U15's CEDCB Division 'A' League Champions 2006
and CEDCB League Cup Runners Up

Back Row (left to right)
Sam Rounce; Josh Brown; Jack Turner; Ed Nation; Ross Phillips; Jack Denman

Front Row (left to right)
James Welham; Matt Lowman; Chris Stockwell; Aaron West; Ed Allen

Squad Members not in picture:

William Ashby; James Boon; Gautam Datta; Joe Early; Liam Farge; Jack Hoy; Harri Jones; Adam Matthias; Tom Patient; Toby Robertson; James Stock; Joe Walland.

U15's CEDCB League Match 2006

Shenfield won the toss and elected to bowl. Aaron West and Jack Turner opened the batting for Brentwood. With only 15 runs on the board Turner was trapped LBW by Turrell for 5. Ed Allen joined West and moved the score onto 58 before Louie Wright caught Allen off the bowling of Ollie King for 21.

Chris Stockwell joined West and whilst playing a supporting roll helped move the score onto 115 for 2. Unfortunately a mix up between both batsman lead to Stockwell sacrificing his wicket and was run out for 8. Matthew Lowman was next in and with West completing a textbook 100 (his first century for Brentwood Colts) decided to retire.

Gautam Datta added a further 2 runs before he was caught and bowled by Wright. With just a couple of balls left Joe Walland joined Lowman and the innings closed at 159 for 4 off 20 overs with Lowman not out 8 and Walland on 1. There were 14 extras.

Shenfield openers Ollie King and Ollie Ekers scored 15 before Datta caught King off the bowling of Turner for 2. Wright was the next batsman but was caught behind by wicketkeeper Stockwell bowled Turner for 5. Allen then bowled Borman for 4; however Ekers was still batting extremely well and putting Brentwood's bowling attack under pressure.

Captain Chris Stockwell then brought on spinner Sam Rounce and in two electrifying overs had Ekers stumped for a brilliant 61. In his final ball of his first over he trapped Thake LBW for 1; and then with the first two balls of his second over had both Harry King and Moody caught by Allen for 11 and 0 respectively to complete his hat trick. Turrell and Garrard saw out the remaining balls of the innings to finish 5 and 2 not out with Shenfield finally scoring 117 for 7 off 20 overs. There were 26 extras.

This match saw two tremendous innings of 100 by West; 61 from Ekers and bowling figures of 2 overs; 4 wickets for two runs (including a hat trick) from Rounce.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB Cup: Round 1 Match Report 2006

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Wednesday 31st May 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 3 wickets)

This game had been cancelled on numerous occasions because of bad weather so it was a relief to finally get the match underway.

High Roding won the toss and decided to bat. Moore and Burns opened their batting and against some fairly tight bowling from Jack Turner and Matthew Lowman were restrained from scoring many runs.

Once the opening bowlers had completed their spell Brentwood switched to a spin attack of Harri Jones and Sam Rounce. Both of these bowlers began to worry the batsman and it was not long before Jones bowled Burns for 20. Tyler then joined Moore but shortly after that was run out for 1.

The new batsman was Collins but after only scoring 3 runs he was bowled by Rounce and High Roding were in trouble. Thompson was next in for the away team.

Shortly after this Brentwood made another bowling switch bringing on young 12-year-old James Welham. With his first ball he had Thompson caught and bowled for 3 then with his second ball he had opener Moore caught by Joe Walland for 18. He was then extremely unlucky not to complete his hat trick as the new batsman spooned the ball in the air just to fall short of a fielder.

Brentwood under 15's Captain Chris Stockwell was the next bowler to get rewarded when wicket keeper Aaron West had Holdgate stumped for 1. The final ball of the innings saw Bush caught by Rounce off Welham for 2. Mondrel was the batsman left not out for 3 and High Roding were 64 for 7 off 20 overs including 13 extras.

Brentwood's task of getting 65 runs to win should have been fairly easy but when Ed Nation was bowled for 0 by Burns and Aaron West was caught by Moore off Holdgate for 11 the task became much harder.

Stockwell and Lowman tried to start the recovery and batting cautiously nicked a few singles until Burns bowled Stockwell for 1. New batsman Jack Turner made 6 before Mondrel caught him off the bowling of Tyler.

Then Harri Jones came to the crease and decided it was time to try and build a match winning partnership with Lowman; they both moved the score on very carefully until Lowman tried to hit a shot over the top of fielders but was caught by Wright bowled Tyler for 8.

Sam Rounce then made 3 before being caught by Burns bowled Speller and James Welham was out for 2 caught Thompson bowled Wright. Joe Early was next in and with Brentwood on 64 for 7 Jones hit the winning boundary to give the home side victory on 68 for 7 off 17.5 overs including 21 extras. Jones and Early were not out 16 and 0 respectively.

In terms of match achievements Brentwood's young cricketer James Welham bowled 2 overs 0 maidens took 3 wickets for 4 runs and changed the direction of the game in the latter stages of the High Roding innings. Harri Jones showed maturity whilst batting under difficult circumstances and steered the home side past the winning post to face Little Baddow in the next round.

Peter Lowman

U15's League Report

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Sunday 18th June 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 7 wickets)

Brentwood Colts Captain James Boon won the toss and decided to bowl.

Little Waltham openers Tom Lee and Rob Wickham were immediately under pressure with Jack Turner bowling a maiden in his first over and Boon getting Lee caught by wicket keeper Toby Robertson for 0 in the following over.

Ben Milburn was next in at the crease and whilst the score did move on to 27 for 1 it was not long before Matthew Lowman had Wickham caught by Robertson for 3 his second catch of the game.

Slowly Little Waltham moved on to 38 before Lowman struck again having Milburn caught by Turner for 24. The away side were now 38 for 3 with 11 overs gone.

Andy Fairlie and Alex Whatson tried to consolidate the situation but when the score was on 44 Whatson tried to take a quick single and was run out for 0 from a brilliant direct hit by Chris Stockwell. Little Waltham were now 44 for 5 off 12 overs.

David Coyle joined Fairlie and struck up a partnership of 32 before William Ashby bowled Fairlie for 13. Some 10 runs later new batsman Charlie Eggleten was bowled once again by Ashby for 5. The score had moved on to 86 for 6 off 19 overs. Coyle and Josh Byrne saw out the remainder of the innings and finished not out 26 and 5 respectively. There were 17 extras and Little Waltham completed their 20 overs with a score of 93 for 6.

Brentwood openers Ed Nation and Chris Stockwell moved the score on to 10 when Whatson caught Nation for 9 off Wickham. James Boon joined Stockwell and between them put on a partnership of 42 before Whatson caught Stockwell for 16 off Milburn.

Jack Turner then supported Boon and added a further 18 runs to the Brentwood score before he was given out LBW off the bowling of Lee for 13. The home side were now 70 for 3 off 14 overs.

Matthew Lowman was next in to bat and along with Boon carefully nurtured the innings score towards the required total of 94. With some careful running between the wicket they successfully reached the required runs need for victory after 18.5 overs with both players remaining not out with Boon on 32 and Lowman 14. There were 12 extras.

In terms of match achievements David Coyle (Little Waltham) and James Boon (Brentwood) notched up unbeaten scores of 26 and 32 respectively.

Whilst on the bowling front Matthew Lowman (Brentwood) finished with figures of 4 overs 0 maidens 2 wickets for 12 runs and William Ashby (Brentwood) 2 overs 0 maidens 2 wickets for 17 runs.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB League Division 'A' 2006

Venue: Springfield Cricket Club Coronation Park Chelmsford
Date: Sunday 2nd July 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 49 runs)

Springfield won the toss and decided to bowl.

Brentwood openers Ed Nation and Ross Phillips opened the batting and moved the score along fairly easily before Andy May bowled Phillips for 17. Brentwood was 43 for 1 off 7 overs.

Next in was Ed Allen and it was not long before Nation and Allen were scoring runs easily with Nation finding the boundary regularly. The Springfield bowling attack was finding it difficult to restrain these two Brentwood batsmen and the home side had to wait until Nation was on 66 before he tried to clear the field with another big shot and was caught at mid off by Matt Caples off the bowling of Dan Grant. Nation had hit 10 fours in his innings of 66.

Brentwood Captain James Boon joined Allen at the crease and it was not long before Ed Allen decided it was time to push the score along so with some big hitting and his second six of the match the score moved on rapidly until he was bowled by Andy Frost for a brilliant 50. Allen had hit 2 sixes and 4 fours in his innings.

Harri Jones then joined Boon and between them saw the innings out with the pair of them not out on 13 and 4 respectively. Brentwood's final score was 179 for 3 off 20 overs including 29 extras.

The Springfield openers of Fahran Mahmood and Ashley Smith began the inning cautiously and were finding the Brentwood bowling attack of James Boon and Jack Turner difficult to bat against. Then with only 10 runs on the board Smith was bowled by Boon for 0.

Waqas Mahmood joined his brother at the crease but in the very next over Fahran Mahmood was caught by Harri Jones bowled Turner for 4 and the home side was 10 for 2. Andy Frost was the next Springfield batsmen and with Mahmood pushed the score to 48 for 2 before Mahmood was caught by Boon bowled Jones for 23.

Some 4 runs later new batsman Matt Kett nicked a ball from bowler Matt Lowman and wicket Keeper Ed Allen was there to pick up the catch. Kett was out for 0 and the score was now 52 for 4.

Springfield then produced their best partnership of the innings through Dan Grant and Frost pushing the score on to 91 before Grant was given LBW bowled Joe Walland for 25. In the same over Frost was then bowled by Walland for 18 and the home side were now 94 for 6 with 4 overs remaining.

Another change of bowling saw Gautam Datta pick up the wicket of Matt Caples for 3 when he hit the ball up in the air to be caught and bowled by Datta. The very next ball Andy Matt was caught by Jones bowled Datta for 0 and the home side were now 8 wickets down.

With just a few ball left Alan Jupp and Robert Holmes saw the Springfield innings close at 130 for 8 off 20 overs including 28 extras. Jupp and Holmes were 21 and 8 not out respectively.

Brentwood had won the match by 49 runs to notch up their third successive league win.

In terms of match achievements Ed Nation and Ed Allen of Brentwood both produced classy innings of 66 and 50 respectively; with some great stroke play and two thunderous sixes by Allen.

Whilst on the bowling front Gautam Datta (Brentwood) finished with figures of 2 overs 0 maidens 2 wickets for 8 runs and Joe Walland (Brentwood) 2 overs 0 maidens 2 wickets for 12 runs.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB Cup Quarter Final Report 2006

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Sunday 7th July 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 8 wickets)

Little Baddow won the toss and decided to bat.

Little Baddow openers Declan Cole and Duncan Bucknell found the pace attack of Brentwood's Jack Turner and James Boon difficult to contend with and in the second over of the match Bucknell was caught by Ed Allen bowled Boon for 1.

Next in was Oliver Walker but he soon fell to Boon and was bowled for 1. Oliver Devenish joined Cole but in the very next over Cole was bowled by Turner for 8 and the away side was 12 for 3.

Stuart Bucknell tried to form a partnership with Devenish but some 10 runs later was caught by Boon bowled Harri Jones for 4. Matthew Stevens was next in and along with Devenish pushed the score to 54 before Stevens was caught by Allen bowled Jones for 20. Little Baddow were now 54 for 5.

Brentwood captain James Boon brought Chris Stockwell and 12-year-old James Welham into the bowling attack and it was not long before Stockwell claimed his first wicket by bowling Alex Franklin for 0. Welham then joined in the rout by bowling Scott Goddard for 1. This was followed 1 run later by Stockwell bowling David Walford for 0 and the away side were now 64 for 8.

The Final two wickets came very quickly as young Welham had Devenish caught by Ed Nation for 12 and then bowled Harry Cass for 0. The not out batsman was Adam Higgins on 0 and there were 18 extras giving Little Baddow a total score of 65 all out off 19.2 overs.

Chasing down a relatively low total Ed Nation and Ross Phillips opened the innings for Brentwood. The opening partnership had put 21 runs on the board before Matthew Stevens caught Phillips off the bowling of Alex Franklin for 7.

Ed Allen joined Nation at the crease and between them pushed the score along to 50 before Nation was caught by Bucknell bowled Oliver Devenish for 22. With very few runs to get to secure the win Gautam Datta joined Allen.

Whilst Datta got off the mark with a single Allen quickly added to his score hitting three fours and a huge six to push Brentwood to the required number of runs for victory. Allen and Datta remained not out on 38 and 1 respectively whilst the home team finished the match on 69 for 2 off 8.2 overs including 1 extra.

In terms of match achievements Ed Nation and Ed Allen of Brentwood once again producing classy innings of 22 and 38 respectively with Allen being the aggressor of the two hitting 6 fours and 1 huge 6 in his innings.

Whilst on the bowling front young James Welham (Brentwood) finished with spectacular figures of 1.2 overs 1 maiden 3 wickets for 0 runs and Chris Stockwell (Brentwood) 2 overs 0 maidens 2 wickets for 6 runs.

Brentwood now plays Billericay away in the semi-finals.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB League Report 2006

Venue: Bentley Club Ground
Date: Wednesday 19th July 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 85 runs)

Bentley won the toss and decided to bowl.

Brentwood openers Aaron West and Jack Turner found the pace attack of Bentley fairly easy to score runs off and whilst the home side tried to change the attack West and Turner kept punishing all of their bowlers.

It was not long before West had reached his 50 with 9 fours and 1 huge six supported by Turner. The pair continued to push the run rate along and with some awesome stroke play by West and they completed their 100 partnership.

West reached his 100 with the seventeenth four of his innings and at 103 he decided to retire. Both he and Turner had put on a partnership of 177 runs with Turner reaching his first individual 50. Ed Allen joined Turner for the last couple of overs and Brentwood concluded their innings with a total of 198 for 0 wickets off 20 overs.

Turner and Allen were not out 61 and 5 respectively with 29 extras.

Chasing down an enormous total Bentley began their innings cautiously through James Sapwell and Luke Wilding but it was not long before Ed Allen bowled Wilding for 6 and Sapwell for 9. Andrew Geggus and Lewis Whiteley took up the challenge and pushed the score to 52 for 2 before Whiteley was brilliantly caught by Turner bowled Matt Lowman for 11. Two runs later Geggus was caught by West bowled Chris Stockwell for 16 and Bentley were 54 for 4.

Jamie Whitlock and Nick Smith were the new batsmen but with the score now on 81 Smith was caught by James Boon bowled Stockwell for 11. Facchini joined Whitlock but was brilliantly run out when Lowman threw the ball directly into wicket keeper Toby Robertson to whip the bails off and he was out for 0.

The home side moved their score onto 94 for 6 when Whitlock was caught by Stockwell bowled Gautam Datta for 25. The very next ball new batsmen Ben Jacobs was stumped by Robertson off Datta for 0. Tom Stimpson was next to exit when he was bowled by Ross Phillips for 0. Bentley completed their 20 overs with a final score of 113 for 9 Steven Pagett and Stephen Cozens were the not out batmen on 7 and 9 respectively there were 19 extras.

In terms of match achievements Aaron West and Jack Turner of Brentwood put on an exhibition of powerful batting with West scoring some great text book boundaries hitting 17 fours and 2 sixes in his innings of 103 retired and Turner hitting a great 61 not out.

Whilst on the bowling front Ed Allen (Brentwood) finished with figures of 4 overs 0 maidens 2 wickets for 12 and a cameo over from Gautam Datta (Brentwood) gave him figures of 1 over 0 maidens 2 wickets for 1 run.

Brentwood have now played four of their league matches and are still unbeaten.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB Cup Semi-Final Report 2006

Venue: Billericay Cricket Ground
Date: Sunday 6th August 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 31 runs)

Brentwood won the toss and decided to bat.

Brentwood openers Aaron West and Ed Nation began the innings fairly cautiously and had put 30 runs on the board before Nation was bowled by Adam Marchant for 5 in the fifth over. Ed Allen then joined West but in the very next over Allen was caught by Yates off the bowling of Underwood for 0 and Brentwood were in a spot of trouble with the score now 31 for 2.

Harri Jones was the new batsmen in and supporting West helped to move the Brentwood score along fairly swiftly. West in particular was in fine form and began to show his qualities as a top class batsman. West reached his 50 hitting his ninth 4 and was certainly the player Billericay needed to dismiss to have a chance of winning this game.

The Brentwood score had reach 90 before Jones was finally bowled by John Walter for 12. Jones and West had put on 59 runs and the away side were now 90 for 3.

Matt Lowman was sent in next to try and support West in the same manner Jones had done and it was not long before they were taking quick runs with West continually finding the boundary. Both of these two batsmen saw the innings concluded with West hitting seventeen fours in his 94 not out; just short of yet another century for the Brentwood U15's team. The pair had enjoyed a partnership of 55 runs. Lowman was 10 not out and Brentwood had scored 145 for 3 off 20 overs with 24 extras.

Billericay openers Paul Walter and Gomez started the home teams reply steadily then Brentwood Captain Aaron West switched his bowling attack from seam to spin bringing on Harri Jones and Sam Rounce. Within a few minutes this game changed course dramatically when Rounce bowled his first ball and bowled Gomez for 11. New batsmen Tomlinson was then bowled for 0 by Rounce and he was on a hat trick. Adam Marchant was next in and was trapped LBW by Rounce and the hat trick was completed (his second of the season) Billericay were now in trouble on 29 for 3.

John Walter joined his brother in the middle and between then began the Billericay revival putting on a 40 partnership before another bowling change saw Ross Phillips claim the wicket of Paul Walter when he had him caught and bowled for 30. Yates joined John Walter and between them pushed the score along to 107 before Walter was dismissed for an excellent 51 caught Lowman bowled Phillips.

With the home side running out of overs Yates and Underwood tried to push the score along and on the final ball of the innings Yates was caught and bowled by Phillips for 7

Billericay's final sore was 114 for 6 off 20 overs with the not out batsmen Underwood on 7. There were 8 extras.

Brentwood can now look forward to playing either Chelmsford or Shenfield in the Final on Sunday 3rd September 2006

In terms of match achievements Aaron West (Brentwood) scored a brilliant and well deserved 94 runs hitting 17 fours in his innings. Likewise John Walter (Billericay) scored an excellent 51runs and Brother Paul 30 runs.

Whilst on the bowling front; the spoils must go to Sam Rounce (Brentwood) who in his very first three balls probably determined the outcome of this match taking 3 wickets from 3 balls and completing his second hat trick of the season.

He finished with impressive figures of 4 overs 0 maidens 3 wickets for 17 runs. Jack Turner who opened the bowling for Brentwood also had exceptional figures bowling 4 overs 1 maiden 0 wickets for 8 runs.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB League Match Report 2006

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Monday 7th August 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 9 wickets)

Hutton won the toss and decided to bat.

Hutton openers Howell and Morley got the away team off to a good start but unfortunately for Brentwood they lost fast bowler Ed Allen with a back problem after just one over. There were 47 runs on the score board before the home team finally got their first wicket when Howell was caught stranded and Matt Lowman picked up the ball threw down the stumps and he was run out for 26.

New batsmen Patel and Morley moved the score on to 65 when Morley was caught and bowled by Harri Jones for 21. Liam Taylor then joined Patel and between them put on a partnership of 61 runs before Patel was caught behind by Aaron West bowled Sam Rounce for 40. Hutton were now 126 for 3.

Six runs later Woods was bowled by Jack Turner for 4 and on the last ball of the innings Guichard was caught by Lowman bowled Turner for 2. Hutton had scored 134 runs for 5 wickets off 20 overs; Taylor was the not out batsmen on 17 and there were 24 extras.

Aaron West and Ed Nation opened for Brentwood and it was not long before West continued where he had left off yesterday against Billericay in the CEDCB Cup semi-final when he had scored 94 not out.

The Hutton bowlers tried hard to dislodge the two openers but West raced to his 50 with a four and Nation struck a huge six. Both continued to punish the away team until the score reached 70 when Nation struck a ball very hard but was caught by Guichard bowled Dom Elvin for 26.

Ross Phillips joined West and together put on a partnership of 68 reaching the required total of 135 to win. Aaron West for the second day running was undefeated on 85 not out with Phillips 10 not out.

Brentwood were 138 for 1 off 18.2 overs with 17 extras.

In terms of match achievements Aaron West (Brentwood) for the second day running was undefeated on 85 not out hitting 12 fours in the innings.

Whilst on the bowling front; Jack Turner (Brentwood) finished with figures of 4 overs 0 maidens 2 wickets for 16 runs.

This was Brentwood's fifth consecutive league win and now they play Chelmsford on the 21st August 2006 with the CEDCB Division 'A' League title firmly in there sights. The team are already in the CEDCB Cup Final on the 3rd September 2006 after beating Billericay a day earlier.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB League Match Report 2006

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Friday 11th August 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 8 wickets)

Brentwood won the toss and decided to bowl.

Cloghams openers Buttleman and Abbott were not together long before Ed Allen had Abbott LBW for 0 and Cloghams were 13 for 1. Blackwell was the next batsman in for the away side but when the score was on 39 Ed Nation had Blackwell caught and bowled for 9. Houlder had only scored 4 when he was run out and Cloghams were 65 for 4. The next two batsmen Bartell and Abel-Smith were both bowled by Nation for 3 and 0 and the away side found themselves on a score of 77 for 5.

The only batsman that was troubling Brentwood was Buttleman but when he was finally bowled by Sam Rounce for 66 the home side began to think about victory. Brooke was then caught by Rounce bowled Harri Jones for 10 followed by Hebron who was stumped by wicket keeper Chris Stockwell bowled Jones for 8 and the score was now 121 for 8. Stiller was the next wicket to fall caught Rounce bowled Aaron West for 2 and the final wicket of Jones came soon after when he was caught by Ed Allen bowled Jones for 0. The not out batsman was Claisse for 1. Cloghams had scored 123 for 10 off 19.4 overs; there were 20 extras.

Brentwood openers Aaron West and Ed Nation did not have time to play themselves in before West was caught by wicket keeper Buttleman for 4 bowled Bertie Blackwell. Ed Allen joined Nation at the crease and between them put on a partnership of 83 runs before Allen was caught by Claisse bowled Houlder for 36. New batsman Harri Jones along with Ed Nation guided the home side to victory with Nation not out 54 and Jones not out 16. Brentwood had scored 126 for 2 off 16.3 overs; there were 16 extras. This win was Brentwood's 6th league victory in a row and the CEDCB Division 'A' title is now firmly in our sights.

In terms of match achievements Ed Nation (Brentwood) scored an unbeaten 54 runs hitting ten 4's in his innings and claiming 3 Cloghams wickets off 4 overs for 18 runs. Also Ed Allen (Brentwood) had another good knock of 36 runs. Whilst Harri Jones took 3 wickets off 3.4 overs bowling 1 maiden for 16 runs.

In terms of the away side young Buttleman hit a very good 66 hitting nine 4's in his innings.

Peter Lowman

U15's CEDCB League Match Report 2006

Venue: The Old County Ground
Date: Monday 21st August 2006

(Brentwood Colts U15's won by 78 runs)

Chelmsford won the toss and decided to bowl.

Brentwood openers Aaron West and Jack Turner put on a partnership of 40 runs before West was bowled by Akhtar for 28. New batsman Ed Allen joined Turner and between them pushed the score along to 131 for 1 before Turner was caught by Dewan bowled Shepherd for 32. The pair of them had put on a partnership of 91 runs.

Next in was James Boon but unfortunately some 4 runs later Allen was stumped by Dewan bowled Shepherd for 69. Allen had hit 3 sixes and 5 fours in his innings. With just one additional run on the score board Boon was caught by Riasat bowled Halsey for 2 and the home side were now 136 for 4.

Jack Denman joined Harri Jones and immediately went after the bowlers hitting 1 six and 1 four before being run out for 10. Unfortunately Jones came to the same fate and was run out for 0. Toby Robertson was the next batsman to falter when he was stumped by Dewan bowled Halsey for 1.The final wicket of the innings came when Joe Early was stumped by Dewan bowled Halsey for 0.

Brentwood closed there innings on 148 for 8 off 20 overs the not out batsman was Sam Rounce on 1. There were 5 extras and the remaining two players not required to bat were Adam Matthias and James Welham.

Chelmsford openers (A) Dewan and Panjwani started the innings cautiously and had put 24 runs on the score board before Panjwani was caught by Aaron West bowled Jack Turner for 6. New batsman Evers- Green had a short stay at the crease when he was run out for 2. The away side then managed to increase the score to 40 before they had a major batting collapse. Drain was the first to go when he was clean bowled by Boon for 6. Opener (A) Dewan was then caught by West bowled Rounce for 22, Sturland was then run out for 0, followed by Halsey who was caught by Allen bowled Harri Jones for 0. Chelmsford had gone from 29 for 3 to 40 for 6 and the writing was on the wall for the away side.

Trying to regroup and recover the away side did move there score on to 50 before batsman (D) Dewan was caught by James Boon bowled Rounce for 3. Shepherd went soon after when he was bowled by Jones for 7, and then young James Welham got in on the act when he bowled Wiley for 5. The last wicket fell when Akhtar was stumped by Robertson bowled Welham for 10 with the not out batsman being Riasat on 4.

Chelmsford had collapsed and finished on 70 for 10 off 16.4 overs there were 5 extras.

This victorious Brentwood side had finished there League season unbeaten with 7 straight wins and the CEDCB League Division 'A' title in the bag. Brentwood now go on to face Chelmsford in the CEDCB Cup Final on Sunday 3rd September 2006 to try and make it a magnificent League and Cup win double.

In terms of match achievements Jack Turner (Brentwood) scored a great 32 and took 1 wicket from 4 overs, 0 maidens for 19 runs. Ed Allen (Brentwood) scored 69 runs, smashing 3 sixes and 5 fours, sharing a partnership of 91 runs with Turner and Aaron West scored a handy 28 runs.

On the bowling front Harri Jones bowled 3 overs 1 maiden 2 wickets for 4 runs, Sam Rounce 3 overs, 1 maiden 2 wickets for 10 runs and James Welham 1.4 overs, 0 maidens, 2 wickets for 10 runs.

Brentwood team were Aaron West, Jack Turner, Ed Allen, James Boon, Harri Jones, Jack Denman, Sam Rounce, Toby Robertson, Joe Early, Adam Matthias, James Welham.

As U15's Team Manager I would like to take this opportunity to thank all concerned in making this League Season a very successful one for Brentwood Colts U15's, especially the coaching staff of Steve West, Dave Stockwell and Tony Jones along with Colts Secretary Jan West who organised, scored and umpired some of the games.

Finally a BIG THANK YOU to all of the lads that were in the squad and represented the U15's team.

You all deserve a commendation for your hard work and efforts.

Well Done!

Peter Lowman

Central Essex District Cricket Board Finals Day

U15's CEDCB League Cup Final Match Report 2006

Venue: Chelmer Park Ground
Date: Sunday 3rd September 2006

(Chelmsford Colts U15's won by 1 run)

Earlier in the day the Brentwood team had been presented with the CEDCB U15's Division 'A' League Championship and were now playing in the Cup Final to try and achieve a memorial Cup and League win double. Brentwood won the toss and decided to bowl.

Chelmsford openers Adil Dewan and Tom Halsey made a good start and had put 27 on the scoreboard before Dewan was caught and bowled spectacularly by Ed Allen for 17. New batsmen Dan Evans-Green joined Dewan but shortly after he was stumped by wicket keeper Aaron West bowled Matt Lowman for 0 and Chelmsford were 36 for 2. Stephen Drain and Dewan stabilised the innings for a short time but when the score was on 61 Drain was bowled by Chris Stockwell for 13 on his last ball of the over.

When Stockwell resumed bowling an over later he dispatched Anthony Holland LBW for 0 and completed his hat-trick by having Matt Mills stumped by West for 1. With only a further 3 runs scored Stockwell struck again getting opener Tom Halsey caught by Ross Phillips for 19. Chelmsford then moved on to 77 before Sam Rounce had Zain Panjwani caught by Ed Nation for 1. Two runs later a brilliant pick up by Rounce saw Lee Cranmer run out for 11 and shortly after Danish Dewan became Stockwell's 5th victim when Nation took his second catch of the match with the batsman out for 2.

With Chelmsford on 80 for 9 they needed a last wicket stand. Omar Raisat and Ijas Akhtar did just that pushing the score to 99 before Raisat was stumped by West bowled Turner for 12. Akhtar was the not out batsman on 2. Chelmsford had scored 99 for 10 off 17.4 overs, there were 21 extras.

Brentwood openers Aaron West and Ed Nation had only put on 17 when Nation was caught brilliantly by Panjwani for 2 bowled Akhtar. Shortly after this new batsman Ed Allen was caught by Cranmer bowled Holland for 2 followed by Jack Turner LBW bowled Holland for 0. Brentwood were now 24 for 3.

Matt Lowman joined West at the crease but with only a further six runs scored Lowman was bowled by Holland for 1. The next batsman in to join West was Chris Stockwell who had taken 5 wickets for 14 runs. Between them they pushed the score to 60 before West was run out for 33. Brentwood then sent in Ed Allen as a runner for Ross Phillips who was carrying an injury. Philips played a supporting role whilst Stockwell continued to play run scoring shots. The score had moved on to 94 before Phillips / Allen were deemed to be run out for 5. Jack Denman was then bowled by Evans-Green for 0 followed by Stockwell being run out for 34. Brentwood were now 96 for 8 and the pressure was telling.

Next to go was Sam Rounce bowled Evans-Green for 0.This left a nail biting finish, Brentwood needed 2 runs off the last ball to draw level with 99 runs, (this would have given them victory as they had lost one wicket less) or 3 runs off the final ball to claim out right victory.

Unfortunately for Brentwood Josh Brown was run out for 0 and the dream of the League and Cup double was over. The not out batsman was James Welham on 0. Brentwood's final score was 98 for 10 off 20 overs there were 21 extras.

Congratulations to Chelmsford on their win and to both teams for giving the many spectators at the Chelmsford Cricket Club a very exciting match to watch, which literally went down to the last ball.

In terms of match achievements 'Man of the Match' was Chris Stockwell (Brentwood) who bowled 4 overs, 1 maiden, 5 wickets for 14 runs and then went on to score 34 runs before being run out.

Other achievers were Anthony Holland (Chelmsford) who bowled 4 overs, 3 maidens, 3 wickets for 7 runs and Aaron West (Brentwood) who scored 33 runs.

Peter Lowman

2006 Season Under 15s CEDCB Colts League Division 'A' Fixtures

2006 Season Under 15s CEDCB Colts Cup Fixtures

Central Essex District Cricket Board (CEDCB) League Positions 2006

Division 'A'

Division 'B'

Division 'C'

Brentwood Colts Under 15's Batting Statistics

Brentwood Colts Under 15's Bowling Statistics

Brentwood Colts Under 15's Catching Statistics