Established 1891
Some Chap is that Gary! Gary Chappell produced the match winning shift with the ball as the BCC Twenty20 midweek league side claimed a thrilling single run victory at the County Ground, Exeter, on Tuesday night. Skipper Ross Acton won the toss and chose to bat and Gary Chappell and James Street gave the side… Continue Reading
Bradninch well beaten at home by Torquay The 1st XI slid to a desperately disappointing seven wicket defeat to visiting Torquay in a game that was dominated by the toss of the coin. Torquay’s skipper won that particular call, stuck Bradninch in and, from a position of some respectability, given the difficult batting conditions, a… Continue Reading
The 2nd XI suffered a miserable afternoon after they were summoned down to Tavistock where, upon arrival they found a cricket wicket under cover but sufficiently wet beneath to mean play could not possibly start for at least the next couple of hours – yes it was that wet! There was some debate between skippers… Continue Reading
The Bradninch Under-12s were able to field a round dozen of players for their latest match at Cullompton. Sadly a score of 55 was not sufficient to force a victory, but the team gave their all and were given tremendous support form a large travelling band of followers at Cully’s small, but well appointed Landspeed… Continue Reading
Great night for the Under-14s as new best marks are set The Bradninch Under-14s set lots of new records for their team with a stunning 84-run win at Countess Wear in their latest Bradleys East Devon Youth League match. The team scored their highest ever total, had six different wicket takers – the first time… Continue Reading
MAHER MARKS DEBUT WITH HALF CENTURY Bradninch were edged out by visiting Exeter who sealed a six wicket win with nine balls of the contest remaining. Batting first the Kensham Park men were treated to a century opening stand between Dan Hardy (39) and Jackson Thompson (72). The next two wickets fell to take the… Continue Reading
The Bradninch 2nd XI were well beaten at Braunton II where what was very much a patched-together eleven were put to the sword in incredibly windy (but dry) conditions! Skipper Rob Acton won the toss and invited Braunton to bat and saw them somehow register an imposing total of 241-2. This had looked most unlikely… Continue Reading
Under-14s claim first win of season with last over cup triumph over Topsham St James Bradninch Under-14s served up a magnificent all-round team performance to claim their first win of the season and bag a place in the second round of the County Sports KO Cup thanks to a last over three wicket win over Topsham St James. The whole team… Continue Reading
Jackson Thompson became the first Bradninch senior eleven player to smash a brace of tons in the first third of a Francis Clark Devon Premier League season with another crash, bang, wallop showing at Instow, North Devon. The big hitting Thompson, who has made a huge impact in his first season with the club, thumped… Continue Reading
The 2nd XI were involved in a thrilling contest with a visiting Plymouth III side that claimed a four wicket win off the very last ball of the game at Kensham Park. Batting first it was Andy Nichols and Steve Rowe who opened the innings, but they were parted early on with Nichols out for… Continue Reading