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