Corsham
Cricket CLUB
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Corsham
Cricket CLUB
C
orsham CC is fine example of
a club playing an important
role in their local community
with a successful first team
and a thriving Academy. Secretary John
Gale recently took the time to give us an
insight into what has been behind their
success.
Involvement
He told us, “I’ve been involved
with the cricket club all my life. It’s a
family affair with myself, my father and
grandfather all having been involved.
We’ve quite a few people here that fall
into that category. I’m 64 now and started
playing in the youth set up in the 1960s,
making my first team debut at 16 and
playing my final game for the first XI
when I was 60.”
2015
“It’s very much a family club here.
Corsham is not a big town and we do
seem to punch above our weight a little
in the league that we are in. We’ve been
members of the league for the last fifteen
years and we were happy with how the
season went in 2015.
Coming into the season we thought
that we might struggle because we
lost something like nine playing
members. That meant that players
who had been mainstays of the
second XI were asked to step
up but thanks to some good
performances we got some
wins on the board early.
We ended up finishing fourth and were
very happy with that.”
Talent
“We then brought Dwaine Fielding
across and he was virtually unknown at
the time. We’d been told he was a decent
player but he scored 72 against our arch
rivals Bath in his first match to see us
home and the following week he rattled
up 220 and never looked back from there.
He also chipped in with the ball and we’ve
invited him back again for 2016.
We’ve got a couple of young spin
bowlers that are home-grown at the club
at the moment as well that deserve a
mention. Joe King and Tom Foley, who
as a pair are probably the leading spin
bowlers in the league. Joe took 33 wickets
and Tom took 19 and was very frugal.
They were well backed up by the rest of
the attack as well.”
“We’ve always had a very healthy
youth section which is now known
as the Corsham Academy.”
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