Stat of the day - August

Got some catching up to do!

As we know Mark Oley's epic innings has been wiped from the record book leaving only one record remaining from that game. The record 8th wkt partnership is still intact and infact the top five are all at least 13 years old!

59 - Mark Oley & Bob Dyke -v- Romsley & Hunnington CC at Hayley Green CC in 1997
53 - Chris Biggs & John Anstey -v- Hollymoor at Cofton Park in 1992
40 - John Anstey & Tony Peck -v- Menorca CC at Menorca CC in 1996
38* Charlie Lyons & Ron Morgan -v-Management Services at Northcroft in 1987
38 - Sat Singh & Alan Last -v- Skolars at Elmdon Road in 1993

As we know Alan Last has been "building platforms" for the team this season in his role as Doms Sunday opener

However he has also been involved in the three highest 10th wicket partnerships. Is he more suited to 1 or 11!!!

45 - Alan Last & Tom Hickin -v- Sportsman CC at Bromsgrove CC in 2009
39 - Tony Peck & Alan Last -v- Co-op at Barrows Lane in 1997
38 - Justin Anstey & Alan Last -v- Sporting Alfas CC at Columbus Oval in 2007

Congratulations to Manoj on his first win of the season!

As well as being the highest individual score by a Dom, John's score of 173 means he is the first Dom to score two centuries in a season.

Batting averages (min 10 innings)

47.15 - John Hodgson (613 runs)
36.13 - Rob Rolls (289)
33.40 - Tom Perry (334)
28.31 - Steve Morris (453)
27.67 - Phil Walshe (249)
18.00 - Kath Adie (126)
14.94 - James Hickin (254)
13.60 - Mark Hunt (68)
13.53 - Alan Last (303)
12.29 - Tom Hickin (209)

Bowling averages (min 10 wickets)

16.27 - Tom Perry (22 wickets)
17.66 - Mark Hunt (29)
19.57 - Rob Rolls (14)
19.76 - Alan Last (25)
20.52 - Kath Adie (23)
22.95 - Alex Rich (20)
24.45 - John Hodgson (11)
27.77 - Colin Hunt (13)

Catches

13 - James Hickin
09 - Steve Morris
09 - John Hodgson
07 - Alan Last
07 - Mark Hunt
06 - Kath Adie
06 - Karim Ladha
06 - Justin Anstey
05 - Tom Hickin
04 - Tom Perry

Any success at all on this trip will mean a more successful trip than the Essex tour of 2006.

A wet weekend meant two reduced overs games on damp wickets - and both games were lost!

-v- Epping Foresters (16 over game) Epping 134-3 Old Doms 128-6

-v- South Loughton (30 overs) South Loughton 97-7 Old Doms 84 a/o (as Lasty would say Awful!!!)

Highest Individual Score - 67 Steve Morris -v- Epping Foresters
Most Runs - 67 Steve Morris
Record Partnership - 55 Tony Peck & Steve Morris -v- Epping Foresters

Best Bowling - 2 1 3 1 Ben Sadler -v- South Loughton
Most Wickets - 2 Alan Last & Nick Rowan
Most Catches - loads all on 1

should be a few changes by Sunday!

43 players used so far this season with more to come this week.

Talking of new players we have a number of tour virgins this week so the President and Chairman are going to be kept busy. Mind you one of the players is a woman so that will be a novelty for them

Tour virgins:-

Rick Adie
Kath Adie
Rob Rolls
John Hodgson
Sam Hickingbotham

Old Doms CC Tour of Essex

Played 4 Won 2 Lost 2 - full details and match reports on the website

Highest Total for 259-3 -v- Old Victorians CC at High Beach
Highest Total against 255-2 -v- Old Victorians CC in the same match

Most Tour runs - 162 Sam Hickingbotham
Most runs in an innings 162* Sam Hickingbotham -v- Old Victorians CC
Highest Partnership 122* Sam Hickingbotham & Steve Morris -v- Old Victorians CC

Most Tour wickets - 6 Kath Adie
Best match bowling - 5-13 Rob Rolls -v- Harold Park CC at Raphael Park

Most Catches - 3 Mark Hunt

Top Ten Totals for:-

259-3 -v- Old Victorians CC at High Beach in 2010
243-5 -v- Woodford Green CC at Chingford CC in 2010
202-3 -v- Sporting Alfas Midweek at Woodbridge Oval in 2009
192-5 -v- I O W H A at Whitecroft Hospital in 1997
189-7 -v- Mountfield CC at Mountfield CC in 2005
184-7 -v- Sporting Alfas CC at Columbus Oval in 2004
181-4 -v- John Moores X1 at Liverpool University in 2000
180-8 -v- Twynham at Christchurch Rec in 1997
176-3 -v- Menorca CC at Menorca CC in 1996
171-7 -v- John Moores X1 at Liverpool University in 2000

Top Ten Totals against:-

296-3 -v- Sporting Alfas CC at Columbus Oval in 2002
276-5 -v- Menorca CC at Menorca CC in 2008
268-3 -v- Sporting Alfas CC at Woodbridge Oval in 2009
255-2 -v- Old Victorians CC at High Beach in 2010
253-5 -v- Woodford Green CC at Chingford CC in 2010
250-6 -v- X L Club of Spain at Columbus Oval in 2002
247-3 -v- Menorca CC at Menorca CC in 1996
240-9 -v- Menorca CC at Menorca CC in 2008
231-8 -v- Sporting Alfas C at Woodbridge Oval in 2009
230-8 -v- Milton Combe CC at Milton Combe CC in 1990

very good but how have the Doms faired on return for a tour - do will normally win the first match back??

Team interaction - like it!

Many tours, especially those abroad, have taken place right at the end of a season meaning that the first game back takes place six months later. In 2006 we actually played three games 'after tours' that season!

Overall we have won 9 lost 13 and drawn 1 with a couple of games abandoned.

Our best winning sequence is 3 and losing is 4. Our last three were Win, Draw, Lose

Anyway admin the answer to your question is no we do not normally win our first game back - and what has happened to old helmet head!

runs and wickets scored at home and away so far this season by Doms

Stato is statistically unreliable at doing Stat of the Day!

did one yesterday and look!...here i am again!

will save your last question for a couple of games as we have played so few away games so far!

Top ten wicket takers over the last 5 seasons

1 - 140 Mark Hunt
2 - 121 Alan Last
3 - 95 Tom Perry
4 - 80 Colin Hunt
5 - 77 Steve Morris
6 - 44 Rob Rolls
6 - 44 John Hodgson
8 - 40 Kath Adie
9 - 34 Alex Rich
10-32 John Anstey

Top Ten runs scored:-

1 - 3538 Steve Morris
2 - 1422 John Hodgson
3 - 1421 James Hickin
4 - 1415 Tom Perry
5 - 1133 Phil Walshe
6 - 966 Rob Rolls
7 - 892 Dave Wright
8 - 755 Sam Moore
9 - 716 Alan Last
10-682 Ben Sadler

Rolex get to his 1,000 before he goes?

Got a great chance! The side against us tomorrow doesn't look all that strong at present!

Two wickets for Tom P to get to 100 wickets

Top Ten Six Hitters

1 - 46 John Hodgson
2 - 28 Tom Perry
3 - 23 Sam Moore
4 - 16 Rob Rolls
5 - 15 Steve Morris
6 - 11 Dave Wright
7 - 8 Justin Anstey
7 - 8 Ben Sadler
9 - 7 Sam Hickingbotham
10-5 Alan Last

Has definitely got harder over the years as the teams we play have got better and the pitches we bowl on have improved. Only two current Doms make the top ten averages - all time and most of their bowling was done some years ago.

current Doms positions all time (10 wickets minimum)

4th - Alan Rowan 13.45 average
8th - Tony Piper 14.50
15th-Alan Last 18.46
16th-Phil Walshe 19.40
17th-Steve Morris 19.56
18th-Justin Anstey 19.93
19th-Dave Wright 20.15
20th-Rob Rolls 20.27
22nd-John Hodgson 20.39
23rd-John Anstey 21.91
24th-Stuart Rich 22.06
25th-Tom Perry 22.28
26th-Kath Adie 22.48
27th-Colin Hunt 22.52
28th-Mark Hunt 22.57
29th-Alex Rich 22.94
33rd-Tom Hickin 35.45
34th-Karim Ladha 35.77
35th-Sam Moore 40.06

In contrast the better pitches in recent years combined with an influx of decent batsman sees the top of the all time list dominated by current Doms

Positions of current Doms (10 innings minimum)

1st - John Hodgson - 47.40 average
2nd - Rob Rolls - 38.64
3rd - Sam Moore - 35.95
4th - Steve Morris - 32.13
7th - Justin Anstey - 24.73
8th - Tom Perry - 22.39
11th-James Hickin - 19.00
12th-Alan Rowan - 18.78
13th-Phil Walshe - 18.52
16th-Dave Wright - 17.64
18th-Tom Hickin - 15.40
20th-Alan Last - 14.36
24th-Kath Adie - 12.71
30th-Mark Hunt - 9.22
35th-Manoj Sukumaran - 7.71
36th-John Anstey - 6.79
37th-Tony Piper - 6.70
39th-Colin Hunt - 6.21
45th-Dave Moore - 4.43
46th-Alex Rich - 4.25
48th-Nick Rowan - 3.50
50th-Karim Ladha - 3.15
53rd-Stuart Rich 1.57

stats, but as you say it shows how the wickets we now bowl/bat on have changed significantly from past years. As is the quality of the opposition.

Take the bare stats and interpret the findings!

This is only the second time in his Old Doms career that Last has pulled his hamstring, first one against OU at Ash Lane circa late 90's whilst fielding, the second today whilst onthe verge of a big 100!

A couple of landmarks reached in the last game and maybe a couple for next week as well!

Steve Morris - 10061 runs
Phil Walshe - 3241
Alan Last - 3002
Tony Peck - 2521
Dave Wright - 2293
John Vickers - 1918
Alan Rowan - 1709
Charlie Lyons - 1522
Tom Perry - 1506
James Hickin - 1460
Mark Oley - 1457
John Hodgson - 1445
Bob Dyke - 1316
Andy Dyke - 1105
John Anstey - 1039
Justin Anstey - 989
Rob Rolls - 987

We have finished our 20 over games for this season so here is the breakdown:_

Played 18 Won 7 Lost 10 Abandoned 1 (we used 40 players!)

Highest Total for 199-6 -v- Open University at Bromsgrove CC
Highest Total against 211-3 inthe same game

Batting Averages (5 innings minimum)

34.13 - John Hodgson (273 runs)
29.89 - Steve Morris (269)
27.38 - James Hickin (219)
21.50 - Phil Walshe (172)
20.40 - Tom Perry (102)
10.60 - Alan Last (53)
10.10 - Tom Hickin (101)
04.33 - Karim Ladha (26)


Top 5 Innings:-

120 - John Hodgson -v- Open University at Bromsgrove CC
62* - Adam Jones -v- Old Westheathians at Bromsgrove CC
60 - John Hodgson -v- Old Moseley Arms at Bromsgrove CC
57 - Phil Walshe -v- Old Moseley Arms at Bromsgrove CC
52 - Steve Morris -v- Weoley Hill CC at Weoley Hill CC

Top 5 Partnerships:-

119* - P Walshe & Adam Jones -v- Old Westheathians at Bromsgrove CC (1st wkt)
115 - John Hodgson & Justin Anstey -v- Open University at Bromsgrove CC (3rd)
80 - Sam Moore & Lewis Cordes -v- Selly Oak Hospital at Ash Lane (1st)
72 - Gary Norris & Aaron Walker -v- Open University at Bromsgrove CC (5th)
71 - John Hodgson & Lewis Cordes -v- Old Moseley Arms at Bromsgrove CC (1st)

Bowling Averages - (5 wicket minimum)

13.65 - Tom Perry (17 wkts)
17.29 - Steve Morris (7)
17.57 - Alan Last (14)
21.75 - Mark Hunt (8 )
21.88 - John Hodgson (8 )
23.38 - Tom Hickin (8 )
26.89 - Kath Adie (9)
27.50 - Alex Rich (10)


Top 5 Bowling performances:-

3-7 Kath Adie -v- Selly Oak Hospital at Ash Lane
3-18 Alex Rich -v- Weoley Hill CC at Weoley Hill CC
3-19 Tom Perry -v- Tividale CC at Bromsgrove CC
3-26 Tom Hickin -v- Bromsgrove CC X1 at Bromsgrove CC
3-39 Stuart Rich -v- TRP Titans at Bromsgrove CC


Most Catches:-

5 - James Hickin
5 - John Hodgson
4 - Karim Ladha
4 - Steve Morris
4 - Phil Walshe