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 very 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. It should be noted that these records do not relate to or include performances in Youth matches.
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 Batter to score 2,000 runs in a Season
Joe Joyce
17 years 114 days
2011
Youngest Batter to score 1,000 runs in a Season
Billy Winter
16 years 22 days
Youngest Batter to score a Century
Gus Philpot
13 years 57 days
Sunday XI v Mayfield CC 20th September 2020
Youngest Batter to score a Fifty
Robert Healy
13 years 9 days
3rd XI v Horndon-on-the-Hill CC 4th May 2019
Oldest Batter to score a Century
Brian Edwards
61 years 62 days
5th XI v Harold Wood CC 23rd July 2022
Oldest Batter to score a Fifty
Don East
65 years 186 days
5th XI v Wickford CC 4th June 2016
Oldest Batter 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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** 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 many cases, it was not always possible to establish the precise date when an 'in a season' record was actually achieved. We have therefore adopted the 30th September as the standard date for calculation of such feats.