Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1954

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It's amazing what people have tucked away! Again a member of our family has come up trumps with the 1954 Fixture Card...this was found in the same storage box as the 1968-69 scorebook. Thanks Mum! The good thing is that this card has been annotated, so we can take a closer look at the results for the 1954 season that have been recorded. We assume this was our Dad's fixture card, he would have been in his mid-late teens then. But it could have belonged to another member of the family.


The front cover shows that George Tate was the captain in the 1954 season and John Beckly was vice-captain. There are some familiar names listed as Vice-Presidents.


Now we've got a reasonably good collection of fixture cards it would be a good idea to start to pull together a list of club officers over the years. Something to work on...and more gaps identified to fill no doubt!


It's amazing how good a source of information the fixture card is for a whole host of things; the fact that people took it upon themselves to record some details about the matches as well says a lot.

BOWERCHALKE CC RESULTS 1954

• May 1st versus Hale (away) won (Bowerchalke 133-6, Hale 87 all out. The owner of the fixture card scored 16 not out).
• May 8th versus Breamore (away) lost (Breamore 67-8, Bowerchalke 47 all out)
• May 15th versus South Newton (home) match drawn (South Newton 170-6, Bowerchalke 70-9)
• May 22nd versus CDEE Porton (home) no result recorded
• May 29th versus Little Durnford (home) won (Little Durnford 23 all out, no Bowerchalke details recorded)
• June 5th versus Winterbourne (home) match drawn
• June 7th versus Poole Old Grammarians (home) match drawn
• June 12th versus CDEE Porton (away) match abandoned
• June 19th versus Trinity College Cambridge (home) lost (Bowerchalke 163 all out, Trinity College Cambridge 164-6)
• June 26th versus Breamore (home) won
• July 3rd versus South Wilts (home) won
• July 10th versus Winterbourne (away) won
• July 17th no match, Bowerchalke Flower Show
• July 24th versus Hale (home) lost
• July 31st versus Fordingbridge (away) lost
• August 2nd versus Tarrant Gunville (home) won (Tarrant Gunville 64 all out, no Bowerchalke details recorded)
• August 7th versus Wiltshire Queries no match details recorded
• August 14th no match listed
• August 21st versus Little Durnford (away) no match details recorded
• August 28th versus Agrarians (away) no match details recorded
• September 4th no match listed

SEASON SUMMARY

There were 18 matches listed in the fixture card including the one added on August 2nd. Bowerchalke won 6, lost 4 and 3 matches were drawn. In addition 1 match was listed as abandoned and 4 have no match details recorded.

It's good to see that the Trinity College Cambridge game was played in 1954, this was clearly a long-standing fixture. This is the earliest listing we have come across (so far) for this fixture.

Note also there was no game on the 17th July because of the Flower Show (Dad believes the cricket field was used for the show). If you know anymore about the fixtures with missing details or anymore about the Flower Show let us know, send an e-mail to bowerccmem@btinternet.com we'd love to hear from you.

KeithG