The Sweep 24 Week 2 – It’s the Honours Board for Fernando, Finzel, Gibson and Hall on a packed weekend.
A packed weekend of Cornwood Cricket with 4 honours board individual performances.
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Cornwood Cricket club
May 66 min read
The Sweep 24 Week 1: New Faces for The Ones on an Old School Devon Cricket Weekend
1sts beat Bovey Tracey with 5 new faces. Other teams suffer in an old school start to the DCL Season.
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Cornwood Cricket club
Apr 296 min read
The Sweep 24 Pre-Season: Skeemer has a Dream Start, Weston have a Mare.
The Ones start the year with an impressive 11 run victory and are rewarded with a Sunday jaunt to Helston in 2 weeks’ time.
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Cornwood Cricket club
Sep 11, 20237 min read
The Sweep 23 Finals Day Special: Silver Medals for Under 19s smelted in a Finals Day Cauldron
Words: Simon Travers Photos: Ivor Thomas Summer can’t be over yet if it’s Devon Under 19’s Finals Day at Cornwood. One more time before...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Sep 3, 20237 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 18 : The Fours set them up but get knocked down while the club has an eye on the future.
Words: Simon Travers As is traditional at season’s end, the batting order for this week’s Sweep is reversed. We start in Buckfast with...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Aug 27, 20237 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 17: A rare away win, a Captain’s Innings, and a Carlisle Blitz.
Words: Simon Travers 2XI and 4XI pictures: Ivor Thomas It was hard to escape a sense of local history as The Ones made their last road...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Aug 20, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 16: Cornwood’s grounds team confirmed best in Devon.
Words: Simon Travers First & Thirds Photos: Ivor Thomas We start this week’s Sweep with a celebration as the Grounds team, led by Bradley...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Aug 13, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 15: Dog Days and Grey Skies
Words: Simon Travers In Major League Baseball, they talk about the ‘dog days of August’. With their monumental 162 game seasons, there...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jul 30, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 13 : Oak Park Teams rebuild momentum, Delamore teams stall.
Words: Simon Travers Photos: Ivor Thomas Cricket is like good comedy in the sense that both rely on timing. Which means that all...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jul 23, 20237 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 12: Josh Whiting is Cornwood’s Colt of the Year.
Words: Simon Travers All four of Cornwood’s DCL teams had to cancel on Saturday because of the rain. Across the county, it was a day to...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jul 16, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 11: Everyone reach for the run rate calculator.
Words: Simon Travers Images: Ivor Thomas In the build up to Saturday’s games, the weather had the feel of a sulky teenager, huffing away,...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jul 9, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 10: Plympton cause a President’s Day upset, while it’s 2 out of 3 against Hatherleigh.
Words: Simon Travers Pictures: Ivor Thomas Saturday resonated with all the emotions as President’s Day came around again. It’s a special...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jul 2, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 9: Firsts and Seconds fall short in table-top clashes.
Words: Simon Travers Pictures: Ivor Thomas The Devon Cricket League reached halfway this weekend with Cornwood in the thick of the...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jun 25, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 8: Home Wins, Away Losses, and the Women’s Ones split the difference.
Words: Simon Travers Photos: Ivor Thomas The pre-match conversation surrounding Bovey Tracey’s visit to Oak Park feels like a sign of how...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jun 18, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 7: Everyone wins apart from the First Teams
Words: Simon Travers Photos: Ivor Thomas As the Ashes ignited into fire over Edgbaston this weekend, maybe it is a good time to remember...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jun 11, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 6: Max and Jay 'find their happy' as Ones stay cool in a tight finish.
Words: Simon Travers Photos: Ivor Thomas Week 6 of the season arrived with rumours of thunderstorms and rain for the first time in over a...
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Cornwood Cricket club
Jun 4, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 5: Wins for the Ones, Twos and Threes as Cornwood keep rolling
Words: Simon Travers Second XI Pictures: Ivor Thomas Cricketers often gain the reputation of being superstitious. I can understand why....
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Cornwood Cricket club
May 28, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 4: Ones win the battle of the comebacks against Heathcoat.
Words: Simon Travers The fourth weekend of the season started with a lovely moment recognising the achievements of club players. Full...
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Cornwood Cricket club
May 21, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 3: Baker’s Half Dozen delivers unlikely win for the Ones.
Words: Simon Travers Photos: Ivor Thomas With suntan lotion needed and the ground firming, a miserable spring started to recede into...
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Cornwood Cricket club
May 14, 20236 min read
The Sweep 23 Week 2: Ones Start The Season On A Roll Against The Champions
Words By Simon Travers After a miserable pre-season and the frustration of a first week wash out, there was relief mixed with celebration...
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