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 Michael Blumberg has taken most wickets despite not bowling 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. 1992 is a complete blank. If any one retains anything from that season do let us know.
This is very much work in progress.
BATTING 1993-2020
Batsmen Innings NOs Runs H'S Average 100s 50s
Tom Brockton 268 73 11056 182* 56.70 24 70
Jeremy Lascelles 258 25 6239 124* 26.78 6 34
Paul Wakefield 130 13 4517 147 38.61 12 19
Andrew Smith 252 35 4229 99 19.49 0 25
James G-While 81 15 3616 167 55.63 12 17
Andy Stokes 89 15 3571 126* 49.60 12 17
Kie Farrell 68 11 3034 121rt 53.23 5 16
Victor Kandampully 85 10 3014 117 40.19 3 19
Ross Ormiston 122 28 2884 79* 30.68 0 14
Jemile Al-Darraji 53 12 2662 151* 64.92 7 15
Rupert Style 84 7 2595 131* 33.70 1 16
Jamie Lane 111 10 2577 70* 25.51 0 17
Michael Blumberg* 405 236 2571 98* 15.21 0 3
GC Lamb* 154 36 2450 97 20.76 0 8
Ranjit Latchman 82 25 2425 100* 42.54 2 16
Charles Peerless* 107 8 2346 129* 23.70 2 14
Andy Hill 79 7 2294 171 31.86 2 12
Russell Mann* 176 24 2249 76 14.80 0 6
Keith Alexander* 106 7 2203 103 22.25 1 15
Vib Yadav 38 6 2192 155* 68.50 5 13
Sajjad Shawl 114 16 2017 118 20.58 2 9
Andy Gregory* 102 27 2013 103* 26.84 2 3
Joe Ireland 75 14 1916 98 31.41 0 15
Jon Thornton 77 12 1855 102* 28.54 1 12
Kelvin Sutherland 48 9 1694 135 43.44 3 13
Bill Johnson 72 18 1627 99* 30.13 0 8
Tony Whiteway* 63 25 1615 102* 42.50 2 8
Simon Barter 49 7 1501 139 35.74 2 10
Steve Hambleton* 54 9 1475 100* 32.78 1 7
Rob Wycherley 39 6 1362 135 41.27 3 6
Alex Smith* 36 2 1240 112* 36.47 2 5
Sanjay Beri 31 3 1202 139* 42.93 4 5
Richard Campion* 28 5 1133 102* 49.26 1 7
Tom Marshall 37 9 1104 101* 39.43 1 8
Nigel Hussey 52 7 1096 130 24.36 3 2
Nathan Lamb 38 6 1094 109 34.19 3 4
Mike Ghersie* 34 7 1055 96 39.07 0 6
John Olufawo 18 5 1000 143* 76.62 4 2
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.
BOWLING 1993-2020
Bowlers         Overs  Maidens  Runs  Wickets Average 5wkts  B/P
Michael Blumberg* Â Â 3016.3 Â Â 235 Â Â 14580 Â Â 503Â Â Â 28.99Â Â Â 6 Â Â 7-60
Chris Page           2021.4  147    9885  447    22.11  14    7-37
Sajjad Shawl      1511.4  328   4760   298   15.97  11   7-14
Andrew Smith      1523.2  168   6368   259   24.59   3   5-12
Tom Brockton      1094.3  158   4548   257   17.70   3   8-34
Andy Marshall*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1124.1Â Â 180Â Â Â Â 3342Â Â 195 Â Â Â Â 17.14Â Â Â 6Â Â Â Â 6-30
Charles Fellows-Smith 844.4 Â 113 Â Â 3627 Â Â 184 Â Â Â 19.93 Â Â 7 Â Â 7-45
Joe Ireland       878.2  109   3531   162    21.80   7   7-29
Charlton Lamb* Â Â Â Â 996.5 Â 144 Â Â 4395 Â Â 155 Â Â Â 28.35 Â Â 3 Â Â 7-84
Andrew Gregory* Â Â Â Â Â 1042.4Â Â 129Â Â Â Â 3661Â Â 153Â Â Â Â 23.93Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â 6-73
Oliver Croom-Johnson* Â 714.1 Â 106 Â Â 2612 Â Â 114 Â Â Â 24.19 Â Â 2 Â Â 6-27
David Oatway*Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 521.4Â Â Â 31Â Â Â Â 2823Â Â 108Â Â Â Â 26.14Â Â Â 1Â Â Â Â 5-77
Bill Johnson      501.2   32   2031   101   20.11   3   6-45
Ben Butcher       426.1   45   1920  88    25.45   1   5-20 Â
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
Paul Wakefield     366.2   25   2199   75    29.32   1   5-57
James Hamilton     439.6   66   1914   73   26.22   0   4-28
Richard Woolhouse    377.3   23   1987   67    29.66   2   7-62
Jemile Al-Darraji    442.4   45   1494  65    22.95   0   4-19
Tom Marshall      176.2   47   1028   64    16.06   2   5-34
Paul Fielding      309.2   49   1239   62   19.98   2   7-25
Ross Ormiston     285.1   26   1296  60    21.60   1   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 and Michael Blumberg, batting and bowling.
These stats include Virgin XI figures for 1999.
Several Nomads scoresheets are missing 1998, 1996 and 1993.
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.
