Boxgrove Cricket Club

05/11/2026

As many of you know last summer a member of Boxgrove Cricket Club family was suddenly diagnosed with incurable cancer, which meant that he had to give up his Groundsman duties and didn’t play at all this summer.

We’re pleased to say James is doing well, and he recently shared his story with the charity PLANETS who have been excellently supporting him through this tough time.

We all look forward to seeing James back up the field where he belongs, working meticulously on the ground and opening the batting again.

Please have a read and share if you can. It’s an important message to get out there that this can happen to anyone.

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04/10/2026

A total of 5 club records were broken in the 2026 season (some good, some not so good)!

A big shout out to J. King, T. Vinnicombe and R. Wilcox for going down in club history. We have records from a total of 1,219 matches to breaking some records takes some doing.

If you fancy joining us and potentially breaking some more records in the 2027 season, please drop us a message.

20/09/2026

2026 season has been an interesting one for Boxgrove CC!

A total of 27 different players have turned out for the Grove across our 8 matches and all have helped to contribute to some excellent matches.

Although we broke a Boxgrove record for the most consecutive defeats in a row (9, set across the 2025-2026 seasons), we finally got our win last weekend.

Some of the highlights on the season can be seen in the graphic below.

Here's to an even better 2027 season!

If you are interested in playing some friendly cricket next year, please drop us a message as we are always on the lookout for new players.

14/09/2026

434 days since we last tasted victory, Boxgrove CC ended the 2026 season on a high with victory at Lancing Manor Cricket Club.

We turned up on a muggy, damp afternoon in Lancing hoping to finish the season on a high and lost the toss with the opposition choosing to bat first.

The opening bowlers of J. King and P. Mant (making his first appearance of the season) started well and picked up a couple of early wickets, leaving the score at 23-2 off 9 overs. J. Callnon then took an excellent juggling catch at point to pick up our 3rd wicket, followed by a catch behind by R. Wilcox.

Then followed a brilliant partnership of 84 with some big hitting helping Lancing Manor reach 170 before some excellent fielding from J. King and C. Ashdown led to a run out. Lancing Manor finished with a total of 225 for 5 off their 36 overs.

Another selection of excellent teas were enjoyed by all before we begun our run chase.

With the option of a draw on the table, the opening pair of J. King and T. Vinnicombe set about seeing how we would fair. The runs flowed at a steady rate and we reached the drinks break without losing a wicket with 105 runs on the board and ahead of where Lancing were at this point of their innings.

Both openers reached their half centuries and were batting sensibly, including some quick running between the wickets.

56 runs were needed from just 60 balls and those of us watching on the sideline were enjoying watching the spectacle. T. Vinnicombe reached thrid century for Boxgrove (his first since 2011) and the total kept creeping up towards the required figure.

With the ball smashed to the boundary with 7 balls remaining, we picked up our first win since July last year!

The partnership of 228* goes down as the fourth highest ever for Boxgrove and the highest partnership batting second to win a game!

Thanks to Lancing Manor Cricket Club for an excellent game played in great spirit.

A big shout out to all the players who have turned out for Grove in 2026.

13/09/2026

Today's starting line up for our trip to Lancing

10/09/2026

07/09/2026

The elusive first win of the season evaded Boxgrove once again with Broadwater taking the victory by the smallest of margins.

Boxgrove’s initial opponent, Pagham CC, called off on Friday but Broadwater kindly stepped in and offered to host, so a Boxgrove team arrived in Worthing on a cool but sunny Sunday afternoon. Boxgrove’s challenge made slightly more difficult with a series of drop outs due to illness and injury the morning of, resulting in Boxgrove only being able to take 8.

After losing the toss and being put into the field, the numerical disadvantage seemed not to matter when Jim King took the first wicket with ball 3 of the innings. Jim, alongside returning Frankie Ward, held a strong opening bowling partnership with Frankie also gaining an early wicket. Broadwater could not get large scores off the ground with Boxgrove’s field performing excellently. Strong bowling performances from Mike Clifford (2 wickets for 32) and James Callnon (3 wickets for 27) put Boxgrove in a great position, however Broadwater’s batter 10 came in hitting 24 in the last few overs to get them to a respectable, but beatable target of 165.

After a marvellous cricketing tea of waffles, strawberries and ice cream, Boxgrove started shaky in the bat, with Michael Clifford getting out for a duck in the second over. However, Jim King and debuting opener Matt Leary performed well until Tea where Boxgrove were 84 for 2. After Justin Wakelin’s dismissal for 13 off 11 balls, and once usual opening batsman Tom Vinicombe (who was batting in essence with one hand after injuring it that morning) was out for 15, a series of ducks fell with 2 overs to go, Boxgrove were all out for 154.

Our thanks to Broadwater CC for their hospitality and friendliness. Boxgrove have one final chance to get the win this season, facing Lancing Manor away on Sunday 13th September.

04/09/2026

Our penultimate fixture this season sees us travel to Pagham Cricket Club this Sunday.