Match Miscellany 2026

MANDARINS MATCH MISCELLANY, 1965 TO 2026 (Note - all provisional in view of missing records)

Played: 1,223. Won 445, Lost 450, drew 324, Tied 4.

Most matches played in a season 37 (1990, 1991 and 1993).

Most victories in a season: 17 (1987, 1999). Fewest losses in a season:3 (1986,1996,2012). Most successful season wins v losses 1999 (+10). Most successful season including draws (win 2 points, draw tie 1, loss 0) 70% in 2000.

Most losses in a season: 16 (1989). Fewest wins in a season: 3 (2007, 2014, 2017). Poorest season wins vs losses 2007 (-11). Poorest season including draws:2007 (22.5%)

Highest percentage of drawn games 58.1% 1986. Lowest percentage of drawn games 8% (1979). Most drawn games in a season: 18 (1986, 1994) – Note, up to 2000 before rise of limited overs.

Cumulative sequences for:

Successive wins: 2, 1978: 3, 1979; 7, 1987, 10 (27/9/98 – 30/5/99)

Successive losses: 3, 1978; 5, 1979, 5, 2005, 6, 2/6/07-23/6/07 (currently on 5……)

Most games without defeat: 9, 1978; 14 (1983); 16 (3/5/86 – 9/8/86) (Note- 14 achieved also in 1987 and 1993)

Most games without a win: 9 (15/7/78-3/9/78)

Most draws in succession: 7 (1986)

Sequence for largest margin of victory batting first: 89 vs Lords and Commons 14/6/78; 129 vs Lords and Commons 11/6/80; 182 vs Begbroke 7/8/83. Mandarins have since won 3 matches by over 150 runs (Churt,151, 1997; Brill, 163, 1998; Lords and Commons, 153, 2011.

Sequence for 10 wicket wins, chasing: 91/0 vs Bank of England, 1/9/83; 117/0 vs Magdalen Casuals, 9/7/00; 163/0 vs Magdalen casuals, 4/7/04. These are the only 10 wicket wins in Mandarins history.

Most runs chased for 9 wicket win: 200/1 vs Royal Oak Taverners, 29/6/91.

Sequence for the largest margins of defeat: 107 runs, Windsor Victoria, 1/5/65 (the first game for which a record exists); 141 runs vs Woldingham, 2/7/78; 179 runs vs Begbroke, 22/7/79; 187 runs vs Jesus College, 1/5/82. Other defeats by over 150 runs: 177 vs Hampshire Mercenaries, 1993, 173 vs WG XI 2014; 169 vs Barnes Common 2005; 164 vs Chaldon 1990; 161 vs Benenden 1994; 156 vs Thursley 1987, Hetairoi, 2013 and Elstead 2020; 155 vs Reading 2021.

10 wicket defeats: Only one, in 1,223 games vs BBC, 1/5/98. BBC 175/0.

Sequence for highest score by Mandarins: 210/4 vs Bromley, 25/6/78; 216/7 vs Grayshott, 16/5/82; 222/2 vs Pink Elephants, 19/6/83; 242/7 vs Begbroke 7/8/83; 254/8 vs Brill, 13/9/87; 299/7 vs Reading University, 16/7/89. Mandarins have since passed 250 9 times: 271/8 vs Reading 1990; 254/4 vs Beneden 2000; 292/9 vs MOD 2009; 263/5 vs Brightwell 2010; 253/5 vs Framlingham College 2012; 254/5 vs North Enfield 2018; 287/5 vs SLOBs, 260/2 vs Brixton Barbarians, 266/10 vs SMCC, all 2026.

Most scores of 200+ in a season: 1994: 9 (25%) 1991: 8 (22%) 2026 8 (32%)

Sequence for highest score against Mandarins: 162/5 Windsor Victoria 1/5/65; 185 vs Grannies 3/6/78; 201/5 vs Bromley 30/6/79; 232/5 vs Begbroke 22/7/79; 237/4 vs Easton, 17/8/80; 247/2 vs Jesus College 1/5/82; 323/4 vs Barnes Common 7/8/05). SMCC Midweek scored 303/6 on 22/7/26, WG XI scored 303/5 on 1/6/14, MOD 298 in 2009, ODB 292-6 dec on 10/8/25, Graces 287-5 on 12/5/25, and Hetairoi 278/6 on 27/8/13.

Sequence for Lowest score by Mandarins: 55 vs Windsor Victoria 1/5/65; 33 vs Peper Harow 17/9/67; 31/9 all out vs Berkeley Taverners 3/7/82; 26 vs East Horsley 23/7/06. There have been five other scores below 50: 45 vs Millfields 5/25; 43 vs Woldingham 2/7/78; 39 vs Mayfield 26/7/80;  vs Theberton (40, 1987) and Hampshire Hogs (36, 2013).

Worst collapses: 10 for 21 vs Mayfield 26/7/80; 9 for 16 vs East Horsley 2006; 8 for 11 vs Graces 2023; 7 for 4 vs Graces 2023; 6 for 1 vs Great Tew 1980.

Sequence for lowest score by oppo: Moulsford 38, 10/6/79; Brill 33, 14/9/80; Chalgrove 32, 16/7/83; Ham & Petersham 23, 7/6/87. Other scores below 50: Weald (41,1983); Theberton (43, 1987) WGXI (39 2015);

Sequence for highest match aggregate: 401 vs Bromley, 1979; 409 vs Grayshott, 1982; 443 vs Pink Elephants, 1983; 452 vs Reading University 1989; 479 vs Woldingham 1989; 483 vs Great Tew, 2003; 503 vs Lords and Commons 2006; 507 vs Beneden 2008; 528 vs BBC 2009, 590 vs MOD, Rob Foot Game, 13/6/09. Both SMCC games of 2026 challenged: 536 and 569.

Sequence for Highest successful run chase: 141 vs Harrow 27/5/78; 146 vs Peper Harow, 3/9/78; 150 vs Pink Elephants 8/7/79; 188 vs Fram College 21/8/81; 222/2 vs Pink Elephants 19/6/83; 222/7 vs Reading 12/7/87; 254/5 vs Benenden 2000. Also noteworthy: 225/5 vs Kings School Rochester 1/9/16; 223/4 vs Streatham & Marlborough 2017; 224 vs North Enfield 2025)

Highest target set and lost: 239 vs Woldingham 1989

Sequence for lowest target not achieved: 88 vs Essex 21/8/78 (scored 77); 94 vs Weald 13/6/81 (scored 69); 79 vs heavy Rollers 26/6/87 (scored 54);  43 vs Theberton 25/7/87 (scored 40). The 83 scored in this game is the lowest aggregate for 20 wickets. Other low failed chases: Husrtpierpoint 1984- 87/79; Grayshott 1985 82/68; Brightwell 2013 71/54; Graces CC 2023 83/70.

Lowest targets successfully defended:  103 vs Sanderstead 1969 (won by 34) 104 vs Weald 16/6/79 (won by 17); 66 vs Harrow School 6/6/81 (won by 9). Also 79 vs Diplomatic Service 1989 – won by 4.

Closest matches: 4 ties out of 1,120: Weald 17/6/78; Lords & Commons 7/6/89; Kesgrave 21/8/05; Far From The MCC, 2/9/22 (this last the only one in limited overs). Draw, scores level: Framlingham Town 16/8/86; Magdalen Casuals 14/7/89; Elstead 28/8/94; South Woodford 25/9/94.

Most gallant failed chases: 221/9 vs Hetairoi chasing 223 (1994); 222/9 vs Great Tew (2000) chasing 229; 232 vs Great Tew (2003) chasing 251; 239/7 vs WG XI (2005) chasing 264;  226/9 vs South Woodford (2003) chasing 230; 292/9 vs MOD (2009) chasing 298;  224 vs Streatham & Marlborough (2020) chasing 227; 266 vs SMCC chasing 303.

Mandarins Cricket Club 2026 Summary

Highlights

Played 25, Won 10, Lost 11, Drew 4, plus one inter-Mandarin game.  Win percentage 48%, (2025 39.1%.) 3 games were cancelled, only one of which lost to weather.

Heaviest Victories: By 8 wickets vs St Annes Allstars and The Spread; by 123 runs vs Weekenders.

Narrowest Victories: By 5 wickets vs Elstead); by 12 runs vs Heber Nomads.

Heaviest Defeats: By 9 wickets vs Taplow and Brightwell; by 107 runs vs Covenant/Rotten Livers.

Narrowest Defeats: By 25 runs vs Erratics, by 4 wickets vs Treasury (check Charlatans).

Highest score for 287 for 5 vs South London Oddballs. Highest score against 303 for 6 vs SMCC Midweek.

Lowest score for 71 for 3 to win vs Alton; 74 all out vs Quilibets. Lowest score against 70 (Alton).

Mandarins scored 16 50s, and 3 centuries:

Frankpitt 104* vs Brixton Barbarians, 77* vs Weekenders, 74 vs South London Oddballs, 54 vs SMCC, 52 vs Rotten Livers.

Nawaz 103* vs South London Oddballs

Rangarajan 100* vs Brixton Barbarians

Saunders 82* vs Weekenders

Ramani 68 vs North Enfield, 55 vs Brill

Lowin 65 vs SMCC, 50* vs St Annes, 50* vs Mickleham

S Forman-Wilshaw 59 vs SMCC Midweek

Siddiqi 57 vs ODB

S Tunbridge 54* vs Abinger

Garrett 53 vs Taplow

G Tunbridge 53 vs Erratics

Dasgupta 51* vs The Spread

There was only one 5-fer: best bowling was Graeme Tunbridge 6-0-31-5 vs Mickleham.  Vinoth Kanna took 4 twice, and Dan Forman once.

Notable events: 63 players turned out for the Mandarins (2024, 66) of whom 15 appeared just once. On 19 April vs South London Oddballs Barrie Temple became the oldest Mandarin player – just how old, nobody knows…. Worst collapses: Mandarins had no proper collapses this year, unless you count the last 4 for 3 vs Quilibets. Against us, Elstead lost 4 for 0 (46-2 to 46-6). Playing for Harwell, Sooraj was “Timed out” - I think a first for Mandarins.

Jonathan Wilmot beat Peter Lewy’s all-time stumping record of 40 victims on 28 June vs Heber. Our 287 for 5 vs S London Oddballs was the third highest ever for the club and the most in limited overs. Our 181 for 4 vs Treasury was our best ever T20 score – it follows that their 182 to win was our worst effort. The SMCC game on 26 April saw the 2nd highest match aggregate, 536, and the second highest failed Mandarin run chase, 244. That was until the SMCC Midweek game in July when both were eclipsed, 569 aggregate, 266 to fail to win. The 266 was our 5th highest ever score, and their 303 for 6 the second most runs ever conceded by us (Barnes Common 2005 still unsurpassed). We passed 200 8 times – not quite matching the 9 occasions of 1994, but 1994 was 9 out of 36 games (25%), easily beaten this year: 8 out of 25 = 32%. Our 8th 200 plus score was actually after 17 games (47%). We passed 250 three times, having only got there once per season before.

There were 23 50 plus partnerships. The 182 (a composite as both retired not out, exact score unrecorded but probably around 130 added together) added for the 2nd wicket vs Brixton Barbarians by Alex Frankpitt and Kishen Rangarajan was the third highest for any wicket. It is only the second time that two centuries have been made in the same match. Sam Tunbridge became the youngest scorer of a Mandarins 50 at Abinger (about 70 years younger than Barrie). Batting with Sam, Harry Wigram achieved batting nirvana by becoming the first ever Mandarin to score 6 sixes in an over. 

Johnny Extras had another decent season, scoring 44 vs Brill (43 last year) and 41 vs Treasury. He/she/they accumulated 546 at an average of over 22. Net contribution was 159, sustaining an as yet not satisfactorily explained trend going back to the earliest records. Alex’s aggregate of 462 was the highest since Chris Healey’s 518 in 2009, and Kishen also passed 400 for the second year running.  Mandarins recorded 24 ducks (2025 = 31) out of 186 completed innings, 12.9%, vs historic average of 14.5%. Vinoth Kanna, despite missing the first 6 games took 11 outfield catches, including 4 in the last game, likely equalling the Mandarin record for a single match.

Best Partnerships for each wicket

1st          69 ( C ) vs Treasury (Baxter/Harry Forman-W/Lowin); 65 vs Reach (Satagopan/G Porter)

2nd        182 ( C ) vs Brixton Barbarians (Frankpitt/Rangarajan/Wilmott) Probably c 130 added by Alex and Kishen together; 90 vs St Annes (Siddiqi/Lowin)

3rd         80 vs South London Oddballs (Frankpitt/Nawaz)

4th         100 vs South London Oddballs (Nawaz/Lowin)

5th         75 ( C ) vs Treasury (Saunders/G Tunbridge/Hopkinson/Hyde/Forman); 65 vs SMCC (Lowin/Rangarajan)

6th         78 vs SMCC Midweek (S Forman-W/Saunders)

7th         72 vs Abinger (S Tunbridge/Nair)

8th         71 vs ODB (Siddiqi/Timmins (scored 6))

9th         26 vs Taplow (Saad Hasan/Gidwani)

10th       23 vs Taplow (Gidwani/Baker)

Other 50 partnerships:

67 ( C ) for 4th vs Mickleham (Lowin/Rangarajan/Wigram)

65* for 7th vs Weekenders (Saunders/Ramani)

63* 2nd vs Norfolk/Suffolk over 75 (Lowen/Madrezevic)

60 3rd vs Brightwell (J Porter/Ramani)

60  3rd vs North Enfield (Ramani/Wilmot)

58   2nd vs Abinger (Sajjan/Wilmot)

56   3rd vs Heber (Lowin/Wilmot)

55  2nd vs Heber (Siddiqi/Lowin)

54 for 6th vs SMCC (Lowin/Darmarla)     

52 for 1st vs Weekenders (McKeon/Frankpitt)

51 ( C ) 3rd vs Brixton Barbarians (Rangarajan/Lowin/ Saunders)

BATTTING AVERAGES (qualification is 3 completed innings)

	Played	Innings	N.O.	Runs	Highest	Average	100/50
Frankpitt	9	9	3	462	104*	77.00	1/4
Lowin	9	9	3	289	65	48.17	-/3
Ramani	15	12	4	336	68	42.00	-/2
Rangarajan	17	15	4	405	100*	36.81	1/0
Siddiqi	4	4	0	141	57	35.25	-/1
Wigram	6	5	2	70	38*	23.33
Tunbridge	9	7	1	131	53	21.81	-/1
S Forman-W	6	4	0	80	59	20.00	-/1
Satagopan	4	4	0	80	45	20.00
Wilmot	15	15	2	234	44	18.00
Kanna	12	10	1	142	33*	15.77
R Eastaway	14	7	3	61	42	15.25
Sajjan	5	5	0	76	34	15.20
Darmarla	3	3	0	40	18	13.33
Mills	8	8	1	91	38	13.00
J Porter	6	4	0	49	19	12.25
Baker	7	6	3	34	19	11.33
D Williams	5	5	1	43	22	10.75
Nair	11	9	2	75	24*	10.72
D Forman	17	10	4	61	13	10.17
A Eastaway	4	4	1	21	10	7.00
C McKeon	7	7	1	40	18	6.66
Baxter	3	3	0	20	14	6.66
Timmins	5	5	0	26	12	5.20
Gidwani	6	3	0	9	6	3.00
Hurst	6	4	0	9	6	2.25
Heather	3	3	0	3	1	1.00
Heard	5	3	0	1	1	0.33

Also batted, appeared more than once, in order of appearance

Nawaz, 3-3-2-120-103*-120.00; Hyde, 3-1-0-2-2-2,00; Hasan, 5-3-1-58-30*-29.00; Thompson, 2-2-0-1-1-0,50; Channeth, 4-2-0-21-13-10.5; Garrett 2-2-0-58-53-29.00; Tivey, 3-3-1-45-23-22.5; Dasgupta, 2-2-1-51-51*-51-00; Brown, 3-3-1-43-17-21.5; Brand, 2-2-1-24-23*-24.00; Hawkins, 3-1-0-0-0-0.00; Keayes, 2-2-1-17-11-17.00; Saunders, 5-4-2-171-82*-85.50; Hawkhead, 2-2-0-13-13-6.50; N Kulkarni, 2-2-0-19-13-9.50; G Porter, 3-3-2-52-30*-52.00; Manian, 3-3-1-53-26-26.50; Healey 3-1-1-5-5*-&&&; Jarvis 2-2-0-11-10-5.50; S Tunbridge, 2-1-1-54-54*-&&&;

One appearance: Temple,2; Lowen, 34*; Hewitson, 0; H Forman-Wilshaw, 28*; Jackson, 6; D Chave, 15; L Williams, 4; Madrezevic, 30*; Vijay, 16; Junaid, 7: A Kulkarni, 4; Apavoo, 0*; Ralph, 2; Hopkinson, 26; Iyer, DNB.

BOWLING AVERAGES (Bowled more than once, minimum 10 overs and took a wicket)

	Overs	maidens	Runs	Wickets	Av	Econ	Strike
G Porter	12	2	31	6	5.20	2.67	12.00
Kanna	75	22	220	21	10.91	2.93	21.43
Thompson	10	0	46	4	11.50	4.60	15.00
Jon Porter	21.4	4	99	7	14.14	4.57	18.57
G Tunbridge	19.5	1	92	6	15.33	4.64	19.83
Mills	36.1	1	186	11	16.91	5.14	19.72
Ramani	28	4	107	6	17.83	3.82	28.00
A Eastaway	12	2	54	3	18.00	4.50	24.00
R Eastaway	85	10	355	19	18.68	4.17	26.84
Nair	52.5	3	334	17	19.65	6.32	18.65
Rangarajan	21	3	122	6	20.33	5.81	21.00
D Forman	97	9	508	25	20.34	5.24	23.28
Hurst	34	5	172	8	21.50	5.05	25.50
S Forman-W	21	1	152	7	21.63	7.68	18.00
Channeth	28	4	97	4	24.25	6.66	39.50
Wigram	39.5	6	172	7	24.67	4.35	34.14
Satagopan	22.5	2	97	3	32.33	4.24	45.66
Hasan	33	0	146	4	36.50	4.41	49.50
Saunders	21	0	151	4	37.75	5.25	31.50
Gidwani	29.5	0	170	4	42.50	5.70	44.75
Siddiqi	15	0	96	2	48.00	6.33	45.00
S Tunbridge	10	0	76	1	76.00	7.60	60.00
Heard	26	4	101	1	101.00	3.88	156.00

Also bowled : Hyde, 9-0-69-0-&&&; Darmarla, 8-0-72-0-&&&; Jackson, 3-0-16-0; Baker 5-0-32-0; Vijay 3-0-9-1- 9.00; Heather 4.4-0-39-2-19.50; Keayes, 9-1-42-2-21.00; Timmins, 24.1-158-0-&&&; Lowin, 3-1-20-1-20.00; A Kulkarni, 2-0-5-0-&&&; Healey, 10-1-56-0-&&&;  Ralph, 5-1-20-0-&&&; Baxter, 2-0-13-2-6.50; Hopkinson, 1-0-12-0-&&&; Junaid, 8-0-34-1-34.00; Brand, 2-0-18-0-&&&; Manan, 7.2-0-49-1-49.00; Brown, 4-0-27-0-&&&; Iyer, 4-3-3-1-3.00; N Kulkarni, 4-0-26-0-&&&; Garrett, 3-0-22-1-22.00; Hewitson, 4-0-35-2-17.50; Dasgupta, 1-0-8-0-&&& .

Mandarins took 85 catches and 6 stumpings: Kanna 11, including 4 vs Rotten Livers; Frankpitt 8; Rangarajan 7; Ramani 6; Wilmot 2+3;  Forman 5; Lowin 3+1; Nair 4; McKeon 2+1; Jackson, Satagopan, Apavoo 3; Madrezevic 1+1; Dasgupta, Baxter, Nawaz, J Porter, Brand, Brown 2; Siddiqi, Channeth, R Eastaway, Heard, Healey, Ralph, Garrett, Thompson, Manian, G Porter, Iyer, Saunders, G Tunbridge, L Williams, Sajjan, 1.