Cricket Club Festival August 2022 The second WNCC Cricket Festival was held on the 3rd, 4th & 5th August at the Thornham Cricket Ground, with a Summer Drinks Party kindly sponsored by Savilles on the 3rd August. It was well attended, helped by the glorious sunshine!
Castle Rising – 31st July 2022 On an overcast , damp day, WNCC were given the opportunity to bat first being the away team. This was gladly accepted by the WNCC Captain after last year’s comprehensive win. The start was delayed by 30 minutes as the covers were removed and water drained off. Once all of…
Castle Rising – 1st August 2021 With covid, the recent lifting of lockdown and the generally cold Norfolk weather, assembling a side was extremely challenging but with the help of 8 guests, the “show went on” and we had a very good afternoon’s cricket! The weather was actually quite pleasant for most of the afternoon,…
July Tour – West Norfolk CC V Wes Durston’s Oakham XI, Taking on the warm late afternoon sun, stretched out on the grass in front of the thatched Burley Park pavilion, chatting through the game and tour with the lads, a pint of Nene Valley Ale quietly disappearing, two top quality games of cricket to…
A rearranged fixture from Burghley Park Cricket week, with all the team bar the match manager 25 or under. Leaving the sheep flock looking worried and a few eagle-eyed pensioners traumatised by the CV19 al fresco changing room, WNCC changed, lost the toss and fielded. (West) Norfolk’s next star chef in the making (best fry-up…
WNCC 194 for 8 after 40 overs Castle Rising 96 all out after 32 overs WNCC batted first in this 40 over game. We reached 75 for 4 after 20 overs before good contributions from guests Matt Riddington (43) and Tom Rollinson (38) and an impressive 40 not out from club stalwart Richard Thompson lifted…
After closely losing out to the Wes Durston XI and after a heavy night on the beers West Norfolk CC returned to the field against a strong Burghley Park Side. After choosing to bat first West Norfolk posted what seemed like a below par 242. With a few sore heads and a series of…
Wed 3 July 2pm. Oakham CC West Norfolk’s finest and Nick D gathered at Oakham CC for a 2pm start, already a result given clearly none had read an email sent. Hugh and Josh slipped legs into pads and got the tour underway in Tavare and Boycott fashion. As WNCC accelerated so did the…
Having lost 3 key players during the week, WNCC fielded a youthful team, against an experienced Castle Rising side. It was decided that Castle Rising should bat first, with WNCC set to lose club stalwart and opening batsman, Mike Fairey, at 5 pm, who had to fulfil other roles at Stow Bardolph. The sun shone…
West Norfolk v The Nocturnes at Salle cricket ground. It’s become unusual for West Norfolk to triumph with so much ease over recent years, so this performance was a throwback to the glory days of the Hammond years well over 25 years ago! With a gaggle of the team at the ground before 6pm start,…