End of July Update

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I make no apologies for this being a relentless positive update. As you'll read below this has been our best ever season with a wide range of individuals contributing . Our history as a club is short but we have seen many many records broken. Hopefully over the next few weeks that excellent form continues. 

As always, these statistics are a reflection of our play-cricket site. Note I pulled the data out for this prior to the Dales game so it isn't included.

Club stats season so far (as at 03/08/22)

The season so far:

The second team have won more games than any other Woodbury & Newton team in a season ever with five games still to play. Their 10 wins beat our previous best of 7 achieved in 2017 & 2018 by the 2s and 2021 by the 1s. To back this up at time of writing the first team have won 7 games. One more win will make it their most successful season as well.

Team runs scored best seasons

1. 1s 2019 - 3021 (18 games)
2. 1s 2018 - 2980 (17 games)
3. 2s 2022 - 2597 (13 games)
4. 1s 2022 - 2265 (13 games)
5. 2s 2021 - 2127 (15 games)

We are also closing in on our most prolific seasons with the bat for both league teams with the second team just 424 runs and the first team 756 runs from over hauling the 2019 first team season. 

Individual seasons runs

Individually Ed has already scored more runs than anyone ever has done in a league season for the club, by a frankly astonishing margin (with 5 weeks of the league season left!). Mukesh has also passed 300 runs for the season. There are a few others (Ross, Riordan, Steve, Jack Church & Dave Church) who have passed 200 runs in 2022 and could still join the list below.

Best ever seasons wickets

There a chance that, for the first time, we could have a bowler (if not two) take more than 25 league wickets in a season. Becca has taken 23 wickets (which is just behind her best ever season, 2019 when she took 24), and Ryan has taken 19. Ryan's 19 wickets have come at the lowest strike rate of anyone on the list below. Whilst both Becca and Ryan's efforts for the 2022 season so far have the lowest strike rates.

Best Ever Partnership(s)

The clubs best partnership record also fell twice during July. Although the first time included John Money retiring hurt so featured a Dave Church cameo. Unsurprisingly for this season, both partnerships included Ed Salter. 

1. 215 - Ed Salter/Jack Church vs Chagford 2nds 30/07/2022
2. 195 - Ed Salter/John Money/Dave Church vs Kenn 2nds 09/07/2022
3. 173 - George Jarman/Andy Cork vs Topsham 2nds 23/06/2018
4. 171 - Lloyd Loman/Nalin Chouhan vs Sidmouth 3rds 29/06/2019
5. 153* - Lloyd Loman/Nalin Chouhan vs Thorverton 2nds 26/06/2021

Tom Sunderland and odd numbers

For some time I've joked with Tom that he is better batting at odd numbers in the batting order, however closer inspection turns out there is some truth in the matter (see below)..... 

I haven't replicated this chart for anyone else yet so this could be fairly typical.  

My cricketing prejudices do suggest Tom would not be the first wicket-keeper to be an oddity.

Honours Boards 

Batting

Since the last update we have seen Jack Church and Ed Salter score maiden hundreds (it was also Jack's first 50). As well as first 50s for the club for John Money and Ian Edworthy and a maiden league 50 for Rich Church

Bowling 

Since the last update we've seen first 5 wicket hauls for Jamie & Ollie. If you were wondering those four five wicket hauls in a season, that's also a club record as well

Season chart

Finally here is the 'season chart'. Pure bowlers can be found close to the vertical axis. Batters against the horizontal, while all-rounders somewhere in the middle.