As a club we made significant progress in both player availability and Fullers League placings. At 2nd XI we were never out of the top six and were unfortunate not to finish higher than 5th as rain intervened in the end of the season fixtures.  Scoring runs appeared more difficult for most teams and we were no different with our final position based on our bowling performances.  We passed 200 runs in an innings only twice while we bowled out the opposition in seven out of twelve matches.  Ray Shinners followed up his 38 wickets in 2006 with another 34 @ 13.97 and his economy record in over 200 overs at under three created considerable pressure to opposing batsmen. Asim Asraf was our most improved bowler with 12 wicket @ 23.42 while Mike Wadsley was a real bonus for the captain with his looping leg spin earning him some crucial wickets in his 12 @ 16.58. In his first season Manish Patel topped the teams aggregate number of runs with 268 runs @ 33.5 but only Neil Maplesdon cleared two hundred plus runs (233 @ 22.3) in the season.

Club availability on the first league day of the season was good away to Guildford. We felt we needed more runs after being inserted on a wet track and reached 190+ thanks to a good stand from Razzaq (24) and Patel (42 on debut). Guildford were well on the way to victory when a middle order collapse left the gate open and Ray Shinners picked up the last three wickets (4-70) for a win we didn’t expect.
Our next match saw another win to set the season going. Ewhurst were undone  at Quality Street by one of our best batting performances of the season with Neil Maplesdon top scoring with 58 in a first innings declaration of over 200. A third wicket stand was our only problem as wickets fell regularly in a 55 run victory.
May finished in frustrating fashion. At home to Long Ditton we reached 179 with more runs for Maplesdon (38) and Razzaq (76) after an early wobble (20-3) and despite rain and unadventurous opponents we had them eight wickets down – a winning draw was little compensation.

June started with our first defeat away to Merrow. Again an important toss was lost and we were inserted and scraped together 134 with Razaq (26no) again our outstanding batsman. Despite an excellent bowling response crucial early catches were dropped (and more during the innings !!) as we lost by only four wickets to the eventual League winners.
A big improvement was needed and the following week away a struggling Worplesdon & Burpham side were crushed by 6 wickets. Phipps won the match with a dogged 52 at the top of the innings with Maplesdon (33) collecting more runs.
The rains then intervened throughout the rest of June. Westfield at home was washed out despite most of the Division completing matches. The following week we played at home to Effingham in atrocious conditions when no one else played and at the end of the month our match at (later promoted) Hampton Wick was lost (along with everyone else) to rain. Against an enterprising  Effingham we were unable to contain a late burst as they reached a formidable 169 on a wet and deteriorating ground. In 46 overs we finished a bedraggled 24 runs short in a losing draw with Maysey on 41no.

July started sunny with Merstham still in fourth place at Carshalton & Croydon Gas. Here we earned our best win of the season chasing 223 to win, Ashraf  hitting a six for the winning runs with six deliveries left. Earlier it was Patel who set up the win with a magnificent 98 – including six 6’s, ably supported by Spencer’s first 50 of the season in a 3rd wicket stand of 111.
If that was our high point of the season we fell to earth the following week away to Wangas. Put in we were blitzed by excellent bowling – all out for 83. Only three players reached double figures and in reply our opponents showed us how to bat to win by an emphatic 9 wickets.
Struggling at the wrong end of the table Old Tenisonians were excellent opponents the following week. Inserted they collapsed to 53 all out, losing ten wickets for 28 runs as Merstham won by 8 wickets.
July finished with Merstham in third place and another win, this time at home to Old Suttonians by 3 wickets in a tight match. Inserting the opposition on a damp wicket only some positive hitting late in the innings gave them a defendable 124. Merstham were halfway home when a middle order collapse was turned round by a Captains innings of 24no to win the game with time running out.

August started with vice-Captain Tom Humphreys in charge away to Old Hamptonians and against impressive opponents Merstham did well to avoid defeat. On a very hot day our opponents posted the ball all around the field for 236 – catches spilled yet again proved costly. We struggled against accurate bowling to finish woefully short with wickets in hand, Bobby Sharp scoring an unbeaten 50 lower down the order.
With a week of we resumed against promotion chasing Lingfield and did really well until the rain intervened before Tea. Bobby Sharp bowled outstandingly and Shinners got his first 5 wicket haul of the summer but again we allowed lower order batsman to clobber us for runs. Both the 50+ runs and more importantly overs probably cost us the win as we reached a positive 40+ with no wickets down in deteriorating weather.
August finished with our traditional fixture at home to Southbank. Asked to bat first in what turned out to be our last fixture of the season a total of 177 set a platform to win the match, Dave Mann scoring 75no. Three early Southbank wickets and the barricades came out and ultimately we did well to get opponents nine wickets down for a winning draw.
The season ended poorly despite the maximum points with Haselmere unable to raise a side and conceding the game.

Neil Maplesdon ended the season as the teams Player of the Year. Joining the team from the 1st XI his consistent runs at the start of the season gave us an important platform. Just as importantly was the stability he offered the team as wicket-keeper over the season. Also thanks to Tom Humphreys in his first season as vice-captain.