Annual Report 2020

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PUTNEY CRICKET CLUB
2020 SEASON ANNUAL REPORT
PUTNEY CRICKET CLUB
ANNUAL REPORT
March 2021
SEASON 2020

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Table of Contents
Notice of Annual General Meeting........................................................................................................3
Management Committee Report...........................................................................................................4
2020 Club Awards...................................................................................................................................6
2020 Honours Board...............................................................................................................................7
Treasurer’s Report..................................................................................................................................8
Team Reports .......................................................................................................................................10
Saturday 1st
XI...................................................................................................................................10
Saturday 2nd
XI..................................................................................................................................12
Saturday 3rd
XI ..................................................................................................................................14
Sunday 1st
XI (a.k.a Make Putney Sundays Great Again XI)............................................................16
Sunday 2nd
XI ....................................................................................................................................19
Sunday 3rd
XI.....................................................................................................................................21
2020 Office Holders..............................................................................................................................23

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Notice of Annual General Meeting
PUTNEYCRICKET CLUB
The Pavilion
Lower Richmond Road
Putney SW15 1JF 10th February 2021
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Putney Cricket Club will be held via Zoom
on Wednesday 24th March 2021, at 7:30pm to consider and discuss the attached reports for the 2020
season, and to conduct the business as set out in the following agenda.
1. Minutes of the AGM held on 20th March 2020.
2. Apologies for absence
3. Management Committee Report and Chairman’s comments
4. Financial Report
5. Amendment to Club Subscriptions
6. Team Secretary’s Report
7. Groundsman’s Report
8. Fixture Secretary’s Report
9. Team Captains’ Reports
10. Vote of Thanks to outgoing Officers
11. Election of Officers
12. Any Other Business
Members are reminded that all Officers retire, and nominations may be received for any position,
whether vacant or not. All such nominations must be received by the Secretary, at the address shown
below or by email (paulmccanns@me.com), by noon of 17th March 2021. All such proposals must
have the consent of the nominee, and the support of a seconder. A list of the present Officers who
are prepared to offer themselves for re-election is shown below. Members are reminded that if they
are elected to any of the posts, they are fully expected to perform their duties.
Paul McCann
Secretary
26 Harefield Avenue
Cheam SM2 7NE

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Management Committee Report
Chairman: Andrew Hyland Vice Chairman: Charlie Smulian Secretary: Paul McCann
It was very much the season that we could not have anticipated as we only started in July. We got the
game on in COVID-secure ways and when we started it was good and enjoyable.
Mike Curtis, Eddie McVarish, Tony Fenton and Julian Day had handed over the reins after decades of
loyal service to the club as Chairman, Groundsman, Fixture Secretary and Vice-Chairman in March.
The whole club is so grateful for all that they have done, Mike leaving on a high having, with Tony
Fenton, refurbished the showers, toilets and bar storage area. What an irony that COVID prevented
us from using the facilities that they worked so hard to create. This builds on their successful revamp
the previous season of the dressing rooms.
When we finally got started on the Lower Common, we did not quite know what to expect. There had
been little pre-season training, even less work on the square, a new groundsman and a whole new set
of restrictions with which to contend. We also said hello to a large number of new members, people
perhaps realising that cricket was now happening and that, frankly, there was not that much else to
do, no foreign travel, no weddings, no stag dos etc. There was no way we could celebrate our 150th
anniversary in 2020, all those arrangements will have to roll over to 2021.
The world did not entirely stand still and club members still welcomed new arrivals into the world.
The club sends its warm congratulations to;
• Tarryn and Andy Hyland on the birth of James Charles Kenneth Hyland on 1st
June 2020
• Paulette and Devon Ebersohn on the birth of Maximo Alexander Ebersohn on 2nd
April 2020
• Zsuzanna and Steve Bone on the birth of Lily Jean Bone on 9th
April 2020
Eddie, our esteemed groundsman for over 35 years, took our warm thanks into retirement in the
winter and what plans we ever had for much-needed spring ground works were shelved because of
COVID. We cut the square only once in the spring and felt we had to leave it alone after that. Kieron
Pierce took over from Eddie and more folk chipped in their labour than ever before under Kieron’s
guidance. But only once we got going.
But in July we did indeed get going and went straight in to Cricket Week, which was a great success,
cricket at home on ten successive days including a one day test match. We rolled our pitches more
than we ever had before, to which they responded, and one strip saw more than 4,000 runs scored
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Nor did we know how many folk would actually want to play cricket. But what we have learned at
Putney is that the quality of the welcome matters: new members came, we embraced them, they
stayed and so we could put out more sides. We went from two teams on a normal Saturday and
Sunday in 2019 to several weekends in 2020 when we put out seven sides. Terrific stuff. We hope we
can keep them! If nowt else, COVID proved that if there is absolutely nothing else to do in the summer,
people will still want to play cricket!
All the extra sides, combined with cheap beer, a happy atmosphere and a non-dogmatic approach to
social distancing meant that bar takings were also very strong. Frontier outsold Pride by 7 to 1. The
extra revenue has been ploughed back into outfield repair work. We thank the twenty souls who
spread 12 tonnes of top dressing, 6 bags of rye seed, 250kg of fertiliser one Sunday in October. The
seed has taken and we hope to enjoy the fruits in 2021.
To our new members: it was great to have you in 2020 and we hope you found the right side for you.
We look forward to seeing you again in 2021. And to the whole club, thank you for your contributions
on the pitch and off. We are a small club, with ambitions, and we have all learned that you only get
out what effort you are prepared to put in.
Doug Shaw on behalf of the 2020 Management Committee
Chairman

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2020 Club Awards
R E Haddock Trophy (Clubman of the Year) Ben Brook
Saturday 1st
XI Awards
R E Haddock Trophy (Bowling) Saad Hannan
Reg Weller Trophy (Batting) Alex Hope
H A Mawer Trophy (Fielding) Byron Langley
Player of the Year Saad Hannan
Saturday 2nd
XI Awards
H C Dickeson Trophy (Bowling) James Peters
Putney Trophy (Batting) Amogh Bendre
Maurice Lickens Trophy (Fielding) Rohit Deshmukh
Player of the Year Tushar Bhakre
Saturday 3rd
XI Awards
Gary Peters Trophy (Bowling) Niket Patel
Devon Ebersohn Trophy (Batting) Niket Patel
Saad Hannan Trophy (Fielding) Barnaby Hayward
Player of the Year Billy Pople
Sunday 1st
XI Awards
Claude Ford Trophy (Bowling) Nicky Ison
Bert Thornley Trophy (Batting) Mark Wibberley
Pat & John Greenslade Trophy (Fielding) Paul Hogarth
Player of the Year Adam Sayer
Sunday 2nd
XI Awards
Amir Rahemtulla Trophy (Bowling) Nic Saunders
Eve & Stan Marshall Trophy (Batting) Jack Bickford
Brian Brough Trophy (Fielding) Rohit Deshmukh
Club-wide Trophies
Chandra Sud Trophy (Sunday Player of the Year) Paul Hogarth
Tom Price Trophy (Player of the Tournament) Phil Milbourne
Newcomer (Saturdays) Byron Langley
Newcomer (Sundays) Manish Naik

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2020 Honours Board
Centuries
Jonny Ross 178 Sunday 2nd
XI Away vs Christchurch 2nd
August
Nicky Ison 104 (84) Sunday 1st
XI Home vs Kingstonian 2nd
August
Jack Sorger 121* Sunday 3rd
XI Away v Christchurch 30th
August
5 Wicket Hauls
Rob Taylor 7/40 Sunday 2nd
XI Home vs Sunday 1st
XI 12th
July
Paul McCann 6 / 55 Midweek XI Home vs Blockers XI 24th
July
Harry Hedges 5 / 2 Sunday 3rd XI Away vs Sutton 2nd
August
Ajay Sugavanam 5 / 17 Saturday 3rd XI Home vs Old Rutlishians 15th
August
Bakhtiyar Khan 5 / 28 Sunday 3rd XI Away vs Friends XI 16th
August
Saad Hannan 5 / 9 Saturday 1st XI Home vs Teddington Town 29th
August
Nicky Ison 6 / 18 Sunday 1st XI Away vs Malden Wanderers 6th
September
Soham Bendre 6 / 33 Saturday 2nd XI Home vs St James 19th
September
Bakhtiyar Khan 5 / 25 Sunday 2nd XI Home vs Sunday 3s 20th
September

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Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer: Andrew Hyland
Despite the many challenges faced during the shortened 2020 season, the club performed as well as
could be expected. Overall, a profit of £16, after allowing for the next allocation (£3,000) of the Phase
2 works to the clubhouse, was generated. This should be considered in light of the many changes the
club underwent during the season and the ‘difficult’ environment in which it operated.
There are a few key items to be taken into account when evaluating the 2020 season’s results.
Many areas of income fell (such as match fees given the shortened season) as can be expected, but
these had corresponding decreases in expenditure (the costs of teas was zero).
The club, thanks to Paul McCann and others, was able to secure grants totalling £3,120 which boosted
the club’s income.
The net bar performance was exceptional given the social restrictions in place and the shortened
season, there was only a 7% fall from the 2019’s position. Thanks to all who generated innovative
solutions, meeting the requirements in place, to continue bar sales so effectively. This performance is
even more remarkable when we factor in that no ‘true’ social events occurred in 2020.
A large amount of work was conducted on the square and outfield in 2020 and this led to an increase
in costs associated with the ground, a significant rise of 69% since 2019. Hopefully, the work conducted
by Kieron Pearce and the many club members who assisted on numerous occasions bears fruit in the
2021 season and beyond.
The committee is committed to improving the facilities available to members and opposition on the
field and in the clubhouse and we are in a sound position to make such improvements. Hopefully, we
will play more cricket in 2021 so that we can enjoy our facilities and each others’ company.
Andrew Hyland
Treasurer

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Summary of Putney CC Income & Expenditure for season 2020
2020 2019
£ £
INCOME
Annual subs 4,518 6,884
Match fees 7,077 9,709
Bar takings 14,440 13,479
Cost of sales 8,510 7,130
Bar profit 5,930 6,349
Social functions/Presentation evening 0 1,015
Net sales of club kit (incl. ties) -33 523
Net monies 615 409
Bank interest 16 40
Ground hire/match fees from opposition 263 0
Donations 102 1
Grants 3,120 0
Total income 21,608 24,992
EXPENDITURE
GROUND ACCOUNT
Work on ground/Groundsman 4,733 3,480
Water rates 96 104
Grass seed/loam/weed control 4,652 958
Equipment repairs 2,059 2,048
Petrol 0 173
Sundries 256 199
Account total 11,797 6,962
PAVILION ACCOUNT
Joint fund 2,500 3,000
Heat and light 138 809
Cleaning 200 1,217
Clubhouse repairs/purchases/decoration 95 1,344
Refuse 0 100
Account total 2,933 6,470
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Affiliation fees and fines 365 661
Teas and away match fees 778 2,640
Playing equipment/misc. equipment 1,507 2,939
League Dinner 0 60
Website/texts/Sky Sports 261 177
Sundries 300 207
Donations 591 0
Bank charges 60 60
Account total 3,861 6,744
Total expenditure 18,591 20,176
Surplus of income over expenditure 3,016 4,816

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Team Reports
Saturday 1st XI
Captain: Alex Hope Vice Captain: Ben Williamson
Fixture Played Won Lost Abandoned
League 5 2 1 2
Friendly 6 4 2 0
Total 11 6 3 2
Heading in to 2020 the 1st
XI was looking forward to making a strong promotion push after narrowly
missing out on the last day of the season in 2019. Sadly, Covid-19 had different ideas and the league
season was scrapped and replaced with a smaller regional league padded with friendlies against strong
opposition.
With lockdown lifted and everybody keen to get their cricket fix the club saw a huge influx of new
players which has upped the standard of all the teams. As such selection proved challenging with a
group of 16+ players who could all easily be 1st
XI regulars, a great problem to have!
The 1st
XI saw significant contributions from exciting new players with Harry Waddington, Byron
Langley and Josh Pieters displaying their all-round abilities to go along with those of reliable club
stalwarts like Saad Hannan, Gary Peters, Ben Williamson and Piers Jackson.
I’d like to really highlight two games in particular last season. Firstly a mid-season friendly against
Spencer 3rd
XI gave a great opportunity to pit ourselves against a strong opposition who routinely
finish in the top 3 of their Surrey Championship league. After Putney posted a solid first innings score
of 205/6 in 40 overs the game came down to the last ball with Spencer needing 3 to win. After
watching the ball spoon over the top of point and race towards the boundary we all feared the worst
only to see Bryon Langley’s full stretch dive resembling Superman to claw it back and Alex Ockwell
chasing what seemed to be a lost cause picking the ball up and throwing in for the run out to win by 1
run. The day epitomised a truly team effort with every single player making a significant contribution
that impacted the game with the team fighting down to the wire for the victory against a very good
team.
Secondly the SW15 cup provided the finale to the season and showed the resilience and depth of
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off 20 overs on a road the bowling unit dug deep to come back and restrict them to 175ao. After a
typically Putney top order collapse leaving us 50-5 Josh Pieters (70) and Josh Giddings (46*) put on
104 for one of the best partnerships in recent memory to steer us home.
The pace bowling attack, already the strength of the team continues to improve with the addition of
Langley, Pieters and Waddington. However, we must continue to work to be more consistent as
batting and fielding units after showing plenty of promise in both areas.
Despite the challenges of 2020 I look back on the season extremely positively after some very strong
performances, the emergence of talented new players and the increasing togetherness of the team
and club as a whole. Looking forward to 2021 we hope to welcome back the strong squad built last
season and I am extremely confident the team will hit their target of gaining promotion.
R.E. Haddock Trophy – Saturday 1st
XI Batsman of the Year
Alex Hope
Reg Weller Trophy - Saturday 1st
XI Bowler of the Year
Saad Hannan
H.A. Mawer Trophy - Saturday 1st
XI Fielder of the Year
Byron Langley
Saturday 1st
XI Player of the Year
Saad Hannan
Alex Hope
Saturday 1st
XI Captain

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Saturday 2nd XI
Captain: Amogh Bendre Vice Captain: Brian Macmillan
Fixture Played Won Lost Abandoned
League 7 5 1 1
Friendly 5 4 1 0
Total 12 9 2 1
2020 was a different year and so was cricket and league season. After 3 months of uncertainty and
many weeks of anticipation cricket was finally On.
We discovered that, although the Fullers league was not taking place, the league had organised a mini
league (Challenge Cup) with 6 other teams.
Putney 2nd team had been in a group that consisted of some old rivals and some clubs we had not
played against in last few years.
We saw some new faces coming into the side and many of its stalwarts contributing to the team’s
cause every week. Ben Jones, Sam Mazurek and others quickly became integral part of the team. Ben
provided solidity on top of the order and Sam reliable hands behind the wickets. The squad also had
its solid core in Brian, James Peters, Tushar, Chin and Tom Seaman.
Even though it was a curtailed season, we had our customary pre and post league friendly fixtures.
The league consisted of 7 games starting with our local rival Roehampton. This promised to be a great
encounter until weather intervened and was eventually abandoned. We then faced some strong sides
including Sheen Park, which was a close game and, despite heroics from Paul McCann, we fell short of
the target. Bitter loss but it would turn out to be our only loss in the league. Then it was Shepperton
where Rolf provided us solid foundation then for likes of Tushar, James Peters to takes us beyond 200
on a good wicket. Strong bowling effort by everyone backed up seriously good fielding gave a
thumping victory eventually blowing them out under 100 runs.
Teddington Town followed next, this was also Tushar's actual last game for real. They were also top
of the table team, one to beat and perhaps a decent send off to Tush. This game was perhaps our best
all round team performance, whilst it was not a smooth ride, we managed to put up a total of 198 off
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a respectable total. When we took the field we found ourselves taking no wickets in first 20 overs and
leaving just over 100 runs to get. What followed then on was superb bowling effort from Chin backed
by excellent catching from Tushar, Rohit, Rolf to eventually win by 20 runs and take to top spot in the
table.
Last game versus Old Tiffinians was won convincingly again to finish the league season on Top of the
Table and 'Win the Challenge Cup - 2020'
Couple of friendlies followed post leagues fixtures providing us opportunity to make most out of
truncated season, Wins against St James which also saw young Soham take his fist ever 5 wickets and
season ending with Serbian Sloggers where Adam Sayer took the stage with bat and ball on a cold and
windy day.
During the season we had our usual up' and down's as a team but managed to win key moments. It
was great to see some new faces come in immediately contribute to teams cause. We said goodbye
to Tushar and Phil Milbourne both of them have been contributed greatly to 2's success in the last few
years.
We now look forward to 2021 season and putting up a strong team and hopefully challenging for the
Top places in the league table.
Putney Trophy – Saturday 2nd
XI Batsman of the Year
Amogh Bendre
H.C. Dickeson Trophy - Saturday 2nd
XI Bowler of the Year
James Peters
Maurice Lickens Trophy - Saturday 2nd
XI Fielder of the Year
Robit Deshmukh
Saturday 2nd
XI Player of the Year
Tushar Bhakre
Amogh Bendre
Saturday 2nd
XI Captain

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Saturday 3rd XI
Captain: Lewis Hill Vice Captain: Rolf Merchant
Fixture Played Won Lost Abandoned
League 6 3 2 1
Friendly 5 2 3 0
Total 11 5 5 1
For the first time in the club’s history, Putney CC fielded a 3rd
XI in the Surrey County league system. It
was a great honour to lead the team and I set myself a simple, but not necessarily easy objective for
the season: to develop a core squad of players who would turn up to play for the 3rd
XI on a regular
basis.
Our performance in the league was mixed. We played six matches, won three, lost two and one was
abandoned. We also played five friendlies throughout the season, winning two and losing three. On
the surface, not a spectacular return, but certainly a decent one for a side’s inaugural competitive
season.
In total, 31 individuals played for the 3rd
XI in a league fixture, with 19 players playing for the side on
more than one occasion.
The team’s strength was our bowling unit. Charlie Smulian often opened the bowling and his
performances for the side improved as the season progressed, ending the year with 9 wickets at an
average of 16.56. Callum Goddard, Savan Patel and Adam Sayer were three others who consistently
delivered strong performances with the ball. Callum ended the year with 10 wickets at an average of
14, Savan with 9 wickets at an average of 26.78, while Adam finished the season with figures of 9
wickets at an average of 13.78.
We were inconsistent with the bat, surpassing a score of 200 just once in the season. But there was
much promise in some of our performances – most notably in matches against Whiteley Village and
Teddington Town. Girish Nagpaul was the team’s go-to opening batsman – often laying the
groundwork for our bigger totals, including a fine half century away at Old Hamptonians. Billy Pople –
a fantastic addition to the side – undoubtedly provided us with the individual performance of the
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The standout performer of the side was Niket Patel. A true all-rounder, Niket scored 198 runs at an
average of 24.75 in our middle order and took 15 wickets at an average of 9.07 as first change bowler.
He deservedly earned both the batting (Devon Ebershon Trophy) and bowling (Gary Peters Trophy)
awards at the end of season ceremony.
Fielding would be one area of improvement for next season. We often made life hard for ourselves
with some sloppy fielding on the deck and routinely dropping regulation catches. Despite this, we had
a star fielder in Barney Hayward who took two outstanding catches at gully and generally raised the
side’s standards in the field whenever he played.
Returning to the objective I set myself at the start of the season – I would say that we achieved it. We
managed to build a core squad of 3rd
XI players who were not only great fun on the field, but were
equally fun off it back in the clubhouse after matches too.
While there will be a new captain at the helm next season, I have faith that the foundations we laid in
2020 will set the 3rd
XI up for future success in the coming years.
Devon Ebersohn Trophy – Saturday 3rd
XI Batsman of the Year
Niket Patel
Gary Peters Trophy - Saturday 3rd
XI Bowler of the Year
Niket Patel
Saad Hannan Trophy - Saturday 3rd
XI Fielder of the Year
Barnaby Hayward
Saturday 3rd
XI Player of the Year
Billy Pople
Lewis Hill
Saturday 3rd
XI Captain

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Sunday 1st XI (a.k.a Make Putney Sundays Great Again XI)
Captain: Ben Brook Vice Captain: Justin Jarmola
Fixture Played Won Lost Abandoned
Total 12 5 6 1
A curtailed but entertaining season. JJ took over from Mark ‘Advice’ Wibberley as vice skipper after 3
years’ service. Big thanks to JJ for the millennial(?) point of view on all things cricket and Boris.
At the start of July, there was hope that the season was imminent, positive noises having been made
by the ECB. Then on 3rd July, dejection. The Prime Minister announced that cricket could not resume
as it wasn’t judged safe…
…mercifully, there was a U-turn within hours, and we set up the MPSGA Golden ThunderBitch Trophy
vs the Sunday 2s, avoiding all vectors.
Taylor’s (teacher of Greek and Latin) exploits will last longer in the annals of history than both of those
dead civilisations, so let's move on.
We then won 5, lost 6. One of those losses batting last on a 6th innings on the same strip, being skittled
for 44 vs Roehampton - so that can be discounted, not that it really matters anyway.
A truly magnificent close victory at Elsted/Elstead (see DDYear Winner below) plus another close one
versus Ploughmans, the traditional victory vs Hyde Farmers (5 in a row now Krusty), and a very
successful game vs Ockers & his Exeter/Essex Uni Old Boys - the day raising £1K for CRY and the club
taking £1,600 behind the bar. We should have beaten Malden Wanderers but the batting unit
(including Unit) failed, though we did drink them all out of Wimbledon Pale Ale. Jarbowler captained
us to the inaugural win in the District Line Kabir Trophy vs Upminster.
Milestones
• Brooksey and Wibbers both played their 200th game for Putney
• 100th run for Max, Nicky and Matui
• 500th run for Gus Chumocracy Brown
• 2000th run for Jarmola
• 100 wickets for the Skull King but not Paul Hogarth

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100s
• Nicky 'Kabir' Ison for 104 vs Kingstonian
Fivefors
• Nicky 'Kabir' Ison 6/18 vs Malden Wanderers
Sunday Thanks For Coming Champ
No clear winners here, it could be Ockers for doing f-all in 2 guest appearances. However based on the
stats - with 2 runs from 5 innings and 3 wickets at 59 each, despite the great leadership - the award is
clearly Brooksey’s
Make Putney Sundays Great Again Formerly Known As Champagne Moment Sunday Thunder Bitch
Moment Of The Year
10) Captain Scott's game when Skuller had an ice cream at half time
9) At Malden Wanderers when Wibbers appeared to be an honest South African
8) Skuller in the Sunday 2s game when he sent Jeffries’ off bail to the boundary
7) Brook for scoring all his seasons runs (2) in that innings vs Ested
6) Leon’s one handed, awfully misjudged but in the end completely spectacular boundary catch
against Ploughman’s
5) Hogy doing same thing and [Ed. – “messing”] it up the next game
4) Hannaprod vs the Hyde Farmers and smashing a six first ball over Nick Jarrett's head
3) Wibbers bowling Ockers in 2 deliveries in the Essex Old Boys game
2) Vs Elsted, when all hope seemed lost at 120 for 9, last man Ajay going in with more than 60
runs still needed in 9 overs. The oppo did not know that a Stokes and Leach partnership was
on the cards, as club newbie Jack Waldouck took complete charge, showing a range of
strokeplay rarely seen on Putney Sundays and adeptly farming the strike, seeing us home with
Ajay - 4* - in the last over for a sensational win and delirious scenes.
1) Winner - The time when Nicky told us about how he got the nickname Kabir. You can ask him
about that.
Sunday Dick of the Year
10) Ockers (general stuff)
9) Sarab for being a sex pest and hassling the woman on the BBC Inside Science Radio show
8) Skuller for fielding ineptitude vs Hyde Farmers
7) Seb for asking if Malden Wanderers were flying the flag of Iran
6) Leon for going full ‘Alanis Morrisette’ with his actual job title being Chief Delivery Officer
5) Doug for sledging a 13 year from the boundary for dropping a catch at Kingstonian
4) Skuller when the yips were in full flow and bowled very numerous wides vs Hampton
Woodlawn
3) Wibbers for breaking the CRY Cup vs Captain Scott
2) Brooksey - for the golden duck dismissal on Rob Taylors hat-trick ball
1) Winner - On a scorching hot Sunday afternoon with temperatures well clear of 30 degrees,
Putney made the long trip down south to Elsted village in the South Downs to take on a
friendly village side…all except for this player, who made his way to Elstead – 30 miles away

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from where he needed to be. Stranded in the middle of nowhere and spending over £80 on a
taxi to reach the right Elsted was certainly not the best start to Ajay’s Sunday afternoon
Bert Thornley Trophy - Sunday 1st
XI Batsman of the Year
Mark Wibberley
Claude Ford Trophy - Sunday 1st
XI Bowler of the Year
Nicky ‘Kabir’ Ison
The Pat & John Greenslade Trophy - Sunday 1st
XI Fielder of the Year
Paul Hogarth
Sunday XIs Player of the Year (shared across all Sunday sides)
Adam Sayer
Looking forward to the 2021 season
Ben Brook
Sunday 1st
XI Captain

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Sunday 2nd XI
Captain: Jason Beedle Vice Captain: Adam Sayer
Fixture Played Won Lost Abandoned
Total 12 3 9 0
I am sure all the other captains will get into the covid what have yous.
This was a fabulous season that everyone in the committee worked extremely hard to ensure we had
this season.
The Sunday 2's came into the season with an unbridled enthusiasm and optimism. We started the
season off with the most important game of the season. The Make Putney Sunday Great Again Golden
Thunderbitch Trophy, or more affectionately known as the MPSGAGTBT. This was a solid team effort
that I am immensely proud of. Taylor getting a 7-For in the match and knocking over Brooksey’s off
stump to complete a hat-trick was beautiful. I assume the constant nets in Lockdown paid off.
A lot of new faces turned up and helped to make this an incredible season. The new players did stick
around for the whole season which is fantastic. The season was not very successful results wise, but
the great thing about Sundays is that it is more the enjoyment and not the results and giving everyone
a go. The team really bonded over their love of beer, cricket and Putney Cricket Club.
The top 5 highlights of the season were:
1. Winning the MPSGAGTBT (2' vs 1's)
2. Winning The Putney Ashes (2's vs 3's)
3. Taylor getting a 7-For in the MPSGAGTBT match and mainly knocking over Brooksey to
complete his hat-trick
4. JBS constantly batting for an entire innings and then keeping for 40 overs
5. The young man Soham getting his first Five-For
This has been one of my favourite seasons to be a part of PCC. This was an exceptional season. I have
unfortunately taken the decision to step down as Captain of the Sunday 2's. This was an incredibly
hard decision to make and it has been an incredible honour leading these hapless fools into battle
every week. It was a great privilege to set the base for an upcoming successful 2021 season, for
whoever fills my boots and runs the 2's, I am sure with the advice and guidance of the committee and
Brooksey it will be a seamless transition.

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To my successor whoever you might be here are some parting words: "Winning is not what is
important, building a culture of fun and inclusion is paramount"
The awards of the 2020 season:
• DDJ of the year Soham Bendre for the constant berating of umpires
• TFC Dylan Clinton
• Champagne Moment Rob Taylor’s Hattrick 7-For
Eve & Stan Marshall Trophy - Sunday 2nd
XI Batsman of the Year
Mark Wibberley
Amir Rahemtulla Trophy - Sunday 2nd
XI Bowler of the Year
Nic Saunders
Brian Brough Trophy – Sunday 2nd
XI Fielder of the Year
Rohit Deshmikh
Sunday XIs Player of the Year (shared across all Sunday sides)
Adam Sayer
Jason Beedle
Sunday 2nd
XI Captain

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Sunday 3rd XI
Captain*: Amogh Bendre Vice Captain**: Rob Taylor
Fixture Played Won Lost Abandoned
Total 11 4 6 1
2020 was tough. If it were to be compared to a feeling, it might be akin to the devastation one might
feel at being clean bowled first ball to give a bowler his hattrick (as seen in Saunders vs BK). However,
as has happened throughout history, moments of strife help foster a sense of community and a desire
to work together to create a better world. In Putney Cricket Club’s case, the fact that we put out a
Sunday 3s week-in, week-out throughout the summer was a fine example of this!
With an influx of new players and the regular appearance of old hands, the 3s had a relatively
successful season. An immediate shout-out must go to Amogh, who, despite the burden of Saturday
2s captaincy weighing heavily on his shoulders, regularly took the 3s to pitches far and wide across the
Surrey countryside.
To the highlights! 2nd
August vs. Sutton (A). An absolute demolition of the opposition led to a
resounding win. A solid 25 from Manish and 35* from Adam Young saw us across the line, after a
ruthless bowling attack blew the unassuming batters away. A solid 3-28 from Saunders was
impressive, but a mind-blowing debut from Harry Hedges saw him record bowling figures of 6 overs,
4 maidens, 5 wickets for 2 runs – the sort of figures anyone dreams of.
With confidence high, the 3s went to Highgate. Whereas one player dominated at Sutton, this was a
true team performance. 50s from Amogh, Rohit and BK, plus a torturous and Sibley-esque 47 from
Madden set the opposition 335 to win. A daunting target in any circumstance, made impossible by the
bowlers bringing the fire, BK displaying his credentials as a formidable all-rounder with figures of 4-
12.
On to my first match with the 3s and my personal game of the season. The team trekked their way to
deepest darkest Surrey, where the green fields roll on for miles around. A short boundary and some
indifferent bowling from the captain of the day led to the oppo posting 220 – achievable, but no easy
feat. A solid opening partnership from Dolley and Momin laid the foundation for Sayer and Dan Barber
to blast our way close to the total. A penultimate-ball 6 from Sorger sealed an awesome victory and
one that I will remember for a long time.
As September neared, the 3s kept to their winning ways against Christchurch, a blistering century from
Sorger simply too good for them. The month of September, however, was not so great. The loss
against Marble Hill perhaps the most chastening, set in excess of 300, despite the heroics of 15-year-

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old Abdul – a 4-for on debut showing promise for more great performances to come. In our last game
of the season, we faced our easiest opposition, a team that struggled to win all season – the Sunday
2s. However, they brought their A Game and, even with Girish’s metronomic bowling and power-
hitting down the order, the 2s triumphed, Beedle’s proudest moment of the season.
With so many highs and so many phenomenal achievements, here’s hoping for another busy and
successful season for the 3s in 2021 – see you at the clubhouse!
Rob Taylor
Sunday 3rd
XI Vice-Captain
*As this team existed due to better than expected availability, no captain was elected, but Amogh led the team
on the most occasions
**Rob led the side on the second most occasions

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2020 Office Holders
President J. Greenslade
Chairman D. Shaw
Vice Chairman C. Smulian
Secretary P. McCann
Treasurer A. Hyland
Joint Club Treasurer P. McCann
Welfare Officer A. Ockwell
Team Secretary C. Smulian
Fixture Secretary B. Brook
Facilities Secretary B. Macmillan
Groundsman K. Pearce
League Representative R. Jeffries
Social Secretary P. Milbourne
Saturday 1st
XI Captain A. Hope
Saturday 1st
XI Vice Captain B. Williamson
Saturday 2nd
XI Captain A. Bendre
Saturday 2nd
XI Vice Captain B. Macmillan
Saturday 3rd
XI Captain L. Hill
Saturday 3rd
XI Vice Captain R. Merchant
Sunday 1st
XI Captain B. Brook
Sunday 1st
XI Vice Captain J. Jarmola
Sunday 2nd
XI Captain J. Beedle
Sunday 2nd
Vice Captain A. Sayer