A number of this squad also went on to compete in the English U14 Championship , the Reid Trophy , which again reiterates the high standards that we are achieving with the County training set-up .
Apart from the annual friendlies that are played each year with the other Counties the real focus for the U14 team was the U14 Inter Counties League which is contested by Essex , Kent , Hampshire , Hertfordshire , Surrey and Sussex . The Counties are drawn into two zones of three with the winners of each zone playing a final to determine the champions . Our zone opponents this year were Sussex and Hampshire , which we comfortably came through after winning 5 matches and losing just the 1 . This took as to a final match at Camberley heath Golf course against rivals Hertfordshire , who we had met in the two previous finals . This year was to be Surrey ’ s again and the squad won what was a very tightly fought match .
There was also the “ Sussex Salver ”, a triple match played annually against Sussex & Hampshire Surrey were the holders and had been for five years and with this terrific group of players they weren ’ t going to let it go out of the County without a fight . A goodfight it was , with Surrey and Hampshire tying for the honours . Still a great achievement for Surrey but we plan to win it back fully in 2017 !
The season had without doubt been an excellent one for this age group of players and bodes well for U15 ’ s next year .
U14 Match results : Friendly Matches played
Surrey v Essex v Kent 29th March at Reigate Hill GC ( 12 a side ) Surrey bt Essex 22pts to 2pts ; Surrey bt Kent 18pts to 6pts
Surrey v Middlesex 24th April at Ealing GC ( 14 a side ) Surrey won 15½ pts to 12½ pts
Surrey v Dorset 13th August at Wellington College Surrey beat Dorset 4pts to 2pts
Surrey v BB & O 9th October at Wellington College Surrey won 8pts to 4pts
Sussex Salver Match Surrey v Sussex v Hampshire 31st July at Stoneham GC ( 12 a side )
Team : John Richardson , Joe Wood , Harry Crockett , Ben Kelly , Demi Di Matteo , Austin Gamble , Rhys Williams , Jack Kurzberg . Jack Evans , Jack Osborne , William Loughlin , Alex Keefe , Benjamin Brew , Peter Cole
Result : Surrey 28pts , Hampshire 28pts , Sussex 16pts . Surrey share the Salver with Hampshire . A 6th year in a row that we have either won or shared the winning .
Players who represented the County in the Inter-Counties U14 league ( Essex , Kent , Hertfordshire , Hampshire , Sussex & Surrey )
John Richardson , Joe Wood , Harry Crockett , Barnes Wallis , Fergus Jacobs , Luke Stock , Demi Di Matteo , Benjamin Kelly , Austin Gambel , Tommy Noel , Rhys Williams , Peter Cole , Jack Kurzberg , William Loughlin , John Keane , Alex Keefe , Christian Gadd
Zone Matches played
Surrey v Sussex v Hampshire 15th May at Farnham GC ( 12 a side ) Surrey beat Sussex 16pts to 8pts & beat Hampshire 16pts to 8pts Hampshire halved with Sussex 12pts to 12pts
Surrey v Sussex v Hampshire 5th June at Chartham Park GC ( 12 a side ) Surrey beat Sussex 14pts to 10pts & beat Hampshire 13pts to 11pts Hampshire beat Sussex 13pts to 11pts
Surrey v Sussex v Hampshire 12th June at Petersfield GC ( 12 a side ) Surrey beat Sussex 15pts to 9pts & lost to Hampshire 14pts to 10pts Hampshire beat Sussex 16pts to 8pts .
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