Established 1891
Defeat is grabbed firmly from the jaws of victory The 2nd XI threw away a match-winning opportunity at the home of promotion chasing Plymstock III as they eventually fell to a 19-run defeat. Things had been so different at the quarter stage of the match with drinks taken and the home side, batting first, a… Continue Reading
Twenty-seven up for Nott as rain hits match at Sidmouth Paul Nott took his season’s wicket haul to a superb 27 with three more as the top flight game at Sidmouth was, like 95 per cent of the Francis Clark Devon League programme – was washed out by the July rain! Skipper Tim Piper winning… Continue Reading
Pain in the rain, but seconds are looking safe! The rain was a pain at Kensham Park as the 2nd XI eventually banked 11 points from an abandoned game with Ipplepen on a day that saw the players on and off the cricket square at regular intervals and the new covers put to use throughout!… Continue Reading
Midweek XI push touring visitors all the way The Bradninch Midweek XI made their first appearance of the season (on Monday, July 22), in the annual fixture with Bourneville CC who have been touring to Devon for years now in association with Uxbridge CC. They are usually a great bunch of tourists with one or… Continue Reading
Terminator Thompson takes Budleigh to the cleaners Jackson Thompson played the greatest ever Devon Cricket league innings to date when he took the visiting Budleigh attack to the cleaners to plunder an extraordinary 222 as the Kensham Park senior side struck a whopping 360-7 and ultimately pushed the Ottermouth men ever nearer the Premier Division… Continue Reading
Young guns see Bradninch 2nds to vital win at Barton Lewie Farrant and Connor Carthew had played together in the Bradninch Football Club team on Friday night in an in-house match against the second of the two new adult teams in the Town. The pair were back in tandem in a different sport at Barton… Continue Reading
Acton times three too much for Shobrooke Park Ross Acton stroked a superb innings of 67 with a strike rate of a shade under 200 per cent as Shobrooke Park were beaten at home in the Exeter and District Twenty20 Evening League. The delightfully picturesque ground of the hosts had the ball powered to all… Continue Reading
Early exit from Plymouth after big defeat After five years of glorious top flight cricket at Kensham Park the spectre of relegation looms closer after the side’s capitulation at Plymouth where they went down to an eight wicket defeat with their fate being sealed shortly after tea! Batting first on a belter of a sunny… Continue Reading
Acton and Fencl bowl 2nds to much needed victory after Davey and Rowe knocks. One of the oldest teams (in combined years) to take the field as a Bradninch 2nd XI in recent times bagged a most needy victory as they claimed 19 points from a 58-run Kensham Park win over Hatherleigh. The visitors were under strength,… Continue Reading
Bradninch CC Lads put in their place by Dads (and Mums and family members) in thrilling contest that goes to the last ball. The first of what is set to be an annual fixture of Dads (and Mums and family members) versus Lads took place on Friday (July 12). The brain child of Under-14 coach… Continue Reading