ALL TIME GREATS

Chingford All Time Greats

The Chingford All Time Greats are simply the top 10 batsmen and the top 10 bowlers in Chingford Cricket Club history.

 

Qualification is determined by

·        Runs scored for Chingford and

·        Wickets taken for Chingford

 

The Club website contains scorecards for all elevens going all the way back to the Club’s founding in 1903, which are complete for many years.

 

Extensive work over several years has taken place in terms of:

  • Loading every available scorecard/scorebook we can find to the Club website
  • Comprehensive research of the National Newspaper Archives investigating local papers where Chingford were the home team and the corresponding local papers for where Chingford were the away team.

 

The above research is now complete but our records are not, therefore the next stage will be to see if any of our opponent Clubs have archives of old scorebooks that may help plug the gaps. This work is ongoing and any scorecards recovered will in turn be added to the website.

 

Finally, I unreservedly apologise to anyone whose totals are understated or who is missing from the list.

 

Position

Batting

Runs

Bowling

Wickets

1

Richard Alston

39049

Michael Blake

2054

2

Peter Joslin

26660

Jock Harwood

1533

3

Michael Blake

22437

Bill Adamson

1323

4

James Hill

20983

Buddy Jessop

1304

5

Alfie Taylor

17679

Paul Hart

1232

6

Ken Dowding

17037

Richard MacGregor

1210

7

John Woodland

16977

Ben MacGregor

1201

8

Ben MacGregor

16681

Gordon Downes

1182

9

George Chapman

15987

Carey Harborne

1014

10

Bill Jeffrey

15428

Bryan Hart

899

 

Last updated : 13 Mar 2025