O50s 2nd XI
2024 Summary:
The team were runners up in the six team South West group with 6 wins from 8 completed matches. That placed them 9th seed in the combined league resutting in an away match v Essex who were seeded 8th in the 2nd Xi Championship knockout last 16 round. Essex won by 7 wickets.
Jim Maunder and Mark Harvey played in all 9 matches. Mark Southcott, Paul Clements and Kevin Horrell played in 8 with Johhny Smeaden, Jeremy Bradley, Carl Bicknell played in 7. 23 players appeared in at least one match.
The highest score was 98 by Jim Maunder v Dorset at St Austell.
Best bowling was Mark Southcott 4-19 v Wiltshire at Perranporth
Highest partnership was 162 - Jim Maunder and Jeremy Bradley for the 1st wicket v Dorset at St Austell
Leading run scorers 2024:
- Jim Maunder 504
- Jeremy Bradley 215
- Simon Johnson 173
- Paul Clements 170
Leading wicket takers 2024:
- Paul Clements 12
- Simon Johnson 11
- Mark Southcott 8
- Johnny Smeaden 7
Cornwall Captain 2024: Johnny Smeaden
Cornwall Team Manager 2024: Vacant
O50s 2nd XI Fixtures 2024 - Wednesdays
| Date | Opponent | Venue |
| May 15th | Gloucestershire | Mount Ambrose |
| May 22nd | Devon | Cancelled |
| May 29th | Dorset | St Austell |
| June 5th | Somerset | Penzance |
| June 12th | Wiltshire | Marshfield |
| June 19th | Devon | Mount Ambrose |
| June 26th | Somerset | Wellington |
| July 3rd | Gloucestershire | Bredon |
| July 10th | Dorset | Cancelled |
| July 17th | Wiltshire | Perranporth |
| July 31st | Essex | A - last 16 round |
2023 Summary:
The team were runners up in the six team South West group with 7 wins from 9 completed matches. They beat Hertfordshire in the round of 16 before going out to Berkshire in the quarter-final.
2 players played all 11 matches : Mark Southcott and Jim Maunder whilst Johnny Smeaden played 10 and Leigh Murray and Adrian Warne 9 each.
Leading run scorers 2023:
- Jim Maunder 340
- Jeremy Bradley 333
- Martyn Bevins 284
Leading wicket takers 2023:
- Johnny Smeaden 18
- Mark Southcott 16
- Kevin Horrell 14
Results 2023
August 9th - Berkshire A
July 19th - Hertfordshire H
July 5th v Wiltshire
June 28th - Dorset A
June 21st - Gloucestershire A
June 14th - Somerset A
June 7th - Devon H
May 31st - Wiltshire A
May 24th - Somerset H
May 17th - Dorset H
May 10th - Devon A - Match Cancelled due to weather
May 3rd - Gloucestershire H
2022
The team reached the 2022 O50s 2nd XI Final v Surrey at Trowbridge CC (Wiltshire) on Sept 2nd
The team that played in the final:
Brief History:
Our O50s 2nd XI launched in 2017.
We joined what was then known as the Southern Counties Championship (SCC) which featured 11 counties.
In their first season the team reached the semi-final.
O50s 2nd XI competition:
Since we joined in 2017 the competition has grown significantly in popularity with 5 new counties taking part in 2022 and a further 7 for 2023.
From 2022 the competition became known as the 50+ 2nd XI county championship.
For 2023 there will be 27 counties taking part with teams split into 5 groups of five or six teams who play each other home and away.
The top team in each group alongwith the next 11 teams ranked across all groups by results proceed to the Championship knock out competition starting at the round of 16 stage.
Teams finishing 17th through to 24th will contest the Plate Competition starting at the quarter final stage.
Rule tweaks for 2022 that remain in place for 2023:
Teams can continue to field two 49 year olds but they must have turned 49 on or before May 1st 2023
No player can play in O50s 1st XI and 2nd XI competitions in the same week (Mon to Sun)
Players who have played 60% or more matches in the regional groups for their ECB County 1st XI will be considered as 1st XI players and cannot be selected to play in their County 2nd XI team in any of the knockout stages. For calculation purposes: in an ECB group of 8 teams playing 7 matches 60% will be considered to be 4 matches.
O50s 2nd XI Results 2022:
O50s 2nd XI v Dorset at Perranporth - June 1st 2022
O50s 2nd XI v O60s 1st XI at Perranporth CC April 24th
