Handbook 2023

A Message from our President

Dear All Cricket Fans,

What a difference a year makes! Last year we were all bemoaning the fact that we had just lost five nil to Australia once again, and a year later we are all revelling in the triumphs of Ben Stokes that have lit up cricket perhaps as never before and make the coming Ashes look spectacular.

I was fortunate enough to be at a dinner where one of the England players told me what Brendon McCullum had said to them when he first came into the England dressing room; roughly as this…"I'm not a very good coach, but you are the best players in the country and don't need coaching. But what I can do for you… I can make you feel 10 foot tall!” that's quite something!

Hopefully all that enthusiasm at the top, which is obviously going to be tested as never before this summer, will fan the flames of our great game, and make not just this season but many seasons happy and spectacular. And hopefully many kids around the country will also feel 10 foot tall. Cherish the game, have a great season. All the best.

Nigel

Cover photo

Effectiveness is usually more important than technique. Ross Murphy’s team-mates at Hertford say that bowling with his action takes guts. Even at the point of backfoot contact, a still image belies the energy which “Murph” imparts on the ball. And the attitude to every ball is the same with this reliable character - whether you’re heading for a win or crumbling to defeat - he’s 100% committed. For that, together with his all-round significant contribution to the club, he deserved his successes as the leading wicket taker in Hertford’s 2nd XI in 2022. Hertford say they just hope batsman haven’t learned to ‘pick him’ in 2023! Photo: Paul Williams

Standing Sub-Committees

The sub-committees shown below will be in effect for 2023. League Chairman, Tony Johnson, is an ex-officio member of all sub-committees. Sub-committee chairman is shown in bold.

Competitions

Tony Johnson

Anthony Levy

Barry Hellewell

Peter Dudley

John Sweedy

Doreen Browne

Registration Premier, Championship & Division One

Mark Shepherd

Richard Mason

Registration (Division 2A & below)

Paul Blackwell

Facilities

Mark Shepherd

Richard Burling

Sponsorship & Finance

Tony Johnson

Ross McCaskill

Hilary Stiffin

Tony Rhodes

Results, Fixtures & Handbook

Richard Mason

Richard Bayliss

John Northall

Peter Dudley

Safeguarding

Richard Burling

Constitution & Match Rules

Barry Hellewell

Richard Burling

George White

Peter Hinstridge

Discipline

George White

Paul Blackwell

Nick Hall

Mark Shepherd

Umpires & Scorers

Anthony Levy

Hilary Stiffin

John Sweedy

Rob Riddleston

Premier Divisions

Nesan Jeyaratnam

Carl Ferguson

Tom Greaves

Tom Jenkins

Simon Lindop

Mark Shepherd

Play Cricket Administration

Mark Shepherd

Hilary Stiffin

Richard Mason

Herts Junior Leagues

George White

Dennis Lock

Ian Watkins

ECB Grant Payments to Premier Divisions

In last year’s handbook we explained how we dealt with the distribution of ECB grant monies to the clubs in our Premier and Championship divisions. At the time of going to print we anticipate receiving £15,000 from the ECB for the 2023 season and we intend to divide this, as before, between those clubs so that the Premier clubs receive £1,000 each and the Championship clubs £500 each. Details of any changes, occasioned by the ECB amending the amount of the grant, will be posted on the website and communicated to the clubs separately. As before the grant is discretionary and the League is under no obligation to distribute it in any specific way.

As a reminder to clubs we deduct from the standard payment to each club £25 for each playcricket reporting failure, £25 for any spike mark received for pitches not reaching the required standard and £25 for each level one disciplinary offence and £50 or higher for each level two (or above) disciplinary offence. At the end of the season all fines are added up and distributed equally between those clubs who have not incurred any fines.

Committee Members

President NIGEL WRAY

Office: 0208 445 7012

Chairman TONY JOHNSON

Home: 01923 850597; Mobile: 07770 966688

Email: t.j100@btinternet.com

Hon. Secretary. BARRY HELLEWELL

Match Rules

Home: 01992 422160; Mobile: 07842 206529 and Constitution

Email: barryhellewell@hotmail.com

Hon. Treasurer ROSS McCASKILL

Mobile: 07825 440950

Email: rossmccaskill10@hotmail.com

Results and RICHARD MASON

Fixture Secretary

Mobile: 07491 834644

Email: results@hertsleague.co.uk

Registration PAUL BLACKWELL

Home: 01923 351234

Email: registration@hertsleague.co.uk

Umpires & ANTHONY LEVY

Scorers'

Co-ordinator

Home: 020 8441 9297; Mobile: 07710 403524

Email: anthony.d.levy@btinternet.com

Facilities MARK SHEPHERD

Co-ordinator.

Home: 01895 233630; Mobile: 07772 224390

Premier Regist'n - Email: markshepherd01@aol.com

Safeguarding RICHARD BURLING

Officer

Discipline.

Home: 07958 265022; Mobile: 07885 288296

Email: welfare@hertscricket.org

GEORGE WHITE Development

Home: 01727 621987; Mobile 07968 349933 League

Website & IT

Co-ordinator

Premier Divisions

Representative

Sponsorship

Co-ordinator

Email: whiteg27@hotmail.com

PETER DUDLEY

Mobile: 07882 501915

Email: technical@hertsleague.co.uk

HILARY STIFFIN

Mobile: 07779 108156

E-mail: hilary.stiffin@ntlworld.com

NESAN JEYARATNAM

Mobile: 07496 360410

Email: nesanjeyaratnam@msn.com

TONY RHODES

Home: 01992 536877; Mobile: 07917 870609

Email: a.rhodes264@btinternet.com

Committee member Tony Rhodes was selected for England's Over 60s squad in January. They competed for the Carib Cup in Barbados - and won - beating Australia in the final. Tony, who plays for Hertford, was awarded his England cap (no. 125) last year, presented by skipper Richard Merriman. Australia will be in England for the 'Grey Ashes' this year.

Foreword

It was thirty years ago (that’s a Pearl Jubilee for those who have an anniversary this year) when the two senior cricket leagues in Hertfordshire merged to form the new Hertfordshire Cricket League with 75 clubs in four divisions at 1st, 2nd and two 3rd XI divisions.

Six years later, Saracens became our Sponsor and gave us the wherewithal to build a strategy and structure to support clubs in their development over the years, starting with an innovative project to provide free helmets to every club in the first year of mandatory wearing of helmets for juniors. Here we are, in 2023, with 100 clubs, 28 divisions, 279 teams, 13,000 registered players, 350 qualified umpires and 80 qualified scorers. Not a bad record.

Right now, costs on all fronts are at their most challenging, and we will do well to manage through these difficult times. For example, the cost of cricket balls for 2023 has reached £80,000 and the cost of panel umpires now exceeds £45,000 for those top teams using the panel. Add the cost of equipment and maintenance, groundstaff, pavilion management and administration and we will all have to find ways to mitigate as much of that outlay as possible.

In a nutshell, that cost conundrum is high up the list of responsibilities the League Executive is expected to address with the advice, guidance and funding from our governing bodies, and why we must develop a direction of travel that meets those aims. Structure, match formats, reduced travel, and complying with the ever-changing regulations to keep us safe and legal, are some of the key elements we have to consider, and why we have implemented some of the changes in the last five-year spell.

Barry Hellewell’s extensive Secretary’s Report on page 80 looks back at 2022, and rightly raises growing concerns on staffing and usage of grounds, the growing number of match concessions in the lower divisions and worries about on and off-field matters which we must not ignore. The following paragraphs are my comments which pick up Barry’s thoughts and are for discussion at our Exec meetings and no doubt reflected in coming surveys. In terms of the general structure, we operate as a true pyramid, as opposed to a structure in other leagues with divisions for the different XIs, and for now we believe that our approach works for the majority. There are ongoing thoughts about division(s) for single-team clubs with a route into the main structure, more divisions to become regionalised, and we have formalised a structure for friendly matches for those teams that have no ground or opponent on a Saturday due to drop-outs or ground issues. There are also now options in some of the lower divisions to switch a match from Saturday to the Sunday to “get the game on”.

There is no “one size fits all” when it comes to match formats. Feedback tells us that the Premier divisions like the split of timed and overs matches, and the remainder prefer overs matches with different lengths and start times, so no change for the coming season, but time will determine whether future changes are needed.

I spotted this headline for a Sunday Times article in March : “ Is IPL taking the game to a new level or is it just a vulgar monstrosity?”. The IPL is 15 years old now but does still divide views. However,

Tony Johnson on the big screen at Saracens, March 2023, telling the crowd about the 23-year partnership with our main sponsor.

the fact that some of the player skills have transferred to County and Test cricket with great success has surprised many a traditionalist, so the ever-increasing number of national versions of the IPL remain in the fixture lists and are here to stay. It seems clear from our league experience that our Premier divisions like the T20 format as a warm up weekend and a chance to progress to becoming national champions. However, the lower divisions have been lukewarm at the option to play in a league T20 competition (only 20% of teams apply, due to other choices) so we will see how 2023 pans out. Other formats, such as 15-15 or 10-10, are trialling in other counties, as is The Hundred, so we have to keep an open mind. The lifeblood and potential survival of clubs and our sport relies on a healthy intake of youngsters every year, and that entails a club structure that needs to find managers and coaches to support that section. Easier said than done, with qualified coaches in short supply, but there are courses every year via the County, and I urge you to make every effort to use that resource. To that end, the links between club and schools remain a valuable way to generate and foster a lasting interest in cricket for both parties. The revival of the Development Divisions project did not get off the ground last year due to clashes with school timetables, so we are trying again. Essentially it is for interested clubs to address the challenge of trying to give more young players a chance to hone their skills and learn in a team including three or four senior players. As said many times, your young players are your future, and they are quick to vote with their feet if you ignore them.

Winter training courses for umpires and scorers are going well again, and, although numbers are lower than previous years, we are encouraged by new recruits in recent weeks. We need all clubs, especially those using panel umpires, to find suitable recruits to support the panel.

Our financial position remains very healthy and is again primarily thanks to Nigel Wray and Saracens for their continued backing as our Prime Sponsor since 2000, and we work with them to promote their brand while helping your club to reduce running costs by various means. Good governance requires us to keep a significant reserve in place for any unseen circumstances, so we are bringing back the annual subscription, but considering ways to return financial benefit back to clubs by way of credits, such as a return percentage of ball-order costs. Thank you, Nigel, for your vision and help with the development of our league.

Kookaburra Readers has now been with us as our supplier of sponsored league balls for over 20 years, and for funding our T20 and Trophy competitions. Neil Pullen and his team are great supporters and their sustained backing of our league is another reason for our financial health.

Please feel free to contact any of us on the Executive if you have any questions or ideas for us to consider, and with an eye on succession planning, please let us know if you are prepared to take on a role on one of our committees. It is vital that we stay in touch with the views of players and administrators alike.

I said it last year, but I strongly advise that the management team in every club makes sure that its players and members are fully aware of the new regulations on and off the field (for example EDI, Safeguarding, the Non-Discrimination Code, and the revised ECB General Conduct Regulations) and to ask questions if there is anything you don’t understand.

Finally, my personal thanks go in particular to the members of our hard-working Executive Committee and its sub-committees. On behalf of your Executive, I also pay tribute to the scores of volunteers who keep your club running, and on whose efforts you are so reliant. Enjoy your season once the rain stops and the jet stream behaves.

Tony Johnson Chairman

The President's Trophy for 'Club of the Year' 2021. went to Hitchin. It was presented by the Chairman to Sam Rippington, Director of Cricket, at last year's captains meeting

Save Village Cricket

The Dawn of a New Era of Collaboration

By Ben Wilson

Save Village Cricket never set out to become a national movement promoting, advocating, and taking action on behalf of cricket clubs everywhere. Instead, it began with a simple ‘cry for help’ from a Herts League club which – during its 70th year –found itself unable to field any sides on the first Saturday last summer.

For those of you who haven’t read the letter from Bayford Cricket Club – a small, but longstanding village cricket club –see opposite. It was only meant for a Hertfordshire audience but, having released it far and wide – thanks to the power of social media – it seemed to resonate with clubs everywhere. It seems as though we were not the only club struggling, looking for answers as to how to halt the decline in participation.

Now some of you reading this may be at clubs that are thriving and that is fantastic to see! This new-founded campaign is here to celebrate success, in the hope that clubs can learn from what works for others. Some of you will say: “invest in junior cricket; build the pipeline” and we wholeheartedly agree, though it isn’t easier for smaller village clubs surrounded by larger town clubs who already successfully cater for that specific

audience. We can debate solutions and issues long into the night, but what we do need now is practical solutions.

So, what can we, as a community of Hertfordshire clubs, do to support every club in our county to thrive? Also ensuring that clubs – big and small – are here not just for the next five years but for the next 50. Cricket clubs are such important parts of communities, while grounds, as we all know, are not easy to replace!

What we learnt from last year is that collaboration between clubs goes a long way. Not only in ensuring fixtures are fulfilled and that everyone who wants to play cricket on a Saturday can do so, but in giving youngsters a chance to play adult league cricket.

For example, we at Bayford not only hosted players from other clubs in our 2nd XI, when their own games were cancelled, but also sent players to other clubs. We also hosted young cricketers who would otherwise not have got a game that week, ensuring they got a bowl or a bat. On some occasions both!

Want to know more?

Contact: Ben Wilson

Tel: 07852 916901

E-mail: savevillagecricket@gmail.com

https://twitter.com/savevcricket

We all know that in a competitive environment it is sometimes hard for clubs to think outside of their own bubbles.

We get it! No club wants to offer players to other clubs, just to find themselves short themselves on a Saturday morning. However, it is exactly this thinking that is actually more damaging than we all realise.

As an example, just think of the young cricketers who, not having been picked for a number of Saturdays, may drift away from the game, lost forever. This benefits no-one. Instead think of the young cricketer who spends time playing regular adult cricket, perhaps at another club, gaining all that experience, and comes back hungry next season to play at a higher level. It is this new era of collaborative thinking that will be critical moving forward. We all have a responsibility to ensure that cricket in Hertfordshire is thriving and we are in it together. So, if you can collaborate with others, or answer a cry for help from a club this season, do so. Let’s lead the way in Hertfordshire by ushering in a new era of collaboration!

AN OPEN LETTER TO SAVE VILLAGE CRICKET

Dear All,

At Bayford and Hertford Nondescripts CC, after the grim world of lockdowns, social distancing and no changing rooms or bar, the 2022 post pandemic cricket season promised a bright, fresh start We hoped that the very bastion of an English Summer – village cricket – would see old players return and new players, of whatever standard, wanting to give the game a try.

However, this has not been the case and, as we approach our 70th year, the club unfortunately is in trouble. This week, for the first time in our modern history there was no league game for Bayford cricketers, the club having to concede both the home and away fixture. We were not alone, with more than a dozen games conceded across the Herts Saracens League.

There are numerous reasons for the decline in playing numbers, cricket is a long game and time is precious to many people, ‘time poor’ has become a common phrase. Travelling adds to the burden. Furthermore, a game which has long periods when not much happens seems at odds with a society built on instant gratification. Competing priorities for young people is no doubt a contributing factor to a significant drop in numbers Sadly, without action more clubs will inevitably close with cricket fields lost to the community. More recently the current cost of living crisis may also impact.

This season we have made a conscious decision to remove any financial barriers to participation, making all cricket free to play, with no membership fees or match subscriptions and keeping bar prices as low as possible. The club is financially sound and well run. We want to encourage those who have given up the game, or who may wish to play for the first time, to come and enjoy a Saturday at one of the most picturesque grounds in Hertfordshire with excellent facilities.

It is a common problem impacting on recreational cricket, so the fundamental question is what can be done to save village cricket? In our view, there needs to be an urgent discussion throughout cricket about a long-term strategy to support and rebuild the game. This needs to be bottom up and involve as many players and explayers as possible, all Clubs, Leagues and Governing Bodies. This needs to be given priority as there is clearly no easy answers.

More immediately, we are writing today to ask the local cricketing community to come together to help save their local village club Those that will have sat at the heart of their local communities for many years.

It would make sense for smaller clubs to partner with larger clubs who may have an excess of players whether old heads or young bucks. By working together, we can ensure that as many of those who wish to play cricket on a Saturday can get a game. We needed half a dozen extra players last weekend to fill our 2 sides could we not ‘borrow’ those who aren’t being picked? We would provide a safe and friendly environment to offer the chance to participate.

If you are a larger club, can you help your local, village side?

The aim of this letter is not to criticise anyone but to act as a rallying cry to work together to save a game we all love. Recreational cricket has been a source of pleasure for an enormous number of people, and we want to continue to offer this opportunity. Our fear is that if we don’t act cricket will slowly die out at this level.

If you can help us or others, we would be delighted to have a conversation. Do contact Ben Wilson on 07852 916 901 or ben.wilson@cause4.co.uk

Yours, BHNCC https://www.bhncc.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/savevcricket

Facing the Financial Storm

All clubs are facing a new challenge to their existence, the cost of living crisis. How are they coping? This article was written by Richard Edwards for the Club Cricket Conference. We are grateful for their permission to share it.

No-one involved in club cricket needs reminding just how tough the last few years have been for the recreational game in this country. The pandemic posed perhaps the greatest threat the sport has had to face. Then, just as clubs scrambled to their feet, the cost of living crisis came along and bowled them over again.

With the 2023 season upon us, the Club Cricket Conference newsletter went in search of clubs who have found themselves in the eye of this financial storm - clubs who have suddenly found themselves attempting to manage soaring costs as inflation hit double-digits. Despite the government’s intervention, utility bill prices – which in many cases have doubled in just six months - have also placed enormous pressure on clubs

that could be forgiven for feeling weary from the battles they’ve had to fight since 2020.

The club cricket community, though, is a hardy one. And as we found through our many discussions in recent weeks, there’s an up and at ‘em mentality, and a determination to see every challenge as an opportunity. Yes, there might be some clubs who are unable to ride out another storm – but there are plenty who are prepared to do just that, and, to their eternal credit, also offer help and advice to those who need it most.

“I think one of the key things we learnt through Covid, a very difficult period, was the need to communicate with other clubs,” says Gareth White, chairman and former captain of Cockermouth Cricket Club, former home of England skipper, Ben Stokes. Cont'd....

“I think that’s generally something that cricket clubs have got much better at - sharing best practice and ensuring that, when cricket clubs need help, they don’t feel like they’re on their own.”

In purely practical terms, the surge in inflation from just 0.4% in February 2021 to a 41-year high of 11.1% in October 2022, has created the kind of cost pressures that no cricket club has had to face in a generation.

Whether it’s equipment for the upkeep of grounds and the maintenance of pitches, or the cost of beer, crisps and soft drinks from the bar, the impact has been dramatic. There is, though, a determination to ensure that spiralling costs are managed in a way which doesn’t place an extra burden on players, club members or those who come to the cricket ground to socialise.

Totteridge Millhillians Cricket Club of the Hertfordshire Cricket League are very much a community club, and one which opens its doors to the local public as readily in winter as summer. Like others they have been left feeling the pinch. But they’re intent on maintaining a positive outlook.

“Our utility bills have gone up by around £1000 a month,” says Club Secretary, Wyn Bowen. “The knock-on effect is that is we decided to retain the opening of bar between six and nine, or later if there was football on, but we’ve seen a decrease in footfall, whether that’s because of people tightening their belts, I’m not sure.

“We’re also seeing a 10 to 15% increase in wholesaler prices on bar goods and stock. Plus things such as seed and so forth have risen hugely too. Generally, it’s quite apparent that things have gone up. I think the accounts for October 2023 show us in a slight loss-making position. For us, it’s a case of looking at how we get more social members and how we run more events in the pavilion. Those are central because it’s not easy just sticking membership and match fees up.

“Cricketers, we find, tend to look at what other clubs are charging, particularly in the second, third or fourth teams. Players will look around and see if it’s much cheaper to play in another side.”

No matter the financial strains placed on clubs, there is a clear intention not to

increase the financial burden on the paying public, or the players, going into the 2023 season. That’s not to say that clubs have their heads in the sand over the issue.

“We know that costs have gone up, everyone can see that – you only have to go into a supermarket to see the impact that inflation has had,” says White. “But we’ve always tried to ensure that we’re an affordable club for our senior and junior members in terms of our membership prices. We want to make cricket accessible to absolutely everyone. What we definitely don’t want, is for anyone to think that they can’t afford to play.”

Cockermouth’s bar prices remain considerably lower than pubs in the town, which is largely the case in cricket clubs up and down the country. The club also take great pride in the fact that they were the first bar to re-open after the 2020 lockdown, opening up their outfield as perhaps Cumbria’s largest beer garden (below).

White also believes that leagues are being more flexible in order to maximise economic opportunity.

“Post-Covid, there has been a real change in the way that people think, there’s a lot more flexibility,” says White. “Providing you can agree with the other club to move fixtures, then you can switch them to a Friday night to try and attract as many people to the club as possible.”

That’s just one example of the way that leagues are now working with their clubs. It’s a similar story down the M6 in Lancashire.

“I think clubs in our league have traditionally tried to keep costs for members as low as possible,” says Mike Bibby, the chairman of the Lancashire Cricket League. “Yes, money is tight for some at the moment but I think that, generally, those additional costs that

clubs are incurring aren’t being reflected in the amounts that people are being asked to pay.

“A lot of our clubs will open during the week (in winter) when there’s a big football match on, they’ve all got big screens and it’s a great way of them encouraging people to use the club’s facilities. The costs have gone up dramatically but, at the moment at least, no clubs seem to be in financial trouble.”

The picture away from English cricket’s top leagues, however, is, as Bibby concedes, likely to be far more concerning.

“You have to be sympathetic to a lot of village clubs or clubs in rural areas – they must be struggling and there must be an obvious danger of some going out of business entirely,” he says.

“On a practical level, if these high prices continue, and if you’re paying increasing amounts on energy, then a lot of clubs will be looking at whether they can afford a professional, or recruit an overseas player.”

Every club in the Lancashire League has a professional for this season, but a fair number have decided against bringing in a player from outside the UK for 2023 and potentially beyond. Part of the reason for that could be related to the visa issues experienced last summer – with Home Office delays causing some to abandon their recruitment plans – but cost is undoubtedly the over-riding factor.

“At least if you’re paying a local or an English pro, you’re not paying travelling, accommodation for the season or flights here in the first place,” says Bibby. Of course, further down the pyramid, these aren’t even considerations. But, regardless of a club’s standing or size, Simon Prodger, managing director at the National Cricket Conference, believes the most important factor is having visibility into the situation each individual club faces.

“Clubs need to be proactive,” he says. “Clubs need to identify what needs to be done. At my own club (Watford Town) we’ve had a root and branch look at what we can do. We're not financially stretched but if we have a whole season where our costs are out-stripping our returns then that will impact our figures. We’re very cheap when it comes to the cost of our beer, so we may need

to play a bit of catch-up when it comes to increasing the price on our pumps.

“We have a very good and active bar at the moment. For the sake of our members we would like to continue to offer that kind of cost difference (between the club and the pub) but every step of the way, our costs are increasing. We have to be prudent and, as a result of inflation, we should really be adding 10% onto our prices.”

On the field, there’s also a sense that uncertainty lurks around every corner going into the new season.

“We’ve already had some clubs tell us that they’re going to be unable to field the same number of teams that they did in 2022,” says Prodger (below, left, with Mark Stear) “Putting up prices and putting up match fees or subscriptions is going to do nothing to address that problem. It becomes a perfect storm. You try and balance the books and do what’s necessary – but by doing that you’re passing the costs down to your membership and if you’re membership can’t afford them you suddenly find that you go from three teams on a Saturday to two. Then you’re not generating the amount of income you would with three teams.

“It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy that things get tougher. Clubs need to get on the front foot.”

Help is at hand

The pandemic saw the ECB almost take on the role of a central bank for the recreational game, providing loans and grants that helped clubs weather the most testingw financial environment in the sport’s history. Now, almost three years on, help is still available for those clubs which need it.

Grants are available of up to £10,000 to create welcome environments and enhance facilities for playing, particularly for women, girls and disability cricket. The ECB also wants to help clubs to invest in energy saving technology and there is an interest free loan scheme for clubs. Details on the ECB website: www.ecb.co.uk/be-involved/ club-support/club-funding

County recognition

The Herts County Association introduced a new monthly award for volunteers and the three that were awarded went to Herts League club stalwarts.

The Volunteer of the Month winners were: May - Tony Thompson, Kings Langley CC

June - Rob Slack, Knebworth Park CC

July - Phil Lewins, AbbotsLangley CC

Their citations are on the county website; http://www.hertscricket.org/news

The winners received a trophy, bottle of champagne, a £200 Gray Nicolls voucher for their club and an invitation to the Volunteers Awards Celebration at Lord’s. Clubs are invited to nominate any of their members who have voluntarily gone above and beyond, making an outstanding contribution to the success of their club. Nominations need to be made via the form on the County website www.hertscricket.org. Look out for the announcement with details of the web site address for the 2023 form. If you have any questions, email: julie.page@hertscricket.org

The County Association also announced the ECB / Hertfordshire Grassroots Volunteer Awards (which replaced the NatWest OSCAS). Each winner was a guest at the Celebration Day at Lord’s and received a trophy.

Roll of Honour 2022

Connecting Communities: West Herts CC

Rising Star Award (11 – 16 years): Adam Hardyman, Northchurch CC

Game Changer (17 – 25 years)

Yasmin King, Hitchin CC

Unsung Hero:

Melanie Wilkinson, Stevenage CC

Growing the Game:

Matthew Holly, Cheshunt Rosedale CC

Inspired to Play: Ben Wilson, Bayford & Hertford Nondescripts

Lifetime Achiever: Mike Arnold, Harpenden CC

SafeHands Award: Nicola Hazelton, Bovingdon CC

Tackling Climate Change: Sawbridgeworth CC

Volunteer Grounds Management: Simon Bridgewater, Welwyn Garden City CC

ECB/Hertfordshire Coaches Association

Coach Awards. 2022 Winners:

Young Coach of the Year: Natalie Gurnett, Berkhamsted CC

Services to Coach Development: Dominic Chatfield, Radlett CC

Coach of the Year: Vanessa Viner, Datchworth CC

Services to Coaching: Stuart Johnson, Hatfield Hyde CC

Tony Thompson

Rob Slack

Phil Lewins

West Herts C C

Kyran castles Cook

When 15-year-old Kyran Shackleton recorded figures of 5 for 13 off 7 overs, in the season’s first league game, for Potton Town against Totteridge Millhillians II in division 3A, he thought he might have a fruitful few weeks ahead of him. Little did he know how quickly it would become memorable. Just two weeks later he rocked up for a Monday night match which saw Potton taking on Bedfordshire Farmers. Among the Farmers team was a certain Sir Alastair Cook, England’s highest ever run-scorer (12,472) in Test matches. Cook has tried to play at least one match for the Farmers, every year. Cook had stroked his way to 20 off 14 balls when Kyran started his third over. It was time for a strategy. He told the Daily Telegraph, no less, “I knew if I bowled at his pads, he’d find a way to clip it. So I decided to try to get a line where a fourth stump might be. The light wasn’t that great and I think it caught him off guard. Next thing I know, he’s clean bowled.”

Cook had tried to swing the young seam bowler to the leg-side and his middle stump was knocked back.

Kyran said that Sir Alastair was brilliant with everyone after the game, buying everyone drinks until about ten.

Kyran wasn’t there to the end, however, with school exams all that week for which he hadn’t done enough revision!

Kyran finished the match with figures of 4-37 but that one scalp, caught on camera (picture below) and soon going viral on Twitter, caught the imagination. The BBC, Talk Sport, ITV and a host of newspapers, were soon carrying the story. It was his 15 minutes of fame.

Kyran ended the season with 22 league wickets, (41 in all Potton games). One of the Potton Town seniors told us “Kyran is a really nice, genuine and enthusiastic player who loves his cricket. Definitely one for the future.”

Two clubs. Four retirements.

We pay tribute to four stalwarts of their clubs who retired from club cricket in 2022. Ted Levey & Danny Wilson at Sawbridgeworth and Jerry Dovey & Jeremy Gillham at Letchworth.

Ted Levey, the run machine

Ted Levey has played his final league game for Sawbridgeworth. He is probably known to three generations of players, having played for the club for an astonishing 60 years.

The legendary 73-year-old left-hander has decided to call it a day after scoring well over 40,000 runs for the club. Sadly, not all the scorebooks/records have survived to confirm just what a great batsman he has been.

He had two spells as first team captain (1979-81 & 1987-90) and his two best individual league seasons in terms of runs came in the 1990s, scoring 602 runs in 1993 and 604 runs in 1996 at the age of 47.

He was a key member of the club’s Bryan Herts League title-winning team in 1984 and the side who were runnersup in both the league and inaugural Furnell Transport Cup two years later.

Ted recalls that his early days in the 1st XI, as a newly married man in 1972, involved an 80 mile round trip with Tony Puncher (another Sawbo legend). Ted usually fielded close to the wicket, undeterred by losing his teeth, as a 16 year-old, when hit in the mouth at short leg. 14 stitches and a mouthwash later, he came back and finished the match.

Ted also made his mark for Herts Seniors over a period of 25 years, an achievement which was commemorated before his last League game for Sawbo, when he received a special award from Colin Croucher (see picture).

Ted has loved this representative cricket, playing alongside former adversaries. He said: “Seniors cricket is designed for oldies like me to gather together and swap stories about people and events, stretching back over a lifetime, while still playing the game we love.”

In 2010 his 752 runs for the Over 60s led to an England call-up for the tour to Australia. There they won their sixmatch ‘Ashes’ series 4-0, with one tie and one abandoned.

Ted’s retirement has been prompted by the onset of arthritis in the wrist, meaning he has lost a lot of power when batting. Golf also hurts, especially the duff shots, so he’s taken up bowls.

Ted’s career in numbers (as far as they exist):

Sawbridgeworth

All Matches (1984-2022)

Batting: Matches-628; Innings-604; Runs-15,635; Not Outs-50; Highest-157*; Average-28.22; Hundreds-16; Fifties-87

Bowling: Overs-506.5; Mdns-55; Runs-2,611; Wkts-88; Average-29.67; Best Bowling-7 for 63

Fielding: Dismissals-246 (236 catches, 10 stumpings)

Herts Seniors (All teams - stats only available from 2002)

Matches-234; Innings-237; Not Outs-18; Runs-6,467; Highest-135*; Average-30.94; Fifties-39; Hundreds-9

Danny Wilson

Another retirement being marked by Sawbo is that of Danny Wilson, who has been at the heart of the first team since the late 90s and a tremendous servant to the club. Danny holds the club’s record for most league runs in a season, with 949, in 2011. He captained the first team for seven years and was instrumental in Sawbridgeworth competing at the highest level of Herts League cricket for over a decade.

Danny’s Sawbridgeworth career in numbers (all games):

Batting: Matches-414; Innings-402; Not Outs-44; Runs-14,752; Average 41.20; Hundreds-27; Fifties-83 Bowling: Overs-1,131; Mdns 157; Runs-4,630; Wkts-187; Average-24.75; Best Bowling-6 for 14

Catches: 198

Sawbridgeworth have bid farewell, as players, to two club icons who, they say: “Leave amazing legacies and gaping holes in the club.”

Letchworth legends

The end of the 2022 season saw the retirement, as players, of two genuine legends of Letchworth Garden CityJerry Dovey and Jeremy Gillham. Jerry Dovey joined Letchworth from Barnet in 1985, going into a very strong 1st XI at the time. He finished his Saturday league career in 2022 with a typically stylish 43* in the 4th XI, having played over 600 games for the club in a number of different competitions and teams. A fine middle order batsman, Jerry scored over 700 league runs in a season three times since 2000, showing that his class was always permanent. However it was as an astute and positive captain that Jerry is often remembered

best. He loved an aggressive declaration but his fierce determination meant he would never throw away a draw.

Jerry will continue to play for Hertfordshire

Over 60s alongside his umpiring and Grounds Association work. He recently umpired with his wife

Rose (a former Sri-Lankan international cricketer) in the Herts League (see photo above)

Jeremy Gillham retired after a staggering 57 year career at Letchworth, which began in 1965. His affiliation with the club goes back even further, joining in 1960 as a junior. Jerry went on to play over 800 games for the club and captained the 5th XI with great distinction from 2000. Jeremy was a fine wicket-keeper and talented batsmen, enjoying a spell opening the batting in the 1st XI and scoring a large number of runs across all teams. The final century of an illustrious career came in the 5th XI against Ware 2nd XI back in 2013, a typically classy 108*.

In 2021, he was blessed enough to enjoy a fantastic day playing with his son Tom and grandson Henry in the same 5th XI, where Tom scored an unbeaten 50 and Henry opened the bowling aged 13. (see picture)

Jerry will continue to coach at the club and remains Chairman of Selectors. This long association is far from over yet.

Our international reach

Overseas players have been guests at Herts League clubs for decades. Most come from the established cricket playing countries but, last season, a new international link was created (unless you know differently) with a Brazilian playing for Frogmore. And he played alongside a Peruvian!

Players from Afghanistan are more likely but Hoddesdon broke new ground by inviting a refugee from that country to develop his love of cricket, after arriving in this country.

These two stories demonstrate the international reach of our league and the good work being done by many of our clubs.

From Rio to Frogmore

Frogmore hadn’t planned on having an overseas player for the 2022 season, but finished up with two, both ex-international cricketers. However, neither can be said to fit the normal pattern of aspiring youngsters for the main Test playing countries. Felipe Lima de Melo is from Brazil and George Glynn is from Peru.

Felipe’s story is heart-warming. It started in 2009, when, struggling with insomnia, the TV was his salvation. As a sports lover who had fallen out of love with football, he found himself watching India/Sri Lanka Test cricket and instantly fell in love with it. He was attracted to the ‘chess’ of the game and the sound of the ball on the bat. He couldn’t get enough

of it. In 2012, when Brazil started their first ever cricket team, he watched a few games in the first year, decided to get involved and hasn’t looked back.

To develop his love for the sport, Felipe decided to take a sabbatical from work last year, travelling to England with the aim of taking in as much knowledge of English cricket which he could take back to Brazil to help in developing the sport there.

The contact between Frogmore and Felipe was work colleague of the club’s Safeguarding Officer, Jack Massey. That colleague was Peruvian – George Glynn, who, like Felipe, has represented his country in T20 matches. Luckily George has a British passport, hence Frogmore found themselves with two internationals, last season, playing in division 5A!

Jack says that Felipe was inspiring to watch. “He’s an off spinner who truly loves the game. He is so positive all the time, gets everyone going and soon picked up his first wickets ever on a grass pitch (they’re all Astro in Brazil). He finished the season with a haul of 26 wickets.

“Every contribution he makes to the club means everything to him and in less than two months he became a foundation of the club. Frogmore have been struggling with availability but his passion has encouraged some older club members to play a few more games and we have been getting by, thanks to Felipe.”

Refugee finds a new home

In April 2022, Hoddesdon were contacted, via their social media outlets, by the UK Refugee Council about cricket-loving Wasil, a teenage Afghan refugee. Wasil was seeking asylum while living in a refugee hostel in Hoddesdon and was keen to play cricket again.

Hoddesdon Chairman, Ian Munday said: “As soon as the UK Refugee Council contacted us, we were keen to find out how we could help. We met Wasil a week later when he was brought to the club by his mentor and translator and despite not even having basic English, we were able to communicate in the language of sport.”

Ian continued: “Wasil has an amazing story, having had to flee his home country, leaving behind his family and friends, which was unbelievably brave for a teenager. He ended up living in a hostel with strangers, in a country where he did not speak the language or know anybody else.

"Our initial aim was to ensure that Wasil knew that the club was a welcoming and friendly environment and to make him feel at home. As soon as he joined in one of our practice sessions, you could see he had played before and to see the joy on his face was an emotional moment.

“Wasil returned the following week to watch and when the paperwork was sorted, he was able to play. The younger members of the club viewed Wasil as a hero and he was, in turn, happy to assist younger team members with their technique.”

After a few weeks, the club was pleased with the efforts that had been made to make Wasil feel a part of the club but there was also the knowledge that there was more that could be done. Club members Antony Higgs and Guy Lipyeat then took it on themselves to

raise contributions to fund a weekly halal food delivery to Wasil and to provide cricket kit and equipment. The club also arranged for weekly 1-1 English lessons, to supplement Wasil’s college course.

Over the course of the season, Wasil grew in confidence and on a memorable night he brought a couple of newly found Afghan friends to a club music evening, where they demonstrated their skills in Afghan dancing.

Ian Munday feels that Wasil’s experience demonstrated how Hoddesdon takes its social responsibility very seriously, as a community club. He said: “We believe that cricket is for everyone and we welcome all players and social members from across our diverse community.

"I would encourage all clubs to reach out to the UK Refugee Council and to offer your support. Our great sport can make a real difference to someone’s life and it is not often that cricket clubs have these opportunities to make such a difference”

Hoddesdon Chairman, Ian Munday, presents Wasil with his club shirt

Hertfordshire Grounds Association 2022

The Hertfordshire Grounds Association supports all cricket facility providers in Herts where necessary, with a broad range of member benefits.

The past year has seen a change to the Ground Management Association’s Pitch Advisory Service (PAS). For the first time, two cricket-only Regional Pitch Advisors (RPAs) have been created. One covering the North and Midlands and one covering the South. They are fully committed to supporting cricket grounds management across the recreational game. We are lucky that Phil Jeggo has been appointed the RPA for the South. We have a very good relationship with Phil and he is easily accessible to us, being based in Essex. The Grounds Management Association have a partnership with the ECB which is working well. The GMA and ECB have been working in together to support the development of the Pitchpower Multisport App, which is launching in 2023. This includes technical expertise that can be accessed by grounds managers in cricket. Meanwhile the team has been improving guidance for ground managers and adding content to the GMA toolkit.

The GMA also engages with the County Pitch Advisors and has held three seminars this year.

Jerry Dovey continues as the Hertfordshire County Pitch Advisor and has continued to offer excellent and crucial support and advice on squares and outfields to numerous clubs over the past 12 months.

The Association has continued to deal with the residual effects of Covid on grounds which had often been left for months without ground maintenance staff. By the beginning of 2022 most grounds had their staff back and progress has been made.

The drought in 2022 is likely to have affected cricket grounds throughout the county, especially if we do not receive sufficient rainfall over the winter months. Most outfields will recover once the dry weather has passed, but there are some exceptions to this in shallow rooted and thatch dominated outfields. Going forwards, outfields, particularly those that support winter sports and especially those on heavy clay soils may well suffer without proper renovation. Many clubs will need deep vertical aeration on the outfield both post and pre-season and possibly the application of wetting agents. Some will need reseeding with perennial ryegrass. The Pitch Advisor can give advice on this.

The Summer has also highlighted a few areas that we already know about, but it took the weather for them to come to fruition. One

club was suspended from the League as their pitch was deemed dangerous by the umpires and their lower division X1s also had to cease playing. The Association, in particular Jerry Dovey, has been advising the club and remedial work has now been carried out, it is hoped that it will sustain league cricket in 2023. Another club had their 3rd X1 match abandoned. A third club’s 3rd X1 and 4th X1 had to find an alternative ground to play on. Some clubs are also in danger of losing their grounds altogether.

In general, lack of irrigation or the inability to irrigate along with lack of experience in dealing with these conditions have led to difficulties for clubs without employed staff. This summer may be a ‘one off’, but experts tend to think that drier conditions will become the norm in the future. Therefore, new projects will need to factor in irrigation as a priority. Meanwhile the Association will endeavour to help as many clubs as possible.

The Association reinstated the annual Derek Dredge Award for quality of ground which had been put on hold due to Covid. In 2021 the recipient was John Smith of Rickmansworth CC, who was presented with the award in 2022. This award is sponsored by the Hertfordshire Cricket Grounds Association and by A.T.Bone, who renovate the winner’s square free of charge.

The Dennis/Sisis seminar was also reinstated at St Albans School in February 2023. The event covered “Cricket Pitch Maintenance in a changing environment”. The event was very successful, there were over 200 attendees and the topics covered were: Likely changes in weather and their impact on sports grounds. Reducing the impact of Water Restrictions on Sports Surfaces. Root Zones for a Changing Climate. Pests and Diseases of the future and sustainability for grass roots Clubs. Interesting talks were also given by Karl McDermott (MCC, Lords) and Vic Demain (Durham CCC)

The Association’s Committee consists of: Chris Wood (President) Richard Robertson (Chairman) Peter Wholley (Secretary) Jerry Dovey (Hertfordshire Pitch Advisor) Phil Jeggo (Regional Pitch Advisor Cricket - South of England) Sam Rose (Cricket East) Ian Smith (St Albans School) Rob Kendle (ATBone) Dominic Chatfield (Hertfordshire Cricket Club & Community Manager) Geoff Swinden (Pitch Advisor).

Richard Robertson HCGA Chairman

Tel: 07557 539076

E-mail: cilla@richardandcilla.co.uk

Facilities Update

Last year, the writer attempted to try and update our facilities reporting. In the past, clubs had been fined for not reporting and no real thought was given by many captains to the marks they gave, which limited the effectiveness of the scheme.

The other thing was the reporting in every division, which meant around 140 games a week, every week - a logistical nightmare for a volunteer co-ordinator. With the sheer workload it was purely a marks exercise, with no time to follow through with the queries that arose.

So, instead of a monetary fine, the writer decided to try and make things a little more meaningful, including marking only down as far as Division 6B, which covers most club grounds. A points fine was introduced if marks weren’t in by a Wednesday night at 10pm. The workload has become manageable.

Reporting by clubs is now far more consistent in coming in and even with time constraints, better and more accurate results are produced I’ve had more time to scrutinise marks that weren’t great and give warnings or advice and hopefully heeded.

by the League’s expert was carried out within a week and sadly, it saw the pitch and surrounds condemned until a good bill of health was given. In its down time, the club came together, folk worked hard and after an inspection in October it was given a clean bill of health.

We are incredibly lucky that facilities are as good as they are. Groundsmen/Curators work tirelessly to provide surfaces that often see cricket played on their grounds nigh on every night of the week, if clubs have vibrant junior sections.

These people should be treasured rather crticised by batters or bowlers for a slow pitch, after they’ve bowled a pile of filth on it or smashed a long hop straight to mid-wicket. Most do it for the love or for buttons and only now are clubs starting to find out the real cost of ground work, with many retiring or move away from their toils.

The ECB should also have a long hard look at themselves as well. They expect clubs at the top of the pyramid to provide rock hard surfaces, with top marks only being awarded if team A gets 330 for 2 and team B finishes 290 for 3! Ask any club cricketer and they wouldn’t get out of bed for that bore fest.

The website worked its magic and with most reports done on time and fairly. There were still marks where a team low down in the pyramid expected test match facilities; or teams chasing 260, lose by 150 and mark the pitch as poor, which is unfair. In the main, these weren’t the norm. At the captains meeting, when the new ideas were floated, captains and clubs were advised if facilities were poor, they could contact the writer and quote chapter and verse. There were a handful of reports sent through, although one occasion where it did happen, some three weeks from the end of the summer, the team were given a plan of action and it was taken on board and cricket was safely fulfilled for the rest of that campaign.

There was an instance where a game was abandoned last year due to the pitch. The club concerned were kept advised of what actions had to be taken. A pitch inspection

Look at the world cup final at Lord’s in 2019. It was played on a low slow pitch and created one of the best games of cricket ever. Had that have been a league game, a club would probably have been reported for it.

The ECB also have to support grass roots cricket more. Premier League clubs are getting 50% less than they were getting 19 years ago while, at the same time, executive pay-offs are getting bigger. With the ECB wanting more and more from clubs and leagues, they should be held accountable and pay up and look big, rather than throw crumbs for those who in the main are volunteers and do amazing things for their clubs and communities.

Anyhow, roll on the warm weather and hope your clubs make folk welcome and cricket is the winner on and off the field.

Mark Shepherd

Obituaries

Rickmansworth mourn stalwarts

Rickmansworth lost three stalwarts of the club during 2022. Firstly, Rory Cusack (pictured) was just 31 when he passed away before the start of the season, much before his time. He played 118 times for the club and scored almost 1,000 runs, often keeping wicket. His brother Callum played in a few games in memory of him during the remainder of the season.

many people’s lives. This was evidenced through the very large attendance at the funeral, and also the volume of condolences sent to his family and his partner Christine. A talented sportsman and musician from a young age, Bob played cricket for Cheshunt Grammar School and was also coached at the Alf Gover Cricket School.

In May the club then lost club legend Marc ‘Curly’ Robinson to Cancer at the age of 46. The 3rd highest club wicket-taker with 490 wickets and also the little matter of 4,003 runs, Curly (front tow, left, in team photo) was well known to all the local clubs and was a focal point for any visitors as he also ran the bar. No doubt with plenty of years still in him, he would have gone on to set new bowling records. Just three months later, Marc’s uncle, Keith Robinson, also passed away. Known affectionately as ‘The Colonel’, Keith (umpire on back row, in team photo) played over 400 games for Rickmansworth from the 1970s to the 2000s and then joined the umpires panel giving back to the game he loved. It was Keith who had first brought his young nephew, Marc, to the club 30 years ago. A very sad season for the club.

Bob Akers

Robert (Bob) Akers, Chairman of Holtwhites

Trinibis, passed away, peacefully, in December 2022 aged 82.

Bob was an extremely capable, knowledgeable, kind, and generous man, who was such great fun to be with. Through his multiple endeavours, Bob had a positive impact on so

His cricket club journey took him from Gothic CC, to the merger with GNAA (Great Northern Athletic Association) in the 1960s. This became BRSA Enfield (British Rail Sports Association) in the 1970s, was renamed Holtwhites CC in the mid 1990s, and became Holtwhites Trinibis CC (HTCC) through the merger a few years after that. Alongside this, Bob also helped arrange midweek matches and played for Cheshunt Thursday CC.

On the cricket field Bob was a complete allrounder, capable of winning games with both bat and ball, and snaffling most of what came his way at 2nd slip.

Calculating his worth to the team was never just about his numbers, although he did score over 11,000 runs and took over 400 wickets. He had the bottle to face the fastest of bowlers with the best of defensive techniques, taught in the traditional way by Jack Robertson, the Middlesex and England opening bat.

Off the field Bob has been the 1st team umpire and scorer, a junior team manager, coach, junior section administrator and chairman. As cricket chairman for multiple decades, Bob was pivotal during the transition from BRSA to HTCC, and also the redevelopment of the cricket facilities in the early 2000s. In parallel, Bob was Secretary of the Holtwhites Sports and Social Club right up until his passing.

Over the last 20 years Bob did a magnificent job as HTCC Junior Section Administrator. Bob created a platform upon which hundreds of boys and girls have been introduced to the game of cricket and the club’s junior teams now play in all age groups of the Middlesex Juniors league.

Bob was very much a member of that special group of people who build things that persist, a legacy for others to enjoy. For the many of us that knew him, we were all so fortunate to have done so. Bob will be much missed, and we shall always have the wonderful memories of our time with him.

Kevin Burgess, Head Coach, HTCC

Peter Ellis

The minute’s silence that was held in Peter Ellis’ memory before all of St Margaretsbury’s four games on Saturday June 18, 2022, reflected a profound respect. People who knew him were aware of what he gave to the club in more than 50 years association. It was also right and proper that the teams were joined by Lilian, to whom he was married for more than 62 years, as well as his son Richard, and grandson Jack. Peter was born in Lewisham, Kent in September 1932. And after the war attended Marylebone Grammar School but it would be fair to say that sport sparked his attention more than the classroom. Wanting to get involved in cricket after showing promise as a fast bowler at school, Peter wrote to Lord’s and got a trial. He was taken on in the Lord’s ground staff where he spent several years in and around his National Service with the RAF. He also played for Middlesex 2nd X1 as well making one appearance for the MCC against Cambridge University in 1953. His club cricket started in the Scottish leagues, then he returned south to work at Haileybury

College where he made his mark as a squash, rackets and cricket professional, for 32 years. Wisden Cricketer Almanacks from the mid-1960s to mid-1990s testify to his position as the cricket professional. In and around his school coaching, he would run a sports shop as well as stringing rackets for sports shops or for people directly as well as coaching at Hoddesdon Squash Club. Peter joined St Margaretsbury in the late 1960s and will be remembered by older members for his playing ability and was fondly known as the ‘Pro’. A highlight was being a member of the 1985 side that won division one of the Herts League and he was good enough to appear for the first team after turning 60. He captained the Sundays 1sts in the mid-1980s before later skippering the Sunday 2nds. After stopping playing after 2006, Peter continued to take an interest in local cricket and was also well known at Hertford CC and Hoddesdon. His son Richard played for the club prior to and after his spell in professional cricket while his grandson Jack is now a club regular after playing for the club in his teenage years.

David Rimmer

Dave Humphreys

Letchworth have been mourning the passing of Dave Humphreys after a battle against illness. Dave was a titan of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire cricket, joining Letchworth towards the end of his career in 2011 and scoring 1580 runs in his 95 innings. An eccentric player, his only Letchworth ton came in a run chase at the conclusion of which he ran straight off the pitch and into his car to drive to an ACDC concert. That was Dave to a tee, a man who lived life to the full but who always remained committed the sport he so dearly loved.

RIP, Humph.

David Frederick Gandy

The 2022 season on the field brought considerable success for North Enfield CC, but tinged with great sadness at the passing of Dave Gandy, known to many as ‘Goosey’.

Dave was born in north London and grew up in Woodside Park and played for Friern Manor in his early days before joining North Enfield in the late 1960s. Dave shared some memories of cricket at that time with a few members over the years; matches started at 2 or 2:30pm because a lot of people worked on a Saturdays. The timed format meant bowlers were unlimited in their overs, and often bowled 15 or sometimes 20 overs a game. Sunday cricket was often the stronger standard. Many people would play both days, and sometimes even three games a weekend on Bank Holidays. Games were always followed by a few pints to ‘drink the fixture back’. These arrangements seem to have suited Dave very well…

Over the course of his NECC career, Dave took a club record 1,857 wickets - there are some gaps in the records so it would not be a surprise if his career total exceeded 2,000. In the 1971 season, he took 114 wickets. With the bat, he scored 10,734 runs including two centuries. Those who remember Dave's batting in his prime recall

most of the runs were scored quickly and in the general leg side area – a style handed down to the next two Gandy generations!

Dave featured regularly on the NECC honours boards, winning the 1st XI bowling averages no fewer than 10 times and doing the double with the batting in 1972, and the 2nd XI bowling seven times, most recently in 2005. He donated a bowling award for the NECC player recording the best analysis in a league match. He was a Life Member of North Enfield.

When he reluctantly finished playing he turned to umpiring, which provided him with further opportunities to spend time on the field with his son Steve, and latterly watching games from the boundary (including seeing his grandchildren play), with no shortage of opinions! On the news of his passing, NECC received numerous kind messages for Dave’s family including from our near neighbours Holtwhites Trinibis (ex-BRSA) and Botany Bay, clubs that Dave had particularly long associations with. He will be missed enormously by his family, and by the cricket community.

David Malleson, Chairman, NECC

Brian Goldup

Brian Goldup, who died on 3rd January at the age of 85, was an Honorary Vice President of West Herts CC and a stalwart of the club. A larger-than-life character with a fearless have-a-go approach, he put together a happy and successful 3rd XI, captaining them through the 1980s, including leading them to the inaugural Herts League 3rd XI Championship in 1982. He was also a keen member of the Forty Club, for many years hosting a table of local cricketers at the annual dinner held in the Park Lane London Hilton Hotel.

Hertfordshire Cricket - leading, influencing and inspiring

Hertfordshire Cricket Limited's (HCL) collective vision is to lead and influence the development of the game, while inspiring everyone to take part and grow cricket, in an accessible and inclusive way. Affiliated to the ECB, HCL’s goal is to support the sustainable future of cricket by increasing the opportunities and enhancing the experience of everyone involved in the game across Hertfordshire.

Cricket clubs in Hertfordshire are the heartbeat of the game so HCL is dedicated to supporting these clubs. The HCL remit covers all areas of the game including working closely with our 122 affiliated clubs, supporting open-age and junior leagues, delivering a robust county age group programme for both girls and boys, supporting all volunteers and clubs across the network.

HCL are planning to roll out of the Safehands management system to all affiliated clubs, not just junior and Clubmark clubs in 2023. This is to ensure that all clubs are a safe and fun environment for all. There is a large focus on 2023 is around playing facilities both indoor and outdoor. We are currently completing a County Facilities Strategy which will evidence the strength and weakness of the county, which has been tasked by the ECB for all counties across the country. For 2023 there is also a county grant available to clubs to improve their facilities. If you wish to discuss then please get in touch.

HCL will also be supporting the ECB’s National Programmes for All Stars and Dynamos, completing the large Chance to Shine Schools Delivery of over 1600 hours. We are pleased to announce with the partnership of Lords Taverners, we have now a full-time dedicated Disability officer, focusing on giving opportunities to those with disabilities the chance to play cricket and be involved in the sport we all love.

We are continuing to work very closely with the other East Region County Boards to deliver the best possible support to the recreational game using ‘ECB Inspiring Generations” to drive our work forwards.

Finally, on behalf of Hertfordshire Cricket, I would like to wish all players, clubs, officials, grounds staff, administrators, volunteers and the members of the Saracens Herts Premier Cricket League all the best for the 2023 season. We would also like to thank all clubs and key volunteer personnel for all that you do for cricket in Hertfordshire.

Our officer covering the SHPCL clubs is: Dominic Chatfield, Club and Community Manager Mobile: 07530878930 Email: dominic.chatfield@hertscricket.org

All information about Hertfordshire Cricket activities can be found on our website www.hertscricket.org as can the contact details for the whole HCL team providing support across the cricket network.

Saracens Herts Junior Leagues

The season’s competitions were all completed on time, despite a rather slow start when some clubs were not ready to field teams in the opening weeks of the season. For 2023, we plan to have the fixtures released a little earlier to allow clubs more time for preparation.

WINNERS 2022

U10 Wheathampstead

U11 Wheathampstead

U11 Girls Harpenden

U12 Hemel Hempstead Town

U13 Wheathampstead

U13 Girls Berkhamsted

U14 Harpenden

U15 Radlett

U15 Girls Bishops Stortford

U17 Radlett

Another contributory factor was the lack of volunteers to support some of the clubs’ junior programmes. This is a concern for the future.

Summer Leagues:

U11 Berkhamsted

U13 West Herts

U15 Bishops Stortford

The good weather which we subsequently experienced, allowed us to finish all the competition on time. Although we had some concerns about the high temperatures predicted for ‘Finals Day’ on 17th July, we were able to complete all the games, making various allowances around start

times and drink breaks, to ensure the safety of all participants.

Congratulations go to Wheathampstead for their very strong performance at the younger boys age groups. This is a great tribute to the volunteers and organisation within their club.

The final of the U17 competition, between Radlett and Berkhamsted, was a tremendous advert for junior cricket in Hertfordshire, with Radlett coming out on top. Unfortunately, in the group matches, more games were conceded than were played due to holidays and other commitments of the players.

Dennis Lock

dennis.lock@icloud.com

Radlett Under 17s, winners of the John Favager Cup, after receiving the trophy from Mark Ilott (Watford Town, Potters Bar, Essex & England) at the presentation evening

Constitution

1. Title

The name of the League shall be the “Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League” (hereinafter referred to as “the League”) and may also incorporate a sponsor’s name or identity if appropriate. Reference to Premier & Championship divisions shall hereinafter be referred to as Premier divisions.

2. Object

The object of the League shall be to organise and control an annual league and other cricket competitions for founder member clubs and other invited clubs.

3. Membership New members:

a) Any cricket club may, in writing, apply to the Secretary requesting an invitation to membership. Such applications are to be received at least 12 months before the start of the first season in which such club wishes to enter the League, except for existing member clubs wishing to enter additional teams, which must apply by 30th September preceding the year in which the additional team wishes to join.

b) New Members by Invitation; SHPCL Executive may at their discretion invite clubs to join the league. In order to be invited to join the League, clubs must normally be able to demonstrate that they have fulfilled three years consecutive competitive cricket, immediately prior to their application, before they can be considered. Clubs must meet the criteria for maintaining membership and will be admitted to membership only at the divisional level which the standard of their facilities allows, subject to the discretion of the Executive Committee whose decision must be accepted. All new member clubs shall pay to the league the designated membership fee within one month of their election to membership.

Maintaining membership: To maintain membership of the League, all clubs must:

a) Be properly constituted

b) Be affiliated to the ECB through their membership of the Hertfordshire County Cricket Association, either as full or associate members, and to the Club Cricket Conference.

c) Ensure a duty of care to all players and members by adopting and implementing the ECB 'Safe HandsSafeguarding of Young People in Cricket' policy and any future versions of that policy. Full requirements published annually in the League Handbook.

d) Have grounds and other facilities acceptable to the Executive Committee, including any alternative or occasional ground used for league matches. All clubs must have a well maintained playing area, particularly with regard to the square. No club will be eligible for promotion to a higher division unless the minimum standards for that division are attained, or unless otherwise agreed by the Executive Committee.

The minimum requirements for facilities will be:

Divisions 10 and below: Changing rooms, showers (in full working order) and toilets must be available close to the playing area, together with a suitable room where food can be consumed under hygienic conditions. In the absence of a scorebox, a scoreboard is required, visible from the pitch. Boundaries shall be clearly marked by a white line, rope or flags. A well-stocked first aid kit shall be available. A clock must be provided, visible from the pitch. An artificial pitch may be used only in Divisions 10a and below.

Divisions 7a-9b: As above except that changing rooms etc. must be adjacent to the playing area. In addition, boundaries must be marked by a white line or rope, with flags added where possible.

In Divisions 7a-9b inclusive dispensation from the minimum standards for facilities may be granted by the Executive Committee for 3rd XIs and lower.

Divisions 5a-6b: As above, plus: sight screens positioned at each end of the ground. Boundaries must be marked by a white line or rope, plus flags to aid visibility. In addition, there must be a fully functioning scorebox or scoreboard and a telephone must be available in the main pavilion.

Division 4b and above: As above plus bar facilities within the pavilion. Changing rooms must be an adequate size for each team and all players’ kit.

Premier divisions; All clubs must meet ECB Premier League Assessment Criteria and any other ECB specified requirement, prior to any season’s commencement. This includes a separate, adequate Umpires Changing room. Voluntary termination of membership: Any club wishing to withdraw from the League must give written notice to the Hon. Secretary by 1st November prior to the last season in which it participates in the League.

4. Management

The management of the League shall be vested in an Executive Committee consisting of the Officers and up to eight other members, each of whom shall have one vote excepting the Chairman who shall exercise only a casting vote in the event of a tied vote among the other members. The Officers and committee members shall be elected at the annual general meeting and shall operate sub-committees. At least two members of the Executive Committee shall be from clubs playing in the top two divisions in the year following the AGM. No club shall have more than two of its members elected to the Executive Committee.

5. Officers

a) The Officers of the League shall be: the President, Chairman, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Results Secretary, and Fixtures Secretary.

b) The Committee shall appoint members to following roles; Registration Officer, Umpire and Scorer Coordinator, Sponsorship Coordinator, Facilities Coordinator, League Safeguarding officer, Disciplinary Coordinator and Premier Divisions Representative

c) Officers and committee members standing for re-election shall be included on the agenda for the AGM.

d) Nominations for New Officer or Committee Member, must be received by the Hon. Secretary, from Member clubs (together with their seconders), at least 28 days before the AGM.

6. Appointment of Reporting Accountants

Reporting Accountants, to verify the financial accounts, shall be appointed at the Annual General Meeting.

7. Functions of the Executive Committee

a) The committee shall meet at least four times per annum. Additional meetings may be called at any time by the Hon Secretary at the request of at least three members of the committee acting together. At least seven days notice must be given for any meeting.

b) A quorum shall be a majority of the members of the committee.

c) The committee shall be responsible for the efficient running of the League, shall control finances, and shall have the power to:

i. Establish minimum standards for playing conditions and facilities in participating clubs additional to rule 3(d) above, and ensure that all clubs continue to meet those standards.

ii. Consider applications for membership and invite clubs to join a division of the League deemed appropriate to the known standards of the invited club.

iii. Co-opt on to the Committee additional or replacement members, as appropriate.

iv. Appoint sub-committees considered necessary from time to time, delegate to each sub-committee appropriate powers, and appoint an officer or one of its members to chair the sub-committee.

v. Determine the level of any fines and additional levies required in any year.

vi. Take any action deemed appropriate where a fixture is not fulfilled or not in accordance with league rules.

vii. Arbitrate in any disputes.

d) The committee may discipline clubs and players in any way it deems appropriate for breaches of the constitution, or match rules, or for failure in any way to conform to the required standards of the League. Disciplinary action against a club may include deduction of points, a reprimand, fine, relegation, suspension, or termination of membership at any time. Action against a player may include a reprimand, suspension, or permanent ban from participation in the League. The decision of the Executive Committee is final (subject to appeal, see 12).

8. General Meeting

a) The Annual General Meeting shall be held in February each year. The Hon. Secretary’s report and the statement of accounts, duly audited, shall be presented at this meeting.

b) An Extraordinary General Meeting may be convened by the Hon. Secretary at any time, at the request of the Executive Committee, or on receipt of a written request signed by not less than 25% of member clubs. Such meeting to be convened within 28 days.

c) The Secretary will give a minimum of 14 days notice, in writing, of any General Meeting, to include an agenda.

d) A quorum at a General Meeting shall be a majority of the member clubs.

e) Each club shall be entitled to one vote at a General Meeting but the Executive Committee shall announce the number of club representatives who may attend any General Meeting. Officers of the League not representing their clubs shall not be entitled to a vote at a General Meeting.

f) Any club which fails to send a representative to a General Meeting shall be fined a sum equivalent to the current membership fee set out in clause 10. a) of the Constitution, regardless of whether that fee is currently suspended.

g) A captains’ meeting shall be held during the month of April before the start of any season at which cricket balls, handbooks and other equipment will be distributed. Every club sending a captain or other suitable representative to such meeting will receive a 5-point addition to its league points total at the start of that season for each of its teams.

9. Financial Year

The financial year shall end on 31 October each year.

10. Financial Requirements

a) The level of annual subscription shall be determined by the Annual General Meeting. Subscriptions for 2023: Clubs with one team in the League- £40; two teams - £80; three or more teams - £100. The annual subscription may be suspended at the discretion of the executive committee, during the period of any sponsorship agreement, when financially feasible.

b) The annual subscription shall be due on 31 March in each year and must be paid a maximum of 30 days after the invoice date. Failure to do so will result in a penalty becoming payable in addition to the subscription; such penalty

to be at a rate of 30% for each month or part thereof that the subscription is overdue and will be levied on a monthly compound basis. If the subscription and the penalty additions are not paid within two months the offending club may not be eligible for membership in the following season.

c) A non-recurring membership fee shall be payable by all clubs on joining the League, as follows: Clubs with two or more teams - £100; Clubs with one team - £50. The fee to be paid before the AGM in the year that club participates in the League for the first time.

d) Each member club shall contribute £25 towards the cost of the annual handbook. This sum shall be abated at the rate of £25 per quarter page fully-paid advertisement obtained by the club for the handbook. This payment is due at the same time as the annual subscription and will attract a penalty on the same basis as set out in clause 10(b).

11. League Rules

a) Membership of the League signifies awareness and acceptance of the constitution and match rules which shall be published annually in a handbook to be distributed to all member clubs.

b) Any club may propose a change to the constitution or match rules, for consideration at a General Meeting. Such proposals must be submitted to the Secretary in writing, together with the names of three other member clubs which have agreed to support the proposal. Proposals must be submitted at least twelve weeks before the date of the annual general meeting for consideration by the Executive Committee which will circulate all proposals to member clubs. Clubs may propose amendments to those proposals, which must be submitted to the Secretary at least six weeks before the date of the annual general meeting. Such amendments, if considered reasonable by the Executive Committee, must be included on the agenda for that meeting, along with any proposals for changes to the constitution and match rules.

c) All resolutions before a General Meeting, to amend the constitution or match rules (except for sub-clause e) below), shall be decided by a simple majority of member clubs present and voting. Clubs abstaining from voting shall not be counted when calculating a majority for passing resolutions.

d) Changes to match rules will be considered by a General Meeting and implemented for an experimental period not exceeding one season. Thereafter, any proposal to adopt the change on a permanent basis must be included on the agenda for the AGM in that year, and voted on by all member clubs present.

e) Changes to match rules, player eligibility and divisional structure which directly affect the Premier divisions, shall require the approval of the majority of clubs in those divisions, at the time of voting.

f) All matters not covered by the constitution or match rules shall be dealt with by the Executive Committee whose decision, in all cases, shall be final.

12. Disciplinary Regulations

All clubs, players, officials, spectators & club members are subject to the Leagues Disciplinary Regulations as outlined yearly in the League handbook and on the League website

13. Player Eligibility

a) After June 30th in any season, no player shall move to a club and represent that club, having already played in that season in the Saracens Herts League for another member club. No player who is a new club member may be registered after July 31st. No player may be registered to play for more than one league club at any one time (except in the Regional Divisions where an application is made to the registration officer for temporary registration of a player with another club(and in this respect such temporary registration shall be for only one other club) for the remainder of the season in question where the registration officers decision shall be final. At the end of the season in question such temporarily registered players shall be deleted from the list of registered players on that clubs list. Players in Premier divisions may only be registered to play for one ECB designated premier league club.

b) No player shall receive any payment or payment in kind whether from the club or anyone associated with the club for playing for the club in Division one or below. The penalty for breaking this rule shall be automatic relegation by up to 3 divisions, disciplinary proceedings and may include expulsion from the League.

c) After July 31st:

i. No player who has normally appeared for a particular XI shall play for a lower XI

ii. No new member who has not previously been registered for a club in that season, shall appear in a league match for that club in the remainder of that season. Special application may be made to the League to register a player to play who has moved to live in the Hertfordshire Premier League area having not previously lived within a reasonable distance from a Hertfordshire Premier League club.

iii. In the event of any allegation against a player under this rule, the club concerned will be required to justify its selections for the match concerned.

d) All players must be bona-fide playing members of their clubs. Clubs are responsible for maintaining a record of all their members and for verifying that all players registered to play in the League are aware of and conform to child Safeguarding guidelines and requirements. To play in League matches Division 1 and below, all players, including any substitutes, must be registered only once under one of more of the following categories, with restrictions applying as shown, subject to any special exemptions granted in advance by the Executive Committee:

Category 1

i a British or Irish citizen born in England and Wales and is deemed “ordinarily resident”* or ii a player who has been resident in England and Wales for the immediately preceding year and is deemed ‘Ordinarily Resident’*

*A player will only be treated as having been ordinarily resident within England and Wales for the relevant period if he or she has spent a minimum of 210 days in the year within England or Wales and has not played as a domestic player in their own country during the year (for which purpose a ‘year’ shall mean a year ending 31st March immediately before the year in question)

Confirmation: A player who holds a British passport and lives outside the UK must also meet the ”Ordinarily Resident” criteria.

'Deemed’ status

A player who was resident in England and Wales and would benefit from Category 1 status but for having relocated outside England and Wales for temporary work purposes (unrelated to cricket and for a period of no more than 24 months), may apply to their league or the ECB for ‘deemed’ Category 1 status immediately on his return to England and Wales. Approval is at the discretion of their league or the ECB and is not automatic’.

- No restriction on number of Category 1 players per team.

Category 2 Contracted Player to a first class county.

A player (capped or uncapped) qualified to play for England under the current ECB regulations and, currently, under contract to a First-Class County Club. For the purposes of clarification, a contracted player is one who has a current full playing contract, a summer contract or a development (scholarship) contract but not an Academy contract (1619 years). Should a Category 3 player be under contract to a first class county he/she will be treated as a 3 player for registration purposes.

- Maximum one Category 2 player per team unless the player, before being awarded a contract by a first class county, has been a bona fide member of the club for more than two years (24 months) and has played a minimum of 12 league games for the club in those two years.

Category 3 Players who are not deemed “Ordinarily Resident.

If the player does not meet the criteria for Category 1 they will be deemed to be a Category 3 player.

- One Category 3 player per team.

A Category 3 overseas player will not be eligible for new registration if he has played Test or one-day international cricket for a Test playing country since April 1st in the previous year.

All players other than Category 1 must be registered in writing with the League by 10pm on the Wednesday before the first match in which they appear. Category 1 players must be registered by 10am on the day of their first match. Any player not registered on the League web site by the stated deadlines, shall be deemed ineligible for any match in which he participates.

To play in Premier divisions matches, all players, including any substitute must be

i Registered on play-cricket and meet ECB Premier league Registration guidelines as outlined yearly in league handbook in addition to having been registered on the League website.

ii Registered only once, under one of more of the categories defined above, with restrictions applying as shown, subject to any special exemptions granted in advance by the Executive Committee.

e) Before the toss of the coin the captains shall hand a written list of their team members for that match to the umpires, or if no umpire to the opposing captain. After each match, any substitutes used shall be added to the team sheet which shall then be countersigned as valid by one non-playing umpire (where there are umpires) and by the opposition captain. In Divisions 3a and below inclusive, team sheets from opposing teams should be retained by the captains after the game and each captain (or a club officer) is subsequently responsible for checking that the opposition’s players are all registered on the league web site. Further, each captain, (or designated person), shall record the names of those that played in the match, (and recorded as having done so on his team sheet), on the league website, using the Herts Cricket App, by 9pm the evening the match was played. Any discrepancies to be reported to the League Registrations Officer by submitting the team sheet, accompanied by details of the alleged discrepancies, within three days.

In Premier divisions and Divisions 1, 2a & 2b, the appointed umpires, shall return the team sheets to the League Registrations Officer for checking.

Each club is responsible for ensuring that their players are correctly registered on the League website and (in the case of the Premier divisions) on play-cricket.com. Should any club be found to be playing a player under the wrong category, the club will forfeit 50% of the points they have gained thus far in the league for the team that the player has most represented. It is within the league’s powers to also ban players from the team thus punished from subsequently playing for lower teams, in line with 13, c, i above.

If a club is found to have played a player under a false name, the team(s) which that player has represented will be automatically relegated. It is within the league’s powers to also ban players from the team thus punished from subsequently playing for lower teams, in line with 13, c, i above.

Any team breaking either of these rules will face an extraordinary disciplinary procedure which could result in one or more of their teams being relegated automatically or possibly expulsion from the league.

f) Any player transferring clubs (within Herts League) between 1st May and 30th June shall complete a transfer form, jointly with his new club, for submission to the League. All players transferring into or out of an SHPCL Premier or Championship club at any time must fully complete the Player Registration Transfer Form available to download from the League’s website

A player moving to another SHPCL club at any time shall be eligible to play for the new club only if all financial and other obligations to the former club have been discharged. The League has the power to suspend players from all League matches until the clubs involved agree a player’s obligations to his original club have been discharged. Players changing clubs during the close season are outside of the jurisdiction of the league and it is always down to individual clubs to enforce their own policies around the payment of subscriptions and match fees.

i On or before July 31st, in the event of a proven allegation against an unregistered player the team fielding the ineligible player will have 5 points deducted. Should the unregistered player be Under 18 on the day of the match, the penalty will automatically be 30 points.

ii From the 1st of August onwards, any team that fields an ineligible player, will incur a 10 point deduction, excepting where the player is Under 18 on the day of the match, in which case the penalty will be 30 points.

iii For the avoidance of doubt, a captain registered on the League website as captain who has not been Cricket specific ECB DBS checked is deemed an ineligible player and the club will face the penalties in i) and ii) above.

14. Fixtures

All league fixtures shall be arranged centrally by the Fixtures Secretary and circulated to all clubs. No alteration shall be made to that list without the consent of the Fixtures Secretary acting on behalf of the Executive Committee. In the event of a club being unable to fulfil all fixtures on any day, the playing of the senior sides’ match(es) shall take precedence.

If any match is postponed, which can only be with the consent of the Executive Committee, the match must be re-arranged to be played within 28 days of the original date, provided such date is before the final scheduled day of the season. If a date cannot be mutually agreed by the two clubs concerned, then the postponed match must be played on a date designated by the Executive Committee.

Any team which fails to fulfil four or more fixtures in its division during the season may be asked by the Executive Committee to withdraw from that division forthwith and all matches involving that team shall be declared null and void with no points awarded. At the end of the season the Executive Committee shall decide whether to invite any side having conceded four or more fixtures during the season into the following season’s league structure and shall tell the side’s club before the end of September in that season as to its decision in that regard.

Any team unable to fulfil a league fixture must advise its opponents by 8:00pm on the Thursday preceding the match and obtain formal acknowledgment of the cancellation from an officer of the opposing club. Failure to comply with these requirements will result in a financial penalty of £150 in total, payable to the opposing club. Non-payment of the penalty within 14 days shall attract a penalty on the same basis as set out for subscriptions under rule 10b, payable to the opposing club. Any club failing to meet its obligations under this rule will be fined additionally by the League at a rate not less than three times the outstanding debt. Any team failing to fulfil three or more fixtures during a season may be subject to demotion to a lower division in the following season, at the discretion of the Executive Committee. Where both fixtures between any two teams during the same season are arranged to take place at the ground or grounds of one of those teams the visitors shall pay to the home team the sum of £100.00 as compensation for having to provide the facilities twice in that season.

15. League Structure

a) The league will be divided into an appropriate number of divisions in a single structure with the exception of the regional divisions. All teams shall have the same rights to promotion to a higher division, providing the minimum requirements for facilities have been met. The size of all divisions shall be determined from time to time by the Executive Committee except as required by 11e) above. Commencing in 2024,: teams in divs 7a-9b inclusive at the end of 2023 season, after usual changes to reflect promoted/relegated teams, will join the regional divisions

b) Only a club's 1st XI is eligible for promotion to Premier divisions

c) Normally two clubs will be promoted from Championship to Premier division and two relegated, subject to play-off matches.

Promotions will be on following basis:

Championship, Divisions 1 & 2A, 2B, 3A Top 2 sides promoted 1 division (2nd side in Championship subject to play-off)

Divisions 3B to 9B

Side finishing 1st promoted 2 divisions

Side finishing 2nd promoted 1 division

Divisions 10 N/S/E/W Sides finishing 1st promoted to Division 9

Divisions 11 N/S/E/W/C

Promoted to Division 10 will be:

[a] the 5 sides in 1st place

[b] Next 3 sides based on the ranked average points total

Relegations will be on following basis:

Premier, Championship & Division 1

Divisions 2A to 9A

Division 9B

Divisions 10 N/S/E/W

Bottom 2 sides relegated 1 division (9th place in Premier subject to Play-Off)

Side finishing 9th relegated 1 division

Side finishing 10th relegated 2 divisions

Sides finishing 8th, 9th & 10th relegated to Division 10

Sides finishing 9th & 10th relegated to Division 11

Note: Regionaliation will be completed at the end of the 2023 season, based on divisional positions after promotion/relegation. This will include all divisions from 7A and below.

d) The Executive Committee shall have the discretion to vary the numbers promoted and relegated between the regional divisions depending on the number of clubs participating in those divisions.

e) In all cases, if any of the clubs in a promotion place is deemed ineligible, due to the standard of facilities or for any other reason, only the club finishing in the next place below the promotion places may be considered for promotion.

f) Clubs eligible for promotion shall be promoted only if their facilities are deemed acceptable by the Executive Committee.

g) Where two or more clubs finish with the same aggregate of points, the club with the higher number of wins shall be placed higher in the league. If still equal, then the club with fewer losses shall be placed higher. If still equal, then the club with the higher scoring rate in completed matches, based on runs per wicket, shall be the higher.

h) In the regional divisions the side finishing top will be the side that has the best average points score. That average shall be calculated by dividing the total number of points accumulated throughout the season by the number of games played. The number of games played shall not include games where an opponent has conceded a game or games against it but will include a game or games that it has conceded against its opposition. Where two or more sides finish with the same points the procedure in g) above shall apply. For the avoidance of doubt no points will be awarded for conceded matches in the Regional Divisions.

16. Officials, Team sheets, Results and Facilities Reporting

a) Clubs may face a fine of £10 for failure to submit averages or other specific information required by the Results Secretary and notified to clubs.

b) All clubs are required to co-operate in reporting results, when requested, to press agencies and newspapers.

c) A facilities reporting scheme will be operated throughout the league.

d) Any club which fails to submit a report when required and in accordance with the time limits and arrangements specified by the Executive Committee shall be subject to a fine of £20, for each occasion it fails to report. Nonpayment of such fines, more than one month after notification by the Treasurer, shall attract a penalty on the same basis as set out for subscriptions under rule 10b.

17. Playing Regulations

All league games shall be played in accordance with the Laws of Cricket as published and amended from time to time by the MCC, except as varied or amended by the match rules contained in the League handbook, printed annually. All league and cup games shall be played in accordance with the Preamble to the Laws – "the Spirit of Cricket", and in accordance with any directives, guidelines and policies published by the national governing bodies and adopted by the League.

Grant Aid

The following sources of funding for capital and revenue projects was provided by Funding 4 Sport. Several of these are interconnected.

ECB Interest Free Loan (IFL)

For clubs with a junior section* IFL is £1k - £50K.

For clubs without a junior section IFL is £1k - £20k

www.ecb.co.uk/be-involved/club-support/club-funding/england-wales-crickettrust-interest-free-loan

Grants via Sport England - www.ecb.co.uk/be-involved/club-support/club-funding

Sport England Community Asset Fund

Grants between £0k - £150k but few above £50k

www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our-funds/community-asset-fund

Sport England Small Grant:

www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our-funds/small-grants

National Lottery Fund

Awards for All

www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-forall-england

Landfill Communities Fund (via ENTRUST)

Eligibility depends on location

www.entrust.org.uk/

Lord’s Taveners

Youth cricket and disability sports charity. www.lordstaverners.org/

Also try your local authorities, at county, city, district and parish levels, especially to investigate possible access to section 106 housing developer contributions.

For more information contact Funding 4 Sport

email: info@funding4sport.co.uk or call Richard Sutcliffe on 07580 129369.

2023 season information

Paid player/coach Divisional structure Fixtures

Friendly League

Which ball to use Development League

Cup competitions

Umpire & scorer registration process

Umpires panel

Disciplinary Procedures

Reporting results, facilities

umpires & teams sheets

ECB club affiliation / DBS

ECB Identity Vetting and Safeguarding Responsibilities Player

Photo courtesy of Neil Ret, Chorleywood

Paid player/coach

A survey of clubs in 2020 showed that a large majority is strongly in favour of keeping the existing rule prohibiting payment of any player (in divisions below the Championship). The problem, mentioned in the survey itself, is enforcement. The League Executive Committee took that survey outcome as a signal to beef up its ability to enforce compliance. The result is a new form which requires the Chairs of all clubs to sign, to confirm that their club will adhere to the rule. In addition, clubs wishing to register player/coaches will have to supply copies of their coaching contracts with the club and other information.

The form requires Chairs to confirm the following:

The club will abide by ALL of Saracens Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League rules and codes of conduct and Disciplinary Regulations and in particular with reference to constitution 13 b) detailed below, I will ensure that the above club abides by this rule . Constitution 13b) ‘No player shall receive any payment or payment in kind whether from the club or anyone associated with the club for playing for the club in Division one or below. No overseas player entering the country under a Tier 5 Visa will play in division one or below

No British, Irish or overseas coach who receives payment for coaching at the club will be allowed to play for a team in division one or below unless the club chairman has signed this form and provided the league’s registration committee with the documents required and set out in sub-paragraphs a, b and c below.

a. A copy of the Government Licence allowing the employment of an overseas national as required under the new Brexit regulations. (Not required for British or Irish coach)

b. Copies of the coach’s coaching certificate(s), insurance cover and DBS (or equivalent) clearance

c. A copy of the contract given to the coach by the club with payment details redacted if the club so require.

Duckworth Lewis Stern in Divisions 1 – 6B

If someone from either side has the means to use the DLS method, either by using the DLS software on a laptop computer, or via an app, or via the League’s DLS calculator, then this will be used to calculate the target score of the side batting 2nd resulting from a loss of overs. The DLS calculator is available for the 2023 season on the League web site (address below) or from the red button on the home page. Please read ALL paragraphs of rule 2 of the match rules for division one and below, relating to weather and the use of DLS.

www.hertsleague.co.uk/DLS/

Premier Division

Bishop's Stortford

Harpenden

Hertford

North Mymms

Old Owens

Potters Bar

Radlett

Totteridge Millhillians

Welwyn Garden City

West Herts

Championship

Broxbourne

Dunstable

Flitwick

Hemel Hempstead Town

Hoddesdon Preston Redbourn Reed

St Albans

Shenley Village

Division One

Ampthill Town

Chorleywood

Hitchin

Langleybury

Letchworth Garden City

Leverstock Green

Luton Town & Indians

Old Elizabethans

Sawbridgeworth

St Margaretsbury

Division Two A

Abbots Langley

Berkhamsted

Harpenden II

Holtwhites Trinibis

Ickleford

Lutonian

Northwood

Radlett II

Stevenage

Watford Town

Division Two B

Eversholt

Flitwick II

Hertford II

Hoddesdon II

Kings Langley

Knebworth Park

Letchworth Garden City II

Old Finchleians

Potters Bar II

West Herts II

Division Three A

Allenburys & County Hall

Bishop's Stortford II

Bushey

Chipperfield Clarendon

Datchworth

Hemel Hempstead Town II

North Enfield

Potton Town

Rickmansworth

Totteridge Millhillians II

Division Three B

Chorleywood II

Cockfosters

London Colney

Northchurch

Northwood Town

Reed II

Sandridge

Tewin

Welwyn Garden City II

Wheathampstead

Divisional Structure 2023

Division Four A

Cheshunt Rosedale

Dunstable II

Hatfield & Crusaders

Hatfield Hyde

Hitchin II

Old Camdenians

Old Haberdashers

Southgate Adelaide

St Albans II

Watford Town II

Division Four B

Bayford & Hertford

Broxbourne II

Harpenden III

Holtwhites Trinibis II

Mill Hill Village

Northampton Exiles

Radlett III

Redbourn II

Shenley Village II

Stevenage II

Division Five A

Ampthill Town II

Bentley Heath

Clifton

Frogmore

Leverstock Green II

Luton Town & Indians II

North Mymms II

Old Owens II

Potten End

Preston II

Division Five B

Baldock

Berkhamsted II

Botany Bay

Boxmoor

Flamstead

Ickleford II

Langleybury II

Northwood II

Old Albanian

Sawbridgeworth II

Division Six A

Greenwood Park

Hemel Hempstead Town III

Hertford III

Knebworth Park II

Letchworth Garden City III

Lutonian II

Old Finchleians II

Rickmansworth II

Watton-at-Stone

Welwyn Garden City III

Division Six B

Abbots Langley II

Bovingdon

Cheshunt Rosedale II

Hatfield & Crusaders II

Hertingfordbury

Old Elizabethans II

Potters Bar III

Southgate Adelaide II

Stevenage III

Weston

Division Seven A

Bushey II

Flitwick III

Hatch End

Northwood Town II

Old Cholmeleians

Pinner

Radlett IV

St Margaretsbury II

Ware West Herts III

Division Seven B

Aldenham

Allenburys & County Hall II

Harpenden Dolphins

Luton Town & Indians III

Mill Hill Village II

Northampton Exiles II

Northchurch II

Old Minchendenians

Shenley Village III

Watford Town III

Division Eight A

Bentley Heath II

Chipperfield Clarendon II

Datchworth II

Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Hitchin III

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Old Cholmeleians II

Redbourn III

St Albans III

Wheathampstead II

Division Eight B

Bamville

Boxmoor II

Cockfosters II

Dunstable III

Harpenden IV

Kings Langley II

Old Albanians II

Preston III

Southgate Compton

Totteridge Millhillians III

Division Nine A

Baldock II

Broxbourne III

Great Gaddesden

Hatfield Hyde II

Hoddesdon III

Luton Town & Indians IV

Offley & Stopsley

Pinner II

Sandridge II

St Albans IV

Division Nine B

Flamstead II

Langleybury III

Leverstock Green III

London Colney II

Markyate & Luton Town

North Enfield II

Old Haberdashers II

Reed III

Stevenage IV

West Herts IV

Regional Division 10N

Datchworth III

Hertford IV

Hitchin IV

Ickleford III

Knebworth Park III

Preston IV

St Margaretsbury III

Stevenage V

Tewin II

Welwyn Garden City IV

Regional Division 10E

Botany Bay II

Broxbourne IV

Hatfield & Crusaders III

Hatfield Hyde III

Holtwhites Trinibis III

Mill Hill Village III

Old Camdenians II

Old Elizabethans III

Potters Bar IV

Southgate Compton II

Regional Division 10S

Abbots Langley III

Bushey III

Chorleywood III

Northwood III

Northwood Town III

Old Eastcotians

Letchmore

Rickmansworth III

Watford Town IV

West Herts V

Regional Division 10W

Berkhamsted III

Berkhamsted IV

Flitwick IV

Harpenden V

Kimpton

Old AlbaniansIII

Redbourn IV

Royal Herts

Shenley Village IV

Wheathampstead III

Regional Division 11N

Baldock III

Hitchin V

Knebworth Park IV

Letchworth Garden City IV

Letchworth Garden City V

Lutonian III

Potton Town II

Welwyn Garden City V

Wheathamstead IV

Regional Division 11E

Cheshunt Rosedale III

Edgeware

Holtwhites Trinibis IV

Mill Hill Village IV

Northampton Exiles III

Old Camdenians III

Old Minchendenians II

Old Minchendenians III

Southgate Adelaide III

Regional Division 11S

Abbots Langley IV*

Batchworth

Chorleywood IV

Hatch End II

Northwood IV

Northwood V

Northwood Town IV

Pinner III

Pinner IV

Regional Division 11W

Boxmoor III

Chipperfield Clarendon III

Potton End II

Hemel Hempstead Town V

Kings Langley III

Leverstock Green IV

Tring Park IV*

Watford Town V

West Herts VI

Regional Division 11C

Bayford & Hertford II

Bengeo

Harpenden VI

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

North Mymms III

Old Albanians IV*

Old Owens III

St Albans V*

St Margaretsbury IV

Ware II

06 May 2023

Bishop's Stortford v West Herts

Harpenden v Welwyn Garden City

Radlett v Totteridge Millhillians

North Mymms v Old Owens

Potters Bar v Hertford

13 May 2023

Welwyn Garden City v Bishop's Stortford

Totteridge Millhillians v Harpenden

Old Owens v Radlett

Hertford v North Mymms

West Herts v Potters Bar

20 May 2023

Harpenden v Old Owens

West Herts v Welwyn Garden City

Radlett v Hertford

Bishop's Stortford v Totteridge Millhillians

North Mymms v Potters Bar

27 May 2023

Old Owens v Bishop's Stortford

Hertford v Harpenden

Potters Bar v Radlett

Totteridge Millhillians v Welwyn Garden City

North Mymms v West Herts

03 June 2023

Radlett v North Mymms

Harpenden v Potters Bar

Bishop's Stortford v Hertford

Welwyn Garden City v Old Owens

West Herts v Totteridge Millhillians

10 June 2023

Old Owens v Totteridge Millhillians

Hertford v Welwyn Garden City

Potters Bar v Bishop's Stortford

Radlett v West Herts

North Mymms v Harpenden

Fixtures 2023

Premier Division

17 June 2023

Harpenden v Radlett

Bishop's Stortford v North Mymms

Welwyn Garden City v Potters Bar

Totteridge Millhillians v Hertford

West Herts v Old Owens

24 June 2023

Radlett v Bishop's Stortford

Hertford v Old Owens

Potters Bar v Totteridge Millhillians

North Mymms v Welwyn Garden City

Harpenden v West Herts

01 July 2023

Welwyn Garden City v Radlett

West Herts v Hertford

Totteridge Millhillians v North Mymms

Bishop's Stortford v Harpenden

Old Owens v Potters Bar

08 July 2023

West Herts v Bishop's Stortford

Welwyn Garden City v Harpenden

Totteridge Millhillians v Radlett

Old Owens v North Mymms

Hertford v Potters Bar

15 July 2023

Bishop's Stortford v Welwyn Garden City

Harpenden v Totteridge Millhillians

Radlett v Old Owens

North Mymms v Hertford

Potters Bar v West Herts

22 July 2023

Hertford v Radlett

Potters Bar v North Mymms

Totteridge Millhillians v Bishop's Stortford

Welwyn Garden City v West Herts

Old Owens v Harpenden

29 July 2023

Bishop's Stortford v Old Owens

Harpenden v Hertford

Radlett v Potters Bar

Welwyn Garden City v Totteridge Millhillians

West Herts v North Mymms

05 August 2023

North Mymms v Radlett

Potters Bar v Harpenden

Hertford v Bishop's Stortford

Old Owens v Welwyn Garden City

Totteridge Millhillians v West Herts

12 August 2023

Totteridge Millhillians v Old Owens

Welwyn Garden City v Hertford

Bishop's Stortford v Potters Bar

Harpenden v North Mymms

West Herts v Radlett

19 August 2023

Radlett v Harpenden

North Mymms v Bishop's Stortford

Potters Bar v Welwyn Garden City

Hertford v Totteridge Millhillians

Old Owens v West Herts

26 August 2023

Bishop's Stortford v Radlett

West Herts v Harpenden

Welwyn Garden City v North Mymms

Old Owens v Hertford

Totteridge Millhillians v Potters Bar

02 September 2023

Hertford v West Herts

Harpenden v Bishop's Stortford

Radlett v Welwyn Garden City

North Mymms v Totteridge Millhillians

Potters Bar v Old Owens

In the Premier and Championship Divisions, the first 5 and last 4 matches will be played as 50 over games and the other 9 as timed games of a minimum 115 overs.

Relegation play-off: The side finishing 9th in the Premier Division and the side finishing 2nd in the Championship will play a play-off under 50 over match rules. The match will be played on Saturday 9th September.

In Divisions One and below, all matches will be played as limited overs matches

Starting times vary, throughout the League. Most divisions will start the final matches (2 September) 30 minutes earlier than the rest of the season. Please check the website to confirm start times.

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Championship

06 May 2023

Reed v Hoddesdon

Flitwick v Redbourn

Shenley Village v St Albans

Hemel Hempstead Town v Dunstable

Broxbourne v Preston

13 May 2023

St Albans v Flitwick

Dunstable v Shenley Village

Redbourn v Reed

Hoddesdon v Broxbourne

Preston v Hemel Hempstead Town

20 May 2023

Broxbourne v Redbourn

Reed v St Albans

Flitwick v Dunstable

Shenley Village v Hemel Hempstead Town

Preston v Hoddesdon

27 May 2023

Hemel Hempstead Town v Flitwick

Redbourn v Hoddesdon

Dunstable v Reed

St Albans v Broxbourne

Shenley Village v Preston

03 June 2023

Flitwick v Shenley Village

Reed v Hemel Hempstead Town

Broxbourne v Dunstable

Hoddesdon v St Albans

Preston v Redbourn

10 June 2023

Shenley Village v Reed

Flitwick v Preston

St Albans v Redbourn

Hemel Hempstead Town v Broxbourne

Dunstable v Hoddesdon

06 May 2023

Old Elizabethans v Chorleywood

Luton Town & Indians v St Margaretsbury

Ampthill Town v Sawbridgeworth

Hitchin v Letchworth Garden City

Leverstock Green v Langleybury

13 May 2023

Sawbridgeworth v Luton Town & Indians

Chorleywood v Leverstock Green

St Margaretsbury v Old Elizabethans

Langleybury v Hitchin

Letchworth Garden City v Ampthill Town

20 May 2023

Old Elizabethans v Sawbridgeworth

Luton Town & Indians v Letchworth Garden City

Ampthill Town v Langleybury

Hitchin v Leverstock Green

Chorleywood v St Margaretsbury

27 May 2023

Langleybury v Luton Town & Indians

Hitchin v Chorleywood

Leverstock Green v Ampthill Town

Letchworth Garden City v Old Elizabethans

Sawbridgeworth v St Margaretsbury

03 June 2023

Ampthill Town v Hitchin

Luton Town & Indians v Leverstock Green

Old Elizabethans v Langleybury

St Margaretsbury v Letchworth Garden City

Chorleywood v Sawbridgeworth

10 June 2023

Hitchin v Luton Town & Indians

Ampthill Town v Chorleywood

Langleybury v St Margaretsbury

Leverstock Green v Old Elizabethans

Letchworth Garden City v Sawbridgeworth

17 June 2023

Reed v Flitwick

Broxbourne v Shenley Village

Hoddesdon v Hemel Hempstead Town

Redbourn v Dunstable

Preston v St Albans

24

June 2023

Hemel Hempstead Town v Redbourn

Shenley Village v Hoddesdon

Dunstable v St Albans

Flitwick v Broxbourne

Reed v Preston

01 July 2023

Broxbourne v Reed

Hoddesdon v Flitwick

Redbourn v Shenley Village

St Albans v Hemel Hempstead Town

Preston v Dunstable

08 July 2023

Hoddesdon v Reed

Dunstable v Hemel Hempstead Town

Redbourn v Flitwick

Preston v Broxbourne

St Albans v Shenley Village

15 July 2023

Broxbourne v Hoddesdon

Reed v Redbourn

Flitwick v St Albans

Shenley Village v Dunstable

Hemel Hempstead Town v Preston

22 July 2023

St Albans v Reed

Hoddesdon v Preston

Redbourn v Broxbourne

Hemel Hempstead Town v Shenley Village

Dunstable v Flitwick

Division One

17 June 2023

Luton Town & Indians v Ampthill Town

Old Elizabethans v Hitchin

St Margaretsbury v Leverstock Green

Sawbridgeworth v Langleybury

Chorleywood v Letchworth Garden City

24 June 2023

Langleybury v Letchworth Garden City

Luton Town & Indians v Chorleywood

Leverstock Green v Sawbridgeworth

Ampthill Town v Old Elizabethans

Hitchin v St Margaretsbury

01 July 2023

Old Elizabethans v Luton Town & Indians

St Margaretsbury v Ampthill Town

Sawbridgeworth v Hitchin

Letchworth Garden City v Leverstock Green

Chorleywood v Langleybury

08 July 2023

St Margaretsbury v Luton Town & Indians

Langleybury v Leverstock Green

Chorleywood v Old Elizabethans

Letchworth Garden City v Hitchin

Sawbridgeworth v Ampthill Town

15 July 2023

Old Elizabethans v St Margaretsbury

Luton Town & Indians v Sawbridgeworth

Ampthill Town v Letchworth Garden City

Hitchin v Langleybury

Leverstock Green v Chorleywood

22 July 2023

Letchworth Garden City v Luton Town & Indians

St Margaretsbury v Chorleywood

Langleybury v Ampthill Town

Sawbridgeworth v Old Elizabethans

Leverstock Green v Hitchin

29

July 2023

Broxbourne v St Albans

Reed v Dunstable

Flitwick v Hemel Hempstead Town

Hoddesdon v Redbourn

Preston v Shenley Village

05

August 2023

Hemel Hempstead Town v Reed

Redbourn v Preston

Dunstable v Broxbourne

Shenley Village v Flitwick

St Albans v Hoddesdon

12 August 2023

Broxbourne v Hemel Hempstead Town

Reed v Shenley Village

Redbourn v St Albans

Hoddesdon v Dunstable

Preston v Flitwick

19

August 2023

Hemel Hempstead Town v Hoddesdon

Dunstable v Redbourn

Shenley Village v Broxbourne

Flitwick v Reed

St Albans v Preston

26

August 2023

Broxbourne v Flitwick

St Albans v Dunstable

Redbourn v Hemel Hempstead Town

Hoddesdon v Shenley Village

Preston v Reed

02 September 2023

Flitwick v Hoddesdon

Dunstable v Preston

Shenley Village v Redbourn

Reed v Broxbourne

Hemel Hempstead Town v St Albans

29 July 2023

Old Elizabethans v Letchworth Garden City

Luton Town & Indians v Langleybury

Ampthill Town v Leverstock Green

St Margaretsbury v Sawbridgeworth

Chorleywood v Hitchin

05 August 2023

Langleybury v Old Elizabethans

Letchworth Garden City v St Margaretsbury

Leverstock Green v Luton Town & Indians

Hitchin v Ampthill Town

Sawbridgeworth v Chorleywood

12 August 2023

Old Elizabethans v Leverstock Green

Luton Town & Indians v Hitchin

Sawbridgeworth v Letchworth Garden City

St Margaretsbury v Langleybury

Chorleywood v Ampthill Town

19 August 2023

Hitchin v Old Elizabethans

Letchworth Garden City v Chorleywood

Leverstock Green v St Margaretsbury

Ampthill Town v Luton Town & Indians

Langleybury v Sawbridgeworth

26 August 2023

Old Elizabethans v Ampthill Town

Letchworth Garden City v Langleybury

Sawbridgeworth v Leverstock Green

St Margaretsbury v Hitchin

Chorleywood v Luton Town & Indians

02 September 2023

Ampthill Town v St Margaretsbury

Langleybury v Chorleywood

Luton Town & Indians v Old Elizabethans

Leverstock Green v Letchworth Garden City

Hitchin v Sawbridgeworth

Division Two A

06 May 2023

Ickleford v Stevenage

Holtwhites Trinibis v Watford Town

Northwood v Radlett II

Lutonian v Harpenden II

Berkhamsted v Abbots Langley

13 May 2023

Radlett II v Holtwhites Trinibis

Stevenage v Berkhamsted

Harpenden II v Northwood

Watford Town v Ickleford

Abbots Langley v Lutonian

20 May 2023

Ickleford v Radlett II

Holtwhites Trinibis v Harpenden II

Northwood v Abbots Langley

Lutonian v Berkhamsted

Stevenage v Watford Town

27 May 2023

Abbots Langley v Holtwhites Trinibis

Lutonian v Stevenage

Radlett II v Watford Town

Harpenden II v Ickleford

Berkhamsted v Northwood

03 June 2023

Northwood v Lutonian

Holtwhites Trinibis v Berkhamsted

Ickleford v Abbots Langley

Watford Town v Harpenden II

Stevenage v Radlett II

10 June 2023

Lutonian v Holtwhites Trinibis

Northwood v Stevenage

Harpenden II v Radlett II

Berkhamsted v Ickleford

Watford Town v Abbots Langley

06 May 2023

Hertford II v Potters Bar II

Letchworth Garden City II v Kings Langley

Eversholt v Flitwick II

Hoddesdon II v Old Finchleians

West Herts II v Knebworth Park

13 May 2023

Old Finchleians v Eversholt

Knebworth Park v Hoddesdon II

Kings Langley v Hertford II

Potters Bar II v West Herts II

Flitwick II v Letchworth Garden City II

20 May 2023

Hertford II v Flitwick II

Letchworth Garden City II v Old Finchleians

Eversholt v Knebworth Park

Hoddesdon II v West Herts II

Potters Bar II v Kings Langley

27 May 2023

Knebworth Park v Letchworth Garden City II

Hoddesdon II v Potters Bar II

West Herts II v Eversholt

Old Finchleians v Hertford II

Flitwick II v Kings Langley

03 June 2023

Eversholt v Hoddesdon II

Letchworth Garden City II v West Herts II

Hertford II v Knebworth Park

Kings Langley v Old Finchleians

Potters Bar II v Flitwick II

10 June 2023

Hoddesdon II v Letchworth Garden City II

Eversholt v Potters Bar II

West Herts II v Hertford II

Knebworth Park v Kings Langley

Old Finchleians v Flitwick II

17 June 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis v Northwood

Ickleford v Lutonian

Watford Town v Berkhamsted

Radlett II v Abbots Langley

Stevenage v Harpenden II

24 June 2023

Abbots Langley v Harpenden II

Holtwhites Trinibis v Stevenage

Northwood v Ickleford

Lutonian v Watford Town

Berkhamsted v Radlett II

01 July 2023

Ickleford v Holtwhites Trinibis

Watford Town v Northwood

Radlett II v Lutonian

Harpenden II v Berkhamsted

Stevenage v Abbots Langley

08 July 2023

Watford Town v Holtwhites Trinibis

Abbots Langley v Berkhamsted

Radlett II v Northwood

Stevenage v Ickleford

Harpenden II v Lutonian

15 July 2023

Ickleford v Watford Town

Holtwhites Trinibis v Radlett II

Northwood v Harpenden II

Lutonian v Abbots Langley

Berkhamsted v Stevenage

22 July 2023

Harpenden II v Holtwhites Trinibis

Watford Town v Stevenage

Berkhamsted v Lutonian

Radlett II v Ickleford

Abbots Langley v Northwood

Division Two B

17 June 2023

Letchworth Garden City II v Eversholt

Hertford II v Hoddesdon II

Kings Langley v West Herts II

Flitwick II v Knebworth Park

Potters Bar II v Old Finchleians

24 June 2023

Knebworth Park v Old Finchleians

Letchworth Garden City II v Potters Bar II

West Herts II v Flitwick II

Eversholt v Hertford II

Hoddesdon II v Kings Langley

01 July 2023

Hertford II v Letchworth Garden City II

Kings Langley v Eversholt

Flitwick II v Hoddesdon II

Old Finchleians v West Herts II

Potters Bar II v Knebworth Park

08 July 2023

Potters Bar II v Hertford II

Knebworth Park v West Herts II

Old Finchleians v Hoddesdon II

Kings Langley v Letchworth Garden City II

Flitwick II v Eversholt

15 July 2023

Hertford II v Kings Langley

Letchworth Garden City II v Flitwick II

Eversholt v Old Finchleians

Hoddesdon II v Knebworth Park

West Herts II v Potters Bar II

22 July 2023

Old Finchleians v Letchworth Garden City II

Kings Langley v Potters Bar II

Knebworth Park v Eversholt

Flitwick II v Hertford II

West Herts II v Hoddesdon II

29 July 2023

Ickleford v Harpenden II

Holtwhites Trinibis v Abbots Langley

Northwood v Berkhamsted

Watford Town v Radlett II

Stevenage v Lutonian

05 August 2023

Berkhamsted v Holtwhites Trinibis

Stevenage v Radlett II

Abbots Langley v Ickleford

Lutonian v Northwood

Harpenden II v Watford Town

12 August 2023

Ickleford v Berkhamsted

Holtwhites Trinibis v Lutonian

Radlett II v Harpenden II

Abbots Langley v Watford Town

Stevenage v Northwood

19 August 2023

Northwood v Holtwhites Trinibis

Harpenden II v Stevenage

Abbots Langley v Radlett II

Berkhamsted v Watford Town

Lutonian v Ickleford

26 August 2023

Ickleford v Northwood

Harpenden II v Abbots Langley

Radlett II v Berkhamsted

Watford Town v Lutonian

Stevenage v Holtwhites Trinibis

02 September 2023

Northwood v Watford Town

Abbots Langley v Stevenage

Lutonian v Radlett II

Holtwhites Trinibis v Ickleford

Berkhamsted v Harpenden II

29 July 2023

Hertford II v Old Finchleians

Letchworth Garden City II v Knebworth Park

Eversholt v West Herts II

Kings Langley v Flitwick II

Potters Bar II v Hoddesdon II

05 August 2023

West Herts II v Letchworth Garden City II

Flitwick II v Potters Bar II

Hoddesdon II v Eversholt

Old Finchleians v Kings Langley

Knebworth Park v Hertford II

12 August 2023

Hertford II v West Herts II

Letchworth Garden City II v Hoddesdon II

Flitwick II v Old Finchleians

Kings Langley v Knebworth Park

Potters Bar II v Eversholt

19 August 2023

Hoddesdon II v Hertford II

Old Finchleians v Potters Bar II

West Herts II v Kings Langley

Eversholt v Letchworth Garden City II

Knebworth Park v Flitwick II

26 August 2023

Hertford II v Eversholt

Old Finchleians v Knebworth Park

Flitwick II v West Herts II

Kings Langley v Hoddesdon II

Potters Bar II v Letchworth Garden City II

02 September 2023

Eversholt v Kings Langley

Knebworth Park v Potters Bar II

West Herts II v Old Finchleians

Letchworth Garden City II v Hertford II

Hoddesdon II v Flitwick II II

Division Three A

6 May 2023

Rickmansworth v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Datchworth v Potton Town

Totteridge Millhillians II v Allenburys & County Hall

Bushey v Chipperfield Clarendon

North Enfield v Bishop's Stortford II

13 May 2023

Allenburys & County Hall v Datchworth

Hemel Hempstead Town II v North Enfield

Chipperfield Clarendon v Totteridge Millhillians II

Potton Town v Rickmansworth

Bishop's Stortford II v Bushey

20 May 2023

Rickmansworth v Allenburys & County Hall

Datchworth v Chipperfield Clarendon

Totteridge Millhillians II v Bishop's Stortford II

Bushey v North Enfield

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Potton Town

27 May 2023

Bishop's Stortford II v Datchworth

Bushey v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Chipperfield Clarendon v Rickmansworth

Allenburys & County Hall v Potton Town

North Enfield v Totteridge Millhillians II

03 June 2023

Totteridge Millhillians II v Bushey

Datchworth v North Enfield

Rickmansworth v Bishop's Stortford II

Potton Town v Chipperfield Clarendon

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Allenburys & County Hall

10 June 2023

Bushey v Datchworth

Totteridge Millhillians II v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Chipperfield Clarendon v Allenburys & County Hall

North Enfield v Rickmansworth

Bishop's Stortford II v Potton Town

06 May 2023

Tewin v Wheathampstead

Cockfosters v London Colney

Northwood Town v Sandridge

Welwyn Garden City II v Reed II

Chorleywood II v Northchurch

13 May 2023

Sandridge v Cockfosters

Wheathampstead v Chorleywood II

London Colney v Tewin

Northchurch v Welwyn Garden City II

Reed II v Northwood Town

20 May 2023

Tewin v Sandridge

Cockfosters v Reed II

Northwood Town v Northchurch

Welwyn Garden City II v Chorleywood II

Wheathampstead v London Colney

27 May 2023

Northchurch v Cockfosters

Welwyn Garden City II v Wheathampstead

Chorleywood II v Northwood Town

Reed II v Tewin

Sandridge v London Colney

03 June 2023

Wheathampstead v Sandridge

Northwood Town v Welwyn Garden City II

Cockfosters v Chorleywood II

Tewin v Northchurch

London Colney v Reed II

10 June 2023

Northwood Town v Wheathampstead

Northchurch v London Colney

Chorleywood II v Tewin

Welwyn Garden City II v Cockfosters

Reed II v Sandridge

17 June 2023

Datchworth v Totteridge Millhillians II

Rickmansworth v Bushey

Potton Town v North Enfield

Allenburys & County Hall v Bishop's Stortford II

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Chipperfield Clarendon

24 June 2023

Bishop's Stortford II v Chipperfield Clarendon

Datchworth v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Bushey v Potton Town

Totteridge Millhillians II v Rickmansworth

North Enfield v Allenburys & County Hall

01 July 2023

Rickmansworth v Datchworth

Potton Town v Totteridge Millhillians II

Allenburys & County Hall v Bushey

Chipperfield Clarendon v North Enfield

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Bishop's Stortford II

08 July 2023

Potton Town v Datchworth

Bishop's Stortford II v North Enfield

Allenburys & County Hall v Totteridge Millhillians II

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Rickmansworth

Chipperfield Clarendon v Bushey

15 July 2023

Rickmansworth v Potton Town

Datchworth v Allenburys & County Hall

Totteridge Millhillians II v Chipperfield Clarendon

Bushey v Bishop's Stortford II

North Enfield v Hemel Hempstead Town II

22 July 2023

Chipperfield Clarendon v Datchworth

Potton Town v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Allenburys & County Hall v Rickmansworth

North Enfield v Bushey

Bishop's Stortford II v Totteridge Millhillians II

Division Three B

17 June 2023

Cockfosters v Northwood Town

Tewin v Welwyn Garden City II

London Colney v Chorleywood II

Sandridge v Northchurch

Wheathampstead v Reed II

24 June 2023

Northwood Town v Tewin

Northchurch v Reed II

Chorleywood II v Sandridge

Welwyn Garden City II v London Colney

Cockfosters v Wheathampstead

01 July 2023

Reed II v Chorleywood II

Wheathampstead v Northchurch

Tewin v Cockfosters

London Colney v Northwood Town

Sandridge v Welwyn Garden City II

08 July 2023

London Colney v Cockfosters

Sandridge v Northwood Town

Reed II v Welwyn Garden City II

Northchurch v Chorleywood II

Wheathampstead v Tewin

15 July 2023

Cockfosters v Sandridge

Chorleywood II v Wheathampstead

Northwood Town v Reed II

Tewin v London Colney

Welwyn Garden City II v Northchurch

22 July 2023

Sandridge v Tewin

Reed II v Cockfosters

Northchurch v Northwood Town

Chorleywood II v Welwyn Garden City II

London Colney v Wheathampstead

29 July 2023

Rickmansworth v Chipperfield Clarendon

Datchworth v Bishop's Stortford II

Totteridge Millhillians II v North Enfield

Potton Town v Allenburys & County Hall

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Bushey

05

August 2023

North Enfield v Datchworth

Allenburys & County Hall v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Bishop's Stortford II v Rickmansworth

Bushey v Totteridge Millhillians II

Chipperfield Clarendon v Potton Town

12 August 2023

Rickmansworth v North Enfield

Datchworth v Bushey

Allenburys & County Hall v Chipperfield Clarendon

Potton Town v Bishop's Stortford II

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Totteridge Millhillians II

19 August 2023

Bushey v Rickmansworth

Chipperfield Clarendon v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Totteridge Millhillians II v Datchworth

Bishop's Stortford II v Allenburys & County Hall

North Enfield v Potton Town

26 August 2023

Rickmansworth v Totteridge Millhillians II

Chipperfield Clarendon v Bishop's Stortford II

Allenburys & County Hall v North Enfield

Potton Town v Bushey

Hemel Hempstead Town II v Datchworth

02 September 2023

Totteridge Millhillians II v Potton Town

Bishop's Stortford II v Hemel Hempstead Town II

Bushey v Allenburys & County Hall

Datchworth v Rickmansworth

North Enfield v Chipperfield Clarendon

29 July 2023

Wheathampstead v Welwyn Garden City II

London Colney v Sandridge

Cockfosters v Northchurch

Tewin v Reed II

Northwood Town v Chorleywood II

05 August 2023

Welwyn Garden City II v Northwood Town

Chorleywood II v Cockfosters

Northchurch v Tewin

Reed II v London Colney

Sandridge v Wheathampstead

12 August 2023

Cockfosters v Welwyn Garden City II

Wheathampstead v Northwood Town

Sandridge v Reed II

Tewin v Chorleywood II

London Colney v Northchurch

19 August 2023

Northwood Town v Cockfosters

Welwyn Garden City II v Tewin

Chorleywood II v London Colney

Northchurch v Sandridge

Reed II v Wheathampstead

26 August 2023

Reed II v Northchurch

Wheathampstead v Cockfosters

Tewin v Northwood Town

London Colney v Welwyn Garden City II

Sandridge v Chorleywood II

02 September 2023

Cockfosters v Tewin

Northwood Town v London Colney

Welwyn Garden City II v Sandridge

Chorleywood II v Reed II

Northchurch v Wheathampstead

Division Four A

06 May 2023

St Albans II v Hitchin II

Southgate Adelaide v Hatfield Hyde

Old Haberdashers v Cheshunt Rosedale

Dunstable II v Hatfield & Crusaders

Watford Town II v Old Camdenians

13 May 2023

Hitchin II v Dunstable II

Cheshunt Rosedale v St Albans II

Old Camdenians v Old Haberdashers

Hatfield Hyde v Watford Town II

Hatfield & Crusaders v Southgate Adelaide

20 May 2023

Watford Town II v Southgate Adelaide

Hatfield & Crusaders v Hitchin II

St Albans II v Old Camdenians

Dunstable II v Cheshunt Rosedale

Old Haberdashers v Hatfield Hyde

27 May 2023

Old Camdenians v Dunstable II

Hatfield Hyde v St Albans II

Southgate Adelaide v Old Haberdashers

Cheshunt Rosedale v Hitchin II

Watford Town II v Hatfield & Crusaders

03 June 2023

St Albans II v Southgate Adelaide

Hatfield & Crusaders v Cheshunt Rosedale

Dunstable II v Hatfield Hyde

Old Haberdashers v Watford Town II

Hitchin II v Old Camdenians

10 June 2023

Southgate Adelaide v Dunstable II

Watford Town II v St Albans II

Old Camdenians v Cheshunt Rosedale

Hatfield Hyde v Hitchin II

Old Haberdashers v Hatfield & Crusaders

06 May 2023

Stevenage II v Broxbourne II

Northampton Exiles v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Harpenden III v Mill Hill Village

Redbourn II v Radlett III

Bayford & Hertford v Shenley Village II

13 May 2023

Shenley Village II v Harpenden III

Radlett III v Bayford & Hertford

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Redbourn II

Broxbourne II v Northampton Exiles

Mill Hill Village v Stevenage II

20 May 2023

Bayford & Hertford v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Mill Hill Village v Shenley Village II

Redbourn II v Broxbourne II

Harpenden III v Radlett III

Northampton Exiles v Stevenage II

27 May 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Harpenden III

Broxbourne II v Bayford & Hertford

Stevenage II v Redbourn II

Radlett III v Shenley Village II

Northampton Exiles v Mill Hill Village

03 June 2023

Bayford & Hertford v Stevenage II

Mill Hill Village v Radlett III

Redbourn II v Northampton Exiles

Shenley Village II v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Harpenden III v Broxbourne II

10 June 2023

Stevenage II v Harpenden III

Northampton Exiles v Bayford & Hertford

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Radlett III

Broxbourne II v Shenley Village II

Redbourn II v Mill Hill Village

17 June 2023

Dunstable II v Watford Town II

Hatfield & Crusaders v Old Camdenians

St Albans II v Old Haberdashers

Cheshunt Rosedale v Hatfield Hyde

Hitchin II v Southgate Adelaide

24 June 2023

Old Haberdashers v Dunstable II

Hatfield Hyde v Old Camdenians

Southgate Adelaide v Cheshunt Rosedale

Watford Town II v Hitchin II

St Albans II v Hatfield & Crusaders

01 July 2023

Hitchin II v Old Haberdashers

Hatfield & Crusaders v Hatfield Hyde

Cheshunt Rosedale v Watford Town II

Dunstable II v St Albans II

Old Camdenians v Southgate Adelaide

08 July 2023

Hatfield & Crusaders v Dunstable II

Hitchin II v St Albans II

Cheshunt Rosedale v Old Haberdashers

Old Camdenians v Watford Town II

Hatfield Hyde v Southgate Adelaide

15 July 2023

St Albans II v Cheshunt Rosedale

Southgate Adelaide v Hatfield & Crusaders

Dunstable II v Hitchin II

Watford Town II v Hatfield Hyde

Old Haberdashers v Old Camdenians

22 July 2023

Cheshunt Rosedale v Dunstable II

Old Camdenians v St Albans II

Hatfield Hyde v Old Haberdashers

Southgate Adelaide v Watford Town II

Hitchin II v Hatfield & Crusaders

Division Four B

17 June 2023

Harpenden III v Northampton Exiles

Mill Hill Village v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Shenley Village II v Stevenage II

Bayford & Hertford v Redbourn II

Radlett III v Broxbourne II

24 June 2023

Redbourn II v Harpenden III

Broxbourne II v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Stevenage II v Radlett III

Northampton Exiles v Shenley Village II

Bayford & Hertford v Mill Hill Village

01 July 2023

Shenley Village II v Redbourn II

Mill Hill Village v Broxbourne II

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Stevenage II

Harpenden III v Bayford & Hertford

Radlett III v Northampton Exiles

08 July 2023

Mill Hill Village v Harpenden III

Shenley Village II v Bayford & Hertford

Radlett III v Redbourn II

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Northampton Exiles

Broxbourne II v Stevenage II

15 July 2023

Bayford & Hertford v Radlett III

Stevenage II v Mill Hill Village

Redbourn II v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Harpenden III v Shenley Village II

Northampton Exiles v Broxbourne II

22 July 2023

Radlett III v Harpenden III

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Bayford & Hertford

Broxbourne II v Redbourn II

Stevenage II v Northampton Exiles

Shenley Village II v Mill Hill Village

29 July 2023

St Albans II v Hatfield Hyde

Hatfield & Crusaders v Watford Town II

Old Haberdashers v Southgate Adelaide

Dunstable II v Old Camdenians

Hitchin II v Cheshunt Rosedale

05 August 2023

Watford Town II v Old Haberdashers

Southgate Adelaide v St Albans II

Hatfield Hyde v Dunstable II

Old Camdenians v Hitchin II

Cheshunt Rosedale v Hatfield & Crusaders

12 August 2023

St Albans II v Watford Town II

Hatfield & Crusaders v Old Haberdashers

Dunstable II v Southgate Adelaide

Hitchin II v Hatfield Hyde

Cheshunt Rosedale v Old Camdenians

19 August 2023

Old Haberdashers v St Albans II

Watford Town II v Dunstable II

Southgate Adelaide v Hitchin II

Hatfield Hyde v Cheshunt Rosedale

Old Camdenians v Hatfield & Crusaders

26 August 2023

Old Camdenians v Hatfield Hyde

Hatfield & Crusaders v St Albans II

Cheshunt Rosedale v Southgate Adelaide

Dunstable II v Old Haberdashers

Hitchin II v Watford Town II

02 September 2023

Hatfield Hyde v Hatfield & Crusaders

St Albans II v Dunstable II

Old Haberdashers v Hitchin II

Watford Town II v Cheshunt Rosedale

Southgate Adelaide v Old Camdenians

29 July 2023

Bayford & Hertford v Broxbourne II

Mill Hill Village v Northampton Exiles

Harpenden III v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Shenley Village II v Radlett III

Redbourn II v Stevenage II

05 August 2023

Northampton Exiles v Redbourn II

Stevenage II v Bayford & Hertford

Broxbourne II v Harpenden III

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Shenley Village II

Mill Hill Village v Radlett III

12 August 2023

Bayford & Hertford v Northampton Exiles

Mill Hill Village v Redbourn II

Radlett III v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Harpenden III v Stevenage II

Shenley Village II v Broxbourne II

19 August 2023

Redbourn II v Bayford & Hertford

Northampton Exiles v Harpenden III

Stevenage II v Shenley Village II

Broxbourne II v Radlett III

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Mill Hill Village

26 August 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis II v Broxbourne II

Mill Hill Village v Bayford & Hertford

Shenley Village II v Northampton Exiles

Harpenden III v Redbourn II

Radlett III v Stevenage II

02 September 2023

Bayford & Hertford v Harpenden III

Redbourn II v Shenley Village II

Northampton Exiles v Radlett III

Stevenage II v Holtwhites Trinibis II

Broxbourne II v Mill Hill VillageI

Division Five A

06 May 2023

Old Owens II v North Mymms II

Preston II v Potten End

Frogmore v Ampthill Town II

Bentley Heath v Leverstock Green II

Clifton v Luton Town & Indians II

13 May 2023

North Mymms II v Bentley Heath

Ampthill Town II v Old Owens II

Luton Town & Indians II v Frogmore

Potten End v Clifton

Leverstock Green II v Preston II

20 May 2023

Old Owens II v Luton Town & Indians II

Leverstock Green II v North Mymms II

Bentley Heath v Ampthill Town II

Clifton v Preston II

Frogmore v Potten End

27 May 2023

Luton Town & Indians II v Bentley Heath

Potten End v Old Owens II

Preston II v Frogmore

Ampthill Town II v North Mymms II

Clifton v Leverstock Green II

03 June 2023

Old Owens II v Preston II

Leverstock Green II v Ampthill Town II

Bentley Heath v Potten End

Frogmore v Clifton

North Mymms II v Luton Town & Indians II

10 June 2023

Preston II v Bentley Heath

Clifton v Old Owens II

Luton Town & Indians II v Ampthill Town II

Potten End v North Mymms II

Frogmore v Leverstock Green II

06 May 2023

Botany Bay v Baldock

Boxmoor v Ickleford II

Langleybury II v Berkhamsted II

Flamstead v Old Albanian

Sawbridgeworth II v Northwood II

13 May 2023

Baldock v Langleybury II

Northwood II v Botany Bay

Old Albanians v Sawbridgeworth II

Ickleford II v Flamstead

Berkhamsted II v Boxmoor

20 May 2023

Botany Bay v Old Albanian

Berkhamsted II v Baldock

Sawbridgeworth II v Ickleford II

Langleybury II v Northwood II

Flamstead v Boxmoor

27 May 2023

Old Albanians v Langleybury II

Ickleford II v Botany Bay

Boxmoor v Sawbridgeworth II

Northwood II v Baldock

Flamstead v Berkhamsted II

03 June 2023

Botany Bay v Boxmoor

Berkhamsted II v Northwood II

Baldock v Old Albanian

Sawbridgeworth II v Flamstead

Langleybury II v Ickleford II

10 June 2023

Boxmoor v Langleybury II

Flamstead v Botany Bay

Old Albanians v Northwood II

Ickleford II v Baldock

Sawbridgeworth II v Berkhamsted II

17 June 2023

Bentley Heath v Clifton

Leverstock Green II v Luton Town & Indians II

Old Owens II v Frogmore

Ampthill Town II v Potten End

North Mymms II v Preston II

24 June 2023

Frogmore v Bentley Heath

Potten End v Luton Town & Indians II

Preston II v Ampthill Town II

Clifton v North Mymms II

Old Owens II v Leverstock Green II

01 July 2023

North Mymms II v Frogmore

Leverstock Green II v Potten End

Ampthill Town II v Clifton

Bentley Heath v Old Owens II

Luton Town & Indians II v Preston II

08 July 2023

Leverstock Green II v Bentley Heath

North Mymms II v Old Owens II

Ampthill Town II v Frogmore

Luton Town & Indians II v Clifton

Potten End v Preston II

15 July 2023

Old Owens II v Ampthill Town II

Preston II v Leverstock Green II

Bentley Heath v North Mymms II

Clifton v Potten End

Frogmore v Luton Town & Indians II

22 July 2023

Ampthill Town II v Bentley Heath

Luton Town & Indians II v Old Owens II

Potten End v Frogmore

Preston II v Clifton

North Mymms II v Leverstock Green II

Division Five B

17 June 2023

Langleybury II v Flamstead

Berkhamsted II v Old Albanian

Baldock v Boxmoor

Botany Bay v Sawbridgeworth II

Northwood II v Ickleford II

24 June 2023

Sawbridgeworth II v Langleybury II

Ickleford II v Old Albanian

Boxmoor v Northwood II

Flamstead v Baldock

Botany Bay v Berkhamsted II

01 July 2023

Baldock v Sawbridgeworth II

Berkhamsted II v Ickleford II

Langleybury II v Botany Bay

Old Albanians v Boxmoor

Northwood II v Flamstead

08 July 2023

Berkhamsted II v Langleybury II

Baldock v Botany Bay

Northwood II v Sawbridgeworth II

Old Albanians v Flamstead

Ickleford II v Boxmoor

15 July 2023

Botany Bay v Northwood II

Boxmoor v Berkhamsted II

Sawbridgeworth II v Old Albanian

Langleybury II v Baldock

Flamstead v Ickleford II

22 July 2023

Baldock v Berkhamsted II

Northwood II v Langleybury II

Old Albanians v Botany Bay

Ickleford II v Sawbridgeworth II

Boxmoor v Flamstead

29 July 2023

Old Owens II v Potten End

Leverstock Green II v Clifton

Frogmore v Preston II

Bentley Heath v Luton Town & Indians II

North Mymms II v Ampthill Town II

05 August 2023

Ampthill Town II v Leverstock Green II

Clifton v Frogmore

Preston II v Old Owens II

Potten End v Bentley Heath

Luton Town & Indians II v North Mymms II

12 August 2023

Leverstock Green II v Frogmore

North Mymms II v Potten End

Bentley Heath v Preston II

Ampthill Town II v Luton Town & Indians II

Old Owens II v Clifton

19 August 2023

Frogmore v Old Owens II

Clifton v Bentley Heath

Preston II v North Mymms II

Potten End v Ampthill Town II

Luton Town & Indians II v Leverstock Green II

26 August 2023

Luton Town & Indians II v Potten End

Leverstock Green II v Old Owens II

Ampthill Town II v Preston II

Bentley Heath v Frogmore

North Mymms II v Clifton

02 September 2023

Old Owens II v Bentley Heath

Frogmore v North Mymms II

Clifton v Ampthill Town II

Preston II v Luton Town & Indians II

Potten End v Leverstock Green II

29 July 2023

Berkhamsted II v Flamstead

Baldock v Northwood II

Langleybury II v Old Albanian

Sawbridgeworth II v Boxmoor

Botany Bay v Ickleford II

05 August 2023

Flamstead v Sawbridgeworth II

Boxmoor v Botany Bay

Ickleford II v Langleybury II

Old Albanians v Baldock

Northwood II v Berkhamsted II

12 August 2023

Botany Bay v Flamstead

Berkhamsted II v Sawbridgeworth II

Northwood II v Old Albanian

Langleybury II v Boxmoor

Baldock v Ickleford II

19 August 2023

Sawbridgeworth II v Botany Bay

Flamstead v Langleybury II

Boxmoor v Baldock

Ickleford II v Northwood II

Old Albanians v Berkhamsted II

26 August 2023

Old Albanians v Ickleford II

Berkhamsted II v Botany Bay

Langleybury II v Sawbridgeworth II

Baldock v Flamstead

Northwood II v Boxmoor

02 September 2023

Botany Bay v Langleybury II

Sawbridgeworth II v Baldock

Flamstead v Northwood II

Boxmoor v Old Albanian

Ickleford II v Berkhamsted II

Division Six A

06 May 2023

Old Finchleians II v Lutonian II

Welwyn Garden City III v Rickmansworth II

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Letchworth Garden City III

Knebworth Park II v Greenwood Park

Hertford III v Watton-at-Stone

13 May 2023

Greenwood Park v Welwyn Garden City III

Lutonian II v Knebworth Park II

Letchworth Garden City III v Old Finchleians II

Watton-at-Stone v Hemel Hempstead Town III

Rickmansworth II v Hertford III

20 May 2023

Greenwood Park v Lutonian II

Hertford III v Welwyn Garden City III

Knebworth Park II v Letchworth Garden City III

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Rickmansworth II

Old Finchleians II v Watton-at-Stone

27 May 2023

Watton-at-Stone v Knebworth Park II

Rickmansworth II v Old Finchleians II

Welwyn Garden City III v Hemel Hempstead Town III

Letchworth Garden City III v Lutonian II

Hertford III v Greenwood Park

03 June 2023

Old Finchleians II v Welwyn Garden City III

Greenwood Park v Letchworth Garden City III

Knebworth Park II v Rickmansworth II

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Hertford III

Lutonian II v Watton-at-Stone

10 June 2023

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Greenwood Park

Welwyn Garden City III v Knebworth Park II

Hertford III v Old Finchleians II

Watton-at-Stone v Letchworth Garden City III

Rickmansworth II v Lutonian II

06 May 2023

Abbots Langley II v Southgate Adelaide II

Stevenage III v Potters Bar III

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Bovingdon

Weston v Hertingfordbury

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Old Elizabethans II

13 May 2023

Bovingdon v Stevenage III

Southgate Adelaide II v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Hertingfordbury v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Potters Bar III v Abbots Langley II

Old Elizabethans II v Weston

20 May 2023

Abbots Langley II v Bovingdon

Stevenage III v Hertingfordbury

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Old Elizabethans II

Weston v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Southgate Adelaide II v Potters Bar III

27 May 2023

Old Elizabethans II v Stevenage III

Weston v Southgate Adelaide II

Hertingfordbury v Abbots Langley II

Bovingdon v Potters Bar III

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Cheshunt Rosedale II

03 June 2023

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Weston

Stevenage III v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Abbots Langley II v Old Elizabethans II

Potters Bar III v Hertingfordbury

Southgate Adelaide II v Bovingdon

10 June 2023

Weston v Stevenage III

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Southgate Adelaide II

Hertingfordbury v Bovingdon

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Abbots Langley II

Old Elizabethans II v Potters Bar III

17 June 2023

Greenwood Park v Watton-at-Stone

Letchworth Garden City III v Rickmansworth II

Old Finchleians II v Hemel Hempstead Town III

Lutonian II v Welwyn Garden City III

Knebworth Park II v Hertford III

24 June 2023

Old Finchleians II v Greenwood Park

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Knebworth Park II

Watton-at-Stone v Rickmansworth II

Welwyn Garden City III v Letchworth Garden City III

Hertford III v Lutonian II

01 July 2023

Greenwood Park v Rickmansworth II

Watton-at-Stone v Welwyn Garden City III

Letchworth Garden City III v Hertford III

Knebworth Park II v Old Finchleians II

Lutonian II v Hemel Hempstead Town III

08 July 2023

Greenwood Park v Knebworth Park II

Rickmansworth II v Welwyn Garden City III

Watton-at-Stone v Hertford III

Letchworth Garden City III v Hemel Hempstead Town III

Lutonian II v Old Finchleians II

15 July 2023

Knebworth Park II v Lutonian II

Old Finchleians II v Letchworth Garden City III

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Watton-at-Stone

Hertford III v Rickmansworth II

Welwyn Garden City III v Greenwood Park

22 July 2023

Watton-at-Stone v Old Finchleians II

Lutonian II v Greenwood Park

Rickmansworth II v Hemel Hempstead Town III

Letchworth Garden City III v Knebworth Park II

Welwyn Garden City III v Hertford III

Division Six B

17 June 2023

Southgate Adelaide II v Hertingfordbury

Stevenage III v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Weston v Abbots Langley II

Potters Bar III v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Bovingdon v Old Elizabethans II

24 June 2023

Stevenage III v Southgate Adelaide II

Weston v Potters Bar III

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Abbots Langley II

Hertingfordbury v Old Elizabethans II

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Bovingdon

01 July 2023

Abbots Langley II v Stevenage III

Potters Bar III v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Bovingdon v Weston

Hertingfordbury v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Southgate Adelaide II v Old Elizabethans II

08 July 2023

Southgate Adelaide II v Abbots Langley II

Potters Bar III v Stevenage III

Bovingdon v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Hertingfordbury v Weston

Old Elizabethans II v Hatfield & Crusaders II

15 July 2023

Weston v Old Elizabethans II

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Southgate Adelaide II

Stevenage III v Bovingdon

Abbots Langley II v Potters Bar III

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Hertingfordbury

22 July 2023

Hertingfordbury v Stevenage III

Old Elizabethans II v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Weston

Potters Bar III v Southgate Adelaide II

Bovingdon v Abbots Langley II

29 July 2023

Knebworth Park II v Watton-at-Stone

Old Finchleians II v Rickmansworth II

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Welwyn Garden City III

Lutonian II v Letchworth Garden City III

Greenwood Park v Hertford III

05 August 2023

Welwyn Garden City III v Old Finchleians II

Letchworth Garden City III v Greenwood Park

Hertford III v Hemel Hempstead Town III

Watton-at-Stone v Lutonian II

Rickmansworth II v Knebworth Park II

12 August 2023

Knebworth Park II v Welwyn Garden City III

Old Finchleians II v Hertford III

Letchworth Garden City III v Watton-at-Stone

Lutonian II v Rickmansworth II

Greenwood Park v Hemel Hempstead Town III

19 August 2023

Hertford III v Knebworth Park II

Watton-at-Stone v Greenwood Park

Welwyn Garden City III v Lutonian II

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Old Finchleians II

Rickmansworth II v Letchworth Garden City III

26 August 2023

Knebworth Park II v Hemel Hempstead Town III

Watton-at-Stone v Rickmansworth II

Letchworth Garden City III v Welwyn Garden City III

Lutonian II v Hertford III

Greenwood Park v Old Finchleians II

02 September 2023

Hemel Hempstead Town III v Lutonian II

Rickmansworth II v Greenwood Park

Welwyn Garden City III v Watton-at-Stone

Old Finchleians II v Knebworth Park II

Hertford III v Letchworth Garden City III

29 July 2023

Stevenage III v Old Elizabethans II

Southgate Adelaide II v Weston

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Abbots Langley II v Hertingfordbury

Potters Bar III v Bovingdon

05 August 2023

Weston v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Stevenage III

Old Elizabethans II v Abbots Langley II

Hertingfordbury v Potters Bar III

Bovingdon v Southgate Adelaide II

12 August 2023

Potters Bar III v Old Elizabethans II

Southgate Adelaide II v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Stevenage III v Weston

Abbots Langley II v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Bovingdon v Hertingfordbury

19 August 2023

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Stevenage III

Weston v Abbots Langley II

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Potters Bar III

Old Elizabethans II v Bovingdon

Hertingfordbury v Southgate Adelaide II

26 August 2023

Hertingfordbury v Old Elizabethans II

Southgate Adelaide II v Stevenage III

Bovingdon v Hatfield & Crusaders II

Abbots Langley II v Cheshunt Rosedale II

Potters Bar III v Weston

02 September 2023

Stevenage III v Abbots Langley II

Cheshunt Rosedale II v Potters Bar III

Weston v Bovingdon

Hatfield & Crusaders II v Hertingfordbury

Old Elizabethans II v Southgate Adelaide I

Division Seven A

06 May 2023

Pinner v Bushey II

Flitwick III v Old Cholmeleians

Ware v West Herts III

St Margaretsbury II v Hatch End

Radlett IV v Northwood Town II

13 May 2023

Bushey II v Ware

Northwood Town II v Pinner

Hatch End v Radlett IV

Old Cholmeleians v St Margaretsbury II

West Herts III v Flitwick III

20 May 2023

Pinner v Hatch End

West Herts III v Bushey II

Radlett IV v Old Cholmeleians

Ware v Northwood Town II

St Margaretsbury II v Flitwick III

27 May 2023

Hatch End v Ware

Old Cholmeleians v Pinner

Flitwick III v Radlett IV

Northwood Town II v Bushey II

St Margaretsbury II v West Herts III

03 June 2023

Bushey II v Hatch End

West Herts III v Northwood Town II

Pinner v Flitwick III

Radlett IV v St Margaretsbury II

Ware v Old Cholmeleians

10 June 2023

St Margaretsbury II v Pinner

Hatch End v Northwood Town II

Old Cholmeleians v Bushey II

Radlett IV v West Herts III

Flitwick III v Ware

06 May 2023

Watford Town III v Northampton Exiles II

Mill Hill Village II v Aldenham

Allenburys & County Hall II v Shenley Village III

Northchurch II v Harpenden Dolphins

Old Minchendenians v Luton Town & Indians III

13 May 2023

Northampton Exiles II v Northchurch II

Shenley Village III v Watford Town III

Luton Town & Indians III v Allenburys & County Hall II

Aldenham v Old Minchendenians

Harpenden Dolphins v Mill Hill Village II

20 May 2023

Northchurch II v Shenley Village III

Harpenden Dolphins v Northampton Exiles II

Old Minchendenians v Mill Hill Village II

Watford Town III v Luton Town & Indians III

Allenburys & County Hall II v Aldenham

27 May 2023

Luton Town & Indians III v Northchurch II

Aldenham v Watford Town III

Mill Hill Village II v Allenburys & County Hall II

Shenley Village III v Northampton Exiles II

Old Minchendenians v Harpenden Dolphins

03 June 2023

Watford Town III v Mill Hill Village II

Harpenden Dolphins v Shenley Village III

Northchurch II v Aldenham

Allenburys & County Hall II v Old Minchendenians

Northampton Exiles II v Luton Town & Indians III

10 June 2023

Mill Hill Village II v Northchurch II

Old Minchendenians v Watford Town III

Luton Town & Indians III v Shenley Village III

Aldenham v Northampton Exiles II

Allenburys & County Hall II v Harpenden Dolphins

17 June 2023

Ware v St Margaretsbury II

West Herts III v Hatch End

Bushey II v Flitwick III

Pinner v Radlett IV

Northwood Town II v Old Cholmeleians

24 June 2023

Radlett IV v Ware

Old Cholmeleians v Hatch End

Flitwick III v Northwood Town II

St Margaretsbury II v Bushey II

Pinner v West Herts III

01 July 2023

Bushey II v Radlett IV

West Herts III v Old Cholmeleians

Ware v Pinner

Hatch End v Flitwick III

Northwood Town II v St Margaretsbury II

08 July 2023

West Herts III v Ware

Bushey II v Pinner

Northwood Town II v Radlett IV

Hatch End v St Margaretsbury II

Old Cholmeleians v Flitwick III

15 July 2023

Pinner v Northwood Town II

Flitwick III v West Herts III

Radlett IV v Hatch End

Ware v Bushey II

St Margaretsbury II v Old Cholmeleians

22 July 2023

Northwood Town II v Ware

Hatch End v Pinner

Old Cholmeleians v Radlett IV

Flitwick III v St Margaretsbury II

Bushey II v West Herts III

Division Seven B

17 June 2023

Shenley Village III v Aldenham

Northampton Exiles II v Mill Hill Village II

Northchurch II v Old Minchendenians

Watford Town III v Allenburys & County Hall II

Harpenden Dolphins v Luton Town & Indians III

24 June 2023

Allenburys & County Hall II v Northchurch II

Aldenham v Luton Town & Indians III

Mill Hill Village II v Shenley Village III

Old Minchendenians v Northampton Exiles II

Watford Town III v Harpenden Dolphins

01 July 2023

Northampton Exiles II v Allenburys & County Hall II

Harpenden Dolphins v Aldenham

Shenley Village III v Old Minchendenians

Northchurch II v Watford Town III

Luton Town & Indians III v Mill Hill Village II

08 July 2023

Harpenden Dolphins v Northchurch II

Northampton Exiles II v Watford Town III

Shenley Village III v Allenburys & County Hall II

Luton Town & Indians III v Old Minchendenians

Aldenham v Mill Hill Village II

15 July 2023

Northchurch II v Northampton Exiles II

Mill Hill Village II v Harpenden Dolphins

Old Minchendenians v Aldenham

Watford Town III v Shenley Village III

Allenburys & County Hall II v Luton Town & Indians III

22 July 2023

Shenley Village III v Northchurch II

Luton Town & Indians III v Watford Town III

Aldenham v Allenburys & County Hall II

Mill Hill Village II v Old Minchendenians

Northampton Exiles II v Harpenden Dolphins

29 July 2023

Pinner v Old Cholmeleians

West Herts III v St Margaretsbury II

Bushey II v Northwood Town II

Ware v Hatch End

Radlett IV v Flitwick III

05 August 2023

St Margaretsbury II v Radlett IV

Flitwick III v Pinner

Old Cholmeleians v Ware

Hatch End v Bushey II

Northwood Town II v West Herts III

12 August 2023

Pinner v St Margaretsbury II

West Herts III v Radlett IV

Northwood Town II v Hatch End

Ware v Flitwick III

Bushey II v Old Cholmeleians

19 August 2023

Radlett IV v Pinner

St Margaretsbury II v Ware

Flitwick III v Bushey II

Old Cholmeleians v Northwood Town II

Hatch End v West Herts III

26 August 2023

Hatch End v Old Cholmeleians

West Herts III v Pinner

Ware v Radlett IV

Bushey II v St Margaretsbury II

Northwood Town II v Flitwick III

02 September 2023

Pinner v Ware

Radlett IV v Bushey II

St Margaretsbury II v Northwood Town II

Flitwick III v Hatch End

Old Cholmeleians v West Herts III

29 July 2023

Allenburys & County Hall II v Mill Hill Village II

Northampton Exiles II v Shenley Village III

Watford Town III v Aldenham

Northchurch II v Luton Town & Indians III

Harpenden Dolphins v Old Minchendenians

05 August 2023

Old Minchendenians v Allenburys & County Hall II

Mill Hill Village II v Watford Town III

Aldenham v Northchurch II

Luton Town & Indians III v Northampton Exiles II

Shenley Village III v Harpenden Dolphins

12 August 2023

Northchurch II v Mill Hill Village II

Harpenden Dolphins v Allenburys & County Hall II

Northampton Exiles II v Aldenham

Watford Town III v Old Minchendenians

Shenley Village III v Luton Town & Indians III

19 August 2023

Allenburys & County Hall II v Watford Town III

Old Minchendenians v Northchurch II

Mill Hill Village II v Northampton Exiles II

Aldenham v Shenley Village III

Luton Town & Indians III v Harpenden Dolphins

26 August 2023

Northchurch II v Allenburys & County Hall II

Harpenden Dolphins v Watford Town III

Northampton Exiles II v Old Minchendenians

Luton Town & Indians III v Aldenham

Shenley Village III v Mill Hill Village II

02 September 2023

Aldenham v Harpenden Dolphins

Watford Town III v Northchurch II

Allenburys & County Hall II v Northampton Exiles II

Old Minchendenians v Shenley Village III

Mill Hill Village II v Luton Town & Indians III

Division Eight A

06 May 2023

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Hitchin III

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Redbourn III v Datchworth II

Wheathampstead II v Bentley Heath II

Old Cholmeleians II v St Albans III

13 May 2023

Datchworth II v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Bentley Heath II v Redbourn III

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Hitchin III v Old Cholmeleians II

St Albans III v Wheathampstead II

20 May 2023

Old Cholmeleians II v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Datchworth II

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Bentley Heath II

Redbourn III v Wheathampstead II

St Albans III v Hitchin III

27 May 2023

Wheathampstead II v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Hitchin III

Bentley Heath II v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Datchworth II v Old Cholmeleians II

Redbourn III v St Albans III

03 June 2023

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Redbourn III

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Wheathampstead II

Old Cholmeleians II v Bentley Heath II

Hitchin III v Datchworth II

St Albans III v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

10 June 2023

Redbourn III v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v St Albans III

Datchworth II v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Wheathampstead II v Old Cholmeleians II

Bentley Heath II v Hitchin III

06 May 2023

Southgate Compton v Boxmoor II

Totteridge Millhillians III v Old Albanians II

Dunstable III v Preston III

Kings Langley II v Cockfosters II

Bamville v Harpenden IV

13 May 2023

Dunstable III v Old Albanians II

Boxmoor II v Bamville

Totteridge Millhillians III v Southgate Compton

Harpenden IV v Kings Langley II

Cockfosters II v Preston III

20 May 2023

Southgate Compton v Dunstable III

Old Albanians II v Cockfosters II

Preston III v Harpenden IV

Kings Langley II v Bamville

Boxmoor II v Totteridge Millhillians III

27 May 2023

Harpenden IV v Old Albanians II

Kings Langley II v Boxmoor II

Bamville v Preston III

Cockfosters II v Southgate Compton

Dunstable III v Totteridge Millhillians III

03 June 2023

Preston III v Kings Langley II

Old Albanians II v Bamville

Southgate Compton v Harpenden IV

Totteridge Millhillians III v Cockfosters II

Boxmoor II v Dunstable III

10 June 2023

Kings Langley II v Old Albanians II

Preston III v Boxmoor II

Harpenden IV v Totteridge Millhillians III

Bamville v Southgate Compton

Cockfosters II v Dunstable III

17 June 2023

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Old Cholmeleians II v Redbourn III

Hitchin III v Wheathampstead II

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Bentley Heath II

St Albans III v Datchworth II

24 June 2023

Wheathampstead II v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Redbourn III v Hitchin III

Bentley Heath II v Datchworth II

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Old Cholmeleians II

Chipperfield Clarendon II v St Albans III

01 July 2023

Old Cholmeleians II v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Hitchin III v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Redbourn III

Datchworth II v Wheathampstead II

St Albans III v Bentley Heath II

08 July 2023

Hitchin III v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Bentley Heath II v Wheathampstead II

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

St Albans III v Old Cholmeleians II

Datchworth II v Redbourn III

15 July 2023

Old Cholmeleians II v Hitchin III

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Datchworth II

Redbourn III v Bentley Heath II

Wheathampstead II v St Albans III

22 July 2023

Datchworth II v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Hitchin III v St Albans III

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Old Cholmeleians II

Wheathampstead II v Redbourn III

Bentley Heath II v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Division Eight B

17 June 2023

Old Albanians II v Preston III

Southgate Compton v Kings Langley II

Totteridge Millhillians III v Bamville

Dunstable III v Harpenden IV

Boxmoor II v Cockfosters II

24 June 2023

Harpenden IV v Cockfosters II

Old Albanians II v Boxmoor II

Bamville v Dunstable III

Preston III v Southgate Compton

Totteridge Millhillians III v Kings Langley II

01 July 2023

Southgate Compton v Old Albanians II

Totteridge Millhillians III v Preston III

Dunstable III v Kings Langley II

Cockfosters II v Bamville

Boxmoor II v Harpenden IV

08 July 2023

Old Albanians II v Totteridge Millhillians III

Harpenden IV v Bamville

Boxmoor II v Southgate Compton

Cockfosters II v Kings Langley II

Dunstable III v Preston III

15 July 2023

Southgate Compton v Totteridge Millhillians III

Old Albanians II v Dunstable III

Preston III v Cockfosters II

Kings Langley II v Harpenden IV

Bamville v Boxmoor II

22 July 2023

Cockfosters II v Old Albanians II

Totteridge Millhillians III v Boxmoor II

Harpenden IV v Preston III

Dunstable III v Southgate Compton

Bamville v Kings Langley II

29 July 2023

Old Cholmeleians II v Datchworth II

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Bentley Heath II

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Wheathampstead II

Hitchin III v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

St Albans III v Redbourn III

05 August 2023

Wheathampstead II v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v St Albans III

Bentley Heath II v Old Cholmeleians II

Redbourn III v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Datchworth II v Hitchin III

12 August 2023

Old Cholmeleians II v Wheathampstead II

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Redbourn III

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Datchworth II

Hitchin III v Bentley Heath II

St Albans III v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

19 August 2023

Wheathampstead II v Hitchin III

Bentley Heath II v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Redbourn III v Old Cholmeleians II

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Chipperfield Clarendon II

Datchworth II v St Albans III

26 August 2023

Old Cholmeleians II v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs

Datchworth II v Bentley Heath II

Hemel Hempstead Town IV v Wheathampstead II

Hitchin III v Redbourn III

St Albans III v Chipperfield Clarendon II

02 September 2023

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs v Hitchin III

Bentley Heath II v St Albans III

Redbourn III v Hemel Hempstead Town IV

Chipperfield Clarendon II v Old Cholmeleians II

Wheathampstead II v Datchworth II

29 July 2023

Southgate Compton v Cockfosters II

Old Albanians II v Harpenden IV

Preston III v Bamville

Totteridge Millhillians III v Dunstable III

Boxmoor II v Kings Langley II

05 August 2023

Cockfosters II v Totteridge Millhillians III

Dunstable III v Boxmoor II

Bamville v Old Albanians II

Kings Langley II v Preston III

Harpenden IV v Southgate Compton

12 August 2023

Southgate Compton v Bamville

Old Albanians II v Kings Langley II

Dunstable III v Cockfosters II

Totteridge Millhillians III v Harpenden IV

Boxmoor II v Preston III

19 August 2023

Kings Langley II v Southgate Compton

Cockfosters II v Boxmoor II

Bamville v Totteridge Millhillians III

Preston III v Old Albanians II

Harpenden IV v Dunstable III

26 August 2023

Southgate Compton v Preston III

Cockfosters II v Harpenden IV

Dunstable III v Bamville

Kings Langley II v Totteridge Millhillians III

Boxmoor II v Old Albanians II

02 September 2023

Preston III v Totteridge Millhillians III

Harpenden IV v Boxmoor II

Old Albanians II v Southgate Compton

Bamville v Cockfosters II

Kings Langley II v Dunstable III

Division Nine A

06 May 2023

Hatfield Hyde II v Great Gaddesden

Luton Town & Indians IV v Hoddesdon III

Sandridge II v Broxbourne III

Baldock II v Pinner II

St Albans IV v Offley & Stopsley

13 May 2023

Broxbourne III v Luton Town & Indians IV

Great Gaddesden v St Albans IV

Pinner II v Sandridge II

Hoddesdon III v Hatfield Hyde II

Offley & Stopsley v Baldock II

20 May 2023

Hatfield Hyde II v Broxbourne III

Luton Town & Indians IV v Pinner II

Sandridge II v Offley & Stopsley

Baldock II v St Albans IV

Great Gaddesden v Hoddesdon III

27 May 2023

Offley & Stopsley v Luton Town & Indians IV

Baldock II v Great Gaddesden

Broxbourne III v Hoddesdon III

Pinner II v Hatfield Hyde II

St Albans IV v Sandridge II

03 June 2023

Sandridge II v Baldock II

Luton Town & Indians IV v St Albans IV

Hatfield Hyde II v Offley & Stopsley

Hoddesdon III v Pinner II

Great Gaddesden v Broxbourne III

10 June 2023

Baldock II v Luton Town & Indians IV

Sandridge II v Great Gaddesden

Pinner II v Broxbourne III

St Albans IV v Hatfield Hyde II

Hoddesdon III v Offley & Stopsley

06 May 2023

Leverstock Green III v North Enfield II

Langleybury III v Flamstead II

Markyate & Luton Town v Old Haberdashers II

London Colney II v Stevenage IV

West Herts IV v Reed III

13 May 2023

Old Haberdashers II v Langleybury III

North Enfield II v West Herts IV

Flamstead II v Leverstock Green III

Reed III v London Colney II

Stevenage IV v Markyate & Luton Town

20 May 2023

Leverstock Green III v Old Haberdashers II

Langleybury III v Stevenage IV

Markyate & Luton Town v Reed III

London Colney II v West Herts IV

North Enfield II v Flamstead II

27 May 2023

Reed III v Langleybury III

London Colney II v North Enfield II

West Herts IV v Markyate & Luton Town

Stevenage IV v Leverstock Green III

Old Haberdashers II v Flamstead II

03 June 2023

Markyate & Luton Town v London Colney II

Langleybury III v West Herts IV

Leverstock Green III v Reed III

Flamstead II v Stevenage IV

North Enfield II v Old Haberdashers II

10 June 2023

London Colney II v Langleybury III

Markyate & Luton Town v North Enfield II

West Herts IV v Leverstock Green III

Reed III v Flamstead II

Stevenage IV v Old Haberdashers II

17 June 2023

Luton Town & Indians IV v Sandridge II

Hatfield Hyde II v Baldock II

Hoddesdon III v St Albans IV

Broxbourne III v Offley & Stopsley

Great Gaddesden v Pinner II

24 June 2023

Offley & Stopsley v Pinner II

Luton Town & Indians IV v Great Gaddesden

Sandridge II v Hatfield Hyde II

Baldock II v Hoddesdon III

St Albans IV v Broxbourne III

01 July 2023

Hatfield Hyde II v Luton Town & Indians IV

Hoddesdon III v Sandridge II

Broxbourne III v Baldock II

Pinner II v St Albans IV

Great Gaddesden v Offley & Stopsley

08 July 2023

Hoddesdon III v Luton Town & Indians IV

Offley & Stopsley v St Albans IV

Broxbourne III v Sandridge II

Great Gaddesden v Hatfield Hyde II

Pinner II v Baldock II

15 July 2023

Hatfield Hyde II v Hoddesdon III

Luton Town & Indians IV v Broxbourne III

Sandridge II v Pinner II

Baldock II v Offley & Stopsley

St Albans IV v Great Gaddesden

22 July 2023

Pinner II v Luton Town & Indians IV

Hoddesdon III v Great Gaddesden

Broxbourne III v Hatfield Hyde II

St Albans IV v Baldock II

Offley & Stopsley v Sandridge II

Division Nine B

17 June 2023

Langleybury III v Markyate & Luton Town

Leverstock Green III v London Colney II

Flamstead II v West Herts IV

Old Haberdashers II v Reed III

North Enfield II v Stevenage IV

24 June 2023

Reed III v Stevenage IV

Langleybury III v North Enfield II

West Herts IV v Old Haberdashers II

Markyate & Luton Town v Leverstock Green III

London Colney II v Flamstead II

01 July 2023

Leverstock Green III v Langleybury III

Flamstead II v Markyate & Luton Town

Old Haberdashers II v London Colney II

Stevenage IV v West Herts IV

North Enfield II v Reed III

08 July 2023

North Enfield II v Leverstock Green III

Reed III v West Herts IV

Stevenage IV v London Colney II

Flamstead II v Langleybury III

Old Haberdashers II v Markyate & Luton Town

15 July 2023

Leverstock Green III v Flamstead II

Langleybury III v Old Haberdashers II

Markyate & Luton Town v Stevenage IV

London Colney II v Reed III

West Herts IV v North Enfield II

22 July 2023

Stevenage IV v Langleybury III

Flamstead II v North Enfield II

Reed III v Markyate & Luton Town

Old Haberdashers II v Leverstock Green III

West Herts IV v London Colney II

29 July 2023

Hatfield Hyde II v Pinner II

Luton Town & Indians IV v Offley & Stopsley

Sandridge II v St Albans IV

Hoddesdon III v Broxbourne III

Great Gaddesden v Baldock II

05 August 2023

St Albans IV v Luton Town & Indians IV

Broxbourne III v Great Gaddesden

Offley & Stopsley v Hatfield Hyde II

Baldock II v Sandridge II

Pinner II v Hoddesdon III

12 August 2023

Hatfield Hyde II v St Albans IV

Luton Town & Indians IV v Baldock II

Broxbourne III v Pinner II

Offley & Stopsley v Hoddesdon III

Great Gaddesden v Sandridge II

19 August 2023

Baldock II v Hatfield Hyde II

Pinner II v Great Gaddesden

Sandridge II v Luton Town & Indians IV

Offley & Stopsley v Broxbourne III

St Albans IV v Hoddesdon III

26 August 2023

Hatfield Hyde II v Sandridge II

Pinner II v Offley & Stopsley

Broxbourne III v St Albans IV

Hoddesdon III v Baldock II

Great Gaddesden v Luton Town & Indians IV

02 September 2023

Hoddesdon III v Sandridge II

Offley & Stopsley v Great Gaddesden

Baldock II v Broxbourne III

Luton Town & Indians IV v Hatfield Hyde II

St Albans IV v Pinner I

29 July 2023

Leverstock Green III v Stevenage IV

Langleybury III v Reed III

Markyate & Luton Town v West Herts IV

Flamstead II v Old Haberdashers II

North Enfield II v London Colney II

05 August 2023

West Herts IV v Langleybury III

Old Haberdashers II v North Enfield II

London Colney II v Markyate & Luton Town

Stevenage IV v Flamstead II

Reed III v Leverstock Green III

12 August 2023

Leverstock Green III v West Herts IV

Langleybury III v London Colney II

Old Haberdashers II v Stevenage IV

Flamstead II v Reed III

North Enfield II v Markyate & Luton Town

19 August 2023

London Colney II v Leverstock Green III

Stevenage IV v North Enfield II

West Herts IV v Flamstead II

Markyate & Luton Town v Langleybury III

Reed III v Old Haberdashers II

26 August 2023

Leverstock Green III v Markyate & Luton Town

Stevenage IV v Reed III

Old Haberdashers II v West Herts IV

Flamstead II v London Colney II

North Enfield II v Langleybury III

02 September 2023

Markyate & Luton Town v Flamstead II

Reed III v North Enfield II

West Herts IV v Stevenage IV

Langleybury III v Leverstock Green III

London Colney II v Old Haberdashers II

Matches in the regional divisions may be played on the Sunday of the scheduled weekend if arranged pre-season

Regional Division 10 North

06 May 2023

Datchworth III v Welwyn Garden City IV

Stevenage V v Hertford IV

Knebworth Park III v Preston IV

Hitchin IV v Ickleford III

St Margaretsbury III v Tewin II

13 May 2023

Preston IV v Stevenage V

Welwyn Garden City IV v St Margaretsbury III

Ickleford III v Knebworth Park III

Hertford IV v Datchworth III

Tewin II v Hitchin IV

20 May 2023

Datchworth III v Preston IV

Stevenage V v Ickleford III

Knebworth Park III v Tewin II

Hitchin IV v St Margaretsbury III

Welwyn Garden City IV v Hertford IV

27 May 2023

Tewin II v Stevenage V

Hitchin IV v Welwyn Garden City IV

Ickleford III v Datchworth III

Preston IV v Hertford IV

St Margaretsbury III v Knebworth Park III

03 June 2023

Knebworth Park III v Hitchin IV

Stevenage V v St Margaretsbury III

Datchworth III v Tewin II

Hertford IV v Ickleford III

Welwyn Garden City IV v Preston IV

10 June 2023

Hitchin IV v Stevenage V

Knebworth Park III v Welwyn Garden City IV

Ickleford III v Preston IV

St Margaretsbury III v Datchworth III

Tewin II v Hertford IV

06 May 2023

17 June 2023

Stevenage V v Knebworth Park III

Datchworth III v Hitchin IV

Hertford IV v St Margaretsbury III

Tewin II v Preston IV

Welwyn Garden City IV v Ickleford III

24 June 2023

Tewin II v Ickleford III

Stevenage V v Welwyn Garden City IV

Hitchin IV v Hertford IV

Knebworth Park III v Datchworth III

St Margaretsbury III v Preston IV

01 July 2023

Datchworth III v Stevenage V

Hertford IV v Knebworth Park III

Preston IV v Hitchin IV

Ickleford III v St Margaretsbury III

Welwyn Garden City IV v Tewin II

08 July 2023

Hertford IV v Stevenage V

Tewin II v St Margaretsbury III

Preston IV v Knebworth Park III

Welwyn Garden City IV v Datchworth III

Ickleford III v Hitchin IV

15 July 2023

Datchworth III v Hertford IV

Stevenage V v Preston IV

Knebworth Park III v Ickleford III

Hitchin IV v Tewin II

St Margaretsbury III v Welwyn Garden City IV

22 July 2023

Ickleford III v Stevenage V

Hertford IV v Welwyn Garden City IV

Preston IV v Datchworth III

St Margaretsbury III v Hitchin IV

Tewin II v Knebworth Park III

29 July 2023

Datchworth III v Ickleford III

Stevenage V v Tewin II

Knebworth Park III v St Margaretsbury III

Hertford IV v Preston IV

Welwyn Garden City IV v Hitchin IV

05 August 2023

St Margaretsbury III v Stevenage V

Preston IV v Welwyn Garden City IV

Tewin II v Datchworth III

Hitchin IV v Knebworth Park III

Ickleford III v Hertford IV

12 August 2023

Datchworth III v St Margaretsbury III

Stevenage V v Hitchin IV

Preston IV v Ickleford III

Hertford IV v Tewin II

Welwyn Garden City IV v Knebworth Park III

19 August 2023

Hitchin IV v Datchworth III

Ickleford III v Welwyn Garden City IV

Knebworth Park III v Stevenage V

Tewin II v Preston IV

St Margaretsbury III v Hertford IV

26 August 2023

Datchworth III v Knebworth Park III

Ickleford III v Tewin II

Preston IV v St Margaretsbury III

Hertford IV v Hitchin IV

Welwyn Garden City IV v Stevenage V

02 September 2023

Knebworth Park III v Hertford IV

Tewin II v Welwyn Garden City IV

Hitchin IV v Preston IV

Stevenage V v Datchworth III

St Margaretsbury III v Ickleford III

Regional Division 10 East

Old Elizabethans III v Mill Hill Village III

Old Camdenians II v Hatfield & Crusaders III

Broxbourne IV v Hatfield Hyde III

Potters Bar IV v Botany Bay II

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Southgate Compton II

13 May 2023

Hatfield Hyde III v Old Camdenians II

Mill Hill Village III v Holtwhites Trinibis III

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Old Elizabethans III

Southgate Compton II v Potters Bar IV

Botany Bay II v Broxbourne IV

20 May 2023

Old Elizabethans III v Hatfield Hyde III

Old Camdenians II v Botany Bay II

Broxbourne IV v Southgate Compton II

Potters Bar IV v Holtwhites Trinibis III

Mill Hill Village III v Hatfield & Crusaders III

27 May 2023

Southgate Compton II v Old Camdenians II

Potters Bar IV v Mill Hill Village III

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Broxbourne IV

Botany Bay II v Old Elizabethans III

Hatfield Hyde III v Hatfield & Crusaders III

03 June 2023

Mill Hill Village III v Hatfield Hyde III

Broxbourne IV v Potters Bar IV

Old Camdenians II v Holtwhites Trinibis III

Old Elizabethans III v Southgate Compton II

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Botany Bay II

10 June 2023

Broxbourne IV v Mill Hill Village III

Southgate Compton II v Hatfield & Crusaders III

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Old Elizabethans III

Potters Bar IV v Old Camdenians II

Botany Bay II v Hatfield Hyde III

17 June 2023

Old Camdenians II v Broxbourne IV

Old Elizabethans III v Potters Bar IV

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Holtwhites Trinibis III

Hatfield Hyde III v Southgate Compton II

Mill Hill Village III v Botany Bay II

24 June 2023

Broxbourne IV v Old Elizabethans III

Southgate Compton II v Botany Bay II

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Hatfield Hyde III

Potters Bar IV v Hatfield & Crusaders III

Old Camdenians II v Mill Hill Village III

01 July 2023

Botany Bay II v Holtwhites Trinibis III

Mill Hill Village III v Southgate Compton II

Old Elizabethans III v Old Camdenians II

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Broxbourne IV

Hatfield Hyde III v Potters Bar IV

08 July 2023

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Old Camdenians II

Hatfield Hyde III v Broxbourne IV

Botany Bay II v Potters Bar IV

Southgate Compton II v Holtwhites Trinibis III

Mill Hill Village III v Old Elizabethans III

15 July 2023

Old Camdenians II v Hatfield Hyde III

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Mill Hill Village III

Broxbourne IV v Botany Bay II

Old Elizabethans III v Hatfield & Crusaders III

Potters Bar IV v Southgate Compton II

22 July 2023

Hatfield Hyde III v Old Elizabethans III

Botany Bay II v Old Camdenians II

Southgate Compton II v Broxbourne IV

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Potters Bar IV

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Mill Hill Village III

29 July 2023

Mill Hill Village III v Potters Bar IV

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Hatfield Hyde III

Old Camdenians II v Southgate Compton II

Old Elizabethans III v Botany Bay II

Broxbourne IV v Holtwhites Trinibis III

05 August 2023

Potters Bar IV v Broxbourne IV

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Old Camdenians II

Southgate Compton II v Old Elizabethans III

Botany Bay II v Hatfield & Crusaders III

Hatfield Hyde III v Mill Hill Village III

12 August 2023

Old Camdenians II v Potters Bar IV

Mill Hill Village III v Broxbourne IV

Hatfield Hyde III v Botany Bay II

Old Elizabethans III v Holtwhites Trinibis III

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Southgate Compton II

19 August 2023

Broxbourne IV v Old Camdenians II

Potters Bar IV v Old Elizabethans III

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Hatfield & Crusaders III

Southgate Compton II v Hatfield Hyde III

Botany Bay II v Mill Hill Village III

26 August 2023

Botany Bay II v Southgate Compton II

Mill Hill Village III v Old Camdenians II

Old Elizabethans III v Broxbourne IV

Hatfield & Crusaders III v Potters Bar IV

Hatfield Hyde III v Holtwhites Trinibis III

02 September 2023

Old Camdenians II v Old Elizabethans III

Broxbourne IV v Hatfield & Crusaders III

Hatfield Hyde III v Potters Bar IV

Holtwhites Trinibis III v Botany Bay II

Southgate Compton II v Mill Hill Village III

Regional Division 10 South

06 May 2023

West Herts V v Northwood Town III

Letchmore v Old Eastcotians

Northwood III v Abbots Langley III

Rickmansworth III v Bushey III

Chorleywood III v Watford Town IV

13 May 2023

Northwood Town III v Rickmansworth III

Abbots Langley III v West Herts V

Watford Town IV v Northwood III

Old Eastcotians v Chorleywood III

Bushey III v Letchmore

20 May 2023

Chorleywood III v Letchmore

Bushey III v Northwood Town III

West Herts V v Watford Town IV

Rickmansworth III v Abbots Langley III

Northwood III v Old Eastcotians

27 May 2023

Watford Town IV v Rickmansworth III

Old Eastcotians v West Herts V

Letchmore v Northwood III

Abbots Langley III v Northwood Town III

Chorleywood III v Bushey III

03 June 2023

West Herts V v Letchmore

Bushey III v Abbots Langley III

Rickmansworth III v Old Eastcotians

Northwood III v Chorleywood III

Northwood Town III v Watford Town IV

10 June 2023

Letchmore v Rickmansworth III

Chorleywood III v West Herts V

Watford Town IV v Abbots Langley III

Old Eastcotians v Northwood Town III

Northwood III v Bushey III

17 June 2023

Rickmansworth III v Chorleywood III

Bushey III v Watford Town IV

West Herts V v Northwood III

Abbots Langley III v Old Eastcotians

Northwood Town III v Letchmore

24 June 2023

Northwood III v Rickmansworth III

Old Eastcotians v Watford Town IV

Letchmore v Abbots Langley III

Chorleywood III v Northwood Town III

West Herts V v Bushey III

01 July 2023

Northwood Town III v Northwood III

Bushey III v Old Eastcotians

Abbots Langley III v Chorleywood III

Rickmansworth III v West Herts V

Watford Town IV v Letchmore

08 July 2023

Bushey III v Rickmansworth III

Northwood Town III v West Herts V

Abbots Langley III v Northwood III

Watford Town IV v Chorleywood III

Old Eastcotians v Letchmore

15 July 2023

West Herts V v Abbots Langley III

Letchmore v Bushey III

Rickmansworth III v Northwood Town III

Chorleywood III v Old Eastcotians

Northwood III v Watford Town IV

22 July 2023

Abbots

III

Northwood III v Letchmore

Rickmansworth III v Watford Town IV

Northwood Town III v Abbots Langley III

05 August 2023

Chorleywood III v Northwood III

Letchmore v West Herts V

Old Eastcotians v Rickmansworth III

Watford Town IV v Northwood Town III

Abbots Langley III v Bushey III

12 August 2023

West Herts V v Chorleywood III

Bushey III v Northwood III

Rickmansworth III v Letchmore

Northwood Town III v Old Eastcotians

Abbots Langley III v Watford Town IV

19 August 2023

Northwood III v West Herts V

Chorleywood III v Rickmansworth III

Letchmore v Northwood Town III

Old Eastcotians v Abbots Langley III

Watford Town IV v Bushey III

26 August 2023

Watford Town IV v Old Eastcotians

Bushey III v West Herts V

Abbots Langley III v Letchmore

Rickmansworth III v Northwood III

Northwood Town III v Chorleywood III

02 September 2023

Old Eastcotians v Bushey III

West Herts V v Rickmansworth III

Northwood III v Northwood Town III

Chorleywood III v Abbots Langley III

Letchmore v Watford Town IV

Regional Division 10 West

06 May 2023

Kimpton v Royal Herts

Old Albanians III v Berkhamsted III

Wheathampstead III v Flitwick IV

Shenley Village IV v Harpenden V

Berkhamsted IV v Redbourn IV

13 May 2023

Redbourn IV v Wheathampstead III

Harpenden V v Berkhamsted IV

Berkhamsted III v Shenley Village IV

Kimpton v Old Albanians III

Flitwick IV v Royal Herts

20 May 2023

Berkhamsted IV v Berkhamsted III

Flitwick IV v Redbourn IV

Shenley Village IV v Kimpton

Wheathampstead III v Harpenden V

Old Albanians III v Royal Herts

27 May 2023

Berkhamsted III v Wheathampstead III

Kimpton v Berkhamsted IV

Royal Herts v Shenley Village IV

Harpenden V v Redbourn IV

Old Albanians III v Flitwick IV

03 June 2023

Berkhamsted IV v Royal Herts

Flitwick IV v Harpenden V

Shenley Village IV v Old Albanians III

Redbourn IV v Berkhamsted III

Wheathampstead III v Kimpton

10 June 2023

Royal Herts v Wheathampstead III

Old Albanians III v Berkhamsted IV

Berkhamsted III v Harpenden V

Kimpton v Redbourn IV

Shenley Village IV v Flitwick IV

17 June 2023

Wheathampstead III v Old Albanians III

Flitwick IV v Berkhamsted III

Redbourn IV v Royal Herts

Berkhamsted IV v Shenley Village IV

Harpenden V v Kimpton

24 June 2023

Shenley Village IV v Wheathampstead III

Kimpton v Berkhamsted III

Royal Herts v Harpenden V

Old Albanians III v Redbourn IV

Berkhamsted IV v Flitwick IV

01 July 2023

Redbourn IV v Shenley Village IV

Flitwick IV v Kimpton

Berkhamsted III v Royal Herts

Wheathampstead III v Berkhamsted IV

Harpenden V v Old Albanians III

08 July 2023

Flitwick IV v Wheathampstead III

Redbourn IV v Berkhamsted IV

Harpenden V v Shenley Village IV

Berkhamsted III v Old Albanians III

Kimpton v Royal Herts

15 July 2023

Berkhamsted IV v Harpenden V

Royal Herts v Flitwick IV

Shenley Village IV v Berkhamsted III

Wheathampstead III v Redbourn IV

Old Albanians III v Kimpton

22 July 2023

Harpenden V v Wheathampstead III

Berkhamsted III v Berkhamsted IV

Kimpton v Shenley Village IV

Royal Herts v Old Albanians III

Redbourn IV v Flitwick IV

29 July 2023

Berkhamsted IV v Kimpton

Flitwick IV v Old Albanians III

Wheathampstead III v Berkhamsted III

Redbourn IV v Harpenden V

Shenley Village IV v Royal Herts

05 August 2023

Old Albanians III v Shenley Village IV

Royal Herts v Berkhamsted IV

Kimpton v Wheathampstead III

Berkhamsted III v Redbourn IV

Harpenden V v Flitwick IV

12 August 2023

Berkhamsted IV v Old Albanians III

Flitwick IV v Shenley Village IV

Harpenden V v Berkhamsted III

Wheathampstead III v Royal Herts

Redbourn IV v Kimpton

19 August 2023

Shenley Village IV v Berkhamsted IV

Old Albanians III v Wheathampstead III

Royal Herts v Redbourn IV

Kimpton v Harpenden V

Berkhamsted III v Flitwick IV

26 August 2023

Berkhamsted III v Kimpton

Flitwick IV v Berkhamsted IV

Redbourn IV v Old Albanians III

Wheathampstead III v Shenley Village IV

Harpenden V v Royal Herts

02 September 2023

Berkhamsted IV v Wheathampstead III

Shenley Village IV v Redbourn IV

Old Albanians III v Harpenden V

Royal Herts v Berkhamsted III

Kimpton v Flitwick IV

Matches in the regional divisions may be played on the Sunday of the scheduled weekend if arranged pre-season

Regional Division 11 East

24 June 2023

06 May 2023

Mill Hill Village IV v Old Camdenians III

Old Minchendenians III v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

Edgware v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Southgate Adelaide III v Northampton Exiles III

13 May 2023

Old Minchendenians II v Old Minchendenians III

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Southgate Adelaide III

Old Camdenians III v Edgware

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Mill Hill Village IV

20 May 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Old Minchendenians II

Southgate Adelaide III v Old Camdenians III

Old Minchendenians III v Northampton Exiles III

Edgware v Mill Hill Village IV

27 May 2023

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Old Minchendenians III

Mill Hill Village IV v Southgate Adelaide III

Northampton Exiles III v Old Minchendenians II

Edgware v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

03 June 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Northampton Exiles III

Old Minchendenians II v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Southgate Adelaide III v Edgware

Old Minchendenians III v Old Camdenians III

10 June 2023

Mill Hill Village IV v Old Minchendenians III

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Northampton Exiles III

Old Camdenians III v Old Minchendenians II

Southgate Adelaide III v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

17 June 2023

Old Minchendenians III v Edgware

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Old Minchendenians II v Mill Hill Village IV

Northampton Exiles III v Old Camdenians III

Southgate Adelaide III v Old Minchendenians III

Old Camdenians III v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Mill Hill Village IV v Northampton Exiles III

Edgware v Old Minchendenians II

01 July 2023

Old Minchendenians II v Southgate Adelaide III

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Old Camdenians III

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Mill Hill Village IV

Northampton Exiles III v Edgware

08 July 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Old Minchendenians III

Northampton Exiles III v Southgate Adelaide III

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Edgware

Old Camdenians III v Mill Hill Village IV

15 July 2023

Mill Hill Village IV v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

Southgate Adelaide III v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Old Minchendenians III v Old Minchendenians II

Edgware v Old Camdenians III

22 July 2023

Old Minchendenians II v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

Northampton Exiles III v Old Minchendenians III

Old Camdenians III v Southgate Adelaide III

Mill Hill Village IV v Edgware

29 July 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Edgware

Old Minchendenians II v Northampton Exiles III

Old Minchendenians III v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Southgate Adelaide III v Mill Hill Village IV

05 August 2023

Edgware v Southgate Adelaide III

Old Camdenians III v Old Minchendenians III

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Old Minchendenians II

Northampton Exiles III v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

12 August 2023

Holtwhites Trinibis IV v Southgate Adelaide III

Northampton Exiles III v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Old Minchendenians III v Mill Hill Village IV

Old Minchendenians II v Old Camdenians III

19 August 2023

Edgware v Old Minchendenians III

Mill Hill Village IV v Old Minchendenians II

Old Camdenians III v Northampton Exiles III

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

26 August 2023

Cheshunt Rosedale III v Old Camdenians III

Old Minchendenians III v Southgate Adelaide III

Old Minchendenians II v Edgware

Northampton Exiles III v Mill Hill Village IV

02 September 2023

Southgate Adelaide III v Old Minchendenians II

Edgware v Northampton Exiles III

Mill Hill Village IV v Cheshunt Rosedale III

Old Camdenians III v Holtwhites Trinibis IV

Regional Division 11 North

06 May 2023

Baldock III v Lutonian III

Tewin III v Wheathamstead IV

Letchworth Garden City IV v Knebworth Park IV

Hitchin V v Welwyn Garden City V

Potton Town II v Letchworth Garden City V

13 May 2023

Lutonian III v Hitchin V

Knebworth Park IV v Baldock III

Letchworth Garden City V v Letchworth Garden City IV

Wheathamstead IV v Potton Town II

Welwyn Garden City V v Tewin III

20 May 2023

Baldock III v Letchworth Garden City V

Welwyn Garden City V v Lutonian III

Hitchin V v Knebworth Park IV

Potton Town II v Tewin III

Letchworth Garden City IV v Wheathamstead IV

27 May 2023

Letchworth Garden City V v Hitchin V

Wheathamstead IV v Baldock III

Tewin III v Letchworth Garden City IV

Knebworth Park IV v Lutonian III

Potton Town II v Welwyn Garden City V

03 June 2023

Baldock III v Tewin III

Welwyn Garden City V v Knebworth Park IV

Hitchin V v Wheathamstead IV

Letchworth Garden City IV v Potton Town II

Lutonian III v Letchworth Garden City V

10 June 2023

Tewin III v Hitchin V

Potton Town II v Baldock III

Letchworth Garden City V v Knebworth Park IV

Wheathamstead IV v Lutonian III

Letchworth Garden City IV v Welwyn Garden City V

17 June 2023

Hitchin V v Potton Town II

Welwyn Garden City V v Letchworth Garden City V

Baldock III v Letchworth Garden City IV

Knebworth Park IV v Wheathamstead IV

Lutonian III v Tewin III

24 June 2023

Letchworth Garden City IV v Hitchin V

Wheathamstead IV v Letchworth Garden City V

Tewin III v Knebworth Park IV

Potton Town II v Lutonian III

Baldock III v Welwyn Garden City V

01 July 2023

Lutonian III v Letchworth Garden City IV

Welwyn Garden City V v Wheathamstead IV

Knebworth Park IV v Potton Town II

Hitchin V v Baldock III

Letchworth Garden City V v Tewin III

08 July 2023

Welwyn Garden City V v Hitchin V

Lutonian III v Baldock III

Knebworth Park IV v Letchworth Garden City IV

Letchworth Garden City V v Potton Town II

Wheathamstead IV v Tewin III

15 July 2023

Baldock III v Knebworth Park IV

Tewin III v Welwyn Garden City V

Hitchin V v Lutonian III

Potton Town II v Wheathamstead IV

Letchworth Garden City IV v Letchworth Garden City V

22 July 2023

Knebworth Park IV v Hitchin V

Letchworth Garden City V v Baldock III

Wheathamstead IV v Letchworth Garden City IV

Tewin III v Potton Town II

Lutonian III v Welwyn Garden City V

29 July 2023

Baldock III v Wheathamstead IV

Welwyn Garden City V v Potton Town II

Letchworth Garden City IV v Tewin III

Hitchin V v Letchworth Garden City V

Lutonian III v Knebworth Park IV

05 August 2023

Knebworth Park IV v Welwyn Garden City V

Potton Town II v Letchworth Garden City IV

Tewin III v Baldock III

Wheathamstead IV v Hitchin V

Letchworth Garden City V v Lutonian III

12 August 2023

Welwyn Garden City V v Letchworth Garden City IV

Lutonian III v Wheathamstead IV

Hitchin V v Tewin III

Knebworth Park IV v Letchworth Garden City V

Baldock III v Potton Town II

19 August 2023

Letchworth Garden City IV v Baldock III

Potton Town II v Hitchin V

Tewin III v Lutonian III

Wheathamstead IV v Knebworth Park IV

Letchworth Garden City V v Welwyn Garden City V

26 August 2023

Letchworth Garden City V v Wheathamstead IV

Welwyn Garden City V v Baldock III

Knebworth Park IV v Tewin III

Hitchin V v Letchworth Garden City IV

Lutonian III v Potton Town II

02 September 2023

Baldock III v Hitchin V

Letchworth Garden City IV v Lutonian III

Potton Town II v Knebworth Park IV

Tewin III v Letchworth Garden City V

Wheathamstead IV v Welwyn Garden City V

Regional Division 11 South

06 May 2023

Hatch End II v Chorleywood IV

Pinner III v Rickmansworth IV

Abbots Langley IV v Northwood IV

Northwood V v Pinner IV

Northwood Town IV v Batchworth

13 May 2023

Pinner IV v Pinner III

Chorleywood IV v Northwood V

Northwood IV v Hatch End II

Batchworth v Abbots Langley IV

Rickmansworth IV v Northwood Town IV

20 May 2023

Pinner IV v Chorleywood IV

Northwood Town IV v Pinner III

Northwood V v Northwood IV

Abbots Langley IV v Rickmansworth IV

Hatch End II v Batchworth

27 May 2023

Batchworth v Northwood V

Rickmansworth IV v Hatch End II

Pinner III v Abbots Langley IV

Northwood IV v Chorleywood IV

Northwood Town IV v Pinner IV

03 June 2023

Hatch End II v Pinner III

Pinner IV v Northwood IV

Northwood V v Rickmansworth IV

Abbots Langley IV v Northwood Town IV

Chorleywood IV v Batchworth

10 June 2023

Abbots Langley IV v Pinner IV

Pinner III v Northwood V

Northwood Town IV v Hatch End II

Batchworth v Northwood IV

Rickmansworth IV v Chorleywood IV

17 June 2023

Pinner IV v Batchworth

Northwood IV v Rickmansworth IV

Hatch End II v Abbots Langley IV

Chorleywood IV v Pinner III

Northwood V v Northwood Town IV

24 June 2023

Hatch End II v Pinner IV

Abbots Langley IV v Northwood V

Batchworth v Rickmansworth IV

Pinner III v Northwood IV

Northwood Town IV v Chorleywood IV

01 July 2023

Pinner IV v Rickmansworth IV

Batchworth v Pinner III

Northwood IV v Northwood Town IV

Northwood V v Hatch End II

Chorleywood IV v Abbots Langley IV

08 July 2023

Pinner IV v Northwood V

Rickmansworth IV v Pinner III

Batchworth v Northwood Town IV

Northwood IV v Abbots Langley IV

Chorleywood IV v Hatch End II

15 July 2023

Northwood V v Chorleywood IV

Hatch End II v Northwood IV

Abbots

29 July 2023

Chorleywood IV v Northwood IV

Abbots Langley IV v Pinner III

Northwood V v Batchworth

Hatch End II v Rickmansworth IV

05 August 2023

Northwood Town IV v Abbots Langley

Batchworth v Chorleywood IV

Northwood IV v Pinner IV

12 August 2023

Pinner IV v Abbots Langley IV

Hatch End II v Northwood Town IV

Northwood V v Pinner III

Chorleywood IV v Rickmansworth IV

Northwood IV v Batchworth

19 August 2023

Abbots Langley IV v Hatch End II

Northwood Town IV v Northwood V

Pinner III v Chorleywood IV

Rickmansworth IV v Northwood IV

Batchworth v Pinner IV

26 August 2023

Chorleywood IV v Northwood Town IV

Pinner IV v Hatch End II

Northwood IV v Pinner III

Batchworth v Rickmansworth IV

Northwood V v Abbots Langley IV

02 September 2023

Abbots Langley IV v Chorleywood IV

Northwood Town IV v Northwood IV

Pinner III v Batchworth

Rickmansworth IV v Pinner IV

Hatch End II v Northwood V

Regional Division 11 West

06 May 2023

Hemel Hempstead Town V v Leverstock Green IV

Potten End II v West Herts VI

Chipperfield Clarendon III v Tring Park IV

Boxmoor III v Kings Langley III

13 May 2023

Leverstock Green IV v Boxmoor III

Hemel Hempstead Town V v West Herts VI

Watford Town V v Potten End II Kings Langley III v Chipperfield Clarendon III

20 May 2023

Potten End II v Tring Park IV

Chipperfield Clarendon III v Leverstock Green IV

Boxmoor III v Hemel Hempstead Town V

West Herts VI v Watford Town V

27 May 2023

Boxmoor III v West Herts VI

Hemel Hempstead Town V v Chipperfield Clarendon III

Kings Langley III v Potten End II

Tring Park IV v Watford Town V

03 June 2023

Chipperfield Clarendon III v Boxmoor III

Potten End II v Leverstock Green IV

Watford Town V v Kings Langley III

West Herts VI v Tring Park IV

10 June 2023

Leverstock Green IV v Watford Town V

Chipperfield Clarendon III v West Herts VI

Hemel Hempstead Town V v Potten End II

Kings Langley III v Tring Park IV

17 June 2023

Potten End II v Boxmoor III

Watford Town V v Hemel Hempstead Town V

Tring Park IV v Leverstock Green IV

West Herts VI v Kings Langley III

24 June 2023

Boxmoor III v Watford Town V

Hemel Hempstead Town V v Tring Park IV

Leverstock Green IV v Kings Langley III

Chipperfield Clarendon III v Potten End II

01 July 2023

Watford Town V v Chipperfield Clarendon III

Tring Park IV v Boxmoor III

Kings Langley III v Hemel Hempstead Town V

West Herts VI v Leverstock Green IV

08 July 2023

West Herts VI v Potten End II

Tring Park IV v Chipperfield Clarendon III

Kings Langley III v Boxmoor III

Leverstock Green IV v Hemel Hempstead Town V

15 July 2023

West Herts VI v Hemel Hempstead Town V

Potten End II v Watford Town V

Boxmoor III v Leverstock Green IV

Chipperfield Clarendon III v Kings Langley III

22 July 2023

Tring Park IV v Potten End II

Leverstock Green IV v Chipperfield Clarendon III

Hemel Hempstead Town V v Boxmoor III

Watford Town V v West Herts VI

29 July 2023

Potten End II v Kings Langley III

West Herts VI v Boxmoor III

Watford Town V v Tring Park IV

Chipperfield Clarendon III v Hemel Hempstead Town V

05 August 2023

Boxmoor III v Chipperfield Clarendon III

Leverstock Green IV v Potten End II

Kings Langley III v Watford Town V

Tring Park IV v West Herts VI

12 August 2023

Watford Town V v Leverstock Green IV

Tring Park IV v Kings Langley III

West Herts VI v Chipperfield Clarendon III

Bye Div 11W v Boxmoor III

19 August 2023

Boxmoor III v Potten End II

Hemel Hempstead Town V v Watford Town V

Leverstock Green IV v Tring Park IV

Kings Langley III v West Herts VI

26 August 2023

Tring Park IV v Hemel Hempstead Town V

Watford Town V v Boxmoor III

Kings Langley III v Leverstock Green IV

Potten End II v Chipperfield Clarendon III

02 September 2023

Chipperfield Clarendon III v Watford Town V

Boxmoor III v Tring Park IV

Hemel Hempstead Town V v Kings Langley III

Leverstock Green IV v West Herts VI

Matches in the regional divisions may be played on the Sunday of the scheduled weekend if arranged pre-season

Regional Division 11 Central

17 June 2023

06 May 2023

Bengeo v St Margaretsbury IV

St Albans V v North Mymms III

Harpenden VI v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

Old Owens III v Bayford & Hertford II

Old Albanians IV v Ware II

13 May 2023

Ware II v Old Owens III

Bayford & Hertford II v Harpenden VI

St Albans V v Bengeo

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v North Mymms III

St Margaretsbury IV v Old Albanians IV

20 May 2023

Bengeo v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

North Mymms III v Bayford & Hertford II

Harpenden VI v Ware II

Old Owens III v Old Albanians IV

St Margaretsbury IV v St Albans V

27 May 2023

Old Albanians IV v Harpenden VI

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v St Albans V

Ware II v North Mymms III

Bayford & Hertford II v Bengeo

Old Owens III v St Margaretsbury IV

03 June 2023

Harpenden VI v Old Owens III

North Mymms III v Old Albanians IV

Bengeo v Ware II

St Albans V v Bayford & Hertford II

St Margaretsbury IV v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

10 June 2023

Bayford & Hertford II v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

Old Owens III v North Mymms III

Old Albanians IV v Bengeo

Harpenden VI v St Margaretsbury IV

Ware II v St Albans V

St Albans V v Old Albanians IV

Bengeo v Old Owens III

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v Ware II

St Margaretsbury IV v Bayford & Hertford II

North Mymms III v Harpenden VI

24 June 2023

North Mymms III v St Margaretsbury IV

Old Owens III v St Albans V

Old Albanians IV v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

Ware II v Bayford & Hertford II

Harpenden VI v Bengeo

01 July 2023

St Margaretsbury IV v Ware II

Bayford & Hertford II v Old Albanians IV

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v Old Owens III

St Albans V v Harpenden VI

Bengeo v North Mymms III

08 July 2023

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v Harpenden VI

North Mymms III v St Albans V

Bayford & Hertford II v Old Owens III

Ware II v Old Albanians IV

St Margaretsbury IV v Bengeo

15 July 2023

Bengeo v St Albans V

North Mymms III v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

Harpenden VI v Bayford & Hertford II

Old Owens III v Ware II

Old Albanians IV v St Margaretsbury IV

22 July 2023

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v Bengeo

Ware II v Harpenden VI

Old Albanians IV v Old Owens III

St Albans V v St Margaretsbury IV

Bayford & Hertford II v North Mymms III

Friendly League

29 July 2023

North Mymms III v Ware II

Harpenden VI v Old Albanians IV

St Albans V v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

St Margaretsbury IV v Old Owens III

Bengeo v Bayford & Hertford II

05 August 2023

Ware II v Bengeo

Old Albanians IV v North Mymms III

Old Owens III v Harpenden VI

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v St Margaretsbury IV

Bayford & Hertford II v St Albans V

12 August 2023

St Albans V v Ware II

St Margaretsbury IV v Harpenden VI

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v Bayford & Hertford II

North Mymms III v Old Owens III

Bengeo v Old Albanians IV

19 August 2023

Harpenden VI v North Mymms III

Old Albanians IV v St Albans V

Ware II v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

Bayford & Hertford II v St Margaretsbury IV

Old Owens III v Bengeo

26 August 2023

Bengeo v Harpenden VI

Bayford & Hertford II v Ware II

Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II v Old Albanians IV

St Albans V v Old Owens III

St Margaretsbury IV v North Mymms III

02 September 2023

Harpenden VI v St Albans V

Ware II v St Margaretsbury IV

North Mymms III v Bengeo

Redbourn V v Bayford & Hertford II

Old Owens III v Little Berkhamsted Sahibs II

The Friendly League is an initiative designed to enable teams, where availability allows, to play some weeks but not others, to let players play some cricket. Teams can join the league at any point in the season, by emailing: gamewanted@hertsleague.co.uk.

A WhatsApp group has been set up too, to speed up the exchange of information. A fixture can be arranged at any point by:

• Emailing gamewanted@hertsleague.co.uk to place an advert on the league website

• Contacting other teams via email/mobile from a spreadsheet supplied to all participating teams

• Messaging within the WhatsApp group

The format of matches is flexible and up to the clubs or team captains to agree prior to start of the match.

There is no compulsion for any two teams to play each other home and away, as a team may not have a home pitch.

In order to win the division, a minimum of six games must be played by that team through the league season. The best average points per match from the teams qualifying wins the division.

Full details, explaining the operation of the friendly league, can be downloaded from the web site at:

www.hertsleague.co.uk/documents/files/FriendlyLeagueOperation.docx

Which Ball to Use?

Please use the images below to ensure that you are using the correct ball for the match.

Dukes County International Premier Divisions

Readers Superior Crown Divisions 1-3b (can be used in 4a and below)

Dukes Pink County International Premier - 50 Over Matches

Readers County Match Divisions 4a and below

Readers Pink County Match T20 Matches

Development League 2023

The concept of the Development League is to encourage juniors, who do not necessarily play league cricket for their clubs on a Saturday, to start out on the pathway to playing senior cricket. There will be no cups or prize money, rather the idea is to make the league as allinclusive as possible, making it fun for youngsters to join adults in a 30/35-over game on a Sunday afternoon. Clubs can agree amongst themselves the length of their game. Please remember the longer the game, the harder it will be on the juniors for whom this format is being aimed.

Games will be played in July/August, (after school and the main Herts Junior Leagues have finished). It is hoped that each club will have 3-4 games minimum but they are free to arrange more if they have the players and pitch availability.

When arranging fixtures, or closer to the time of a game, please check on the strength of your opposition, to avoid mis-matches in line with the objectives of this league.

Organiser: George White Tel: 07968 349933. E-mail: whiteg27@hotmail.com

The match rules for the Development League are pubished on the League web site at: www.hertsleague.co.uk/documents/handbook/shpcldevelopmentleaguematchrules2023.pdf

Readers Hertfordshire Cup Competitions

Two cup competitions will be running for 2023.

20/20 Cup - This will take place over two weekends. A group stage will take place the Saturday before the League season and a Finals Day on 11 June.

T20 Trophy - A more informal competition for divs. 1 and below with 6 groups, followed by quarter-finals, leading to a Finals Day. Runners up in each group go into a plate competition.

Readers Herts 20/20 Cup 2023

Group Stage - Saturday 29th April (Reserve date Sunday 14th May)

Group A Venue: Radlett

Radlett v Bishop's Stortford - 10am

St Albans v Old Owens - 1.15pm

Final 4.30pm

Group B Venue: Hertford

Hertford v Shenley Village - 10am

North Mymms v West Herts- 1.15pm

Final 4.30pm

Group C Venue: Hoddesdon

Hoddesdon v Welwyn Garden City - 10am

Broxbourne v Preston - 1.15pm

Final 4.30pm

Group D Venue: Potters Bar

Potters Bar v Hemel Hempstead - 10am

Harpenden v Totteridge Millhillians - 1.15pm

Final 4.30pm

Finals Day - Sunday 11 June

The winners of the four group matches will compete in a Finals Day at a venue to be determined by the League Organiser: Mark Shepherd. T: 07772 224390. E: markshepherd01@aol.com

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How you can help this Herts/Beds charity

Please donate at: www.smallactsofkindness.co.uk/donate

Thank you for your support

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Readers Sunday T20 Trophy 2023

For 2023 the competition has an ‘A’ cup, for teams playing in divisions 1-6b, and a ‘B’ cup for teams playing in 7a and below. There are six groups of three/four teams with each team playing the other home, and away. The group winners will go through to the knockout phase and the runners up in each group go into a plate knock out stage.

The quarter finals will be played in August and the semi-finals and the final played on the same day before the end of the league season.

Readers sponsor the competition and there is prize money for the winners and runners up.

Group Matches

Groups shown as letters A - F (in brackets)

Round 1

07 May Chorleywood v Northchurch (A); Letchworth Garden City v Old Finchleians (C); Watford Town v St Albans II (B)

21 May Old Haberdashers v Mill Hill Village (F)

28 May Hatfield & Crusaders v Bishop's Stortford II (C)

04 Jun Watford Town II v Northwood Town (E)

09 Jul Langleybury v Berkhamsted (A)

Round 2

21 May Northchurch v Chorleywood (A); Hatfield & Crusaders v Old Finchleians (C)

04 Jun Northwood Town v Watford Town II (E);

Umpire & Scorer Registration Process 2023

Background

Every club with a team playing in the Premier Division, Championship and Divisions 1 to 6b is required to register with the League every Umpire that it considers to be attached to the club whether that umpire has been supplied to the League Umpires Panel or will be standing in a match below Division 2b

Scorers officiating in matches in the Premier Division, Championship and Divisions 1 to 2b must either be qualified at ECB ACO Club Scorer Level or have obtained dispensation from this requirement from the League.

Procedure

The registration of umpires & scorers follows the same process as that used to register players. Within the Registration area of the League website you will be able to enter the name of each umpire and scorer attached to your club. For each umpire and scorer so registered you will be asked to indicate which category is applicable, as follows:

Category Description

Panel

Qualified

Dispensation granted

Club Umpire/Scorer

An umpire listed on the SHPCL Umpires’ Panel

An umpire/scorer who is a member of the ECB Association of Cricket Officials and has completed both Stage 1 and Stage 2 courses or their equivalents.

An umpire/scorer who has received dispensation from the League on the grounds that he/she is a long-standing experienced umpire or scorer. A League sub-committee will review and agree any dispensation on this basis. Dispensation is granted annually and does not carry over to subsequent seasons

Any other umpire/scorer which the club expects to use to cover absence of a qualified umpire/scorer, or one who has been granted dispensation, due to illness, injury or holiday

Request for Umpire or Scorer Dispensation

A club seeking to obtain dispensation is required to complete the form ‘Request for Umpire Dispensation’ or ‘Request for Scorer Dispensation’ for each umpire or scorer for whom dispensation is being sought. The forms are available for download on the League website. The completed form should be sent by email to:

Umpires: Anthony.d.levy@btinternet.com

Scorers: hilary.stiffin@ntlworld.com

Please provide the details requested on the form, particularly concerning cricket, umpiring and scoring experience as applicable. We are looking for sufficient evidence of competence to allow an umpire to stand or a scorer to score despite not having attended a course and passed the examination. The expectation is that any person for whom dispensation is sought will have an adequate level of experience and have a current cricket specific ECB DBS certificate obtained through cricket or an application in progress.

The objective of the match rule is to raise the standards of officiating and is not intended to prevent competent umpires and scorers from continuing to support their club. Attendance on a course without passing the exam will be regarded as adequate grounds for dispensation.

Please note that dispensation is granted only for the current season. The objective remains to raise standards by requiring umpires and scorers to attend a course and further opportunities to achieve this will be provided during the winter, including one or more weekend courses in addition to the evening ones.

Panel coordinator

Umpires panel 2023

Anthony Levy Tel: 020 8441 9297

Mobile: 07904 309926

Email: anthony.d.levy@btinternet.com

Naeem Ahmad 07480 932950

Philip Anderson 07469 652363

Richard Apperley 01763 247548/07971 880547

Paul Attfield 07734 036143

Sumant Bahl 07891 606622

Paul Barnes 07754 093888

Geoff Bassill 07703 307452

Navneet Bhatnagar 07747 092519

Mark Bishop 01923 681048/07751 357382

Geoff Blackmore 01462 892623/07747 042567

Ian Breeze 01707 642891/07754 679140

Alan Brewster 01438 356275/07549 286172

Tim Caldicott 01923 578531/07721 017651

Murray Carlson 07907 121404

Paul Carroll 07889 344869

Alan Casbard 01992 301551/07815 609129

Ben Childs 07534 080357

Scott Churchman 07545 250682

Steve Cobb 01767 316332/07788 134073

Geoff Cordingley 01992 423879

Andy Cox 01923 260428/07720 288408

Ian Day 020 8367 1620/07774 458264

Milton D’Costa 07915 067097

Adrian Dell 07908 450080

Arun Desai 01727 851486/07757 507745

Jerry Dovey 07949 196413

Rose Dovey 07459 460726

John Eyre 01727 848537/07740 054726

Piers Fuller 07879 236193

Peter Gibbins 07774 220500

Pete Gurney 01767 681211/07919 241096

Nick Hall 01727 855100/07929 562554

Bryan Harber 01462 678712/07790 751187

Richard Harle 07756 142795

Jan Hilhorst +31 6224 63159/01438 718751

Jon Hillman 07976 375619

Peter Hinstridge 01763 837189/07710 403524

Jon Holland 020 8441 2475/07948 718178

David Inwood 01234 752250/07902 076757

Sarvesh Kantipoodi 07412 507347

Rangan Krishnaswamy 0208 428 3291/07498 923390

Jerry Lake 01707 322354/07309 041 240

Ian Lawless 01707 260859/07976 359625

Ian Letting 01525 875105/07802 247549

Anthony Levy 020 8441 9297/07904 309926

Phil Lewins 01442 393379/07796 781617

Guy Lewis 07500 843575

Jonathan Mackman 07984 791309

Andrew McCree 07836 365975

Ray McHugh 07799 765580

Marcel Mester 01438 715848/07828 612972

Richard Morgan 01727 843844/07847 053187

Harish Padalia 01438 728632/07770 567857

David Perkins 01438 714430/07803 204200

Gary Pond 01462 835810/07850 224582

Chris Price 01707 327914/07961 808766

Rob Riddleston 01923 721298/07956 922590

Mark Rivlin 07973 824303

Michael Rueth 01923 671059/07425 147162

David Segal 07956 282630

Raj Shah 07913 267420

Tim Sims 07769 111508

Satish Solanki 01923 670609/07786 732056

Arvind Srinivasan 07713 563245

Brian Stephenson 01992 422046/07962 594132

Michael Stiffin 01727 767845/07954 134609

Tony Stopford 020 8428 6990/07703 462850

John Sweedy 01923 404163/07854 374597

Geoff Swinden 01767 631231/07710 273220

David Taylor 01442 235416/07792 271572

Nick Turner 01923 290808/07814 206042

Jim Wallace 07875 131905

Ian Watkins 01707 371758/07950 831686

John Watson-Humphreys 07860 648390

George White 07968 349933

Hemal Wijesuriya 07801 763542

Randolph Woodley 07539 274340

David Wormald 07940 596660

David Wright 07788 777588

Expenses: Umpires will receive their match fees directly from the League and clubs will be invoiced at mid- and end-of-season

Cancellations: see match rule 8(a) in the Match Day Handbook

Umpire marking: see page 61 and the requirements under ‘After the Match’ on 45 of the Match Day Handbook

Disciplinary Procedures

The following sets out a summary of the Disciplinary Procedures that were first adopted by the SHPCL in 2022. The League has adopted the ECB’s General Conduct Regulations, with some minor modifications. Details can be found on the League website, but apart from the process set out below, of which all participants should be aware, are that participants now include spectators, as well EDI, (Equality, Discrimination and Inclusiveness).

In terms of the procedures, where an incident is to be reported, notification of such should be submitted to the Disciplinary Chair, George White, by text, (07968 349933), the evening the incident took place. The text should set out the level of the offence, (L1, L2, L3 or L4), the division, player, club name, a BRIEF sentence about the offense and the name of the person sending the text. The participant, (panel or non-playing umpire, captain, player or spectator), should then submit a report, (using the relevant Discipline form found on the League website), not later than 72 hours after the incident took place. The report should outline the incident only and deal with the facts.

Upon receipt of a Level 1/Level 2 report, the Discipline Chair will forward same to the participants club for their comment, which MUST be responded within 72 hours. The League would prefer Clubs reprimand offending participant themselves, advising the Discipline Chair as to their determination within this 72-hour period. Where the reprimand is deemed appropriate by the Discipline Chair, this will be posted on the Discipline Action Update and the matter, subject to the determined penalty being served, shall be considered closed. The participant submitting the report shall also be advised as to the outcome by email.

Should the Club not respond in a timely manner, (as in within the 72-hour time period above), or where the Discipline Chair deems the Club’s action(s) inappropriate, the Discipline Chair will, in the first instance reach out to the Club concerned to discuss the incident and a more acceptable outcome.

If a suitable outcome cannot be reached, the Discipline Chair shall anonymise the Discipline Report, circulating same, plus any mitigating submissions submitted to the Discipline Chair, to a panel of at least 5 unrelated, (to the club or individual(s) concerned), for their feedback. These individuals will comprise a mix of panel umpires, club chairmen, secretaries, captains, coaches/directors of cricket and players. The Discipline Chair shall average out these responses to determine a penalty, which shall then be communicated to the Club concerned.

The relevant Club or respondent can either accept this determination, (in which case the matter shall be deemed closed once any adjudication has been served), or will have the right to appeal the findings of the above panel. Such an appeal must be submitted with 72-hours of the determination having been issued, with the appeal itself convened within 14 days. Details as to the process for such an appeal can be found on the League website. A payment of £250 must be remitted to the League within 72 hours of an appeal being requested. Please note however, if the club/respondent loses such an appeal, there is a good chance original determination will be doubled.

All Level 3/Level 4 incidents will automatically result in a hearing, (and appeal if necessary). Level 3/Level 4 hearings shall be convened within 14 days of the relevant report being received by the Discipline Chair, however, unlike Level 1/Level 2 citations, the respondent shall be suspended with immediate effect of the Level 3/Level 4 incidents having been reported to the Discipline Chair and the Club in turn having been advised of such by email by the Discipline Chair.

Disciplinary Chair: George White. Email: whiteg27@hotmail.com Tel: 07968 349933

Reporting results, facilities, umpires, team sheets

Reporting of matches, umpires and facilities marks are made through the Herts Cricket app.

In order to access the app visit www.hertsleague.co.uk and select the download button from the home page. The app is available for both Android and Apple IOS. You can also report directly from options on the website which will work on a PC, mobile phone or tablet.

Once you click on download on the relevant operating system, you will be directed to either the Google Play store or the Apple App Store. Simply follow the download instructions.

Once you have downloaded the App you will need to ask your club's league contact for the necessary username and password. You will need this to enter the main menu in the app. This should only need to be done once as the app will remember the details.

Results reporting

Results can be input via either the mobile app or the website.

All results, including cancelled and abandoned games, are to be reported by 9.00pm on the day of the match

It is the responsibility of all home XI captains to report the result by the required deadline. The home XI is the side that appears first in the fixture list in this handbook, regardless of where the game is played. If the result is not reported before the deadline on the day of the match the home XI will automatically be penalised 5 league points.

App Login

1. Open the app on your device

2. Enter your username and password (only needs entering first time)

3. You will see the current and previous matches for the team which you captain

- If logged in using the Admin user then all matches for your club will be shown

- Both league and cup matches are shown

4. and indicate if umpire and facilities marks are entered (Green when completed) allows entry of the team sheet for the match. BOTH teams to complete team sheets and mark umpires.

AWAY teams to mark facilities (divisions 1 - 6B)

Match Result Submission

1. Click on the match required to enter the results

Current and previous fixtures are shown

2. This will then take you to the reporting screen. (See options on next page)

3. Once you have input all the required information click "View result".

If any details have been missed or input incorrectly you will not be able to submit the results until corrected

If successful, a results summary page is shown detailing the result and points allocations.

4. Select "Report" to register the result

A confirmation screen will be displayed to confirm successful submission.

5. The results and tables on the website will be updated automatically

Innings One

Two

Toss / Umpire / Scorer

Toss Won by Selection List Team Batting First, Team Batting Second Umpires Provided Selection List Panel Umpires, By Both Teams, Only Home Team, Only Away Team, By Neither Team

Note: For Divisions 3A to 6A umpire fines are automatically applied in line with Match Rule 8. c) and 8. e)

Scorers Provided Selection List By Both Teams, Only Home, Only Away, By Neither Team

Facilities and Umpire Marks Reporting (through the app)

From the results screen, click on the or to allow entry of the umpire reports and facilities marks. Click to enter a team sheet for the match.

Enter all the options and submit the report. Validation of the input will ensure all information is completed.

Facilities Marks

‘In divisions 1-6b inclusive facilities marks must be entered by the visiting captain for all matches excluding cancelled or abandoned matches by 9.00pm on the Wednesday following the match. Please note that the date and time of each report is automatically recorded. Failure to comply with this deadline will result in 5 points being deducted from the team’s points total for the match in question.

For the avoidance of doubt if a visiting captain believes that the facilities of the home club in any match in division 7a or below do not meet those required by clause 3d of the constitution the captain shall report the ground in question to Mark Shepherd, the League’s Facilities Co-ordinator, by emailing him on markshepherd01@aol.com with an explanation of the reasons.

Umpire Marking

Umpires reports must be entered by both captains for all matches in divisions 3a-6b, including cancelled or abandoned, by 11pm on the Friday following every match

Please note that the date and time of each report is automatically recorded.

Umpires Marks Reporting (Premier, Championship and Divisions 1 to 2b)

In the Premier Division, Championship and Divisions 1 to 2b inclusive, umpires marks are to be entered via the form on the ‘Who’s The Umpire’ system (www.whostheumpire.com) by 11pm on the Friday following every match. Any problems must be reported immediately to Jon Holland. E: joncarole81@hotmail.co.uk T: 07948 718178.

For these divisions, each failure to report by the Friday deadline up to the 30 June, 2 points will be deducted from the team’s points total for the match in question and for each failure after 30 June, the points deduction shall increase to 5 points for each failure.

Entering Team Sheets (through the app)

Team sheets are to be entered into the app. This should be entered before 9pm on the day of the match. This is in addition to the physical team sheet exchanged before the Toss. There is a deduction of 5 points for each occurrence of not entering your team sheet by the day of match 9pm deadline

The team lists are presented in turn for the home team and away team. They can be swapped by pressing the H or A symbol that is shown. For your team, a list of registered players is presented in the app and the players for the particular match can be selected by tapping on each player. An option is available to toggle between viewing all players and those you have already selected.

Please note, team sheets cannot be entered through the website.

Website Dashboard

Results can also be entered using the website together with the facilities reports and umpire marks.

1. Login to the website with details supplied by your club and a "Dashboard" will be displayed.

2. Options to edit the result and enter facilities reports and umpire marks will be shown. Note. Only the home team will have the option to enter the result, only the away team will be able to enter a facilities report and both teams' umpires marks.

Facilities and Umpire Marks Reporting (through the website)

The entry of facilities and umpires marks can also be entered through the website. Once you have filled in all the relevant details click on "Save report umpires" to submit.

ECB Club Affiliation

ECB affiliation procedure now requires all county boards to introduce a strict affiliation policy.

In order to meet the requirements set out by ECB, All County Cricket Boards were tasked with developing minimum standard affiliation packages that they provide to clubs.

This includes having a fully compliant Club Safeguarding Officer.

Hertfordshire Cricket has updated their affiliation package to meet these requirements, which include offering clubs in Hertfordshire more support.

Clubs who affiliate to Hertfordshire Cricket are offered a variety of benefits. Further details of Hertfordshire Cricket affiliation package are available on http://www.hertscricket.org/page/clubs/club-affiliation-package/club-affiliation-package-9768/

Saracens Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League is a Hertfordshire based league. It is a requirement for clubs to be members of ECB through Hertfordshire Cricket. Therefore, Hertfordshire based clubs must be fully affiliated to Hertfordshire Cricket or participant clubs based outside of Hertfordshire are required to become Associate members of Hertfordshire Cricket.

Clubs failing to meet affiliation requirements place at risk their membership of Saracens Hertfordshire Premier Cricket League.

Who Requires DBS Checks?

It’s mandatory in cricket for holders of following posts to be Cricket specific ECB DBS checked

• Club Safeguarding Officer (all club/league/county posts)

• ID Verifier

• Coach (whether volunteer or paid, assisting or leading)

• Coach Support Workers

• Umpires

• Scorers

• Club Junior team Managers

• County Age Group Managers

• Open Age Group Team Captains and Vice-Captains

• Junior Supervisors

• First Aider/Physiotherapist/Medical Support

• Club volunteer coordinators

• All Stars Cricket Activator

ECB identity vetting

All DBS applications will be verified face-to-face.

• Hertfordshire County Cricket’s objective is for ALL clubs to have their own verifier – currently approximately 70 clubs within Hertfordshire have their own verifier.

• All completed applications (except paid coaches & official) will automatically go on to UPDATE SYSTEM. (Although an applicant can opt out) which means a successful applicant will not have to renew their DBS as long as the applicant undertakes a role within cricket which requires a DBS check.

DBS Applications can be initiated by a verifier or through County Safeguarding team.

To initiate a DBS application, an applicant should contact their clubs Safeguarding Officer or email welfare@hertscricket.org. Providing the following information:

1. Full legal first name (as on a passport or driving licence)

2. Full legal last name (as on a passport or driving licence)

3. Applicant’s date of birth

4. Role applicant intends to undertake

5. Applicant's email address (must be an email address specific to the applicant)

6. The club the applicant intends to represent

Club safeguarding responsibilities

All clubs have a duty of care to all juniors and vulnerable adults who participate in cricket. These are set out on the League website at www.hertsleague.co.uk/documents/files/safeguarding_ responsibilities_2023.pdf

The guidelines cover:

• A club's safeguarding responsibilities

Note: Every club must appoint a trained Club Safeguarding Officer (CSO). It’s part of a club’s membership to ECB, Hertfordshire Cricket and SHPCL. Failure to have a trained CSO negates the club’s membership, and the club will then be penalised as per league rules

• Photography, filming, social media and broadcasting guidelines

• Guidelines for youth players in the SHPCL

For any DBS and safeguarding questions, contact Richard Burling,

League Safeguarding Officer

Email: welfare@hertsleague.co.uk

Mobile: 07885 288296

Premier Divisions Player Registration 2023

The following regulations apply to the Premier Division and Championship:

• All players must be registered prior to playing as per SHPCL Registration requirements

• All players must in first instance be registered to play in Hertfordshire Cricket League on their clubs play-cricket website, prior to registering on SHPCL Club registration site.

• All Category 2 & 3 players must be re- registered each season

• On Clubs SHPCL Registration site there will be a box for “Premier” status which must be ticked by all Premier & Championship players

• No player can be register to play for more than one Premier club

Category 1

All players must be either

(i) a British or Irish citizen born in England and Wales and is deemed “ordinarily resident”* or (ii) a player who has been resident in England and Wales for the immediately preceding 210 days and is deemed ‘Ordinarily Resident’*

* A player will only be treated as having been ordinarily resident within England and Wales for the relevant consecutive period if he or she has spent a minimum of 210 days in each year within England or Wales (for which purpose a ‘year’ shall mean a year ending 31st March). If however the player from overseas returns home and plays cricket as a ‘home grown’ cricketer during the year, he reverts to an overseas cricketer status,

Confirmation: A player who holds a British passport and lives outside the UK must also meet the ”Ordinarily Resident” criteria.

Category 2

One per team - a player CONTRACTED to a First Class county and not an Overseas player

Category 3

Any player who does not qualify as a Category 1 or 2 player

Player eligibility conditions are set out below or if in doubt contact SHPCL Registration Secretary

• It is the responsibility of Clubs and their nominated officer to check player details, against original documents

• Penalties for playing an unregistered player are a minimum ten point deduction for each occasion

• Clubs must keep copies of relevant registration documents, as

• SHPCL may ask clubs to supply evidence of entry into UK including original visa & passport and / or evidence of permanent residency in order to verify information.

• SHPCL may suspend any player if evidence required is not received within five days of request for information

For avoidance of doubt

• Category 1 players must be eligible to play for England or Ireland.

• To become a Category 1 player, an EU (non-UK or Irish) citizen has to be permanently resident in UK for 210 days prior to registration.

• Players with dual passports (one UK) will have to meet permanently resident qualifications to be eligible to play for England

• Definition of an International match, are International matches for ICC Full Member Countries plus Ireland, Netherlands & Scotland at above under17 level. They include a T/20 match, as well as a 50/50 or a First Class match.

• A player in an under13 age group or lower is ineligible to be registered in SHPCL Premier Divisions.

Registration, Overseas Players and Managed Migration

Registration

All players must be registered to play, on the League web site. Penalties for playing an unregistered player are 5 point deduction each occasion (10 points after 1 August).

Premier divisions: In addition, clubs in the two Premier divisions should first register all players on their club’s play-cricket web site. On the League web site, these clubs should also tick the box for ‘Premier’ status. No player can be registered to play for more than one Premier club. No player in a under 13 age group, or lower, can be registered in the SHPCL Premier divisions.

All eligibility information, including categories of British, Ordinary Resident and Overseas players, can be found in the Consitution (rule 13d). See page 23 of this handbook or go to the web site at: www.hertsleague.co.uk/documents/handbook/consitution.pdf

Clubs in any doubt over eligibility should contact the SHPCL Registration Secretary.

Overseas players

All non EEA citizens will require prior permission (a visa) to come to the UK to participate in sport if they do not hold:

• A British passport (or is a spouse/dependant of)

• European passport (or is a spouse/dependant of)

• Ancestral visa

Clubs wishing to use the services of a player who is in the UK, but not on a Tier 5 Creative & Sporting (Non FCC) visa, must ensure that the player’s visa allows them to play and/or coach. Clubs must make thelr own checks, and not solely rely on information provided by agents.

Guidance on the immigration rules for each visa can be found on the League web site at: www.hertsleague.co.uk/documents/handbook/immigration_rules.pdf

This also includes the Home Office definition of Professional vs Amateur and details of sanctions and penalties.

Sources of support

ECB Managed Migration website:

www.ecb.co.uk/governance/regulations/governing-body-endorsement Home Office website:

www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-visas-and-immigration Sponsor & Employer Enquiries:

Tel: 0300 123 4699 or e-mail: BusinessHelpdesk@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

SHPCL are not experts on immigration and, where there is doubt, clubs will be required to contact the ECB for clarification. Email: emma.davis-bidgood@ecb.co.uk. Where there is a doubt the player should NOT be registered

SHPCL is required to provide the Home Office with details of all players registered as category 3 within the whole SHPCL structure, in June each year. Therefore clubs must ensure that registration details provided to SHPCL are correct.

Club/Team Penalties 2023

The following table provides a list of the standard penalties that will be applied.

All penalties applied are subject to appeal.

Non membership compliance

Non Club attendance at AGM

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The ECB is supporting clubs and leagues with their handling of complaints related to matters of discrimination. The Boundary programme is a 5-tier modular programme designed to equip those within recreational cricket with the knowledge and skills to minimise the risk of discrimination, both on-field and in relevant off-field situations, and to effectively respond to those incidents that do unfortunately occur. Learn more at:

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Directions to clubs/grounds and captains' contact details are in the match day handbook.

Directions to clubs/grounds and captains' contact details are in the match day handbook.

Hemel Hempstead Town www.hhtcc.co.uk

Ground Heath Park, Station Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1JZ

Contact Mike Samuels mjsamuels@btinternet.com

Secretary Lesley Cheesewright LesleyCW1@hotmail.com

Mob: 07710 673168

07952 510124 Fixtures Paul Thompson paulfthompson45@gmail.com

07814 608292 Juniors Neil Morgan nmorgs@gmail.com Mob: 07776 072288

Hertford www.hertfordcricketclub.co.uk

Ground Balls Park, Mangrove Road, Hertford, Herts, SG13 8AJ

Contact David Williams david.williams280@ntlworld.com

Secretary Richard Eaton richard.eaton@roche.com

Tel: 01992 581983

07867 908993 Fixtures David Spring david@springfamily.org.uk Juniors Gareth Simmonds hertfordccjuniors@yahoo.com Mob: 07876 884567

Hertingfordbury

www.hertingfordburycc.co.uk

Ground St Mary's Lane, Hertingfordbury, Hertford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2LE

Contact Moss Goodwin moss.goodwin@yahoo.com

Mob: 07920 095499

Directions to clubs/grounds and captains' contact details are in the match day handbook.

Directions to clubs/grounds and captains' contact details are in the match day handbook.

Directions to clubs/grounds and captains' contact details are in the match day handbook.

Totteridge Millhillians

Ground Totteridge Green, London, N20 8PB

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Secretary Wyn Bowen secretary@tmcc.london

www.totteridgemillhillians.com

Tel: 020 8445 5331

Mob: 07828 953755

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Tring Park

Ground Tring Park Cricket Club, London Road, Tring, HP23 6HA

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Juniors Lizzie Cooper juniors@tringcricket.co.uk

Ware

Ground The Pavilion, Bell Lane, Widford, Ware, SG12 8SH

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Secretary Simon Pattison jspattison@ntlworld.com

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Juniors Andy Milton Milton_Andy@hotmail.com

Watford Town

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Mob: 07802 897994

www.watfordtowncricketclub,com

Ground Woodside, Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 7HH

Contact Andrew Canning canning199@btinternet.com Mob: 07901 000495

Secretary Contact Fixtures Adrian Constable adrian.constable27@gmail.com Mob: 07951 069013

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2022 season review

Secretary's report League tables

Photo courtesy of Paul Williams, Hertford CC

Secretary's Report 2022

As delivered to the AGM, February 2023

I began last year’s report by hoping for a normal season in 2022 after the ‘Covid years’. We hoped that there would be no recurrence of the virus and no Covid cancellations so that our hankering for bygone days would be rewarded by cricket as we knew it. Well, to an extent that was the case but things are not always normal and we have to adapt. Primarily we had to adapt to the hottest and driest summer since the fabled 1976 season. Outfields resembled the desert scenes from the opening credits of Better Call Saul as the temperature hit an unprecedented 40 degrees, pitches required enough water to float a battleship and groundsmen had to contend with unique conditions. That they, mostly, managed was a testament to their resilience and commitment. More of that later. We also had to, again for the first time I think, allow matches to start earlier or to be cancelled if, for health reasons, the match conditions might be too onerous for some. It will be interesting to see how some outfields recover for the coming season. Watering them during the drought would have been, for many clubs, either impossible or unaffordable.

Richard Bayliss’s report on the season in the handbook contains the details of what happened on the pitch so I shall confine myself to recording the fact that Potters Bar won the Premier division. Radlett, who they pipped by a whisker to that title, aided by some out of character wet weather, got their revenge in the play-off final. The ‘Bar’ won the Premier T/20 and Old Owens replaced Hoddesdon in the Premier. The Sunday T/20 winners were Watford Town and the plate Old Elizabethans.

Congratulations to the winners and those who achieved promotion. Commiserations to those going the other way, but always remember that a new season brings fresh hopes and enthusiasms.

There may be a problem looming about the quality of the grounds we play on. Generally, the standards at the top of the league are very good. The established clubs have the facilities, the equipment, the groundsmen and finance to do what is necessary to maintain their grounds even in the most trying of conditions. That cannot always be said further down the structure. For the first time in my committee life, we had to suspend a team’s membership of the league due to the condition of their pitch. A match at Bushey in division 2a was abandoned by panel umpires because the pitch was dangerous. Both their first and second teams were withdrawn from their respective divisions and their third eleven was only allowed to play friendlies. This very difficult decision was taken by the committee as the facilities standards required by our constitution had not been met. The story has a happier outcome in that the club, with the help and advice of our pitch inspector, and the input of a local club’s groundsman undertook an extensive renovation of the square. Our committee’s inspection of the facility in October led to their re-admittance to the league albeit with a relegation. There is a more general point to this story and that is that many clubs rely on volunteer help to maintain their surfaces and that help is often from the older club members with time on their hands and enthusiasm to push them along. That may not always be so and there seems to be a lack of younger qualified groundsmen around that clubs can afford. The same problem exists in Council run grounds. Councils, starved of cash, are less likely to want to employ experienced cricket groundsmen when the time and money that they require can be more economically used elsewhere in their grounds maintenance departments. Add to that, the fact that in my local area in the last ten years three established cricket grounds are no longer used for cricket and for 2023 two of our member clubs have been thrown off their established grounds, so you can see that there may be a problem in finding suitable facilities to stage league cricket

in the future. I cannot see any new cricket grounds appearing any time soon either. I offer no solutions to this problem save to remind clubs that they should never take for granted that their ground will be there for ever and you should do all that you can to preserve and maintain the standards of grounds that we have.

On that point we have also had to contact a few clubs who, in playing terms, are on the up. Our facilities requirements mandate that the higher a club rises up our structure the better its playing facilities need to be. We

have not always, in the past, given appropriate warnings that further progress may not be available if facilities do not match the level of cricket played. In the premier division the requirements come down to us from the ECB and are part of their requirements for receiving the grant money. Below that we rely on clause three of our constitution. Clubs will be reminded of this part of our rules. We cannot keep an eye on all of you all of the time so please acquaint (reacquaint) yourselves of that clause and strive to keep up with the standards required. There are grant monies available from various bodies and organisations and details are available in the handbook and through County associations.

Last season also saw the most concessions we have ever had arising out of lack of player availability. After 2020 and 2021 most of us suspected that there would be a return to normality and players would champ at the bit to get back on the field. That wasn’t the case sadly and many teams failed to meet their playing obligations. Whether the lockdowns gave players an introduction to other forms of

leisure activity or whether cancelled weddings, stag do’s, delayed holidays or pop concerts interrupted the normal life of an amateur cricketer we cannot say but the evidence was plain to see. As a league we have an obligation to ensure that our clubs have regular weekend cricket and if some clubs overreach their playing capabilities their opponents suffer. We took a number of teams out of the 2023 structure as a result and one or two clubs objected strongly to not being included. We hope to introduce a ‘Friendly’ division for 2023 to allow clubs, where availability allows teams to play some weeks but not others, to get cricket in and will seek to tighten our rules relating to removing sides when there are availability problems.

There may be another way of dealing with the problem of availability and that is the possibility of using Sundays for league matches. We allowed this in the regional structure during Covid restrictions and continued the policy in 2022. That not many clubs availed themselves of this option should not, I believe, close our eyes to its potential. We have become used to the fact that league cricket is played on Saturdays, it is true, but playing some matches on Sundays has the potential to tick a few boxes. Sunday cricket has died out for a lot of clubs over the last twenty or thirty years so playing the odd league match on a Sunday would help to increase use of grounds and push up income. It would also help potential players who have to work on Saturdays to enjoy the cut and thrust of league cricket. My earlier remarks about the problem of the lack of availability of suitable grounds on Saturdays could also be partly solved if established grounds were used for Sunday league matches. I accept that clubs often have to commit to regular payments for additional grounds on Saturdays and there are weather considerations, but I really do believe that flexibility is the key here. The committee will look at the possibilities going forward but it would help if clubs discussed this internally and offered suggestions. This is not unrelated to the campaign, launched last season by Ben Wilson of Bayford and Hertford Nondescripts CC, ‘Save Village Cricket’ . Their own problems with finding enough players are symptomatic of the problems many clubs faced last season and some of our committee met with Ben and Dominic Chatfield of the County Association to see if we could help. Their club’s problem

An encouraging turn-out at the Dennis/Sisis seminar, at St Albans School, attended by around 200 groundsmen and organised by the Herts Grounds Ass'n; see page 19

is mirrored by many of those who cancelled elsewhere in the league last season. We all have to look at the causes and, again, flexibility may be part of the answer. The type of game we play, the distances we have to travel to play that game and the amount of red tape with which all clubs now have to comply may prevent the ‘waverer’ from becoming involved. A quiet life elsewhere may be preferable.

Two other problems reared their ugly heads last season. The first problem concerned the

question of discipline, or rather the lack of it, on the field and will be dealt with in a special article on the subject in the handbook. But I cannot let this report pass without referring to it here. I shall not name the people, or the clubs concerned because that is not the point. The point is that misbehaviour on the field should not be tolerated and whilst we might disagree over the level of that behaviour, we must all agree that seriously bad behaviour deserves a swift and commensurate action. Thirty-six pages of discipline rules at Premier level hit my in-box from the ECB before Christmas and another 11 pages for cricket at a lower level accompanied them. But whatever those rules say, nothing can excuse racism, threats of violence, drinking on the field and during play and the use of recreational drugs on or off the field. One player has been banned for two years and others will be if they transgress again. In addition, one club was demoted. All of this is unacceptable. It shouldn’t be beyond the wit of man to impose, within clubs, a code of conduct that prevents such things happening or if they do, to remove those players from membership. I fully accept that a ban for a level one offence, for example, questioning an umpire’s eyesight or hearing, should not result in such action

but the offences mentioned above will not be tolerated. This is especially the case with racism. Last year I reported the issues raised by Azeem Rafiq and those issues are still with us. The hearing into the matter is due to be held in the Spring, in public, but already its efficacy is likely to be questioned as four of those accused of racism are refusing to take part. Whilst that is not our league’s concern its implications are. Our committee have all had to take part in an ECB online training course in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. We all need to be aware of this elephant in our room and, as I said in 2021’s report, be mindful of the views of others in this area.

The second problem related to our policy of not allowing players to be paid for playing below the level of the championship. Again, I do not propose to name those involved, but it is the principle again that is important. Whilst we had ‘evidence’ that a particular player had received payment for playing, the club and the player denied it. We have no power to obtain bank statements, HMRC records nor take sworn statements from those involved nor can we demand the production of the brown paper bag. So, we were stuck. Proving transgression is difficult but the principle of the rule is still important, and should we ever be able to prove a breach of that rule we will not hesitate to take action which may include expelling the club from the league.

I realise that this report has descended into the realms of criticism and dismay at some of last season’s goings on and wish to stress that most of what is in our garden is still rosy.

We have the vast majority of the games proceeding in an uneventful manner with good humour, competitive cricket and plenty of bon homie. We have the support of the best and perhaps longest serving sponsor a league could ever wish for in the Saracens Foundation with additional sponsorship for our cup competitions from Readers. As a result of that our finances are sound. Our umpiring panel is envied by many other leagues for its breadth of coverage

and the standards to which it adheres. Their numbers may have fallen slightly last season, which may be a hangover from Covid and anno domini, but we are trying to address this. Our committee works tirelessly to uphold our principles and I hope our administration from its dedicated volunteers is, whilst not always faultless, honest and committed. The increasing bureaucracy with which we are bombarded from above sometimes irritates but we cope and smile.

I must also mention Richard Bayliss, our handbook editor, and my predecessor as secretary (what a glutton for punishment!) who does a brilliant job, not only in putting together a wonderful book but also in producing his own entertaining and thorough diary of the season. We have people across the country asking for copies for their cricket collection and I wonder whether there is anybody out there who has all the copies from 1994?

So with ‘Bazball’, the England’s men’s team holding both world limited overs titles, and Australia coming over in the summer there is a lot to look forward to. We should embrace that and make sure that we enjoy our league and cup cricket to the full and always try to see the others’ point of view over a beer or three afterwards. We are not always right!

Barry Hellewell , January 2023.

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More well attended meetings - the Captains meeting, April 2022 and the online AGM, February 2023

League Tables 2022

Richard Mason, West Herts, received the awards for the club's two titlewinning teams, in 10 West & 11 South

Note: In the Review on the following pages, in the interests of brevity, some club names have been abbreviated in many places (but not every mention) eg Luton Town & Indians will be referred to just as Luton. With apologies to the purists and to those abbreviated clubs for any annoyance caused.

Diary of the Season 2022

The weather always gets a mention in these annual reports but the 2022 season was extraordinary. Was it global warming or a seasonal freak that resulted in a season with only 21 weather-related cancellations in a league programme of nearly 2,500 fixtures. Many outfields resembled deserts, for weeks, and record temperatures regularly made the headlines in our newspapers. A host of teams played every match in their fixture cards and were grateful for that opportunity.

Player availability was perhaps more of a problem than in previous years, with a couple of clubs struggling to raise even one team, on occasions. 133 conceded matches is a worrying figure, even though the great majority were in divisions 11 & 12, as you would expect. The executive committee is continually driving for solutions and greater regionalisation in the lower divisions is one proposal. Initiatives to pair teams left without a fixture at short notice, have also provided a remedy, of sorts.

those teams with limited bowling attacks to struggle all summer? Let’s see, week by week, as the season unfolded.

Week 1, 7 May

The season in numbers:

• 29 Divisions, 102 Clubs, 273 teams,

• 2484 Fixtures, 3 void results; 10 tied 22 cancelled, 133 conceded matches

• 813,065 runs scored

• 36,142 wickets taken

A relatively quiet start to the league season, unless you were at Hoddesdon, where Totteridge Millhillians were the visitors, in the Premier. In fact, if you decided to have a quick lunch before watching the afternoon’s cricket, you would have missed it. Hoddy were dismissed for just 21 in 14.2 overs; comfortably the lowest ever total in the elite division. Destroyer-in-chief was Joe Wray, 7.2 overs, 7 for 11 (and that included 5 wides). Jordan Bethel rubbed salt into the wound in the Totteridge reply, hitting 23 off 13 balls and the players headed for the bar (breakfast bar?) after victory in two and a half overs!

As the season developed, some divisional tables suffered as a result of these conceded matches and then the withdrawal of some teams. The situation was made worse, from 9 July, by the removal of the three Bushey teams playing in divisions 2A, 6A, & 9B, after the club’s facilities were deemed inadequate.

So would the dry pitches and fast outfields create a paradise for batters and condemn

Plenty of hints elsewhere in the Premier of a competitive season to come. Defeats for champions Harpenden and play-off winners Hertford. Victory for newly promoted Stortford and a ten-wicket victory for Radlett, chasing Welwyn’s 155.

Bowlers took charge in the Championship, with all five teams who batted second getting bowled out, mostly well short of their targets. Batters balanced the scales in division one, with Leverstock Green putting down a marker with a ten wicket win over Old Albanians, chasing 172.

Another batter to hit early form was Ahmed

Cricket in the Berkhamsted desert

Khan of Old Camdenians, with 156* out of his side’s imposing total of 359-5, against Broxbourne II in 5A. Even better was Kasey Harris, who was a run machine in 2021 and picked up where he left off, scoring 184*, which was more than 70% of Botany Bay’s runs against Rickmansworth II, in 6B.

Redressing the balance for the bowlers and giving their teams a winning start, were Harry Cobb, taking 7 for 11 for Mymms 2nds against N’ton Exiles in 5A and Andrew Dongworth, 7 for 19 for Sawbo 2nds, who bowled Flamstead out for just 40, in 5B.

For close games, Bovingdon’s 1 run defeat of Luton 3rds, in 6B stood out. Chasing 149, Luton’s tail lifted them from 101-7, only to fall short. In 12 South, the one wicket victory for Kings Langley 3rds, with one ball to spare, was equally tense. Langley’s successful pursuit of Northwood 5ths’ 190, owed much to the lower order, especially no. 8 Matthew Owens (64), and no. 10 Hadi Rizvi (30*).

Week 2, 14 May

The first question was how would the talented Hoddesdon side respond to the previous week’s shocker? They did so in style, with a six wickets victory over Mymms, albeit with only four balls to spare. Jayden Broodryk led the way with 118*.

Over 500 runs were scored in that match, quite rare in a 50 over match, but today it was one of four to achieve that feat, all in our top three divisions. In the Championship, Preston defended 294-9 as Dunstable couldn’t recover from 56-6 and finished on 222 with overs in hand. In the same division, Shenley (285-7; Will Thomson 110) against Broxbourne (253-9) was slightly closer but the result was rarely in doubt. The fourth came in division one, where Redbourn’s 293-7 was 28 too many for Sawbridgeworth, in spite of a Robert Sanders century (108 off 90 balls).

There was another 500-run match, which was unarguably the best of the lot, as it came in 11 South where they play 40 over matches! Chipperfield 3rds piled up 251-7, only for West Herts 5ths to overhaul their

total off the last ball of the match. It was a great effort after being 129-7, before no. 7 Ciaran Osborne blitzed 82* off 55 balls.

Another West Herts team was also involved a tight finish today. Their 2nds, in 3A, defended 154 and held off Knebworth to win by 2 runs (Dhruv Mehta 5 for 21 including key wicket of opener Josh Roseberry who scored exactly half of Knebworth’s runs). The tightest game of all saw a tie at Cheshunt, where visitors Watford scored 237 but Cheshunt could only equal that total, off the last ball, with 8 wickets down.

Individual achievement of the day was Syed Nasir Ali Shah’s 152* for Markyate v Letchworth IV in 10 North.

Final words are reserved for veterans/legends. Flitwick IV’s innings against Hitchin V, in 11 North, featured an unbeaten opening partnership of 281 involving the club’s all-time leading run scorer Andrew Summerfield (top). Today he stroked his way to 121*, accompanied throughout by John Trussell (115*) (right). Among the bowling legends, Tim Smith, (right) approaching his 70th year, took 7 for 29 for Stortford II in 4A, to bowl out Tewin for 82. Stuart Browne (below) is equally a legend at his own club, Radlett, and against Letchworth III, in 6A, finished with 5 for 4! Those figures were matched in 9A by the son of a legend, Nick Hodgins’ boy, Jacob, taking Hemel 4ths to a 123-run win over Hertford 4ths.

Week 3, 21 May

As we looked for clues for which team might lift the Premier title, Radlett had seemed to be showing their strength with an unbeaten start but that record went in one of the games of the day. Mymms had set a modest target of 179, with Nesan Jeyaratnam (82) the only batter to pass 25. At 149-3, Radlett were strolling to victory,

before Hamza Qayyum (5 for 36) and Chanaka Ruwansiri (4 for 32) applied the pressure. The 41st over started well for Radlett, with 7 runs taking them within one of the Mymms total, only for their last two wickets to go within three balls, handing the 25 points to Mymms.

Potters Bar were the other Premier team to show their class today, with a demolition of West Herts. A partnership of 203 between James Seward (107) and Steve Gale (105) set the benchmark, before Lee Tyrrell (5 for 6 in 4.3 overs) and Jigar Mehta (4-38) wrapped things up within 20 overs, for victory by 215 runs.

Leading batter today was Watton’s Ben Connolly in 6A. His 151* out of Watton’s total of 323-4, set up victory over Knebworth II by 171 runs. For good measure, Ben also opened the bowling and took a couple of wickets! He just pipped Mohsin Sageer, whose 150 meant Markyate had two batters scoring 150+ in consecutive weeks. Mike Samuels of Hemel 4ths wasn’t far behind, scoring 137 in a total of 328-4, ahead of a 277-run victory over Baldock in 9A. Perhaps the most remarkable century came from Basil Letts, for Aldenham, in 8A. His team were chasing Hitchin III’s total of 179-6, which they achieved comfortably, for the loss of four wickets, but Basil hit 135* of those runs! No other batter reached double figures.

Among the bowlers, Marcus Hill starred with remarkable figures of 5 for 1 in 2.4 overs, for Tewin II, who bowled out Stevenage V for just 33, in 10 North.

Week 4, 28 May

One tied match today, plus thrillers in the Championship and 5A took the headlines. In 2B, Northwood were struggling at 85-6

but set a reasonable final target of 186 in the 50th over. Lutonian were strolling at 123-2 but subsided to 146-8. The last pair added 22 only for the last wicket to go down with the scores level, at the end of the 49th over.

The Championship’s nailbiter saw Shenley overhaul Preston’s total of 228 with just one ball to spare, having recovered from 88-5. Meanwhile, Bentley Heath’s total of 300, in 5A, was anchored by Hassan Zeb (110) but they came to regret having 13 balls still unused when the last wicket fell. In reply, Frogmore had their own centurion in Jack Massey (104) who put on 189 for the first wicket with Ian Hurst (74), until both were dismissed in the 28th over. Progress continued, until 272-4 became 285-8, before 13 off the 49th over settled the nerves only for a run out on 299, which left two runs required off the last three balls. No problem for Felipe Lima de Melo who hit his first ball for 4! (You can read more about Felipe, from Brazil, on page 14)

Frogmore’s big partnership was one of several this weekend. Dan Bradley of Harpenden III, (158*), and teammate Joshua Sambrook (141*) were way out in front, amassing 308 for the 3rd wicket at Stevenage in 4B. Similarly impressive was the opening stand of 228 by Kieran Jones (130) & David Brandon (72), in 10 South, putting North Enfield II on the road to victory over Parkfield. Prakash Murugesan (106*) and Dillon Mahawatte (70*) can be proud of their opening stand of 190 in 23 overs, as it earned West Herts V a ten-wicket victory over Leverstock Green IV in 11 South. Then in a Sunday match in 12 East, Pratik Vyas (132*) and Ramesh Pant (104*) put on over 200 for Southgate

From the live feed at Radlett, Noah Cornwell aims to hit the winning runs down the leg side, only to be caught at slip by Hamza Qayyum, to give Mymms victory

Joshua Sambrook (left) and Dan Bradley who put on 308 for Harpenden III. The scoreboard is missing a run for Joshua!

Compton II against Broxbourne

Solo innings to catch the eye included 155 (12x4, 8x6) by Datchworth’s Kieran Atkinson, against Potton in 3A, and Abhishek Nasa, with 150 for Mymms 3rds in 12 East, against St Margaretsbury 4ths.

Carrying the flag for the bowlers today was James Downes (top picture) with the excellent return of 9.5-3-19-8. Playing for Leverstock

2nds in 5A and coming on as first change, he helped to dismiss Mymms 2nds for 96. leading to victory by 136 runs.

Just one team performance caught the eye in the Premier today, where Hoddesdon returned to their bad old ways. Although a total of 144 may not seem too gross, it owed everything to Jayden Broodryk’s 81* as the other 10 batters managed only 41 between them, leaving West Herts the victors by 75 runs.

Week 5, 4 June

A long weekend, in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which inevitably meant rain but luckily not enough to affect the outcome of many matches or hinder some marvellous individual efforts. With the benefit of postseason hindsight, we can report that the season’s top bowling and batting performances both occurred this day.

Let’s start with the successful bowler, Sandridge’s Pete Jordan (2nd picture). Coming on as first change, when his team-mate pulled up mid-over with an injury, he maintained a perfect line and length, taking the first nine wickets, aided and abetted by excellent fielding. Pete even saw a difficult chance go down in the last of his allotted ten overs - so close to all ten but

ultimately Pete had to settle for 9-45, a haul that would not be bettered all season, anywhere.

Double centuries are quite rare but today we had two! Top scorer for the day (and, so it turned out, for the season) was Neil Bamford (3rd picture), who opened for Mymms 2nds, in 5A. He took the Broxbourne II attack apart, with 219 off 155 balls (29x4, 2x6), to set up victory by 143 runs. Close behind on the honours board came Kazim Bacchus (4th picture), whose unbeaten 210 came off only 126 balls, with 17x4 and 15x6. He helped Edmonton to reach 316-1 in 11 East - where innings are limited to only 40 overs! In the 38th over, Kazim needed 18 to get his double 100 and, worried he might miss out, immediately smashed three sixes over cow corner into the adjacent field! The final victory margin, over Old Owens III, was 165 runs.

Kieran Jones & David Brandon were mentioned last week, with their opening stand of 228 for North Enfield 2nds and they carried that form into this week’s match against Parkfield II, in 10 South. They couldn’t be parted, as they pursued Letchmore’s total of 203-8 (bottom picture), with Kieran’s 100* his 2nd century in successive weeks. Among the best of the rest, Matt Howeson’s 168* for St Albans 2nds against Stevenage 2nds, stood out.

We had a tied match today, in 7A, where St Margaretsbury 2nds set a challenging total of 249-4, off their 40 overs. Old Cholmeleians duly took up the challenge, Sam Khalique leading the way with 134 off 94 balls, only for his team to finish on parity, eight down. Almost as close was Bushey

III’s visit to Flamstead (2nds) where the home side reached 226-7. Bushey levelled the scores, four wickets down, with one ball left, which was hit for six, to make sure of victory.

No outstanding events in the Premier today, the last week of limited overs matches until August, although Hertford (last season’s play-off winners) did achieve a first win of the season against Harpenden (last season’s league champions). The top match, by any measure, was the two-runs victory by Potters Bar over Totteridge, both in the top 4 of the table. Bar owed much of their 297-3 total to a stand of 132 between Rishi Patel (136; 11x4, 8x6) and Steve Gale (58*). Patel’s innings included 30 off the 40th over, one dot ball and five maximums! The Totteridge reply stuttered when 61-0 became 65-4, before Ravi Madushan (102) and Simon Webster (63) began the rebuild but a clatter of wickets meant 23 were still required off the last four overs, with the last pair at the crease. This was reduced to 12 needed off the last over and with 9 off the first three balls, it was game on, but, next ball, Maheshram took the last of his three wickets and Bar were home.

Our footnote for this week is the selection of possibly the oldest player ever, for a 1st XI in the top three divisions of a Herts League game. Mike Dobner (left), aged 72, got the call-up by Langleybury and what makes his appearance stand out is the fact he was chosen to keep wicket! Availability and injury issues meant he had to don the gloves but there were no doubts about his fitness or abilities, as team-mates in the Herts Seniors (which he chairs) will testify. For the record, Mike let through only 7 byes out of 37 extras in Sawbridgeworth’s winning total of 304.

Week 6, 11 June

It was the first round of timed matches for our premier divisions and a few of the batters obviously relished the longer

format. Leading the way was Simon Webster, whose 167 off 106 balls (16x4, 11x6), batting at no. 7, enabled Totteridge to declare on 341-6, after just 52 overs. Welwyn still hung on for the draw, finishing on at 182-9, after 63 overs.

A run fest at Hertford where four players celebrated centuries. After Hugh Cavener had been run out without facing, Fayaz Homyoon (114) and Bailey Eustance (115*) put on 191, allowing the home side to finish on 286-4 after 60 overs, before Stortford replied with interest. After being 32-3, Joe Burslem (120*) and Joe Hawkins (141* off 110 balls) put on 256 and saw their team home in the 51st over.

Division 1, still playing the 50 overs format, had a big centurion in Sol Tomlinson, 166 out of 349-6, which was 162 too many for St Margaretsbury. Yet that wasn’t the day’s top score. Down in 7B

Sam GreenArmytage (right) monopolised the Southgate Adelaide IIs innings and out of the team total of 291-4, against Cockfosters II, Sam scored 208 in 137 balls (23x4; 8x6). And that was all in 40 overs.

Another pair of batters to make hay were Adam Pitt (131) and Kaz Ahmed (101), who put on 230 for the first wicket for Hitchin 4ths, against Harpenden 5ths in 10 North. The final accolade goes to North Enfield’s Kieran Jones, who was mentioned last week. And the week before. A man obviously in form, today he notched his third successive century. He more than helped NE 2nds to their 40 over total of 248-2, which proved to be 50 too many for Botany Bay 2nds, in the all-Middlesex clash in 10S

Week 7, 18 June

On the preceding Thursday, the country recorded its 2nd hottest June day on

record. As sure as night follows day, the weather would break and the first serious rain this summer arrived just in time to have an impact on our league programme. None more than in the Premier, where Radlett lost their status as league leaders, when their result against Harpenden couldn’t even be saved by Duckworth Lewis Stern. Potters Bar had no problems in beating Hertford and stepped into the top spot. Most batters weren’t distracted by the weather, jusdgig by the centuries and high team scores. Lutonian rattled up 326-3 off 47 overs against Hertford II, with Ammad Saeed (139) and Zahid Khan (101*) putting on 174 for the 3rd wicket. Also in 2B, Nirrushan Raveenthiraraja (112*) scored most of Northwood’s 166 runs to beat Potters Bar II by10 wickets.

Dinesh Johnson mammoth 154* (22x4; 6x6) for Mill Hill Village 2nds, against Dunstable 3rds, was the best of the rest. Ben Newton’s 137*, led the way in Harpenden III’s imposing total of 375-5 in 45 overs, against Langleybury II, in 4B. Paddy Boylan wasn’t far behind, with 135 for Datchworth 4ths, out of 239-2 in just 25.2 overs and an eight-wicket victory over Hitchin VI, in 12 North. Awais Paul’s 128 was the main contribution to Bamville’s 360-5 off just 40 overs, against Baldock II in 9A.

Wheathampstead III moved into 4th place in the list of all-time highest margins of victory, with victory by 350 runs over Letchworth 5ths in 12 North. The victors had two centurions, Nick Lloyd & Quentin Vaile but their efforts were more memorable for their application of the spirit of cricket at that level, with both batters retiring when they reached three figures, to give teammates time at the crease.

For the game of the day we turn to a top v bottom encounter in 5A. Batting first against Frogmore, leaders Old Camdenians scored 72, with fielders dropping 10 catches in the innings, only one of them difficult (by Frogmore’s own admission!). After a rain delay Frogmore’s revised victory target was 234 which came within reach through

Jack Massey, who scored 130 off 86 balls – having been dropped second ball of the innings! Wickets fell regularly, the 9th going down on 229 with 7 balls remaining. Last ball, and with only one run required, Brazilian Felipe played a late cut - which went to 3rd slip. Match tied. Except… it transpired that both sides and the umpires had calculated incorrectly and Camdenians had actually won by one run!

Week 8, 25 June

Some high quality batting towards the top end of the league was the stand-out feature on a day of high scores and, thankfully, only a little interfering rain.

Highest scorers in the Premier, with 351-2, were Radlett, and their 54-run victory over Stortford was enough to send them back to the top of the table, as Potters Bar drew. An unbeaten 4th wicket stand of 189 was the main feature of the Radlett innings, with Nathan Smith bludgeoning his way to 119* off 63 balls (10x4; 8x6), accompanied by David Burnell (106*). A five-wicket haul for Kabir Toor ensured the victory.

Rhys Wynne and Chanaka Ruwansiri were both out in the nervous 90s but did enough to ensure Mymms could overtake the Totteridge 60 over total of 260-6, for whom Jack Keeping scored 105*. Mymms leapt into 3rd place as a result.

Arguably the game of the day was the drawn encounter between West Herts and Harpenden, which went to the last ball. Alastair Lewis, with 107, was the main contributor to the West Herts total of 2778. In reply, Harpenden were stuttering at

Left: Nathan Smith; Right David Burnell

110-5, including the wicket of Aussie Hilton Cartwright (2 Tests & 2 ODIs) for just 2, in his only appearance of the summer.

Half centuries for Nick Lamb and Ashley Sivarajah turned things around and Ashley was still there at the end, to face the last ball with two required for victory but a swing and a miss meant both teams finished the day in the bottom half of the table.

The other reportable tight finish came in 8B, where Redbourn 3rds stayed top after defending 233 then turning things round after Kings Langely II’s openers put on 164, eventually squeezing home by two runs. Runs a-plenty at Flitwick the Championship, where the home side’s triple Nelson score, for the loss of only three wickets, was largely thanks to Apoorv Wankhade (127) and George Thurstance (104*), before 2nd-place Shenley were dismissed for 230 in 42 overs. The division also had one of the day’s top scorers, in George Davies, with 143 for bottom club Broxbourne.

Division One saw the bowling performance of the day, with St Margaretsbury dismissing Old Albanians for 98 and Joe O'Gorman taking a remarkable seven wickets for six runs in 8.4 overs.

A little further down the structure, Neil Morgan’s 143 for Hemel 2nds was the stand-out innings, ahead of victory by 223 runs over Reed II.

In contrast to these notable individual performances, the day effectively marked the end of the season for Bushey. Their 1st team’s home match against Berkhamsted was called off early in the first innings, when the umpires deemed the pitch too dangerous to continue. The 2nd XI were unable to play there the following week and the League committee felt that, with no early prospect of an improvement in the facilities, their season should be ended and points earned by their opponents should not count. With the prospect of so many high quality players being available for their 3rd XI, that team was also withdrawn from the League and its matches to date regarded as void.

Tweeting Success

At 7:49 pm on Sat, Sep 03, 2022, @ LetchworthGCCC tweeted....

1s WIN AND STAY UP!

After a tough year, back-toback wins completes the great escape.

Thanks to Twitter we learned a lot about Letchworth Garden City, this season, and there was a lot to admire. In mid-July they put out seven teams while on 21 May, they proudly announced that with the exception of their overseas player.....

“every single member of this Saturday’s 1st XI - now aged 31 to 16 - has represented LGCCC at the age of 15 or younger.”

Talking of youngsters, a week earlier we learned that Joe Davidson would be making his 1st XI debut aged 16, the youngest player to do so since Tom Simmons in 2008. “The kid can play,” it said.

Which he proved, taking 2-24 on debut and proving the most economical of the six bowlers used that day, It wasn’t all plain sailing, as we saw on 27 August when four of the club’s teams were bowled out for under 100.

But as they also pointed out... "Still getting 5 teams out and giving 55 blokes a game of cricket.”

Week 9, 2 July

By the end of today we had reached the half way point of the season, so a good time to look at the tables and those teams with titles in their sights. The top of the Premier is the place to start, as the clear leaders, Radlett and Potters Bar, faced up to each other today. Victory by Bar, by 96 runs, meant they replaced Radlett in 1st place. Would that change before they met again on the last day of the season?

Only 25 points separated the five clubs in the bottom half of the table, so the fight to avoid the one relegation place would create a dramatic 2nd half to the season.

At the top of the Championship, Old Owens were determined to earn their Premier place and avoid the play-off, which caused such disappointment at the end of the previous season. By this half-way point, they were nearly 30 points ahead of 2nd placed Shenley and more than 60 points ahead of the rest of the pack. Only 13 points separated the bottom four clubs in the relegation dog-fight.

In all other divisions, playing limited overs only, most had an even look among the top teams. An exception was in 5A, where Old Camdenians had opened up a gap of 70 points ahead of the rest. They were also one of only five teams throughout the whole league which could boast an unbeaten record. At the opposite end, seven teams were still looking for their first win.

The ‘No Result’ columns gave us the evidence of this season’s good weather. In the Premier, three matches had failed to produce a result through rain, while only four other divisions recorded cancellations, with just one match lost in each of those.

On the field today, that top-of-the-Premier clash went the way of Potters Bar mainly thanks to a 3rd wicket stand of 227 between Reece Hussain (140*) and Steve Gale (102). Having posted 298-3 in their 60 overs, Bar dismissed Radlett for 202 inside 47 overs.

Other stand-out efforts at the top level included James Latham’s 159 for Harpenden, who beat Stortford, and six wickets for Welwyn’s Kapil Dave, setting up their victory over Hoddesdon.

Closest finish of the day came in 3A, when basement team Dunstable 2nds set leaders West Herts II a target of 243, and saw them hit a boundary off the last ball to win the match by two wickets. Several onewicket victories made for exciting finishes, including at Southgate Adelaide who had 11 balls in hand (Thomas Lethbridge 103), when they passed the Northwood Town total of 233, in 4A; Redbourn II saw the last pair put on 20 to win, chasing the 204 of Stevenage II, in 4B; a one wicket victory for Minchendenians in the battle of the top two in 8A, chasing Aldenham’s 40-over total of 173; Boxmoor II also thanked the last pair for overhauling Totteridge III 189 in 8B; and finally in 10 North, where Preston 4ths needed only 113 to beat Tewin II but it went to the last ball, with the last pair at the crease.

There was one other finish which was even closer, with Bushey 3rds in a tie with Stevenage 4ths in 9B. Both scored 171 (Stevenage losing 8 wickets, chasing) but, as described earlier, Bushey had all results voided with their exit from the League, so this was their last and most memorable match of the season by any measure.

For individual performances, there was a smattering of excellent centuries throughout the League today, with the top score accolade going to Asif Bacchus of

Heat warnings were a regular feature, but if you were playing at Abbots Langley, hopefully you didn't use the BBC weather map, which put it in Devon!

Edmonton, in 11 East, for his imperious 154 out of a total of 350-5 and a victory by 236 runs over Broxbourne IV. Not far behind was Matt Potton, with 145 for Boxmoor, scored off just 114 balls (16x4; 8x6).

Week 10, 9 July

The eye-catching score from the top end of the League today was Radlett’s 3572, at Welwyn. Chiefly responsible for the mayhem were Dom Chatfield (173*; 17x4, 5x6) and Kabir Toor (157 off 132 balls; 12x4, 9x6). They came together when opener Christopher Arul had to retire, on 19*, and were eventually parted with the score on 338, ahead of a declaration after 57 overs. WGC received 59 overs in return but never threatened to reach the target, holding on for a draw at 187-7. Potters Bar thus held on to top spot, increasing their points advantage over Radlett after beating Harpenden by 54 runs. Today’s schedule marked the reverse fixtures from the opening day, so, many eyes were on Hoddesdon, dismissed by Totteridge for just 21 in week 1. Could they put that behind them? The answer was not really, as they were dismissed inside 37 overs today, for 84. They never recovered from 5 for 3 and 27 for 5, chasing 192, and slipped into the bottom two in the table.

Elsewhere, it was all about close matches, including two terrific ties.

In 3B. Wheathampstead were defending 151 against Hemel 2nds, who were knocked off course when 132-6 became 136-9 and the last pair of Stanley Hayden and Tom Willetts only just failed to get them over the line. 20 points each.

For real drama, we turn to 8A where leaders Old Minchendenians visited St Albans 3rds,

who were chasing 187 for the win. The final over began with Saints requiring nine runs for victory, with two wickets in hand.

Four singles from the first five deliveries meant a near impossible five to win off one ball. Tom Wilton, on 50, hit it straight and a slight misfield allowed two runs. With nothing to lose, Wilton turned for a third as the ball was thrown to the bowler, who, just metres from the stumps, elected to throw down the stumps when, with a couple of steps, he could have run out Wilton. Three runs completed and, miraculously, the bowler’s throw was wild enough to allow the batters to turn and the all-run four meant Saints had stolen a remarkable tie. As a footnote, Tom Wilton, who finished on 54*, hadn’t expected to be playing, having spent the morning at work but answered the very late call after a Covid-related withdrawal.

It was almost as dramatic in division one, where Ampthill squeezed home by one wicket, off the last ball of the match and with the last pair at the wicket. Having restricted Langleybury to 222-9, the chase was going well at 166-3 but less so at 171-6 and when the ninth wicket fell in the 47th over, 19 runs were required. After a cautious couple of overs, 11 were still needed off he last over but Will Sneath and Louis Evans scored off every ball, with a single off the last ball getting them home. No less exciting was the one-run win in 2A for Holtwhites at Watford, defending 1919, even though the hosts had six overs in hand at the end. Similar drama in in 3A, as Knebworth, chasing Chipperfield’s 196, slipped from 157-4 to 184-9, mainly through Andrew Oliver’s 6 for 17, before the last pair crossed the line with two overs in hand. Same in 4A, where, Southgate Adelaide’s 214 wasn’t quite enough, as Tewin’s last pair saw them home, with just four balls to spare, with no. 8 Tom Wood’s 56*, the highest score, responsible for all the runs in that victorious partnership. A similar scenario in 7A but Flitwick 3rds had only two balls left and nine wickets down, when they passed the Datchworth 2nds score of 134. Then in 11 East, Old Owens III’s 125-4

Dom Chatfield

Kabir Toor

in 40 overs was just enough, as they held back Hertingfordbury II, reducing them from 92-4 to 101-9, before taking the last wicket and victory by one run.

Bowlers were apparently finding it hard going on the dry pitches, so let’s single out the performance of Mark Waters for Preston II in 5A. In just 5.2 overs he took 7 of Bentley Heath’s wickets at a cost of 19 runs, to dismiss them for 40 to give his team victory by 207 runs.

On the other hand, many batters were enjoying life. Such as Inayat Rahman, who plundered the Allenburys 2nds attack for 163, in Hatch End’s winning total of 298-4, in 7B. Close behind was Hamza Bashir, who hit 156 to set up Markyate’s victory over Redbourn 4ths in 10 North.

All-rounder of the day must be Dan Sherry whose efforts enabled Old Cholmeleians to beat Weston by 13 runs, in 7A. Dan (left) scored 113* and took 5 for 45. Weston must groan when they see Dan’s name on the team sheet – he scored 90* in the reverse fixture and in a match around seven years ago scored a ton against them, to win the match.

And, finally, a mention for Hoddesdon stalwart and former 1st team captain, Nick Gandon. He hit 107 just a week ahead of his final game for the club before moving away. It wasn’t enough for Hoddy 3rds, however, who couldn’t defend 260 and went down by 8 wickets to Hertford 4ths, in 9A.

Week 11, 16 July

Things were hotting up, in every sense, as today’s fixtures were played just three days before Britain recorded its highest

ever temperature (40.3°). The batters certainly enjoyed conditions in the Premier, with every team comfortably passing 200. Similar in the Championship, where only three teams failed to score more than 200.

The lowest scoring match in the Premier was also the closest, with Radlett defending a score of 227, after Dom Chatfield, 173* last week, went first ball today! His teammates did well to recover from 24-4, with the last pair putting on a vital 47 runs. Fast forward to the day’s last over and the last Totteridge batter was run out, enabling Radlett to squeeze home by just two runs,

with one ball to spare. (Run out captured here, captured from the live feed).

The Championship’s lowest scoring game also matched that excitement, starting with Old Owens being dismissed for 133, the last six wickets going down for 21 runs. They were top of the table for a reason, however, and reduced Reed to 64-6, before a recovery made them favourites, only for Owens to take the last three wickets within five balls, for no runs, giving them the victory by five runs.

That was one run better than Broxbourne’s win over Shenley. There were two centurions in the Broxbourne innings, Jack Plumb (108*) and Conor Ridley (103), who put on 180 for the third wicket towards a total of 289-4. Liam Robinson’s five wickets looked to be the match-winning contribution, only for Shenley’s last pair to put on 44 runs, to scare the home team, before their six-run victory.

Centurions at the top level included James Latham (119) for Harpenden, Reece Hussain (115) for Potters Bar and Priyamal

Perrera (106*) for West Herts. Flitwick’s veteran, George Thurstance, led the way in the Championship, with 136*.

Tied matches are not unusual but Lutonian broke new ground by recording their 2nd tie of the season. They achieved parity with Northwood on 28 May and today scored 151, before bowling out Eversholt for the same total. Both innings followed similar patterns, with the loss of early wickets, then rescue acts by players scoring halfcenturies but the end was interesting as Lutonian turned to Zahid Khan, their 9th bowler, to try and dislodge the last pair who were carefully approaching the victory target. With his 2nd ball and the scores level, Zahid ended the innings.

Among the run-fests, Tewin v Stortford 2nds, in 4A, saw over 680 runs scored in the match. Stortford’s Jonathan Gaffney (154*) set the standard and Tewin responded with three half-centurions of their own, before they went down by 25 runs.

Two teams could boast two centurions to applaud today. At Berkhamsted, the home 2nd team’s Matthew Brown (102) and Daniel Chrispin (100) put on 164 of their side’s total of 294-7, ahead of victory over Welwyn 3rds by 208 run (pictured celebrating their centuries). Similar scores in Holtwhites 4ths, where Arjun Popat (102*) and Tom Newman (104), set up a 53 runs victory over St Margaretsbury 4ths, in 12 East.

Other stand-out innings included Will Hales 136 for Redbourn in div. one (with his brother, Ed, scoring 96 at the other end); and Robert Urwin, 142, in 10 East, for Broxbourne 3rds (to go with the cub’s two other centurions in the 1st XI, above).

Among all this run-making, one man carried the flag for bowlers. And how! Louis Champion of Knebworth Park came on as 4th change, and in 8.3 overs took

an outstanding 8 for 18. And why was he 4th change? Because Louis (pictured) spent the first half of innings as ‘keeper (he kept for most of the season) and it was only the second time he had bowled in a league match in over five years. What an all-rounder! His superb effort which was good enough to get him onto the national honours board on play-cricket.com

There was an interesting footnote to the performance of Flitwick IV in 11 North, who beat Hitchin V by ten wickets, chasing 89. In the reverse fixture earlier in the season, Flitwick’s openers scored 281 without being parted. So in their two matches, the Hitchin bowlers had failed to take a Flitwick wicket.

The most regrettable incident of the day came at Rickmansworth. The first team’s match with Allenburys, in 3A, was recorded as cancelled but that followed behavioural issues early in the game, which caused the match to be abandoned. One player caused the issue, playing his first (and only!) match in the Herts League. Both captains also served a one-match ban. A regrettable story of how the behaviour of one rogue player can ruin the enjoyment of a game for the remaining 21 players, officials and spectators. A lesson for all clubs.

Week 12, 23 July

Potters Bar held on to top spot in the Premier, beating West Herts by 32 runs, with just 10 minutes left to play and in spite of some brilliant resistance from Priyamal

Perrera, who scored 134 from 93 balls (18x4; 6x6).

2nd placed Radlett beat 3rd placed Mymms by nine wickets through the combined brilliance of Josh De Caires (159* off 131 balls) and Kabir Toor (104* off 97 with 6x4 and 7x6). They put on 222 to win the match.

Josh (pictured left) had already taken four wickets and helped to restrict Mymms to 288-8, where the highlight was a 3rd wicket partnership of 177 between Chanaka Ruwansiri (101) and Guganeshan Muralitharan (81).

Meanwhile, the basement battle between Hertford and Hoddesdon went the way of the Balls Park hosts, by seven wickets, after dismissing Hoddy for 216. Five wickets for Jon Ryan. Hoddy dropped to bottom place, as a result. They had been 4th at the start of the month.

There was a similar battle to avoid relegation in the Championship, where Luton lifted themselves off the bottom with a three wickets win over Reed, who dropped to ninth. Having bowled out Reed for 246 in the 60th over (five wickets for Divyesh Patel) Luton did well to recover from 85-5, getting over the line with one ball left of their 55th over.

Still in the Championship, a word for Conor Ridley of Broxbourne. Last week he was a batting hero with a century. Today he took 7 wickets for 52, in the win over Preston. The highlight in division one was a high scoring tie at Langleybury, where Letchworth chased the home side’s 254-7. They seemed well on their way at 232-3 in the 45th over but a clatter of wickets, including top scorer Christy O’Brien for 99, created a tense finish. Five required from the last over, with three wickets in hand, but 2,dot,1,1,W,W left cricket as the only winner.

Sawbridgeworth’s total of 248-3 was the next highest in div. one but the player taking the plaudits was Michael Burrell who took his 300th league wicket for the 1st XI.

Top scorers below the Premier both came in the regional divisions. Faisal Tanoli’s 143* off 119 balls, for Shenley 4ths in 10 East was matched in 11 East by Edmonton’s Kevin Hemans, whose 143 came off 102 balls, before he was dismissed. Not far behind them was Tom Garraway with 136* for Old Elizabethans in 2A.

A rare hat-trick to report, with Boxmoor’s Amit Mahajan performing the feat against Flamstead in 5B but with his five wicket haul he was the lone star as Flamstead reached 211 and won by 81 runs.

Finally, North Enfield 2nds were sitting pretty on top of 10 South but their nerves must have been shattered after the three successive tight finishes. Two weeks ago they chased the 192 target set by Mill Hill 3rds and got there off the last ball. Last week they needed 213 to overhaul Holtwhites 3rds and managed it in the very last over. Today it was another run chase, after Old Elizabethans 3rds had scored 185-7, and again it went down to the final ball as they passed the post with six wickets down, a win that should have been more comfortable after being 181-2.

Week 13, 30 July

In the batter-friendly conditions which prevailed this season, let’s celebrate some top bowling performances today, starting with two in the Championship. Reed’s Toby Fynn took 7 for 34 to inflict a heavy defeat on Hitchin, by 163 runs. Seven wickets also for Flitwick’s Apoorv Wankhade, for 40 runs, to set up the victory over Hemel, with Apoorv then smashing 42 off 33 balls with four 6s, in the chase. The third member of this special club 7 was Sai Chaitanya Nanduri, who took 7 Bovingdon wickets for just 15 runs to help his Potters Bar 3rds to a 7 wickets win.

Back in the day, teams would adjourn to the bar. Now it's a debrief and analysis while sitting on the outfield!

I described a Boxmoor hat-trick last week as a rare event. Then, like buses, two come along together. Today it was Parteek Malhotra who achieved the feat during his match-winning spell of 6-22 v Sawbridgeworth 2nd XI. This wasn’t a oneman show, however, as Daniel Hobbs (115) & Anum Hamdani (80*) had put on 180 at the start of the Boxmoor innings, leading to a defeat for Sawbo by 224 runs

Close finishes were in plentiful supply today, starting in division one, where Harpenden II made hard work of chasing down Letchworth’s modest total of 156, with only three batters reaching double figures and the last pair at the wicket when the win was achieved. Harpenden had several overs in hand at the end, whereas Kings Langley, in 2B, had only six balls remaining when their nos. 10 & 11 grabbed the win over Eversholt. In the same division, Letchworth’s 2-wicket win over Northchurch wasn’t quite so tight but in a match of nearly 600 runs, it was an impressive chase, led by David Albon, with 126.

Similarly in 3B, Parkfield had two wickets in hand when they passed Bayford’s 284-6 but with only five balls remaining. The win stood out, however, because of a remarkable innings by A Khan. Coming in at no. 8, he hit 162*, with the next highest score being just 32 – by the no. 9! Division 3B was the place for exciting cricket today, with Cockfosters overcoming Reed 2nds by just three runs and Welwyn II defeating Hemel II by the same margin, with a 49th over climax which included four runs, three wides and two wickets.

In 4B, Chorleywood 2nds one wicket win over St Albans 2nds, with three balls remaining, followed the same exhilarating pattern. As did Northampton Exiles defeat of Radlett 3rds, with a one run margin, in 5A. While it was even closer in 7A, where Abbots 2nds went past Old Cholmeleians 177-4 with nine down and just one ball remaining.

By comparison, in 8A, the margin of victory for Wheathampstead 2nds over Watford 3rds, five runs, might seem pedestrian

1700 and counting!

We acknowledge the huge contribution made by umpires and scorers to the success of the Herts League. One scorer who often appears on these pages, reached another milestone last year.

Richard White scored his 1,700th game for Sawbridgeworth, including a little matter of 644 1st team league games, the last 634 in a row since missing the match v West Herts on 28 July 1984. That’s a tremendous record of achievement and deserved better performances from Sawbo 1sts to help him celebrate. On the day the picture below was taken, at Langleybury, the home team recorded the highest ever league score suffered by Sawbo, and on the day of Richard’s milestone, the league game at St Albans, Sawbo were bowled out for just 54!

but it was achieved after the first six Wheathampstead batters had departed for just 22 runs, with no. 10 Thomas Bates top scoring on 53*. Most of those same lateorder batters were then the bowlers who ensured the close but successful finish.

By contrast, there was a ten wicket win in 12 East for St Margaretsbury 4ths. So what? Well opponents Mymms 3rds scored an impressive 209-1 in their 40 overs, after an opening stand of 201, thanks to Jon Mather (92*) and Yadhav Birindhapan (72). The ‘Bury response came from Michael Anstead (57*) and Steve Price (114*). So 419 runs scored and just one wicket fell in the whole match. Incidentally, 15 of the 22 players had a bowl, in the true spirit of cricket at this level.

Today’s summary started with some great bowling performances, so let’s end with

memorable batting efforts, starting with Stuart Gadsden (139*) for Hitchin V who won by 43 runs over Letchworth V in the local derby in 11 North. Not far behind came Paul Rothery (129*) for Sandridge II in 9A, and, finally, Matthew Brown, a centurion for Berkhamsted 2nds two weeks ago, in 6A, today scored 123 in their defeat of Knebworth II by 201 runs.

Week 14, 6 August

You know that it’s a hot summer when a hosepipe ban is imposed and that’s what happened this week. The Government didn't appoint a Minister for Drought, as happened in 1976, but the water situation was getting serious. The ban applied to households, so groundsmen happily watered away and, judging by the scores, batters appreciated the conditions.

Of the five matches in the Premier, four of them saw the team batting first pass the 300 mark. At the top, Potters Bar had a memorable day with the bat but they left Totteridge with only a winning draw, which kept them ahead of victorious Radlett but the lead was cut to 16 points. James Seward and Reece Hussain put together a mighty 2nd wicket stand of 300, with James eventually out for 184, off 180 balls, with 10 maximums and 19 fours. Chasing 342, Totteridge lost wickets regularly and ended on 287 for 6 from 58 overs.

Not to be outdone, Radlett rattled up a match-winning score of 338-3, thanks mainly to David Burnell (107*) and Nathan

Smith (142) whose stunning knock came off just 84 balls, (14x4; 7x6). Hoddsdon’s reply never really got going and they lost by 119 runs, with five wickets for Anthony Hill. There were two other centurions in the Premier, Scott Galloway (121) for Harpenden and Alastair Lewis (138*) for West Herts.

Still four games to go, after today, but Old Owens became the first team outside the regional divisions to celebrate promotion. It was the clash of the top two today and they beat Shenley by three wickets, after six wickets for Rhys Carter, not only to secure a place in the Premier for the first time but they would also go up as champions. The club described their rise to the top as ‘monumental’ which started in Division 7 in 2004. Here’s their record:

2004 - Champions of Div 7

2005 - promoted in 4th from Div 6

2009 - promoted in 2nd from Div 5

2011 - promoted in 4th from Div 4

2013 - promoted in 4th from Div 3

2016 - promoted in 2nd from Div 2A

2018 - champions of Div 1

2020 - champions of Championship (Covid)

2022 - champions of Championship

At the other end of the Championship the two bottom clubs were in opposition and it was a low scoring nail-biter. Luton lost a wicket to the 2nd ball and never recovered. Broxbourne had to chase only 92 to earn the 30 points but also found themselves 0 for 1. Then the relative comfort of 67-5 became 67-9 and calm heads were required. The last pair, Terry White & Robin Glassberg, duly did what was required and delivered the victory which lifted Broxbourne out of the relegation zone.

Today’s real run fest came in division one, with Rebourn and Leverstock Green amassing 711 runs between them. Ed Hales gave Redbourn the ideal start, scoring 182 off just 96 balls (21x4; 10x6). Remarkable. The first 50 came up in the 4th over and the final score of 371-6 was surely insurmountable. Leverstock, and in particular Sol Tomlinson, had other ideas and went for it. When Sol was third out in the 37th over, for 209 (119 balls; 24x4;

Reece Hussain (left) and James Seward, Potters Bar

9x6), the score had already passed 300 but six wickets went down for 12 runs and with the score on 340, it was all over. Exhilarating. And quite a day for Sol, on his birthday (pictured left, with Dave Tyson). His was the highest individual score ever by a Leverstock player in the Herts League and his fourth ton of the season. And his team’s total was the 2nd highest ever, by just two runs, by a team batting 2nd.

Incidentally, Leverstock’s batters made hay the sunshine in their top three teams, with scores of 340, 317-8, and 277-7 (in 40 overs), respectively.

Still in div. one, runs galore also at Langleybury and a record of sorts, with the home side racking up 339-8, which meant Sawbridgeworth had conceded their highest ever score in the League. Mo Manzoor top scored with 115 and 14-year old James Frans, a week after his first team debut for Sawbo, took a wicket with his first ball. A vital win for Langleybury, by 114 runs, as they looked to escape from the bottom two. Harpenden 2nds were already beginning to look safe and today, in their defeat of Old Albanians by 236 runs, they had two centurions in Barney Francis (126) and Mike Howard (116).

A double also at Markyate, in 10 North, with Mohsin Sageer 110 and Fezan Bukhari 113. Other big centuries to applaud were scored by Phil Warren, 144 for Great Gaddesden in 9A, and William Bryant, 126* for Chorleywood II in 4B.

One problem fixture today, largely as a result of the dry summer. In 6B, the match between Luton 3rds and Cheshunt 2nds had to be called off, because the pitch wasn’t considered safe. Although a Council ground, the Luton players took it on themselves to do repairs & maintenance, with the result they were able to complete their programme of home fixtures.

Aldenham's Big Year

Aldenham’s fourth promotion in six years was just one highlight for the club, as, in its 50th year, it also lifted the Herts Village Trophy. Promotion from 8A, behind Pinner, was assured before the final weekend, leaving the squad free to concentrate on the Village finals at Knebworth. In this T20 competition, they beat Offley & Stopsley by 70 runs in the semis and faced Potten End in the final, where they set an imposing target of 190-5. Perennial runmachine, Chris Munroe, led the way with

46 off 23 balls. At 112-1 off 13 overs, Potten were looking favourites, but the bowlers came to the party, restricting the stroke makers and taking crucial wickets, and at 159-8 Aldenham were the cup winners by 31 runs. Around 150 people attended the 50th anniversary event in mid-season, to celebrate a memorable landmark for the club. Skipper Chris Munroe told the Watford Observer: “We pride ourselves on being a friendly, family-orientated club that is open to everyone. It’s a huge credit to all involved that this approach continues to bring us success on the pitch, as well as maintaining a great atmosphere off it."

Week 15, 13 August

Today’s fixtures were preceded by a health warning. On the Thursday, the Exec. Committee put out a statement, due to Saturday’s forecast temperatures in the shade expected to exceed 30°C and potentially 35°. The League and clubs thus had a duty of care to mitigate this risk.

Among the measures offered were earlier start times, (up to two hours), reducing the number of overs (by up to 20 overs, an

extended interval between innings during the peak of the heat, and additional drinks breaks, not more than 45 minutes apart.

When the Premier divisions revert to the 50 over format, as they did today, we know we are in the season’s home straight. In their nine ‘timed’ matches, Premier leaders Potters Bar had taken 247 points out of a possible 270, with 7 wins and 2 winning draws. That seems like title winning form.

Except… Bar lost to Mymms today, by just one run! Mymms had scored 256-8 and Bar were behind the run rate with ten overs left, when they needed exactly 100 with only five wickets left. By the start of the 49th over things had changed and the score stood at 248-8, so nine to win. The over went: 6,1,W,W and Mymms were home.

Accuracy! This ball went for 6 and landed precisely on one of the spikes high above the wall at Watford Town's ground. The ball, retrieved many days later, showed the scars.

Bar picked up 11 points but Radlett won, so the gap was reduced to just two points. At the other end of the table, Hoddesdon’s batters found some real form at last, as they hit 329-1, with Jayden Broodryk (138*) leading the charge but it still wasn’t enough. Harpenden, who were sitting in 3rd place, squeezed home with just two balls to spare, largely thanks to Chad Barrett (130 off 99 balls) plus three half centuries and ten runs scored in the last over.

With Shenley winning and Hemel losing, those teams swapped places in the Championship race for the play-off spot, immediately below champions-elect Old Owens. Junaid Anwar, who took 5 for 18, proved to be Shenley’s match winner, while Hemel were going down to Reed, by one wicket, in the tightest of matches. In the 50th over, Reed’s no. 8, Sean Tidy, went

to his half century with two maximums and after two wides and a run out, he saw them home with a single off the last ball.

In 3a, big wins for West Herts II and Knebworth Park secured their promotion and with just seven points separating them, the fight for the title would go to the wire. For West Herts, Simon Walker dominated proceedings with an imperious 160 (24x4;1x6). Another promotion secured today was by Old Camdenians in 5A.

Two more big centuries to celebrate today, starting with Basil Letts of Aldenham. He contributed 146* to their total of 323-4, which was 242 too many for Chipperfield 2nds, with only one batter reaching double figures and Rajendra Chandel taking 5-8.

In 11 East, Edmonton entered the list of alltime winning margins, with their defeat of Old Minchendenians II by 324 runs. Kazim Bacchus was to the fore in the Edmonton innings, with 156.

League officer Pete Dudley reported a quirky incident when his Berkhamsted 5ths side visited Watford 5ths, which, he said, emphasises the friendly nature of matches at div. 12S level. They had just taken a Watford wicket and went into a team circle to discuss what to do next when they noticed the not out batsman standing in the circle nodding in agreement. He was asked for his thoughts, and replied: "You are bowling very well, keep going"! Which they did and won the match by 67 runs.

Week 16, 20 August

It was no change at the top and bottom of the Premier and much the same in the Championship, except Shenley’s win and defeat for 3rd place Hemel meant Flitwick moved closer to the play-off place, with a match against Shenley to come a week later. Shenley’s defeat of Hitchin, by six wickets, owed everything to the bowling performance of Vibes Gadhvi. He had taken just two league wickets all season but today finished with figures of 7 for 30.

Langleybury had been fighting to get out of the relegation places and today they had their 4th win on the trot and what a scalp,

defeating top-of-the-table St Albans, by four wickets. The Saints dropped to third, as a result. The individual effort of the day in this division came from Sawbridgeworth’s Sean Black against Harpenden 2nds, with his 1st team’s first league hat-trick for six years.

Division 5B was the place for high scores today, with the teams batting first passing 300 in three of the four matches which took place and centurions in two of them. Flamstead’s 316-8 v Ickleford 2nds was the highest and they also had the day’s top scorer in Sandaru Baddegama, whose 151 came off 131 balls. A century also for Jack Brown (113) in Clifton’s winning total of 303, against Boxmoor.

One rung lower, in 6B, the game of the day saw Old Owens II beat 3rd-place Berkhamsted II, to clinch the title, matching the achievements of their 1sts. It was close thing, however, with the last pair at the wicket and only two balls to spare.

Close finishes elsewhere included Gaddesden chasing Hoddesdon III’s total of 238-4 (Rob Harcombe 113*), in 9A, and getting home with one ball left. In 11 East, Old Owens III completed a good day for the club by scoring 254-6, which was enough for a one-run victory over Broxbourne IV. Freddie Cecil-Smith’s 115* for Broxbourne was thus in vain.

In 12 East, Southgate Compton II’s score of 400-8, in 40 overs, was an eye-opener and set up one of the highest ever margins of victory, 329 runs. But Holtwhites 4ths had only eight men, so it’s credit to them for playing the game rather than conceding. Concessions were sadly the order of the day in 12 North, where only one match went ahead but that was the tussle between the top two. Kimpton and Lutonian III swapped places as a result of Kimpton’s convincing victory by 140 runs and in spite of six wickets for Lutonians’ Hasan Dar.

Week 17, 27 August

The penultimate weekend and a few more promotion and relegation issues were settled but not the Premier title, which would go to the final match, after both

Potters Bar and Radlett won. Radlett’s defeat of Stortford was quite close, just 11 runs in it, whereas Bar’s victory margin of 88 runs was comfortable and arguably more significant, as it condemned opponents Hoddesdon to relegation.

That’s because, just above them, Welwyn in 8th place and Herford in 9th were battling against each other, and it was Hertford who earned the 25 points, by six wickets. That put Hertford just four points behind Welwyn, ahead of the final weekend, but West Herts and Stortford above them were also in danger of dropping into the relegation playoff place.

For West Herts it was a frustrating day, losing by just three runs to Harpenden. In the other Premier match, Totteridge beat Mymms in a low scoring match (111 beat 86) and the two clubs swapped places, which put Totteridge into the final place for the play-offs.

The Championship’s big game, Shenley (2nd) v Flitwick (3rd) saw a tense finish in the extreme. With Joe Lowe taking five wickets, Shenley were dismissed for a very gettable 176 but Flitwick still needed 100 runs when the sixth wicket fell. There was hope, however, so long as skipper George Thurstance (below) was still there and at this point he was on 39. Marshalling the tail like a true leader, and ignoring the carnage at the other end, including the 9th wicket going down on 164, George duly completed his century while hitting the next 15 runs to win the game, carrying his bat to finish on 112*.

The next highest score was Joe Lowe’s 12! Epic. It was the 4th century this season for the Flitwick and Bedfordshire skipper, and his second against

Shenley (104* on 25 June). He would finish the season with 893 league runs. Incidentally, just before they met back in June, Flitwick had been next to bottom of the table.

Let’s stick with Flitwick but many rungs lower, because their 4ths also made headlines today, in 11 North. They rattled up 275-4 (John Bell retired on 102*) before bowling out Letchworth 5ths for just 12! Destroyer-in-chief was Flitwick’s leading lady, Holly Reeder (above) five wickets and figures of 6.2-4-3-5.

This was quite a day for Letchworth, by their own admission. The 5th team score was the 3rd lowest league total of all time but most of the club’s other teams, below the 1sts, fared little better. Below is the club’s own Twitter contribution, that Saturday.But, as they say, they fielded five teams that day (while others were conceding).

Letchworth 1sts avoided the club’s low scoring phenomenon today, which was important as they aimed to escape the relegation zone in division one. They beat Ampthill by five wickets, and although staying 9th, they wer within13 points o the two teams above them. Another one going to the wire.

Langleybury stayed 8th but their fifth straight win was perhaps also the most memorable, beating divisional leaders Redbourn, by just two runs. In the same division, Sawbo hosted Leverstock Green in an important match for the 3rd placed visitors, but victory for the hosts was even more memorable for Amit Gupta, who had a catch dropped first ball, took 4-46, then took over as wicketkeeper, taking two catches, before scoring 49* in a match winning 5th wicket partnership of 93*. That left

Leverstock six points behind 2nd placed Redbourn, with St Albans returning to the top after a win by five wickets over Harpenden II, led by Joe Regan with 130 off 116 balls.

In 2A, 1st played 2nd, with Old Elizabethans, chasing down the 219-8 of leaders Chorleywood, with two wickets in hand, to set up an interesting last day, although a 19 points difference. The top two in 2B, Radlett 2nds and Lutonian, both made sure of promotion but the individual highlight was provided by Kashif Khan who bowled Lutonian to victory, with figures of 6.1-1-12-8. That rather over-shadowed his team-mate, Zahid Khan, who scored a marvellous 147.

Rickmansworth’s Azeem Hussain took 7-31 to bowl his side to victory at Potton in 3A but that’s only half the story. Potton were dismissed for 111 today, that’s just one run less than the first fixture in June. That first meeting was also played at Potton, due to a festival on the Ricky home ground and in that game his team-mate Aamir Ishaq had taken 7-33. This must be the first time that two players have taken seven-wicket hauls on the same ground, against the same opponents, in the same league season.

Talking of great bowling, in week two we were singing the praises of the evergreen Tim Smith, for his seven wickets for Stortford 2nds. Now, two weeks from the end, he was still taking wickets in 4A, with the marvellous analysis of 7.5-4-10-6 to dismiss Southgate Adelaide for 46 and a victory by 185 runs. He would finish the season, a week later, with 31 wickets at just 7.48, to top the divisional averages, and he took at least one wicket in every match (11 of them) he played.

In 5B, the top two met and Clifton were deposed by Mill Hill, comprehensively, bowled out for 98, with Potten End moving into 2nd, after bowling out Old Albanians II for just 47.

Among all the promotion frenzy, 22 guys still produced a great mid-table match in 6A, because it mattered to them, with Knebworth 2nds chasing Hemel 3rds total of 240-9 and winning off the last ball, thanks mainly to the Knebworth tail, after they were 142-7.

There was another clash of the top 2 in 6B, where leaders Botany Bay outscored Greenwood Park by 52 runs, in a match of more than 500 runs. The win was largely built on another outstanding performance by Botany’s Kasey Harris, whose 169 came off 149 balls (21x4; 5x6). Next highest score – 31!

At this critical time of the season, top two clashes provide perfect entertainment and there were three more to savour. In 8A, 2nd place Pinner overwhelmed leaders Aldenham, by 199 runs. Aldenham were missing a few regulars but Bhavie Raiyarela, with 6 for 12, proved the Pinner match-winner, after the batters had done their bit. Preston 3rds, top of 9B, were similarly convincing in beating nearest rivals Cheshunt, by eight wickets, which made Preston champions, while Cheshunt dropped to 4th. The third big clash came in 10 North, and another win for the 2nd place team, with Markyate defending 141-9 and then bowling out Tewin for just 73, to go top. It was a big moment for Markyate, who had been battling the deduction of 60 points at the start of the season, for the lack of a Safeguarding Officer. Markyate had lost only one match all season, against Tewin, back in June.

Among all these important matches, there was one nail-biter which ended in memorable low-scoring tie. Old Finchleians, already promoted as champions of 3B, took on Welwyn 2nds but they were both bowled out for 96, with the outstanding player being Paul Woolley’s, who took 6-32 for Welwyn.

Week 18, 3 September

As we reach the season’s climax, in this year of record temperatures and drought, it was fitting that the weather had the final say. It rained! Not enough to wipe out too many fixtures but it ruined the climax in the Premier. Potters Bar, ahead of Radlett by two points, visited Cobden Hill and had reached 104-6 in the 37th over, when the rain swept in. When it stopped, they tried to get a result, with Radlett beginning their innings in late afternoon, as time had run out for Bar’s batters. After a couple of overs, however, the umpires decided conditions were unsafe, so called an end to proceedings – leaving Potters Bar as champions! Harpenden and Totteridge joined those two in the last-ever play-offs. With Old Owens winning the Championship, the town of Potters Bar certainly seems to be the powerhouse of Hertfordshire cricket, currently.

At the foot of the table, Hoddesdon were already down and defeats for both Hertford and Welwyn left the former facing the relegation play off, by a margin of just six points. But who would they play?

Shenley’s seven point margin over Flitwick, with Hemel a further four points behind, became irrelevant as Shenley beat Reed by eight wickets (five wickets for Fahim Akbar) to secure 2nd place. Flitwick and Hemel also won but in vain. For Flitwick, George Thurstance continued his great form, scoring another 71, to take his total for the season in the League to 893 runs. For George it was also the end of an era, and the same at Hemel for Nick Hodgins, with both highly respected captains retiring (see article).

Most of the big games over the final few weeks are about competing for trophies and pennants, presented at Saracens

Similar to the Championship, the top two in division one also won, so St Albans and Redbourn went up, while there was a shuffle at the foot of the table, with Letchworth

beating 3rd place Leverstock, to overtake Harpenden 2nds, beaten by Redbourn. Langleybury, in 8th place, also lost but crucially earned 13 points, against Harpenden’s nine, meaning Langleybury survived with a total of 340 points, against Harpenden’s 337! Harpenden II had also suffered a 5 points penalty for failing to provide facilities marks after one game in August. How costly was that!

Elsewhere, among the more exciting happenings on this final Saturday, the bottom of 3A shredded a few nerves, with just 12 points separating Potton in 4th place and North Enfield in 9th, and those two teams played each other, while Datchworth were 10th and last, a further 12 points behind. On the day, Dunstable were unluckiest –rained off, so just 10 points. Below them, at the start of play, North Enfield and Datchworth both won, so in the final shake-up Dunstable II finished bottom, on 315 points, with Datchworth in 9th, on 322, just two points fewer than both Chipperfield and Rickmansworth, in joint 8th.

POINTS PENALTIES 2022

• 470 points deducted for failing to enter teams/teamsheets

• 310 deducted for late facilities reports

• 270 deducted for no safeguarding officer (3 clubs)

• 95 deducted for no umpire or scorer

• 60 deducted for playing unregistered players

the won 7, lost 8 record of Broxbourne IV who finished top. The reason was massive fines, totalling 150 points, for having no Safeguarding Officer early in the season. Pinner duly held off Aldenham to win 8A and were particularly singing the praises of left arm spinner, Bhavie Raiyarela. Six wickets last week and now another five today meant he’d taken 20 wickets at an average of 3, since joining the club in midseason. Another champion team worthy of a mention is Hemel 4ths, whose success in 9A was centred on three Under 15 players, Callum Humphrey (24 wkts), Jacob Hodgins (also 24 wkts), whilst Max Clark (291 runs and a consistent run-scorer at number 4). The only other division to see a change in the leaders on the final weekend was in 10 West. Northwood III were in the box seat but were up against West Herts IV today, lying 2nd, with Berkhamsted III hard on their heels.

• 35 deducted for reporting result late

• 20 deducted points were deducted for captain without DBS

• 10 deducted for inadequate facilities

• 5 deducted for registration issues

• 5 deducted for late cancellation

That’s 1,280 hard earned points thrown away!

Nothing much to play for in 3B but a sad day, as it turned out to be the last league match for Parkfield & Headstone (and their 2nds in 10 South). They were losing their ground and unable to continue.

Another team to suffer through penalties but slightly less seriously, was Lutonians in 2B. They finished 2nd and missed out on the title by just one point but had been fined 25 points, during the season, for team sheet transgressions.

Also costly were Edmonton’s penalty points in 11 East. The team boasted a perfect record, played 14, won 14, compared to

West Herts romped home by 40 runs and so took the title, with Northwood’s slip allowing Berko to take the runners-up spot. In a division decided on an average points system, the three teams were finally separated by 0.36 points.

As for action on the field, the rain was a limiting factor but Old Owens II, new champions of 6A, were involved in a thriller, scoring 192-8 against Letchworth 3rds, who replied with 192-4, for a tie.

Finally, one player to mention, is Nathan Derrick of Baldock 3rds (left). He scored 156* today, against Hitchin 5ths. Play-cricket.com tells us that Nathan only played six league matches and scored 50+ in

five of them! 408 runs at an average of 136 but sadly not enough innings to qualify for the averages.

Another season done and dusted, which is probably an appropriate term, given the weather for most of the time.

Leading Players

Some of the stand-out features include the consistency of the leading batters in the Premier, with all the top 10 averaging more than 50. Remarkably, half of that top ten play for Radlett.

Totteridge may have finished only 4th but they had the top batter and bowler, in Simon Webster and Sam Smith.

In contrast to the Premier, the Championship had only one player with a 50+ average and that was Flitwick’s George Thurstance, who averaged almost 75. Also in the Championship, evidence that bowlers win matches came at champions Old Owens, whose bowlers filled the top four places, with a further one in the top 10. Those five had a combined haul of 133 wickets.

Very few batters can average over 100 in a season but David Murphy (left) managed it for St Margaretsbury, after scoring 848 runs. Seven not outs in 15 innings helped, resulting in an average of more than 121. ‘Bury also had the top bowler in Joe O’Gorman (left) Another batter averaging over 100, was Kasey Harris with 1262 runs which helped Botany Bay to win the title in 6B. This puts him 2nd in the list for runs scored in a League Season at any level. His picture (left) was taken a year ago, with

a liquid award after scoring a record six centuries that season.

For the highest average of all, however, you have to look at 10 South where Kieran Jones of North Enfield II, finished with 173.2 over his 12 innings (7 not outs).

There’s no league table for top fielders but play-cricket.com shows Hertford’s Hugh Cavener took 21 catches in the League (31 in all matches, as pictured), followed closely by Simon Walker of West Herts (20).

Hugh’s ‘haul’ included four against Stortford on 13 August. Top Herts wicket-keepers on play-cricket.com were Potters Bar’s James Seward with 34 catches and 9 stumpings, just ahead of Shenley’s Will Thomson with 32 and 7.

The leading averages start on page 118, with a full list on the website

Post season updates

The champions of 7B were decided in the committee room, rather than on the field. That was the result of a serious disciplinary issue with Little Berkhamsted Sahibs. Their final match was declared void and after sitting on top of the division for several weeks, they were subsequently demoted to 8A for the 2023 season. Southgate Adelaide 2nds and West Herts 3rds, separated by a single point, moved up instead.

Teams withdrawn during the season: Langleybury IV, Baldock IV, Hoddesdon V. Plus Bushey 1st, 2nd & 3rd XI

Post-season withdrawals: Edmonton, Parkfield & Headstone, Tye Green.

Teams in division one and 3B, visiting both of Chorleywood's newly promoted teams, can look forward to experiencing the club's new pavilion

The play-offs

Premier Division Play-offs Semi-finals

Sunday 11 September 2022

Potters Bar 211 - 9 (50)

Totteridge Millhillians 150 (39.5)

POTTERS BAR CC WON BY 61 RUNS

Radlett 198 - 6 (41)

Harpenden 165 (39)

RADLETT CC WON BY 33 RUNS

Final. At Welwyn Garden City

Saturday 17 September 2022

Potters Bar 160 (50)

Radlett 163 - 4 (43.5)

RADLETT CC WON BY 6 WICKETS

Radlett triumph

Relegation Play-off

Sunday 11 September 2022

Hertford 197 - 5 (50)

Shenley Village 88 (38.2)

HERTFORD CC WON BY 109 RUNS

Potters Bar fell short in search of an unprecedented treble in the last ever play-off final.

Both sides were below full strength but, batting first, Bar’s Steve Gale and Rishi Patel started well, putting on 50 in 62 balls only for the team to subside, losing 7 wickets for 39 in 75 balls. The tail garnered 44 runs but the target was only 161.

Steve Gale dislocated and broke a finger in the second over as Josh de Caires and Dom Chatfield set up the run chase. Kabir Toor arrived on the dismissal of de Caires and although three wickets went down quickly, leaving Radlett 98 for 4.

Toor batted magnificently and eased to 50 in 89 balls. With Will Wright, he took the game away from Bar, in a partnership of 69 in 77 balls to see Radlett home, with six wickets and 25 balls to spare. Toor finished on 65 not out and Wright on 25 not out.

Photos, top: Shenley looking glorious for the relegation play-off and with the flag at half mast, just days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Match umpires for the play-off final, Nick Hall (left) and Steve Cobb, with the competition organsier and league umpires co-ordinator Peter Hinstridge.

League Chairman Tony Johnson presented the trophy to Radlett captain Tom Jenkins and the Man-of-the-Match award to Kabir Toor.

2022 Honours Boards

Top 10 individual scores

Top 10 bowling performances

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Presentation event

The presentation of trophies to 2022's divisional title winners was hosted by Saracens at the Stonex Stadium. Former player Alistair Hargreaves compered the evening and League Chairman, Tony Johnson, made the presentations.

Readers Herts T20 Competitions

County 20/20

GROUP A

Radlett 99-3 (15.2)

Hemel Hempstead 98-7 (20)

RADLETT WON BY 7 WICKETS

West Herts 101-4 (17.3)

North Mymms 98-7 (20)

WEST HERTS WON BY 6 WICKETS

Radlett 156-8 (20)

West Herts 107-7 (20)

RADLETT WON BY 49 RUNS

GROUP B

Harpenden 155-5 (20)

Preston 139-7 (20)

HARPENDEN WON BY 16 RUNS

Totteridge Millhillians 127-8 (20)

Hoddesdon 128-3 (17.2)

HODDESDON WON BY 7 WICKETS

Harpenden 133-9 (20)

Hoddesdon 136-4 (17.2)

HODDESDON WON BY 6 WICKETS

GROUP C

Bishop's Stortford 74-1 (9)

Shenley Village 76 (15)

B STORTFORD WON BY 9 WICKETS

Hertford 175-5 (20)

Hitchin 94-8 (20)

HERTFORD WON BY 81 RUNS

Bishop's Stortford 108-8 (20)

Hertford 117-8 (20)

HERTFORD WON BY 9 RUNS

GROUP D

Potters Bar 131-6 (20)

Old Owens 113-6 (20)

POTTERS BAR WON BY 18 RUNS

Welwyn Garden City v Reed REED CONCEDED

Potters Bar 150-5 (20)

Welwyn Garden City 78 (17.2)

POTTERS BAR WON BY 72 RUNS

Finals Day 24 July at Hertford CC

Semi-finals:

Potters Bar 147-1 (17.3)

Hertford 146-5 (20)

POTTERS BAR WON BY 9 WICKETS

Radlett 145 (18.3)

Hoddesdon 147 (18.5)

HODDESDON WON BY 6 WICKETS

Final:

Hoddesdon 167-4 (20)

Potters Bar 168-7 (19.5)

POTTERS BAR WON BY 3 WICKETS

Proudly holding the T20 Cup, Reece Hussain, who top scored on the day with 89* in the semi-final

Potters Bar Lift T20 Cup

Potters Bar won the Herts T20 cup for the second time in four years in a wonderful final at Hertford.

Hoddesdon, fresh from a semi-final victory over Radlett, got off to a flier. The first six-over powerplay saw them reach 47 for 0 then, for the 2nd wicket, Shekleton and Broodryk, put on 50 in 32 balls. The 100 came up in the 13th over. Broodryk holed out for 83 off 53 balls but Hoddesdon were constrained towards the end, hitting just one boundary in the last 18 balls, so finished on 167 for 4. Bar’s reply started badly at 1 for 1, but Charlie Scott and Steve Gale changed the game, putting on 50 in just 26 balls. Bar thought they had the game won at 120 for 2 with seven overs left but Gale was well pouched for 49, the pair having put on 95 in 61 balls. Soon it was 156 for 7 and Bar needed 12 off 7 balls, then 5 off 3. James Seward then glanced a tired Matt Varner delivery past short fine leg for 4 and a scrambled leg bye saw Bar home with one ball to spare.

Potters Bar went forward to the Vitality Club T20 regional finals, at Hornchurch but lost to the hosts by just two runs in the semi-final. Hornchurch 150 for 5 (20) beat Potters Bar 148 for 5 (20).

SCORECARD

HODDESDON:

James Curtis st Seward b Maheshram 31

Jayden Broodryk c Maheshram b Gale 83

Cameron Shekleton not out 46

Todd Sturdy run out 0

Rob Walters c J Scott b Mehta 1

Sam Davis not out 0

Will Steward, Rob Jones, Kyle Wilson, Harry Mason, Matt Varner did not bat

Extras: 6 (3lb, 3w) Total: 167-4 (20 Overs)

Bowling: Jigar Mehta 4-0-31-1; James Scott 4-0-33-0; Lee Tyrrell 3-0-35-0: Anmol Maheshram 4-0-31-1; Ashish Padki 4-0-28-0; Steve Gale 1-0-6-1

POTTERS BAR:

Joshua Matthews c Walters b Varner 0

Steve Gale c Mason b Davis 49

Reece Hussain c Sturdy b Curtis 23

Charlie Scott c Curtis b Mason 55

James Scott c Shekleton b Davis 5

Patrick Scott st Shekleton b Mason 10

Lee Tyrrell c Curtis b Davis 3

James Seward not out 12

Anmol Maheshram not out 5

Ashish Padki, Jigar Mehta did not bat

Extras: 6 (3lb, 3w) Total: 168-7 (19.5 Overs)

Bowling: Matt Varner 3.5-0-30-1; James Curtis 3-0-39-1; Kyle Wilson 4-0-29-0; Harry Mason 4-0-34-2; Rob Walters 2-0-17-0; Sam Davis 3-0-16-3-0

T20 Finals day on the parched Hertford ground

Readers T20 Trophy Finals 21 August 2022

T/20 Trophy

Semi-Finals:

Berkhamsted 114 (17.4)

Letchworth Garden City 115 - 1 (14.4)

LETCHWORTH GC WON BY 9 WICKETS

Redbourn 92 (15.4)

Watford Town 93 - 6 (13.4)

WATFORD TOWN WON BY 4 WICKETS

Final:

Letchworth Garden City 181 - 4 (20)

Watford Town 182 - 9 (19.1)

WATFORD TOWN WON BY 1 WICKET

Watford Town secured the Herts T20 Trophy in dramatic style at Redbourn. Needing to score an unlikely 182 to overhaul Letchworth’s challenging total, they reached the target in the last over, with the last pair at the crease. This followed a convincing victory over host club Redbourn, in the earlier semi-final.

Letchworth had shown their quality in the first semi-final, crushing Berkhamsted by nine wickets. Their overseas star, Christy O’Brien, had top-scored with 69 in that match and the Kiwi was soon into his stride in the final, putting on 90 runs with David Sprittles for the 2nd wicket, in just 10 overs.

When O’Brien fell to a great catch, he had smashed 81, including eight 4s and five 6s. The run-rate slowed with his departure but with Sprittles reaching 51 not out, the Watford batters still faced the challenge of scoring at more than nine runs an over to secure the silverware.

Openers Farhan

Hussain and Asad Sajjad took the

fight to Letchworth in dramatic fashion, blazing 69 off the first four overs to give their team the belief that victory was possible. After Farhan went, three of the next four batsman fell without scoring but Asad batted brilliantly, scoring 49 off 24 balls. When he was 7th out, Watford still needed 75 to win, although with 10 overs in hand, there was plenty of time.

Syed Ali (33 off 21 balls) and Haseeb Khan (22 off 15 balls) took the team 48 runs closer to their target and within sight of victory. Syed’s effort was remarkable, batting through the pain of a serious hand injury, suffered when fielding.

The fall of the ninth wicket, with the score on 174, set up the dramatic conclusion and at the start of the 20th and final over they needed just one run to win.

Off the first ball, Sheikh drove the ball straight at the mid-off fielder, who inexplicably dropped the catch, allowing the single which sealed victory, sparking a mini pitch invasion the triumphant team

T20 Big Bash

The highlight of the group stages of the T20 Trophy was the performance of Berkhamsted, against neighbours Northchurch. Berko batted first and in 20 overs scored an astonishing 274-0!

Charlie Doe 132* and Kasjuan Sullivan 121*. Northchurch scored 128-7 in reply.

Presentations to outgoing skippers

Top: Nick Hodgins at a club event

Below: George Thurstance, having captained Flitwick to victory in an East Beds cup competition in 2021.

Presentation by John Gurney.

Two legends hand over

Two of our leading clubs in the Championship, Flitwick and Hemel, will take the field under new 1st team captains, after their legendary skippers decided to stand down at the end of the 2022 season.George Thurstance had nine seasons at the helm at Flitwick and led the club by example, having scored 5,716 runs in the Championship at an average of almost 50. He scored an exceptional 20 centuries, with a number of those coming in matches that really mattered. His astute captaincy will be missed but his brother, Harry, will undoubtedly try and maintain the family standard. George will continue to add to his tally of runs and contribute to the club’s progress, and retains the captaincy of Bedfordshire. Harry will become just the 7th different Fliwick Saturday captain since 1985 – this consistency and dedication has proved significant in the ongoing progression and growth of the club. 2022 was Flitwick’s 25th season in the Herts League, during which time their various teams have earned 24 promotions and suffered 0 relegations. A proud record.

Further down the M1, Nick Hodgins has retired as 1st XI captain after two spells, from 2009-10 and 2017-22. Since joining the Club in 2006, Nick played in 210 matches, taking a club record 406 wickets at average of 16.55, including 24 five-wicket hauls. His best was 7-42 v West Herts in 2010. He has also been handy with the bat, scoring 2,483 runs at average of 21.41, including six half centuries. His highest score was 74* also against West Herts, in 2012. As with Flitwick, there is a strong family connection and Nick has skippered teams which included two of his sons, Lewis and Will. Nick is universally respected across the county and has been a great ambassador for both the Club and the League. He will remain at the club, developing young cricketers and mentoring older ones.

Kasjuan Charlie

Player Averages 2022

ECB Premier Division

Division 2A

Division One

Division 2B

Division 3A

Division 3B

Division 5A

Division 4B

Division 6A

Division 6B

Division 8A

Division 8B

Division 9B

Division 10 North

Division 11 South

Division 12 South

Division 11 East

Division 12 North

Division 12 East

Averages are top 10 for each division. Not all teams have submitted averages. Some divisions don't have 10 players who meet the minimum qualification

Statistics and League Records

Photo courtesy of Paul Williams

Best Batting & Bowling Performances 1994-2022

Most Runs In A Season

Principal Players 2000-2022

These records show the leading performances in all divisions, within the space limitations of this handbook. For the full list, visit the onlne version at:

https://issuu.com/hertsleague/docs/performances

Premier Division (2000-2001)

The Premier Division ceased to exist in October 2001 when the top-flight clubs voted to play under the full auspices of the Home Counties Premier Cricket League, forming Division Two (East) of that competition.

All clubs returned to the Hertfordshire League in 2014 to form a Premier Division and Championship. Their records are shown below.

ECB Premier Division (2014-)

Most Runs In A Season

Championship (2014-)

Most Runs In A Season

Division One

Most Runs In A Season

Division Two (Includes Divisions 2A & 2B from 2015) Most Runs In

Division Three (Includes Divisions 3A & 3B from 2015)

Division Four (Includes Divisions 4A & 4B from 2015)

Division Five (Includes Divisions 5A & 5B from 2015) Most Runs

Division Six (Includes Divisions 6A & 6B from 2015)

Most Runs In A Season

Division Seven (Includes Divisions 7A & 7B from 2015) Most Runs In A

Division Eight (Includes Divisions 8A & 8B from 2015) Most Runs In A

Division Nine (Includes Divisions 9A & 9B from 2015)

(Includes 11E & 11W and Regional A divisions until 2021)

Regional Divisions Eleven

(Includes 11E & 11W and Regional B divisions until 2021)

Regional Divisions Twelve (Includes Regional C divisions until 2021)

For the full performances list, visit the onlne version at: https://issuu.com/hertsleague/docs/performances

Hertfordshire Cricket League Highs and Lows

Highest Score Batting First

Highest Score Batting Second

Lowest Score Batting First

Lowest Score Batting Second (losing

Highest Margin of Victory

Highest 10 Wicket Victories

Premier Play-Off Finals 2014-2022

2014 Radlett 150-10 (38.4)

beat Harpenden 105-10 (31.1) by 45 runs

2015 North Mymms 125-8 (50) lost

Radlett 126-6 (35.4) by 4 wickets

2022

The play-offs were discontinued after the 2022 season

Premier Divisions 2014-2022

Premier Winner Runner-up

2014 Radlett Welwyn Garden City

2015 Radlett North Mymms

2016 Radlett Bishop's Stortford

2017 Welwyn Garden City Totteridge Millhillians

2018 Totteridge Millhillians North Mymms

2019 Radlett Welwyn Garden City

2020 Potters Bar Totteridge Millhillians

2021 Harpenden Totteridge Millhillians

2022 Potters Bar Radlett

2014 Hertford Reed

2015 Botany Bay Totteridge Millhillians

2016 Letchworth Garden City Luton Town & Indians

2017 West Herts Hoddesdon

2018 Luton Town & Indians Hoddesdon

2019 Hoddesdon Reed

2020 Old Owens Hemel Hempstead Town

2021 Bishop's Storford Old Owens

2022 Old Owens Shenley Village

Divisional Records (current)

Winner Runner-up

Division One

2015 Luton Town & Indians Dunstable

2016 West Herts Ampthill Town

2017 Harpenden II Hemel Hempstead Town

2018 Old Owens Shenley Village

2019 Langleybury Preston

2020 Sawbridgeworth Hitchin

2021 Hitchin Broxbourne

2022 St Albans Redbourn

Division Two A

2015 Leverstock Green Northwood

2016 Harpenden II Old Owens

2017 Knebworth Park Ickleford

2018 Hitchin Preston

2019 Holtwhites Trinibis St Margaretsbury

2020 Redbourn Abbots Langley

2021 Redbourn St Albans

2022 Chorleywood Old Elizabethans

Division Two B

2015 Abbots Langley Harpenden II

2016 Bishop's Stortford II St Albans

2017 Berkhamsted Totteridge Millhillians II

2018 St Margaretsbury Old Elizabethans

2019 Redbourn Bushey

2020 Old Elizabethans Hertford II

2021 Old Elizabethans Hoddesdon II

2022 Radlett II Lutonian

Division Three A

2015 North Enfield Allenburys & County Hall

2016 Old Elizabethans Berkhamsted

2017 Southgate Compton Hertford II

2018 Redbourn Welwyn Garden City II

2019 Northchurch Hoddesdon II

2020 Eversholt Datchworth

2021 Eversholt Letchworth G C II

2022 West Herts II Knebworth Park

Division Three B

2015 Bishop's Stortford II Datchworth

2016

II

2022 Old Finchleians Hemel Hemostead Town II

Division Four A

2015 Berkhamsted Chorleywood II

2016 Southgate Compton Flitwick II

2017 Dunstable II Southgate Adelaide

2018 Hoddesdon II Lutonian

2019 Parkfield & Headstone Sandridge

2020 Northwood Town Old Finchleians

2021 Rickmansworth Old Finchleians

2022 Bishop's Stortford II Tewin

Division Four B

2015 Sandridge Flitwick II

2016 Langleybury II Dunstable II

2017 Harpenden III Hoddesdon II

2018 West Herts Ii Leverstock Green II

2019 Reed II Watford Town II

2020 London Colney Holtwhites Trinibis II

2021 London Colney Hitchin II

2022 Chorleywood II St Albans II

Division Five A

2015 Watford Town II Hemel Hempstead III

2016 Parkfield & Headstone West Herts II

2017 Old Haberdashers Leverstock Green II

2018 Hatfield & Crusaders Watford Town II

2019 Rickmansworth London Colney

2020 Tewin Bentley Heath

2021 Tewin St Albans II

2022 Old Camdenians Radlett III

Division Five B

2015 Reed II Old Cholmeleians

2016 Hoddesdon II Ickleford II

2017 Flamstead Holtwhites Trinibis II

2018 Hitchin II Frogmore

2019 Shenley Village II Tewin

2020 Mill Hill Village Rebourn II

2021 Redbourn II Broxbourne II

2022 Mill Hill Village Potten End

Division Six A

2015 Parkfield & Headstone Clifton

2016 Old Haberdashers Kings Langley II

2017 London Colney Old Albanians II

2018 Rickmansworth Tewin

2019 Old Camdenians Mill Hill Village

2020 Clifton Preston II

2021 Preston II Clifton

2022 Old Owens II Northwood II

Division Six B

2015 Mill Hill Village Old Haberdashers

Divisional Records (2000-2014)

Cheshunt

2011 Eversholt II Old Finchleians II

2012 Wheathampstead II Boxmoor

2013 Reed II Codicote

2014 Mill Hill Village Holtwhites Trinibis II

Eight

2000 UCA II Holtwhites Trinibis II

2001 Flitwick II Letchworth III

2002 Cavendish

The President's Trophy

Awarded annually to the 'Club of the Year' to recognise the collective performance of all teams which play in the Herts League, within a club. The trophy is decided by the Executive Committee. (1987-93 pre-amalgamation with the Herts Competition)

Herts League Officers 1994 - 2023

Herts League Records 1974 - 1999

First XI

Second XI

From 1974 to 1993 the League comprised up to 18 clubs. Merger with the Herts Competition ahead of the 1994 season increased the League to 75 clubs, in four 1st & 2nd XI divisions. Further divisions were added to accommodate new clubs, with 95 in membership by 1998. In 1999 the premier division was split into two divisions of 10.

Hertfordshire Competition Winners 1968 - 1993

League Knockout Records

Furnell Transport Cup Finals

(All Furnell finals played at Heath Park, Hemel Hempstead)

1986 Hemel Hempstead beat Sawbridgeworth by 57 runs. (Wednesday 20 August)

Hemel Hempstead Town 183-9 (45 overs) N P G Wright 61, M P McMahon 9-2-18-3, P R Monger 9-3-33-3

*Sawbridgeworth 126 (36.4 overs) R Allen 85, R P J Miller 8.4-2-26-4, G Taylor 4-0-10-3

Man Of The Match: Nick Wright.

1987 Hemel Hempstead Town beat Totteridge by 37 runs. (Wednesday 19 August)

*Hemel Hempstead Town 166-7 (45 overs) N Wilkins 61, P A Burgess 32

Totteridge 129 (38.4 overs) G Graves 31, D J Smith 6.4-1-22-3, G Taylor 9-2-24-3, M R Doodson 9-3-30-3

Man Of The Match: Nigel Wilkins.

1988 Hemel Hempstead beat Bishop's Stortford by 16 runs (Wednesday 24 August)

*Hemel Hempstead Town 104 (44.1 overs)

N P G Wright 28, A D Wacey 8.1-2-21-4, T S Smith 9-6-6-3

Bishop's Stortford 88 (41.2 overs) A D Wacey 23, T S Smith 23, G Taylor 7-4-6-2

Man Of The Match: Tim Smith.

1989 Bishop’s Stortford beat Cheshunt by 8 runs. (Wednesday 23 August)

*Bishop’s Stortford 169-8 (45 overs) C S Bannister 51

Cheshunt 161 (43.2 overs) R Kingshott 34, S Bunning 33, C S Bannister 5.2-1-14-2

Man Of The Match: Charlie Bannister.

1990 Welwyn Garden City beat Cheshunt by 7 wickets. (Friday 31 August)

*Cheshunt 175-8 (45 overs) M Taylor 41, B W Davis 30, M A Wedderburn 9-2-20-3

Welwyn Garden City 179-3 (37.1 overs) M H James 68, P A P Driver 57

Man Of The Match: Martin James.

1991 Watford beat North Mymms by 5 wickets. (Friday 30 August)

North Mymms 162-6 (45 overs) M D Saxby 59*, R R Baigent 30, G R Black 26

Watford 165-5 (36.5 overs) D Carlisle 58*, G R Black 9-1-19-4

Man Of The Match: Gary Black.

1992 Old Millhillians beat Hemel Hempstead by 9 wickets. (Friday 28 August)

*Hemel Hempstead Town 52 (36.1 overs) R Muggeridge 7.1-4-11-3, B Hartman 6-3-12-3

Old Millhillians 54-1 (8.1 overs)

Man Of The Match: Ben Hartman.

1993 Watford beat Luton Town by 6 wickets. (Friday 27 August)

Luton Town 180 (44.5 overs) G Thompson 70, J R Page 34, D Carlisle 5-40, A Needham 3-19

*Watford 184-4 (43.2 overs) A Needham 54, D Carlisle 40*

Man Of The Match: Andy Needham.

1994 Radlett beat St Albans by 7 wickets. (Friday 19 August)

*St Albans 153-8 (45 overs) D Suter 61, S P Moffat 3-26

Radlett 154-3 (44.3 overs) K Jahangir 62*

Man Of The Match: David Suter.

1995 Welwyn Garden City beat Barnet by 7 wickets. (Friday 18 August)

Barnet 225 (44.5 overs) N Siddique 50, S Syed 35, T Shukla 35, J P McGill 9-2-31-3, M J Walshe 9-0-42-3

*Welwyn Garden City 228-3 (37.1 overs) S J Page 95, N R C Maclaurin 83

Man Of The Match: Stuart Page.

1996 Welwyn Garden City beat Hertford by 73 runs. (Friday 16 August)

Welwyn Garden City 225-9 (45 overs) S J Page 100, B J Frazer 9-1-35-4

Hertford 152 (39.3 overs) G A Buchanan 33, S J Page 8-1-39-3

Man Of The Match: Stuart Page.

1997 Radlett beat Bishop’s Stortford by 172 runs. (Friday 15 August)

*Radlett 358-1 (45 overs) F C Horlock 249*, D M Robinson 64*, N J Fielden 32

Bishop’s Stortford 172 (33 overs) S Burrow 51, A D Wacey 36, A N S Hampton 5-43, S M Browne 3-35

Man Of The Match: Campbell Horlock.

Becker Transport Cup Finals

(All Becker finals played at Shenley Park unless stated)

1998 North Mymms beat Luton Town by 11 runs. (Friday 4 September)

(Played at Lucas Lane, Hitchin)

North Mymms 185-6 (45 overs) A S Lewis 44, S M Clements 39, J Sheard 6-0-41-3

*Luton Town 174-8 (45 overs) J R Page 66*, D P Duggan 9-2-21-3, S M Clements 9-0-32-3

Man Of The Match: Simon Clements.

1999 Langleybury beat Letchworth by 24 runs. (Friday 3 September)

*Langleybury 184-8 (45 overs) N J Ilott 57

Letchworth 160 (42.3 overs) M Barham 40, J Hilliard 38, J Khan 9-1-22-3, R S Jerome 9-2-28-3

Man Of The Match: Nigel Ilott.

2000 Hertford beat Millhillians by 154 runs. (Friday 1 September)

*Hertford 287-5 (50 overs) C N Cavener 74, R M Carter 66, S G Cordingley 49, A Moulding 48

Millhillians 133 (41.2 overs) R J Cordingley 9.2-4-37-4

Man Of The Match: Cliff Cavener & Rob Carter (joint award).

2001 Hertford beat Millhillians by 9 wickets. (Sunday 9 September)

(Played at Balls Park, Hertford)

*Millhillians 127 (42.3 overs) B Spencer 32, J Rixson 10-2-41-3

Hertford 128-1 (20.1 overs) R M Carter 50, C N Cavener 46*

Man Of The Match: Cliff Cavener & Rob Carter (joint award).

(Match replayed at Hertford after original final at Shenley was rained off on Friday 31 August).

2002 Radlett beat Welwyn Garden City by 2 wickets. (Sunday 1 September)

*Welwyn Garden City 192-6 (50 overs) T P Cranston 52, S J Page 37, M S Wrodarczyk 35*

Radlett 196-8 (47 overs) J A Freedman 31, K Marc 31, M S Wrodarczyk 7-0-42-4

Man Of The Match: Marcin Wrodarczyk.

2003 Sawbridgeworth beat Radlett by 7 wickets. (Sunday 31 August)

*Radlett 232 (48.5 overs) N J Fielden 81, A N S Hampton 39, S J Lowe 37, D G Wilson 9.5-3-26-4, D M Hull 7-0-25-2 (plus a run-out)

Sawbridgeworth 236-3 (41.3 overs)

Herts County Cup Finals

(All finals played at Shenley Park) 2007

*Knebworth

Sawbridgeworth

Man Of The Match: Derek Tate.

*Radlett 212-8 (50 overs) K Toor 43, T E Jenkins 41, M Crocker 40*, L M G Cooper 10-2-43-3

Potters Bar 109 (37.4 overs) T Sikandar 27, H Paynter 10-1-35-3

Man Of The Match: Mike Crocker.

Readers Herts County Cup Finals (All finals played at Cobden Hill, Radlett)

2010 Bishop’s Stortford beat Radlett by 4 wickets. (Sunday 5 September)

*Radlett 165 (47.2 overs)

Bishop’s Stortford 166-6 (47 overs)

Man Of The Match: Harry Bass.

H Paynter 32, F Crawford 31, S M Coleman 10-1-35-3

H Bass 44, L T Padgett 37*

2011 Letchworth Garden City beat Cockfosters by 4 wickets. (Sunday 4 September)

Letchworth Garden City 164-5 (20 overs)

*Cockfosters 123 (19.5 overs)

Man Of The Match: David Albon.

D Albon 87

J Bennett 63, E J Morse 4-0-17-3

2012 Letchworth Garden City beat Sawbridgeworth by 6 wkts.(Sunday 9 September)

Sawbridgeworth 251-6 (50 overs)

*Letchworth Garden City 255-4 (49.4 overs)

Man Of The Match: Tom Simmons.

D G Wilson 101, M D Burrell 57, R D G Sanders 31

T Simmons 97, D Albon 40, W Aitkenhead 38, W Bates 30

2013 Radlett beat Sawbridgeworth by 8 wickets. (Sunday 24 August 2014)

Sawbridgeworth

*Radlett 131-2 (21.2)

Man Of The Match: Danny Wilson

31*

Herts County Cup - The Winners (1986 - 2013)

In chronological order, 12 different clubs have won Hertfordshire’s premier limited-overs competition as follows:

Hemel Hempstead (3)

Bishop’s Stortford (2)

Welwyn Garden City (5)

Watford Town (2)

(Old) Millhillians (1)

1986, 1987, 1988 (Also Runners-Up in 1992 & 2006)

1989, 2010 (Also Runners-Up in 1988 & 1997)

1990, 1995, 1996, 2004, 2008 (Also Runners-Up in 2002)

1991, 1993

1992 (Also Runners-Up in 2000 & 2001)

Radlett (6) 1994, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2013 (Also Runners-Up in 2003 & 2010)

North Mymms (1) 1998

Langleybury (1) 1999

Hertford (3) 2000, 2001, 2005 (Also Runners-Up in 2004)

Sawbridgeworth (1) 2003 (Also Runners-Up in 1986, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013)

Potters Bar (1) 2006 (Also Runners-Up in 2009)

Letchworth Garden City (2) 2011, 2012 (Also Runners-Up in 1999)

Seven other sides have reached the final without lifting the trophy:

Totteridge (1) 1987

Cheshunt (2) 1989, 1990

Luton Town (2) 1993, 1998

St Albans (1) 1994

Barnet (1) 1995

Knebworth Park (1) 2007

Cockfosters (1) 2011

Radlett have reached the final on 8 occasions, ahead of Welwyn Garden City and Sawbridgeworth (6), Hemel Hempstead (5), Hertford and Bishop’s Stortford (4).

Becker Transport Cup - Plate Finals

(All finals played at Shenley Park unless stated)

2000 Chipperfield beat Letchworth by 4 wickets. (Friday 1 September)

Letchworth 206 (47.3 overs) A J F Hislop 113, I McNicol 8.3-2-27-4, D J Sullivan 9-0-44-3

*Chipperfield 209-6 (48.4 overs) I McNicol 80, M D Garrini 30, B Cottenden 9-1-46-4

2001 St Margaretsbury beat Botany Bay by 2 wickets. (Sunday 9 September)

*Botany Bay 209-7 (50 overs) D Raymond 57, R Horsham 33

St Margaretsbury 210-8 (47.2 overs) A D M Parker 40, D Nicolas 32, B Tombs 10-3-19-3

(Match replayed at St Margaretsbury after original match at Shenley on 31 August rained off).

2002 Letchworth beat Leverstock Green by 25 runs. (Sunday 1 September)

*Letchworth 221-9 (45 overs) I J Bowyer 77, A Shelley 38*, B Cottenden 38, D Wall 9-0-31-5

Leverstock Green 196 (43.2 overs) B Klosterman 52, I J Bowyer 8.2-0-43-4, B Cottenden 9-2-36-3

Man Of The Match: Ian Bowyer.

2003 Cockfosters beat Preston by 4 wickets. (Sunday 31 August)

*Preston 213 (44.4 overs) J Hare 67, M Burleigh 33, A Ender 31, C Cole 30, S Alexander 8.4-2-25-3

Cockfosters 217-6 (41.3 overs) M Fisher 64, S Luke 48*, D O’Leary 33

Man Of The Match: Steve Luke.

2004 Sawbridgeworth beat Langleybury by 8 wickets. (Sunday 5 September)

*Langleybury 155 (34 overs) D D Burrell 8-1-23-3, P T Marshall 9-3-38-3

Sawbridgeworth 157-2 (19.2 overs) R S Marshall

*Old

Sandridge 181-6 (45 overs) M Corran 58*, C F Winton 38

Man Of The Match: Andrew McLean.

2006 Northchurch beat Hitchin by 10 wickets. (Sunday 10 September)

*Hitchin 158 (40.4 overs) J Lewis 53, A Hicks 33, D Wilkinson 6-3-13-5

Northchurch 159-0 (26.2 overs) D Pearce 73*, S Maylott 68*

Man Of The Match: David Wilkinson.

Herts County Trophy Finals

(All finals played at Shenley Park)

2007 Holtwhites Trinibis beat Wormley by 107 runs. (Sunday 9 September)

Holtwhites Trinibis 278 (49 overs) P Hewitt 76, K Bacchus-Brown 53, J Tarling 34

*Wormley 171 (26 overs) D Pomeroy 51, R Stevenson 30

Man of the Match: Paul Hewitt.

2008 Redbourn beat Northampton Exiles by 97 runs. (Sunday 14 September)

*Redbourn 180-9 (45 overs) B Roe 41, S Osman 30, A Browne 9-0-40-3

Northampton Exiles 83 (27.5 overs) A

*Chipperfield

Dan Roe.

Readers Herts County Trophy Finals

(All finals played at Cobden Hill,

2014 Shenley Village beat Botany Bay by 112 runs. (Sunday 7 September)

(Played at Whitethorn Lane, Letchworth)

*Shenley Village

Botany Bay

Man of the Match: Tom Bruce.

290-8 (50 overs)

178-10 (47.1 overs)

T Bruce 137, R Laney 89

K Harris 30, J Coleman 4-43

2015 Leverstock Green beat Abbots Langley by 3 wickets. (Sunday 6 September)

(Played at Heath Park, Hemel Hempstead)

*Abbots Langley

Leverstock Green

Man of the Match: Ajit Kumar.

261-6 (50 overs)

262-7 (50 overs)

S Newman 139, C Chellew 43, I Iqbal 2-21

M Barnard 55, K Jadeja 62, A Kumar 55, M Dunstone 2-23

2016 Shenley Village Beat Abbots Langley losing fewer wickets (Sunday 4 Sept)

(Played at Manor House, Gallows Hill Lane, Abbots Langley)

*Shenley Village 177-8 (50 overs)

Abbots Langley 177-10 (49.2 overs)

Man of the Match: Kris Nissen

K Nissen 71, j Urban 23, N Nightingale 10-3-17-2

C Chellew 50, B Warner 32, N Borkhatria 10-3-20-3, K Nissen 10-1-41-2

2017 Knebworth Park lost to Broxbourne by 6 wickets (Sunday 3 September)

(Played at Old Knebworth Lane, Knebworth Park)

Knebworth Park

230-8 (50 overs)

*Broxbourne 231-4 (35.3 overs)

Man of the Match: George Davies

A Sergeant 117, R Arslan 29, C Ridley 2-30

G Davies 103*, C Ridley 44, C Randall 2-54

2018 Shenley Village Beat Abbots Langley by 62 runs (Sunday 2 September)

(Played at Shenley Cricket Centre)

Shenley Village

235-5 (50 overs)

K Van Vollenhoven 69, M Evans 56, T Elliott 24*, N Gurney 4-48

*Abbots Langley 173 (44.5 overs) S Hamilton 38, O White 3-53, K Van Vollenhoven 3-31, T Elliott 3-16

Man of the Match: Kiel Van Vollenhoven

Readers Herts 20/20 Finals

2014 Radlett beat Bishop's Stortford by 33 runs. (Sunday 27 July)

Radlett 159-4 (20.0 overs) J McLean 77*, F Crawford 38, C Barrett 28*

*Bishop's Stortford 126 (20.0 overs) D Chatfield 49, K Toor 4-0-17-4, B Lederman 4.0-0-20-3

2015 Sawbridgeworth beat Letchworth Garden City by 5 wickets (Sunday 19 July)

*Letchworth Garden City 113 (19.1 overs)

Sawbridgeworth 116-5 (18.4 overs

2016 Hertford lost to Radlett by 5 wickets (Sunday 24 July) *Hertford

Readers Herts T20 Trophy Finals

League history time-line

1968 Herts Competition formed with one division of 1st XI sides, Group 1.

1969 Group 2 formed as a second division.

1970 2nd XI division added to Group1

1974 Hertfordshire League formed for the top 16 clubs in Herts.

1979 2nd XI division added to Herts Competition Group 2

1985 Hertfordshire Competition grows to 3 divisions, 34 clubs. League grows to 18 clubs.

1986 Furnell Transport Ltd sponsor the new League Knock-out Trophy

1991 3rd XI league formed for Hertfordshire Competition.

1994 Merger of the Herts League and the Herts Competition forms the Hertfordshire Cricket League. 75 clubs compete in four divisions at 1st and 2nd XI, plus two 3rd XI divisions.

1995 Premier Division increased to 20 clubs.

1996 Introduction of 100 over game.

1997 A new feeder division created for new clubs to become full members of the League. Divisions 5, 6 & 7 replace existing divisions 4, 5 east and west.

1998 Divisions1, 2 & 3 increased to 20 clubs. KO cup sponsored by Becker Transport.

1999 Premier Division split into two divisions of 10 with matches played on a home and away basis. Website created containing information about the League and results.

2000 Sponsorship agreement initiated with Saracens RFC - £100,000 for first 3 years, and £30,000 per annum thereafter.

Vertical structure of 14 divisions formed from 100 clubs. Premier Division becomes a feeder league for the Home Counties Premier League, playing 110 over game.

2002 Premier Division becomes division 2 east of the Home Counties Premier League.

2003 Junior Development League created; 22 clubs competing in four regional divisions.

2006 Final year of Becker Transport sponsorship of county knock-out cup

2007 Division 14 created to help accommodate 16 new teams. New Website launched.

2008 Record number of teams playing in the League - 260.

2009 Fully automated results system introduced with teams reporting via text message system.

2010 Kookaburra Readers become the new sponsors of the Cup and Trophy knock-out.

2014 Clubs withdrawn from the Home Counties Premier League and form the top of the Hertfordshire League. Divisions 11 East & 11 West, and 12 East & 12 West formed. 20/20 tournament introduced for the Premier and Championship sides.

2015 League awarded ECB Premier League status Structure revised making all divisions 10 teams playing home and away, with 9 timed format matches and 9 limited overs.

2016 Sunday T20 competition introduced to encourage more participation in cricket.

2017 New website launched to include an enhanced results reporting system using smartphones. Premier and Championship use pink ball and coloured clothing in League 50 over matches

2018 Smartphone app allows for facilities and umpire marking. Matches in divs1-10B played under limited over format. Dinner at Lord's marks 50 years of league cricket in Herts.

2019 T20 Trophy competition introduced for non-premier clubs. Development divisions re-formed to benefit younger players. Partnership created with Herts Junior Leagues.

2020 Coronovirus pandemic severely affects all cricket. First half of league season cancelled. No promotion or relegation as a result of shortened season. No changing rooms or teas. Mike Wood retires as Results & Fixtures Secretary, after serving league cricket in Hertfordshire since 1985.

2021 Some Covid restrictions remained until mid-season, when national guidelines eased. A wet summer, some teams cancelled 7 out of 18 matches due to the weather or Covid.

2022 Regional structure extended to divisions 10A & B. Facilities marking no longer required below division 6B' in other divisions teams to report unacceptable pitches, outfields only.