HISTORY AND RECORDS OF SELSDON CRICKET CLUB

The Establishment of the Club (1927-28)

Selsdon Cricket Club was formed on 28 February 1927 at Costain's Estate Office in Selsdon. Sir Richard Costain was the Club's first president. 1927 may not sound all that long ago compared with clubs who have traced their past back to the eighteenth century, but it is still three generations away. England's batting at the time was being opened by Hobbs and Sutcliffe, her bowling by Larwood and Tate.

The reason why the club is not older is because Selsdon, lying four miles south-east of Croydon in Surrey, was open country and virtually uninhabited right up to the 1920s when Costain's decided to develop the area. History is more evident in neighbouring parts. Selsdon Park, always an entirely separate entity and now famous for its hotel, was occupied by the Saxons who provided the name Selesdún (seles meaning "seat" or "mansion"; dún meaning "hill" - mansion on the hill). Nearby Croham saw Stone Age and Roman settlement.

Selsdon Cricket Club's first home matches were played the other side of Selsdon Park, at Sanderstead Recreation Ground. The 1927 season saw nine games won, five lost and one drawn, a promising start. Thinking big, the club acquired a private ground in 1928 on the corner of Arkwright Road and Upper Selsdon Road, facing Croham Hurst, but members were unable to maintain it. Two matches were won and four lost in May and June, then the club fell apart and the rest of the season's fixtures were cancelled. Most of the best players joined Sanderstead Hill (now Sanderstead), who played at Sanderstead Recreation Ground where Selsdon herself had been based the year before. The most successful of these had been fast bowler Alf Shearing, who took 111 wickets in only 21 matches at a measly 4 runs apiece, a career average unlikely to be equalled. Had the club not been so ambitious so early on, it is probable they would have hung on to their best cricketers and our history might have been very different.

Progress Curtailed (1929-40)

A much weaker Selsdon reconvened in 1929. After a couple of games the private ground was abandoned, and the club returned to Sanderstead Rec before settling in 1930 at Selsdon Recreation Ground, off Old Farleigh Road, where a square had just been laid. Previously known as Joan's Hole after an old owner and the large wooded pit at one side, this was to be home for 55 years.

Less than half Selsdon's opponents from this time survive as clubs today: Addington, Addiscombe, Blindley Heath and the second teams of Croydon MOs, Old Whitgiftians and Wallington. Clubs all over the south east of England have disappeared at an alarming rate, a warning against complacency.

What was it really like turning out for Selsdon in the twenties and thirties? Saturday morning would invariably be spent at work. Then one relied on a combination of bus, train and tram to get to the ground on time. It is still almost certain that players were late less often then than they are now! Sunday play was frowned upon and rarely scheduled, leaving an average season of twenty-odd matches. Members all lived in or around Selsdon (now despite a population of several thousand only a handful do) and fixtures fell within a ten-mile radius.

At village level - and Selsdon as noted was no more than a village in those days - scoring was low. There were several reasons for this. The first was rough, underprepared pitches and overgrown outfields. Local newspapers of the time publish regular correspondence between various clubs and Croydon Council concerning the poor condition of grounds. Another factor was that without television there were no universal models on which to base batting technique. Schools may have played proportionally more cricket than now but much of the coaching on offer was pretty rudimentary. Also, people simply had fewer things to do on a Saturday summer's afternoon. Players of limited ability, who would never be seen anywhere near a cricket ground today, regularly occupied the lower order and seldom made any runs. A total of 100 would win most village matches and few games were drawn, several finishing around teatime. When this happened the game would sometimes continue on a two-innings basis, retaining its sense of purpose to the end, unlike the fatuous "beer match". In 1928 Selsdon were dismissed for totals of 58 and 40 in a two-innings match against Addington, yet still won comfortably by 32 runs.

Reflecting the harsher economic climate of the inter-war period, cricket was played hard without undue concern about giving everyone a game. It was quite common for the same two bowlers to operate throughout the innings, and in any case a bat was more or less guaranteed. The game provided as much enjoyment as today with, if anything, a greater sense of participation and teamwork - despite the fact that leagues, after-match curry and overseas tours were as far away as the moon.

Selsdon held her own before the war in terms of runs and wickets, but results overall were moderate. Apart from the first season of 1927, 1938 was the only year in which more games were won than lost. That year also brought the club's only pre-war century, scored by an occasional player A Covill. Ace wicket-keeper Jack Waddington and a promising youngster, Jack Blunden, almost followed suit with scores of 96. 1938 marked too the first instance of a Selsdon bowler taking 100 wickets in a season. Eric Cass was an excellent left-arm spinner and the key figure during the years immediately preceding the war. He remained closely associated with the club, and a valuable source of information and down-to-earth advice, for fully fifty years until his death in 1985.

The other main bowlers of the period were seamers W Fowler, L Clark and A Willson, and spinners G Morris, E Harris and S Davis. Few forenames survive from those more formal days. The most consistent runscorers were Ronald Tripp and P Wilson, while Harold McIlroy and J Parrott were competent wicket-keepers.

The hot dream-like summer of 1940 supported cricket for most of the duration until the "phoney war" turned suddenly into a real one. This soon became painfully evident to Selsdon members when both Clark and Jack Blunden were killed in action during the Battle of Britain.

It is a little curious that not one member who appeared for the club during its first year in 1927 was still playing in 1940. The man best representing the pre-war era is Ronald Tripp, who scored over four thousand runs between 1929 and 1940 as well as holding the positions of captain, chairman and president.

Post-War Success and Expansion (1947-55)

When Selsdon Cricket Club reformed in 1947, much had disappeared never to return. Of pre-war fixtures only Addington and Sanderstead Crusaders remained. And of pre-war members only Eric Cass was to appear on a regular basis, forming a devastating pairing with Arthur Tonks, an off-spinner matured by years in the Durham leagues. These two, backed up by prehensile close catching, proved too good for most opponents in the late forties, enabling the club to win a still-unequalled proportion of games without solving the traditional problem of scoring runs. It is difficult to comprehend now that although not a single individual fifty was registered in 1947, still victories managed to outnumber defeats by more than two to one. These were halcyon days for sport, and membership thrived to the extent that a Second Eleven was set up in 1949, closely followed by a Sunday side in 1950 when Tonks took 123 wickets. In any argument about Selsdon's best-ever bowler, Tonks would probably receive most support. The post-war era can be seen to come to an end with his last full season in 1955. Tonks's chief ally during the latter part of his career was Bernie Belli, a very accurate medium-pacer who in 1955 took a hundred wickets for the first time in three.

Golden Years (1956-66)

By now the first signs were appearing that the balance between bat and ball was shifting away from dominance of the latter. The club, as noted, had always been much stronger in bowling than batting, the poor standard of many pitches, including Selsdon Recreation Ground, accentuating this. Now more money was available to improve wickets and Selsdon was acquiring the batsmen to take advantage.

Peter Noakes had already established himself as a fine all-rounder, as well as a first-rate captain of the old school, and the emergence of outstanding batsmen in Arthur Nichols, David Gibbs, Colin Bowles, Jim Brewer and Paul Hooper, who between them scored 27 centuries for the club, heralded an era of success that was to last ten years. Contemporaries thought Nichols the best, even if he could not hit the ball as far as Gibbs or calculate quite as unerringly as Hooper, whose career average of 43.05 is still the second highest of any Selsdon player. Nichols, Gibbs and Brewer enjoyed also many triumphs with the ball, and Bowles was a superb wicket-keeper, standing up to virtually everything and drawing favourable comparison with Jack Waddington. He and Noakes were the first batsmen, and the only ones until the mid-1980s, to complete career aggregates of ten thousand runs.

The First Eleven's attack during these years was led capably first by Belli, then by Edric Churchley, a lively and accurate fast bowler and fine fielder. Only Tonks has managed better match analysis than Edric and exceeded his four hat-tricks, and when making an occasional re-appearance in his fifties, he still generated as much pace off the pitch as anyone. Support came mainly in the form of more seam bowling, backed latterly by the off-spin of Ray Bishop.

Some would say that Selsdon played its best cricket during this era, competing successfully against strong opposition on good pitches. The status of smaller clubs had yet to be eroded by the coming of the leagues.

From its inception in 1949 the Second Eleven had generally been a better bowling than batting side without quite matching the success of the First Team. Harry Jordan notched a couple of centuries but it was the bowlers who carried the side. Medium-pacers Don Davis, Jack Turnbull, Ron Prior and Stan Twaites took hundreds of wickets, variety later being provided by Stan Smith's off-breaks.

Decline (1967-73)
Between 1967 and 1973 both sides went into decline, marking the end of the old regime. It was apparent to the present writer, joining at the time, that the previous single-mindedness on the field - now known as competitiveness - was gradually disappearing. It was as much a question of approach as of quantifiable results, though the two were clearly linked.

Bowles and Churchley were still going strong, joined on Sundays by a batsman of class in Richard Noakes, and several others responded manfully to increased responsibility: Mike Prew, a hard-hitting batsman and excellent outfielder; seam-bowling all-rounders Alan Staples, Dennis Fleming and John Adams; and new arrival Peter Wann, another all-rounder, who bowled left-arm spin out of the back of the hand. Then during the early 1970s the remainder of the generation which had kept the club going through the fifties and sixties moved on, either to pastures new or into retirement. With newly-formed leagues in Surrey and Kent enticing away prospective new members, replacements were not easy to find.

The Annual General Meeting at the end of the 1973 season recognised that the club's very existence was in the balance and that a new start would have to be made. The Second Eleven was disbanded and everybody urged to look for new players.

Struggle for Survival (1974-77)

Selsdon continued to struggle for the next four years, largely indebted to Peter Wann's all-round performances. In 1977 the Club celebrated its 50th anniversary, George Langton producing a carefully researched history. A reunion dinner was well attended, as was a game between current and former players. Looking back, this match retains a certain symbolism, the Old Boys establishing the upper hand but the young side holding on for a draw; to fight another day. The season ended with Selsdon's first ever tour - to the channel island of Alderney. A new era had begun.

Revival, Tours and League Cricket (1978-85)

The period between 1978 and 1985 was a significant one in the history of Selsdon Cricket Club. Standards of twenty years before were revived and the Second Eleven re-instated; several records fell; a league was set up; tours became a regular feature; and in 1985 the club said goodbye to Selsdon Recreation Ground, its base for 55 years, and moved home.

The travel bug caught on quickly, most seasons featuring not one tour but two. A week-long excursion to East Kent, the West Country or, on one occasion, the Channel Islands, would be complemented, sometimes as late as October, by a weekend trip to Alderney. John Arlott watched one of the club's matches against the islanders before inviting the team back to his house. The number of fixtures in a season thus increased, making the breaking of records a shade easier.

Five members in particular laid the foundations of formidable career aggregates. Chris Churchley (Edric's younger brother), Marcus Robertson, Deo Shivmangal, Stuart Hardie and Peter Hartland all passed ten thousand runs. The first three, secure against pace and successful attackers on bad wickets, are among the four heaviest scorers in Selsdon's history. Robertson has now exceeded the 30,000 mark. Left-hander Churchley has registered one thousand runs in a season no fewer than sixteen times. Robertson has done it on fourteen occasions, and his twenty-five centuries are a record, followed by the nineteen of Deo Shivmangal who is responsible for the highest season aggregate (1705). Churchley and Robertson share 27 three-figure partnerships, mostly for the first wicket. No other pair registers ten. Peter Hartland has over fifteen hundred wickets, and completed the double of a thousand runs and a hundred wickets in a season three times. Furthermore, Churchley has held most outfield catches, many brilliant, and Robertson effected most wicket-keeping dismissals, where Hardie lies third behind Colin Bowles. Shivmangal's leg-breaks have also claimed their fair share of wickets.

Other key players from this time were batsmen Al Nawrocki and Ian Bowman, a scintillating strokemaker; off-spinner Andy Hartland and seamer Ernest Shivmangal, who are both among the seven bowlers to have taken a hundred wickets in a season; further seamers Colin Wilkie, Grahame May and Steve Cunnah; and short-leg specialist Peter Armfield whose five catches in an innings remain unmatched.

Having re-asserted itself, the club now looked to more formal competition; a means of measuring against others. In 1982 Selsdon was one of three founder members of the SCS Business Systems League, the others being Cudham Wyse and Locksbottom. They were joined the following year by Biggin Hill and Knockholt; in 1984 by Farnborough; and in 1989 by Halstead: giving 7 teams and 12 matches per season. Enthusiasm then began to wane, however, and the League, having served its purpose and run its course, was wound up at the end of 1992. Matches were of 40 overs per side, the team scoring most runs winning, with bonus points available for runs and wickets. Selsdon proved the most consistent side overall, winning the league three times - in 1983, 1991 and 1992 - and finishing second on a further five occasions. In 1983 the medals were presented by New Zealand captain Geoff Howarth.

The distinguishing feature of these years was not so much statistical, impressive though the statistics were, as social. The development of a less competitive approach on the field has already been mentioned. During the 1980s it continued to thrive in a tolerant multi-racial environment which accepted mixed abilities to the extent that giving everyone a game became more important than winning. Eric Cass used to say that the captain's responsibility started and finished with winning the game; that nothing else mattered. Captaincy must have been a lot simpler in those days. Jack Robinson told how he had to spend an entire post-war summer in the evening nets before being allowed to play. The young and not-so-young of today, with a range of alternative entertainment at their fingertips, no longer display the same patience.

1985 saw a major break when the Club decided to transfer its base from a rapidly-deteriorating Old Farleigh Recreation Ground to Lloyd Park, South Croydon.

Moving Home (1986-90)

An already-adequate batting line-up was bolstered by players such as Bob Garner, Trevor Cardew, Mike Bantick, Peter Clarke and David Wann, all of whom made hundreds. The main concern now was keeping opponents within bounds and it was as well that three canny, experienced seam bowlers - Alan Hale, Chris Anzani and Ian Kelly - joined around this time. Hale was particularly effective in the league, while Kelly proved an invaluable long-term mainstay and has now taken a thousand wickets. Good balance was provided by John Maguire's off-breaks, and by the occasional appearance of lightning-quick Pradeep Sunderam, the only man to take all ten wickets in an Indian domestic first-class innings. Other notables to make a one-off appearance for Selsdon were Marcus Rose, then an England rugby international, and well-known journalist Andrew Neil.

Integration with Warlingham Rugby Club (1991-1997)

Lloyd Park turned out to be just a temporary solution as members soon grew tired of playing in the middle of a crowded public area, and in 1991 Selsdon Cricket Club became a constituent section of Warlingham Rugby Club, sharing its excellent private facilities and acquiring exclusive use of the cricket ground there.

Significant developments followed. Entry into the more formal Surrey Cricket League; tours to the West Indies and Australia; two sides out regularly on both Saturday and Sunday; and, most important of all, a new generation to carry the club forward on the field. Prominent in this were the sons of the late, much-loved president Bonie Shivmangal: Roy, one of Selsdon's fastest bowlers; Ken, a brilliant attacking batsman on his day and useful wicket-keeper; and David, a high-class all-rounder with over twenty thousand runs and seventeen hundred wickets now to his name. He is now the club’s leading wicket-taker. In all, thirteen members of the Shivmangal family have represented the club.

Others to make their mark were Keith Exton, whose patience and technique elevated him to fifth place in the all-time career batting averages; Keith Hermanstein, an accurate leg-spinner and fine fielder; the Smith brothers: Kieron, a powerful hitter and First Team league captain, and Lee, leader of a four-pronged attack including Hermanstein, David Shivmangal and Anuj Malhotra, that held its own at every level of the Surrey Cricket League. Further talented batsmen were Graeme Ford, Jamie Lamb and Eddie Stovell. The Second Team was well served by skippers Martyn Mance, Trevor Loftus, Dev and Anuj Malhotra. Also by Michell Kanhai, Simon May, Richard Mumford, Bill Dinning, Simon Turner and Ed Shivmangal amongst others.

In 1994 the club entered the Slazenger Surrey Cricket League Division 4, winning it easily, then carried off the Division 3 title the following year with a hundred per cent record, our fourth successive championship. In 1996 Selsdon finished sixth in Division 2 and reached the semi-final of the League Cup, then went back to winning ways the following year, claiming the Division 2 championship. The key success factor more often than not during the 1990s was a capacity right down the order for putting quick runs on the board.

New ground was broken in 1994 with an ambitious trip to Guyana and Trinidad where half a dozen matches were played against formidable local opponents. Trinidad provided a first taste of participation in day/night cricket, complete with white ball and lights. In 1997 a 70th anniversary dinner was held, the guest speaker being broadcaster and journalist Henry Blofeld.

Selsdon's most notable achievement during the 1990s was to satisfy the need of a growing membership for cheerful social cricket while generating a similar proportion of First Team victories and defeats. The Second Team was not quite as successful but, free until 1997 of the imperatives of building a league side and collecting points, its priorities were different.

Tough at the Top (1998-2005)

In many leagues the biggest gap is between first and second divisions, and the club has found this to be the case in a competition where there is no limit on overseas players. The League’s sponsors changed from Slazenger to Kookaburra/Fordham and then to AJ Sports and Ram. In 1998 Selsdon suffered relegation after just one season in the top flight, finding it particularly difficult to score enough runs. The see-saw continued in 1999 as a tremendous surge of form at the end of the campaign clinched the third promotion slot from Division 2. Selsdon defeated her closest rivals by eight runs on the last day of the league programme, the kind of cliffhanging stuff which is one of the great strengths of league cricket. In 2000 an excellent fourth place in Division 1, which was graced by the odd county player, marked the club's most notable achievement to date in formal competition. Our raised status was further confirmed by the selection of both David Shivmangal and Amar Singh for the Kookaburra Fordham League representative side. Jeffrey Douglas was called up three years later. Singh's return to Guyana, however, contributed to a loss of momentum, and relegation was only avoided in 2001 because other clubs left the league. The following year Selsdon went down, but with a considerably enhanced profile and reputation having spent four years in the tough top division. In 2005 the side returned for one season to a new elite eight-team Premier Division. Amar Singh and the Jamaican Douglas emulated Paul Hooper by leaving Selsdon with averages over forty, Douglas scoring the club’s first double century. The club was also pleased to welcome two Australian imports Mike Levin and Adrian Melillo, the Cummins brothers and Eric Clemming from West Indies, and Indians Amit Arora and Arvind Gerald. With league cricket every Saturday much of the old competitiveness returned.

The Second Team joined Division 5 in 1997, and finished twelfth, sixth, then fourth three years running, before claiming the title in 2002 when over half our opponents were bowled out for under ninety. Surrey and England batsman Graham Thorpe presented the trophy. In 2005 the team gained a further promotion to the third division, where they found the going difficult. At the end of the 2009 season, with the club’s overall playing strength clearly in decline, the decision was taken to withdraw the Seconds from the league. For all but their final season they had been led conscientiously through thick and thin by Paul Miller. Iain Cardew and Samir Acharya took several opposing attacks apart, while Ian Kelly and Tony Kossinne capably shouldered most of the bowling. Other regular consistent performers included Marcus Robertson, Dev Malhotra, Roy Carter and wicket-keepers Matt Churchley and Chris Wake.

Rebuilding (2006-15)

In 2000 the club had gone back to fielding one team on a Sunday. Friendly matches still produce fun and decent cricket but sometimes take a back seat. It is important they do not become devalued since they remain a valuable vehicle for bringing on younger players, and retaining older ones. Youngsters such as Lennie Miller, Howard Smith, Charlie Robertson, Mike Parry, Martin Bruce, and, more recently, Jon Ould, Jack and Charlie Dinning, and Adam and Mark Cunnah, particularly benefited from regular Sunday cricket. A colts section, set up and expertly managed by Peter Armfield and Ian Roberts, ran between 2006 and 2008, recording several notable successes in leagues and cups at various age groups. One of the colts, Jon Coles, hit two centuries for the adults, matching his father Roger. Younger brother Jack has proved an effective seam bowler in the league. Matthew Winter registered a league hundred and Jack Dinning struck 180, including twelve sixes, against Alderney. Another talented young player, Fraser Clarke, also reached three figures.

During the past twenty years, scoring has been higher than at any time in the club's history, averaging over twenty runs per wicket. One run scored in 1930 had three times the value of a run in the twenty-first century. By the same token bowlers now have to work three times as hard for their wickets. There has been further improvement in the pitches on which Selsdon play. Also a progressive strengthening in depth of the club's batting in relation to its bowling - a reversal of previous trends. No fewer than eleven of those playing in 2016 have hit centuries at one or time or another for Selsdon. Small wonder the captain's trickiest and most contentious task nowadays is sorting out the batting order.

In January 2003 Selsdon embarked on another faraway tour, this time to Australia. Seven matches were played of which two were won. As in the West Indies nine years earlier, opponents gave no quarter. Former Test fast bowler Geoff Lawson turned out in one game. Against Cricketers Club New South Wales, David Shivmangal claimed six wickets then struck 128 out of the tourists’ 201 all out. The club returned to Australia in 2006 winning three games out of seven. Since the turn of the millennium David Shivmangal has been the leading runscorer, wicket-taker and catcher, as well as spending eight years as captain. A true all-rounder. In 2009 he completed the double.

Following five years of indifferent playing results, a new committee led by chairman Simon Jeff took over in 2011. Improvement was immediate as the club won 31 matches. Under captain Arvind Gerald, Selsdon headed the Surrey Cricket League’s third division by winning fourteen games and losing only one. The following year the club won the second division, earning another opportunity in the top flight, where a creditable fifth place was achieved in 2013. The next two seasons saw successive relegations. Steve Cunnah took over as chairman in 2014.

Amalgamation with Southern Railway and Kenley CC (2016)

After the 2015 season Selsdon resigned from the Surrey Cricket League, left the home ground at Warlingham Rugby Club and joined forces with Southern Railway and Kenley CC in the Fuller's Brewery Surrey County League. The latter club renamed itself Southern Railway, Kenley and Selsdon CC, with all league and cup matches being played under the name of that club. Selsdon CC continued under its own name for friendly matches only during 2016. Full amalgamation took place on 15 November 2016, when all cricket transferred to Southern Railway, Kenley and Selsdon CC.

MAIN RECORDS 1927-2016

TEAM RECORDS

Results Summary

Played Won Lost Drawn Tied

1927-29: 36 14 19 3 0
1930-39: 224 87 128 9 0
1940;1947-49: 88 54 26 7 1
1950-59: 591 254 215 117 5
1960-69: 557 192 197 167 1
1970-79: 471 136 208 126 1
1980-89: 719 273 272 169 5
1990-99: 758 275 280 200 3
2000-09: 583 213 309 58 3
2010-16: 322 130 153 39 0

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Total: 4349 1628 1807 895 19

Most Wins in Season

37 in 1995

Highest and Lowest Totals

Highest Total For: 406-3 v St Luke's A, 2001
Highest Total Against: 383-6 by Bec Old Boys, 2009
Lowest Total For: 5 v Cane Hill, 1951
Lowest Total Against: 6 by Malvern, 1950

Most Appearances

1226 David Shivmangal (1984-2016)
1187 Marcus Robertson (1977-2016)
1133 Chris Churchley (1972-2016)
894 Deo Shivmangal (1975-2016)
848 Ian Kelly (1985-2015)
838 Peter Hartland (1969-2015)
826 Kenny Shivmangal (1980-2016)
646 Peter Noakes (1949-73)
633 Colin Bowles (1950-87)
627 Stuart Hardie (1971-96)
610 Martyn Mance (1975-2006)
501 Mike Prew (1954-74)
500 Trevor Cardew (1980-2009)
500 Jack Robinson (1949-76)
500 Roy Shivmangal (1980-2016)

BATTING RECORDS

Leading Career Run Aggregates

31,101 Marcus Robertson (1977-2016)
28,056 Chris Churchley (1972-2016)
24,125 David Shivmangal (1984-2016)
19,744 Deo Shivmangal (1975-2016)
14,717 Peter Hartland (1969-2015)
11,928 Colin Bowles (1950-87)
11,784 Kenny Shivmangal (1980-2016)
10,623 Stuart Hardie (1971-96)
10,237 Peter Noakes (1949-73)

Most Hundreds

25 Marcus Robertson
19 Deo Shivmangal
14 Chris Churchley
12 David Shivmangal
11 Keith Exton

Most Runs In Season

1705 Deo Shivmangal, 1990

Highest Innings

207* Jeffrey Douglas v Hampton, 2003
180 Jack Dinning v Alderney, 2012
178* Deo Shivmangal v Trinity Battersea, 1991
167* Paul Hooper v Epsom II, 1964
166 Amar Singh v Bromley II, 1999
160 Jeffrey Douglas v Banstead IV, 2003

Highest Partnerships

Wicket

1 285 Dev Malhotra & Iain Cardew v St Luke's A, 2001

2 209* Harry Jordan & Jim Brewer v Croydon MO, 1959

3 213* David Shivmangal & Deo Shivmangal v BBC, 1992

4 216* Iain Cardew & Eddie Stovell v Mynthurst, 2005

5 182* David Shivmangal & Martin Bruce v Ockley, 2015

6 148 Marcus Robertson & David Shivmangal v Nutfield, 2013

7 161* Iain Cardew & Peter Hartland v St Luke's A, 2002

8 141 Arthur Nichols & Mike Prew v Malden Wanderers A, 1959

9 106* Matthew Winter & Martin Bruce v Hook & Southborough, 2012

10 102* George Langton & Arthur Tonks v Waddon Park, 1947

BOWLING RECORDS

Most Wickets in Career

1776 David Shivmangal (1984-2016)
1568 Peter Hartland (1969-2015)
1149 Ian Kelly (1985-2015)
948 Bernie Belli (1949-68)
797 Edric Churchley (1959-2007)
776 Arthur Tonks (1947-57)
753 Eric Cass (1935-56)
596 Peter Noakes (1949-73)
571 Andy Hartland (1969-90)
550 Jack Turnbull (1950-64)
537 Deo Shivmangal (1975-2016)
523 Roy Shivmangal (1980-2016)
508 Colin Wilkie (1973-96)

Most Wickets in Season

151 Peter Hartland, 1980

Best Bowling

9-17 Arthur Tonks v Cane Hill, 1949
9-23 Edric Churchley v Epsom Kingsley, 1963
9-30 Arthur Tonks v Village Club, 1953
9-35 Ron Prior v Park Hill, 1961
9-36 Eric Cass v Addington, 1938
9-61 Alan Staples v Redhill II, 1965

WICKET-KEEPING RECORDS

Most Dismissals in Career

825 Marcus Robertson (589 ct, 236 st)
610 Colin Bowles (387 ct, 223 st)

Most Dismissals in Season

63 Marcus Robertson (33 ct, 30 st), 1996

Most Dismissals in Innings

6 Matthew Winter (5 ct, 1 st) v Ham & Petersham, 2013
6 David Shivmangal (5 ct, 1 st) v Nutfield, 2015

FIELDING RECORDS

Most Catches in Career

623 Chris Churchley
453 David Shivmangal
362 Deo Shivmangal
349 Kenny Shivmangal
341 Peter Hartland
201 Peter Armfield

Most Catches in Season

36 Chris Churchley, 1987

Most Catches in Innings

5 Peter Armfield v St John's Tunbridge Wells, 1984

ALL-ROUND CRICKET

10,000 Runs and 500 Wickets in Career

Peter Noakes (1949-73) 10237 runs & 596 wickets
Peter Hartland (1969-2015) 14717 runs & 1568 wickets
Deo Shivmangal (1975-2016) 19744 runs & 537 wickets
David Shivmangal (1984-2016) 24125 runs & 1776 wickets

1,000 Runs and 100 Wickets in Season

Peter Hartland in 1980, 1981, 1984
David Shivmangal in 2009

Century and Five Wickets in Innings

Kenny Shivmangal 105* & 5-42 v Morden A, 1994
David Shivmangal 128 & 6-48 v Cricketers' Club New South Wales, 2003

CLUB CHAIRMEN

1927 S Wilder
1928 E Reeves
1929 E Shearing
1930 C Ashton
1930-31 Paul Wilson
1932-40 Ronald Tripp
1947-56 Eric Cass
1957-60 Harry Jordan
1961-77 Peter Noakes
1978-86 Brian Huggett
1987-94 Bonie Shivmangal
1995-2003 Trevor Cardew
2004-05 Kieron Smith
2006-10 Martyn Mance
2011-13 Simon Jeff
2014-16 Steve Cunnah