The Hunts Herald News about the Huntingdonshire County Club Edition 5, Spring 2011

Gary Whitbread 1st July 1957- 10th January 2011 The County Club was very shocked and saddened when Chairman Gary Whitbread passed away peacefully in Addenbrookes Hospital on Monday 10th January 2011 after a bravely borne illness. Gary was 53 and had been Chairman for six years prior to which he had been Vice Chairman, Manager and of course player. He was a very well known sporting figure in the District having played cricket for Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Hatley, Papworth and Kimbolton as well as football for St Neots Town and Eynesbury Rovers. Apart from being current Chairman of the County Club he was a member of the 50’s County eleven and the Club representative on the Huntingdonshire Board. He left a wife Tammy, son Ben and daughter Abbie as well as two grandchildren Finley and Niamh. He was a very devoted family man, kind generous and extremely gregarious and he nurtured a special interest in encouraging youngsters in both football and cricket spending some of his time as the goalkeeping coach at Eynesbury as well as attending the County U19 cricket fixtures. His long association with Huntingdonshire cricket began with schools cricket before going on to play for the full County side 64 times between 1979 and 2002. He also made several appearances for Cambridgeshire in the Minor Counties competition. Over 500 family members, friends, cricketers, footballers and work colleagues attended Gary’s funeral at St.Neots Parish Church on Friday 28 January. It is a measure of the respect people had for Gary that the funeral attendance exceeded any previous funeral service. conducted by the vicar at St.Neots. John Pashler 5th August 1921 - 11th February 2011 Former Huntingdonshire opening bat, John Pashler has died at the age of 89. Arthur John Pashler was born at Higham Ferrars and played 22 matches for Hunts with a top score of 101 against Cambridgeshire in 1950. He also played a minor match for Cambridgeshire against Essex 2nd XI in 1953. John’s club cricket was with Huntingdon where he opened the and bowled slow left-arm orthodox for many years. The Hunts Herald 2010 Summary By John Walker U25 team

The U25 team deservedly take the headlines in the 2010 season review because for only the second time in the history of the competition Huntingdonshire U25 side were the champions of the East of England Development competition. Playing against one first class County (Essex) and four Minor Counties the County consistently produces a competitive Development side. The competition has been won in recent years by each of the Counties making it a very interesting and challenging competition. Hunts last won this title in 2003. The outstanding player for Huntingdonshire this season was batsman Michael Cafferkey who in his five innings scored 169, 54, 111, 111 again, and 89. This makes a total of 534 runs at an average of 106.8. The most successful bowler with seven was Trent Pascoe followed by skipper David McCallum and James Cowan with five apiece. The season began with a magnificent 223 runs victory over last seasons’ champions Lincolnshire. It was based around the biggest ever stand by the County in the competition as Michael Cafferkey (169) and Alan Burton (115) posted 304 for their first stand. Lincolnshire were bowled out for 146 in just 22 overs with Jon Carpenter mopping up the inning to finish with three wickets for no runs. A dip in form saw Suffolk beat Hunts in the second match despite good innings’ from Michael Cafferkey (54) and David Humphrey (60). However the total of 182 was not enough to bother the visitors who won by 6 wickets. The third match away in Norfolk saw skipper David McCallum collect 4 for 45 as the home team were restricted to 232 for 8 and Hunts reached their winning target with more than five overs to spare thanks to Michael Cafferkey’s second of the season and a determined 42 from David Clarke. Another defeat followed at the hands of Essex in a topsy-turvy season when no team really dominated. Hunts’ 244 for 9 included Michael Cafferkey’s 111 and David Clarke’s 73 but Essex had their centurion in Nick Browne who carried his bat for 103 in their victory by three wickets. And so to the final match of the series with both Hunts and Cambs aware that a victory would enable them to claim the title. Sadly the match was rain affected and the Hunts total of 242 for 7 featuring Michael Cafferkey’s 89 and Harry Chappell’s 67 set Cambs a target of almost five an over as the weather closed in. The Hunts attack saw Trent Pascoe and Adam Rendall give nothing away and when the rain did arrive in the eleventh over Cambs were only scoring at fractionally over two runs an over and so Hunts were declared winners on run rate. Twenty players featured in Hunts’ five matches with only Michael Cafferkey and Trent Pascoe available for every match. It was a great squad performance with all of their opponents including a majority of players who compete regularly at Premier Division level cricket or better. Manager Hedley Swannell can be very proud of his side’s 2010 campaign. Development/ Under 25 Averages

BATTING P I NO R Avg P O Mdn R W Avg Econ Cafferkey M 5 5 534 106.8 Carpenter J 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 Humphrey D 3 3 1 89 44.5 Pascoe T 5 24.4 3 115 7 16.43 0.786 Chappell H 4 4 1 126 42 McCallum D 3 20 1 99 5 19.8 0.825 Burton A 3 3 117 39 Cowan J 4 23 101 5 20.2 0.732 Clarke D 3 3 115 38.33 Rendall A 3 20 1 62 3 20.67 0.517 Carpenter J 2 2 1 32 32 Sykes J 4 22 1 93 4 23.25 0.705

Senior team

The senior team like their U25 counterparts also had a good season often punching above their weight in their six friendly matches but finishing with three wins and three defeats. The first match against the RAF saw the side post 220 all out in their innings with Michael Cafferkey contributing 78. The match winners were the bowlers who gave very little away and bowled their visitors out 67 runs short of their target. Skipper David McCallum finished with 3 for 25 with James Cowan and The Hunts Herald 2010 Summary Continued from page 2…

James Sykes each picking up a couple of wickets. The second match against a very strong Northamptonshire XI saw some consistent batting by Hunts to total 222 all out with Dhanushka De Saram top scoring with 74. However Zac Harvey (105) and Lee Andrews (61 not out) added well over 100 for the third wicket to see the visitors to victory by seven wickets. The talented Surrey Academy were the next opponents and Michael Cafferkey (123 not out) and Taylor West (60) steered Hunts to a very respectable 251 for 5 but the Surrey reply saw Anthony Alleyne (the son of a famous father) produce a powerful 116 not out in just 89 balls with 70 of his runs coming in boundaries and this steered the visitors to a victory by seven wickets. The next visitors’ were a full strength Army side and some tight bowling by Hunts restricted the visitors to 231 for 7 wickets. The Hunts’ reply was once again spearheaded by Michael Cafferkey whose 63 was well supported by the other batsmen and the home side ran out winners by five wickets with almost twelve overs to spare. Perhaps the best performance of the season came in the home match against the Middlesex Academy. The visitors posted 264 for 5 and at 96 for 5 in their reply Hunts looked a beaten side. But then Ashley Rodgers (69) – his best ever score for the County Senior side and skipper Paul Swannell with 102 not out pulled the side round to an improbable victory. It was his first ever senior century for the County and after more than a decade of service it is a well deserved accolade. The season ended with the annual tour to Northumberland where Hunts lost narrowly in a two day two innings match. Michael Cafferkey got a half century in the first innings but the Hunts star was skipper Davis McCallum who returned the best bowling return of the season with 5 for 83.

Senior Averages

BATTING P I NO R Avg BOWLING P Ov Mdn R W Avg Econ Cafferkey M 6 7 1 348 58.00 Cafferkey S 2 5 0 17 1 17.00 0.567 Swannell P 4 5 2 158 52.67 McCallum D 3 42.5 8 189 9 21.00 0.741 De Seram D 3 3 110 36.67 Cowan J 5 52 8 213 9 23.67 0.683 Moynan B 2 1 31 31.00 Carpenter J 2 13 1 49 2 24.50 0.628 Rodgers A 4 4 123 30.75 Sykes J 3 30 0 136 5 27.20 0.756

U19 team

Sadly one of the three scheduled U19 matches in the East of England U19 championship was lost to the weather. However the side won one and lost one with many new faces making their County debut at this level. In the first match against Lincolnshire skipper Jon Carpenter led from the front scoring 108 of his side’s 224 and then spinner Taylor West took 4 for 24 to see Lincolnshire dismissed for 173. The second match at home to Essex saw a below par performance. Set a modest 217 to win only Chris Budd (44) and skipper Jon Carpenter (27) offered any real resistance with the bat against a tight bowling attack. Earlier the Hunts bowlers had shared the Essex wickets between them.

Under 19 Averages BATTING P I NO R Avg BOWLING P O Mdn R W Avg Econ. Carpenter J 2 2 135 67.5 West T 1 10 3 24 4 6.00 0.4 West T 1 1 36 36 French C 1 4 0 14 1 14 0.583 Budd C 2 2 49 24.5 Malam D 1 7 0 30 2 15 0.714 Malam D 1 1 13 13 Carpenter J 2 20 0 55 3 18.33 0.458 Whitfield C 2 2 20 10 Chappell H 1 9 0 37 2 18.5 0.685 Note bowling economy is shown as runs/ball Newsletter edited by Simon Black (01480 475553) Match Reports and Statistics by John Walker FIXTURES 2011 All matches begin at 11 a.m. Side Date Versus At Ground SENIOR Thu 28/04/20011 Northants II Home St. Ives SENIOR Wed 11/05/2011 RAF Home Market Deeping U19 Wed 01/06/2011 Lincolnshire Away Market Deeping SENIOR Thu 02/06/2011 Surrey Academy Away Horsley & Send SENIOR Wed 15/06/2011 Army Home Ickwell DEV/U25 Wed 22/06/2011 Lincolnshire Away Market Deeping SENIOR Sun 26/06/2011 Middlesex Academy Home Granta U19 Tue 05/07/2011 Essex Away Billericay U19 Wed 13/07/2011 Norfolk Home St. Ives DEV/U25 Wed 20/07/2011 Norfolk Home St Ives DEV/U25 Tue 09/08/2011 Essex Away Billericay DEV/U25 Thu 18/08/2011 Suffolk Away Exning DEV/U25 Wed 24/08/2011 Cambridgeshire Home St Ives

HCCC Committee

Acting Chairman: Simon Black (01480 475553) Secretary: Sandra Mitcham (01480 301679) Treasurer: John Walker (01480 477295) Team Manager: Hedley Swannell (01487 832328) Other Members: Kevin Clement David Summers If you can spare a little time (6 meetings per annum) to help out on the HCCC committee, contact any committee member. We will be only too pleased to see you.

Balls from Hunts County Bats Sponsorship Once again we are extremely grateful to HCCC are currently sponsored by: Hunts County Bats for providing all our Roy Shutz match balls. Hunts County Bats Clement’s Classic Corner Cambridge Building Society Unfortunately due to lack of space Kevin’s If you could possibly provide some more history corner has had to be omitted. It will return sponsorship, no matter how small (or big), please in the next edition. contact our Treasurer, John Walker Erratum: the last Clement’s Classic Corner erroneously referred to James Linton as the County's leading wicket-taker when it should have said John Linton.