Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1957

Images of Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1957 Season

Notes On The 1957 Fixture Card

In this series of blog entries looking at Bowerchalke CC fixture cards we have moved on 20 years from pre-WW II (1937) to post WW II (1957). Again, Uncle David is the source for this fixture card and this time we believe he is the one who has updated the fixture card with results. No personal performances recorded but instead the match scores. Again, another great record and source of information. As you can see from the front of the fixture card David was the captain in 1957. The list of vice presidents includes some familiar names but in particular it is worth pointing out Cecil Beaton's name. He lived in the village of Broadchalke. There's some serious military connections as well with a captain, three majors and a Lt. Col. all listed as vice presidents of the club! Note also that Mr Beckley, the club secretary and treasurer, has a telephone number listed. The first time we've seen that!

Results of the 1957 Bowerchalke CC Season

• April 27th 1957 versus Hale (away) - lost. Hale 139 beat Bowerchalke 81 by 58 runs.
• May 4th 1957 versus Breamore (away) - draw. Bowerchalke 173-6 drew with Breamore 60-5*.
• May 11th 1957 versus South Newton (home) - won. Bowerchalke 70-3 beat South Newton 25 all out by 45 runs.
• May 18th 1957 versus Great Durnford (home) - lost. No scores recorded.
• May 25th 1957 versus Little Durnford (home) - won. No scores recorded.
• June 1st 1957 versus Winterbourne (home) - won. No scores recorded.
• June 8th 1957 versus Great Durnford (away) - draw. Great Durnford 258 drew with Bowerchalke 99-6.
• June 10th 1957 versus Poole Old Grammarians (home) - lost. No scores recorded.
• June 15th 1957 versus Amesbury (away) - won. Bowerchalke 92 beat Amesbury 48 by44 runs.
• June 22nd 1957 versus Breamore (home) - won. Bowerchalke 146 beat Breamore 89 by 67 runs*.
• June 24th 1957 versus Trinity College Cambridge (home) - lost. No scores recorded.
• June 29th 1957 versus South Wilts (home) - lost. No scores recorded.
• July 6th 1957 versus Porton Camp CC (away) -lost. No scores recorded.
• July 10th 1957 versus Martin (home 6PM) - won. No scores recorded.
• July 13th 1957 versus Hale (home) - won. Bowerchalke 109 beat Hale 42 by 67 runs.
• July 20th 1957 no fixture listed
• July 27th 1957 versus Fordingbridge (away) - no result recorded, wet.
• August 3rd 1957 versus Wiltshire Queries (home) - lost. Wiltshire Queries 210 beat Bowerchalke 120 by 90 runs.
• August 5th 1957 versus Bournemouth Wayfarers (home, 11:30) - won. Bowerchalke 204 beat Bournemouth Wayfarers 135 by 69 runs.
• August 10th 1957 versus South Newton (away) - no result recorded, wet.
• August 17th 1957 versus Little Durnford (away) - won. Bowerchalke 83 beat Little Durnford 44 by 39 runs.
• August 24th 1957 versus Fordingbridge (home) - won. Bowerchalke 133 beat Fordingbridge 111 by 22 runs.
• August 31st 1957 versus Porton Camp CC (home) - won. No scores recorded.
• September 7th 1957 versus South Wilts (away) - lost. No scores recorded.
• September 14th 1957 versus Winterbourne (away) - no result recorded, no reason given.

* = quite dificult to read, so think this is correct.

August 5th was a Monday, so assume this was the Summer Bank Holiday, hence the early start for the game against Bournemouth Wayfarers. As previously noted there were no Sunday fixtures, also no fixture listed for July 20th but there was a mid-week, evening fixture on Wednesday July 10th versus Martin. Also, Trinity College Cambridge are listed on Monday June 24th. This fixture, which became such a tradition, had clearly been established for quite some time, I wonder when the first match was?

Summary Of Bowerchalke CC's 1957 Season

There were 24 fixtures listed (14 at home) of which 3 had no result recorded (e.g. because of the wet weather). There were 2 draws, 11 wins and 8 defeats.

KeithG

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1937

Images Of Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1937
As with the fixture card from 1936, this was also in Uncle David's collection and was previously owned by Arthur Butler. Again, his personal scores and the overall match results have been recorded, which is great news for us as it provides yet another excellent record of this pre-WWII season.

Results From 1937
OK, as before here is a summary of the Bowerchalke CC results from the 1937 season:

• May 1st 1937 versus Radnor Hall (away) - lost
• May 8th 1937 versus Downton (away) - lost
• May 15th 1937 versus Cranbourne (away) - won
• May 17th 1937 versus Broadstone (home) - won
• May 22nd 1937 versus Hale (home) - no result recorded
• May 29th 1937 versus Poole Old Grammarians (home) - won
• June 5th 1937 versus Winterbourne (away) - won
• June 12th 1937 versus Porton Exp. Station (home) - lost
• June 19th 1937 versus Breamore (home) - draw
• June 26th 1937 versus South Wilts (home) - lost
• June 30th 1937 versus Bournemouth Amateurs - no result recorded
• July 3rd 1937 versus Cranbourne (home) - lost
• July 10th 1937 versus Downton (home) - won
• July 17th 1937 versus St. Paul's (home) - won
• July 24th 1937 versus Winterbourne (away) - lost
• July 31st 1937 versus Bournemouth Amateurs (home) - lost
• August 2nd 1937 versus L. Combes' XI (home) - lost
• August 7th 1937 versus Porton Exp. Station (away) - lost
• August 14th 1937 versus Hale (away) - won
• August 21st 1937 versus Downton (away) - won
• August 28th 1937 versus Bournemouth Amateurs (home) - won
• September 4th 1937 versus Wiltshire Queries (home) - draw
• September 11th 1937 versus St. Giles (away) - lost
• September 18th 1937 versus Breamore (home) - lost

Notes on the 1937 Season

Bowerchalke were originally scheduled to play against Bournemouth Amateurs three times in 1937, although only two were played, all at home! I wonder if The Amateurs had a home ground?

As you can see from the scribbles on the fixture card there was some moving about of some matches (i.e Downton away on August 21st replaced Breamore away but Breamore at home was added on September 18th).

Also, Bowerchalke travelled to Winterbourne twice during the season in June and July but didn't play them at home. Also, Downton were played three times, twice away.

The August 2nd fixture versus L.Combes XI appears for the second season in a row...but I wonder if this Bank Holiday fixture was always traditionally played on that day and if so who was L. Combes? Interestingly, the Spring Bank Holiday was on Monday the 17th in 1937.

Summary Of The 1937 Season

There were 24 fixtures in 1937 of which 14 were at home. Bowerchalke won 9 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 11 and there were 2 where no result was recorded.

Arthur's Season

Arthur Butler had another good season scoring 667 runs including two half-centuries (versus Breamore and Cranbourne) and one century (versus Bournemouth Amateurs) and three other scores in the 40s (versus Downton, Broadstone and L. Combes XI).

1937 Events

To find out more about world events in 1937 see here:

http://en.wikipedia.org.wiki/1937

KeithG

Bertie Buse Benefit Book 1953

In an earlier blog entry it was noted that Somerset CCC brought a team to play Bowerchalke CC, although the year wasn't clear. It was probably late 1940s / early 1950s.

That team included a lot of well-known players including, we believe, Bertie Buse. As promised in that blog entry here is a picture of the Bertie Buse Benefit Book from 1953.

If you look at the picture here and compare it to the Somerset CCC/Bowerchalke CC team picture Bertie looks to be situated in the middle row 3rd from the left. What do you think? Is that him?

KeithG

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1936

Images of the Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card for 1936


This fixture card was in a collection held by David Gulliver (our Uncle). We believe it was given to him by Arthur Butler. If you look on the front of the fixture card you can see that Arthur was the Vice Captain in 1936. Good news for us he was also very keen on recording the results and his own personal scores - a ready-made record! Brilliant! Arthur Butler is included in some of the team photographs we have previously shown.


Results From 1936
So, according to this fixture card here are Bowerchalke CC's results for the 1936 season (that's 73 years ago at the time of writing!):

• May 2nd 1936 versus Radnor Hall (away) lost
• May 9th 1936 versus Downton (away) lost
• May 16th 1936 versus St. Paul's (home) won
• May 23rd 1936 versus Hale (home) no result recorded
• May 26th 1936 versus Cranbourne (home) won
• May 30th 1936 versus Bournemouth Amateurs (home) won
• June 1st 1936 versus Broadstone (home) lost
• June 6th 1936 versus Winterbourne (home) won
• June 13th 1936 versus Bournemouth Amateurs (home) no result recorded
• June 20th 1936 versus Breamore (home) lost
• June 27th 1936 versus South Wilts (home) won
• July 4th 1936 versus Dunns Seeds (home) won
• July 11th 1936 versus Downton (home) lost
• July 18th 1936 versus Porton Exp'l. Stat. (home) no result recorded
• July 25th 1936 versus Winterbourne (away) no result recorded
• July 28th 1936 versus Cranbourne (away) won
• August 1st 1936 versus Pool Old Gramms. (home) won
• August 3rd 1936 versus L. Combes' XI (home) won
• August 8th 1936 versus Radnor Hall (home) won
• August 15th 1936 versus Hale (away) lost
• August 22nd 1936 versus Breamore (away) lost
• August 29th 1936 versus St. Paul's (home) won
• September 5th 1936 versus Queries (home) drawn
• September 12th 1936 versus Bemerton Sports (away) no result recorded

There are some familiar opposition teams in this fixture list, many still playing today (e.g. South Wilts, Hale, Cranbourne, Winterbourne and Breamore).

In addition there are some teams not previously seen (e.g. Dunns Seeds and L. Combes' XI). Was Porton Exp'l Stat. a forerunner of Porton Camp CC? Assume Queries are Wiltshire Queries. Not sure if South Wilts and Bemerton Sports are one and the same? It's interesting to note the teams who travelled to Bowerchalke from the Bournemouth and Poole area, not an easy trip I would imagine in 1936.

Monday August 3rd (L. Combes' XI home) was a national holiday in 1936 as was Monday June 1st (Broadstone home) earlier in the summer.

Note also that May 26th and July 28th were Tuesdays (Cranbourne home and away respectively). Why was that then?

As previously mentioned on this blog there are no Sunday fixtures listed.

1936 Season Summary

There were 24 fixtures listed, of which 17 were to be played at home (!). There were 5 fixtures with 'no result recorded', it's not clear if that's because the game was cancelled or because Arthur Butler didn't play in the match. The fact that four of the fixtures were scored out would suggest cancellation with perhaps Arthur missing out on the trip to the fifth (Bemerton Sports). Of those matches played, 11 were won, 7 were lost and there was 1 draw.

As can also be seen Arthur recorded 5 half-centuries and 1 century, totalling 638 runs and averaging 35.4 an excellent season!

1936 Events

For a list of world events happening in 1936 see this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936

KeithG

Where Have You Been?

Well, it's been a few weeks since the Memories of Bowerchalke Cricket Club blog was last updated...too long, especially as there's plenty of new material to share!

Excuses? None really, other than only having 24 hours in a day...

There has been some activity however! On May 7th 2009 the Bowerchalke Village Parish Council held a meeting and received an update on the progress with the new Chalke Valley Cricket Club ground in the village. In addition we were able to provide a few MS PP slides using some of the material from this blog (plus some other bits and pieces too) to show a little bit of the history of the old village cricket club. Feedback would suggest that this made a valuable contribution to the evening, which is great to hear. It's good to know that what we've gathered so far has already been put to good use.

Hope you enjoy the new material which we plan to post here in the next few days, some more fascinating insights into the history of Bowerchalke CC.

Enjoy!
KeithG and StuartG