27 June, League, Home, Four Oaks In a rain-reduced 15 overs encounter, Four Oaks started strongly with their openers hitting 40 and 47, followed by a later 28 not out in the 143-4 total. David Woakes and Shashi Thakor took two wickets each, including a sharp Chris Wooding stumping. The challenging total became out of […]

Division Four Aston Manor 2nd XI 238-7 Water Orton 2nd XI 110 all out ASTON MANOR WON BY 128 RUNS Manor recorded their second successive win, this time against bottom of the table Water Orton, to ease their relegation concerns. This was a thoroughly comprehensive and deserved victory and hopefully will act as a springboard […]

Warwickshire League Premier League 1st XI Solihull Municipal 368-6 Aston Manor 247 all out SOLIHULL MUNICIPAL WON BY 121 RUNS Aston Manor’s poor fielding from last week was repeated at Church Road as an impressive Solihull team took full advantage and rattled up an imposing 368-6 on a superb batting track. Tyler Walsh (130) led […]

21 June, League, Away, Tamworth The Over 40s took on Tamworth for the first time at their picturesque countryside ground on a hot summer evening, in front of the largest Over 40s crowd to date. Fielding first, the Manor’s bowling was tight and long boundaries were defended well as the hosts stroked the ball round […]

Division Four Aston Manor 2nd XI 274-8 Collycroft 1st XI 223 all out ASTON MANOR WON BY 51 RUNS Manor’s 2nd XI recorded a much needed victory at Church Road to move them out of the relegation places. It had looked so different though, when despite the efforts of Taimur Imran (32), Manor found themselves […]

Warwickshire League Premier Division 1st XI Rugby 231 all out Aston Manor 213 all out RUGBY WON BY 18 RUNS Aston Manor’s mini revival was stalled away at Rugby as they fell to a narrow defeat in a game they really should have won. Manor put down six fairly straight forward catches as the hosts […]

14 June, League, Away, Walmley The Over 40s opened the bowling with tight overs from Martin Rose and Paul Smith. The first wicket fell when David Woakes pounced sharply on an attempted quick single and ran out Appleby with a direct hit. Kayani then began hitting regular boundaries, and the hosts reached the half-way stage […]

Warwickshire Premier League Bablake Old Boys 213-9 (50 overs) Aston Manor 139-3 (21.4 overs) MATCH DRAWN A late afternoon storm at Church Road frustrated Aston Manor after a solid performance had left them in a very strong position before the bad weather intervened. After being asked to bat first Bablake made an encouraging start built […]

1st XI Warwickshire Premier League Aston Manor 286-5 Studley 211-2 MATCH DRAWN Aston Manor 1st XI failed to build on last week’s victory as they were held to a disappointing away draw by struggling Studley. Manor batted first on a very low and slow wicket, and their impressive total of 286-5 was built around the […]