Author: Simon Rogerson

Cricket Club based in South Bank, York

Sun Sets on Winning Season at Ovington

Autumn has fallen over the Vale of York but Ovington Cricket Club’s senior teams can all head into the dark months of the year on a high after a commendable and successful 2024 season. The 1st Team in particular can bask in their own glory as champions of the Yorkshire Premier League North Division 2…
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Ovington fight for silverware on multiple fronts

Each of Ovington’s three senior teams enter the final straight of the 2024 season with all to play for and the prospect of winning some silverware. On the way there have been some great results, some days to forget and some outstanding performances including 2 maiden centuries. The 1st team started August with what eventually…
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Metcalf Family Partnership Tops Off Successful July

Positive results throughout July have left all 3 of Ovington’s weekend teams on or near the top of their respective tables. The month began on 5th July with a win for the 1st Team at home on the Knavesmire against Knaresborough. Batting first, Ovington managed a score of 191/5 off their slightly reduced 43 overs.…
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Perfect June Days for Ovington

“Oh it’s such a perfect day” or so sang Lou Reed back in 1972. The jury is out as to whether or not he was singing about cricket but rumour has it that the New York art scene at the time did have a lively underground 7 aside tournament.* Ovington Cricket Club senior teams had…
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Garner Steel piles on runs

Late May and early June saw a number of successes and a few failures for Ovington with the biggest highlight being the volume of runs scored by teenage batting sensation Alex Garner Steel. The 1st Team welcomed Duncombe Park to the Knavesmire and on 25th May and with Ovington batting first, Garner Steel did what…
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Season off to a flyer after delayed start

The 2024 cricket season finally got underway after more false starts than the 1993 Grand National and all three of Ovington’s horses have so far got off to flying starts. Early weeks of the season were blighted by wet pitches, swampy outfields and opposition concessions that left several members of the club wondering if they…
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Season Preview and Club Day (06/04/24)

Another season of cricket is almost upon us and everyone at Ovington Cricket Club is ready and raring to go. Winter nets have been successfully negotiated, the ground is finally drying out and The Little Knavesmire is abuzz with the drone of lawnmowers/groundsmen. For any new people interested in joining us in one way or…
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