Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
County’s vets are national champions
Cricket
Kent over- 60s held their nerve to win the national championship for the second time in four years.
The county lifted the title they last won in 2013 with a 13- run victory over the Cheshire Cricket Board at Lutterworth in Leicestershire.
The game looked well balanced when Cheshire reached 182- 6 chasing Kent’s 45- over total of 203-7 but Blackheath’s Chris Swadkin (4-25 in 5.5 overs) and Betteshanger’s Derek Towe (3-26 in eight) initiated a collapse which saw the Northerners dismissed for 190 with a ball to spare.
Man- of- the- match Chris Tarrant (Old Colfeians) had top scored for Kent, hitting 84 from 113 balls with 11 fours and a six. He added 90 for the second wicket with Beckenham’s Andrew Dixon (27) and 78 for the third with Upchurch batsman Jim Phillips, who went onto make 64 from 50 deliveries with eight Tuesday: Folkestone v Thamesmead, Sittingbourne v Ramsgate.
FA VASE Second Qualifying Round Results: Saturday: Bridon Ropes 2 Rusthall 1, Chichester 3 Sheppey 1, Corinthian 3 Sevenoaks 2, Crowborough 2 Gravesham 0, Eastbourne Utd 2 AFC Croydon 1, East Preston 1 Tunbridge Wells 4, FC Elmstead 1 AFC Uckfield (at AFC Uckfield FC) 0, Glebe 1 Deal 1, Holmesdale 1 Banstead 4, Mile Oak 1 Croydon 3, Rochester 1 Beckenham 2, Ringmer 2 SC Thamesmead 2.
Second Qualifying Round replay Results: Tuesday: SOUTHERN COUNTIES EAST LEAGUE
Premier Division AFC Croydon ... 8 7 0 1 18 7 21 Cray Valley ...... 8 6 1 1 23 8 19 Ashford ........... 8 6 0 2 20 7 18 Sheppey ....... 10 5 3 2 14 11 18 Croydon .......... 7 4 2 1 16 7 14 Crowborough .. 8 4 2 2 15 7 14 Hollands & B ... 9 3 5 1 19 15 14 Lordswood.... 12 4 1 7 24 37 13 Whitstable ...... 8 4 0 4 16 16 12 Corinthian ..... 10 3 3 4 20 29 12 Rochester ....... 8 2 5 1 10 9 11 Beckenham .... 9 3 2 4 8 12 11 Erith & Bel .... 10 2 4 4 18 18 10 Sevenoaks ...... 4 3 0 1 9 2 9 Canterbury...... 8 2 2 4 7 7 8 Deal ................ 7 2 2 3 9 14 8 Fisher ........... 12 1 4 7 15 29 7 Bearsted ......... 9 1 3 5 11 18 6 Tun Wells ........ 7 1 2 4 8 12 5 Erith Town....... 8 1 1 6 9 24 4 Results: Saturday: Erith & Belvedere 4 Erith Town 0, Hollands & Blair 0 Ashford 3, Lordswood 4 Fisher 1. Tuesday: Corinthian 0 Sevenoaks 4, Erith & Belvedere 1 Fisher 1, Tunbridge Wells v Croydon - abandoned after 87mins, Whitstable 4 Lordswood 1. Fixtures: Friday: Cray Valley v Erith
Saturday: AFC Croydon v Ashford, Beckenham v Whitstable, Canterbury v Corinthian, Croydon v Sheppey, Deal v Crowborough, Fisher v Hollands & Blair, Sevenoaks v Rochester, Tunbridge Wells v Bearsted. Tuesday: Ashford v Deal, Erith & Belvedere v Tunbridge Wells, Lordswood v Cray Valley. Wednesday: Beckenham v Sevenoaks, Croydon v AFC Croydon, Erith Town v Corinthian, Hollands & Blair v Whitstable, Rochester v Canterbury ACS JOMA KENT COUNTY LEAGUE
Premier Division Borden Vill ...... 7 5 1 1 18 6 16 Punjab Utd ...... 7 5 1 1 18 9 16 Greenways...... 7 4 0 3 16 14 12 Fav Strike ....... 6 4 0 2 11 10 12 Peckham ........ 7 3 2 2 14 6 11 Lydd Res......... 7 3 2 2 18 16 11 Kennington ..... 6 3 2 1 14 12 11 Stansfeld ........ 6 3 1 2 16 12 10 Farnboro OBG . 7 3 0 4 13 17 9 Fleetdown....... 5 2 2 1 10 9 8 Metrogas ........ 7 2 1 4 15 16 7 boundaries.
Cheshire – champions three times in the past five years – reached 65-3 in reply before Bernie Bishop (54) and Colin Norbury (47) added 91.
Colin Breed (Staplehurst) Staplehurst ..... 6 2 1 3 13 16 7 Bexley ............ 4 1 2 1 5 4 5 Hildenboro ...... 5 1 1 3 5 12 4 Erith 147 Sp.... 6 0 2 4 8 14 2 Guru Nanak .... 7 0 0 7 5 26 0 Results: Premier Division: Borden Village 1 Farnborough OB 3, Guru Nanak 1 Stansfeld 6, Lydd Res 2 Punjab Utd 2, Metrogas 1 Erith 147 Sports 1. Division 3 Central & East: Burgess Hodgson 8 Larkfield Res 0, Tonbridge Invicta 2 Rochester City 3. Bill Manklow Inter-regional Challenge Cup first round: Fleetdown 4 Bexlians, Peckham 2 Hildenborough 0, Staplehurst 5 Faversham Strike Force Seniors 2. Fixtures: Premier Division: Bexley v Erith 147 Sports, Borden Village v Metrogas, Farnborough OBG v Lydd Res, Fleetdown v Peckham, Hildenborough v Faversham Strike Force, Stansfeld v Punjab Utd, Staplehurst v Greenways. Division 3 Central & East: Guru Nanak Res v Larkfield Res, Rochester City v Rusthall Res, Univ of Kent v Tonbridge Invicta. HERNE BAY & WHITSTABLE
SUNDAY LEAGUE Results: Kent Junior Cup: City Lions 2 Monument PFC A 7, Canterbury Toon 2 HCS United 7, Littlebourne 10 Whitfield 2, Chislet CW 5 Smok Air 2. Kent Junior Trophy: Birchington USC 4 Littlebourne Res 2, St Stephens 13 Hawkinge Wanderers 1, Chartham 5 Hawkes United 0, Heron United 4 Northgate Rangers 6, Blean Sunday 2 Woodnesborough 1, Monument PFC Res 8 Key IT Support 1. Premier Division: Jadon Blues 4 Tankerton Royals 0, Waterfront 2 Monument PFC 7. Division 1: The Elephant 2 Crusaders 1, Woodmans Hall 1 Bay Ath 1, Crosskeys (Chilham) 6 A1 Tyres 3, Wingham 5 Hampton 0. Division 2: Whitstable Town OB 4 Faversham United 3. made the breakthrough, having Bishop stumped by Graham Brown (St Lawrence & Highland Court), after which Swadkin and Towe finished the job.
Kent had finished runners-up to Surrey in their group before beating Norfolk, in the last 16, Hertfordshire in the quarter-finals and Yorkshire in the semis.
Dixon (82 not out), Towe (44) and Swadkin (43) were the chief contributors to Kent’s 228-3 against Yorkshire, who closed on 208-6 in reply.
Tony Mitchell (Canterbury) and Terry Edwards (City of London) both picked up two wickets while Phillips took 1-20 in nine overs and Rupert Staple (Blackheath) 1-23 in nine.
The win was particularly sweet as Yorkshire had eliminated Kent in each of the past two years. Barnstaple ...... 4 0 0 4 51 198 1 Results: Chinnor 76 Barnstaple 5, Henley 43 Exmouth 38, London Irish Wild Geese 31 Barnes 17, Redruth 10 Redingensians 8, Taunton Titans 30 Bury St Edmunds 26, Worthing 21 Cinderford 15, Bishop’s Stortford 19 Old Elthamians 22, Clifton 25 Canterbury 20. Fixtures: Barnstaple v Clifton, Exmouth v Redruth, Old Elthamians v Worthing, Redingensians v Chinnor, Barnes v Henley, Bury St Edmunds v London Irish Wild Geese, Canterbury v Bishop’s Stortford, Cinderford v Taunton Titans. SHEPHERD NEAME KENT 2
PW D L F A Ps Foots Cray ...... 3 3 0 0 134 0 15 RBS ................ 3 3 0 0 144 12 14 Old G’send ...... 2 2 0 0 115 15 10 Lordswood...... 3 2 0 1 103 27 10 Faversham...... 3 2 0 1 85 32 10 Whitstable ...... 3 1 1 1 57 61 7 Bexley ............ 3 1 1 1 48 43 6 Askean ........... 2 1 0 1 44 43 5 Orpington........ 3 1 0 2 29 81 4 Erith................ 3 1 0 2 28 114 4 Shooters Hill ... 3 0 0 3 20 154 1 Greenwich ...... 2 0 0 2 13 99 0 Dartford Vall .... 3 0 0 3 0 139 0 Results: Erith 7 Askean 39, Faversham 46 Dartford Valley 0, Foots Cray 52 Shooters Hill 0, Greenwich 10 Bexley 23, Royal Bank of Scotland 22 Lordswood 12, Whitstable 33 Orpington 10. Fixtures: Askean v Royal Bank of Scotland, Bexley v Old Gravesendians, Dartford Valley v Whitstable, Lordswood v Foots Cray, Orpington v Greenwich, Shooters Hill v Faversham. Fixtures: Ashford 2nds v Cliftonville, Blackheath & OE 2nds v Old Bordenians 2nds, Burnt Ash 2nds v Holcombe 2a, Canterbury 4ths v Canterbury 3rds, Marden Russets v Maidstone 2nds, University of Kent v Folkestone 2nds.
KENT AREA DIVISION 2 Fixtures: Blackheath & OE 3rds v Old Williamsonians 2nds, Gore Court 2nds v Tunbridge Wells 2nds, Herne Bay v Canterbury Millers, Holcombe 3rds v Ashford 3rds.
KENT OPEN PREMIER A Fixtures: Sutton Valence 2nds v Sevenoaks Shadows, Old Bordenian 3rds v Deal, Folkestone Optimist 3rds v University of Kent 2nds, Gillingham Anchorians 2nds v Gore Court 3rds, Bexleyheath & Belvedere 2nds v Burnt Ash 3rds, Bromley and Beckenham 5ths v New Beccehamian 2nds.
KENT OPEN PREMIER B Fixtures: Burnt Ash 4ths v Gravesham & Wellcome, Sevenoaks 4ths v Sevenoaks 5ths, Canterbury 5ths v Folkestone Optimist 4ths, Gore Court 4ths v Herne Bay 2nds, Ashford 4ths v Holcombe 4ths, Tunbridge Wells 3rds v Marden Russets 2nds.
KENT OPEN PREMIER C Fixtures: Cliftonville 2nds v Tunbridge Wells Vets, Holcombe 4As v Bromley and Beckenham 6ths, Tunbridge Wells 4ths v Canterbury Griffins, Old Williamsonians 3rds v Cobdown, Maidstone 3rds v Old Bordenian 4ths, Sevenoaks Acorns v Blackheath and OES Heathens. INVESTEC WOMEN’S PREMIER DIVISION Results: Bowdon Hightown 2 Leicester 0, Canterbury 1 East Grinstead 1, Reading 2 Holcombe 5, Slough 1 Clifton Robinsons 4, Surbiton 3 University of Birmingham 2. Fixtures: University of Birmingham v Reading, Slough v Canterbury, East Grinstead v Clifton Robinsons, Bowdon Hightown v Surbiton, Leicester v Holcombe.
EAST LEAGUE DIVISION 1 SOUTH Results: Sevenoaks 2nds 4 Sudbury 2, Folkestone 3 Upminster 1, Chelmsford 2nds 1 Wapping 2nds 0, Crostyx 2 Broxbourne 3, Saffron Walden 0 Tunbridge Wells 0, Canterbury 2nds 0 Brom & Becks 2nds 1. Fixtures: Upminster v Chelmsford 2nds, Wapping 2nds v Crostyx, Broxbourne v Saffron Walden, Tunbridge Wells v Canterbury 2nds, Brom & Becks 2nds v Sudbury, Sevenoaks 2nds v Folkestone. EAST LEAGUE DIVISION 2
SOUTH EAST Results: Havering 2 Burnt Ash 3, East London 1 Canterbury 2A 1, Tunbridge Wells 2nds 1 Ashford 4, Gore Court 1 Waltham Forest 3, Southend & Benfleet 0 Basildon 2, Redbridge & Ilford 1 Blackheath 1. Fixtures: Canterbury 2A v Tunbridge Wells 2nds, Ashford v Gore Court, Waltham Forest v Southend & Benfleet, Basildon v Redbridge & Ilford, Blackheath v Burnt Ash, Havering v East London.
KENT PREMIER DIVISION Results: Canterbury 3rds 2 Cliftonville 4, Sevenoaks 4ths 2 Meopham 1, Marden Russets 5 Gravesend 3, Old Williamsonians 0 Old Bordenians 2, Kings Alleyns 0 Sevenoaks 3rds 3, Folkestone Optimist 2nds 3 Bexleyheath & Belvedere 1. Fixtures: Old Bordenian v Marden Russets, Kings Alleyns v Old Williamsonians, Cliftonville v Folkestone Optimist 2nds, Gravesend v Canterbury 3rds, Bexleyheath & Belvedere v Sevenoaks 4ths, Sevenoaks 3rds v Meopham.
KENT DIVISION 1 Results: Holcombe 2nds 0 Ashford 2nds 2, Bromley and Beckenham 3rds 1 Maidstone 2nds 3, Tunbridge Wells 3rds 2 Sevenoaks Acorns 5, Bexleyheath & Belvedere 2nds 1 Herne Bay 7, Burnt Ash 2nds 2 Gillingham Anchorians 2, Blackheath and OES 2nds 1 Bromley and Beckenham 4ths 1. Fixtures: Tunbridge Wells 3rds v Bexleyheath & Belvedere 2nds, Gillingham Anchorians v Holcombe 2nds, Bromley and Beckenham 4ths v Burnt Ash 2nds, Maidstone 2nds v Blackheath and OES 2nds, Herne Bay v Bromley and Beckenham 3rds, Sevenoaks Acorns v Ashford 2nds.
KENT DIVISION 2 Results: Ashford 3rds 0 New Beccehamians 5, Edenbridge 10 Gore Court 2nds 1, Maidstone 3rds 1 Deal 1, Sevenoaks 5ths 2 Kings Alleyns 2nds 1, Dartford 7 Canterbury 3As 1, Burnt Ash 3rds 0 Holcombe 3rds 5. Fixtures: New Beccehamians v Kings Alleyns 2nds, Deal v Dartford, Ashford 3rds v Maidstone 3rds, Canterbury 3As v Edenbridge, Gore Court 2nds v Burnt Ash 3rds, Holcombe 3rds v Sevenoaks 5ths.
KENT DIVISION 3 Results: Old Bordenian 2nds 1 Old Williamsonians 2nds 4, Cobdown 1 Sevenoaks 6ths 1, New Beccehamian 2nds 2 Tunbridge Wells 4ths 3, University of Kent 3 Dartford 2nds 1, Gillingham Anchorians 2nds 0 Folkestone Optimist 3rds 1, Bromley and Beckenham 5ths 0Cliftonville 2nds 6. Fixtures: Cliftonville 2nds v University of Kent, Old Williamsonians 2nds v New Beccehamian 2nds, Sevenoaks 6ths v Tunbridge Wells 4ths, Dartford 2nds v Old Bordenian 2nds, Cobdown v Gillingham Anchorians 2nds, Folkestone Optimist 3rds v Bromley and Beckenham 5ths. North Foreland . 8 4 4 19 18 60 Sittingbourne ... 8 4 4 17 19 55 Princes ............ 8 4 4 16 20 52 Sene Valley ...... 8 4 4 14 22 46 Result: Sene Valley 2 Princes 3.
Division 2A Sheerness ....... 8 4 4 22 9 85 Lydd ................ 8 4 4 21 17 65 Wlmer&kngsdn 8 4 4 19 17 61 Etchinghill ........ 8 4 4 14 17 46 St Augustine’s .. 8 4 4 10 26 34 Result: Lydd 4 St Augustine’s 1.
Division 2B Ashford ........... 8 4 4 19 13 75 Chestfield ........ 8 4 4 17 15 69 Littlestone........ 8 4 4 17 21 59 Broome Park .... 8 4 4 13 18 58 Boughton ......... 8 4 4 12 11 38 Results: Littlestone 2.5 Broome Park 2.5, Chestfield v Boughton (Chestfield awarded the points). C. Lingham 13); Harbledown 24 (J. Bentley 11; P. Marsh 4-8). Street End won by 93 runs. Division 3: Margate 1 125 (C. Alder 49, J. Williamson 31, J. Benfield 12; Y, Sohail 3-29); Margate 2 91 (S. Faulkner 28, N. Canham 19, V. Sohail 14, A. Ijaz 11). Margate 1 won by 34 runs.
Fixtures Saturday: Under-15s League: 10am Whitstable v Street End; 11.15am Chestfield White Caps v Canterbury B; 12.30pm Chestfield Red Caps v Canterbury A; 1.45pm St Lawrence and Highland Court v Broadstairs. Sunday: Seniors Division 3:
Division 2: 12.45pm Sturry 1 v Littlebourne 2; 2pm Harbledown v UKC 2; 3.15pm Street End 2 v CCCU 2. Division 1: 4.30pm Canterbury 2 v CCCU 1; 5.45pm Littlebourne 1 v Canterbury 1; 7pm Whitstable 1 v Gravesend 1; 8.15pm UKC 1 v Street End 1.