Andrew Hailstone 1st XI Captain

New Marske ended a fine season with an emphatic six wicket victory over Loftus A. Batting first Loftus could only muster 126 off their allotted overs. New Marske Comfortably knocked the runs off in only 26.2 overs losing only four wickets in the process. See Scorecard & Match Report. With the new season now upon us, the first team are hoping to build on a good season last year in which they finished runners up in the first division. Last season was encouraging for many reasons, firstly for the resilience of the side, whenever we appeared in trouble someone always came to the fore.

Last Season the team was represented on the league top ten players board on no fewer than five occasions. Stuart Wood finished second in the batting averages scoring 514 runs at an average of over 45, Gary Alderson and Tim Broome finished fourth and fifth in the rankings respectively after fine seasons with the bat.

The Bowling department was represented well with Geoff Taggart finishing second in the league rankings with 33 wickets at 8.14 a piece and Chip Robson finishing fourth in the league average with 30 wickets at 10 a piece.

We look forward to the new season with many positives, Gary Alderson is now back bowling at full pace again and will be a welcome addition to the bowling attack. An influx of quality new players will really help us in our goal of beating last years second place finish.

The way the players have responded to an elongated series of nets was very encouraging the turnout was the best we have ever had and the general levels of fitness of the team is well ahead of what it was at the same stage last season.