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3947 & Counting
3947 & counting. DCC 1sts at home to Dorchester, OCA Div. 4 20-6-2015 A humid and stormy day at the Windmill saw Deddington host their nearest rivals Dorchester at the foot of OCA Div. 4 in the season’s first (of probably several) relegation 60 pointer. The intensity of the day Read more…
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Part 7 of “There is always next week”
1sts away to Stanton Harcourt, Sat 13th June We arrived at the quaint setting of The Stanton Harcourt cricket ground in our usual staggered order with Rammy rolling up after the toss had been made by our Vice skipper Shadders (who was a little less late than Rammy). Before we Read more…
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Oh for another 30 runs…..
2nds vs. Stanton Harcourt II’s, 13-6-15 at the Windmill: A dull, grey, dreary and drizzly afternoon welcomed ourselves and our visitors from Stanton Harcourt 2nd XI. It never got any better. DCC batted first and lost Joe Roberts early on. Steve Welch then dug in and tried to build an innings Read more…
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Firsts edged out by Uffington
A bright and breezy afternoon at the Windmill saw skipper Rammy back from holiday as the first team continue to look for their elusive first victory of the campaign. From the outset the signs were pretty ominous, losing the toss we were invited to bat first (not sure if we Read more…
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Catches win Matches
On a bright and breezy afternoon at Chalgrove, Deddington Seconds made it 3 wins in 4 with an, on paper, comfortable 5 wicket win. Winning the toss, captain Ash Clark elected to bowl on a bare, dry, but spongy wicket. Lewis Bletchly and Adam Moody opened up for Deddington, Bletchly Read more…
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Ouch!
Ouch! With spirits high, the prospect of recording our first victory of the season, the sun shining, a great wicket and the ground looking like a picture postcard, Daire in the shed eating his usual pre match chinese meal, Stu looking like Elton John with his new shades and an Read more…
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2nd 1X Win, but only just!!!
Well after last week’s great 87 run win at home to Kennington 2nd’s, we were away this weekend at Charlbury 3rd’s, looking for another winning performance. We were put into bat on what looked like quite a green track, with Charlbury opening bowlers (Dorans & Jenkins) swinging the ball from Read more…
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2nd XI Show ‘Bounce Back Ability’!!
DCC II’s vs Kennington, 23 May 2015 It appeared throughout the week that the seconds would struggle to field a full team come Saturday. However, a combination of sweet talking and grovelling persuaded the league to free Dave “The Brave” Webb from his umpiring duties, meaning we went into the Read more…
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We knew it would be tough.
23 May 2015 1st XI away at Kidlington Being honest we knew were in for a tough day, being short of so many first team regulars. Sadly we were proven right. Taking the field first, skipper for the day Dave Barnhill asked for effort, commitment and a good attitude and Read more…