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Lord's Taverners and Brentwood CC

Lord’s Taverners return to play Brentwood CC at the Old County Ground, Brentwood on 8 August 2025 to celebrate the first Lord’s Taverners match played against Brentwood CC back on 3 July 1966.

Lord’s Taverners archivist William Powell looks at previous encounters in Brentwood…

Brentwood CC has hosted Lord’s Taverners at Lord’s on one previous occasion, on 3 July 1966.

Only Match with Brentwood CC (Lord’s Taverners won by 5 wickets)

The first and last match in 1966 saw Lord’s Taverners field first after winning the toss of the coin. It was a 12-a-side match. The Brentwood team included P.J. Whitcombe, L. Cole, S. Russell, R.J. Mayes, R. Sale, P. Thomas, A. Eyres, B. Goodwin, G. Harries, I. Pont, and J. Smith. The Lord’s Taverners side was Jack Robertson captain, A. Taylor, Peter May, John Pretlove, Tom Adams, J. Taylor, Colin Welland, Nicholas Parsons, David Frost, Arthur McIntyre, and Leslie Crowther.

Brentwood CC made 206 for 7 declared in 38 overs. L. Cole 57, R.J. Mayes 50, R. Sale 38 and P.J. Whitcombe 32 top scored for the hosts. The pick of the bowlers for Lord’s Taverners were Jack Robertson 3 for 43 and Colin Welland 2 for 31. Needing 207 to win the Lord’s Taverners coasted home to win by 5 wickets. Lord’s Taverners 210 for 5 from 42.1 over Peter May 58, Jack Robertson 52, A. Taylor 42, and John Pretlove 34 were the main run scorers. Brentwood CC pick of the bowlers was Sale 1 for 5, Cole 1 for 12 and Whitcombe 1 for 16.

Match Statistics

Played 1

Brentwood won 0.

Tied 2

Lord’s Taverners won 1.

Highest innings total for Brentwood 206 for 7 dec (1966)

Highest innings total for LT 210 for 5 (1966)

Lowest innings total for Brentwood 206 for 7 dec (1966)

Lowest innings total for LT 210 for 5 (1966)

Highest individual innings for Brentwood 57 L. Cole (1966)

Highest individual innings for LT 58 P.B.H. May (1966)

Best Bowling for Brentwood 1 for 5 R. Sale

Best Bowling for LT 4 for 3 for 43 J.D.B. Robertson (1966)

Scorecard

Venue

Old County Ground, Brentwood on 3rd July 1966 (1-day single innings match)

Balls per over

6

Toss

Lord's Taverners won the toss and decided to field

Result

Lord's Taverners won by 5 wickets

 

Brentwood innings

Runs

Balls

Mins

4s

6s

PJ Whitcombe

A Taylor b Welland

32

 

 

 

 

 

*L Cole

May b Welland

57

 

 

 

 

 

S Russell

c and b J Taylor

2

 

 

 

 

 

RJ Mayes

st McIntyre b May

50

 

 

 

 

 

R Sale

Pretlove b Robertson

38

 

 

 

 

 

P Thomas

Robertson

6

 

 

 

 

 

+A Eyres

Robertson

5

 

 

 

 

 

B Goodwin

not out

10

 

 

 

 

 

G Harries

not out

5

 

 

 

 

 

I Pont

did not bat

 

 

 

 

 

 

J Smith

did not bat

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

(1 lb)

1

         

Total

(7 wickets, declared, 38 overs)

206

         

Fall of wickets:

 

1-88 (Cole), 2-90 (Russell), 3-96 (Whitcombe), 4-144 (Sale), 5-160 (Thomas), 6-186 (Eyres), 7-194 (Mayes)

 

 

Lord's Taverners bowling

Overs

Mdns

Runs

Wkts

Wides

No-Balls

J Taylor

8   

0

37

1

-

-

Pretlove

4   

0

27

0

-

-

Welland

5   

1

31

2

-

-

Parsons

5   

2

12

0

-

-

Robertson

10   

1

43

3

-

-

Frost

4   

0

46

0

-

-

May

2   

0

9

1

-

-

 

 

Lord's Taverners innings

Runs

Balls

Mins

4s

6s

*JDB Robertson

Harries b Whitcombe

52

 

 

 

 

 

A Taylor

Mayes b Russell

42

 

 

 

 

 

PBH May

Pont

58

 

 

 

 

 

JF Pretlove

c and b Cole

34

 

 

 

 

 

T Adams

Sale

5

 

 

 

 

 

J Taylor

not out

12

 

 

 

 

 

C Welland

not out

2

 

 

 

 

 

CN Parsons

did not bat

 

 

 

 

 

 

DP Frost

did not bat

 

 

 

 

 

 

+AJW McIntyre

did not bat

 

 

 

 

 

 

LDS Crowther

did not bat

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extras

(1 b, 2 nb, 2 w)

5

         

Total

(5 wickets, 42.1 overs)

210

         

Fall of wickets:

 

1-79 (Robertson), 2-115 (A Taylor), 3-190 (May), 4-194 (Pretlove), 5-200 (Adams)

 

 

Brentwood bowling

Overs

Mdns

Runs

Wkts

Wides

No-Balls

Harries

6   

1

29

0

 

 

Pont

5   

1

20

1

 

 

Goodwin

12   

2

57

0

 

 

Thomas

4   

1

12

0

 

 

Whitcombe

2   

0

16

1

 

 

Russell

7   

0

38

1

 

 

Mayes

2   

0

16

0

 

 

Cole

2.1

0

12

1

 

 

Sale

2   

0

5

1

 

 

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