The Surrey Downs League : 2026

The Surrey Downs League representative side played its annual game vs Abinger Cricket Club:

The SDL representative side played its annual game vs an Abinger CC side at their picturesque ground in Abinger Hammer.

The SDL side was truly representative with players aged 20-70 and drawn from 8 different clubs who play for teams in Divisions one to three.

In this friendly declaration game the SDL side batted first and struggled on a slow and unexpectedly bouncy pitch.

Jack Feakes (Holmbury St. Mary, with 28) and Mark Woodland (Nutfield, with 27) were the only batters to score over 20 in the meagre total of 135 all out in 25 overs.

This left Abinger 50 overs in which to get the runs. “The Downs”, as the side was christened, bowled super tightly and threatened to keep Abinger short of their target in the full 50 overs. They reached 94-8 in the 42nd over when Marcus Bygraves (an ex SDL player for Capel and other clubs) came to the crease. He biffed a quick (if not chanceless) 31 not out striking the winning run off the final ball of Abinger’s final over. SDL bowling figures were mostly miserly and the wickets were spread around with the meanest being Andy Sandford, (Burgh Heath, 6-4-3-2).

An enjoyable day in bucolic surroundings was enjoyed by all.

Alan Pickering

Useful Links:

SDL Play-Cricket.com – https://sdl.play-cricket.com/

This SDL Rep 2026 games Scorecard – https://sdl.play-cricket.com/website/results/7733439

Join us – The Surrey Downs League – https://surreydowns.org/joinus/

Abinger Cricket Club at Abinger Hammer Surrey – https://abinger.play-cricket.com/Aboutus

this page was last reviewed and updated 23 July 2026