22

1st

 Knebworth  Park

lost by 4 wickets

 NMCC (who won toss)      140 all out (43 overs) 

 Kyle Claxton 67 (88 balls,12x4s) 

 Knebworth Park              142/6 (42.1 0vers) 

 Danny Duggan 16.1-6-51-3    Mark Saxby 16-2-47-2

2nd

Ealing  III

match drawn

 Ealing III   (who won toss)

                                  243-5 declared(37 overs)

 Dan Levitt  3-0-18-2

 NMCC                         119-9  (38 overs)

 Russell Bennett  35

Waltham

 Waltham (won toss)        183 all out (44 overs)

 David Searle 9-3-19-3  Danny Duggan 9-1-49-3

 NMCC                              184/4  (44.1overs)

 4) Johnny Cartwright 60 (51 balls, 4x4s  4x6s)

 6) Mark Saxby 37 no (32 balls,  4x4s  1x6)

Clarendon

 NMCC  (lost toss)         182 all out  (44.1 overs)

 2) Andy Moody  27 (4x4s  1x6) 

 3) Ian Cheeseman 53  (10x4s)

 4) Howard Cornwell 34  (6x4s)

 6) Neil Black  36 (2x4s 4x6s)

 Clarendon                    183/3  (38.4 overs)

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2nd

Clifton

abandoned

rain

 Clifton                             111/4  (30.2 overs)

3rd

Bushey II

won by 4 wickets

 Bushey                         118 all out (42.2 overs)

 Matthew Williams (on his debut) 9.2-1-34-5

 NMCC                           121/6 (37.2 overs)

 2) Andy Moody 63 no (113 balls, 9x4s)

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1st

Stevenage

lost by 153 runs

 Stevenage (won toss)    304/6 (60 overs)

 Mark Saxby 16-0-103-3

 NMCC                           151 all out (55.2 overs)

1) Chris Stead 41 (75 balls, 4x4s  1x6)

2nd

Cheshunt

won by 7 wickets

 Cheshunt                        212 all out (51 overs)

 Steve Thomas 12-2-42-7

 NMCC  (won toss)             213/3  (45.5 overs)

 1) Harshad Rawle  127 no (151 balls, 18x4s,  1x6)

 5) Neil Black  38 no  (38 balls,  4x4s)

3rd

Shenley Village II

lost by 93 runs

 Shenley Village  II           171/6  (53 overs)

 Mark Terry  11-3-22-2

 NMCC  (won toss)              78 all out  (42 overs)

 9) Jeff Spencer  22  (38 balls,  3x4s,  1x6)

 1) Jon Tiley  21  (74 balls,  1x4)

4th

Flamsted II

lost by 3 wickets

 NMCC                          123 all out  (49.2 overs)

 6) Alan Richardson  26 no (2x4s)

 4) Stuart Craig 24  (3x4s)

 Flamsted II  (won toss)  124/7  (38.5 overs)

 Dan Levitt  14-1-50-5

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1st

Knebworth Park

match drawn

 Knebworth Park               192/5 (56 overs)

 NMCC  (won toss)              140/3  (38.3 overs)

 1) Chris Stead      33 (71 balls, 3x4s)

 4) Harshad Rawle  43 no (65 balls, 7x4s)

 5) Simon Clements 26 no (43 balls 3x4s)

2nd

Chipperfield

match drawn

 Chipperfield                     163/9 (48 overs) 

 Wendell Roberts 12-1-43-3   

 Steve Thomas 17-4-28-2

 NMCC  (won toss)              132/7 (40 overs)

 6) Wendell Roberts 57 no ( 52 balls, 2x4s  2x6s)

3rd

Potton Town II

lost by 10 wickets

 NMCC                               112/9  (40 overs)

 5) Mickey Stiffin 35 (6x4s)  

 6) Jeff Spencer   33 (2x4s  1x6)

 Potton Town II  (won toss) 116/0  (16 overs)

Tewin II

 NMCC                             186/7 (53 overs) 

 1) Jon Tunnell         37 (118 balls,  2x4s)

 3) Colin Simmons    66 (100 balls,  4x4s  4x6s)

 partnership of 116 from 32 overs

 Tewin II (won toss)         190/5  (43.2 overs)

lost by 7 wickets

 NMCC (won toss)             150 all out (53 overs)

 Chris Stead 75 no  (148 balls, 9x4s)

 A superb knock, carrying his bat. No praise is too high to describe the value of this innings. A masterful exhibition of concentration combining sound defence with careful shot selection to secure the nine boundaries. To put the innings into context, the next highest score came from extras (33), whilst Duncan Elder was the only other batsman too reach double figures (18). The opening partnership was 48 from 10.3 overs.

 Sawbridgeworth               151/3 (39.4 overs)

 Ickleford (won toss)     244/8 (53 overs)

 James Oram  12-2-50-3

 NMCC                          149 all out  (43.1 overs)

 2) Ian Cheeseman  34    4) Neil Black 25  

 5) Pete Tyler 27

Hatch  End II

won by 5 wickets

 Hatch End II                 126 all out (49.4 overs)

 Stuart Bulger  17.4-6-26-5    Dan Levitt  6-2-16-2

 NMCC  (won toss)          127/5 (48 overs)

NMCC                            179/9  (53 overs)

2) Mark Terry 93 no (164 balls, 17x4s 1x6)

8) Ian Lawless 18

Stevenage IV  (won toss)143 all out (36 overs)

Ian Lawless 6.1-5-4-3    Ben Howell 7-2-16-2

Chris Gregory 4-1-25-2

 NMCC                           114 all out (38.5 overs)

 5) Mark Saxby 34 (39 balls, 7x4s)

 7) Kyle Claxton 28 (62 balls, 5x4s)

 Radlett (won toss)         118/2 (28.4 overs)

2nd

Bishop's Stortford II

won by 9 wickets

 Bishop's Stortford II (won toss)205/8 (53 overs)

 Harshad Rawle 21-8-59-4     Steve Thomas  11-1-51-2

 NMCC                                   208/1 (44.1 overs)

 Harshad Rawle 108 no (120 balls 14x4s1x6) 

 Howard Cornwell 90no ( 126 balls 13x4s)

 unbeaten partnership of 201

 NMCC III (won toss)        166 all out(52.1 overs)

 3) Steve Tilley 58  (8x4s)   2) Mickey Stiffin 49 (8x4s)

 partnership of 110 for the 2nd wicket from 175 balls. 

 Lost last  9 wickets for 43 runs

 Sandridge II                    167/3 (36.5 overs)

 Andy Goodliffe   2 for 47  

 NMCC  (won toss)            200/8 (53 overs)

 2) Mark Terry 46 (62 balls 6x4s  3x6s)

 5) Avey Singh 62 (100 balls 12x4s)

 Old Camdenians III         204/6 (40.5 overs)

 Mark Cox  10.5-0-57-2    Jack Caulfield  7-0-42-2

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1st

Welwyn Garden City

lost by 64 runs

 WGC (won toss)             253/7 dec. (57 overs)

 Mark Saxby  28-2-106-2   Wendell Roberts 15-2-71-2

 NMCC                          189 all out( 55.3 overs)

 1 Chris Stead       37 (72 balls 6x4s)  

 3) Duncan Elder    26 (58 balls  4x4s)

 4) Mark Saxby      51 (56 balls 8x4s  1x6)

2nd

Old Elizabethans

won by 8 wickets

 Old Elizabethans              228/9 (53 overs)

 Steve Thomas 2-84   Harshad Rawle 2-57

 NMCC  (won toss)             229/2 (42.4 overs)  

 1)Harshad Rawle   144 no (25x4s 116 balls) 

 4)Neil Black            37 no  (5x4s  1x6  54 balls)

 partnership of 102 in 79 mins. from 114 balls      

3rd

Cheshunt II

won by 9 wickets

 Cheshunt                      99 all out  (35.4 overs)

 Andy Moody  13-8-22-5  Mark Elbourne  1.4-0-4-1

 Sriharish Padmanabhan  13-2-43-4

 NMCC                            100/1  (25.1 overs)

 1) Steve Tilley  43 no    2) Jon Tiley 17

 3) Sriharish Padmanabhan 13 no

4th

Old Owens III

won by 77 runs

 NMCC  (won toss)           212 all out(52.1 overs)

 Mark Terry  85    Nick Dunleavy  32     Extras 52

 Old Owens                     135 all out  (42 overs)

 Jack Caulfield  4-31    Ben Howell  3-46

24

1st

 Hemel Hempstead Town

won by 6 wickets

 Hemel Hempstead Town      201/8  (60 overs)

 Danny Duggan     18-1-62-4    Charl Pietersen  14-0-51-2

 Wendell Roberts   14-3-28-1

 NMCC  (won toss)                 202/4 (43.1 overs)

 Mark Saxby  60*  (76 balls 9x4s 1x6)   

 Charl Pietersen (on his debut) 62* (82 balls 7x4s 2x6s)

 (unbeaten partnership of 130 from 27 overs)

 Andy Lewis  43   (48 balls 7x4s 1x6)

2nd

Rickmansworth

won by 7 wickets

 Rickmansworth (won toss)

                                     141 all out(41.5overs)

 Mark Hassall    7.5-0-23-4   Harshad Rawle  11-4-23-2   Steve Thomas   10-1-46-2     David Searle   13-3-47-1

 NMCC                           142/3  (30.1 overs)

 Harshad Rawle  50*   Ben Bagshaw  42 

(partnership of 79)

3rd

Old Haberdashers II

lost by 131 runs

 Old Haberdashers II (won toss)207/8 (53 overs)

 Andy Moody  21-4-47-5

 NMCC                                 76 all out(30 overs)

 2) Jon Tiley  21 (2x4s)    5) Andy Moody  25 (4x4s)

4th

Hemel Hempstead Town V

won by 4 wickets

 Hemel Hempstead(won toss)150 all out (41.4 overs)

 Ben Howell  12-0-38-3  Ian Lawless  5.4-2-8-3 

 Darren Medforth  10-0-35-2

 NMCC                                   151/6 (54.5 overs)

 1) Jon Tunnell   30 (90 balls 4x4s) 

 2) Mark Terry    32 (59 balls 4x4s  2x6s)

 4) Stuart Craig  30 (29 balls  6x4s)

 Ben Howell 3 catches

1

1st

Hoddesdon

won by 1 wicket

 Hoddesdon                       224/7  (60 overs)

 Mark Saxby         17-3-59-3  Danny Duggan  17-2-51-2

 Wendell Roberts   14-1-41-2 Charl Pietersen 10-0-46-0

 Neil Black in his first League appearance of the season took 3 catches and made a stumping. 

 Karl Claxton took 2 catches

 NMCC                                228/9  (49.2 overs)

 5) Mark Saxby  53          (68 balls 7x4s 1x6)  

 8) Wendell Roberts  52     (39 balls 4x4s 4x6s)

 9) Jon Mather       22      (26 balls 3x4s)

 FoW   1/8  2/32  3/40  4/93  5/129  6/129  7/153  8/207   9/221 (47.5 overs - 13 balls remaining)

8th wicket partnership between Roberts and Mather    of   54.

 won with 4 balls to spare

(move off bottom of the table, two places, to 8th)

2nd

Amphill Town II

won by 9 wickets

 Ampthill Town II            121 all out (42 overs)

 David Searle 16-5-54-3    Harshad Rawle  13.5-7-21-6

 NMCC  (won toss)             126/1       (26 overs)

 1) Harshad Rawle   62no (10x4s)

 2) Ian Cheeseman  47     (8x4s)

 (move up 2 places to third,10 points behind the leaders.)

3rd

Sawbridgeworth III

match drawn

 NMCC  (won toss)         187 all out  (52.2 overs)

 1) Jon Tiley 50  (9x4s)       7) James Tiley 24  (2x4s) 

 8) Andrew Goodliffe  42  (6x4s  1x6)

 Sawbridgeworth                159/6    (47 overs)

 Stuart Bulger  17-6-38-2

 (move up 1 place to 11th)

4th

Botany Bay III

lost by 20 runs

 Botany Bay  (won toss)    147 all out(43 overs)

 Ian Lawless 14-8-18-4   Mark Terry  7-1-32-1

 NMCC                              127  all out(51 overs)

 2) Mark Terry  37 (35 balls  7x4s) 

 8) Ian Lawless 45 (84 balls 6x4s)

 (drop down 1 place to third, 33 points behind the leaders.)

8th

1st

Potters  Bar

won by 100 runs

 NMCC                             262/6  (60 overs)

 1) Chris Stead   65   (110 balls 12x4s)          

 4)  Mark Saxby  140  (156 balls  18x4s 5x6s)

 3rd wicket partnership of 99

 7) Simon Clements 20 no (13 balls 3x4s)

 Potters Bar                    162 all out(48.5 overs)

 Danny Duggan   15-4-39-5 Wendell Roberts  11-1-34-2

 Charl Pietersen 18-2-58-2  Mark Saxby       4.5-0-25-1

 Neil Black 3 catches, making 6 in the two matches since his return to the 1st team, plus a stumping.

 (remain in 8th position, 7 points behind  Sawbridgeworth)

2nd

Langleybury II

won by 7 wickets

 Langleybury                 186 all out (50.5 overs)

 Steve Thomas    11-2-31-2  James Oram     10-4-25-2

 David Searle   10.5-2-40-4   Harshad Rawle  13-1-46-1

 3 catches for Howard Cornwell keeping wicket

 NMCC   (won toss)          189/3       (44.5 overs)

 1) Harshad Rawle     46     (68 balls 6x4s)  

 3) Duncan Elder        76     (112 balls 14x4s)

 4) Howard Cornwell  51 no (60 balls 5x4s  2x6s)

 3rd wicket partnership of 82 from 17 overs

(move up 1 place to 2nd, 10 points behind Bishop's    Stortford.)

3rd

Allenburys

match drawn

 Allenburys                          246/3(53 overs)

 NMCC     (won toss)              180-6(47 overs)

 2) Jon Tiley   80 no  (12x4s)  

 8) Jeff Spencer  48 no (5x4s 3x6s)

 7 wicket unbeaten partnership of 67

 (drop down 4 places to 15th)

4th

Ware  II

lost by 8 wickets

 NMCC                              92 all out (42 overs)

 2) Mark Terry     21     (28 balls 3x4s)

 3) Ian Lawless    27 no (117 balls 1x4)

 Ware   (won toss)                 93/2(16 overs)

 Ben Howell  4-0-17-1   Mark Cox  3-0-24-1

(drop down 5 places to 8th)   

15th

1st

Stevenage

lost by 148 runs

 Stevenage   (won toss)    239/9  (60 overs)

 Mark Saxby      21-2-62-5   Wendell Roberts  10-0-52-2

 Danny Duggan  25-5-96-2

 NMCC                             91 all out (49.3 overs)

 4) Simon Clements  16 (97 balls 1x4 1x6)

 7) Wendell Roberts   22 (22 balls 2x4s 1x6)

 failed by 3 balls to hold out for a draw !!  

(drop 1 place to 9th, 1 point behind Knebworth Park,  next week's opponents)

2nd

  North Enfield

match drawn

 NMCC                                     226-6(53 overs)

 1) Harshad Rawle     56     4) Ben Bagshaw  78

 5) Howard Cornwell  42

 North Enfield  (won toss)         182/9(47 overs)

 Harshad Rawle   21-10-33-5 Steve Thomas  13-1-70-2

 David Searle         8-0-41-2

 (remain in 2nd place, 21 points behind Bishop's Stortford)

3rd

 Old Owens II

lost by 3 wickets

 NMCC   (won toss)               201/8 (53 overs)

 1) Pete Tyler    35 (84 balls 4x4s  1x6)

 2) Jon Tiley      35  (72 balls 6x4s)

 opening partnership of 78 from 25 overs.

 3) Andy Moody  45  (49 balls 4x4s)

 Old Owens                           203/7 (43.3 overs)

 Matthew Williams 8-2-24-3   Ed Ridge  8-1-46-1

 Andy Moody  15.3-4-62-1    Dan Levitt  6-0-33-1

 Jeff Spencer         6-33-1

 (move up 2 places to 13th)

4th

  Wormley III

match drawn

 Wormley   (won toss)             202/5 (53 overs)

 Ian Lawless  9-4-12-2   Darren Medforth  16-0-54-2

 Ben Howell   9-2-54-1

 NMCC                                     181/8 (47 overs)

 (remain in 8th place)

22nd

1st

Knebworth Park

won by 2 wickets

 Knebworth Park   (won toss)   198/7(49 overs)

 innings interrupted by rain on two occasions. 

 Match finally reduced to 49/40 overs.

Wendell Roberts               17-6-46-3 

Paul Coverdale (on  debut)15-0-66-2

 Danny Duggan                    4-0-30-2

 NMCC                                     199/8(40 overs)

 4)   Mark Saxby         34             (40 balls 5x4s) 

 6)   Wendell Roberts   57 no        (47 balls 5x4s 3x6s)

 9)   Ben Bagshaw       19             (18 balls 3x4s) 

 10) Chris Stead         13 no         (11 balls 1x4)

 F of W  1/30  2/34  3/49  4/86  5/97  6/114  

 7/114 8/147

 When the 7th wicket fell the target was 85 

 from 9.2 overs

 Wendell and Ben then added 53 from 32 balls

 When Ben was caught, 32 were required from 

 4overs. 9 runs were needed from the final over. The    winning run came from a bye off the final delivery.

(Up 1 place to 8th, 10 points behind Hertford, next    week's   opponents who are in 5th position.)

2nd

County Hall

lost by 97 runs

 County Hall  (won toss)   243/6  (50 overs)

 James Oram       9-2-61-1    David Searle 14-2-60-3

 Harshad Rawle  19-7-54-2

 NMCC                            146 all out(38.4 overs)

 1) Harshad Rawle  42  (57 balls 5x4s)

 2) Ian Cheeseman 29  (40 balls 6x4s) 

 partnership of 60 from 13.1 overs

 3) Kyle Claxton      26  (40 balls 6x4s)

 Rawle/Claxton partnership of 41from 8.3 overs

 Last 8 wickets fell for 45 runs

 (2nd defeat of the season means a drop from 2nd to 4th.) 

3rd

Greenwood Park

lost by 13 runs

 Greenwood Park  (won toss)

                                   184 all out (51.4 overs)

 Andy Moody 18-2-38-4  Matt Williams 15.4-2-54-2

 Alex Kenyon 5-0-32-2

 NMCC                         171 all out (47 overs)

 3) Nick Dunleavy  23 (5x4s) 

 4) Andy Moody 36 (4x4s)

 5) Russell Bennett 77no  (7x4s)

 (Drop 1 place to 14th.)

4th

Monken Hadley II

lost by 7 wickets

 NMCC  (won toss)           187 all out(50.4 overs)

 2) Colin Simmons      52 (99 balls 11x4s) 

 4) Stuart Craig          25  (30 balls 4x4s)

 5) Richard Harrison   22  (33 balls 3x4s)

 Monken Hadley              188/ (47.4 overs)

 Ian Lawless  17-3-46-1  Chris Gregory  9-0-42-2

 (Drop 1 place to 9th) 

29th

1st

Hertford

match drawn

 NMCC (won toss)          251/8 (60 overs)

 2) Kyle Claxton        68 (96 balls 12x4s)

 3) Simon Clements  36 (79 balls 6x4s)

 partnership of 123 from 160 balls

 5) Duncan Elder       36 (62 balls 3x4s)

 7) Jon Mather         29 (41 balls 5x4s)

 8) Wendell Roberts  21 (11 balls 2x4s  1x6)

 Hertford                     245/7 (50 overs)

 Wendell Roberts  15-1-58-7

 (move up 1 place to 7th)

2nd

Northwood II

won by 6 wickets

 Northwood                  215/7  (53 overs)

 Harshad Rawle   17-3-65-5  

 Steve Thomas 13-3-49-1

 Andrew Goodliffe 9-2-20-1

 NMCC                          217/4  (42.3 overs)

 1) Harshad Rawle   136 no (127 balls 16x4s 3x6s)

 3) Howard Cornwell   23      (48 balls 4x4s)

 5) Pete Tyler            30      (64 balls 5x4s)

 partnership Harshad/Pete  140 from 23.3 overs

 (move up 1 place to 3rd)

3rd

Stevenage III

won by 5 wickets

 Stevenage                      204 all out (45 overs)

 Ben Howell    11.2-1-52-4      Ed Ridge  12-4-26-3

 Matthew Williams 11-1-42-1 Jeff Spencer 3-1-9-2

 NMCC                           205/5 (49.1 overs)

 1) Jon Tiley          55 (9x4s)

 2) Steve Tilley      54 (10x4s)

 partnership of 116

 3) Colin Simmons 26 (3x4s 1x6)

 6) Jeff Spencer    27 no (2x4s)

 (move up 3 places to 11th)

4th

Waltham X Rosedale III

lost by 2 wickets

 NMCC                                  217/7 (53 overs)

 2) Mark Terry       37         3) Ian Lawless      63

 4) Stuart Craig     46         8) Rory Craig        28 no

 Waltham X Rosedale           221/8 (46.2 overs)

 Ian Lawless   17-6-58-7     Luke Bees  6-0-43-1

 (move up 1 place to 8th)

5th

1st

Sawbridgeworth

won by 4 wickets

 Sawbridgeworth  (won toss)

                                       138 allout(59.2 overs)

Danny Duggan   18.2-54-7   Many congratulations to Danny on taking  401 League wickets.

Mark Saxby       20-7-33-1

NMCC                                139/6 (39.2 overs)

2) Kyle Claxton   23  (56 balls 3x4s  1x6)