The Club Family Day and Gordon Hall 6-a-side that was unfortunately cancelled last year due to rain is due to be held on Sunday, August 24.

With the current unavailibility of a significant number of players we are contemplating changes from the 6-a-side format to 20/20 and also possibly the date. We are looking at a junior and senior 20/20 match with players made up from U/13 to U/17 in the junior match and all teams in the seniors. The matches will be played in coloured clothing with a white ball and all the normal 20/20 rules.  read more »

S.C.C.C 64 All Out
Wakefield Thornes 67-3

On Sunday morning the under 13 looked to carry on their fine cup run with a trip to Hartshead Moor Cricket Club to play Wakefield Thornes.

After losing the toss we were asked to have a bat on a decent looking pitch. However we didnt make good use of it. Alex Thomas was brilliantly stumped after a legside take and Chris Pickford was run out and we slumped to 3-2. James Harrison and Elliot Calis got a bit of control back but wickets fell at a regular occurrence. Some good bowling backed up with good fielding made it hard to score which led to pressure and resulted in some poor shot selection. We managed to scrape to 64 all out. Wakefield made it really hard to score and kept the extras down.  read more »

S.C.C.C 95-4
Doncaster Town 94-8 (Gibson 30*)

Sundays cancelled cup Semi-Final was moved to Abbeydale and was played on Tuesday night.

Captain Elliot Winter lost the toss and we were asked to bat on a wet and green wicket.

A steady start from Openers Alex Thomas and Elliot Callis until both men fell playing lazy shots. At the half way point Chirs Pickford (22) and James Harrison (13) carried us to 50 and looked good, playing shots all around the ground, until both were dismissed. Jack Lister (21*) and Levi Atherton (8) got us up to 95 which was probably 20 less than we should have got. In fairness Doncaster bowled very well at the death.  read more »

On a damp morning at Abbeydale the first ever SCCC Academy XI played Mentone Grammar School, a touring side from Melbourne, Australia.

We won the toss and put Mentone in to bat a decision quickly vindicated after the opening partnership of Chris Pickford and Rob Shaw reduced Mentone to 18 – 2, Rob picking up both of the wickets, the second of which a fantastic catch by Josh Jones at second slip.
Josh then came on to replace Chris and bowled two overs picking up a wicket with an absolute jaffa sending off pole flying. Then Josh who had come in to the game with a back niggle felt a twinge so was taken out of the attack and was replaced by Jack Lister.  read more »

Rufforth 28 all out
S.C.C.C 32-2

The Under 13's played their quarter final of the cup in Rufforth and thankfully managed to get the game in due to the weather being alright in York.  read more »

Eckington 142 for 2 SCCC 98 ao.

Like our batting performance an all too brief match report!

Riaz looked round and let Simmo captain. Wyles opened with Davey. ID got a bit of tap despite bowling fairly well for an opening batsman but still got some tap. Replaced by Fielding who did similar but at a slightly more economical rate. Will Lacey bowled nicely but their openers put on 100 before their overseas (60) was LBW to a slower bal in Wylie's 2nd. No. 3 departed thanks to a superman runout from Wyles. Other opener batted through for 64. Prash bowled well at the death apart from a couple of wides. The fielding had been amusing in places and a couple of dropped catches coupled with some pretty good batting meant we had a big total to chase.  read more »

South Kirkby 69-8 (Pickford 4-6)
S.C.C.C 72-2 (Thomas 32* Callis 31*)

On Tuesday night the Under 13's took on South Kirkby in the next stage of the knockout cup. Thankfully the rain didn't prevent the game from taking place.  read more »

Sheffield United 58-8
S.C.C.C 63-2 (Callis 30*)

On a very pleasent thursday evening at Abbeydale, the under 13s took on Sheffield United in the regional knockout final.  read more »

Whitley Hall 69-8 Pickford 6-16
S.C.C.C 71-1 Pickford 32* Callis 27*

A brilliant all round team performance from the Under 13’s saw them through to the national knockout area final.  read more »

Junior match fees will increase from the current £5 to £7.50 as of 1 June 2008. This increase is less than the £10 which was passed at the AGM and affects juniors playing in all senior teams.

Anyone queries can be directed to anyone on the committee or your team captain.

Harthill 44-8
Collegiate 45-8
Result - Collegiate win by 2 wickets

On Sunday the Under 13's played Harthill. They batted first and posted 44 for 8 with great bowling from Alex Varley and Levi Atherton and only bowling three extras the whole innings help us as well. There was some exellent fielding from Eliot Callis and three great catches taken from Ed Rushworth.

Our batting wasn’t as good. Losing wickets regularly, some good bowling and some poor running between the wickets looked like being costly, but opener Ed Rushworth kept us in the game by scoring eighteen, playing steady and retiring. With four overs left the game was won but just for the experience, they wanted to finish the innings.

Good solid performance and looks like it could be a successful season!  read more »

Can all clubs submit a list of their players who are qualified to play in the White Rose Trophy. An email was sent on 28 March 2008, however I have only had responses from

Ashford;
Calver;
Dronfield Woodhouse;
Hundall;
Ridgeway;
Sheffield Centralians;
SWD;
Walkley;
Whittington;
Wingerworth;
Youlgrave Lodge.

Please could all correspondents to the site, ask their secretaries to email me the following as a matter of urgency:-

"Could each club email me a list of ALL players who were under 21 years of age on 1 September 2007, for consideration of selection for the White Rose Trophy.  read more »

Outdoor nets for U13 start on Tuesday 22nd April 6pm at Abbeydale. Even if it rains we would like as many as possible to attend as it is very close to the first matches and we would like to organise squads.

Weather permitting we are hoping to put the netting up at Abbeydale on Wed at 17h00. The more people able to assist the quicker it will get done.

Look forward to seeing some of you there.

The top pavilion has passed the inspection by the South Yorkshire League following a week-long restoration led by Julie Lister. Thanks to everyone who contributed to ensuring this was a success. The following people deserve a special thanks - Bill Croft, Andy Leiper, Tom Lister and Andy Staley - as they worked tirelessly around the clock to ensure we were able to finish the project on time.

I hope that the teams and players using this facility appreciate the effort people put into cleaning and restoring the pavilion and do their best to keep it this way.

This Friday there is a Corporate event at Abbeydale which is a 6-a-side competion sponsered by Bentley Motors.
Each team has an ex-international cricketer attached (Mike GATTING, Robin SMITH, Phil DEFRETAS, Chris LEWIS, Gladstone SMALL, Jimmy ADAMS, Mark ILOT and Devon MALCOM to name a few).
This will be a good spectator event and a good opportunity for any youngsters to collect autographs.
I went last year and all the players were very approachable and up for a chat. There may also be opportunities to become involved as people inevitably drop out at the last minute, so have your kit in your boot if your around.
The event starts at 11am weather permitting.

The Michael Vaughan Cricket Academy summer clinics 2007 will be held on the following dates:

July 25 - July 28
July 30 - Aug 1
Aug 6 - Aug 8

Each clinic runs for 3 days and starts at 9am and finishes at 4pm. They are open to boys and girls age 6-13 yrs at a cost of £50 per clinic. Each clinic is hosted by six qualified coaches who will run structured sessions where kids will learn all the basics while having great fun and competing for daily prizes.

Application forms will be available at Abbeydale Sports Club, Westbourne School, Dore Primary & King Ecgbert's from Monday 25 June.

For more information or to book a place contact Riaz Richards 0774 286 2135.

After much discussion and debate I've decided on the following structure for practice sessions this season.

First, second and selected Academy players will practice together on the main square, while the rest will use the artificial nets under the supervision of Alan Hampshire. Fielding drills will be open to everyone and compulsory for First, Second and Academy players. We will also do various fitness drills which is also compulsory for First, Second and Academy players and voluntary for everyone else.  read more »

THe Michael Vaughan Cricket Academy occurs on Friday from 6.00 - a great place to introduce your child to cricket. Why not come along, have a drink, a bite to eat at the barbeque, and enjoy the sight of so many learning to play cricket in safe surroundings while not blobbing in front of the TV. The cricket academy is staffed by any number of qualified coaches all committed to teaching cricket properly and is proving a massive success with boys and girls, and their parents.

2008

The Michael Vaughan Cricket Academy:  read more »

• Friday evenings, 6.00-8.00pm
• boys to age 11 and girls to age 15
• 2008 season starts 18 April