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It was a fairly comfortable victory for Stanford as they travelled to Southend. Home skipper Nigel Green elected to bat on a soft-looking pitch and his team struggled for runs. Kevin Smith (2-38) removed both openers cheaply, but good contributions from Conor Enderby (36) and Phillip McIntosh (34) saw them on to a comfortable 89-2. It was then that Stanford’s own captain took a hand. Ross Poulton’s deadly left-arm spin had the home team in a whirl of their own as wickets tumbled. The last eight wickets only added a further 32 runs as Poulton helped himself to 6-29

Chasing a smallish total can be tricky and Stanford were wobbling slightly as openers John Home (3-43) and former Stanford man Harry Morgan-James (1-24), had the visitors at 59-4. However, there were no further alarms as Lee Knight (36no) and Michael Gray (40no) saw Stanford through to a 6 wicket win.

Stanford Le Hope CC - 1st XI Won Batting Second by 6 wickets

Southend’s second string were devastated by a fantastic spell of bowling from Paul Reynolds. He bowled 15 overs with 2 maidens, to return the club’s best figures in recent years of 9-56. At one point, the visitors were 37-6 and it was a stubborn 8^th wicket partnership of 73, between Richard Walcott (48) and Steve Eliot (26) that kept them in the match at all. Reynolds returned to blow away the tail and was grateful to a solid fielding performance to back him up, that included three catches from young Harry Cook.

Stanford lost an early wicket, but opener Mark Nuttall (50no) dropped anchor to provide a solid base. He shared a 2^nd wicket partnership of 83 with Matt Higgins (41) and then watched Clive Ballard batter a quick 30no to clinch a 6 wicket win.

Stanford Le Hope CC - 2nd XI Won Batting Second by 6 wickets

Stanford’s 3^rd XI posted another excellent win at the Rec on Saturday. Benfleet skipper Deryck Povey decided to bat, but probably regretted the decision as Daryl Woodford (5-33) ripped into the top order. He enjoyed good support from David Tester (2-20) and Ben Tarten (1-9) and it was only some stubborn resistance from Povey himself (23) with Lee and David Parmenter (24 &35no) that allowed Benfleet to hold out for 52 overs and return 142-8.

Stanford lost their skipper Geoff Lake early in the reply, but he was able to put his feet up and look on with some satisfaction as Sean Barker (69no) and Rob Pearn (57no), sealed an emphatic 9 wicket win.

137 All out

After winning the toss and electing to bat Stanford were looking to post a decent total in the opening sunday league game of the season after losing opener Leslie in the 2nd over Kevin Smith (61) and Harry Maher (57) layed the platform for the innings with a fine partnership of 113 for the 2nd wicket. After both were dismissed the middle order looked to up the run rate and boost the score over 200 Matt Higgins (21*) and Matthew Page (28*) did just that and brought the total at the end of 40 overs to 219-6 with Hunt 2-33 the chief wicket taker for Southendians.

The Old Southendians reply started in unspectacular fashion as Barr (2-20) and Higgins (1-9) bowled tightly and removed the top order and soon the hosts found themselves 44-4, Sunday skipper Lucas (47) and saturday 1s captain Johnson (41) rebuilt the innings with a stand of 99 for the 5th wicket before a fine catch from Ben Tarten off the bowling of Maher and a full spinning delivery from Poulton ended their stays at the crease, the tail was mopped up in quick succession and having bowled out their opponents for 137 Stanford Sunday Eleven registered their first win of the season.