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Bridgetown v Erratics Cricket Club Erratics on Sun 14 Jun 2026 at 2.30pm
Erratics Cricket Club Lost by 39 Runs

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Games where batters have batted twice in an innings - Fraser Chave reports

The first occasion of a batter batting twice in an innings was at the first game of the 1954 season vs Lympstone. In the first innings Lympstone had reached the respectable score of 139 for 10. They had used 12 batters in their innings, perhaps due to their number four (Perryman) retiring hurt with a score of 32, their number twelve (Burnham) was dismissed second ball for 1 and the partnership had only taken the score from 137 to 139, so the impact was little. My guess is that due to this they allowed one of the Erratics batters to have a second go. In the chase the erratics were 35 for 3 with Keith Salter having just being dismissed. Patrick Crutwell came to the crease and was dismissed bowled first ball, but he did not return to the pavilion (or if he did it was a brief return) for he was also the next batter in, where he faced a further nine balls without scoring a run. The score went from 37 for 3 to 37 for 8 (including a hat trick for Lympstone’s Pratt) with two of the batters being the same man. The Erratics’ innings ended 45 for 11 with 7 ducks, 5 of them first ball ducks, and lost by 94 runs.

The second occasion was a week later against Dunsford, the Erratics were batting in either the first or second innings (no record exists of the other innings) and Roderick Ross was invited to bat again at number twelve, having got a 6 ball duck at number five. On his second innings he scored 2 not out and his partnership with Donald Southgate got the erratics from 71 for 10 to 73 for 11, it is unlikely that this had a major effect on the outcome of the game, whatever it was.

It was then 57 years until a batter would bat twice in the innings for the Erratics again. The third occasion was against Stokeinteignhead at Dunsford in 2011, the Erratics had 10 players and so after Andrew Forrester opened the batting and was dismissed for 0 from 5 balls he was allowed to go in and bat again at number eleven. Unfortunately he was caught first ball and the partnership added nothing with the Erratics finishing 140 all out. The match was eventually abandoned with Stokeinteignhead on 84 for 7.

The fourth occasion was two years later at Lynton & Lynmouth in 2013, and it is possibly the most controversial occasion. The Erratics had ten players and so after Suhaib Mohammed was dismissed first ball LBW batting at number eight, he was (presumably) permitted to bat again at number eleven, this time he scored a run-a-ball 18 and pushed the score up from 145 to 177. This was in the first innings and so in reply Lynton & Lynmouth were dismissed for 144, which is one short of the score when the ninth Erratic wicket fell. Did Lynton & Lynmouth feel short changed by this? No record (incidentally, this was also the game where all ten of Lynton & Lynmouth’s wickets were dismissed caught).

The fifth occasion was in 2015 in a forty over match at Sidbury, Jonathan Kirby was dismissed first ball batting at number four and, with the 10-man Erratics haven fallen to 48 for 9, he was invited to bat again and scored 6 from 4 balls in a partnership with Jack Katene which took our score up to 84. Sidbury would then chase it down from 30.2 overs 6 wickets down. Certainly an occasion where it improved the game.

A month later was the sixth occasion, this time at Bridford. The Erratics were playing with 8 men and were chasing 188 to win, it was pre-agreed that whichever of the two openers was dismissed first would get to bat again at number nine. I was dismissed for 9 and so later went in again with a couple of overs to go and with the score 181, seven runs required of which I and Dan Thistlethwaite scored four. I recall needing three from the last ball of the innings and it being very wide, I left it and the umpire did not call it.

The last occasion was in 2016 against the Crediton Inn at Newton St Cyres. The 10 playing Erratics were chasing 170 and were 103 for 9 with four balls remaining. Matt Crawford had previously been dismissed for 4 batting at number three and came in again to bat at number eleven. He scored 2 from 2 balls without being dismissed and the Erratics ended 106 for 9, 64 runs short.

So that’s it, the Erratics have, on eight occasions, permitted (and been permitted to) a batter to bat twice in the same innings. Interestingly, in the ten years since the last time we did this, our opponents have had a batter bat twice on ten occasions, these include games where it had little to no impact:

- Tom Hunt for Dunsford batted at seven and nine in 2017, scoring 0 from 3 and 1 from 21. (Erratics win)
- Again in 2017 for Marldon, who had 8 men vs the Erratics 10, Jack Hemus batted 8 and 9 scoring 0 and 0 not out. (Erratics win)
- Stokeinteignhead’s Ollie Barnes batted at four and eleven in 2018, scoring 0 and 2 and helping push their score from 183 to 191. The Erratics would go on to win by 6 wickets.
- In 2019, Stokeinteignhead’s Anton Slipszenko opened the batting and batted at eleven and score 11 and 12, the second innings pushed them up from 84 to 111. The Erratics would go on to win by 4 wickets.
- In 2021 against North Molton, young Fraser Boundy, having being dismissed for 0 at number four and with North Molton needing too many, batted again and hit his first six.
- Later in 2021, we let Dave Urch, who scored 0 opening the batting, bat again at number eleven for a Broadclyst who were 100 for 9, he was dismissed for 5 second time and so became both the first and seventh victim of a Ben Youngman 7for. The Erratics would go on to win by 8 wickets.
- In 2026, in his last weekend before moving to Paris, we let Tom Joshi-Hartley bat twice for a 10-man Exwick, he scored 9 at number nine and then 0 from 2 balls at number eleven. The Erratics won by 67 runs.

It also included games where it had a big impact:

- Against Lympstone at Ashburton in 2018, they were playing with 9 players and had fallen to 101 for 8, we then let their two openers, Ben Abrahams (15 and 31*) and James MacGregor (0 and 4) bat again, they would then push the score up from 101 to 141. In reply the Erratics fell to 70 for 8, before a ninth wicket partnership of 66 between Duncan Chave and Jonathan Kirby got us 136 (at least above their original score), Jonathan was then dismissed and John Curtis came out to bat, I believe we managed to win off the last ball thanks to a bye.
- Against Bridgetown in 2026, they were playing with ten and during the 9th wicket partnership their skipper came out and asked if it would be okay if they (he) could bat someone again (him). He had previously batted and scored 11 from 14. The 9th wicket fell at 149 (which seemed like a decent total on a tricky wicket) and he come out to bat again. This time he smoked 24 from 12 balls and took their score up from 150 to 189. In reply the Erratics were dismissed for 150, a long way short of the 40 required for victory, but exactly the same score as when their 9th wicket fell.

Bridgetown Batting
Player name RunsMB4s6sSR
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TOTAL :
1nb 3w 1b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
6
189 (32.5 overs)		     
M Matravers ct  L Grant 14 14 3 100
Kenny Cross ct  P Power 26 41 4 63.41
Miles Richards b  F Chave 0 6 0
Dan Phippen ct  P Power 4 7 1 57.14
Paul Matravers b  P Power 11 14 1 1 78.57
Michael Sherring lbw  M Crawford 58 36 4 4 161.11
Rob Stevens lbw  M Hailwood 29 36 3 80.56
Richard Smith st  M Crawford 0 3 0
A Sherring b  M Hailwood 1 8 12.50
J Davies Not Out  16 21 3 76.19
Paul Matravers (Again) b  M Hailwood 24 12 4 1 200

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Bowling

Player NameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
Lee Grant6.0029129.004.83
Mark Hailwood6.5045315.006.59
Fraser Chave7.0040140.005.71
Phil Power7.0033311.004.71
Duncan Chave4.002300.005.75
Matt Crawford2.001728.508.50

Erratics Cricket Club Erratics Batting
Player Name RMB4s6sSRCatchesStumpingsRun outs
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TOTAL :
1nb 17w 3b 1lb 
for 10 wickets
22
150		        
Richard Lindsay b  J Davies 1 5 20.0
Martin Wright st  D Phippen 13 27 2 48.15
Matt Crawford b  M Matravers 57 56 8 3 101.79
Lee Grant ct  D Phippen 9 13 1 69.23
Peter Colclough ct  M Sherring 6 30 20.0
Duncan Chave b  A Sherring 5 15 33.33
Fraser Chave ct  R Smith 5 13 1 38.46
Jon Perkin b  P Matravers 24 19 5 126.32
Jonathan Kirby ct  M Sherring 0 2 0
Phil Power ct  R Stevens 4 10 1 40.0
Mark Hailwood Not Out  4 14 28.57

Bridgetown Bowling

Player nameOversMaidensRunsWicketsAverageEconomy
A Sherring6.0024124.004.00
J Davies5.03616.001.20
Rob Stevens5.0057157.0011.40
M Matravers6.0120120.003.33
Dan Phippen4.001125.502.75
Michael Sherring3.01723.502.33
Richard Smith4.0015115.003.75
Paul Matravers0.30616.0012.00