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Stanford’s 1^st XI picked up and impressive win against West Essex to get their league programme off to a flyer. They were indebted to a big century stand between former skipper Michael Gray (74) and new captain Ross Poulton (65) as they recovered from 56-5 to post a respectable 211 all out total. The early damage had been done by Irfan Riaz (4-60) and Kamran Riaz (2-65), with Neil Dial (3-22) nipping in to wipe up the tail.

West Essex made a positive start, but once Kevin Smith (2-42) had removed the openers, it was a chance for Stanford’s new Aussie, Harry Maher to make up for a disappointing batting debut. Realising early on that he needed to keep the ball full, he devastated the visitor’s batting line-up to register 5-33. Ross Poulton (3-19) completed a fine all-round game to steer his team to a comfortable 95 run win.

Stanford’s 2^nd string were disappointed not to take advantage of a flat batting track at Orsett. Skipper Andy Powley said afterwards:- ‘It was a 250 run pitch and we didn’t bat well enough on it. Although Orsett kept things tight, we had enough depth of batting to have done better’. Orsett openers George Pavitt (5-37) and Glen Harris (3-55), made life tough for the batsmen, with only Dean Hitchcock (37) really coming to terms with their accuracy. Fortunately, the tail wagged well, with a 40 run partnership from last pair Ian Sanderson (28) and Daryl Woodford  (16no) at least giving the visitors something to bowl at.

Stanford were left to rue several missed chances in the field as the Orsett opening pair virtually won the game on their own. Mohammed Shaquile (73) and skipper Nick Henry (78), made the most of their opportunities as they took their team to the brink of victory. Only a late Harry Cook strike prevented the humiliation of a 10 wicket defeat for Stanford.

Stanford 3rds scored an emphatic victory at Hadleigh as they endeavour to climb back up the rankings having suffered relegation for the past two seasons. A solid bowling performance, soon had Hadleigh on the rack as Stanford openers Jon Fuller (3-22) and Ben Tarten (3-43) worked their way through the home side’s upper order. Stephen Stone (56) played an almost solo hand as he tried to guide his side to a respectable total, but Charlie Gleisinger and Luke Dennis mopped up the tail as they crashed to an all out total of 144.

The early loss of skipper Geoff Lake, hardly ruffled Stanford’s feathers as Neil Fuller (85no) played the dominant role in a century partnership with Peter Victory (33) that virtually won the game for the visitors. A couple of late wickets for Jonathon Snelling being scant consolation for the home side, as Stanford eased to a comfortable 7 wicket win.