Bowerchalke CC Season 1969: The Knapman Cup

INTRODUCTION
In a previous blog entry we made reference to The Knapman Cup. This was a local cricket knockout competition in the Salisbury and District Area, twenty overs per side, played in midweek evenings. We believe it was organised by Farley CC as that is where The Semi-Finals and The Final were played (nice place to play). We'll need to find out a bit more about the history, we assume that it is still played for today but will try and confirm that somehow. Interestingly, both our Dad (for Bowerchalke and Bishopstone) and KeithG (for South Wilts) have actually played in winning teams! And that leads us nicely on to the 1969 season...

BUT WHAT HAPPENED IN 1968?
As already referenced in this blog, Bowerchalke was knocked out of The Knapman Cup in 1968 by South Wilts. We assume this was in the first round of the competition. The first attempt to play the game on the 14th June 1968 was abandoned because of rain after 9 overs with South Wilts 74-1. On the 24th June 1968 South Wilts made 121 for 6 and beat Bowerchalke (90-5) by 31 runs.

KNAPMAN CUP 1969
Interestingly in the 1968-69 scorebook the scorer highlighted the 1969 first round match as The Knapman Cup along the top of the page, presumably to draw a distinction between this game and the normal fixtures. However, s/he mistakenly started to write in Morrison Cup...and then scribbled it out. We know that our Dad also has a Morrison Cup winners trophy at home...so was The Knapman Cup its successor? All references we can find to The Morrison Cup on the Internet seem to relate to football not cricket. If you know anymore about this let us know, send an e-mail to bowerccmem@btinternet.com

First Round: Bowerchalke Versus Great Durnford played at Bowerchalke on 4th June 1969
Weather: sunny
Toss Won By: Great Durnford
Bowerchalke 112 for 9, C Down 31, D Gulliver 27, G Prince 10-0-53-7-7.57
Great Durnford 94 for 7, R Phillips 28 not out, B Stevens 10-1-49-5-9.8
Bowerchalke won by 18 runs
Bowerchalke team: C Down, T Barter, B Stevens, G Lampert, D Gulliver, A Syrett, R Clough, B Gulliver, D Petch, J Lord, M Lampert

Second Round: Bowerchalke Versus Farley played at Bowerchalke on DATE NOT SPECIFIED IN SCOREBOOK (between 28th June and 5th July 1968 the games before and after in the book)
Weather: sunny
Toss Won By: Bowerchalke
Bowerchalke 124-6, C Down 54 not out, D Gulliver 31, A Syrett 19 not out, C Fletcher 9-0-53-3-17.6
Farley 69-8, S Edwards 27, D Gulliver 10-0-33-4-8.25, B Stevens 9-1-24-3-8, C Down 1-0-9-1-9
Bowerchalke won by 55 runs
Bowerchalke team: P Salisbury, C Down, T Barter, G Lampert, B Stevens, D Gulliver, R Clough, A Syrett, B Gulliver, D Petch, M Lampert

Semi-Final: Bowerchalke Versus Whiteparish played at Farley on 14th July 1969
Weather: sunny / hazy
Toss Won By: NOT SPECIFIED
Whiteparish 106-6, J Rushton 19, C Cobern 22, P Cobern 22, B Ling 22 (there were four Coberns in the Whiteparish team!), D Gulliver 7-0-36-2-18, B Stevens 9-0-45-2-22.5, C Down 4-0-16-1-16
Bowerchalke 108-2 off 17 overs, P Salisbury 47 not out, C Down 20, G Lampert 38 not out, W Alford 6-0-29-1-29
Bowerchalke won by 8 wickets
Bowerchalke team: P Salisbury, C Down, T Barter, G Lampert, B Stevens, D Gulliver, A Syrett, R Clough, D Petch, J Lord, M Lampert
Bowerchalke

Final: Bowerchalke Versus South Wilts II played at Farley on 18th July 1969
Weather: fine
Toss Won By: South Wilts II
South Wilts II 95-9, M Heather 22, D Gulliver 10-0-32-7-4.57, B Stevens 10-0-51-2-25.5
Bowerchalke 99-1, P Salisbury 46 not out, C Down 23, T Barter 24 not out
Bowerchalke won by 9 wickets and win The Knapman Cup! Sweet revenge for defeat against South Wilts a year earlier.
Bowerchalke team: P Salisbury, C Down, T Barter, G Lampert, B Stevens, D Gulliver, A Syrett, R Clough, B Gulliver, D Petch, J Lord

Bowerchalke CC Season 1969 Season Summary

INTRODUCTION
As a follow-up to the blog entry on the 1968 season here is some information about the Bowerchalke CC season 1969.

MATCH SUMMARIES
Note: bowling analysis shows overs-maidens-runs-wickets-average runs per wicket. Scores of 50 or over and bowling 'fiver-fors' are highlighted in bold. The matches below do not include Bowerchalke's matches in the 1969 Knapman Cup (more of which another time!)

Bowerchalke CC versus Great Durnford 3rd May 1969 at Great Durnford
Weather: not specified
Bowerchalke 133 all out, T Barter 31, D Gulliver 27, R Clough 23, M Phillips 9-2-24-4-6, P Gosse 4.1-0-12-3-4
Great Durnford 118 all out, J Powell 24, M Phillips 28, M Hazzard 28, D Gulliver 17.4-2-51-7-7.28, G Lampert 9-2-20-2-10
Bowerchalke won by 15 runs

Bowerchalke CC versus Crown Chambers 17th May 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: dull
Bowerchalke 87 all out, T Barter 43 retired, Chandler 6-1-19-4-4.75, Wilson 5-1-19-2-9.5
Crown Chambers 52 all out (only 10 players listed), D Chandler 17 not out, D Gulliver 9.5-2-21-4-5.25, C Down 5-1-13-3-4.35
Bowerchalke won by 35 runs

Bowerchalke CC versus Great Durnford 25th May 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: too wet
Bowerchalke 53-3, G Lampert 29 not out, match abandoned after 16.4 overs
No result

Bowerchalke CC versus Trinity College Cambridge 31st May 1969 at Cambridge
Weather: dull
Trinity College 196-4, D Gibbs 33 RNR Jenkins 30 G Able 63 B Powell 51 not out, C Downs 17-4-50-2-25
Bowerchalke 146-9, T Barter 21, D Gulliver 43, Guernsey 20-10-30-5-6. Note C Moore batting at 10 scored a 5!
Match drawn

Bowerchalke CC versus Breamore 7th June 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: sunny
Bowerchalke 153-4, R Perry 40 not out, D Gulliver 51, S Hall 14-1-32-2-16
Breamore 129-6, P Marlow 43 not out, R Hall 22, D Gulliver 22-1-65-4-16.25
Match drawn

Bowerchalke CC versus Trinity Tom Tits 14th June 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: very hot / sunny
Trinity Tom Tits 173-7, EC Danziger 31, GG Able 22, BCH Powell 23 JLD Pearce 21 not out, S Tilley 12-1-44-3-14.66, G Lampert 5-0-23-2-11.5
Bowerchalke 110-9, D Gulliver 47 not out, DJ Gibson-Watt 15-9-27-3-9, TP Blenkin 10-3-39-4-9.75
Match drawn

Bowerchalke CC versus Amesbury 21st June 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: dull / overcast
Bowerchalke 159-7, T Barter 49 (run out!), G Lampert 34, D Gulliver 35, J Lord 17 not out, B Burrows 16-2-35-4-8.75
Amesbury 56 all out, B Burrows 14 not out, D Gulliver 16-7-23-5-4.6, G Lampert 7.5-3-15-4-3.75
Bowerchalke won by 103 runs

Bowerchalke CC versus Agrarians 28th June 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: sunny
Bowerchalke 151-9, P Salisbury 19, G Lampert 17, D Gulliver 24, C Harding 18, R Clough 36 not out, M Doggrell 21-4-58-4-14.5, M Miller 15-1-53-3-17.66, R Woodhouse 6-1-28-2-14
Agrarians 99 all out (only 10 players listed), M Tory 39 not out, D Gulliver 16.5-2-39-4-9.75, C Down 10-2-25-2-12.5, G Lampert 7-1-23-3-7.66
Bowerchalke won by 52 runs

Bowerchalke CC versus Little Durnford 5th July 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: sunny
Little Durnford 153, D Wilkins 33, D Cowley 25, P Grant 20, J Street 19, C Down 12-7-25-3-8.33, A Syrett 12-2-31-2-15.5, G Lampert 14-0-51-2-25.5
Bowerchalke 147-4, P Salisbury 50, C Down 36, G Lampert 33 retired hurt, R Reeves 19-3-51-3-17
Match drawn

Bowerchalke CC versus Fordingbridge 12th July 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: sunny
Fordingbridge 52 all out, C Down 12-6-16-5-3.2, G Lampert 11-1-30-5-6
Bowerchalke 53-1, C Down 13 not out, D Gulliver 32
Bowerchalke won by 9 wickets

Bowerchalke CC versus Amesbury 19th July 1969 at Amesbury
Weather: overcast / cloudy
Amesbury 70 all out, P Glover 18, D Gulliver 20-7-31-3-10.3, C Down 15-2-2-28-4-7, J Gillyland 5-1-5-3-1.6
Bowerchalke 68 all out (!), J Lord 19, D Petch 23, N Paynes 8-0-37-3-12.3, T Spreadbury 10-2-24-4-6, P Beattie 2.3-0-7-3-2.1
Bowerchalke lost by 2 runs

Bowerchalke CC versus Breamore 2nd August 1969 at Breamore
Weather: overcast
Bowerchalke 126 all out, T Barter 25, D Holmes 31, R Perry 19, P Marlow 13-2-39-3-13
Breamore 45 all out, D Young 18, D Gulliver 16-9-14-6-2.33, G Lampert 5.5-3-7-2-3.5
Bowerchalke won by 81 runs

Bowerchalke CC versus Fordingbridge 9th August 1969 at Fordingbridge
Weather: V. overcast / wet
Bowerchalke 155-3, T Barter 23, G Lampert 80 not out, D Gulliver 47 not out, L McShea 8-1-40-3-13.3
Fordingbridge 52-8, R Quantich 15 not out, D Gulliver 15-5-18-3-6, C Down 10-3-16-4-4
Match drawn

Bowerchalke CC versus Poole Old Grammarians 16th August 1969 at Bowerchalke
Weather: overcast
Bowerchalke 164-6, R Perry 26, G Lampert 83, D Gulliver 30, Thomas 2-0-20-2-10
Poole Old Grammarians 87 all out, Devon 18, D Gulliver 12.3-3-28-3-9.33, C Down 18-9-27-3-9, G Lampert 10-5-7-4-1.75, R Clough 4-0-4-1-4
Bowerchalke won by 77 runs

SEASON SUMMARY 1969
Matches played 18, won 11, drew 5, lost 1, no result 1

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES: BATTING (innings-not outs-total runs-highest score-average)
P Salisbury 6-2-167-47-41.75
G Lampert 14-5-369-83-41.00
D Gulliver 15-3-417-51-34.88
T Barter 15-2-271-49-20.83
R Clough 11-4-97-36-18.8
D Holmes 4-1-46-31-15.3
C Down 18-2-244-54*-15.25
R Perry 8-1-101-40*-14.43
B Gulliver 9-2-63-15-9.00
J Lord 9-2-55-19-7.85
C Harding 7-0-54-18-7.72

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES: BOWLING (overs-maidens-runs-wickets-average per wicket)
G Lampert 75.4-16-236-26-9.075
D Gulliver 216-48-532-53-10.035
C Down 155-36-379-32-11.85
B Stevens 38-2-169-12-14.075
R Clough 18-1-50-3-16.65
R Gulliver 15-0-56-1-56
S Tilley 12-1-44-3-14.4
A Syrett 12-2-31-2-15.5
P Syrett 3-1-6-1-6
J Gillyland 5-1-5-3-1.67

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES: FIELDING
G Lampert 6 catches
T Barter, D Petch* 5 catches
C Down, C Harding 4 catches
B Gulliver 3 catches
D Gulliver, J Lord, B Stevens 2 catches
R Clough, R Gulliver, A Syrett, D Tate 1 catch
M Lampert* 1 stumping
* wicket-keepers. D Petch was wicket-keeper in 14 matches, M Lampert in 4 matches

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Cards 1968 and 1969

A CLOSER LOOK AT 1968 AND 1969
You may be asking yourself: why take a closer look at these two years? Well, this week we obtained our first Bowerchalke CC scorebook which covers these two seasons! A brilliant find! Our Mum found it tucked away in an old storage box! We'll take a closer look at some of the matches in future blog entries. It will be interesting to see how the scorebook matches up with the fixture cards (e.g. extra games played).

Anyway, first of all here are the two fixture cards.

KeithG

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1961

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1961
Comments
This fixture card was in Uncle David's collection and has been annotated with the results of some of the matches played that season, although not all.

As you can see there are a number of scribbles in the fixture card to reflect changes to the schedule after publication.

As you can also see from the front cover David Gulliver was captain and Robin Gulliver was vice captain. Mr Beckly was secretary and treasurer and Mr Case was President. There are some familiar names in the list of vice-presidents again with some top military connections!

Having seen a number of these fixture cards now it would be worth creating some sort of club officers list at some point, need to give that some more thought.

Summary of results

If you look closely you can see a summary of Bowerchalke CC's 1961 season: won 13, lost 2 and drew 1. There are two games recorded as 'C' presumably for 'cancelled'. If this is complete and accurate this summary implies that quite a few games were cancelled or the result was not recorded for some reason, including the whole of August and September. This needs looking into.

• April 29th 1961 versus Hale (home) won
• May 6th 1961 versus South Newton (away) cancelled
• May 13th 1961 versus Great Durnford (away) won
• May 20th 1961 versus Broadchalke (away) won
• May 22nd 1961 versus Poole Old Grammarians (home) won
• May 27th 1961 versus Little Durnford (away) draw
• June 3rd 1961 versus Great Durnford (away) won
• June 10th 1961 versus Amesbury (away) cancelled
• June 17th 1961 versus Breamore (home) won
• June 19th 1961 versus Trinity College Cambridge "Tom Tits" (home) won
• June 24th 1961 versus Agrarians (home) lost
• June 25th 1961 versus South Newton (away) won, note this was a Sunday.
• DATE UNKNOWN versus Bere Regis (NOT KNOWN) won
• July 1st 1961 versus Breamore (away) won
• July 8th 1961 versus St. Pauls (NOT KNOWN) lost
• July 9th 1961 versus Farley (NOT KNOWN but probably away as a Sunday) won
• July 15th 1961 NO FIXTURE LISTED although I wonder if the fixture was the one above versus Bere Regis? It's one of the few 'gaps' in the fixture list so I guess it's possible.
• July 22nd 1961 versus Fordingbridge (away) won
• July 29th 1961 versus Wiltshire Queries (home) won
• August 5th 1961 versus Wiltshire Queries (NOT KNOWN) no result recorded
• August 7th 1961 versus Old Parkstonians (home) no result recorded
• August 12th 1961 versus Little Durnford (home) no result recorded
• August 19th 1961 versus Fordingbridge (home) no result recorded
• September 2nd 1961 versus Poole Old Grammarians (POG) (home) no result recorded
• September 9th 1961 versus Broadchalke (home) no result recorded

May 22nd and August 7th were Mondays, presumably Bank Holiday Mondays. June 19th was also a Monday.

KeithG

A Match In Progress At Bowerchalke CC In The 1960s

Our mum produced this photograph out-of-the-blue one day!

It's actually tiny in size and this is a blown-up version but it's come out really well, I hope you agree!

You can see the wonderful tree-lined field, a sitescreen, a heavy looking roller and to the right of the roller that's where Grandad Gulliver used to stand just before tea.

Note also the fence surrounding the playing area (remember the cricket field was in the middle of a working field on the farm).

The umpire's stooped stance is quite something, don't think you'll see much of that in village cricket today.

We don't recognise any of the players unfortunately but maybe you do or perhaps you have some photographs yourself that you'd like to share. If so drop us an e-mail at bowerccmem@btinternet.com

KeithG

Bowerchalke CC Batting & Bowling Averages 1962

Handwritten Notes
In amongst various papers we've received relating to Bowerchalke CC (e.g. letters) was this document from 1962 summarising the batting and bowling averages for the season. The two images shown below are of the back and front of the same piece of headed notepaper.

The headed notepaper is titled Manor Farm, Bowerchalke, Salisbury with two 3-digit telephone numbers listed (removed from image) linked to the Broadchalke exchange.


Unfortunately, we don't have a copy of the 1962 Fixture Card, which is a shame as it would have been nice to marry the two documents together. However, this document is still very interesting and has some useful information in it. Let's take a closer look.

1962 Season Summary
Bowerchalke CC played 20 matches in the 1962 season. They won 14, lost 3, drew 2 and 1 game was abandoned.

1962 Batting Averages
Here are the details for each batsman listed:

• D Gulliver, 14 innings, 399 runs, 5 not outs, average 44.3
• J Gulliver (or it could be T Gulliver), 7 innings, 209 runs, 1 not out, average 34.1
• Robin Gulliver, 16 innings, 394 runs, 3 not outs, average 30.3
• J Sedgwick, 5 innings, 100 runs, 1 not out, average 25.0
• Richard Gulliver, 15 innings, 282 runs, 2 not outs, average 21.7
• G Lampert, 5 innings, 77 runs, 1 not out, average 19.2
• R Newman, 8 innings, 107 runs, 0 not outs, average 13.3
• G Tate, 13 innings, 110 runs, 3 not outs, average 11.0
• C Down, 5 innings, 31 runs, 1 not out, average 7.7
• R Clough, 8 innings, 36 runs, 0 not outs, average 4.5

Also batted:

• T. Feather 15, 2, 2, 1
• G Newman 3*, 11, 1*, 6
• R Pope 4*, 0
• M Down 3, 3, 0
• H Hardimann 0, 0, 4
• R Fry 4, 0
• A Gulliver 0, 12*
• J Dawkins 2 (or it could be I Dawkins)
• J Barter 1 (or it could be T Barter)

1962 Bowling Averages

Here are the details for each bowler listed:

• Richard Gulliver 294 overs, 44 wickets at an average of 6.6
• J Sedgwick 73 overs, 9 wickets at an average of 8.1
• D Gulliver 455 overs, 40 wickets at an average of 11.3
• G Tate 268 overs, 23 wickets at an average of 11.66
• R Newman 280 overs, 24 wickets at an average of 11.67
• Robin Gulliver 176 overs, 10 wickets at an average of 17.6

Also bowled:

• I Feather (or it could be T Feather) 23 overs, 0 wickets
• G Newman 40 overs, 2 wickets

Interesting Points

There's some interesting things about this information, including:

• The club used at least 19 players in the season which for a small village is quite something
• David Gulliver bowled over 450 overs over 20 games, that's an average of more than 22 overs per game and we know that at least one of those was abandoned
• David also scored more runs than anyone else (399) and topped the batting averages!
• At least 5 Gullivers played during the season with Richard topping the bowling averages and Robin scoring nearly 400 runs just being pipped by David.
• There are some other familiar names listed too (e.g. George Tate, Gordon Lampert, Ron and Gerald Newman, Bob Fry, Tim Barter, Reggie Clough and Chris and Maurice Down).
• J Sedgwick is Jerry Sedgwick, we believe.

Do you remember anything about this 1962 season or any of the Bowerchalke CC players listed here? If so please let us know by sending an e-mail to: bowerccmem@btinternet.com we look forward to hearing from you.

KeithG

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1965

Looking at this fixture card and comparing it to the one from 1963 there are some similarities with local villages Great Durnford, Breamore, Little Durnford and Fordingbridge included again. Agrarians, Poole Old Grammarians, Old Parkstonians, Wiltshire Queries and Poole Municipal Sports are there too.

'New' opponents in 1965 are Reading Brewery (sadly at home), Ellingham (in The New Forest), Andover Banks and Godshill (also in the New Forest, hand-written in).

Interestingly, Broadchalke and South Newton have 'disappeared'...had League Cricket started in Salisbury by then perhaps?

Note that on 5th June Bowerchalke were playing Trinity College Cambridge (The "Tom Tits") away!

From our perspective it would be really great to hear from anyone at these cricket clubs who might still have scorebooks containing details of these matches. We'd love to hear from you, feel free to drop us an e-mail at: bowerccmem@btinternet.com

KeithG and StuartG

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1963

This is the earliest fixture card we have uncovered so far. As you can see there are some familiar village cricket club names on the list. For example, Hale, South Newton, Great Durnford, Broadchalke, Breamore, Fordingbridge and Little Durnford.

From our perspective it would be really great to hear from anyone at these village cricket clubs who might still have scorebooks containing details of these matches. We'd love to hear from you, feel free to drop us an e-mail at: bowerccmem@btinternet.com

There are also some other great sounding cricket clubs in the fxture list too: Poole Municipal Sports, Poole Old Grammarians, Trinity College Cambridge "Tom Tits", Agrarians, Wiltshire Queries, Whiteheads Sports, Woodstock Agricultural Research Centre and Old Parkstonians.

We'll need to take a closer look at the folded over piece of paper on the edge of the fixture card as that also looks like it has some matches listed on it!

KeithG and StuartG

Bowerchalke CC and Trinity College Cambridge (Trinity Tom Tits)

Our Mum & Dad had this photograph on display in their front room for many years, above the piano, so we're quite familiar with it although it's been hidden away recently. Over the Easter weekend it was found!

It's not clear which year this was taken but it looks like mid-1960s.

Unfortunately, there are no names on the back of the photograph but there are some recognisable faces amongst the Bowerchalke CC contingent, as follows according to M&D:

• Brian Gulliver (Dad! Back-row, 6th from left)
• Len Viney (Back-row, 7th from left)
• David Holmes (back-row, 8th from left)
• Chap with moustache (back-row, 10th from left played for Broadchalke but can't remember his name, sorry)
• Reggie Clough (back-row, 11th from left)
• Chris Downs (back-row, 12th from left)
• Is that Terry Gulliver? (back-row, 13th from left)
• Dorien Petch (back-row, 15th from left)
• John Lord (not sure which one is him, sorry)
• David Gulliver (front-row, 4th from left)
• Dr. Merriot (or Marriot?) is the chap in the cap, from Trinity College Cambridge

Can anyone help us fill in the gaps please, including the year? If you can drop us an e-mail at bowerccmem@btinternet.com many thanks!

KeithG and StuartG

Wow...

...what a fantastic Easter weekend it's been for this project! Just in time for the start of the new English cricket season! There is something poignant about that.

Like excited, small, rosy-cheeked, children on an Easter Egg Hunt we have a virtual basket-full of new information and material about Bowerchalke CC to share!

Just like those 'old fashioned' Easter Eggs we used to get in the 1970s (you know the ones with a small bag of sweets or chocolates inside the chocolate egg and without the indestructable plastic wrapping) we have had one or two fantastic surprises as well! What's more we are keeping our fingers crossed for some more to come, hopefully sometime next week...so keep watching this blog!

So, what have we received that's got us all excited?

• Some new photographs of Bowerchalke CC teams (and their opponents) going back as far as the 1920s!
• Some fixture cards from the 1960s and 1970s!
• The details of three matches Bowerchalke CC played against Coombe Bissett CC in 1938.
• And just as important in our view a few more stories and snippets of information about the individuals involved, those who actually played for and against Bowerchalke CC. It's amazing what memories are 'triggered' when you start to delve and what gets passed down from generation to generation through word-of-mouth.

We'll start posting the material here on this blog over the next day or so.

We hope you enjoy what we've discovered so far and hope there's more to come for us to share with you. Let us know if you have anything else to add to our virtual basket of Easter Eggs...we always were chocaholics at heart (or should that be cricket-a-holics).
KeithG and StuartG