Saturday 20 January 2024

MANDARINS AND THE ART OF THE COLLAPSE

When we were defeated by Graces CC last year (all out 70 chasing 83) I speculated that this might have included the worst collapses in Mandarins History. Of course, I need not have overly worried. A quick survey shows that such disasters are so common as barely to require the raising of an eyebrow. But India’s recent 0 for 6?? Can we better that?

First some definitions. Losing two or three wickets together is routine, so I take losing 4 wickets for less than 10 runs as my starting point. Turns out this has happened well over 100 times in Mandarins annals, often twice in the same match. So instead we ask ourselves was the 4 wickets lost for zero runs against Graces the worst? No. (Although obviously it equalled the worst.) We achieved this feat against Peper Harow in 1967 and  Utopers and Begbroke in 1979 then against Great Tew in 1991, and most recently Palm Tree in 2019. We have also lost 4 wickets for 1 run on at least 10 occasions.

Was the 5 wickets for 2 runs against Graces the worst? No. 5 wickets for one run vs Gt Tew in 1980, Weald in 1989, UCS Old Boys in 2013 and Palm Tree 2019 hold that prize, although Graces takes second place alongside Cobham in 1989 and RCDS in 2010. We have lost 5 for 3 a number of times.

Was the 6 wickets lost for 3 runs vs Graces the worst? No, Great Tew 1980 again (6-1), although the Graces performance is now the second worst. So we can’t match India.

Was the 7 wickets lost for 4 runs vs Graces the worst? YES IT WAS. Beating the 7 for 8 on THE DAY OF SHAME vs East Horsley in 2006, and the 7 for 9 inflicted by Mayfield in 1980. We lost 7-11 vs Berkely Taverners in 1982, and 7 for less than 20 on 7 other occasions.

Was the 8 wickets for 11 lost against Graces the worst? YES IT WAS. Beating the 8 for 14 taken by Weald in 1979, and the 8 for 15 taken by Mayfield in 1980.

Was the 9 for 33 vs Graces the worst? NO, because the Grace’s innings also featured 9 (different) wickets for 21 (the double 9 a record of sorts, certainly unprecedented). Was the 9 for 21 the worst? NO! Mayfield 1980 witnessed 9 for 16 and so did THE DAY OF SHAME.

Nor was the 10 for 43 vs Graces the worst. A number of contenders for this one, starting with 33 vs Peper Harow in ’67, via 35 vs Theberton in 1987 and 26 vs East Horsley in 2006. But the winner, once again, is Mayfield on 26 July 1980, reaching a promising 18 without loss, then losing all 10 for 21, to expire for 39.

Chris Baker

Sunday 3 December 2023

MANDARINS FULL CAREER DIGEST 1978-2023, plus a few earlier games.

Note that stats are incomplete – this will be the best we can do in the absence of more scorebooks or other data being discovered. Bar 7 games, no records before 1978, for 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997 (except vs Reading), and Some records missing from 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004.

MORE THAN 100 APPEARANCES       

Chris Baker*

496

Jeremy Jarvis*

172

Paul McIntyre

473

David Williams*

163

Rob Eastaway*

412

Bob Tivey*

160

Mike O’Shea

292

Graeme Tunbridge*

152

Chris Healey*

312

Jeremy Crump

151

Peter Lewy

289

Stephen Wood

140

Andy McKeon

286

John Hawkins*

139

Andy Heard*

279

Tony Gray

126

Martin Hurst*

268

Gus O’Donnell

126

Mike Pattison

251

JC Gray

122

Jonathan Wilmot*

236

Ollie Gardiner

118

Graham Hadley

235

Chris Roberts

118

 Mike Richardson

220

Paul Mills*

116

Tim Baxter*

208

Dan Forman*

115

Tony Hawkhead*

206

Luke Mayhew

112

Barrie Temple

196

Malcolm Field

104

Jon Porter*

186

Chris McKeon*

103

Nick Davidson

177

Arvind Manian*

102

* Indicates active in 2022, with power to add

1000-Runs

Chris Healey*

9941

Robin Pharoah*

1716

Peter Lewy

5851

Tony Hawkhead*

1551

Chris Baker*

5451

Martin Hurst*

1543

Luke Mayhew

5227

Jon Porter*

1527

Jonathan Wilmot*

5219

Tony Gray

1498

Graham Hadley

5011

Denis Parsons

1497

Mike Richardson

4966

Andy Heard*

1442

Andy McKeon

4850

Stephen Dunmore

1381

Barrie Temple

4494

Roger Holmes

1329

Tim Baxter*

4060

Paul McIntyre

1317

David Williams*

3045

Stephen Wood

1193

Graeme Tunbridge*

2643

Arvind Manian*

1150

Rob Eastaway*

2532

John Hawkins*

1091

Nick Davidson

2137

Rob Foot

1079

Bob Tivey*

2098

Drew Somerville*

1068

Paul Mills*

2070

Gavyn Davies

1053

Jeremy Jarvis*

1957

Mike Pattison

1029

Mark Thomas

1853

Gus O’Donnell

1008

500-runs in a Season

This feat has only been achieved once since 1994, and not at all since 2003.

Batter

Year

Runs

Chris Healey

1991

753

 

1990

563

 

1994

554

 

2009

518

Luke Mayhew

1986

631

 

1990

557

 

1987

522

Graham Hadley

1978

608

 

1983

606

 

1986

509

Lewy

1984

534

 

1981

522

Baxter

1994

517

Rob Foot

1994

822

Mike Richardson

1981

589

Barrie Temple

2003

569

Wilmot

1983

513

Seasons Reaching 300-runs.

Healey

17

Lewy

10

Hadley

8

Mayhew

8

Richardson

7

Temple

6

Baxter

5

100/50 (qualification 20)

Healey

10/60=70

Mayhew

10/42=52

Wilmot

4/24=28

Lewy

1/27 =28

Richardson

1/26 =27

Hadley

0/30 =30

Temple

0/26 =26

Seasons reaching 300-runs aggregate.

Healey

17

Lewy

10

Hadley

8

Mayhew

8

Richardson

7

Temple

6

Baxter

5

Wilmot

4

Baker

3

A McKeon

2

Parsons

2

Mark Roberts

1

Sam Cook

1

Bob Tivey

1

Zac Stancombe

1

100/50 (qualification 20)

Baxter

1/23=24

A. McKeon

1/20=21

Conversion rate to 50.

Mayhew

46.4%

Marc Thomas

45%

Healey

24.7%

Wilmot

13.9%

Temple

13.5%

Catches/Stumpings (qual 50)     

Name

Catches

Stumpings

Total

Victims per Match (3)

Notes

Peter Lewy

141

40

181

0.63

 

Chris Healey

133

7

140

0.45

 

Jon Wilmot

96

33

129

0.55

 

Bob Tivey

88

25

113

0.71

 

Chris Baker

98

5

103

0.21

 

Paul McIntyre

101

 

101

0.22

1

Tim Baxter

73

17

90

0.43

 

Mike Richardson

78

 

78

0.37

2

Graham Hadley

64

 

64

0.27

 

Mike Pattison

61

 

61

0.24

 

David Williams

49

11

60

0.38

 

Jeremy Jarvis

55

 

55

0.33

 

Gus O’Donnell

41

9

50

0.40

 

1 Highest by a pure outfielder
2 Highest of 13 in one season by outfielder
3 Luke Mayhew has highest ratio for an outfielder 49 catches = 0.44

50 PARTNERSHIPS

Between 1978 and September 2022 Mandarins have scored 555 50 partnerships of which 69 were converted to century partnerships. For each wicket the numbers are:

Wicket

50s

100s

Notes

 1st

114

19

current record 188, 29/6/91 vs Royal Oak Taverners (Healey/Williams)

2nd

122

20

193, 13/7/89 vs Reading UASCC (Healey/Wilmot)

3rd

103

13

169, 15/8/14 vs Framlingham College (Thomas/Patterson)

4th

74

8

c150 20/6/00 vs Jesus? 135 24/7/14 vs Benenden (A McKeon/Wilmot)

5th

50

6

138, 9/9/1984 vs Chaldon (Lewy/A McKeon)

6th

24

3

149*, 21/05/09 vs Lords and Commons (Healey/Martin)

7th

17

0

97, 5/8/18 vs Mickleham (Baker/Eastaway) (see note)

8th

8

0

95*, 11/8/19 vs Streatham and Marlborough (Manian/H Forman)

9th

5

0

79*, 8/05/22 vs Millfields (Stancombe/Eastaway)

10th

3

0

56 21/5/23 vs Brill (Keayes/Heather)

Extensive anecdotal evidence suggests a partnership of c 110 between Hawkhead and O’Donnell for 7th wicket vs Sixpenny Handley c. 2001. To be confirmed?

Most 50-partnerships (qualification 7+)

Healey

83

Wilmot

60

Lewy

58

Hadley

57

Mayhew

55

Richardson

52

A McKeon

44

Baxter

42

Temple

41

Baker

34

Williams

29

Tunbridge

26

Tivey

20

Jarvis

19

Mills

19

Dunmore

18

Thomas

17

Davidson

17

Parsons

15

Pharoah

14

Hawkhead

14

Wood

12

R Eastaway

12

Hawkins

12

Jono Maher

11

Brand

11

Somerville

10

Manian

10

Lowen

10

T Gray

9

McCarthy

8

Madzarevic

8

J Porter

8

Holmes

7

Hannah

7

Day

7

Crosse

7

Bowling Contributions (Total Overs)

Name

1000-overs

Eastaway

3365

Hurst

3143.3

McIntyre

3031.3

O’Shea

2970.2

Richardson

1810.1

Andy Heard

1605

Pattison

1375.5

Chris Baker

1249

Jeremy Crump

1227.2

Healey

1206.4

Olly Gardiner

1045

 

100 Wickets

100 WICKETS

Wickets

Strike rate (balls/w)

Eastaway

660

30.29

O’Shea

640

27.76

McIntyre

567

31.93

Richardson

427

25.17

Hurst*

372

34.70

Pattison

318

25.86

Baker*

307

24.66

Heard*

289

32.77

Healey*

280

24.68

Crump

227

32.25

A McKeon

176

31.97

Gardiner

172

36.92

D Forman

158

24,20

Hadley

147

30.28

Pat Murphy

140

33.85

JC Gray

139

33.56

Tony Gray

131

35.79

Phil Wynn-Owen

101

32.19

Ramani

107

tbc

 

50-wickets in a season

O’Shea 3 times (and 49 twice). R Eastaway once.

5-wickets in an innings

O’Shea

28

Richardson

18

R Eastaway

16

Pattison

6

Crump

5

Ramani

5

Hurst

5

Baker

5

McIntyre

4

Murphy

4

A Mc Keon

3

Healey

3

Paul Eastaway

2

Julian West

2

Wynn-Owen

2

D Forman

2

Chris Baker
Club Archivist, November 2023