
We are missing a lot of data relating to years 1946-1999, some 1922-1939 and most 1904 to 1914. Since the late 1960s to 1997 Tony Whiteway must have scored around 15,000 at a commendable average. Likewise Michael Blumberg is alleged to have scored in excess of 10,000 runs at a more modest average. Granny Alston kept meticulous records so we know he scored 8045 runs 1950 -1984. Mike Ghersie who led a great revival of Nomads fortunes in the mid 1970s was a dashing batsmen who scored a lot of runs for Nomads over nearly 30 years but did not play very regularly after his period as skipper. Peter Brook spoke in awe of Pat Mean’s prowess in the early 50s but we only have his figures for 1953 when hit 1136 runs. Tom Chamberlain nudged and nurdled his way to a mountain of runs in the 1950s.
Granny took 1173 wickets. Sidney Caulfield must have taken a load of wickets or near. He took 37 in 1911 and played 1904-1914 and 1922 to 1939. Likewise VJ Matthews who played before WW1 and was still playing in 1939. Michael Blumberg had taken well over 500 wickets when his shoulder finally gave out October 2010. John Nagenda took several hundred wickets as did Dr Mike Wilkins but over too short a period
Batting & Bowling since 1993
Over this period the heaviest scorer has been Tom Brockton despite starting in 2011 as shown below and Chris Page has taken most wickets overtaking Michael Blumberg who has not bowled since 2010.
If anyone has kept their own record of Nomads runs or wickets do let us know as we can include you. There maybe some more to add to this list.
I have taken the batting back to 1993. Some of the years have score sheets missing particularly 1998, 1996 and 1993. Conversely we retain the original averages for some years where we have mislaid score sheets and or scorebooks. There are only a few scorecards for 1991 and even less for 1992.what we have may be added to these figures soon. If any one retains anything from 1991 & 1992 season do let us know.
This is very much work in progress. The Season 2021 has been added. Some further additions, corrections and amendments continue to be made.
BATTING 1993-2021
*These batsmen had a Nomads career before 1993, Whiteway back to the 1960s while Blumberg & Ghersie to the early 1970s during which period these three scored the vast majority of their Nomads runs.
Batsmen       Innings NOs  Runs H'S Average 100s  50s Â
Tom Brockton     287  77  11782 182*  56.10   27   73   Â
Jeremy Lascelles   277  25   6467 124*  25.79   6   34
Paul Wakefield    137  13   4650 147  37.50   12   20  Â
Andrew Smith     252  35   4229  99  19.49   0   25
James G-While     81  15   3616 167  55.63   12   17
Victor Kandampully 100 10  3587 117  39.86    6   20 Â
Andy Stokes      89  15   3571 126*  49.60   12   17 Â
Kie Farrell      68  11   3034 121rt 53.23   5   16
Ross Ormiston    128  29   3042  79*  30.77   0   14
Jemile Al-Darraji   58  15   2831 151*  66.12   7   16
Rupert Style        86  7  2664 131* 33.72    3   16
Jamie Lane      112  10   2582  70*  25.31   0   17
Michael Blumberg*Â Â 406 236Â Â 2574Â Â 98*Â 15.14Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â 3
Sajjad Shawl       133 27  2549 118  20.58    2   12
G Charlton Lamb*Â Â Â Â 158Â 36Â Â 2511Â Â 97Â Â 21.46Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â 8
Ranjit Latchman    82  25   2425 100*  42.54   2   16
Charles Peerless*Â Â 107Â Â 8Â Â 2346Â 129*Â 23.70Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â 14
Vib Yadav           41  6  2332 155* 56.87    5   14
Andy Hill       79  7   2294 171  31.86   2   12
Russell Mann*Â Â Â Â Â Â 177Â 25Â Â 2260Â Â 76Â Â 14.87Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â 6Â
Keith Alexander* Â Â 107 Â 7 Â Â 2246Â 103 Â 24.35 Â Â 1 Â Â 15
Jon Thornton        85 13  2173 102* 30.21    1   13
Andy Gregory*Â Â Â Â Â Â 109Â 29Â Â 2111Â 103*Â 26.39Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â 5
Joe Ireland      76  15   1922  98  31.51   0   15
Bill Johnson     74  19   1637  99*  29.76   0   8
Tony Whiteway*Â Â Â Â Â Â 63Â 25Â Â 1615Â 102*Â 42.50Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â 8
Simon Barter        49  7  1501 139  35.74    2   10
Steve Hambleton*Â Â Â Â 54Â Â 9Â Â 1475Â 100*Â 32.78Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â 7
Mark Surridge       55  9  1450  85* 36.14    0    9
Rob Wycherley* Â Â Â 39 Â 6 Â Â 1362Â 135 Â 41.27 Â Â 3 Â Â 6
Sanjay Beri         35  3  1294 139* 40.44    4    5
Alec Smith*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 36Â Â 2Â Â 1240Â 112*Â 36.47Â Â Â Â 2Â Â Â Â 5
John Olufawo        24  5  1226 143* 64.52    4    6
Tom Marshall        41 10  1213 101* 39.13    1    8
Phil Bell 49 2 1194 88* 25.40 0 6
Richard Woolhouse   60  6  1190  91  22.04    0    5
Mike Blake          52  7  1147  80  23.89    0    6
Jack Hardy          43  4  1137 113* 29.15    3    5
Richard Campion*Â Â Â Â 28Â Â 5Â Â 1133 Â 102*Â 49.26Â Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â 7
Nigel Hussey        53  7  1122 130  24.39    3    2
Andy Peters         39  5  1100 103  32.36    1   10
Nathan Lamb      38  6   1094 109  34.19   3   4
Clyde Jeavons       61  8  1082  67  20.42    0    4
Mike Ghersie*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 34Â Â 7Â Â 1055Â Â 96Â Â 39.07Â Â Â Â 0Â Â Â Â 6

BOWLING 1993-2021
Bowlers Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average 5wkts B/P
Chris Page 2367 172 11503 532 21.62 18 7-37
Michael Blumberg*+ 3036.3 236 14440 503 28.71 6 7-60
Sajjad Shawl 1741.4 305 5207 342 15.23 13 7-14
Andrew Smith 1523.2 168 6368 259 24.59 3 5-12
Tom Brockton 1709.3 161 4580 259 17.90 3 8-34
Andy Marshall+ 1305.2 216 3880 221 17.56 7 6-30
Charles Fellows-Smith+ 844.4 113 3627 184 19.93 7 7-45
Charlton Lamb*+ 989.1 114 4862 178 27.31 3 7-84
Joe Ireland 894.2 109 3601 166 21.69 7 7-29
Andrew Gregory + 1068.4 131 3739 156 23.97 1 6-73
James Hamilton 784.60 154 3063 121 25.31 0 4-26
Ben Butcher 514 63 2260 114 19.82 2 6-22
Oliver Croom-Johnson+ 708.2 97 2607 113 23.07 2 6-27
David Oatway 521.4 31 2823 108 26.14 1 5-77
Bill Johnson 515.2 32 2072 106 19.55 3 6-45
Paul Fielding 369.5 60 1406 82 19.98 3 7-25
Paul Wakefield 396.2 26 2312 80 28.90 1 5-57
Suraj Vithlani 349.3 33 1519 79 19.22 2 5-16
James G-While 374.2 46 1596 79 20.20 2 5-48
Jemile Al-Darraji 459 51 1535 73 21.07 0 4-0
Richard Woolhouse 377.3 23 1987 67 29.66 2 7-62
Tom Marshall 197.2 48 1067 66 15.69 2 5-34
Ross Ormiston 290.1 26 1341 60 22.35 0 4-14
* These bowlers had a Nomads career before 1993. There are some scoresheets from the Shropshire tours missing. This effects mostly Russell Mann, Andrew Gregory and maybe Andy Stokes. Also at present three scoresheets from the March 2001 visit to Sporting Alfas are missing which will effect the figures of Charlton Lamb, Mark Surridge and Michael Blumberg, batting and bowling. Most probably there are some errors in these figures. If you spot some do let us know. Similarly some cricketers keep a record. If you are one of these and the figures above do not tally just let us know and we will correct the stats.
Virgin XI Stats click here.
These stats include Virgin XI figures for 1999 & 2000.
Several Nomads scoresheets are missing 1998, 1996 and 1993.