OVAL WORLD FANTASY CRICKET LEAGUE 2019Monday,
15th April - The first set of scores are out at long last
(apologies for the delay, but my main PC unexpectedly threw in
the towel)
and they show William Summerlin grabbing an initial lead, followed
by Paul Blake; while Andy Woodhouse and Mark Percival are also
very
much in touch. Don't forget, the transfer window closes at
11am on 14th May, so make sure you email your changes to marcushook64@gmail.com
before then.
Friday, 24th May
- Paul Blake's CACC LUFC SCCC leapfrogs William Summerlin's
Fresh Tactical Dimension at the head of affairs. Meanwhile,
Stuart Watson and Anthony Vidler have top four billing for the
first time this season, following the transfer window;
shuffling Andy Woodhouse and Marc Percival down to fifth and
six respectively.
Friday, 7th June
- The lead changes hands again! Mark Percival (who finished
8th last year) now finds himself out in front, with a near
five-point advantage over Stuart Watson, who was fourth in
2018 and has been there or thereabouts this term. Like
Stuart's team, Anthony Vidler's has moved up one place. That's
the top three, but the two biggest movers, in terms of points,
since the May 24 calculation were Rob Lewis (88.1 points
seeing his side swap 12th for sixth) and Chris Keene (up from
16th to 11th).
Friday, 21st June
- As it's a case of "as you were" for the
top four, maybe things starting to assume an air of certainty
(much like Somerset's march towards the County Championship
title). Actually, no, because there's just 0.38 of a point between the
table topping Marc's Magicians and the second-placed Mandatory
Reselection. Will it be a two-horse race? The chasing pack
down to yours truly in 7th will still fancy their chances, but
luck with injuries could play a big part. For the record, the
three highest points-scoring teams since the last update were:
64.2 points - Curse These Metal Hands, 62.2 - Mandatory
Reselection and 57.8 - Sorrento Sunshine XI.
Friday, 5th July - Stuart
Watson has taken over at top and has a slender 8.75-point lead
over Marc Percival. Apart from Anthony Vidler, who is holding
firm in third, there's been some real jockeying for position
between fourth and thirteenth. The main beneficiaries since
June 21 have been Harry Rowe (up from 9th to 4th), Fred Rowe
(who has swapped 12th for 6th) and Nick Blyth (13th last time,
but now up to 9th).
Friday, 19th July
- It remains a two-horse contest going into the break for
the Vitality T20 Blast, but Mandatory Reselection's advantage
over Marc's Magicians is down to 2.7 points (trimmed from
8.8). Sir Keith Park XI now occupy third spot (up from 7th).
Basil Brushers have risen from 9th to fourth, while,
completing the top five, CACC LUFC SCCC drop one place. In
terms of the most significant points increases since July 5,
Adam Munro's Rhodes Less Travelled advanced by 105.4 points,
and no less staggering were the spurts put in by Tracey
Field's Tea Stops Play (97.2 points) and Anthony Earl's ACE XI
(93.5 points).
Monday, 26th August
- Yep, it's still looking like one from two - but which
one?! Mark Percival has leapfrogged Stuart Watson, however the
margin is down to a coat of paint 0.2 of a point. Nick Blyth
has moved up from fourth to third (can Nick's side really eat
into the 33.9 point gap between the silver and bronze places
in the last month?). Anthony Vidler, up from 7th, assumes
fourth position. But the only other managers moving in the
right direction have all seen their sides push the button far
too late. Tracey Field who was 23rd, is now 15th; Chris Dales
is up from 24th to 18th; and Tom Rennie has swapped 19th for
14th.
Friday, 20th September
- The lead may have changed back again, but there's still
precious little separating Mandatory Selection and Marc's
Magicians going into the last round of the County
Championship. The biggest movers since the end of August are
Ray Armfield's Who's Surrey Now (up seven spots from 21st to
14th) and Don Rosendale's Glad All Over (now 27th, but was
33rd). Unfortunately, it hasn't been a happy last few weeks
for Ian Woollatt's The Pink Protectors - down from 26th to
31st (sorry Ian).
Final Standings
- And the winner is... Marc Percival. For most of the
season, it was a see-saw battle between Marc's Magicians and
Stuart Watson's Mandatory Reselection. In the end, there was
just 4.9
points in it. (I wonder if there will ever be a need for
the tie-break question of how many matches you think Surrey
will win in all competitions - okay, hands up, who guessed it
would be a pitiful eight?). But thanks to everyone for
participating, in particular to our new champion and his
dogged challenger.
FINAL STANDINGS
| 1 |
Mark
Percival |
Marc's
Magicians |
638.5 |
| 2 |
Stuart
Watson |
Mandatory
Reselection |
633.6 |
| 3 |
Nick Blyth |
Basil
Brushers |
600.9 |
| 4 |
Andy
Woodhouse |
Sir Keith
Park XI |
597.3 |
| 5 |
Fred Rowe |
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Tresco |
588.5 |
| 6 |
Harry Rowe |
Marcus &
Harry: Our Story |
580.3 |
| 7 |
Anthony Earl |
ACE XI |
579.4 |
| 8 |
Anthony
Vidler |
The Purley
Pinch Hitters |
576.8 |
| 9 |
Rob Lewis |
Surrey-By-Sea |
576.1 |
| 10 |
Marcus Hook |
Sorrento
Sunshine XI |
574.9 |
| 11 |
Paul Blake |
CACC LUFC
SCCC |
574.6 |
| 12 |
Tom Rennie |
Curse These
Metal Hands |
565.9 |
| 13 |
Steven
Macleod |
Do You
Con(or Mc)Kerr? |
564.3 |
| 14 |
Chris Keene |
Keene As
Mustard |
549.4 |
| 15 |
Adam Munro |
Rhodes Less
Travelled |
547.5 |
| 16 |
Ray Armfield |
Who's Surrey
Now? |
547.2 |
| 17 |
Tracey Field |
Tea Stops
Play |
543.4 |
| 18 |
Alex Easdale |
Cooky With
Gas |
542.2 |
| 19 |
Chris Dales |
Curran
Affairs |
536.7 |
| 20 |
William
Summerlin |
Fresh
Tactical Dimension |
534.5 |
| 21 |
Roderick
Easdale |
By Hook Or
By Cook |
523.5 |
| 22 |
Daniel Lumby |
Samits Gotta
Give |
523.2 |
| 23 |
Albert
Ratcliff |
Bertie's
Bash Hits |
507.5 |
| 24 |
Chris Eades |
Fibrax |
507.4 |
| 25 |
Simon
Hemsley |
South London
Visigoths |
506.8 |
| 26 |
Fred Sworder |
Swordershire
Casuals |
498.0 |
| 27 |
Alistair
Gordon |
Cricketman's
Squad |
494.4 |
| 28 |
Don
Rosendale |
Glad All
Over |
486.2 |
| 29 |
Alan Jenkins |
Vauxhall
& Ireland |
484.8 |
| 30 |
Michael Shaw |
Surreylion |
482.9 |
| 31 |
Jamie
Dowling |
Cherry Pie
Chuckers |
480.5 |
| 32 |
Ian Woollatt |
The Pink
Protectors |
475.2 |
| 33 |
Hanna
Dowling |
Mustard And
Onions |
439.8 |
| 34 |
Richard
Budden |
Surrey Stars |
439.6 |
| 35 |
Chris
Stoneman |
Albezanaan |
407.2 |
| 36 |
Harjot Sidhu |
Singh-ing In
The Rey-n |
402.0 |
| 37 |
Keith Burley |
Royal Berks |
383.7 |
| 38 |
Rhys
Benjamin |
The Batty
Boys |
379.6 |
| 39 |
Thomas Earl |
Thomas XI |
366.0 |
| 40 |
Nick
Robinson |
Comeontheree |
359.5 |
| 41 |
Gregory
Mumford |
The Pigeon
Blockers Xl |
351.8 |
| 42 |
Paul Trumble |
Cream Of The
Crease IV |
340.8 |
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for the FIRST-CLASS AVERAGES
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table (based on the initial selections)
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