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AMERSHAM CC Sunday 1st X1 v I A R Peebles XI on Sun 22 Jul 1956 at 2:15pm
Match was Tied

Match report The Centenary Match

Although I was doing National Service at the time, the Amersham selectors kindly included me in the team to play an Ian Peebles XI to celebrate the Club’s centenary in 1956.

The picture of the two teams is a valuable record of that great game in July 1956 which ended in a tie! There was good weather and a fair sized crowd with the cars two or three deep on the chestnut tree boundary. Ian Carvalho organised an excellent lunch beforehand in a marquee attached to the side of the pavilion with only calor gas for lighting (and heating in those days too).

Douglas Jardine was an umpire and I recall sitting next to his rather grand young daughter at lunch. To make conversation I asked her where she lived – “Hertfordshire” was her only reply. After some investigation I discovered that she shared a flat opposite Garston Bus Garage on the outskirts of Watford! I batted well down the order as usual but had the pleasure of hitting three sixes, all off Vivian Jenkins, who was of course better known as a rugby player than a cricketer. When I got down to Douglas Jardine’s end he paid me a very rare compliment (for my cricket that is!) of saying “I see they have kept the best wine until last.”

The England selectors, led by Gubby Allen, stopped by at Shardeloes on their way back from a selection meeting at Edgbaston so it was a very distinguished gathering that took drinks in and in front of the pavilion on a sunlit evening to end a very memorable centenary day. Sadly I had to leave halfway through to get back to Aldershot but it is a match that will live with me forever.

Colin Pegley, 2006

AMERSHAM CC Sunday 1st X1 Batting
Player Name RunsMB4s6sSRCtStRo
extras
TOTAL :
1w 8b  
for 10 wickets
9
161		        
Robert Strang ct  Judd b Wyatt 4 11
Bill Atkins b Compton 5 28
Murray Slade b Morris 19 43 2 1
Brian Taylor st  Barnett b Peebles 14 17 1
Peter Jackson b Wyatt 42 44 6
Brian Atkins ct  Wyatt b Peebles 23 48 3
Robin Anderson ct  Jenkins b Wyatt 2 8
Norris Bazzard b Peebles 0 8 1
Colin Pegley st  Barnett b Jenkins 24 22 3 1
Peter Willis Not Out  19 27 2 1
Richard Barnes b Compton 0 9 2

I A R Peebles XI Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
R Wyatt16.072739.001.69
P Judd4.02200.000.50
D Compton7.0032216.004.57
I Peebles9.032939.673.22
P Morris6.0021121.003.50
J Prodger2.00700.003.50
R Robins4.012400.006.00
V Jenkins2.0010110.005.00

I A R Peebles XI Batting
Player name RMB4s6sSR
extras
TOTAL :
1w 4b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
6
161 (38.0 overs)		     
A Morris ct  Slade b Bazzard 17 2
R Wyatt b Bill Atkins 28 3
J Fingleton lbw b Taylor 24 3
D Compton st Barnes b Willis 38 8
B Barnett ct Bazzard b Willis 21 4
A Judd b Willis 0
R Robins b Slade 18 2 1
V Jenkins ct  Willis b Slade 6 1
J Prodger Run out  1
A Flint st Barnes b Slade 2
I Peebles Not Out  0

AMERSHAM CC Sunday 1st X1 Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Brian Taylor9.0129129.003.22
Norris Bazzard7.0027127.003.86
Bill Atkins8.0134134.004.25
Brian Atkins5.002600.005.20
Peter Willis4.011133.672.75
Murray Slade3.011635.335.33
Robert Strang2.001200.006.00
 
Photos and video of AMERSHAM CC Sunday 1st X1 v I A R Peebles XI on Sun 22 Jul 1956 at 2:15pm

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Centenary Match 1956