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

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
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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

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

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

Bowerchalke CC Fixture Card 1973

Sadly, this is the final fixture card of the old Bowerchalke CC, well at least that's what we thought! Update on 8th September: the final season may well have been in 1974 not 1973. Our Mum and Dad have spoken to Gordon Lampert who recalls winning the single wicket competition in...1974! And has the tankard to prove it! So that means that there is another fixture card out there somewhere too.

Compared to 1963 and 1965 there has been quite a bit of 'movement' in the opponents listed but one or two familiar names are still there (e.g. Great Durnford, Breamore and Wiltshire Queries) and a few 'new' ones too. It was good to note that Broadchalke CC was listed again (absent in 1965).

Additions include: St. Giles CC, Porton, Bishopdown, Fovant and Amesbury. Trinity College Cambridge is still listed and a Single Wicket Competion has been added on August 11th.

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 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

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