HAGLEY CRICKET CLUB
With the season over, the September weather is the best cricket weather that there has been all year – a bit too late!
The First XI just missed out on promotion to the first division. Their surge up the table petered out a few weeks before the promotion places were decided. However, this has been an encouraging season and the young team has bedded in under a new captain. However, the usual problems of inconsistent batting and the lack of a bowling spearhead have persisted. The Second XI have enjoyed a mixed season with some good wins against some of the league’s stronger teams but performances have again been inconsistent and they are happy to have avoided relegation in the end. The junior programme was curtailed by poor weather but many of the youngsters made good contributions in the Third XI which the Club successfully ran for the first time this year, culminating in promotion from Division 9 at the first attempt.
The season will be remembered for the 175th Anniversary Dinner on a glorious summer evening in July, kindly hosted by Lord Cobham, where it was possible to catch up with many old friends and former club members.
Arrangements are in hand for winter nets for juniors and seniors starting in January 2010.
New members are always welcome and anyone wishing to join should contact Russell Andrews 882833 or Jeremy Trinham 07810 512629. Juniors should contact Tony Shaw 01384 377645 or Ian Watt 07886 483737.
David Hill
Last update 1 November 2009