But Orsett A look strong favourites for the title folllowing another positive performance, this time at the expense of Belhus B. Orsett reached 137-4, for whom Joe Mitchell was undefeated on 45 not out, the highest individual score of the event to date. Offering reliable support were Tom Haden, 18, Jack Plom 19 not out and Connor Boreham with a fine 23. In reply, Belhus were dismissed for just 28 runs as Will Gibbon claimed two wickets for five runs and Plom picked up one wicket from two overs without conceding a single run.
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The first game of the evening saw Thurrock A dismissed for 36 at the hands of Orsett A, for whom Wayne Gibbon took two Thurrock wickets at a cost of just eight runs, then Tom Haden ensured there was no mistake as his 16 not out completed a comfortable win by five wickets. Charlie Hodge picked up the lone Orsett wicket to fall and conceded just six runs in the process. Stanford le Hope enjoyed a run-fest at the expense of Orsett B. Jack Carter and Ethan Thomas both hit 30 not out, then, after the Willats’ achievement and support from Carter with 2-9, the Orsett second team crashed to 18 all out.
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BELHUS Cricket Club have announced that they have been successful in their application to widen their delivery of the highly successful Chance to Shine cricket programme to Thurrock schools in 2012. Supported by Brit Insurance, the scheme is a nationwide campaign run by the Cricket Foundation. Hundreds of Thurrock schoolchildren will benefit from in-school cricket coaching and competitive cricket delivered by the Belhus club’s team of coaches in association with the Thurrock School Sports Partnership.
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Much has changed since then with SLHCC playing at a much higher standard of cricket and its members can now enjoy much better facilities at its ground. But the Club never forgets its roots and has lined up a series of events to celebrate this milestone in a suitable manner.
SAM Jeyes of Horndon on the Hill cricket club achieved the rare feat of taking a hat-trick at the youth indoor sixes at Grays School on Friday evening. Facing Belhus A in the last week of competition before the Christmas break, Jeyes had George Maidment caught by Alfie Smith with the final ball of his first over, then completed his three-in-three by picking up the wickets of Jamie Foster and Joseph Clarke with the first two deliveries of his second over, both caught by Luke Smith to close the Belhus innings for 44.
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AFTER an extraordinary run of batting achievements in recent weeks, it was the turn of the bowlers to take centre stage at the youth cricket indoor sixes at Grays School last Friday. Michael Edwards of Stanford le Hope and Jamie Stock of Orsett B both returned excellent figures of 3-6 in their respective games. There were also two wicket hauls for Harry Hearn (Orsett B) and Daniel Petts (Horndon on the Hill).
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Bilal Qureshi top scored for Thurrock B with 25 not out, proving that anything his younger brother, Shameer, can do in the U12 event, Bilal can at least match him. Thurrock B reached 98 for the loss of just one wicket, but despite their best efforts they were unable to prevent Thurrock A from reaching their target with just five balls to spare and two wickets in hand. Billy Kirk hit 24 not out for the A team, ably assisted by Charlie Hodge, who contributed 21 runs.
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The competition is organised by Cliff Cansdale of the South Essex District Cricket Board, who watched the events unfold at Grays School. He said: “This was the final match of the final week of league competition for this particular age group. And what a game it turned out to be. We have no records of this ever having been achieved in any of our competitions before, we believe that this is unique”.
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But even more remarkable was the batting performance of Horndon on the Hill, who scored 131 for the loss of two wickets against Orsett B, which was a repeat of their score seven days previously – and Daniel Stone scored 28 not out on both occasions. Callum Newton hit 30 not out and then followed up with two wickets for just 12 runs, aided by Samuel Smith who also took two wickets at a cost of just three runs, as Orsett B were dismissed for just 35.
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The Belhus “A” team achieved a six-wicket win over their “B” team counterparts, as Joe Dalton picked up two wickets for just two runs from three overs, while Eathan Morris picked up one wicket for only six runs, also off three overs.
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In the U12 indoor youth six a side competition staged in Thurrock by the South Essex District Cricket Board, the Orsett “A” team made it two wins out of two, thanks to a magnificent innings of 39 not out by Dylan Rose. Their opponents, Belhus “B”, had batted first and scored 81 for the loss of two wickets, for whom Zak Wilson hit 25 not out.
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Thurrock “B” had a close one-wicket victory over their club colleagues in the “A” team with Josh Clarke instrumental in the win by picking up two wickets at a cost of just 15 runs. For the Thurrock “A” team, Jake Chegwidden had a fine all-round match, scoring 15 runs and taking 2-21, while Shahmeer Quereshi gave valuable support with the ball by matching Clarke’s bowling figures. Meanwhile, Orsett “A” defeated their “B” team by four wickets, largely due to some impressive batting by Alfie Buttle, 25 not out and Jordan Cunningham, 21 not out.
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Michael Fogg struck an impressive 103 not out for Belhus but the result was always in doubt until the final few overs when Richard Day turned his arm over for some rare leg-spin. In fact Day was on a hat-trick as Goresbrook edged ever closer to a mammoth Belhus score, but he closed with figures of 2-35 from six overs. Fogg, not content with his century, steamed in from the Chafford end to pick up 2-44 from seven overs. Goresbrook had a centurion too, in opening batsman Alfred.
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IT HAS been a wonderful season for Belhus CC. The firsts have been promoted, they have expanded so that they now have a fifths and they played hosts to the world-famous Lashings team. YT popped in to speak to Brian Edwards about the season and the future prospects.
Belhus leg-spinner Owen Jefferies reached 50 wickets for the season as he claimed two wickets in a good Belhus performance on Saturday against a more experienced Chingford team. Both sides fielded younger players with emerging talent and for the visitors, Ryan Wells and Jack Day of Belhus looked impressive with 30 and 26 respectively, while Day again impressed behind the stumps for the second week running and Wells also picked up three wickets with his spin operation from the Chingford pavilion end.
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A 106-run partnership for the third wicket between Connor Elliot and Ryan Wells proved to be the driving force in this three wicket victory over Brentwood at the Old County Ground on Sunday. Connor Elliot hit 66 runs and Ryan Wells was run out for exactly 50. Elliot’s magnificent hitting gave the Belhus innings a much needed impetus as he struck ten fours and one six from 62 balls in 98 minutes at the crease. Meanwhile, the diminutive Wells half-century was established in 53 minutes; he faced 68 deliveries.
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Belhus gained promotion to division two of the Shepherd Neame Essex League with a 90-run success over Epping at Lower Bury Lane on Saturday. The home side won the toss and invited Belhus to bat first. Openers Gavin Jefferies and Wayne Read put on 44 for the first wicket, until Jefferies was bowled by Owais Hussein (1-48) for 19 runs. Next to go was Danny Joyce, trapped leg before by William Beavers (1-45) with his score on 28, but the Belhus score had doubled by the time the second wicket fell.
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The 1st X1 are playing Epping at Lower Bury Lane, needing a victory to secure promotion, with the teams in 1st and 3rd, Basildon and Old Brentwoods playing each other, they could still end the season as champions. The 2nd X1 also need to win at home (North Stifford) to get their own promotion.
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Belhus slithered to a six-wicket defeat on their own patch on Saturday in the Shepherd Neame Essex League. Not only was the match lost, but opportunity of promotion is now an impossibility as their season imploded at the hands of Buckhurst Hill at South Ockendon Recreation Ground. The last six home batsmen contributed a meagre four runs between them, but in the bowler-friendly conditions, Stephen Huckstepp showed great tenacity with a fine knock of 65, until he was yorked by a “dream ball” from Ali Azad, who extorted great damage in the Belhus innings by taking 5-14 from 6.5 overs.
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Belhus leap-frogged Basildon and Pitsea to lead the Shepherd Neame Essex League division three table. The Joyce brothers of Belhus were in their usual good form as Danny hit 81 from a measured innings of 106 deliveries, which included six boundaries. Joe’s 80 came from 78 balls and included eleven fours and one six. With openers Gavin Jefferies and Wayne Read scoring 24 and 21 respectively, then Martin Guilbert producing 37 in the Belhus middle order, the visitors’ innings concluded after 50 overs with a very healthy 291.
HHCC started strong with Terry Hurrell blasting the ball to all parts of the ground on his way to 103, supports well by back to back 50’s from Dave Roberts and up and coming colts James Stitson 22 , Ryan Cutts 14 and Lawrence Petts 19
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After winning the toss and electing to bowl HHCC done everything right reducing Harlow to 15 for 5 thanks to the efforts of Jack Marson 3-27 and Liam Hubbard 3-24 , only 2 Harlow batsmen managed to get into double figures in their total of 85, the innings was wrapped up by Conner Price 3-14 and Ben Knowles 1-20 inside 25 over’s
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Belhus kept up the pressure on league leaders Basildon and Pitsea after a stunning performance in an incredible run-fest at North Stifford on Saturday. In this 50-overs per side Shepherd Neame Essex League division three fixture, Danny Joyce achieved the fifth highest individual score by a Belhus player when he struck a majestic 172 not out. This astonishing feat saw Danny exceed 1,000 runs for his club this season and propelled the team score to a record high in all of its 52 seasons. Younger brother Joe supported well with 81 runs, until he was dismissed leg before wicket by Aamir Latif (2-57).
Belhus made very light work of their Shepherd Neame Essex League division three home fixture with Ongar on Saturday, they dismissed Ongar for just 41 runs after 23 overs. Promotion-chasing Belhus were able to knock the 42 runs required for victory from just 6.1 overs. Meanwhile, Ongar second eleven failed to fulfill their fixture against Belhus twos.
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