BRITISH POLICE CRICKET CLUB
FOUNDED 1973
COMPLETE REPRESENTATIVE MATCH RECORDS
PLAYED 207, WON 119, TIED 1, ABND/DRAWN 25, LOST 62 (Win Ratio 57.48%)
Opponents P W T A/D L Win % v Army 31 26 0 1 4 83.87% v Royal Navy 37 26 0 3 8 70.27% v Royal Air Force 37 24 0 2 11 64.86% v Conferences 38 12 0 8 18 31.57% v Counties 38 14 1 7 16 36.84% v Others 26 17 0 4 5 65.38%
Result sequence: v Army WAWWWLWLWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WLWLWWW v Royal Navy AWLLWWWLWLWWDLDWWWWWWWLWWW WWWWWLWWWWL v Royal Air Force WWLWLLLWWWWWLLWAWWWWWWWLWW WAWWWLWLLLW v Conferences LLDDDWDLWLLDDLLAWLWLWWLLWWLLLW ALLLWWWL v Counties WWAWALLDLWDDLLLLWLLLWWAWLWWW WWLLALWTLL v Others WDWALWLWDWWWWWLWWLWWWWAWWL
The numbers in brackets at the side of players names indicate the order they made their debuts - with full career dates featuring later.
CAPTAINS LOG (There were no precise captain details 1973-1985) M W T A/D L Win% Peter Anderson - Devon & Cornwall (6) 7 4 0 2 1 57.14% Alan Hampshire - South Yorkshire (41) 30 15 0 5 10 50% Mark Stear - Metropolitan (42) 4 1 0 2 1 25% David Fraser-Darling - Nottinghamshire (62) 29 22 0 0 7 75.86% Graham Shaw - Cleveland (65) 53 39 0 3 11 73.58% Tim Heap - Staffordshire (101) 1 1 0 0 0 100% Mark Davies - Dyfed Powys (107) 14 4 0 2 8 28.57% Steve Greig - Metropolitan (154) 3 3 0 0 0 100% Gareth Morris – Staffordshire (153) 6 3 1 0 2 50% Russell Bryan – Metropolitan (155) 10 5 0 0 5 50%
BRITISH POLICE :- LONGEST UNBEATEN SEQUENCE (12) 2002-04 saw Graham Shaw’s team ‘chalk up’ 12 consecutive wins – overtaking the 1996-99 record of 9 matches unbeaten (8 wins, 1 Abandoned/draw), with David Fraser-Darling captain for the 8 wins!
BRITISH POLICE CC COMPLETE PLAYING RECORD
1 MCC WON 1973 54 R BARB POL DRAWN 108 ARMY WON 55 RAF WON 109 CCC Lost 2 NAVY ABND 56 SURREY DRAWN 110 NAVY WON 3 SUSSEX WON 1974 57 NAVY WON 111 KENT Lost 58 ARMY Lost 112 RAF WON 1996 4 SCOT UNION DRAWN 59 CCC Lost 1986 5 SCOT POLICE WON 113 ARMY WON 6 RAF WON 60 RAF WON 114 KENT WON 1997 7 CCC Lost 61 ARMY WON 8 NAVY WON 1975 62 NAVY DRAWN 1987 115 KENT WON 116 ARMY WON 9 RAF WON 63 NAVY Lost 117 NAVY WON 10 FIRE SERV ABND 64 SURREY DRAWN 118 CCC WON 11 NAVY Lost 65 RAF WON 119 RAF WON 1998 12 KENT WON 1976 66 ARMY Lost 67 CCC DRAWN 1988 120 KENT ABND 13 RAF Lost 121 NAVY Lost 14 CCC Lost 68 SURREY Lost 122 CCC WON 15 NAVY Lost 69 NAVY DRAWN 123 RAF WON 1999 16 AUST OC’s Lost 70 CCC DRAWN 17 GLAMORGANABND 1977 71 ARMY WON 124 KENT WON 72 RAF Lost 1989 125 ARMY WON 18 DURHAM UN WON 126 NAVY WON 19 DURHAM WON 73 SURREY Lost 127 CCC Lost 20 RAF WON 74 NAVY WON 128 RAF WON 2000 21 CCC DRAWN 75 CCC Lost 22 NAVY WON 1978 76 ARMY WON 129 KENT Lost 77 RAF Lost 1990 130 ARMY WON 23 NOTTS ABND 131 NAVY WON 24 RAF Lost 78 KENT Lost 132 CCC Lost 25 CCC DRAWN 79 CCC Lost 133 RAF Lost 2001 26 NAVY WON 80 RAF WON 27 COMM’s XI Lost 1979 81 NAVY WON 134 KENT WON 82 ARMY WON 1991 135 ARMY WON 28 CCC DRAWN 136 NAVY WON 29 HAMPS Lost 83 KENT Lost 137 RAF WON 30 NAVY WON 1980 84 RAF ABND 138 CCC WON 2002 85 ARMY WON 31 RAF Lost 86 CCC ABND 1992 139 SURREY CB WON 32 HAMPS Lost 140 ARMY WON 33 NAVY Lost 87 KENT WON 141 NAVY WON 34 ARMY WON 88 RAF WON 142 CCC WON 35 CCC WON 1981 89 NAVY WON 143 RAF WON 2003 90 ARMY WON 36 SOMERSET DRAWN 91 CCC WON 1993 144 ESSEX WON 37 RAF Lost 145 ARMY WON 38 NAVY WON 92 CCC Lost 146 CCC Lost 39 ARMY ABND 93 RAF WON 147 RAF WON 40 CCC DRAWN 1982 94 NAVY WON 148 W CAPE POL WON ) 95 ARMY WON 149 E PROV Lost ) RSA 41 RAF WON 96 KENT Lost 1994 150 E PROV POL WON )TOUR 42 SURREY Lost 151 BEDFORD WON ) 43 NAVY Lost 97 BSAP WON ) 152 GRAAFFE WON ) 2004 44 ARMY WON 98 OCC’s XI WON ) 45 CCC Lost 1983 99 O.H’s WON ) ZIMB. 153 ESSEX WON 100 M CENT DIST WON ) TOUR 154 ARMY WON 46 CHAIRM’s XI WON 101 M U 19’s WON ) 155 NAVY WON 47 RAF WON 102 G F XI Lost ) 156 CCC Lost 48 ARMY WON 103 RAF WON 157 RAF ABND 2005 49 CCC WON 1984 104 ARMY WON 105 NAVY WON 158 ESSEX WON 50 CCC Lost 106 KENT Lost 159 ARMY WON 51 SURREY WON 107 CCC WON 1995 160 NAVY WON 52 NAVY WON 161 CCC Lost 53 ARMY WON 1985 162 RAF WON 2006 163 ESSEX WON 164 ARMY Lost 165 NAVY WON 166 RAF WON 167 CCC WON 168 WORCESTER Lost 2007
169 ESSEX Lost 170 NAVY WON 171 RAF WON 172 CCC ABND 2008
173 ESSEX ABND 174 ARMY WON 175 NAVY Lost 176 CCC Lost 177 RAF Lost 2009
178 ESSEX Lost 179 ARMY Lost 180 NAVY WON 181 CCC Lost 182 RAF WON 183 PRISON SERV WON 2010
184 BERKS ABND 185 CCC Lost 186 FIRE SERV WON 187 RAF Lost 188 NAVY WON 2011
189 BERKS WON 190 ARMY WON 191 CCC WON 2012
192 ESSEX WON 193 CCC WON 194 NOTTS TIED 195 NOTTS CB LOST 196 RAF LOST 197 NAVY WON 2013
198 MCCC WON 199 ARMY WON 200 RAF Lost 201 NAVY WON 202 NOTTS Lost 2014
203 ESSEX Lost 204 ARMY WON 205 NAVY Lost 206 CCC Lost 207 RAF WON 2015
FORCES & PLAYERS REPRESENTING BRITISH POLICE :- (-) = Dual force representation
Metropolitan 25(3), Staffordshire 12, Devon & Cornwall 12, Nottinghamshire 12(1), Lancashire 9, South Yorkshire 9(1), West Midlands 8, Durham 8(1), Northumberland 6, Cleveland 6, South Wales 6, Dyfed Powys 6, West Mercia 6, Sussex 5, Essex 5, Hampshire 5, GMP 5(1), Cheshire 4, West Yorkshire 3, RUC/PS N.Ireland 3, Norfolk 3(1), City of London 2, Gwent 2, Northamptonshire 2, Kent 2, Merseyside 2, Surrey 2, North Wales 2, Leicestershire 2, Gloucestershire 2, Grampian 1, Humberside 1, Avon & Somerset 1, Strathclyde 1, Thames Valley 1, Wiltshire 1, Warwickshire 1(1), Derbyshire 1(1).
BRITISH POLICE CC - PLAYERS
IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE WITH BPCC CAREER DATES (T) denotes - overseas tourist cap
1 David Butler - Nottinghamshire (73) 63 Stephen Bailey - Staffordshire (89) 2 Davis BS Brown - Grampian (73-82) 64 Simon Hunt - Devon & Cornwall (89) 3 Robert Senneck - Metropolitan (73-76) 65 Graham Shaw - Cleveland (90-11) 4 Peter Sharpe - Sussex (73-77) 66 Andy Platts - Nottinghamshire (90-95) 5 David Beaumont - Nottinghamshire (73-79) 67 Leigh Beaumont - Cleveland (91-96) 6 Peter Anderson - Devon & Cornwall (73-75) 68 Chris Lovell - Devon & Cornwall (91-97) 7 Stuart Lott (Devon & Cornwall (73-92) 69 Duncan Watson - Metropolitan (91-95) 8 Colin Couves - Metropolitan (73-76) 70 Martin Bailey - West Midlands (91) 9 Harry Hanover - Northumberland (73-80) 71 Chris Miller - Nottinghamshire (92) 10 Terry Freeman - Northamptonshire (73-74) 72 Andrew Clarke - Hampshire (92) 11 Alan Edgar - Durham (73-77) 73 Keith Donohue - Devon & Cornwall (92-95) 12 Hugh Blenkin - Durham/Metropolitan (74-82) 74 Michael Roe - Avon & Somerset (93-95) 13 Roger Cruttenden - Kent (74-84) 75 Geoff Humpage - West Midlands (93-94) 14 Nigel Grainger - Essex (74-75) 76 Gary Bolton - Lancashire (93) 15 Eddie Dew - South Wales (75) 77 Martin Roberts - Devon & Cornwall (93-99) 16 John Cook - Nottinghamshire (75-79) 78 Paul Simms - Staffordshire (93-94) 17 Carl Bielby - West Yorkshire (75) 79 Stephen Pearce - South Wales (94) 18 Paul Nicklen - Hampshire (75) 80 Stephen Celestine - West Midlands (94-97) 19 Geoff Parkes - West Yorkshire (76-89) 81 Mike Hughes - Merseyside (95-96) 20 Hugh Dyson - Northumberland (76-77) 82 (T) Chris Callaghan - West Midlands (95) 21 David Seddon - Cleveland (76-80) 83 Nick Husbands - West Mercia (95-07) 22 Brian Grey - Cleveland (76-78) 84 Mel Dawson - Staffordshire (95-05) 23 Peter Allen - Metropolitan (77-82) 85 Peter Crawley - Nottinghamshire (95-97) 24 Robert Flack - West Mercia (77) 86 Steve Crowley - Norfolk (95) 25 Arthur Armitage - South Yorkshire (77) 87 Andy Havard - Metropolitan (95) 26 Dave Terry - Lancashire (77) 88 Simon Young - Metropolitan (95-11) 27 Ray Knowles - South Yorkshire (77-81) 89 Aiden Baker - Metropolitan (95-97) 28 David Reeve - Metropolitan (77-80) 90 Gary Brown - Durham (96-03) 29 Barry Curtis - Northamtonshire (77-78) 91 Gary Wells - South Yorkshire (96) 30 Robin Pine - Sussex (77-82) 92 Andy Holland - Durham (96-01) 31 Gary Crossley - Greater Manchester (78-88) 93 Peter J White - Royal Ulster (96) 32 David G Brown - South Yorkshire (78-82) 94 Paul Burn - Durham (97-01) 33 Billy Webster - Cleveland (78-81) 95 Jason Finch - Sussex (97-98) 34 William Robson - Northumberland (79) 96 Colin Deardon - Staffordshire (97) 35 Malcolm Roberts - Metropolitan (80-96) 97 Phil Reeves - Metropolitan (97-98) 36 Robin Cross - Humberside (80-81) 98 Duncan Lampitt - Staffordshire (98-04) 37 Peter Davey - Greater Manchester (81-86) 99 Neil Cunningham - Hampshire (98) 38 Malcolm Dunstan - Devon & Cornwall |(81-90) 100 Ian McClaren - West Mercia (98) 39 Alan Pearson - Metropolitan/Warwickshire (81-95) 101 Tim Heap - Staffordshire (98-08) 40 Mick Taylor - Devon & Cornwall (82-84) 102 Ian Hampshire - Notts/South Yorkshire (98-03) 41 Alan Hampshire - South Yorkshire (82-95) 103 Paul Moon - Nottinghamshire (98) 42 Mark Stear - Metropolitan (82-92) 104 Martin Thursfield - Durham (99-10) 43 Andy Mack - Metropolitan/Norfolk (82-95) 105 Huw Evans - Dyfed Powys (99-13) 44 Trevor Angove - Devon & Cornwall (83-90) 106 Nick Williams - West Mercia (99-00) 45 Ian Richards - Cleveland (83-85) 107 Mark Davies - Dyfed Powys (99-13) 46 Steve Grattan - Nottinghamshire (83-97) 108 Darren Wood - South Yorkshire (99-02) 47 Peter Cockell - Lancashire (83-88) 109 Stuart Evans - Norfolk (99) 48 Ray Baker - Metropolitan (84-89) 110 Andy Martin - Staffordshire (99-00) 49 Geoff Roach - South Wales (84-87) 111 Tony Norris - Metropolitan (00-04) 50 Paul Brown - Devon & Cornwall (85-86) 112 Jason Pitcher - South Yorkshire (00-04) 51 Chris Scott - Lancashire (85-87) 113 Mark Gilchrist - Strathclyde (01-06) 52 Alan Watts - Devon & Cornwall (85-88) 114 Jamie Sykes - Sussex (03) 53 Andy Baxter - West Yorkshire (85) 115 Chris Hewson - Northumberland (04) 54 Tony Smith - South Wales (85-11) 116 Peter Collingwood - Durham (04-06) 55 Bary Lloyd - South Wales (86) 117 Jeremy Hayward - Hampshire (04) 56 Paul Sparrow - West Mercia (86-93) 118 Vince Bird - Essex (04-06) 57 Graham Johnson - Durham (87-91) 119 Robin Fisher - Cheshire (04-12) 58 Andy Gillies - West Midlands (88-89) 120 (T) Steven Williams - South Wales (04) 59 David Lees - Greater Manchester (88-96) 121 Mathew Lincoln - Metropolitan (04-08) 60 Daryll Carter - Metropolitan (88-90) 122 (T) Derek Pickering - Nottinghamshire (04) 61 Jim Bramall - South Yorkshire (89) 123 Peter Finch - Staffordshire (04-06) 62 David Fraser-Darling - Nottinghamshire (89-11) 124 (T) Paul Housley - Staffordshire (04)
125 (T) John Crabtree - Hampshire (04) 126 Karl Thomas - Nottinghamshire (05) 127 Gary Phillips - Dyfed Powys (05-6) 128 Gareth Evans - Lancashire (06-07) 129 Adrian Garnham - Essex (06-07) 130 Ben Dowling - Lancashire (06-10) 131 Jonathan Chandler - Thames Valley (07-10) 132 James Pyemont - Metropolitan (07-09) 133 Algimar Sherifar - Kent (07-08) 134 Iain McGregor - PS N Ireland (07-09) 135 Gary Williams - Dyfed Powys (07-10) 136 Simon Crump - Gloucester (07) 137 Simon Cole - Dyfed Powys (07-11) 138 Murray Barnett - Sussex (07) 139 Ian Clifford - West Midlands (07) 140 Roger Smith - Cheshire (07) 141 Lee Hunt - Leicestershire (07) 142 Andy Mayer - Metropolitan (09) 143 Ray Doyle - Cheshire (09-15) 144 Shaun Le Roux - West Midlands (09-11) 145 Richard McCutcheon - Lancashire (09) 146 Nigel Fretwell - Metropolitan (09-14) 147 Jon Cumberbatch - Staffordshire (10-11) 148 Shaun Rashid - Staffordshire (10) 149 Luke Gamman - Essex (10) 150 Greg Gillespie - Merseyside (10-14) 151 Richard Grant - Dyfed Powys (10-12) 152 Ben Ungaretti - Surrey (10) 153 Gareth Morris - Staffordshire (10-15) 154 Steve Greig - Metropolitan (11-12) 155 Russell Bryan - Metropolitan (11-15) 156 Dan Turner - Metropolitan (11) 157 Ted Roe - Wiltshire (11-15) 158 Dave Jackson - Essex (11-12) 159 James Ellis - Lancashire (11-12) 160 Pete Barnett - Cheshire (11-13) 161 Dave Morrell - Greater Manchester/Derbyshire (11-15) 162 Duncan Midgley - North Wales (12-15) 163 Phil Gray - Metropolitan (12-15) 164 Ryan Watkins – Gwent (13-14) 165 Ben Ayres – Devon & Cornwall (13) 166 Mick Martin – Gwent (13-15) 167 Adam Samouelle – Greater Manchester (13) 168 Andrew Fox – West Midlands (13) 169 Neil Sinclair – City of London (13) 170 Dan Chant – Surrey (13) 171 Ben Marrion – City of London (13) 172 Will Evans – North Wales (14-15) 173 Richard Jackson – Leicestershire (14-15) 174 Andy Sidgreaves – Lancashire (14-15) 175 Graeme Moore – PS N Ireland (14) 176 Dale Quiney – West Mercia (15) 177 Barry Stewart – Northumberland (15) 178 Alex Pockett – Gloucestershire (15) 179 Stuart Taylor – Northumberland (15)
BP CONSECUTIVE DOUBLE FIGURE SCORES: 12, is the record held by Malcolm Roberts– Met (35) who had the following sequence between 1983 and 1985, (78-24-74*-43-19-19-29-85-26-78*-14-42). In 2nd place with 11 Alan Hampshire – South Yorkshire (41) who between 1986 and 1988 had totals of (37-14-25-10-41-43-26-11-82-18*-28). David Fraser-Darling – Notts (62) managed 2 x 10 running double figure knocks 1992-1994 & 2001-2004, Graham Shaw- Cleveland (65) 1x10 1995-1996.
BP PLAYER APPEARANCES : (TOP TEN) 1 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 103 caps 2 David Fraser-Darling – Nottinghamshire (62) 98 caps 3 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 67 caps 4 Malcolm Roberts – Metropolitan (35) 61 caps 5 Alan Hampshire – South Yorkshire (41) 57 caps 6 Mark Davies - Dyfed Powys (107) 52 caps 7 Huw Evans – Dyfed Powys (105) 50 caps 8 Martin Thursfield - Durham (104) 46 caps 9 Simon Young - Metropolitan (88) 45 caps 10 Roger Cruttenden – Kent (13) 44 caps
DECADE COMPARISONS:- Runs Wkts Inns Av Wkt Av Inns 1970’s For- 4661 193 28 24.15 166.46 Against 4566 192 28 23.78 163.07 1980’s For 7978 303 46 26.33 173.43 Against 8629 335 45 25.75 191.75 1990’s For 10509 325 51 32.33 206.05 Against 9571 404 50 23.69 191.42 2000’s For 12004 377 54 31.84 222.29 Against 10292 418 54 24.62 190.59 2010’s For 7025 212 30 33.13 234.16 Against 6325 223 30 28.36 210.83
BRITISH POLICE :- LONGEST SEQUENCE WITHOUT A WIN (5) 1977 5 matches (Abnd/Drawn 1, Lost 4) 1988-89 5 matches (Abnd/Drawn 3, Lost 2) 2009-10 5 matches (Lost 5)
Graham Shaw, holds the record for BP appearances with 103, captaining on 53 occasions. David Fraser-Darling, has 98 caps, 29 as captain. David did not miss a match from his debut in 1989 until 1998, an unbroken run of 52 matches.
‘BP’ TOP WICKET & RUN SCORERS: BOWLERS (25+ WKTS (17)) WKTS BATSMEN (500+ RUNS (18)) RUNS 1 Tony Smith S Wales (54) 105 Graham Shaw Cleveland (65) 3571 2 Graham Shaw Cleveland (65) 80 David Fraser-Darling Notts (60) 3008 3 Mark Davies Dyfed Powys (107) 78 Malcolm Roberts Met (33) 2516 4 David Fraser-Darling Notts (62) 63 Alan Hampshire S Yorks (39) 1468 5 Roger Cruttenden Kent (13) 56 Ray Doyle Cheshire (143) 1209 6 Mark Stear Metropolitan (42) 55 Huw Evans Dyfed Powys (103) 1188 7 Harry Hanover Northumbria (9) 47 Mark Davies Dyfed Powys (105) 1143 8 David Lees GMP (59) 41 David BS Brown Grampian (2) 1005 9 Stuart Lott Devon & Cornwall (7) 40 Mark Stear Met (40) 756 10 Geoff Parkes West Yorks (19) 40 Roger Cruttenden Kent (13) 700 11 Nick Husbands W Mercia (83) 40 Ray Baker Met (46) 597 12 Gareth Morris Staffordshire (153) 35 Gary Brown Durham (88) 586 13 Mark Gilchrist Strathclyde (113) 31 Andy Platts Notts (64) 573 14 Martin Thursfield Durham (104) 31 Peter Allen Met (21) 555 15 Ray Baker Met (48) 28 Gary Crossley GMP 555 16 Leigh Beaumont Cleveland (67) 28 Michael Roe Avon & Som (72) 523 17 Peter Davey GMP (37) 26 Simon Young Met (88) 523 18 Mel Dawson Staffs (82) 505
Malcolm Roberts – Metropolitan (33=5) does not have a single ‘duck’ shown on his record of 62 innings. Alan Hampshire – South Yorkshire (41) registered just one, in his last and 57th innings v Occasionals XI in Zimbabwe!
THE BRITISH POLICE ‘1000 RUN CLUB’ : Runs/Innings 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 Complete Graham Shaw 13 25 37 54 68 77 93 3571-100 Cleveland (65) David Fraser-Darling 20 36 54 65 75 91 3008-91 Nottinghamshire (62) Malcolm Roberts 14 28 46 53 62 2516-62 Metropolitan (35) Alan Hampshire 13 33 1468-53 South Yorkshire (41) Ray Doyle 8 22 1209-30 Cheshire (143) Huw Evans 22 37 1188-43 Dyfed Powys (105) Mark Davies 21 39 1143-41 Dyfed Powys (107) David BS Brown 15 32 1005-32 Grampian (2)
The ‘great BP scorecard quest’ recovered some missing 1975 data. As a result is was verified that David BS Brown was the first BP batsman to pass the 1,000 run mark - achieved on 16th July 1982 when he scored 7 v CCC at Imber Court. Sadly David passed away early in 2011.
BATTING :- AVERAGES (TOP TEN) - Qualification – minimum 15 matches played Matches Runs Average 1 Malcolm Roberts – Met (35) 61 2516 46.59 2 Ray Doyle – Cheshire (143) 30 1209 46.5 3 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 103 3571 43.54 4 Andrew Platts – Notts (66) 16 573 38.2 5 David Fraser-Darling – Notts (62) 98 3008 38.07 6 Ray Baker – Met (48) 24 597 37.31 7 Mark Davies – Dyfed Powys (107) 52 1143 35.71 8 Gary Brown – Durham (90) 19 586 34.47 9 Alan Hampshire – South Yorkshire (41) 57 1468 34.13 10 David B S Brown – Grampian (2) 31 1005 33.5
Huw Evans – Dyfed Powys (105) 33, Martin Roberts – Devon & Cornwall (77) 32.07 and Michael Roe - Avon & Somerset (74) 30.76 have been pushed out of the top 10. It’s worth noting that if there was a 10 match qualification the following would be up there :- Keith Donohue - Devon & Cornwall (73) 14 matches at 66.75 and Peter Collingwood - Durham (116) 10 matches at 52.
ALL ROUNDERS :- (Qualification – 500 runs, 20 wickets) Points : Runs 1 per 100, Wkts 1 per 5, Ct/St 1 per 5 – to nearest Runs Wkts Ct Pts Total Av 1 Gary Brown - Durham (90) 586 23 5 (6/5/1) 12 0.61 per match 2 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 3571 80 43 (36/16/9) 61 0.59 3 Ray Baker – Met (48) 597 28 10 (6/6/2) 14 0.58 4 Mark Davies – Dyfed Powys (107) 1143 78 14 (11/16/3) 30 0.57 5 Mark Stear – Met (42) 756 55 14 (8/11/3) 22 0.52 6 David Fraser-Darling - Notts (62)3008 63 31 (30/13/6) 49 0.51 7 Roger Cruttenden – Kent (13) 700 56 15 (7/11/3) 21 0.47
‘FAMILY FORTUNES’ Stephen Bailey – Staffs (63) and Martin Bailey – West Mids (70), are the only two brothers to have represented British Police, they both went on to serve and play with the Staffordshire Force. In 2011 Ted Roe - Wiltshire (155) followed his father Mike Roe - Avon & Somerset (72) into the side.
Alan Hampshire – South Yorks (41) and Ian Hampshire – Notts/South Yorks (102), are uncle and nephew respectively. Ian is the son and Alan the brother of John Hampshire the former Yorkshire, Derbyshire and England batsman, who became a Test Match umpire. Ian was the first member of Police ‘support staff’ to have played, he then went on to become a regular officer going back to his roots representing South Yorkshire!
Peter Crawley – Notts (85), is the ‘middle’ brother of Mark who played for Nottinghamshire and younger brother John of Lancashire, Hampshire and England. Peter Collingwood – Durham (116), is the brother of Paul Collingwood of Durham and England fame.
Hugh Blenkin – Durham/Met (12) who features with 469 runs at an average of 21.31 holds the record of most consecutive ‘ducks’ – three!
BRITISH POLICE WICKET KEEPERS – 5 WICKET INNINGS (6) 1 Huw Evans Dyfed Powys (105) 6 victims (1ct/5st) v Surrey CB at Imber Court 2003 2 Ray Knowles S Yorks (27) 5 victims (3/2) v CCC at Richmond 1979 3 Martin Roberts Devon & Corn (77) 5 victims (4/1) v RAF at Imber Court 1994 4 Alan Pearson Met/Warwicks (39) 5 victims (3/2) v Moshonaland (Zimbabwe) 1995 5 Huw Evans Dyfed Powys (105) 5 victims (2/3) v Army at Aldershot 2004 6 Simon Young Metropolitan (88) 5 victims (5ct) v RAF at Uxbridge 2010 7 Alex Pockett Gloucestershire (178) 5 victims 3/2 v Essex at Billericay 2015
BP WICKET KEEPER ‘VICTIMS’ (10 to qualify *= includes ‘out field’ appearances) Victims Av/Inns Ct/St 1 Huw Evans* Dyfed Powys (105) 77 1.54 44/33 2 Simon Young* Met (88) 58 1.28 34/24 3 Alan Pearson Met/Warwicks (39) 54 1.5 42/12 4 Martin Roberts Devon & Corn (77) 21 1.31 18/3 5 Steve Grattan Notts (46) 21 1.05 14/7 6 Ray Knowles S Yorks (27) 14 1.17 12/2 7 Jason Pitcher* S Yorks (112) 10 1.66 6/4
BRITISH POLICE - TOP ‘OUTFIELD’ CATCHERS (10 TO QUALIFY) 1 Graham Shaw - Cleveland (65) 43 2 David Fraser-Darling - Notts (62) 31 3 Alan Hampshire - South Yorks (41), 30 4 Stuart Lott - Devon & Corn (7), Malcolm Roberts - Metropolitan (35) 16 5 David Lees - GMP (59), Mel Dawson - Staffordshire (84) 15 6 Mark Stear - Metropolitan (42), Martin Thursfield - Durham (104), Tony Smith - South Wales (54), Mark Davies – Dyfed Powys (107) 14 7 Roger Cruttenden - Kent (13) 13 8 Geoff Parkes - West Yorks (19), Hugh Blenkin - Durham/Metropolitan (12) Ray Doyle – Cheshire (143) 12 9 David BS Brown - Grampian (2), Ray Baker - Metropolitan (48) 10
Malcolm Roberts Met (35), Graham Shaw Cleveland (65), David Fraser-Darling Notts (62), Gareth Evans Lancashire (128), Ray Doyle Cheshire (143) & Duncan Midgley (162) N Wales, jointly hold the record for the most outfield catches in an innings 3.
BRITISH POLICE BATTING :- CENTURIONS (34) *= Not Out 1 (31st ) Ray Doyle - Cheshire 198 v Prison Service at Ockbrook 2010 2 (7th) Malcolm Roberts – Met 188* v RAF at Uxbridge 1993 3 (5th) Alan Hampshire – South Yorks 153* v Royal Navy at Portsmouth 1990 4 (18th) Gary Brown –Durham 151* v Army at Imber Court 2001 5 (34th) Will Evans – North Wales 138* v RAF at Uxbridge 2015 6 (10th) Graham Shaw – Cleveland 138 v Army at Imber Court 1993 7 (21st) David Fraser-Darling – Notts 136 v Army at Imber Court 2005 8 (26th) James Pyemont – Met 135 v CCC at Teddington 2007 9 (15th) Graham Shaw – Cleveland 129 v CCC at Imber Court 1996 10 (14th) Andrew Platts – Notts 125 v CCC at Hampstead 1995 11 (30th) Huw Evans - Dyfed Powys 123 v RAF at Uxbridge 2010 12 (3rd)Malcolm Roberts – Met 119* v CCC at New Malden 1981 13 (11th)Malcolm Roberts – Met 116* v RAF at Uxbridge 1995 14 (16th) Martin Roberts – Devon & Corn 116 v RAF at Imber Court 1996 15 (22nd) Graham Shaw – Cleveland 114* v Army at Aldershot 2006 16 (12th) Malcolm Roberts – Met 113* v Royal Navy at Imber Court 1995 17 (20th) David Fraser-Darling – Notts 111* v E. Province at Univ of Port Eliz 2004 18 (17th) Graham Shaw – Cleveland 111 v RAF at Uxbridge 1999 19 (32) Ryan Watkins – Gwent 111 v Royal Navy at Ockbrook 2013 20 (9th) Michael Roe – Avon & Som 110 v Army at Imber Court 1993 21 (19th) Graham Shaw – Cleveland 109* v Kent at Imber Court 2002 22 (27th) Gary Williams – Dyfed Powys 109* v Worcester at Bromsgrove 2007 23 (24th) David Fraser-Darling – Notts 109 v Royal Navy at Imber Court 2007 24 (6th) Graham Shaw – Cleveland 108* v RAF at Imber Court 1992 25 (1st) David Brown – Grampian 107 v RAF at Uxbridge 1975 26 (25th) David Fraser-Darling – Notts 107 v RAF at Uxbridge 2007 27 (32nd) Ryan Watkins – Gwent 107 v Essex Academy at Billericay 2013 28 (23rd) David Fraser-Darling – Notts 106 v RAF at Imber Court 2006 29 (8th ) Graham Shaw – Cleveland 104* v RAF at Uxbridge 1993 30 (28th) Gary Williams – Dyfed Powys 103* v CCC at Imber Court 2008 31 (29th) Ray Doyle - Cheshire 101* v Royal Navy at Portsmouth 2010 32 (2nd) Peter Allen – Met 100* v CCC at Imber Court 1977 33 (4th) Ray Baker – Met 100* v Army at Sandhurst 1984 34 (13th) Keith Donohue – Devon & Corn 100 v Kent at Imber Court 1995
At 1.29pm on 24th June 2010 Tony Smith (54) the South Wales left arm spinner clutched on to a caught and bowled chance to dismiss the Club Cricket Conference opener and create BP history by becoming the 1st player to take 100 wickets.
The recovery of the 1975 records confirmed that Roger Cruttenden - Kent (13) was the first BP bowler to take 50 wickets, when he trapped P J Garner of the Conference lbw at Imber Court in 1982.
BOWLING :- AVERAGES (TOP TEN) - Qualification – minimum of 15 wickets taken Overs Maidns Runs Wkts Average 1 Harry Hanover – Northumbria (9) 280 59 753 47 16.02 2 Gareth Morris – Staffordshire (153) 112.3 10 489 30 16.3 3 Mark Gilchrist - Strathclyde (113) 195.2 33 584 31 18.83 4 Peter Cockell – Lancs (47) 128 25 436 23 18.95 5 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 532.1 56 2039 105 19.41 6 Nick Husbands – West Mercia (83) 203.2 24 787 40 19.67 7 Graham Johnson – Durham (57) 125.1 26 376 19 19.78 8 Robin Fisher – Cheshire (119) 86.2 6 452 22 20.54 9 David Seddon – Cleveland (21) 147.4 23 495 24 20.62 10 Gary Brown – Durham (90) 112.2 11 476 23 20.69
BOWLING :- 5 WICKET INNINGS (16) O-M-R-W 1 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 8.1-2-18-6 v Army at Aldershot 2002 2 David Lees – GMP (59) 8-2-24-6 v RAF at Uxbridge 1989 3 Stephen Ecclestone – West Mids (80) 10-0-42-6 v Old Hararians (Zimbabwe) 1995 4 Harry Hanover – Northumbria (9) 8.3-5-9-5 v MCC at Bramshill 1973 5 Roger Cruttenden - Kent (13) 11-5 v Scottish Police at Edinburgh 1975 6 Richard Jackson – Leicester (173) 3.4-0-13-5 v Army at Sandiacre 2014 7 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 10-3-18-5 v Army at Aldershot 2000 8 Nick Husbands – West Mercia (83) 9-1-26-5 v Moshonaland CD (Zimbabwe) 1995 9 Geoff Parkes – West Yorks (19) 11-1-26-5 v Army at Aldershot 1988 10 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 9-1-29-5 v Army at Imber Court 2005 11 Graham Shaw - Cleveland (65) 5.4-0-30-5 v RAF at Uxbridge 2010 12 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 9.5-0-33-5 v Kent at Imber Court 1998 13 David Fraser-Darling – Notts (62) 9.3-0-38-5 v Army at Aldershot 1990 14 Ryan Watkins – Gwent (164) 9.1-1-43-5 v Royal Navy at Ockbrook 2014 15 Harry Hanover – Northumbria (9) 13.4-0-47-5 v Royal Navy at Imber Court 1977 16 Paul Simms – Staffordshire (78) 9-0-47-5 v Royal Navy at Imber Court 1993
Tony Smith – South Wales (85-11) now holds the record for the longest ‘BP’ playing record with 67 matches in 26 years, he overtook Stuart Lott – Devon & Cornwall (73-92) with his 41 appearances stretching over 20 seasons from the inaugural game in 1973 to 1992.
British Police teams have scored two centuries in an innings on two occasions, both were 2nd wicket stands, during that glorious summer of 1993. Malcolm Roberts (Met) 188* & Graham Shaw (Cleveland) 104* v Royal Air Force at Uxbridge, Mike Roe (Avon & Somerset) 110 & Graham Shaw 138 v Army at Imber Court. ‘BP” opponents have accomplished the feat once, ‘a triple’ in 1995 when MJ Walker 107, CD Walsh 100 & N Long 103* scored tons for Kent II at Imber Court.
Many ‘BP’ cricketers have played First Class or Minor Counties cricket with Geoff Humpage – West Midlands (75) leaving the Police for a career as a wicket keeper batsman with Warwickshire and England before he returned to the service to represent British Police.
David Fraser-Darling Notts (62) and Graham Shaw Cleveland (65) both retired from playing in 2011. Both scored over 3,000 runs for ‘BP’ - the breakdown of their dismissals is as follows:- DFD :- Dismissed 79, caught 41 (51.89%), bowled 20 (25.31%), LBW 10 (12.65%), Run Out 6 (7.59%), stumped 2 (2.53%) GS :- Dismissed 82, caught 41 (50%), bowled 25 (30.48%), LBW 13 (15.85%), Run Out 2 (2.43%), stumped 1 (1.21%)
Three ‘BP’ players have a 7 year gap in their appearances. Stuart Lott – Devon & Cornwall (7) 1983-1990, Steve Grattan – Notts (46) 1983-1990, Nick Husbands – West Mercia (83) 2000-2007.
Records were obliterated in 2010 when ’BP’ played the Prison Service at Ockbrook & Borrowash CC, Derbyshire. The Police won the toss & batted in a 50 over game, reduced by the weather to 48 overs! BP totalled 480 for 4 wickets, only their 6th total over 300 but smashing the previous best 350-1 v RAF at Uxbridge in 1993. The match aggregate of 593 also took top spot by 1 run. Ray Doyle (Cheshire) with an individual total of 198 became the 3rd BP player to pass 150 and broke the record 188* set by Malcolm Roberts (Met) also in the 1993 RAF game. Another outstanding record in the game was that there were 3 consecutive 100 run stands! 177 by Greg Gillespie (Merseyside) & Ray Doyle, then 188 when Ray Doyle was assisted by Richard Grant (Dyfed Powys) and then 105 by Richard Grant & Shaun Le Roux (West Mids) . Greg Gillespie & Richard Grant were making their debuts!
BP BATTING PARTNERSHIPS (‘Top Stands’ & all 60 ‘stands’ over 100) :- * = unbroken/not out 1st 191 Malcolm Roberts (116) & Martin Roberts (80) v RAF at Imber Court 1996 183 Ray Doyle (90) & Huw Evans (123) v RAF at Uxbridge 2010 177 Greg Gillespie (48) & Ray Doyle (198) v Prison Service at Ockbrook 2010 159 Martin Roberts (93) & Mick Roe (55) v Royal Navy at Imber Court 1993 150 Malcolm Roberts (81) & Mick Roe (83) v CCC at Imber Court 1994 142 David Fraser-Darling (60) & Gareth Evans (91) v Essex DB at Billericay 2006 130 David Fraser-Darling (109) & James Pyemont (42) v R Navy at Imber Court 2007 127 Graham Shaw (91) & Duncan Lampitt (84) v Royal Navy at Portsmouth 1998 125 Malcolm Roberts (78) & Trevor Angove (72) v RAF at Uxbridge 1983 116 David Fraser-Darling (40) & Duncan Lampitt (61) v Army at Aldershot 2002 113 Malcolm Roberts (188) & Martin Roberts (27) v RAF at Uxbridge 1993 112 Greg Gillespie (35) & Huw Evans (68) v CCC at Finchampstead 2012 109 David BS Brown (53) & Malcolm Roberts (50*) v Army at Aldershot 1982 107 Malcolm Roberts (85) & Trevor Angove (47) v CCC at Imber Court 1984
2nd 240 Mick Roe (110) & Graham Shaw (138) v Army at Imber Court 1993 237* Malcolm Roberts (188*) & Graham Shaw (104*) v RAF at Uxbridge 1993 201* Malcolm Roberts (113*) & Peter Crawley (80*) v Royal Navy at Imber Court 1995 188 Ray Doyle (198) & Richard Grant (97) v Prison Service at Ockbrook 2010 176* Jon Cumberbatch (59*) & Ray Doyle (101*) v Royal Navy at Portsmouth 2010 173 David BS Brown (81) & Robin Pine (95) v Durham at Durham City 1978 161 Mick Martin (83*) & Phil Gray (87) v Army at Aldershot 2015 156 Mick Martin (58) & Ben Ayres (79) v Notts CB at Nottingham 2013 146 Gary Phillips (83*) & Graham Shaw (78) v Royal Navy at Imber Court 2005 127 Duncan Lampitt (73) & Graham Shaw (111) v RAF at Uxbridge 1999 119* Tony Norris (51*) & Graham Shaw (63*) v RAF at Uxbridge 2003 117 David Fraser-Darling (136) & Matt Lincoln (18) v Army at Imber Court 2005 114 Andrew Platts (82) & Graham Shaw (61) v Royal Navy at Imber Court 1991 113 David Fraser-Darling (51) & Graham Shaw (109*) v Kent at Imber Court 2002 107 Andrew Platts (95) & Graham Shaw (51) v Army at Imber Court 1991 101 Hugh Blenkin (55) & Peter Allen (44) v CCC at Richmond 1979 101 Iain McGregor (59) & Gary Williams (109*) v Worcester at Bromsgrove 2007
3rd 178* Graham Shaw (92*) & Malcolm Roberts (84*) v RAF at Imber Court 1994 158 Mark Stear (73) & Alan Hampshire (153*) v Royal Navy at Portsmouth 1990 148 Robert Senneck (91) & Peter Sharp (64) v CCC at New Malden 1975 125 Peter Allen (66) & Billy Webster (66) v Royal Navy at Chatham 1978 118 David Fraser-Darling (68) & Graham Shaw (114*) v Army at Aldershot 2006 115 Andy Gillies (51) & Alan Hampshire (71*) v Army at Imber Court 1989 110 Gary Brown (85) & Graham Shaw (57) v Army at Aldershot 1996 105 Richard Grant (97) & Shaun Le Roux (72) v Prison Service at Ockbrook 2010 103 Ben Ayres (70) & Ryan Watkins (111) v Royal Navy at Ockbrook 2013
4th 173* Graham Shaw (108*) & David Fraser-Darling (66*) v RAF at Imber Court 1992 143* Alan Hampshire (153*) & Malcolm Dunstan (52*) v Royal navy at Portsmouth 1990 130* Malcolm Roberts (116*) & David Fraser-Darling (63*) v RAF at Uxbridge 1995 116 Greg Gillespie (70) & Duncan Midlgley (71) v Army at Aldershot 2012 113* David Fraser-Darling (66*) & Jason Finch (37*) v Kent at Imber Court 1998 109 David Fraser-Darling (71*) & Mel Dawson (39) v MCD in Zimbabwe 1995
5th 148 Graham Shaw (75) & Geoff Humpage (93) v Kent at Imber Court 1994 137 Huw Evans (78) & Mel Dawson (71*) v CCC at Reigate Priory 1999 133* Gary Crossley (27*) & Ray Baker (100*) v Army at Sandhurst 1984 109 Mel Dawson (63*) & Mark Davies (59) v Royal Navy at Imber Court 2001
6th 146 Ryan Watkins (107) & Mark Davies (58) v Essex Ac at Billericay 2013 131* Graham Shaw (89*) & Mark Davies (51*) v Essex Dev XI at Billericay 2005 110 Paul Sparrow (52) & David Fraser-Darling (79) v Army at Aldershot 1990 108 David Fraser-Darling (111*) & Graham Shaw (58) v E Province in RSA 2004 101 Dave Jackson (64*) & Ray Doyle (53) v Royal Navy at Sandiacre 2011 100 Gary Brown (151*) & Mark Davies (39) v Army at Imber Court 2001
7th 112 Mark Davies (93) & Tony Norris (34*) v CCC at Shenley 2002 102 Simon Cole (78 & Steve Greig (44) v Berkshire at Falkland 2011
8th 134 Tim Heap (99) & Tony Smith (38*) v CCC at Imber Court 2004 120 Steve Greig (62) & Russell Bryan (51) v CCC at Maidenhead & Bray 2011
9th 78 Huw Evans (71*) & Tony Smith (40) v CCC at East Molesey 2009
10th 36 Andy Holland (25) & Tony Smith (17*) v CCC at Imber Court 2001
BRITISH POLICE – MATCH AGGREGATES 500 PLUS (27) 1 593 - 14 British Police 480-4, Prison Service 113-10 at Ockbrook 2010 2 592 - 11 Kent 339-2, British Police 253-9 at Imber Court 1995 3 591 - 12 Army 295-8, British Police 296-4 at Imber Court 1993 4 590 – 18 British Police 322-8, Royal Navy 268-10 at Nottingham 2013 5 577 - 16 Kent 289-7, British Police 288-9 at Imber Court 2001 6 558 - 9 British Police 278-6, CCC 280-3 at Imber Court 1994 7 557 - 12 CCC 278-4, British Police 279-8 at Teddington 2007 8 553 - 8 British Police 350-1, RAF 203-7 at Uxbridge 1993 9 552 - 16 British Police 348-6, RAF 204 at Uxbridge 2010 10 552 – 16 British Police 283-7, Essex Academy 269-9 at Billericay 2013 11 549 – 12 Notts CB 286-5, British Police 263-7 at Nottingham 2013 12 548 - 18 Kent 278-7, British Police 270 at Imber Court 1994 13 532 - 12 Essex DB 282-4, British Police 250-8 at Billericay 2008 14 532 – 18 Essex Academy 345-8 v British Police 187-10 at Billericay 2015 15 527 - 14 Durham 263-7, British Police 264-7 at Durham City 1978 16 525 - 15 CCC 264-6, British Police 261-9 at Normandy CC 2005 17 517 - 13 Surrey 296-5, British Police 221-8 at Imber Court 1988 18 517 - 19 CCC 273-9, British Police 244 at Sunbury 2010 19 514 - 14 British Police 257-6, Army 257-8 at Imber Court 2001 20 512 – 17 British Police 276-8, Royal Navy 236-9 at Portsmouth 1996 21 509 - 14 Royal Navy 254-8, British Police 255-6 at Sandiacre 2011 22 507 - 9 British Police 252-5, Worcester 255-4 at Bromsgrove 2007 23 505 – 16 CCC 284-10, British Police 221-6 at Imber Court 2008 24 503 - 14 British Police 251-10, Army 252-4 at Imber Court 2007 25 511 - 10 British Police 318-3, Royal Navy 193-7 at Portsmouth 1990 26 502 - 9 Royal Navy 248-6, British Police 254-3 at Imber Court 2005 27 501 - 10 RAF 250-4, British Police 251-6 at Chigwell 19785
Michael Roe – Avon & Somerset (74) scored in excess of 50 in each of his first 5 British Police innings (58-55-110-82-83) totalling 388 runs at an average of 77.6 He was sadly never to reach 50 again, finishing with 523 runs at an average of 30.76
In 2010 Ray Doyle (Cheshire) not only broke the old ‘cricket week’ record with 325, but set a new calendar year record of 523 runs at an average of 130.75! This took just 5 innings with the following sequence 58-101*-76-90-198.
BRITISH POLICE – DEBUT HIGHS (50+) 1 Gary Williams Dyfed Powys (135) 109* v Worcester 2007 2 Ryan Watkins Gwent (164) 107 v Essex Acd 2013 3 Richard Grant Dyfed Powys (151) 97 v Prison Service 2010 4 Gareth Evans Lancashire (128) 91 v Essex DB 2006 5 Peter Collingwood Durham (116) 86* v Essex DB 2004 6 Gary Brown Durham (90) 85 v Army 1996 7 Gary Phillips Dyfed Powys (127) 83* v Navy 2005 8 Martin Bailey West Mids (70) 79* v RAF 1991 9 Trevor Angove Devon & Corn (44) 72 v RAF 1983 10 Geoff Humpage West Mids (75) 63 v Kent 1993 11 Andy Platts Notts (66) 62 v CCC 1990 12 Martin Thursfield Durham (104) 60 v Kent 1999 13 Michael Roe Avon & Som (74) 58 v Kent 1993 14 Iain McGregor PS N Ireland (134) 59 v Worcester 2007 15 Robin Pine Sussex (30) 56 v Durham Univ 1978 16 Dan Turner Met (156) 53 v Fire Service 2011 17 Jason Finch Sussex (95) 51 v Army 1997
BRITISH POLICE – DEBUT LOWS (0) 1 Peter Cockell Lancs (47) 0 v Surrey 1983 2 Steve Grattan Notts (46) 0 v Surrey 1983 3 Graham Shaw Cleveland (65) 0 v Royal Navy 1990 4 Duncan Watson Met (69) 0 v CCC 1991 5 Chris Miller Notts (71) 0 v Kent 1992 6 Duncan Lampitt Staffordshire (98) 0 v Kent 1998 7 Neil Cunningham Hampshire (99) 0 v Kent 1998 8 Andy Martin Staffordshire (110) 0 v RAF 1999 10 Derek Pickering Notts (122) 0 v E Province 2004 11 Algimar Sheriyar Kent (133) 0 v Essex DB 2007 12 Murray Barnett Sussex (138) 0 v Worcester 2007 13 Richard McCutcheon Lancashire (145) 0 v Essex Acd. 2009 14 James Ellis Lancashire (159) 0 v RAF 2011
HIGHEST BRITISH POLICE SCORES (250+) 1 480-4 v Prison Service at Ockbrook 2010 2 350-1 v Royal Air Force at Uxbridge 1993 3 348-6 v Royal Air Force at Uxbridge 2010 4 323-9 v Royal Navy at Imber Court 2007 5 322-8 v Royal Navy at Ockbrook 2013 6 318-3 v Royal Navy at Portsmouth 1990 7 300-5 v Army at Aldershot 2006 8 297-5 v Royal Navy at Imber Court 1991 9 296-4 v Army at Imber Court 1993 10 293-7 v Army at Aldershot 1996 11 290-7 v Essex DB at Billericay 2004 12 290-8 v Berkshire at Falkland 2011 13 288-9 v Kent at Imber Court 2001 14 285-6 v Royal Air Force at Imber Court 1996 15 283-7 v Essex Academy at Billericay 2013 16 282-6 v Royal Air Force at Imber Court 2004 17 282-9 v Royal Navy at Ockbrook 2014 18 279-8 v Club Cricket Conference at Teddington 2007 19 278-6 v Club Cricket Conference at Imber Court 1994 20 277-7 v Royal Air Force at Uxbridge 1999 21 276-8 v Royal Navy at Portsmouth 1996 22 275-7 v Western Cape Police at Goodwood, RSA 2004 23 271-6 v Royal Navy at Imber Court 2002 24 271-8 v Army at Aldershot 1990 25 270-7 v Club Cricket Conference at Finchampstead 2012 26 270 v Kent at Imber Court 1994 27 267-6 v Army at Imber Court 1985 28 265-4 v Army at Sandhurst 1984 29 264-7 v Durham at Durham City 1978 30 263-7 v Notts Cricket Board at Nottingham 2013 31 261-9 v Club Cricket Conference at Normandy CC 2005 32 258-5 v Army at Imber Court 2003 33 257-6 v Army at Imber Court 2001 34 255-6 v Royal Navy at Sandiacre 2011 35 254-3 v Royal Navy at Imber Court 2005 36 253-7 v Club Cricket Conference at Shenley 2002 37 253-9 v Kent at Imber Court 1995 38 253-9 v Club Cricket Conference at Camberley 2013 39 252-5 v Worcester at Bromsgrove 2007 40 252-10 v Royal Air Force at Uxbridge 2007 41 251-6 v Royal Air Force at Chigwell 1978 42 251-10 v Army at Imber Court 2007 43 250-8 v Essex DB at Billericay 2008
LOWEST SCORES FOR BRITISH POLICE (-100) 1 58 v Nottinghamshire at Southwell 1979 2 62 v Commissioners XI at Bramshill 1979 3 64 v Club Cricket Conference at Slough 1991 4 88 v Grant Flowers XI in Harare, Zimbabwe 1995 5 94 v Hampshire at Imber Court 1981 HIGHEST SCORES AGAINST ‘BP‘ (250+) 1 387-3 by Nottinghamshire at Southwell 1979 2 345-8 by Essex Academy at Billericay 2015 3 339-2 by Kent at Imber Court 1995 4 304-6 by Surrey at Imber Court 1990 5 296-5 by Surrey at Imber Court 1988 6 295-8 by Army at Imber Court 1993 7 293-5 by Club Cricket Conference at Maidenhead & Bray 1989 8 289-7 by Kent at Imber Court 2001 9 286-5 by Notts Cricket Board at Nottingham 2013 10 284-10 by CCC at Imber Court 2008 11 282-4 by Essex DB at Billericay 2008 12 280-3 by Club Cricket Conference at Imber Court 1994 13 278-4 by Club Cricket Conference at Teddington 2007 14 278-7 by Surrey at Imber Court 1986 15 278-7 by Kent at Imber Court 1994 16 273-9 by Club Cricket Conference at Sunbury 2010 17 269-9 by Essex Academy at Billericay 2013 18 268-10 by Royal Navy at Ockbrook 2013 19 267-7 by Kent at Canterbury 1999 20 264-6 by Club Cricket Conference at Normandy CC 2005 21 263-7 by Durham at Durham City 1978 22 261-5 by Royal Barbados Police at Imber Court 1986 23 257-8 by Army at Imber Court 2001 24 255-4 by Worcester at Bromsgrove 2007 25 254-8 by Royal Navy at Sandiacre 2011 26 252-4 by Army at Imber Court 2007 27 251-8 by Club Cricket Conference at Maidenhead & Bray 2011 28 250-4 by Royal Air Force at Chigwell 1978 29 250-5 by Royal Air Force at Vine Lane 2009 30 250-7 by Club Cricket Conference at Imber Court 1996
LOWEST SCORES BY BRITISH POLICE OPPOSITION (-100) 1 58 by Bedford Invit. XI at Mill CG, RSA 2004 2 60 by MCC at Bramshill 1973 3 71 by Durham University at Durham University 1978 4 79 by Kent at Beckenham 1976 5 87 by Scottish Police in Edinburgh 1975 6 95 by Sussex at Bramshill 1974
BP CRICKET YEAR(LY) RATES! The old ‘Cricket Week’ 5 match record: - 1993:- 5 matches, 1338 runs, 22 wickets lost (Av 60.81 runs per wkt & 267.6 runs per inns). 2010:- 6 matches, 1657 runs, 37 wickets (Av 44.78 runs per wkt & 276.16 runs per inns). 2013:- 6 matches, 1557 runs, 49 wickets (Av 31.77 runs per wkt & 259.5 runs per inns). 2007:- 6 matches, 1535 runs, 52 wickets (Av 29.51 runs per wkt & 255.83 runs per inns). 2004:- 9 matches, (+RSA) 2003 runs, 63 wickets (Av 31.79 runs per wkt & 222.55 runs per inns). 1995:- 11 matches, (+ZIMB) 2052 runs, 61 wickets (Av 33.63 runs per wkt & 186.5 runs per inns).
BP Cricket Years 250+ Runs Runs Inns Average Year 1 Ray Doyle –Cheshire (143) 523 5 130.75 2010 2 Ryan Watkins – Gwent 164) 332 6 66.4 2013 3 Malcolm Roberts – Met (35) 321 4 80.25 1993 4 Michael Roe – Avon & Som (74) 305 4 76.25 1993 5 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 300 5 60 1993 6 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 299 5 59.8 1996 7 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 291 4 97 2005 8 Graham Shaw – Cleveland (65) 279 8 39.85 2004 9 David Fraser-Darling – Notts (62) 276 5 55.2 2005
BP Cricket Year 10 + wickets Overs Mds Runs Wkts Year 1 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 48.3 10 112 16 1998 2 Gareth Morris – Staffordshire (153)51 3 248 14 2013 3 Peter Davey – GMP (37) 57.1 7 215 12 1981 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 63.2 4 210 14 2004 4 Mark Davies – Dyfed Powys (107)38.2 1 201 11 2005 Mark Davies – Dyfed Powys (107)48 2 199 11 2001 5 Steve Ecclestone – West Mids (80)24 0 128 10 1995 David Lees – GMP (59) 29.3 5 136 10 1989 Tony Smith – South Wales (54) 39 5 156 10 2003 David Brown – South Yorks (32) 51 9 184 10 1978
BP Cricket Week Average 100+runs Runs Inns NO Average Year 1 Tony Norris – Met (111) 165 4 3 165 2002 2 Ray Baker – Met (48) 136 3 2 136 1984 3 Malcolm Roberts – Met (35) 244 4 2 122 1995 4 Malcolm Dunstan – Devon & Corn (38) 118 2 1 118 1985 5 Alan Hampshire – South Yorks (41) 219 3 1 109.5 1982 6 Ray Doyle - Cheshire (143) 325 4 1 108.33 2010 7 Keith Donohue – Devon & Corn (73) 105 2 1 105 1995 8 Roger Cruttenden – Kent (13) 201 5 3 100.5 1978 GROUNDS : (Results/match number – sequence – win ratio) Matches 202 :- UKVenues 43, Overseas 11.
1 Bramshill W(1)-A(2)-W(3)-W(8)-L(27) M5, W3, A/D1, 11 (60%) 2 Ferryfield, Edinburgh D(4) M1, W0, A/D1, L0 3 Edinburgh W(5) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 4 RAF Uxbridge W(6)-L(13)-L(24)-L(31)-W(41)-W(60)-L(72)-W(80)-W(88)-W(103)-W(123)-L(133)-W(143) W(157)-W(166)-L(177)-W(182)-W(207) M18, W11, A/D1, L6 (61.11%) 5 New Malden L(7)-W(35) M2, W1, A/D0, L1 (50%) 6 Mote W(9) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 7 MPSG Imber Court A(10)-L(14)-L(15)-L(32)-L(33)-W(34)-L(37)-D(40)-L(42)-L(43)-W(44)-W(46)-W(47) W(49)-W(51)-W(52)-W(53)-D(54)-W(55)-D(56)-L(59)-W(61)-D(62)-D(64)-W(65)-D(67) L(68)-D(69)-W(71)-L(73)-L(75)-L(77)-L(78)-W(81)-W(82)-L(83)-A(84)-A(86)-W(87) W(89)-W(90)-L(92)-W(93)-L(96)-W(104)-W(105)-L(106)-L(109)-L(111)-W(112)-W(113) W(114)-W(115)-W(118)-W(119)-L(121)-W(124)-L(127)-W(128)-L(129)-W(130)-W(131)-L(132)- W(134)-W(136)-W(137)-W(138)-W(139)-L(146)-W(147)-W(154)-W(155)-L(161)-W(162)-L(164)- W(165)-W(171)-A(172)-L(175) M79, W41, A/D11, L 27 (51.8%) 8 US SG, Portsmouth L(11)-W(30)-W(38)-W(57)-L(63)-W(74)-W(94)-W(110)-W(117)-W(126)-W(141)-W(170)-W(180)-L(205) M15, W12,A/D0, L3 (80%) 9 Beckenham W(12) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 10 Chigwell L(16)-W(20)-D(21)-W(26)-D(28) M5, W2, A/D2, L1 (40%) 11 Llandarcy A(17) M1, W0, A/D1, L0 12 Durham Univ. W(18) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 13 Durham City W(19) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 14 Old Nore, Chatham W(22) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 15 Southwell A(23) M1, W0, A/D1, L0 16 Richmond Town D(25) M1, W0, A/D1, L0 17 Southampton L(29) M1, W0, A/D0, L1 18 Taunton D(36) M1, W0, A/D1, L0 19 Army OCG Aldershot A(39)-L(58)-L(66)-W(76)-W(85)-W(95)-W(108)-W(116)-W(125)-W(135)-W(145)-W(159)- W(174)-L(179)-W(190)-W(204) M16, W12, A/D1, L3 (75%) 20 Ealing L(45) M1, W0, A/D0, L1 21 Sandhurst W(48) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 22 High Wycombe L(50) M1, W0, A/D 0, L1 23 Maidenhead & Bray D(70) L(185) M1, W0, A/D1, L1 24 Slough L(79) M1, W0, A/D0, L1 25 Weybridge W(91)-W(142) M2, W2, A/D0, L0 (100%) 26 Zimbabwe W(97)-W(98)-W(99)-W(100)-W(101)-L(102) M6, W5, A/D0, L1 (83.3%) 27 South Hampstead W(107) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 28 Canterbury A(120) M1, W0, A/D1, L0 29 Reigate Priory W(122) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 30 Shenley W(138) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 31 Billericay W(144)-W(153)- W(158)-W(163)-L(169)-A(173)-L(178)-W(192)-L(203) M9, W5, A/D1, L3 (55.5%) 32 South Africa W(148)-L(149)-W(150)-W(151)-W(152) M5, W4, A/D0, L1 (80%) 33 Normandy L(156) M1, W0, A/D0, L1 34 Teddingtom W(167) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 35 Bromsgrove W(168) M1, W1, A/D0, L0 (100%) 36 East Molesey L(176) M1, W0, A/D 0, L1 37 Sunbury L(181) M1, W0, A/D 0, L1 38 Ockbrook W(183)-W(186)-L(196) -W(197)-L(200)-W(201) M5, W4, A/D 0, L2 (80%) 39 Falkland A(184)-W(189) M2, W1, A/D 1, L0 (50%) 40 Ashby Hastings L(187) M1, W0, A/D 0, L1 41 Sandiacre W(188), W(199) M2, W2, A/D 0, L0 (100%) 42 Finchampstead W(191) M1, W1, A/D 0, L0 (100%) 43 Camberley W(193) M1, W1, A/D 0, L0 (100%) 44 Lady Bay, Nottingham T(194)- L (195)-L(202) M3, W0, T1, A/D 0, L2 45 Penkridge W(198) M1, W1, A/D 0, L0 (100%) 46 Guildford CC L(206) M1, W0, A/D 0, L1
OFFICIALS RECORDS:- Umpires Appearances (*No precise umpiring detail 1973-1980) Nigel Plews* – Notts (76-80) 14, Jim Fort* - Merseyside (77) 1, A Plaice* (81) 1, George Beal* - Hampshire (81-87) 29, D Forder (84) 1, Ken Candler – Port of Liverpool (88-89) 5, Maurice Cassidy – Merseyside (88-95) 5, Peter Mitchell – Notts (89-99) 44, Alan Hurved – Metropolitan (89-92) 4, Barry Orton – Leicester (93-10) 9, Stan Robinson – Metropolitan (94-98) 6, Len Sparrow – West Mercia (95) 1, Peter Allen – Metropolitan (99) 1, Steve Garratt – Notts (00-04) 18, Trevor Cox – Sussex (03-10) 20, Clive Lacey – Metropolitan (03-07) 6, Mike Jones – Merseyside (08-11) 13, Ray Knowles - South Yorks (11-15) 18.
Nigel Plews – Nottinghamshire was the first ‘official’ British Police umpire. He was later elevated to ‘First Class’ status and became a well respected Test Match umpire on the International Panel. Steve Garratt, also of Nottinghamshire is a current ‘First Class’ umpire having been raised to that status in 2003.
George Beale – Hampshire umpired in a record 23 consecutive British Police matches from 16th July 1981, ‘BP’ v Club Cricket Conference at Imber Court until 15th July 1987, ‘BP’ v Royal Navy at Imber Court.
Peter Mitchell – Nottinghamshire, umpired at County 2nds and Minor County level and officiated in an Abbot Ale Final at Lords – Has ‘stood’ in the most British Police matches with a total of 44.
SCORE BOX APPEARANCES :- K Tomkins (78) 2, Maurice Cassidy – Merseyside (79) 1, Martin Jones – South Wales (77-88) 2, T E Holding (84) 4, Gordon A’Court – South Wales (85-99) 66, Jim Briscoe – Merseyside (99-01) 16, Neil Fox – Cleveland (02-03) 10, Derek Pickering – Notts (04-05) 11, Peter Mitchell – Notts (06-15) 30, Mel Dawson – Staffs (04-08) 10, Richard Pickering – Notts (04) 1, Debbie Christopher - Met (09) 2, Trevor Cox - Sussex (09) 1. From 1973 to 1983 there were few ‘official’ British Police scorers, the duties being undertaken in the main by squad members, some of whom have their details recorded on the scorecards.
Gordon A’Court – South Wales, represented British Police as scorer in 66 matches. What will take some beating though is his record of 65 consecutive appearances! His debut was on the 15th July 1985, ‘BP’ v Club Cricket Conference at High Wycombe and he tried to retire on 24th June 1997 after the ‘BP’ v Kent match at Imber Court. Thankfully he kept his pens full of ink and was available for the 1999 RAF match at Uxbridge to add to his fabulous record. Gordon was also custodian of the scorebooks and without his attention to detail it would not have been impossible to have produced the many British Police CC publications.