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Saturday September 4th Vs TWB away 12:30 pm start

Lewes Priory 160 for 6 lost to Tunbridge Wells Borderers II 164 for 5 by 5 wickets
Both sides needed to win, Priory to stand a chance of avoiding relegation, Borderers to get promotion. Unfortunately, a much weakened Priory side were unable to maintain their unbeaten run.
After being put in Priory made a sound start, with Sam Telford driving well off the front foot. However, his dismissal for 28 at 46 for 1 off 13 overs saw the scoring rate decline mainly due to the steady left arm spin of Dave Green (1 for 16 off 12 overs). Although losing only two more wickets, Priory were only able to add 47 runs in 22 overs. There was a subsequent increase in the run rate, but the final total of 160 looked hard to defend.

Despite this, Elliot Hogan and Adam Stapleton, the Priory opening bowlers both bowled good opening spells. Borderers were restricted to 2 runs per over off the first 12 overs and lost two early wickets. However, after this, Borderers recovered as Priory were unable to maintain the pressure. A good second spell by Hogan was not enough as Borderers, with a solid 45 from Darren Smith, prevailed.
The Shore Design Man of the Match was Elliot Hogan for his two accurate spells of bowling (2 for 30 off 12 overs).















Out: George Hadley-playing on 7th Aug but then not around anymore
Tom Stratford-No longer around on saturdays
Russ Harkin Injury-back on 24th July
Jim Evans Out all Season with knee problem
Steve Dalloway Joined another club
Darren Yorke-Only after w/e 11th July
Kaleem Luthra-working with variable availability
Tom Brookshaw-Injured
Callum Waters- In south Africa until end of august
Tim Perrett-available aug 14
Chris Agnew-around from mid august
Rod Cole
Guy McQueen-holiday and festivals
Sam Telford-holiday till mid august
Luke Gainger-around from mid august
Viv Harkin-playing on aug 14th-confirmed already
Matt Webber-not around on 7th august
Tim Elton-away until the 14th august
Stuart Fielder-on holiday
Toby Cane-Holiday
Toby Shepherd-Holiday
Russ Harkin-Not around

Saturday 28th August vs Rottingdean 3rd XI at the convent field

Weather conditions: Dry on the day

LPCC 3's 125 for 6
Rottingdean 124 all out

LPCC win by 4 wickets

After a week of rain the convent field wicket had the look of a sticky bog with
the outfield slowing up any potential boundaries; and so it proved.

Winning the toss but deciding to bowl first; Lewes Priory tested the opposition batting with the pace of Fielder and young Ed Catt. Fielder quickly took the first wicket of opener Grantham caught by new boy Courtney Reynolds. This promising start was stunted by the Rottingdean captain Harris and Khan who both batted with determination on a difficult pitch for bowlers and batters. It took a super outfield catch by Turner off Harkin to get rid of Khan and not long after Harris was run out in a mix up.

The bowling change that proved decisive was bringing on the swing bowling of young Sam Debelder who took 3 vital middle order wickets in his 5 over spell. Stapleton at the other end took 2 wickets and when Debelder finished his allowed overs; captain Turner managed to finish off the tail with 2 wickets of his own. The best of which was a caught and bowled. Rottingdean will have been disappointed with the way they capitulated after the in roads made by Harris and Khan.

With the early start and finish of the Rottingdean innings; Lewes went straight out to bat bypassing tea; with only 125 as the target. On paper a certainty but the reality proved very different.

Lewes lost Telford, Skaith and Stapleton in quick succession through good bowling and perhaps a lack of application on the batsmans behalf. This rapid demise of the top order had Captain Turner scuttling around to get ready after umpiring but after a delay; he managed to join veteran J D Moore out in the middle.

With little recognised batting left it was vital that Moore and Turner stayed around. With the Rottingdean bowlers bowling tight lines and giving very little away; the pair had a real challenge on the their hands in getting runs on a difficult pitch where the ball did not come through at all. For many overs they only managed 1 or 2 runs an over but with the odd good over and occasional boundary the target started to look tantalisingly closer. Eventually Turner was judged LBW off the excellent left armer Andrews for 36 very hard worked for runs. With J D Moore out soon after for an apparent snick to the keeper off the same bowler Lewes needed some 21 runs to win. The Lewes batting saviour at this point was Sam deBelder who batted very sensibly for his 15 not out steering the home side to a very tense victory; which did not conclude to the final allowed 55th over.

In summary; Rottingdean posted a low total batting first but Lewes although struggling to get runs on a difficult pitch and slow outfield managed to secure victory mainly through the excellent Moore-Turner partnership of almost 100 runs.

Shore Design Man of the match was J D Moore who almost carried his bat again and showed how valuable an anchor bat he is for his team. Mention must be made of Sam DeBelder who took 3 vital wickets and batted with application at the end of the Lewes innings.



Saturday 21st August vs Chiddingly at Yew Tree Inn, Chalvington

Weather conditions: Overcast to start but clearing up with sunny spells

LPCC 3's 217 for 9 off 50 overs
Chiddingly 3's 193 for 6 off 43 overs

Match Drawn

After last weeks washout; Lewes were keen to gain as many points as possible against the already appointed League Champions in the form of Chiddingly 3's.

Lewes batting first on a rain affected pitch was perhaps not the most inspired decision after winning the toss; as both openers fell cheaply. Sam Telford bowled to the tricky pace of left armer Fergus Klein and John Moore out for 2 after hanging around characteristically for some time.

The potentially prolific Skaith coming in at 3 played a few nice shots before being caught but the arrival of young Adam Stapleton seemed to steady the innings as he played some lovely shots mostly through square on the off side.

Captain Turner looked in attacking mood hitting 3 boundaries off one over but the red mist descended in the next over when he skied one off Klein paying the penalty.

Although wickets were falling the run rate was improving dramatically all the time Ned Barker and Stapleton were in the middle. Barker is a very good timer of the ball and hit a very quick 30 before Klein worked his magic on him to send him back.

Stalwart Dan Fine was his usual difficult self to remove and he made 30 in more attacking fashion than normal coming in lower down the order. Meanwhile Stapleton had passed 50 and was eventually out for 73 after playing a very mature innings to keep the run rate at the pace it was needed.

Lewes saw out the 50 overs with the tailenders accumulating well to post a competitive total of 217 for 9. Anything over 4 an over is a benchmark for this league.

Chiddingly in reply were always going to be in the race with the classy opener Mark Stapley at the crease who rapidly reached 50 with a masterclass of how to play leg side shots. But when first change bowler Skaith came on things changed; when he had the crucial wicket of Stapley off a superb catch from Stapleton. The next ball was a magnificent jaffa of a delivery; a fast off break that castled opener Tambe. Skaith was on a hat trick twice as he cut through the top order. The spin of Ned Barker at the other end was not as effective as normal and in hindsight this released the attacking pressure a bit too much to finish Chiddingly off.

Chiddingly captain Richard Soan played anchor. Seamer Turner picked up 2 wickets at the end including the dangerous big hitter Fergus Klein caught on the boundary having fallen for the trap layed. But with overs restricted to 43 Lewes really ran out of overs/options and Chiddingly were some 25 runs short of outright victory.

In summary Lewes will be disappointed not to have won this match as they had removed most of the Chiddingly batting; but after batting the full 50 in their own innings to gain maximum batting points had inadvertently shot themselves in the foot by restricting the second innings overs.

Shore Design man of the match was Adam Stapleton for his excellent innings of 73 and a superb and crucial catch. Mention must be made of David Skaith who ended up with brilliant figures of 10 overs 4 for 16.



Saturday 14th August vs Burwash

A very large washout. No cricket played after 3pm deadline decided.

Saturday 7th August vs Hastings Priory 4's away at Thomas Parker College, Hastings

LPCC 3's 220-5 declared after 46 overs
Hastings 64 all out after 22.5 overs

LPCC win by 156 runs

Weather conditions: Overcast start brightening later. Slight breeze

Lewes Priory 3's continued their good form with a win over Hastings Priory which will help them in their quest to move out of the relegation zone.

LPCC winning the toss and batting first made a terrific start with the opening pair of Bonsor and Hogan. They put on 67 in reasonable time with both players looking good. Bonsor was bowled rather unexpectedly for 29; bringing new boy and Yorkshireman David Skaith to the fray. In hindsight this was excellent timing; as Skaith very rapidly took the Hastings attack apart with some very clean hitting. Hastings had a chance to remove him early with a misdirected drive that went straight through the fielders hands and continued to the boundary. From then on it was all Skaith; as he and young Hogan put on a century partnership; before Hogan edged one to gully when 2 short of his first 50 this year. When Skaith was out for 88; LPCC continued batting for a few more overs before declaring on 220 after 46 overs.

In reply Hastings Priory rapidly got into trouble; when Sam DeBelder took the first wicket with only 8 on the board. Hogan after a nervy start found his composure and length. He took 4 wickets with the Hastings middle order non existent. Skaith came on and with his medium fast bowling polished off the tail with the aid of captain Turner. Hastings were all out for 64 with captain Andrew Woods the only one to show any resistance by carrying his bat for 39.

In summary Lewes batted well to post a good total with Ahmed and Woods the pick of the Hastings bowling. But the Hastings batting was very weak and unable to cope with the four pronged seam attack.

Shore Design Man of the Match was David Skaith who on debut made 88 runs and took 3 wickets for an excellent all round performance on the day.



Saturday 31st July vs Maresfield 2's home at STG

LPCC 3's 224-7 off 46 overs declared
Maresfield 145 ao off 38.4 overs

Lewes Priory 3's win by 79 runs

Weather conditions: Sunny after an overcast start

Priory reengaged with the battle at the bottom of Division 9 following a decent win over fellow strugglers, Maresfield 2's.

On being inserted, Priory made the best possible start with a partnership of 133 between Dan Fine and Dave Tungate, before Fine was run out for 39 scampering a single.

This brought in Tom Prideaux de Lacey, who batted well with Tungate before Tungate fell 2 short of a deserved century. Although not at his most fluent, this was still an invaluable knock for Priory.

Tom PDL continued to score well, but a flurry of wickets followed his dismissal for 43 before the innings was declared on 224 for 7 off 46 overs.

With Sam Telford away this week, the burden of opening the attack fell to Dad, Paul Telford, playing only his second game in quite a few years. However, plenty of life left in this dog, and along with Joe Warren they made a useful opening pair.

It was Warren who struck first, removing Pullen to a fine catch by Dan Fine at second slip. Warren struck again before Telford took his first wicket, removing the dangerous Barnard with the score on 30 for 3.

A couple of lapses in the field let Smith and Ruthven start building for Maresfield, and although Telford removed Smith with the score on 62, Maresfield confinued to resist and it was a change of bowling that brought the key break through.

Sam de Belder, first ball, very much a loosener, bounced half track, but then did not bounce at all and caught Ruthven who had swivelled to pull right in front. This was a key break through, and further wickets fell to Elliot Hogan and Tom PDL to leave Maresfield at 99-7 before a fine knock from one of their youngsters, Gabriel Naylor-Leyland (21).

Once again, bolwing changes were made and two more first over wickets fell before Telford wrapped it up with his fourth wicket to secure a 79 run win for Priory.

This now leaves them only 15 points behind the next team with a chance of avoiding relegation with some good results over the next month.

Saturday 24th July vs Forest Row 2's away at Forest Row

LPCC 3's 285-2 off 48 overs declared
Forest Row 277-9 off 46 overs

Match Drawn

Weather conditions: Sunny after an overcast start

If ever a match were to exemplify the ecstasy and agony that cricket can bring to the table this was it.

Another winning toss saw Lewes Priory batting on a dry and springy pitch typical of the Ashdown area. The opening pair of John Moore and Sam Telford are the ideal combination due to their contrasting styles and experience; with the veteran Moore accumulating runs steadily playing the anchor and Telford very free scoring in a loose limbed fashion. Today the partnership proved fruitful and they put on 120 in the first 25 overs before Telford holed out to square leg off the bowling of Funnel. His 80 was full of lovely boundaries including two memorable straight sixes over the sightscreen at the clubhouse end. It was his maiden 50 in the Seniors and predictable with the way he has been improving each week.

Thomas Prideaux de Lacy coming in at 3 is only 14 years old; and in my opinion one of the best batting talents I have seen from the Juniors in 25 years of being involved in club cricket(and I played with Martin Speight at a similar age group).Today he backed up my opinion; by scoring his maiden senior century in a style and panache that scarcely seems possible from one so young. The bowling was not bad at all but he made it seem very ordinary. He is also very modest about his abilities and can go a very long way in the game should he choose to.

When Moore was run out for 43; De Lacy was joined by 15 year old Kaleem Luthar who also showed his abilities by joining the run fest. By the 48th over when declaration was called Lewes had scored a mammoth 283 easily the highest score from this team in a number of years. De Lacy was 107 not out and Kaleem 32 not out.

With a short boundary due to another match being played at the same time, Forest Row were not to be discounted and so it proved.

Stuart Fielder bowling fast with the new ball; bowled Westmuckett in his first over giving Lewes the best possible start. With Russ Harkin back in the side after injury; also taking a couple of wickets with his metronomic style; Lewes were on their way. Although wickets were falling the run rate was high particuarly when Dan Gardner came to the crease. The Forest Row keeper played well in his 80 before being caught off the bowling of Sam Telford. The main obstacle in Lewes path was Captain Neville Stahl who looked immovable whilst playing some very attacking shots. Although the spin of Tom PDL took some wickets the runs were accumulating at an alarming rate. By the time Turner was introduced to the attack it was starting to get away from Lewes. But Turner delivered by clean bowling three late order batsman with fast yorkers. Ed Stokes batting at 11 just managed to hang on for Forest Row whilst under a great deal of bowling pressure. After their allowed 46 overs Forest Row were just 7 runs from victory with Priory needing just the one wicket for their own win.

In summary a very exciting finish with the result up in the air until the final ball was bowled.

The Shore Design Man of the Match was Thomas Prideaux de Lacy for his very stylish maiden century which was the performance of the season for the 3rd XI


Saturday July 17 vs St Peters 3's Away at Wish Park,Hove.

St Peters 3's 220 all out after 45.1 overs
Lewes Priory 3's 205 all out after 45.2 overs

St Peters win by 15 runs

Weather Conditions: Fine yet windy

Lewes won the toss and elected to field this time round on a green top council pitch. The track behaved a lot better than it looked making it fair game for both sides.

Matt Webber opening the bowling for Lewes asked many questions of the St Peters top order with his medium fast skiddy deliveries that were invariably accurate. He took 2 wickets fairly early leaving St Peters middle order exposed. The introduction of the spin of Bonsor and a change of ends; proved the turning point after the St Peters middle order rose to the challenge and were getting on top. Turner caught Townley off Bonsor when it looked like it was drifting out of his reach. Taylor and Rowland followed to more catches and Lewes were back in it. Resistance from Wheatley who made 50 was ended by the reintroduction young Webber. Captain Turner returned to bowling action after an injury layoff and off a short run took 2 late order wickets with an impressive spell. With Webber taking the last man LBW; Lewes bowled a side out for the first time this season. An impressive effort from the mostly young side.

Chasing the total of 220 was never going to be easy with an element of batting unknowns in the side. However Lewes got a good start with the opening pair of Bonsor and Sam Telford. Bonsor hung around until the 12th over before snicking an edge off Rowlands. Telford continues to get better each week with his batting. He is naturally attacking and smited some impressive boundaries both sides of the wicket. He made 43 before departing which is his highest score this year for a senior side.

Eric Watts making his debut; is an entertaining cricketer already and powered the ball to the leg side boundary four times with the same shot in a delightful cameo knock of 17. He is a raw talent with bat and ball but promises much should he perservere.

Hopes rested with Captain Turner and Frank Warren the last of the recognised batsmen. Turner has been in pretty good form with the bat all year and the partnership of 66 with Warren put Lewes within touching distance of victory.
Turner snicked one off captain Dobson for 51 and with Warren departing soon after for 32; Lewes needed 43 off the remaining 10 overs. The last 4 wickets fell for 27 and Priory came up short by 15 runs.

Lewes put themselves in a position to win but the consistent bowling of St Peters payed off in the end. Mention should be made of Peter Alcock who took 4 wickets with his penetrating and pacey spell from the sea end.

Shore Design Man of the match was Turner for his all round contribution of 51 runs, 2 wickets and a crucial catch.


Saturday July 10 vs Glynde 4th XI at home 1.30pm start

LPCC 3's 157 all out after 49
Glynde 4ths 158 for 3 after 34 overs

Glynde win by 7 wickets

Weather Conditions: Sunny

LPCC were inserted after losing the toss. Young Sam Telford got the ball rolling again with some boundaries but fell to an obvious LBW. Veteran John Moore displayed the kind of guile and batting determination that only experience can bring to the table. He played the anchor role carrying his bat right the way through the 50 overs and consequently held the innings together whilst others failed.

There was good middle order support from Mike Bonsor who made 32 and a cameo knock from Guy McQueen who is a clean striker of the ball. Otherwise it was a poor batting display from the home team which was disappointing.

A 157 total at least gave Glynde a target but with a lightning quick outfield the omens were not good at this stage.

In reply Glynde were not really troubled too much with a high run rate right from the first over. Paul Telford coming out of semi retirement to play with his two sons; opened the bowling with Sam Telford showing he has not lost the ability to bowl some penetrating overs. Bonsor was effective with his slow but accurate form of spin. The rest of the Lewes bowling was fairly lamentable and Glynde reached the target with no major effort required.

A poor performance overall from Lewes 3rds but hopefully with some key juniors back next week this match will be a distant memory.

Shore Design Man of the Match was an easy pick this week. John Moore for his major contribution in holding the Lewes batting together.


Saturday 3rd July vs Tunbridge Wells Borderers 2's at Convent Field

LPCC 3's 197 all out batting first
TWB 2's 198-9

TWB win by one wicket

Weather Conditions: Idyllic

Another winning toss saw Lewes batting first again in almost perfect weather conditions with a slight breeze to help the bowlers.

Sam Telford opening with club stalwart John Moore got started again but holed out to mid off early when a more patient approach was required. However as we will see later he more than made up for it with his bowling.

Veteran Moore was his usual consistent self before receiving an LBW decision on 25. This brought to the crease Callum Waters to join talented young batsman Tom Prideaux De Lacy. De Lacy has excellent technique and although not powerful physically hit three nonchalent sixes with pure timing to the short boundaries. Waters made 14 and De Lacy 57; both out to the tireless bowling of Fisher who had a magnificent match for TWB. He bowled 25 continuous slow overs at the Castle end taking 8 wickets for 58. His batting mentioned later also made a major contribution.

Sam Debelder played very straight for his 25 and Turner made his usual middle order contribution of 28. Frank Warren was 17 not out as he ran out of partners in the 49th over.

A competitive total of 197 was posted and all mostly against a slow bowling attack at both ends.

In reply TWB acumulated runs steadily but with wickets also falling semi reguarly the outcome was always in the balance. It was not until that man Fisher came in at 9 (having a rest from the bowling spell no doubt) that TWB started to look favourites. Two run outs in two overs from Kaleem and Waters swung it Lewes way again but Fisher remained solid at his end and TWB scrambled over the line with only 1 wicket remaining. An exciting finish and once again Lewes were unlucky to fall just short of the outright win.

Mention must be made of the bowling of Sam Telford who showed many of the Juniors how to do it; by bowling very accurately off 4 paces. If he was allowed to bowl longer spells the match might have gone to Lewes at an earlier stage. For this reason Telford recieves the Shore Design Man of the match award for the second time this season.





Saturday 26th June Vs Rottingdean IIIs

On winning the toss and inserting the opposition, Priory IIIs got off to a good start with a wicket in the first over and followed up quickly with a second wicket falling to a brilliant slip catch by Frank Warren.

After that though, Russell and Makere(68) put together a stand of exactly 100 before Dan Fine took the first of his five wickets. Adam Stapleton added to his early wickets to wrap up the tail with figures of 5-44 while Fine took the tenth wicket to return figures of 5-27 in the Rottingdean total of 188. Could have been less had Ottis got his man.

In reply, Priory were stuttering until the fifth wicket partnership of Stapleton (55) and the Chairman started to build a chase, which was kept going by Tim Perrett with Stapleton hitting the ball to all corners and getting the run rate down from 8 to 5. However, when he fell bowled by Kayando (4-27) the tail was unable to get Priory home and they closed on 157 to lose by 32 runs.

The Shore Design man of the match for his bowling and batting, easy choice, Adam Stapleton.

Saturday June 19th:

Bottom versus top and the result didn't upset the form book, though for a lot of the game a young Lewes priory side gave as good as they got.

Batting first, Chiddingly lost three quick wickets before Alan Watkins (68) and Richard Soan held things together with a third wicket stand of 126, Soan eventually falling to the gentle offbreaks of Mike Bonsor. That only served to accelerate the Chiddingly innings as Fergus Kline despatched the ball to remote locations in a quick fire 55. Pick of the Lewes bowlers was Ed Catt with 2 for 49, although had veteran paceman Russ Harkin not pulled a hamstring things may have turned out differently as he had figures of 1 for 2 after his 4 overs.

In reply, Priory made the worst possible start losing Frankie babes in the first over, however, refreshing batting from Sam Telford taking the attack to the bowlers saw Priory romping along at 6 an over.

Mixing pulls in with some sumptuous cover drives, Telford made 27 to go with some disciplined bowling earlier on winning him the Shore Design man of the match award.

Following his lead, Dan Fine scampered like a youngster for 37, with Andy Turner and Kaleem Luthra also weighing in with 29 apiece. However, the wickets did keep tumbling and Priory eventually subsided for 145.

Saturday 12th June: Lewes Priory 3 lost to Burwash Weald by 6 wickets.

Weather Conditions: Pretty jolly good

Losing the toss made no difference here, with 5 at the tossing time, there was only one option anyway, bat.

Thankfully 6 and seven arrived to save Sam Telford having to umpire in his pads!

Anyway, the match. Bit of a slow start, one run after six overs, but this was the start of a very good game for Shore Design man of the match, Viv Harkin as he scored 24 out of the openiong partnership of 36. Sam Telford was going well on 18 when he became the victim of a direct hit in a very tight run out, and that brought Andy Turner in to join Mike Bonsor.

These two put on 59 to take the score to 119 before a tired shot from Bonsor who had been very lazy and only hit two fours saw him caught for 49. Jug avoidance was the cry.

Andy Turner carried on batting well and got 34 before running out of partners as the innings closed when the 8th wicket fell on 149. It was eight wickets thanks to Michael Green who travelled across the county at late notice to help his team, shame on those who meant he had to do this.

In the field, the two missing men were a bit of a pain, a curse on the stupid world cup. Dont people realise this is the summer and that the pigskin game is reserved for winter. Anyway, game started early and finished in time to see England, unless of course you were watching in HD!

Back to the cricket. Ever reliable Russ Harkin, approaching vetean status now bowled tightly, but Priory struggled at the other end. It was Turner who broke the dangerous opening stand also on 36 when Viv Harkin took a diving catch full length and then Russ Harkin took a smart caught and bowled to make it 44 for 2. Game on boys!

Well, maybe not. No technique but a great eye, Duck didnt get one, in fact he got 76 and that was that. By the time Viv Harkin ripped through his defence to trap him LBW the damage was done. Another wicket for Viv saw him return 2 for m18, should have bowled earlier skipper as Burwash got home with time to spare.

Good game, great spirit and yah boo to the football stay aways.