Chess Valley League
In the winter of 2000/2001 the Committee took what on reflection today was an extremely sensible and well timed decision to enter the Chess Valley League.
This competition has proved very popular within the Club, providing competitive League cricket on a Sunday, which is the envy of many of our neighbouring Clubs, with Chingford being the only Essex Club in the competition. It has also enabled us to continue many traditional fixtures with Hertfordshire and Middlesex Clubs.
The table below gives our record in the competition to date. (The League restructured into a vertical League in 2008 and the 2020 League was not contested due to the pandemic)
We entered two teams until 2014, and one thereafter
|
Year
|
Division
|
Position
|
Won
|
Aban/Tied
|
Lost
|
Points
|
|
2001
|
1st xi 4
2nd xi 4
|
3rd
4th
|
4
4
|
1
1
|
2
2
|
18
18
|
|
2002
|
1st xi 3
2nd xi 3
|
3rd
4th
|
5
5
|
1
0
|
3
2
|
22
20
|
|
2003
|
1st xi 2
2nd xi 2
|
8th
2nd
|
3
7
|
0
0
|
6
2
|
12
28
|
|
2004
|
1st xi 3
2nd xi 1
|
1st
5th
|
9
4
|
0
0
|
0
5
|
36
14
|
|
2005
|
1st xi 2
2nd xi 1
|
1st
7th
|
8
4
|
0
0
|
1
5
|
32
16
|
|
2006
|
1st xi 1
2nd xi 1
|
3rd
1st
|
5
6
|
1
1
|
3
2
|
22
26
|
|
2007
|
1st xi 1
2nd xi 1
|
2nd
3rd
|
5
5
|
2
2
|
2
2
|
24
24
|
|
2008
|
1
6
|
4th
5th
|
3
4
|
4
3
|
2
2
|
20
22
|
|
2009
|
1
5
|
1st
5th
|
8
5
|
0
0
|
1
4
|
32
20
|
|
2010
|
1
5
|
1st
9th
|
7
3
|
1
0
|
1
6
|
30
16
|
|
2011
|
1
6
|
2nd
9th
|
6
1
|
1
4
|
1
4
|
26
12
|
|
2012
|
1
6
|
3rd
8th
|
5
1
|
0
2
|
3
6
|
20
8
|
|
2013
|
1
7
|
2nd
9th
|
6
3
|
0
0
|
2
6
|
24
12
|
|
2014
|
1
7
|
6th
3rd
|
3
5
|
1
2
|
2
2
|
16
22
|
|
2015
|
4
|
4th
|
6
|
1
|
4
|
26
|
|
2016
|
3
|
6th
|
3
|
2
|
4
|
16
|
|
2017
|
2
|
8th
|
2
|
0
|
7
|
8
|
|
2018
|
3
|
8th
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
10
|
|
2019
|
4
|
1st
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
24
|
|
2021
|
3
|
6th
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
10
|
|
2022
|
3
|
5th
|
3
|
0
|
4
|
12
|
|
2023
|
3
|
1st
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
30
|
|
2024
|
2
|
1st
|
7
|
1
|
1
|
30
|
Chess Valley League Top Performers
|
Batsmen
|
Runs
|
Bowlers
|
Wickets
|
|
Peter Joslin
|
2130
|
Ben MacGregor
|
121
|
|
Billy Rhone
|
1731
|
Richard MacGregor
|
112
|
|
Nasser Rashid
|
1188
|
Michael Blake
|
69
|
|
Shaun McMurray
|
1153
|
Nasser Rashid
|
43
|
|
Marc Fletcher
|
1126
|
Talal Sultan
|
39
|
|
Alfie Taylor
|
1122
|
Len Daniels
|
39
|
|
Paul Shawyer
|
1102
|
Tanvir Hasan
|
38
|
|
Niraj Odedera
|
1028
|
George Duke
|
35
|
|
Michael Blake
|
1007
|
Nick Shawyer
|
35
|
|
Rezwan Rehman
|
933
|
Aiden Woodcock
|
34
|
League Individual Awards
The League also used to award prizes to the Top Run Scorer and Top Wicket Taker in Divisions 1-5. We have been fortunate enough to have won six award :
|
Year
|
Name
|
Division
|
Category
|
|
2004
|
Angelo Bass
|
3
|
Bowling
|
|
2005
|
Niraj Odedera
|
2
|
Batting
|
|
2006
|
Niraj Odedera
|
1
|
Bating
|
|
2007
|
Ben MacGregor
|
1
|
Bowling
|
|
2015
|
Alfie Taylor
|
4
|
Batting
|
|
2017
|
Ameetab Ashok
|
2
|
Batting
|