Dodgers Player Profiles - Matt Leach

Website founder/guru Matt is another member of Dodgers' Tyke Triangle and the side's lone regular spinner. Not that he turns it much, mind. His idea of a leg trap is deep fine leg, deep backward square leg, deep mid-wicket etc., all of whom ought to wear helmets, and some deliveries are so high they interfere with the radar at Heathrow.

An improving batsman and fielder (with plenty of scope to do so), he represents the Senior Civil Service in the squad, though is quite human despite that.

Domestic duties mean that Matt hasn't played since 2004 which was good news for us but bad news for our opponents. His slow non-spinning spin bowling has not really threatened in the last couple of seasons and a few confidence-building sessions down the nets would do him the world of good. Matt supports Leeds United and likes real ale so he's OK with me.

2004

Bowling

O   R   W   Econ  Avg  SR
10  90  1  9.0  90.0  60.0

Dodgers Player Profiles - John Doyle

Arguably the founder of Dodgers, Doyleee is an institution. Or should be in one. Agreeing to accept life membership a few years back if he retired, he showed all the modesty and consistency you'd expect of someone who supports Surrey and Manchester United by carrying on playing. Has produced with both bat and ball on occasions when his long-term knee injury permits.

Dodgers Player Profiles - Andrew Crawford

The trainspotting Charterhouse old boy has departed for new pastures in Brussels so it is doubtful we will see him for some while.

On his day a quick/slingy bowler and a destructive bat, Andrew has been one of our premier all-rounders. We shall particularly miss his sunny persona in the field and his advisories on which end of the platform to stand at when catching a train at an unfamiliar station (although McBarron seems to be slipping into his shoes quite ably).

2004

Bowling
O   R    W  Econ  Avg   SR
24  112  4  4.7   28.0  36.0
Batting
I  R  NO  Avg
5  85 0   17.0

Dodgers Player Profiles - Neil Benn

In his Dodgers heyday, Neil just pipped Adey in the speed gun challenge, with one wind assisted down-the-slope delivery clocked at 29mph. Neil was one of our most consistent and reliable bowlers as reflected in his stats. Also had his moments with the bat, including a virtual lone hand against Warwick Castle. Is rightly proud of his Yorkshireness.

2006

Bowling
 O    M   R  W    SR   Avg  Econ
31    1 171  6 31.00 28.50  5.52
Batting and fielding
M  I   R NO    Avg  HS Ct St
5  3  27  0   9.00  19  2  0

2005

Bowling
O   R    W   Econ  Avg   SR
 7   21   3  3.0    7.0  14.0

2004

Bowling
O   R    W   Econ  Avg   SR
83  284  16  3.4   17.8  31.1
Batting
I   R    NO  Avg
12  127  7   25.4

Dodgers Bowling 2006

Name        O    M   R  W    SR   Avg  Econ
Cummings    4    1  19  5  4.80  3.80  4.75
Carr        2    0  10  2  6.00  5.00  5.00
Sitou       3    0  15  3  6.00  5.00  5.00
Hilary (J) 33.2  1 163 13 15.38 12.54  4.89
McBarron   36.2  4 167 12 18.17 13.92  4.60
Cousins    55   10 161 11 30.00 14.64  2.93
Fox        49    7 248 15 19.60 16.53  5.06
Abigail     2    0  17  1 12.00 17.00  8.50
Paterson   33    3 152  7 28.29 21.71  4.61
Lee        38    2 242 11 20.73 22.00  6.37
Cooper     81    9 351 15 32.40 23.40  4.33
Jackson    22    6  95  4 33.00 23.75  4.32
Adey       13    4  49  2 39.00 24.50  3.77
Marr       12    0  81  3 24.00 27.00  6.75
Benn       31    1 171  6 31.00 28.50  5.52
Dollin      5.1  0  57  2 15.48 28.50 11.05
Pope       30    2 205  7 25.71 29.29  6.83
Radcliffe   8    0  61  2 24.00 30.50  7.63
Forgan      8    0  56  0    --    --  7.00
Jacobs      0.4  0   5  0    --    --  7.50
Peirce      2    0  26  0    --    -- 13.00
Priest (N)  3.2  0  25  0    --    --  7.51
Priest (S)  2    0  18  0    --    --  9.00
Qureshi     4    0  34  0    --    --  8.50
Taylor      1    1   0  0    --    --  0.00
Westhead    1    0   6  0    --    --  6.00
Bennett     5    1  19  0    --    --  3.80

To End of Season 2006. Qualification for awards: 20 overs.

2006 Scorecard Index

Sun 10 Sep, Buckhurst Hill DRAWN
Tue 5 Sep, HMRC Westhead OBE Select X WON
Thu 31 Aug, Superstars, 2pm, Chiswick LOST
Tue 22 Aug ATOC, 5:30pm, Chiswick WON
Thu 17 Aug ATOC, 5.30pm, Regent's Park LOST
Tue 15 Aug ORR Chiswick, 5.30pm WON
Wed 9 Aug DCA, 6.00pm Chiswick LOST
Thu 3 Aug Ombudsman, 6.00pm, Chiswick WON
Sun 30 July Warwick Castle, 2pm, Chiswick WON
Thu 27 July Science Museum, South Park [abandoned]
Tue 25 July Audit Commission Regents Park 6pm WON
Fri 21 July Sports Day [SEMI-FINAL]
Tue 18 July OFCOM, Barn Elms, 6.00pm WON
Tue 11 July Bel Air, West Dulwich LOST
Thu 6 Jul Superstars, South Park LOST
Wed 21 Jun EHCC 6.00pm Chiswick LOST
Wed 14 Jun Superstars 6.00pm, Barn Elms LOST
Wed 7 Jun Weasels 2.00pm, Chiswick LOST
Thu 1 Jun Science Museum 6:00pm, South Park WON
Tue 30 May Ombudsman 6.00pm, Chiswick LOST
Sun 28 May Buckhurst Hill [called off]
Tue 16 May Superstars 2:00pm, Chiswick LOST
Thu 11 May Beershire CCC, Chiswick WON
Thu 4 May Audit Commission, Chiswick WON

The final reckoning: Played - 22, Won - 10, Drawn - 1, Lost - 10, Abandoned (no result) - 1

Matches called off: Buckhurst Hill (May), English Heritage and MOD.

Player of the Season 2006

Name    Votes  MoM
Cooper     26  3.5
McBarron   24  2
Fox        19  2.5
Cousins    14  1
Qureshi    14  2.5
Hilary (J) 12  1
Marr       11  1
Priest (N) 11  0
Jackson    10  1
Cummings    9  1
Paterson    8  1
Dollin      7  0
Lee         6  1
Pope        6  0
Sitou       6  0.5
Taylor      6  1
Matthews    5  0.5
Radcliffe   5  0.5
Adey        4  0.5
Carr        3  0.5
Benn        1  0
Westhead    1  0

To end of Season 2006. There was no MoM award for Science Museum 27/7 (though appearances and some batting figures are credited in the Dodgers records).

Dodgers Batting and Fielding 2006

Name         M  I   R NO    Avg  HS Ct St
Marr         8  6 225  4 112.50 102  3  0
Cousins     11  4  65  3  65.00  24  1  0
Jackson (C   5  4 102  2  51.00  49  4  0
Priest (N)  15 15 350  8  50.00  50  2  1
McBarron    18 17 401  4  30.85  77  2  0
Sitou        4  4  59  2  29.50  27  0  0
Paterson     8  5  48  3  24.00  17  1  0
Hilary (J)   9  6  61  3  20.33  18  3  0
Qureshi     13 13 196  3  19.60  54  1  0
Radcliffe    5  5  75  1  18.75  37  2  0
Lee         13 10  94  4  15.67  26  1  0
Cooper      20  7  58  3  14.50  23  3  0
Carr        12  9  97  2  13.86  33  1  0
Fox         14  7  63  2  12.60  26 10  0
Dollin      12 12 128  1  11.64  26  2  0
Benn         5  3  27  0   9.00  19  2  0
Forgan       1  1   9  0   9.00   9  0  0
Matthews    20 11  39  6   7.80  12  8  0
Peirce       2  2   6  1   6.00   4  0  0
Jacobs       6  6  27  1   5.40  13  0  0
Westhead    10  7  31  0   4.43  16  0  0
Taylor       3  3   2  0   0.67   1  1  0
Bennett      1  1   0  0   0.00   0  0  0
Abigail      1  1   0  0   0.00   1  0  0
Adey         4  1   0  0   0.00   1  0  0
Dunning      1  1   0  0   0.00   1  0  0
Pope         8  2   0  2     --   0  0  0
Priest (S)   2  0   0  0             0  0
Sub (Hope)   1  0   0  0             1  0

To End of Season 2006. Qualification for Awards: 5 innings

Dodgers v Buckhurst Hill @ Buckhurst Hill

In glorious sunshine and then gathering gloom, Dodgers fought hard batting second for a draw against a Buckhurst Hill team consisting of very few familiar faces and mainly colts.

Dodgers v Buckhurst Hill
Buckhurst Hill
Sunday 10 September 2006
1pm
Timed declaration game
Buckhurst Hill won the toss and elected to bat
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Innings of Buckhurst Hill
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Atkinson  c McBarron  b Cooper    16
Bajpai                b Cousins   23
Ehami             c & b Fox       46
Barella   run out (Matthews)       6
Farhoon   c Matthews  b Fox        8
Taylor    c Qureshi   b Benn       9
Bishop                b Fox        2
Taylor                not out     18
Bamrah    c Fox       b Paterson  38
White                 not out      4
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Sub-total                        170
Extras                            27
Total                            197
for 8 declared
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Bowling of Dodgers
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Paterson 9-0-57-1
Cousins 11-1-32-1
Lee 1-1-0-0
Cooper 6-3-22-1
Bennett 5-1-19-0
Pope 6-0-33-0
Fox 6-3-15-3
Benn 5-0-19-1
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Innings of Dodgers
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McBarron   c ?          b Raj      46
Qureshi    c RB         b Zahoor    0
Lee        c wkt        b Zahoor    0
Benn                    b Barella   0
Paterson                b Raj      10
Fox                     b White     5
Bennett    lbw          b Farhoon   0
Cousins                 not out    28
Matthews                not out     6
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Sub-total                          95
Extras                             31
Total                             126
for 7 (43 overs)
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dnb: Cooper, Pope
FOW: 1-2 (Qureshi), 2-2 (Lee), 3-15 (Benn)
4-38 (Paterson), 5-78 (McBarron), 6-78 (Fox)
7-82 (Bennett)
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Bowling of Buckhurst Hill
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Barella 8-2-15-1
Zahoor 7-7-0-2
Raj 8-1-27-2
Blogg 7-0-34-0
White 4-0-10-1
Farhoon 4-1-6-1
Rashant 3-1-5-0
Atkinson 2-0-10-0
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Result: Match drawn
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Free beer: none
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A brief history of Buckhurst

Read the match reports from 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 plus the
2003 multimedia gallery.

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Pressure cricket
Dodgers' season ended with a hard-fought draw at Buckhurst Hill yesterday. In reply to their 182-4 we were clinging on at 128 - 8 when time ran out.

This year's May fixture was rained off (but not before we got to the ground!) so let's hope for a fine day.

Player of the last three years

The following list represents the sum of all votes cast in the new format Player of the Season competition which was introduced for the 2004 season.

Cousins - 72 (Simon won in 2004 & 2005)
Cooper - 61
Priest (N) - 45
Hilary (J) - 43
McBarron - 38
Benn - 37
Qureshi - 35
Taylor (M) - 33
Harrison (N) - 27
Matthews - 27
Carr - 22
Fox - 17
Pope - 14
Paterson (R) - 11
Marr - 11
Adey - 10
Jackson (C) - 10
Luke - 9
Cummings - 9
Bass - 9
Cavanagh - 9
Wood - 7
Dollin - 7
Crawford - 7
Dunning - 6
Lee - 6
Sitou - 6
Radcliffe - 5
Southwell - 5
Jacobs - 2
Westhead - 2
Patel T - 2
Priest (S) - 1
Gill - 1
Andrews - 1
Birch - 1
Streatfeild - 1

Dodgers v HMRC Westhead OBE Select X @ Chiswick

Scorecard

Dodgers v HMRC Westhead OBE Select X
Tue 5 September 2006
5pm
Chiswick 
Dodgers batted first by agreement
Retire at 25
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Innings of Dodgers
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Abigail              b Hope        0 (1)
Dollin               not out      26
Cousins              not out      24
Qureshi              b Bennett     7
Matthews             run out       9
Lee                  not out      22
McBarron    st Love  b Nightingale 2
Fox                  b Morgan     10
Cooper               not out       3
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Sub-total                         98
Extras                            41
Total                            139
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Bowling
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Hope
Peacock
Bennett
Sanders
Jacobs
Davies
Nightingale
Morgan
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Innings of HMRC
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Westhead OBE  c sub (Hope)  b McBarron  1
Nightingale                 run out     1
Lowe                        run out    14
Bennett                     b Fox       0
Morgan                      b Fox       2
Peaccock                    b Lee       0
Sanders                     not out    21
Jacobs        c Lee         b Abigail   4
Snook         c Cousins     b Dollin    0
Hope                        b Dollin    0
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Sub-total                              43
Extras                                 11
Total                                  54
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Bowling
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Cooper 3-1-3-0
McBarron 2-0-4-1
Lee 3-0-12-1
Fox 2-2-0-2
Qureshi 2-0-15-0
Abigail 2-0-17-1
Dollin 0.5-0-0-2

Result: Dodgers won by 85 runs