Merstham Cricket Club members are kindly reminded that the outdoor nets at Quality Street are not available during the winter months.

They are now closed, not just because the club is not open for practice during winter but because they are being refurbished during the off season.

Fin Willsher took two player of the season awards as Merstham Cricket Club celebrated the end of another league season on September 3rd.

Join us on Saturday 10th September for our Family Fun Day to celebrate the 2022 season with fun and activities for all age groups!

Visit our club social page for full event details

Congratulations to the winners of June's draw

• £53.60 cash - #18 Kate Tyte (who is kindly placing behind our club bar for the U10s coaches refreshments! Nice one Kate!)
• £40.20 cash - #67 Carol Pearce
• £50 The Feathers Pub voucher #51 Mike Griffin
• ECB coaching session kindly donated by player/coach Luke Saunders - #2 Charley Nolan
• £40 Serendipity Health & Beauty voucher - #44 Dave Willsher
• ...and of course THE CLUB! £40.20

A huge thanks to our club sponsors who have supported this in addition. I would like to encourage you to use and promote by word of mouth at every opportunity.

• Serendipity, our Women's and Girl's section sponsors, do a whole range of treatments including sports massages alongside a large health and beauty offering.
• The Feathers, Club sponsor, are also going to kindly sponsor a monthly 100 Club Prize.
• Luke Saunders is a qualified ECB Coach - to book a coaching session please contact Luke Saunders email or 07715518653

NUMBERS STILL AVAILABLE! Please encourage others to join, the more sold, the bigger the monthly cash prizes available and money to the club!

Good afternoon Fellow MCC Members,

A few of you would have recently received an automated message from the Play Cricket website stating that Richard Pitt has added your details to Play-Cricket.com.

For the month of May, Mike Wadsley's ticket for the 100 club draw, No.15, was drawn at the club on Saturday 4th June and he receives £51.20 in winnings. Congratulations Mike!

The 100 Club is a fundraising prize draw that is drawn year round. You can join at any time and half of your annual £24 fee supports the club and the other half goes into the prize pots. You stand a chance of a prize every month, for 12 months, from the point you join. Click here to visit the 100 Club webpage.

The fifth team on Saturday made history for Merstham Cricket Club by featuring two female players at once, in a friendly against Reigate Priory Vikings at Mynthurst CC.

While Derry Ann Hammond (in the 1980s and 1990s) and Lizzie Donkin (after the turn of the century) played in Saturday sides thought of as "men's" XIs, this was special for several reasons. Never before has a team featured a husband and wife - captain on this occasion Jon and his wife Claire, the club's ladies captain - or a father and daughter. Senthilkumar Rajaram and his daughter from the U14s, Bav Senthilkumar were others from the team. Whether it is the first time a father played with his two sons is another question (if you know, do tell us). Imran Rashid turned up just to watch sons Ammar (a university student) and Hamdan (who plays for the U14s). But after a late pull out Imran stepped in to play - and top scored with 55. A fifth section of the club was represented - our disability section. Zahir Hafeez, who has featured in our Saturday and Sunday adult sides many times, also played, meaning that five sections of the club were represented: adult men, adult women, the girls' section, boys' section and disability squads. Merstham on this occasion scored 142 from 35 overs and while they contained their hosts for long periods, Priory surpassed the total in the 29th over.

On Thursday 2nd June, Merstham U14s Tier 3 side competed in a league fixture at Quality Street with SIX different age groups or squads represented. With the Tier 2 side also playing (and beating Sanderstead) on the same night, the T3s called on players from the boys U14s, U13s, U12s and U11s squads, plus the girls U14s and U13s squads. While losing a close game to Chipstead, Coulsdon and Walcountians, the spread of players within the team (pictured) highlights the strength in depth of the Merstham junior sides and the ambition to strive to play at a higher level. A huge thanks to all the players (and parents) for making this happen!

Bernard Feist pays tribute to another former Merstham Cricket Club chairman, Graeme Attridge, who died on Sunday.

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Graeme Attridge (Mr A) on Sunday 22nd May.

Merstham Cricket Club had a humdinger of a weekend, with the women's team making history in style on Sunday, after, on Saturday, the club's four adult league teams achieved the rarity of all winning on the same day. Making history by entering the Surrey Women's Cricket SMASH IT softball League for the first time, the ladies defeated hosts Salford, Reigate Priory and Horley to top their group. This sets them up nicely for the next round. The club's Saturday first team continued their assault on the Fuller's League Division Two with a third straight win, defeating hosts Shepperton by 28 runs. Having elected to bat on another glorious day for cricket, openers Daniel Kite and Andy Rivers put Merstham on a stable footing. They accumulated a 68-run partnership before Rivers was caught at first slip for 37. Shepperton picked up another quick wicket of Jaikumar Uvaraju with a smart catch behind the stumps. However, from there, captain Noman Javed (42), supported by the incredible mature batting display of the 16 year old opener Kite, pushed the total to 137 with some great power hitting before young Kite fell four short of his first half century for the first XI. The middle order continued to tick the scoreboard over and Merstham finished on 189. Shepperton, opening with Richard Barker and David Sheward started strongly against the opening attack of Asim Jaffri and Javeed. However, an ever-reliable Manish Patel took a brilliant diving catch to dismiss Sheward (19), who looked established at the crease. The spin attack of Humayoon Nasir and Mohsin Ali managed to contain and stymie the Shepperton middle order with Nasir picking up 3-14 off his nine overs. Despite picking up wickets at regular intervals Shepperton continued to bare down on Merstham's total. To the delight of Merstham, Jaffri came back to ease any squeaky bums by tidying up the lower order to finish off with 4-48, giving Merstham the win by 28 runs. In the Surrey Championship, Merstham seconds bowled out Stoke D'Abernon for 111 (Callum Letts, 3-17) with nine batsmen caught. Jason Drewett (39) and Jo Czerpak (20) top scored in the reply. The third team won at Old Whitgiftians. Struan Clark took 4-20 as the hosts were all out for 95. Andrew Clarke (32) top scored in the response. The fourth team bowled out Wimbledon for 138 (Omar Shuja 4-35, Alex Reeves 3-22) and after a well-managed run chase reached the total with an over to spare, Dilhan Jayamanne (30) and Asif Akhtar (52) setting a great platform. Captain Gopa Nair (18) and Sentil Rajaram (12 not out) completed the task.