1st XI – 2023 Season Report (Will Edwards) Overall, this was a very mixed season for the first team. Despite the lack of pre-season due to the weather, a sign of things to come, the team were well set to make a real challenge for top spot in the league. A wash out against Weybridge […]
2nd XI – 2023 Season Report (Dan Taylor) It’s very hard to sum up a season like this. At the start the aims of the team were to challenge for the title and be a tough side to play against. Then at the halfway stage things were looking bleak with us languishing at the bottom […]
3rd XI – 2023 Season Report (Dan Dickenson) All in all, 2023 season for the 3rd eleven was strong. Missing out to promotion to the premiership by just 6 points. The beauty of captaining this team is watching the incredible young talent we have at the club contribute to positive results. Of course, the reliable senior players that […]
4th XI – 2023 Season Report (Chris Burton) 2023 had its ups and downs for the Esher 4th team, finishing in 4th place in the league with 9 wins and 5 losses, wondering what may have been with a drier summer, having suffered 4 rained off fixtures and being 2 wins from our third promotion in a row. In […]
5th XI – 2023 Season report (Gareth Narinesingh) Esher 5s finished the Div 6 West 2023 season in 5th place out of 12 league teams, with 8 wins. This is a consistent performance with our 2022 season when we also finished 5th with 8 wins. Like 2022, we struggled with consistent availability in the first half of the […]
Following a 4th place finish in 2021, Esher’s highest for a number of years. The 1st X1 were hoping to improve on this position in 2022 and believed there may be an outside chance of challenging for the league title. As expected, with the return of a number of overseas players returning, the league was […]
Another solid 5th place finish probably does not tell the full story of the season for the second eleven. A team that would have finished joint top based on Overs cricket, but second bottom in overs cricket, probably needed to show more than just the dissatisfaction of the group in playing timed cricket. 5 centuries […]
The 3rd XI season this year was one for the books. Having been promoted there was an aspect of apprehension as to how we would fair in our new league. As ever the team has been made up of a great mix of both young and old with many youngsters making their adult cricket debuts. There […]
2021 saw the team secure the Div 5 East title in the 4th XI’s debut league season. After some geographical discussions with the league, we were promoted / moved to Div 4 West with the general consensus that it would greatly reduce journey times for those playing or transporting YCs around the county. In true Esher […]
It was a tale of two halves of the season for Esher’s first foray into 5th XI league cricket. Entering a new 5th XI into the Surrey Championship, only a season after launching a new 4th XI, was a bold move and testament to the enthusiasm of senior and junior membership throughout the club to make themselves […]
The ECB Surrey U19’s Trophy is notoriously difficult to win – in 2020 Esher went into the final having never won it and Andy McCallum captained the team to a historic win. The following year Jack Fletcher masterminded another victory in the final against Banstead at Normandy CC. This year was always going to be […]
It’s been thoroughly enjoyable looking after this Under 8 age group, especially as league matches against external opposition is introduced. To witness the sheer enjoyment of those playing cricket matches for the first time and their rapid progression over the course of the season has been a real privilege. U8 league cricket is 6-a-side pairs cricket […]
The U9’s had another strong year this year, with the step up to hard ball cricket. If success was based on participation alone, having 69 boys all playing Tier 1 hard ball cricket should be celebrated as an incredible achievement and really sets the boys up well for further challenges down the line. Entering 6 […]
A fantastic season for the U10s – 2 league wins and a cup final, but more importantly, a group of boys who enjoyed themselves, played the game in the right spirit and who really developed their skills and their learning of the game. Griffins, Unicorns, Phoenix We played in three tier 1 leagues and ended […]
63 boys, 6 league entries and 86 matches in total meant a busy and fruitful year for the Under 11s. Some experienced heads and new recruits saw competitive cricket at Tier 1 and Tier 2 level. Our rotation policy and wish to give all players valuable game time at Tier 1 level saw us competitive […]
Under 12 1st XI – Playing in the U13 SJCC Tier 1 as Esher U13 Eagles 6th in the league – mid table finish playing one year up beating 3 of the 5 teams ahead of us! A tough opening fixture against a strong Banstead team who stuck us into bat. Max C hit a swashbuckling […]
Under 13 Boys With 45 boys in the group and a lot less rain than last year, we were able to play 51 matches this season across 5 leagues and 3 cup entries. Whilst we always want to be competitive, the main aim was to give the boys as much opportunity as possible to learn, […]
Under 15 Boys The League season could not have got off to a better start for the Griffins when in late April on the main Square at New Road we managed to chase down Wimbledon’s score of 225 for 2 in 30 overs with our own score of 228 for 1 in 29.3 overs. Unfortunately, […]
U14 Griffins – League Matchplay in the U15 SJCC Tier 1 Off to a bad start in the U15 league having to concede the first fixture vs Horsley and Send due to lack of players, a theme for the season unfortunately. Our first game was against Ashtead, where we won the toss and elected to […]
In a busy week for holidays and back to school camps, we were delighted to have two Esher teams and six other clubs counting AJ Academy, Ashtead, East Molesey, Reigate Priory, Spencer and Wimbledon represented by over 60 girls aged 10-12. In Group B the Esher Dragons found it challenging against strong U12 teams from […]
