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GWLCC Records Andrew Burman Gentlemen of West London CC 1988-2020 The Gentlemen of West London Cricket Club, founded in 1988 by Mark Ashton, has played 607 games, excluding a 1993 T20 against Enterprise whose multi-coloured scorecard was annoyingly lost. Nor does the Gents’ batting card survive from the second game, against East Harrow Cheetahs in 1988 though strangely the bowling card does. Otherwise records are complete. This publication documents the exceptional: the cover picture shows J. Small (131*) and S. Kumar (74*) being clapped off by St Anne’s Allstars in June 2015 after posting the club’s highest stand of 212 in 22.5 overs, a recovery from the depths of 56-5. Initials of forenames are supplied where available, to distinguish between, for example, the five Joneses, eight Khans, 19 Patels and four Wrights who have played. Victoria RG in Surbiton (133) and Old Tenisonians CC in Motspur Park (87) have hosted more than a third of the games. Most (352) were in the 35-over format. There were 113 played over 40 overs, 70 timed, 43 T20 and 29 in outlier formats (10, 15, 16, 18, 25, 30, 32 and 38 overs). It is curious that in matches played to a conclusion the average runs scored in timed games, 259, was lower than in the 35- and 40-over formats (275 and 317). This might be explained by captains keeping on star bowlers for long spells, on often variable pitches. There have been 392 players (142 debuting in the last decade), of whom 40 played 50 times or more, making 4,523 appearances (68% of the total). Seventeen are members of the 100 Club of whom six played in 2020 including the Top 3, who have 872 caps. Guest appearances remain a source of fascination: 147 played only once of whom 31 did not bat. Nine neither batted nor bowled. Teja busily failed to qualify here – having not batted against Pak in 2019 he took a wicket with his only ball to win the match. Twenty-one singletons were noted in the first decade, 66 in the most recent. When Decade was published in 1997 one could recall every guest but this is no longer possible. Career performances can be found on the website in the GWLCC Career 1988-2020.xlsx file. We list the Top 20 in each category later. Summarised scorecards for each opponent and ground are shown in GWLCC Results 1988- 2018.xlsx and GWLCC Results.pdf for you to search or pivot away to your heart’s content. Some errors may have eluded proofreading. The squad is keen-eyed on such matters, so please let us know if you find any. Trophy timeline 100 Club ( played in 2020) 1992 President’s Cup 1 379 S. Patel 1993 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 2 247 H. Patel 1994 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 246 S. Snelling 1995 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 219 A. Buck 1996 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup, President’s Cup 211 A. Burman 1997 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 198 D. Patel 1999 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 175 M. Sciberras 2000 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup, President’s Cup 153 M. Ashton 2001 President’s Cup 149 J. Wright 2002 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 147 D. Todd 2004 Pals League 3 139 R. Gilkes 2005 Pals League (shared with Pak) 137 K. Toft 2006 Pals League 129 P. Denton 2007 Pals League (shared with Pak) 125 S. Kumar 2009 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 116 N. Dubey 2010 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 112 I. Richmond 2011 Bob Ashton Memorial Cup 104 W. Caveney The President’s Cup (1) was a three-team (two-team in 2000 and 2001) T20 competition held 1992-2001 on the Sunday preceding the August Bank Holiday. The phrase Carnival of Cricket might have been invented for it. Hosts New Barbarian Weasels, the Gents, FC Chad and Urban Associates (once) participated. It was the brainchild of Weasels’ founder W. Flack and predated the first English professional T20 game by 11 years. The Bob Ashton Memorial Cup (2) was contested 1990-2011 between the Gents and West XI and retired when West XI amalgamated with Walthamstow Horizontals to form Judd Street Tigers, rebranded before the 2019 season as Winchmore Hill Tigers. Derby Fever.pdf (see website under The Gent, Reviews and Records) recalls this hard-fought, entertaining series. The Pals League (3) was a three- or four-team league contested 2002-2007. The Gents, New Barbarian Weasels, 12 Angry Men, Urban Associates, Pak and, for one season, West XI participated. The 43-11 Cup against St Anne’s Allstars has never been ratified by the Gents so does not appear above. It was named after their score on a Victoria RG minefield in 2004. Since 2011 it has been friendlies only. Captains 1988-1999 M. Ashton 2012-2013 G. Newcombe 2000-2002 S. Snelling 2014-2015 H. Hibbert 2003-2009 S. Patel 2016-2017 S. Kumar 2010-2011 R. Gilkes 2018-2019 S. Patel 2012 H. Patel 2020- N. Dubey All-rounder Batsman Bowler Fielder Most improved 1990 M. Ashton I. Maughan S. Alderman D. Dolan I. Maughan 1991 N. Boddington M. Ashton M. Ashton R. Sambrook Smith N. Boddington 1992 R. Wilman M. Ashton D. Todd R. Sambrook Smith D. Todd 1993 M. Ashton, S. Bignell M. Hughes M. Ashton R. Wilman I. Renvoize 1994 M. Ashton N. Hubbucks M. Ashton I. Maughan I. Richmond 1995 J. Wright M. Ashton S. Snelling M. Burville J. Wright 1996 D. Patel M. Ashton S. Snelling W. Murphy W. Murphy 1997 D. Patel M. Ashton S. Snelling M. Burville C. Mitchell 1998 S. Patel S. Patel S. Patel S. Patel A. Buck 1999 S. Snelling M. Ashton S. Snelling I. Richmond S. Snelling 2000 J. Wright J. Wright S. Patel M. Sciberras J. Wright 2001 S. Patel S. Patel S. Snelling M. Sciberras A. Buck 2002 S. Patel J. Wright S. Patel M. Sciberras E. Fitch, P. Hill 2003 S. Patel S. Patel S. Snelling M. Sciberras R. Gilkes 2004 W. Thompson W. Thompson S. Snelling J. Norcott J. Norcott 2005 N. Husain N. Husain M. Sciberras K. Toft N. Husain 2006 N. Husain N. Husain H. Patel P. Turpin H. Patel 2007 N. Husain N. Husain H. Patel R. Gilkes L. Wahed 2008 R. Inkollu R. Inkollu S. Snelling R. Gilkes M. Sciberras 2009 S. Patel S. Patel R. Inkollu H. Desai H. Desai 2010 S. Patel S. Patel H. Patel S. Desai W. Caveney 2011 S. Patel S. Patel H. Patel H. Desai H. Desai 2012 S. Patel N. Dubey S. Desai G. Newcombe S. Desai 2013 R. Lall R. Lall R. Lall G. Newcombe M. Jones 2014 J. Small V. Basker A. Katragadda P. Bocha V. Basker 2015 K. Jampala J. Small S. Patel K. Jampala S. Kumar 2016 P. Kota P. Kota P. Kota K. Jampala P. Bocha 2017 P. Bocha V. Basker H. Patel P. Bocha H. Patel 2018 S. Namilikonda P. Kota S. Namilikonda P. Kota, S. Namilikonda R. Chatharaju 2019 S. Namilikonda P. Kota R. Chatharaju S. Namilikonda R. Sudireddy Achievements for awards Batsman Runs Bowler Wickets 1990 I. Maughan 230 1990 S. Alderman 13 1991 M. Ashton 357 1991 M. Ashton 23 1992 M. Ashton 440 1992 D. Todd 17 1993 M. Hughes 311 1993 M. Ashton 38 1994 N. Hubbucks 514 1994 M. Ashton 37 1995 M. Ashton 503 1995 S. Snelling 31 1996 M. Ashton 493 1996 S. Snelling 35 1997 M. Ashton 336 1997 S. Snelling 40 1998 S. Patel 397 1998 S. Patel 18 1999 M. Ashton 316 1999 S. Snelling 43 2000 J. Wright 756 2000 S. Patel 30 2001 S. Patel 430 2001 S. Snelling 39 2002 J. Wright 373 2002 S. Patel 29 2003 S. Patel 385 2003 S. Snelling 17 2004 W. Thompson 307 2004 S. Snelling 17 2005 N. Husain 586 2005 M. Sciberras 18 2006 N. Husain 481 2006 H. Patel 20 2007 N. Husain 680 2007 H. Patel 24 2008 R. Inkollu 459 2008 S. Snelling 29 2009 S. Patel 432 2009 R. Inkollu 31 2010 S. Patel 326 2010 H. Patel 41 2011 S. Patel 356 2011 H. Patel 32 2012 N. Dubey 269 2012 S. Desai 21 2013 R. Lall 486 2013 R. Lall 18 2014 V. Basker 302 2014 A. Katragadda 13 2015 J. Small 478 2015 S. Patel 14 2016 P. Kota 480 2016 P. Kota 30 2017 V. Basker 300 2017 H. Patel 20 2018 P. Kota 562 2018 S. Namilikonda 15 2019 P. Kota 674 2019 R. Chatharaju 25 2020 2020 All-rounder Runs Wickets Fielder Ct. St. 1990 M. Ashton 155 13 1990 D. Dolan 3 1991 N. Boddington 120 11 1991 R. Sambrook Smith 6 3 1992 R. Wilman 135 10 1992 R. Sambrook Smith 7 1 1993 M. Ashton 490 38 1993 R. Wilman 9 1993 S. Bignell 285 25 1994 I. Maughan 11 1 1994 M. Ashton 281 37 1995 M. Burville 3 1995 J. Wright 189 19 1996 W. Murphy 2 1996 D. Patel 322 20 1997 M. Burville 5 1997 D. Patel 330 34 1998 S. Patel 5 1998 S. Patel 397 18 1999 I. Richmond 8 1999 S. Snelling 162 43 2000 M. Sciberras 8 2000 J. Wright 756 21 2001 M. Sciberras 6 2001 S. Patel 430 26 2002 M. Sciberras 6 2002 S. Patel 279 29 2003 M. Sciberras 6 2003 S. Patel 385 28 2004 J. Norcott 7 2004 W. Thompson 307 15 2005 K. Toft 4 2005 N. Husain 586 15 2006 P. Turpin 9 1 2006 N.