OB Club Cricket
See also: Somerset CCG Fixtures on the Ted Crowe Room page, and 2026 Surrey Tour info.
Old Blundellian Cricket Club 2026 Fixture List
| Date | Start | Opponents | Ground | Match Manager |
| Fri 8 May | 5.30 | Blundell’s Super-8 Competition | Blundell’s | Tom Cowle |
| Surrey Tour | ||||
| Tues 28 July | 1.30 | Woking & Horsell CC | Woking | Richard Pugsley |
| Wed 29 July | 11.30 | Guildford CC | Guildford | |
| Thurs 30 July | 11.00 | Chertsey CC | Chertsey | |
| Fri 31 July | 12.00 | Sou’westers | Blundell’s | Will Bucknell |
| Glenthorne Cup | ||||
| Sun 13 September | 1.00 | Lynton & Lynmouth | Lynton | Richard Pugsley |
| OBCC OFFICIALS | |
| CLUB CAPTAIN | |
| Andy Giles | 07818 085928 andgiles@aol.com |
| MATCH MANAGERS | |
| Tom Cowle | 07815 122950 thomasomcowle@gmail.com |
| Richard Pugsley | 07729 511710 richard@hole-pugsley.co.uk |
| Will Bucknell | 07852 404923 willbucknell2@gmail.com |
| Chad Murrin | 07767 224632 chad_murrin@msn.com |
| UMPIRE | |
| Tom Hillman | 07889 004606 |
| SCORER | |
| Gary Auger | 07855 421140 |
Old Blundellian Cricket in 2025
Friday 21 June at Blundell’s
The format this year for the OBCC V School was a "Super 8" knockout tournament. There were four teams of 8 players. Two teams made up of Blundell's School Leavers, and two were Old Blundellians. Each match was eight overs per side, with players bowling an over each. The two School teams played each other, followed by the two OB teams. The winning school team played the winning OB team in the final.
The final was won by the OB team led by Richard Pugsley and they were awarded the Beale Cup.
We were fortunate to have had a glorious evening and the match was well-attended by OB's and parents. Many thanks to Dean Hedley and Tom Cowle for organising the evening.
OB Cricketers, Dan Pugsley, Richard Pugsley, Andrew Chambers, Tim Chambers, Will Gingell, James Sessions Hodge, Jon Day, Harrison Linnit, Steve Cluff, Ed Palmer, Elliott Butterfield, Greg Cole, Elliot Cole, William Martin, Nick Smith, Jeremy Tricks.
Monday 28 July at Blundell’s
The Sou’westers won the toss and elected to bat on a good pitch. A young OB team captained by Will Bucknell started brightly, with Henry Squire taking wickets with successive balls. Freddie Bucknell then struck and we had the visitors at 25-4. Bolan and Oakes then rebuilt and a very good lunch was taken at 126-5. In the afternoon, the Sou’westers two best players, Bolan and Kennedy, took the game away and they were able to declare at 270-5. Squire finished with 3-44 and should have bowled more.
In replay, after the openers went cheaply, Joe Du Gay played beautifully until he holed out on the boundary to a fine catch for 24. Harry Southgate (66) and Tobin Barker (22) scored quickly but the Sou’westers’ spinners were too wily for the OB’s and we subsided to 188 all out.
Back row: Freddie Bucknell, Tobin Barker, Ben Alvis, Henry Squire, James Pugsley, Leigh Menheneott (Umpire)
Front row: Joe Du Gay, Justin Williams, Will Bucknell (Captain), Will Hall-Tompkin
Absent: Harry Southgate
Sou’westers 270-7 dec. (45.3 overs)
A Bolan 142, H Kennedy 76*, H Squire 3-44, F Bucknell 2-78
OBCC 188 all out (39.2 overs)
H Southgate 66, J DuGay 24, T Barker 22, H Parker 5-76
Sou’westers won by 82 runs
Surrey Tour
Will Hall-Tomkin: always good for morale
This was our fourth short tour to Surrey and our most successful. We won all three matches.
Richard Pugsley did a fine job as Cricket Manager, assembling a tour party of 14 mostly young OB cricketers. We are grateful to Tom Cowle and the School for providing a minibus. Tom Hillman kindly umpired all three matches in his usual immaculate manner.
We were very fortunate to secure fixtures against leading Surrey clubs on attractive grounds. We played a limited-over afternoon game in sweltering hot weather at the very hospitable Woking & Horsell CC. We then visited Horsley & Send CC for the first time, playing an evening T20 against this up-and-coming club. We finished on a high, invited back to play an all-day match against Guildford CC during their Cricket Week. The ground at Woodbridge Road in the centre of Guildford is maintained to first-class cricket standard and the facilities are excellent.
OBCC Tour Party: Richard Pugsley (Cricket Manager & Captain), Guy Bucknell, Will Bucknell, Elliott Butterfield, Tom Cowle, Will Gingell, Will Hall-Tomkin, Dylan Penberthy-Hutchins, Harry Pryce, Dan Pugsley, Chris Salter, Harry Southgate
Umpire: Tom Hillman, Tour Manager; Chad Murrin
The match at Woking was a high-scoring affair, with Dylan Penberthy blitzing 78, supported by half centuries from Will Bucknell and Harry Southgate. Our total of 279 in 35 overs looked impregnable. However, Woking’s Sri Lankan professional had other ideas. He scored 109*, almost steering the home team to an improbable win. Dan Pugsley opened the bowling to good effect, taking 3-19. This left the way clear for his father Richard to mop up with 4-42 and we won by 28 runs.
Woking & Horsell CC
Once the tourists finally arrived at the spacious rural ground at Horsley & Send CC, we batted and made a spectacular start thanks to Tim Chambers’ 56. Wickets then fell regularly and it was left to Harry Southgate (batting at No. 10) to strike 36* in 11 balls (3 sixes and 3 fours) to ensure we finished with a competitive total of 152 in our 20 overs. Richard Pugsley cleverly opened with 4 overs each from Cowle and Salter, who bowled cannily and avoided having their cover entirely blown. Will Bucknell then removed the top three. Dan Pugsley, Penberthy and Southgate kept their nerve and worked through the batting. We bowled no fewer than 25 wides to keep the home side in the game, but in the end prevailed by 5 runs. It was good to see Adam Gingell as a spectator – we look forward to him playing next year.
Looking smart on their debut tour:
Harry Pryce and Harry Southgate
In our previous three visits to the fast scoring ground at Guildford, the hosts comfortably chased down totals we set of 280, 220 and 283. Their team was not as strong this year, but we found ourselves in trouble at 26-3. The experienced Will Gingell and Andrew Chambers, who have both made runs at Guildford in the past, rebuilt carefully with a partnership of 113. Gingell departed for 59 but Chambers kept going until eighth out for a well-made 80. The wise head of Guy Bucknell (24) steered us to 249 all out. He had support from Harry Pryce (13).
In reply, Guildford started brightly with the opener Callum McLean hitting 51. However, Will Bucknell had him caught behind at 88 and three more wickets fell without a run added. Bowling his left arm wrist spin at a decent pace, Bucknell extracted turn and bounce. He ran through the Guildford batting, finishing with the excellent analysis of 10-2-35-6. Southgate kept wicket notably well, taking 3 catches and 2 stumpings.
OBCC team at Guildford
Back row: Chad Murrin (Tour Manager), Will Bucknell, Harry Pryce, Harry Southgate, Dan Pugsley, Tom Cowle, Chris Salter, Tom Hillman (Umpire)
Front row: Guy Bucknell, Andrew Chambers, Richard Pugsley (Captain), Will Gingell, Will Hall-Tomkin
It was gratifying that our tour party was much stronger this time. Penberthy-Hutchins, Will Gingell and the Chambers brothers are all good cricketers. Harry Southgate is a real talent as a bat and keeper. Will Bucknell continues to develop and he was effective with bat and especially as a bowler. Dan Pugsley is an increasingly effective bowling all-rounder. The others all contributed at some point and fielded enthusiastically.
Tour Results
Tuesday 12 August at Woking
OBCC 279-7 (35 overs)
D Penberthy-Hutchins 78, W Bucknell 53*, H Southgate 51, A Chambers 37, D Pugsley 29
Woking & Horsell CC 251-8 (35 overs)
L Rodrigo 109*, R Pugsley 4-42, D Pugsley 3-19
OBCC won by 28 runs.
Wednesday 13 August at West Horsley
OBCC 152-9 (20 overs)
T Chambers 56, H Southgate 36*
Horsley & Send CC 147-7 (20 overs)
M Vowles 37, J Seeback 33, W Bucknell 3-15
OBCC won by 5 runs.
Thursday 14 August at Woodbridge Road, Guildford
OBCC 249 all out in 55.2 overs
A Chambers 80, W Gingell 59, G Bucknell 24
Guildford 138 all out in 38.3 overs
C McLean 51, W Bucknell 6-35, D Pugsley 2-23
OBCC won by 115 runs.
Sunday 13 September at the Valley of the Rocks – The Glenthorne Cup
Match cancelled due to wet weather.
| CONTACTS | |
| Club Captain | |
| Andy Giles | 07818 085928 andgiles@aol.com |
| Match Managers | |
| Liam Lewis | 07841 825752 ljl@blundells.org |
| Will Bucknell | 07852 404923 willbucknell2@gmail.com |
| Jon Day | 07967 303932 Jonday30@gmail.com |
| Richard Pugsley | 07729 511710. Richard@hole-pugsley.co.uk |
| Chad Murrin | 07767 224632 chad_murrin@msn.com |
| Umpire | |
| Tom Hillman | 07889 004606 |
| Scorer | |
| Gary Auger | 07855 421140 |