O50s 3rd XI

O50s 3rd XI Captain 2026 : Simon Dixon : 07786 172559

O50s 3rd XI Team Manager 2026 : Martin Davies : 07968 328647

We entered the O50s 3rd XI competition in 2023

We won the National 3rd XI competition for 2025 with the final played at the start of 2026.

For season 2026 the competition has continued to expand and now contains 16 team (including some County 4th teams).

2026 Fixtures

Date	Opponent	Venue
Wed 29 Apr	Middlesex - 2025 Final	Aston Rowant
Wed 13 May	Somerset	Taunton
Wed 20 May	Worcestershire	Cancelled
Wed 27 May	Warwickshire	Truro
Wed 3 June	Gloucestershire 4ths	Stowell Park CC
Wed 10 June	Wales	St Minver
Wed 17 June	Somerset	Lanhydrock
Wed 24 June	Gloucestershire 3rds	Pencarrow
Wed 1 July	Warwickshire	Ambleside
Wed 8 July	Gloucestershire 4ths	St Blazey
Wed 15 July	Wales	Chepstow

The victorious O50s 3rd XI 2025 Championship winners

2025 Results

Date	Opponent	Venue
Wed 30 April	Essex - 2024 Cup Final	Hartley Whitney
Tues 13 May	Wales 3rds	Barry Island
Tues 27 May	Gloucestershire 4ths	The Merryfields
Wed 4 June	Somerset	Lanhydrock
Wed 11 June	Warwickshire	Ambleside
Wed 18 June	Wales 3rds	St Minver
Wed 2 July	Warwickshire	St Blazey
Wed 9 July	Somerset	Chard
Wed 16 July	Gloucestershire 4ths	Cancelled
Wed 6 August	Oxfordshire - Cup QF	St Blazey
Wed 20 August	Surrey Cup SF	Mount Ambrose
Wed 3 Sept	Middlesex CUP FINAL	Postponed to 2026

2024 Summary:

This was the second season for this team and they topped their group winning 6 of the 7 matches that were played. That put them into the quarter final of the Cup competition where they lost to Surrey who were 4th in the East group. However Surrey played an ineligible player so the team progressed to the semi-finals where they beat Kent and then the final against Essex which was abandoned and will be replayed at the start of 2025.

27 players played at least one match with Darren Williams, Brian Dunstan and Simon Dixon playing all 10. Andy Bennetts played 7 and Simon Hamilton, Anton Luiten and Adam Paynter 6.

Leading run scorers 2024:

Anton Luiten 258
Darren Williams 192
Jamie Coates 177
Adrian Pooley 159
Gary Elkington 139
Simon Hamilton 133

Leading wicket takers 2024:

Brian Dunstan 11
Andy Bennetts 9
Simon Dixon 7
Giles Francis 7

2024 Results

Date	Opponent	Venue
Wed 1 May	Wales	Cancelled
Wed 8 May	Gloucestershire	Cancelled
Wed 22 May	Worcestershire	Cancelled
Wed 29 May	Somerset	Wellington
Wed 12 June	Warwickshire	Lanhydrock
Wed 19 June	Worcestershire	St Neot
Tue 2 July	Wales	Barry Athletic
Wed 10 July	Gloucestershire	Ladock
Wed 24 July	Warwickshire	Ambleside
Wed 31 July	Somerset	Lux Park
Wed 14 Aug	Surrey QF	St Blazey
Wed 28 Aug	Kent SF	Falmouth
Wed 11 Sept	Essex - Final	Ashton Rowant

2023 Summary:

This was the first season for this team and they were frustrated by the weather with 4 matches cancelled and another conceded. The team finished 6th in the 11 team competition but lost to Hampshire in the quarter final stage. Damien Trease scored 110 in that match, the first O50s 3rd XI century.

30 players played at least one match with Spencer Ham playing all 6, Simon Hamilton, Damien Trease, Dave Craddock, Brian Dunstan and Darren Williams 5 each.

Leading run scorers 2023: