Match Results 1981 – 2021
Overall
Played: 162
Won: 74
Drawn (or presumed drawn): 13
Lost: 74
In the 100th match The Indefatigables beat The Invincibles by 5 wickets.
Record number of appearances
NGH Manns: 136
Highest innings totals
CRG: 266 for 8 (40 overs) v. Whitchurch 2008
Opponents: 273 all out (35.3 overs) for Hambledon Village 2013
Lowest score for 10 or more wickets
CRG: 52 for 10 (12 a side) v. Ballyeighan (20 overs) 1986
CRG: 72 for 11 (12 a side) v. Kilrane 1986
Opponents: 51 all out for Argyll & Soho 1984
Largest victories and defeats
Victories
CRG beat Argyll & Soho by 138 runs, 1984
CRG beat Almeley by 9 wickets, 2004
Defeats
Worstead beat CRG by 100 runs, 1984
Newtown Linford Strollers beat CRG by 9 wickets, 1996
Whitchurch beat CRG by 10 wickets, 2004
Helme’s Vagabonds beat CRG by 119 runs, 2017
Almeley beat CRG by 10 wickets, 2017
In 1994 CRG played Whitchurch. Batting first, CRG made 205 all out in 43.2 overs. Whitchurch won by 8 wickets, passing the CRG score in 21.3 overs.
Highest match total – 476
CRG: 266 for 8 (40 overs), 2008
Whitchurch:210 for 8 (40 overs)
Draw with scores level
Helme’s Vagabonds 186 for 6 of 30 overs
CRG 186 for 4 off 29.5 overs
Narrowest victory
CRG beat Old Talbotians by 1 run in 1989
CRG beat Almeley by 1 wicket in 2022
Narrowest defeat
Lincoln’s Inn beat CRG by 1 wicket in 1984
Statistical Analysis (1981 – 2020)
Batting records
Qualification: 15 innings
Hundreds for CRG
O Vartan 139* v. Carthaginians 2022
D Reeve-Tucker 124* v. 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales 1997
J Turner 102 v. Almeley 2008
RM Gibson 101 v. Worstead 1993
RK Cawley 101* v. Whitchurch 1997
O Powell 101 v. Whitchurch 2008
O Powell 101 v. Almeley 2011
Hundreds against CRG
D Rowland 163 for Hambledon Village 2013
J Will 148* for Thatchers 1992
H Dettmer 141* for Hambledon Village 2015
S Robson 111* for Carthaginians 2021
B Owers 113 for Almeley 2008
H Scudamore 109 for J Helme’s All Stars 2000
P Martin 106 retired for Whitchurch 1996
A Neate 104 for Earl Spencer’s XI 2017
J Hacking 103 for J Helme’s All Stars 2014
Most runs scored off a single over by a CRG batsman
24 by RK Cawley off D Burt v. Whitchurch 1997
(J Powell scored 20 and O Powell 6 in an over bowled by T Jones v. Almeley in 2007)
Most runs conceded by a CRG bowler off a single over
29 by P Gallagher v. Almeley 2012
Most sixes in an innings by a CRG player
7 by J Turner v. Almeley 2008
Most sixes in an innings against CRG
12 by D Rowland for Hambledon 2013
Batsmen scoring more than 50% of total made when CRG all out
SMD Goodfellow 50 out of 77 for 7 (8 a side match) v. Lincoln’s Inn 1984
OD Wise 62 out of 118 all out v. Worstead 1996
O Powell 83 out of 158 all out v. Almeley 2012
Record partnerships for each wicket
Bowling records
Qualification: 15 wickets
Five wickets in an innings for CRG
Five wickets in an innings against CRG
Hat-tricks against CRG
W Rooney for Almeley in 2012
Internationally capped cricketers who have played against CRG
2015, 2016 Graeme Swann (England) (60 Tests, 79 ODIs, 39 T20Is)
2018 Richard Levi (South Africa) (13 T20Is)
Other club records suppressed by the Hon. Statistician
- Whether MJC Eriksson’s batting average is or was higher than his bowling average
- CRG bowler who has bowled the most wides
- CRG bowler who has bowled the most beamers
- Innings with the highest proportion of singles
- CRG players who have not gone on to play for England
- Nobel prize winners who would have played for CRG
- CRG batsmen who have scored 1,000 runs in May (Subbuteo)
- Most promising substitute (under 10 age group)
- Most decrepit cricket bag
- Largest bar bill at Glewstone Court
- Opposition umpire with weakest grasp of the Laws of Cricket
- Opposition team with weakest grasp of the Laws of Cricket
- Most inappropriate attire worn on the field of play
- Greatest number of gins consumed at tea
- CRG bowler who induced most dropped catches in one over
- CRG fielder who has dropped most catches
Club Officers
- Captain: NGH Manns
- Hon. Scorer: NS Ellis
- Hon. Statistician: OD Wise
- Chief Medical Officer: Dr J (Enoch) Powell
- Publisher Wisgin Cricketers’ Almanack: WNC Krarup