Tom Nicoll's stellar performance sets Premier League Record - official

From Paul Smith, MCCL Registration Officer

"Last Saturday (16.7) was quite a day for individual players dominating their matches.

In the Premier division North Middlesex’s Tom Nicoll hit a run a ball 124, and followed that up taking 8-72.

In the second division Finchley’s Jake Milton took 7-76 and then scored a match winning 106*.

Coincidentally (or not) both Tom and Jake captain their sides.

These two stellar performances had me searching through my league records (2001 to date) to see how frequently a ton and 7 or 8 wickets performances occur.

I found the following performances:

Year Div Player Club Runs Bowling
2010 Premier Ahillen Beadle Shepherds Bush 121 7-77
2004 Div 2 Keith Dutch Brentham 106 7- 55
2013 Div 3 L Edwards Edmonton 126 7-110

A ton and eight wickets had never been done before, but I did find the performances below which is the league’s best statistical performance to date:

Year Div Player Club Runs Bowling
2011 Div 2 Matt Creese Southgate 111* 9-65 2

In case anyone is interested, a ton and six wickets has occurred on three occasions – Keith Dutch (Brentham), Rahul Panta (Uxbridge) and Nish Patel (Uxbridge). Nish actually scored 162.

Surprisingly, to me at least, a ton and five wickets has only been scored on a further 6 occasion – Oliver Wilkin (Ealing), Tom Scollay (Eastcote), Paul Weekes (Hornsey), Duncan Cederman (Ickenham), Nish Patel (Uxbridge) and Alex Greig (Wembley).

Paul Smith"