always addressed as “Sir.”
Alex Peggie soon clearly showed his intentions, clean bowling, Kain Burns with only his second ball for a duck. However, it then became the Shaquan Glasgow show, Glasgow was finally bowled by Peggie for 88. Initially he was supported by James Ewen for 25 and whilst the B&B middle order went AWOL their lower order in the form of Tom Pengelly 33 not out and Brandon Horn 23 had some fun at the expense of the T&K bowlers – many of whom had costly radar problems (25 wides). Harry Passenger was the best of the T&K bowlers with 3 for 44, with Chris Kelmere claiming 2 for 29 and Alex Peggie 2 for 37. B&B finished on 228 for 9 in their 50 overs.
T&K got off to a good start with Tim Western and Chris Kelmere once again in tandem putting on 57 or the first wicket, scoring 31 and 35 respectively. However, no T&K batter went onto make a big score. Harry Baxendale in his elevated position of no 6 (one feels T&K were a batter light) did manage to score 34. Alex Peggie had a brief cameo with 19 towards the end though. A word of caution though, Evo doesn’t appreciate having to apologise for language of players when they are out. The best of the B&B bowlers was Ryan Dennis with 3 for 35, who was supported by Callum Mallett with 2 for 20 (before his groin gave up the ghost) and Tom Pengelly 2 for 26. T&K were all out for 180 in 45.2 overs. One positive the team wouldn’t have got back to the Rec with the Red Arrows still in the air had it been Air Show weekend like last year.
Next up for the 1st XI is a visit from their old rivals, Barton CC 1st XI next weekend. Barton are now skippered by Steve Lewis formerly of this parish and the side will contain former Torquay CC DCL championship winners Sean Needham and Nick Watkin. However, Tom Drake, will be confined to the bar as he doesn’t want a repeat of last time his better half, Jasmin, was expecting. Tom opted to play for the 2nd XI and hours later was hobbling around maternity – the new arrival have come early.
Bridestowe and Belstone CC 1st XI 228 for 9 (50 overs)
S Glasgow 88
Extras 34
T Pengelly 33 not out
H Passenger 3-44
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 1st XI 180 all out (45.2 overs)
C Kelmere 35
H Baxendale 34
T Western 31
R Dennis 3-35
Bridestowe and Belstone CC 1st XI (19 pts) beat Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 1st XI (7 pts) by 48 runs
2ND XI
The 2nd XI played host to Chagford CC 1st XI under the leadership of Matt McCann with the hope of his success as a leader, having directed the Tics to glory would continue – by the end of the day it was no comment! (Ryan Hanauer is currently side lined due to that dangerous sport called Rugby.)
T&K loss the toss and were asked to field. Chagford got off to a good start reaching 113 for 2 thanks to Richard Hopwood with 54 and James Sharman 30. There was then a slight wobble as they fell to 116 for 4. However, Stuart Lipo then led from the front with 39 not out and Paddy Poustie 38. Evo has noted one of the Chagford batters appears to have retired hurt – details for Injury Surveillance Project would be useful! The best T&K bowler was Towkir Chowdhury with 2 for 21, however there was also 2 wickets a piece for debutants Josh Hudson and Aiden Little. Chagford finished on 243 for 7 in their 45 overs.
When T&K came out to bat, the wheels soon fell off going from 24 for 1 to 37 for 5 with Stuart Lapo (2 for 12) and Fred Prickett (4 for 30) doing the damage. Adu Bakar (39) and Tom Lillywhite (18) then repaired a little of the damage. However, Richard Hopwood with 3 for 22 finished off the tail but not before there was an undefeated run a ball 17 by debutant, Robert Spencer. T&K were all out for 137 in 39 overs.
Apart from the defeat. One thing of concern for a club of this stature is the lack of a reserve umpire to cover Ian Western. The club would therefore love to hear from any volunteer who would be willing to even just do a few matches,
Next up for the 2nd XI is Brockman Cup action this Tuesday at the Rec against Barton CC 2nd XI. The 2nd XI then remarkably next weekend are away to Barton CC 2nd XI!
Chagford CC 1st XI 243 for 7 (45 overs)
R Hopwood 54
S Lipo 39 not out
P Poustie 38
T Chowdhury 2-21
J Hudson 2-38
A Little 2-40
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 2nd XI 137 all out (39 overs)
A Bakar 39
F Prickett 4-30
R Hopwood 3-22
Chagford CC 1st XI (20 pts) beat Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 2nd XI (6 pts) by 106 runs
3RD XI
The 3rd XI under the leadership of former 2nd XI skipper, Mike Etherington, travelled to take on Exwick CC 2nd XI.
Exwick won the toss and asked T&K to have a bat. C&K “old boys”, Steve Waters with 32 and Rich Saunter with 24 led the way before a slightly younger C&K “old boy”, Ethan Abraham contributed 27. The best of the Exwick bowlers was Meerwais Dilsouz with 3 for 20 supported by Daniel Groves with 2 for 29 and 2 for 38. T&K were all out for 165 in 38 overs.
Exwick in reply lost regular wickets but looked on course for victory thanks to 55 by Keith Warren and T&K bowlers just the 1st XI suffering from radar issues. However, having already contributed with the bat, Ethan Abraham decided it was time to be “golden arm” taking 5 for 33. Exwick were all out for 155 in 33.1 overs.
Clearly the 3rd XI has to also address the issue of no Match Officials.
Next up for the 3rd XI next weekend is hosting North Devon CC 3rd XI at Kingskerwell.
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 3rd XI 165 all out (38 overs)
S Waters 32
E Abraham 27
R Saunter 24
M Dilsouz 3-20
Exwick CC 2nd XI 155 all out (33.1 overs)
K Warren 55
Extras 32
E Abraham 5-33
Torquay and Kingskerswell CC 3rd XI (19 pts) beat Exwick CC 2nd XI (8 pts) by 10 runs
4TH XI
Debut weekend next weekend away to Kenn CC 2nd XI.
Player of the Day
Well this is an easy one – young Ethan Abraham.
Spectator Watch
It was nice to see Dee Passenger watching her son Harry, when though it didn’t bring him any luck well accept for the toss!
Note to Camp Kelmere, especially Grandma Di. When on push chair duties, please make sure you don’t go in front of the scorers when the ball is live!!
opening night photos
Spot Evo’s can!
Mr Rider you don’t look happy!
The wives of key personnel from the Tennis Club enjoying the sun.
Our President discussing possible links with the Chair of the Tennis Club