2009 SUMMER EDITION NEWSLETTER END OF SEASON - 2019 Possibly the greatest season in the 148 years of the club. Congratulations to all of our successful teams and the many volunteers that worked tirelessly to help and support them. This season saw successes on the pitch: 1st XI Surrey Championship Premier Division Champions for the first time since 1980 3rd XI Division 1 Champions and gain promotion to the Premiership U17s West Surrey Youth Cricket League Division 1 Champions U15s Surrey Cricket Foundation Invitational League Champions and County Cup finalists U9s win the double! Jets are U9 West Surrey East Division Champions and Strikers are Development League Champions We also established a 5th Saturday XI (and ran 7 Saturday sides on one occasion). Congratulations to everyone involved in this fantastic achievement that bucks the current participation trend in Cricket. Our fabulous Junior section continued to lead the way playing more than 250 matches. This season has had so many highlights I could not resist a personal selection: The Fantasy league has had a wonderful impact with 95 entries - congratulations to Sam and Dominic for a great initiative that has really brought the club together. Our fantastic girls’ section continuing to excel. Matt Mugan’s epic match reports and his stewardship of the mighty 5ths. The U15s winning the SJIL for the second year. The continued brilliance of our newsletter. Any one of the 1st XI games – but particularly the first game of the season vs. Esher, the Banstead finish and the Reigate miracle. Our wonderful overseas pro Sahan. The 3rd XI posting some enormous totals on the way to winning the league. Trevor’s victory sign for the 1st XI. The party following the championship win and The Champion’s Ball. My thanks to the committee who have worked so hard this year once again. Sarah Crowther has been an invaluable member for many years and stands down at this year’s AGM. Sarah has led the club’s junior membership registration and welfare team with dedication and aplomb through a period of transformative change, most recently ensuring that the club achieved the renewal of our ECB Clubmark accreditation. After leading our seniors and juniors through another fantastic season Dominic Reed will step down as Director of Cricket in October. Dominic, working closely with Sarah Lynch and Sam Burge, has transformed the Juniors and Seniors respectively. The club is in the process of hiring a new Director of Cricket to build on Dominic’s great legacy. I am delighted that Dominic will continue to captain our First XI. On a personal note I have decided to stand down as Chairman. I joined the club’s committee in 2010 and have been Chairman for the last four seasons. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in the role and leave the committee in the knowledge that the hard work and dedication of so many has created a club that is joined up from our U5s to our Seniors and social members. EMCC has firmly established itself as a Premiership club at the heart of its community and all of our members should be proud of that. A new Chairman will be elected at the AGM which will be in the next few months. Enjoy the off season and see you at Graburn Way for more great cricket next year. 1ST X1 PREMIER DIVISION CHAMPIONS by Dominic Reed, 1st x1 Captain East Molesey 1st XI had an unforgettable performed season- winning 16 of their 18 league matches another Houdini act to come as they claimed the Surrey Championship away victorious at the death. Premier Division for the first time in 39 years. From then on it was Dominic Reed (37 Early season wickets for Andrew Westphal- wickets) and Jonny Fawcett (30 wickets) who who took 34 in total- saw the moles claim did the damage towards the back as they put crucial victories against Guildford, Weybridge together seven five wicket hauls between them and Esher. to blow away Sunbury, Weybridge and Wimbledon. Despite the form of the bowlers all season the low scores across the league were not lost at It was a fitting moment that long term Graburn Way as no batsman passed 400 runs. teammates Sam Burge and Simon Barrett put on 150 together in pursuit of Banstead’s 203 It was perhaps Matt Tigg who put in two of to clinch the title. Sri Lankan Pro Sahan the key batting performances from the lower Aranchinge hit the winning runs to an order with 84 at Banstead chasing 289 for outpouring of emotion as the packed Graburn victory. Way erupted. But it was his 47 at Reigate which lifted the East Molesey CC Champions of Surrey 2019 moles from 48-8 to 120 that will be his defining moment on the season. Needing 20 to win and 5 wickets in hand the Moles 3RD X1 - CHAMPIONS! by Daniel Wakeley, 3rd x1 Captain Following on from the huge individual performances stand out, none disappointment of missing promotion more so than Billy Dawson’s staggering because of points deduction last season, 227 in 40 overs vs Beddington. This came East Molesey 3rd XI bounced back with a in a monumental partnership of 382 with season that was ultimately successful but Mark Collins, whose huge 189 seemed had a number of scares along the way. hardly worth mentioning by comparison. Along with a loss each to promotion rivals Other big scores of 145, 119 and 91 saw Old Rutlishians and Battersea Ironsides, Collins finish top of the pile with an there were also nail-biting one-wicket impressive 711 league runs this season. victories at home vs Streatham & 16-year-old Tiam Afshar also chalked up Marlborough and away at Beddington. 300 league runs and a number of others This contrasted sharply with some chipped in with fine scores, especially Paul absurdly huge margins of victory, Malkin with two centuries and Jez however, including by 373 runs at Old Downer with one. Honours were more Whitgiftians. even with the ball, nobody taking a huge number, but Zain Rizvi and Elliott Indeed, batting first and applying Hanson were together at the top with 15 scoreboard pressure proved a each, closely followed by Toby Porter (14), marvellously effective tactic this season – Olly Mills (13) and Max Tomlinson and as well as by 373 runs there were also wins Jack Crowther (both 10). Having decided by 196 runs vs Guildford, 198 vs to be a specialist captain for most of the Normandy, 249 runs vs Beddington and season, Wakely was pleased to grab 10 bringing home the title in style with a catches in 11 games. 209-run win at Sutton. The 8 victories batting first had a combined margin of A fantastic season that made up for last 1451 runs. season’s pain and bodes well for East Molesey with 1s, 2s and 3s all in the Prem Another good sign for next season is that for 2020. Molesey once again fielded the youngest team in the division by some distance, with 5 or 6 juniors in the team most weeks and often captain Daniel Wakely the oldest player in the team at 38. With the 7 leading wicket-takers all under the age of 25, and 5 of them under 20, the future looks bright. The team’s success was built around fielding young, energetic sides with everyone contributing in every game, but inevitably U17 XI - CHAMIONS! by Rod Porter straighter than the last. Sadly the 6th ball fell Played 11 Won 10 Lost 1 tamely into the wicket keeper’s hands with Jojo launching himself off his feet in pursuit The U17’s were formed by the bringing together of immortality!! of two age groups, 16’s & 17’s and the fantastic contributions of boys from 3 younger ages. The U17 bowling attack was formidable, facing Fixtures were carefully scheduled around the two opening bowlers in Toby Porter and Jojo GCSE exam timetable and as such only really got Lynch is tough for anyone but when it is then underway mid-summer. Nonetheless this was a followed up by Kieran Downer, Max Tomlinson hugely enjoyable, successful season finishing and Max Hanson the opposition are going to unbeaten in the league as runaway …. struggle. And so it proved, all but one team were blown away, unable to post any scores of note. West Surrey Youth Cricket Champions Toby Porter’s captaincy was impressive The depth of talent we were able to call upon throughout, he became the foundation of the was evident throughout the year and whereas team, leading from the front, delivering a other teams rarely offered more than a few cohesive, focused team and facilitated full players of note, East Molesey never once fielded a inclusivity regardless of age. Admirable qualities. weakened team. This is evident in the batting Qualities that we can see running through all of analysis where 11 players scored 40 runs or more, East Molesey’s teams from the seniors down. 5 of these players retiring at 50+. A mention here for James Cake from the U14’s who scored in all For his passion, aggression and never say die four of his matches retiring twice in the 50’s. attitude, both with bat and ball, Joseph Lynch was given the U17 Player of the Year 2019 Tiam Afshar was the leading run scorer and the only batsman to score over 200 runs. Other useful We look forward to the same players now moving contributions came from Louis Goodall, Archie into the U19’s next year. Laird, Patrick Lynch, Toby Porter and Joe Mills to name but a few.