Oldest & Youngest
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Since the eighteenth century, the game of cricket has been played by young and old alike. Over the years, fathers, sons and grandsons**, from age 6 to 70, have donned their whites for Belhus CC and, in the process, the club has witnessed some remarkable playing performances. Records* will always be broken, of course, but some records can last for many years. The list of records below acknowledges those players who have displayed their skills either early or late in their careers, and we salute their impressive achievements.
Youngest Bowler to take 100 wickets in a season
John Forrest
17 years 79 days
1983
Youngest Bowler to take 50 wickets in a season
Owen Jefferies
14 years 107 days
2009
Owen Jefferies
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Youngest Bowler to take a '5for'
Mark Fogg
13 years 164 days
5th XI v Stanford-le-Hope CC 30th June 2012
Oldest Bowler to take a '5for'
Cliff Cansdale
62 years 158 days
2nd XI v Hutton CC 24th August 2019
Oldest Bowler to take 100 Wickets in a Season
Bob Garner
44 years 96 days
1976
Youngest Bowler to take a Hat Trick
Seth Coelho
13 years 91 days
5th XI v Chelmsford CC 13th July 2019
Oldest Bowler to take 50 Wickets in a Season
Cliff Cansdale
54 years 199 days
2011
Youngest Batsman to score 2,000 runs in a Season
Joe Joyce
17 years 114 days
2011
Youngest Batsman to score 1,000 runs in a Season
Zak Wilson
16 years 80 days
2017
Youngest Batsman to score a Century
Gus Philpot
13 years 57 days
Sunday XI v Mayfield CC 20th September 2020
Youngest Batsman to score a Fifty
Robert Healy
13 years 9 days
3rd XI v Horndon-on-the-Hill CC 4th May 2019
Oldest Batsman to score a Century
John Lewis Jnr
55 years 63 days
2nd XI v Horndon-on-the-Hill CC 4th August 2018
Oldest Batsman to score a fifty
Don East
65 years 186 days
5th XI v Wickford CC 4th June 2016
Oldest Batsman to score 1,000 Runs in a Season
Wayne Read
49 years 22 days
2017
Wayne Read
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Oldest & Youngest
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Please note:these records do not relate to performances in youth matches.
** In 2014, three generations of players appeared in a Belhus CC match - Cliff, John and Zak Wilson played together for the 5th XI against Harold Wood CC on 5th August 2014.
N.B. In some cases, it was not always possible to establish the precise date when an 'in a season' record was achieved. We have therefore adopted the 30th September as the standard date for calculation of such feats.