OACC 2006 Season: Cartwight-Taylor outclasses the rest

Played 20

Won 6,  Lost 10 , Drawn 4, Cancelled 3, Abandoned 1

In 2006 the Old Amplefordian Cricket Club came crashing into the 21st century with the live launch of it`s web site www.oldamplefordiancc.org.uk . There was very little fanfare but the site has been a big success during the inaugural season. It`s a great communication tool for the match managers and the weekly match reports enable our multitudes of fans to follow the fortunes of the Club online. If you google `OACC` on the web you will see that we now have a profile in cyberspace as well as jazz-hat cricket.

Despite technological innovations we still play the noble game of cricket in the traditions of our predecessors with a bat and ball. Blessed with a good summer the Club played a full season. There are a number of Old Boys who play a lot of OACC cricket each year but this season Piers Cartwright-Taylor (W97) deserves a special mention. Piers played in every available fixture which was a fantastic effort. For the record he played 20 matches, batted 19 times and scored 646 at an average of 38. The peak came on tour when Piers dismantled a decent Band of Brothers attack and plundered 129 not out to win the match almost single-handedly - outright class.

Other season highlights were wins against Shrewsbury Saracens, Felsted Robins, Wiltshire Queries, Guards CC and Staff Gents. Congratulations to Hugh Murphy (J98) for his victory against The Queries in his first game as match manager.

The Tour was under new management this season. Alex Codrington said farewell and in came Ed Brennan (E99 - son of Adrian) and Pete Edwards (E99). First of all many thanks to Cod for his efforts in running the week so successfully. Secondly well done to the newcomers for working so hard to make the week enjoyable for the cricketers. This year the results we played 5, won 1, lost 3, drawn 1.

This season marked the end of an era for the Ampleforth Weekend. For 25 years Francis Stafford (C72), has organised the pilgrimage to the 1st XI ground for the annual festival of cricket and nostalgia. Sadly Francis has decided to hand over the reins next year and the Club will appoint his successor(s) shortly. Again thank you to Francis for ensuring the weekend has remained such a high mark in our season. On the pitch we failed to beat the School in 2006 (lost 2, drawn 1): my advice to the new men is don`t underestimate the quality of the School teams and play to win.

Finally we played Radley Rangers in the first round of The Cricketer Cup and were soundly beaten. Squad rotation meant England opening batsmen Andrew Strauss didn`t make the trip to Yorkshire, but the Rangers were still more than a match for the OACC.  We were unlucky to be drawn against one of the best teams in the tournament so early.

We look forward to next year and as always encourage recent leavers to get involved. The OACC is a very friendly and sociable Old Boys club. It is a great way to stay in touch with Ampleforth. For enquiries contact Stephen Evans (W84) at sevans195@hotmail.com.     SJE [Hon Sec]

7 May 2006 – Won by 3 wickets 

Shrewsbury Saracens 244-7, OACC 245-7 (P Cartwright-Taylor 106, N Lamb 96)

27 May 2006 – Drawn

OACC 220-4 (D O`Kelly 100, T Stanley 30 ), Ampleforth 1st XI 113-7

27 May 2006 – Lost to Ampleforth 2nd XI

28 May 2006 – Lost by 8 wickets

OACC 160-6 (D O`Kelly 55*, R Hobbs 31) Ampleforth 1st XI 161-2

29 May 2006 – Drawn against Yorkshire Gents

4 June 2006 – Won by 5 wickets

Felsted Robins 282-7 (M Forsythe 4-60) OACC 285-5 (P Cartwright-Taylor 77, P Gretton 76, Ed Brennan 44* )

11 June 2006 – Lost by 8 wickets [Cricketer Cup, First Round]

OACC 170, Radley Rangers 171-2

1 July 2006 – Won by 4 wickets

Wiltshire Queries 250-8 (P Edwards 3-63) OACC 251-6 (H Scrope 59 N Hadcock 46, E Johnston-Stewart 41 )

8 July 2006 – Lost by 6 wickets

OACC 254-7 (J Troughton 56, P Cartwright-Taylor 39, S Phillips 35, N Lamb 31 A Woodhead 30), Old Georgians 255-4

12 July 2006 – Drawn

OACC 275-7 (S Phillips 107, E Brennan 63 ) Old Westminsters 232-7

16 July 2006 – Lost by 2 wickets

OACC 220 (P C-Taylor 62, H Murphy 32, C Williams 30 ) Marlborough Blues 221-8 ( S Evans 4-64, C Murphy 3-60 )

22 July 2006 – Won by 4 wickets

Guards CC 163 (E Hickman 5-42 ) OACC 166-6

23 July 2006 – Lost by 10 wickets

OACC 124, Emeriti 125-0

31 July 2006 – Lost by 8 wickets

OACC 237 (S Phillips 59, P Cartwright-Taylor 48, J Horsfield 41), The Cryptics 238-2

1 August 2006 – Lost by 6 wickets

OACC 56, Bluemantles 57-4 (C Harding 3-24 )

4 August 2006 – Lost by 235 runs

Bluemantles 317-9 (P Edwards 3-94), OACC 82

5 August 2006 – Won by 7 wickets

Band of Brothers 259-3, OACC 260-3 (P Cartwright-Taylor 129*, S Phillips 49*)

6 August 2006 – Drawn

Stragglers of Asia 299-7 (J Troughton 3-97, P Edwards 3-115 ) OACC 234-7 (H Hickman 64*, D Spencer 57, S Harle 34)

27 August 2006 – Won by 4 wickets

Staff Gents 255-3, OACC 256-6 (P Gretton 62*, T Codrington 42, N Lamb 34*, S Phillips 31)

3 September 2006 – Lost by 53 runs

Eton Ramblers 207 (C Harding 4-41, S Evans 4-69 ) OACC 154 (E Brennan 52)

Those listed in the notes above are:

Malcolm Forsythe (T71), Francis Stafford (C72), David O’Kelly (C81), Nick Lamb (C91), Chris Harding (J92), Ceri Williams (B92), Dominic Spencer (H93), Alexander Codrington (J94), Henry Hickman (O94), Piers Cartwright-Taylor (W97),  Richard Hobbes (D97), Edward Johnston-Stewart (D98),  Hugh Murphy (J98),  Simon Harle (C98), James Troughton (C98), Edward Brennan  (E99), Peter Edwards (E99), Joshus Horsfield (D00), Sebastian Phillips (C00), Peter Gretton (J01), Edward Hickman (O01), Tom Stanley (W01), Archie Woodhead (O03).

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