WOW. With Pentyrch needing 2 to win with 3 wickets remaining Conor Taylor takes a hat trick to see us to a 1 run win. Cricket is ridiculous. The
@TheCricketerNVC
is ridiculous.
It was an emotional day yesterday as Kevin Iles announced his retirement after more than 40 years of incredible performances for the club. A superb cricketer and a great man whose achievements are far too numerous to list here. Thanks for the memories Kev!
Incredible scenes at Goatacre lane as our 1sts score 498-6 against Stroud in a 250 run win. Sensational hundreds from Toby Horton (167 off 89) and Jack Haines (157 off 77) saw us to our highest ever total
After the 1st team game
@EdWilkins1
announced he is stepping down as captain. The club would like to thank Ed for a superb 5 years in charge that included us coming within 6 runs of a Lords final and reaching WEPL Premier 1 for the first time
Its 30 years today since Kevin Iles' incredible 39 ball hundred helped us to our 2nd
@TheCricketerNVC
win in 3 years at
@HomeOfCricket
- an amazing day that will never be forgotten.
Itโs a big day for Goats legend Kevin Iles today as he becomes the first member of the
@TheCricketerNVC
Hall of Fame today at Lordโs. Kevin will be presented on the pitch between innings at this yearโs final between
@reedcricketclub
and
@Houghton_MainCC
Congratulations to our Chairman (and so much more!) John Wilkins for becoming the latest
@TheCricketerNVC
Club Legend. Well deserved recognition for someone who has spent nearly 50 years helping the club in every way and making it what it is today -
Our very own Kevin Iles back on the pitch at
@HomeOfCricket
where he famously scored a 39 hundred in the 1990 National Village Cup final to become the first inductee into the competitions hall of fame
#hero
Yesterday saw GCC legend Mark Atkinson play his final game for the club after 25 years, hundreds of games & thousands of runs! Atko has contributed so much in that time including the 2nd highest score in the clubs history with his 208 for the 2nds. Thanks for everything Mark!
The club are delighted to announce that Hampshire Wicket Keeper
@lewis_mcmanus
has agreed to join us for the 2022 season and will play when his County commitments allow. Welcome to GCC Lewis!
We donโt have any fancy team sheet graphics. Itโs been a tough winter at times. But weโve got 44 cricketers ready to represent our little village club tomorrow & that counts for a lot ๐๐
1sts -
@CheltCricket
A
2nds -
@DevizesCC
H
3rds -
@ShrivenhamCc
H
4ths -
@BathfordCC
2s A
Weโre delighted to announce that after a successful winter in Australia, including a stint in the
@BBL
,
@bennytweets_
has agreed to re-sign for the club for next season
What a weekend for club captain
@EdWilkins1
as his partner has a baby daughter last night before he scores 63 to help us recover from 89-6 to 229 all out and an 86 run win against Corsham. Congratulations to Ed and Becca from everyone at the club!
With the good weather this weekend please do not be tempted to go for that quick single & put NHS staff, others & yourself at risk. We must prepare for a lengthy innings so Stay Home, Stay Safe, Save Lives. ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ก
The club are delighted to announce that both Joe King and Jack Twine have agreed to join us next season as we prepare for life back in Premier 2 Glos/Wilts
The club would like to thank
@joeking1992
for all of his efforts at GCC over the last 3 years as makes the move back to Corsham for next season. We wish Joe all the best for the future and look forward to seeing him back at Goatacre Lane next season in a Corsham shirt!
Brilliance from
@BradDawson00
as he scores 63* from 36 balls to see us recover from 100-8 to win with a ball to spare in our Wiltshire Wallop quarter final tonight
Incredible scenes at Goatacre Lane just now as after our 9th wicket falls with 47 still needed from 3 overs to beat local rivals
@WBCricketClub
, last wicket pair Ross Dixie and Nabi Ahmadzai produce thisโฆ.. ๐
Weโll be crossing the Severn Bridge to play
@PentyrchCricket
in the
@TheCricketerNVC
last 16 in 2 weeks time after they beat Congresbury by 33 runs today
๐ 1,116 runs
๐ฅ 80 wickets
๐ฅ 9 Match MVPs
๐ 669.29 MVP points
After a stunning season across all formats with bat & ball, Liam Dawson is the PCA Men's Domestic Overall Player of the Year ๐
Congratulations Liam ๐
Read more ๐
Superb flashback to Kevinโs amazing innings and an an incredible day in 1990. He performed so many other miracles in the competition over 40 years as well so there canโt be a more deserving winner
5-25 from Dan Wiseman and 3-15 from Dave Miles see us to a 47 run win and a place in the National Rounds for the first time since 2016. Draw still to be confirmed!
Theyโve done us proud. A superb season and no disgrace in 2nd place and the last 8 of a National competition ๐
Congratulations to
@FrocesterCC
on winning the league
Some season from these boys, 2nd in the league (would have been 1st on actual points๐) 1/4 finals of the village and just a great bunch of lads, loved every minute
@GoatacreCC
We donโt have any fancy team sheet graphics. Itโs been a tough winter at times. But weโve got 44 cricketers ready to represent our little village club tomorrow & that counts for a lot ๐๐
1sts -
@CheltCricket
A
2nds -
@DevizesCC
H
3rds -
@ShrivenhamCc
H
4ths -
@BathfordCC
2s A
A huge congratulations to Conor Taylor for being awarded the
@Theakston1827
Player of Round for his heroics in Sundayโs
@TheCricketerNVC
last 16 win ๐
Asked to bowl with
@PentyrchCricket
needing just two runs to win, took a match-winning hat-trick, booked
@GoatacreCC
a place in the last eight.
Congratulations to
@Theakston1827
Player of the Round Conor Taylor ๐๐ป
Read more ๐
After the games on Saturday we presented our 2021 awards.
1st XI
Batting - Jack Haines
Bowling - Dave Miles
Players Player - Dave Miles
Supporters Player - Dave Miles
2nd XI
Batting - Ross Dixie
Bowling - George Macilwaine
Players Player - George Macilwaine
Our Lordโs dream is over as
@Calmore_Sports
get home by 5 wickets in the 34th over. Congratulations to the home side and thanks to everyone who travelled to support. The amount of Goatacre supporters there was incredible and it really is appreciated
@TheCricketerNVC
#NVC22
We are delighted to announce that all rounders Conor Taylor and Adam Tucker have agreed to join GCC. Seamer Conor and Left Arm Spinner Adam both join from Swindon where they contributed over 600 runs and 40 wickets between them in WEPL last year. Welcome to both players
Runs and wickets last Saturday. A 40 ball hundred last Sunday. Ridiculous figures of 6-7 off 10 overs yesterday. Dave Miles is very good at cricket ๐๐
Confirmation that we play
@WitchamptonCC
at home in the
#NVC19
1st round on 28th April. And congratulations to our very own Kevin Iles who will become the first player to enter the National Village Cup Hall of Fame ๐๐
Goatacre legend, Kevin Iles, is the first inductee in the National Village Cup Hall of Fame after his stunning 39-ball century in the 1990 final. Will another player from this group play a match-winning innings at Lordโs in September?
We are pleased to welcome Adam Mitchell to the club after he has agreed to move from Corsham.
Weโd also like to give our best wishes to Joe Breet and Josh Langley who have left to join Corsham and Malmesbury respectively
Very Best Wishes to
@Potternecc
in their ECB National Club Championship Semi-Final against Bexley CC in Kent this Sunday. You can turn those Lord's dreams into reality ๐๐๐๐๐๐
Good luck to
@joeking1992
representing Wiltshire against Gloucestershire at the County Ground Bristol today. Entry is free for anyone wishing to attend
Great News! Thanks to the generosity of ๐Goatfest ๐ถmain sponsor
@Chemring_Group
๐we are pleased to announce that despite having to cancel Goatfest in Sept we are still able to make donations of ยฃ375 each to our Goatfest 2020 Charity partners
@WiltsAirAmbu
&
@HelpforHeroes
Our donation from Goatfest 2021 was presented to
@wiltsairambu
today. We canโt wait to raise more money to support their fantastic work at GoatFest 2022
We bowl Witchampton out for just 26 to seal our place in the
@TheCricketerNVC
2nd round at home to
@parleycricket
in 2 weeks time. That means that
@ewen_kenny
scored 80 while the other 21 players plus extras scored 78 combined!
Huge credit to the groundsman for getting both games at Goatacre on today as the 2nds and 3rds both won. Well done to
@ElliottTownsend
and
@Dave_Miles13
on their maiden hundreds for the club ๐๐
A big thank you to everyone for the incredible support we received yesterday both from those who travelled and those who followed from afar and sent messages of encouragement and congratulations. It really is appreciated!
We record our highest ever score in the
@TheCricketerNVC
as we hit 395-4 against Shrewton. Adam Tucker made a maiden hundred for the club with 119, while Conor Taylor made 96, Ed Wilkins 84 not out off 41 and Ross Dixie 45 not out off 25
Sensational from
@jackycfc
again today. 2 days after a 45 ball 100 against Burbage in the Wallop he scores 148 from 90 balls against the same opposition to help us to 302 and a 107 run win. There was also 55 from
@jifwilkins
, 47 from Pete Turner and 3-21 for
@Dan_Wiseman95
Congratulations to the 2nds who made it 15 out of 15 this season, and sealed promotion in the process, with a 6 wicket win at Wroughton today ๐๐๐
We are delighted to welcome Mohammad Sarwar Afridi as our overseas professional for 2024! Hard hitting all rounder Mohammad, 28, comes with a wealth of experience having played over 70 professional matches in Pakistan and from being a part of the Multan Sultans squad in the PSL