As we continue to bask in the glory of the title success of our 1st XI we can now begin to look back at a ‘Champion campaign’ – we will, of course do similar for the 2nd XI, the Ladies XI and the T20 XI over the coming days.
However, first up we must spotlight the title winning 1st XI
Player stats from the 2022 Tolchards Devon Premier League title winning season
Twenty-two different plays turned out for the 1st XI during the campaign.
Twelve of the 22 played at least 50% of the fixtures
The full list of appearances – 18 games were played.
17 Gary Chappell, Ross Acton, Josh Farley and Darren Paul
15 Tim Piper, Mitch Pugh, Chad Classen and Eliot Acton
11 Ankit Badwal and Will Squire
9 Thom Bunker and Dan Hardy
5 Charlie Sheen and Craig Penberthy
4 Jack Horton and Sam Franks
3 Aryan Raigangar
2 Liam Reed, Ryan Shrewsberry and Josh Richards
1 Dave Penberthy, Mark Perrott and Vinny Clark
BATTING – Run scoring
2,765 The number of runs scored by the team in the league season
66% The percentage of the runs scored by Gary Chappell, Tim Piper, Ross Acton and Mitch Pugh
Individual run scoring (in brackets are the batters’ average score)
571 Gary Chappell (38.07)
485 Tim Piper (40.42)
409 Ross Acton (31.46)
372 Mitch Pugh (37.20)
190 Dan Hardy (31.67)
170 Ankit Badwal (21.25)
169 Chad Classen (16.90)
130 Eliot Acton (18.57)
70 Josh Farley (7.00)
41 Thom Bunker (10.25)
38 Will Squire (12.67)
31 Charlie Sheen (15.50)
30 Sam Franks (7.50)
26 Darren Paul (6.50)
19 Ryan Shrewsberry (9.50)
7 Craig Penbrthy (3.50)
4 Jack Horton (4.00)
1 Mark Perrott, Josh Richards and Aryan Raigangar
WICKET TAKING (and bowling average followed by economy rate)
136 The total wickets taken in the league season by the bowlers
83% The percentage of wickets taken by five bowlers – Gary Chappell, Josh Farley, Chad Classen, Mitch Pugh and Ross Acton.
Individual wicket takers
33 Gary Chappell (14.15 / 3.34)
27 Josh Farley (17.70 / 4.13)
23 Chad Classen (21.83 / 3.97)
18 Mitch Pugh (26.67 / 4.67)
16 Ross Acton (30.31 / 3.47)
6 Eliot Acton ( 13.33 / 5.33) and Charlie Sheen (22.67 / 4.72)
2 Thom Bunker (24.00/9.60), Craig Penberthy (72.00/6.04) and
Aryan Raigangar (38.50/2.75)
1 Dan Hardy (25.00 / 5.77)
CATCHING
76 The number of catches held by 1st XI players
27 Darren Paul (also claimed five stumpings)
8 Chad Classen
7 Tim Piper
5 Ross Acton, Mitch Pugh, Eliot Acton and Josh Farley
4 Dan Hardy and Gary Chappell
1 Ankit Badwal, Craig Penberthy, Charlie Sheen, Liam Reed and Dave Penberthy