Mystics and Magicians Cricket Club
Alternative Club Records 1984-2011
M.M.C.C. - They have Pro's, we have Poetry
Most Ducks
D.Matravers - 20 in 45 innings
D.Shepherd - 12 in 26 innings
K.Barron - 12 in 33 innings
C.Squire - 11 in 56 innings
N.Hadley - 8 in 19 innings
M.Sharland - 8 in 85 innings
J.Thomson - 7 in 54 innings
P.Thomson - 6 in 27 innings
Most Not Outs
D.Chave - 26 in 87 innings
J.Thomson - 24 in 54 innings
S.Thomson - 14 in 77 innings
C.Healey - 13 in 65 innings
M.Sharland - 13 in 85 innings
C.Cook - 12 in 22 innings
P.Thomson - 10 in 27 innings
Favourite ways of getting out
M.Loades(jnr) - bowled 8 times in 12 completed innings (67%)
P.Thomson - caught 11 times in 17 completed innings (65%)
C.Healey - caught 33 times in 52 completed innings (63%)
D.Matravers - bowled 26 times in 43 completed innings (60%)
J.Thomson - bowled 18 times in 30 completed innings (60%)
C.Cook - caught 6 times in 10 completed innings (60%)
(note: those having fewer than 10 completed innings were omitted)
S.Thomson - run out 6 times in 63 completed innings
F.Dudbridge - run out 4 times in 23 completed innings
Big gap between batting and bowling averages
C.Cook 91.37
D.Chave 30.00
C.Healey 27.82
A.Stanyer 27.35
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A.Payne -45.67
G.Lenearth -49.00
M.Watts -55.00
D.Shepherd -92.08
Lowest individual Score never achieved
66
(C.Healey scored 58 - the previous lowest - against Lanhydrock 2011)
Lots of Matches, not many Catches
D.Matravers - 56 matches, 4 catches (7%)
D.Shepherd - 27 matches, 3 catches (11%)
N.Healey - 34 matches, 4 catches (12%)
S.Webb - 19 matches, 3 catches (16%)
B.Wendon - 23 matches, 4 catches (18%)
D.West (13) and F.Chave (8) have played the most matches for the
Mystics without taking a catch.
Youngest Debutants
F.Chave (8 years, 8 days) vs Saint Neot 2006
M.Cook (10 years, 199 days) vs Dollar 1993
S.Cook (10 years, 268 days) vs Plymtree 1999
10 or more consecutive Matches
S.Thomson - 11 (1984-1992)
M.Loades (jnr) - 11 (1993-1995)
S.Cook - 11 (2004-2005)
K.Barron - 10 (1993-1995)
D.Chave - 10 (1993-1995)
M.Sharland - 10 (1993-1995)
J.Thomson - 10 (1993-1995)
K.Barron - 10 (2001-2003)
C.Squire - 10 (2002-2004)
J.Thomson - 10 (2003-2004)
Most nought for somethings
J.Thomson - 34 in 96 bowling spells
K.Barron - 23 in 48 bowling spells
M.Miller - 23 in 65 bowling spells
S.Cook - 16 in 27 bowling spells
D.Chave - 15 in 50 bowling spells
M.Sharland - 15 in 45 bowling spells
C.Squire - 13 in 32 bowling spells
F.Dudbridge - 13 in 36 bowling spells
C.Healey - 13 in 55 bowling spells
M.Cook - 11 in 35 bowling spells
G.Sharland - 11 in 41 bowling spells
Worst strike rates (qualification: 20 overs)
A.Payne - 13.33 overs per wicket
J.Dudbridge - 13.00 overs per wicket
S.Cook - 7.94 overs per wicket
JC.Gray - 7.00 overs per wicket
P.Thomson - 6.75 overs per wicket
S.Webb - 6.47 overs per wicket
K.Barron - 6.37 overs per wicket
Most runs per over (qualification: 20 overs)
C.Rush - 5.90 runs per over
A.Borley - 5.69 runs per over
C.Squire - 5.66 runs per over
N.Hadley - 5.35 runs per over
The most expensive over bowled by a Mystic was delivered by A.Stanyer
in a Warwickshire league match. It went for 38.
The most expensive over bowled by a Mystic in a Mystics match was
delivered by C.Rush at Lanhydrock in 2004. It went for 23. M.Miller
ran him close with 22 at Clackmannan in 1997. J.Thomson was taken for
22 and 18 in successive overs against the Erratics in 2009.
Captaincy
J.Thomson - 40 games, 20 victories (50%)
M.Sharland - 16 games, 9 victories (56%)
C.Healey - 15 games, 8 victories (53%)
D.Chave - 10 games, 4 victories (40%)
Wicketkeeping
S.Thomson - 56 games (35 catches and 30 stumpings)
P.Thomson - 34 games ( 8 catches and 17 stumpings)
M.Sharland - 23 games (10 catches and 8 stumpings)
Thomsons, Thomsons everywhere
The first of only eight Mystics games without a Thomson was against
Broadclyst at Killerton House in 2001. Our Thomson-free record is:
won 4, drawn 3, lost 1
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