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CRICKET   TEAS  2025

 CRICKET TEAS have always been the integral part of cricketing day for many years and hopefully things will get back to normal soon.

For 2025  a list will be compiled early in 2025, following contact with all clubs to ascertain their position.

  

     DIVISION  ONE  

        AT THIS POINT IN TIME ,   NINE   CLUBS ARE PROVIDING TEAS FOR  PLAYERS .

 

             BRAINTREE,   COGGESHALL , EASTON  , EAST BERGHOLT , HADLEIGH ,  WIVENHOE ,   

                                 

             WORLINGTON           --      PLUS   CLACTON  & MALDON ON A RECIPROCAL   BASIS

                                                                            

       

                       HALSTEAD   AND   WOOLPIT  ARE NOT PROVIDING TEAS FOR PLAYERS    

                        MILDENHALL     HAVE NOT REPLIED  AS YET                                        

             

                                      

                                              

                       

     DIVISION   TWO:          

 

    EIGHT   OF THE TWELVE CLUBS ARE PROVIDING TEAS FOR ALL PLAYERS :-

                  ABBERTON  ,BURY ST EDMUNDS,    HAVERHILL,    KESGRAVE ,  SUDBURY  II  , WITHAM  II , 

      

             PLUS  KELVEDON ,   AND COPDOCK      WHO WILL SUPPLY TEAS ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS.

            

                          CLUBS THAT ARE NOT PROVIDING TEAS FOR PLAYERS  AT ALL  ARE   

 

                                      FELIXSTOWE   ,   MISTLEY     and             WOOLPIT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

                          DUNMOW        HAVE NOT REPLIED AS YET        

 

                          

       

                                              

           

     DIVISON   THREE :   

 

        ALL TWELVE TEAMS  WILL BE PROVIDING TEAS FOR ALL PLAYERS AND UMPIRES  IN 2025. 

          THIS IS WELCOME NEWS AND WILL HELP TO GET THINGS  BACK TO NORMAL AFTER

                                                              SEVERAL DIFFICULT YEARS 

                                      

           

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If any other clubs decide to return to provision of teas, let me know right away and it will be posted above.

 OTHER LEAGUES ? :        The  EAST ANGLIAN PREMIER LEAGUE : Teas/ lunches as normal.

                                                                  

                                             HUNTS COUNTY BATS LEAGUE :   Teas as normal

     

 

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  Note :  Even if the home clubs are not providing teas the time normally taken by the " tea interval " will be taken as normal.    Players and umpires will bring their own food and have the usual break.

UMPIRES EXPENSES

     

     UMPIRES EXPENSES  for the 2025 season   will be £50 as for the last two seasons, providing that teas are supplied by the home team.     A FULL TEA WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ALL UMPIRES.  THIS INCLUDES THE OFFER OF A HOT OR COLD DRINK  ON ARRIVAL AND AND THE SAME DURING THE TEA INTERVAL

 

 UMPIRES STANDING ALONE :      If an umpire stands on his own the expenses rate will be the same, each club paying half..   If a club wishes to pay the umpire extra, that of course will be fine.

 

 UMPIRES STANDING ALONE :    This will be avoided wherever possible and umpires will not be spread around in Div 2 to cover more matches.   In case of late call offs some umpires will stand on their own but this won't be a regular feature. 

 IMPORTANT NOTE :   Due to many problems  regarding the payment of umpires the following format  will

                 now apply to all clubs. 

      PAYMENTS TO UMPIRES( CASH ONLY  )  ALONG WITH THE PROVISION OF TEAM SHEETS, MATCH BALLS AND SOME SPARE MATCH BALLS MUST BE PROVIDED BEFORE A MATCH IS ALLOWED TO START.

   IF A DELAY TO THE START IS CAUSED BY NON COMPLIANCE, THE OVERS CAN BE REDUCED AS PER

   LEAGUE RULES FOR A DELAYED START OR TIME REDUCED FROM THE NORMAL ALLOWANCE IF THE FIELDING TEAM ARE AT FAULT.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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                   CASH ONLY PLEASE    AND PAYMENT BEFORE THE MATCH STARTS

Umpires Records 2009- 2021   excluding 2020

            Listed below are the number of matches these umpires have covered in the Two Counties League

     220- RON RAISEY    215- IAN DAVIS    210 - MEL PHAIR     203  - RAY DIGWEED

    192- KEITH LAMDIN   186- ROBIN DRURY  183 - TERRY SNELL    181- COLIN WELLS

    180- HUGH NEWMAN  178- PHIL SMITH     154 - MARTIN WHITE   141  - DAVE ROOT

    139- JOHN BLOOMFIELD    139 -SHAUN WHITFIELD      137 - BEN BROWN

    135- CHARLES REVELL , 133- ADRIAN OSBORNE, 132- BOB BARNES, 125- NIGEL PETTITT

    123- PETER PUSHMAN, 121- JOHN BOYLES ,  117- BILL CHAMBERS, 115- STEVE LILLEY

    113- CLIVE VICKERY ,   108- ELVIN KNG    106- PETER LODGE  , 104 - GARRY HAYWARD

    103- JOHN FISKE

   The following list are umpires that have covered just under a hundred matches

97- Winston Browne, Tom Smith,  90 John Hemmings, 83- Gus Hunnybun, 82- Keith Wright

81- Dave Worne, 81- Barry Phillpotts    75- John Gallant, Alan Beazer

   

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