Linton Park CC — National Village Knockout

LPCC — National Village Knockout

Linton Park's record in the National Village Cup (the "Sunday NVKC" XI), 1972–2025.

Achievements & Honours

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1978

National Village Cup — Champions

Winners at the Lord's final

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1999

National Village Cup — Champions

Winners at the Lord's final

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Regional Round Winners

Won the regional / area rounds on several occasions

The Record

174

Matches

120

Wins

70.6%

Win rate

111

Players capped

1972–2025

Span

Campaign History — Deepest Runs

In a knockout the season win-streak tracks how far the run went. Beyond the 1978 & 1999 titles, 1979 (seven straight, then lost by a single wicket to Langleybury) and 1990 (to Goatacre) were run to the wire by that year's eventual champions.

Season	P	W	L	Best run	Outcome
1978	10	10	0	10	🏆 Champions
1999	8	8	0	8	🏆 Champions
1979	8	7	1	7	Fell to Langleybury Cc
1990	8	7	1	7	Fell to Goatacre Cc
1972	7	6	1	6	Fell to Troon Cc
1996	7	6	1	6	Fell to Langleybury Cc
2002	7	6	1	6	Fell to Langleybury Cc
2004	7	6	1	6	Fell to Findon Cc
1988	5	4	1	4	Fell to Chestfield Cc
1989	5	4	1	4	Fell to Hambledon Cc, Hants
2000	5	4	1	4	Fell to Sparsholt Cc
1983	4	3	1	3	Fell to Crockham Hill Cc
1985	4	3	1	3	Fell to Underriver Cc
2017	4	3	1	3	Fell to Horndon On The Hill Cc
2019	4	3	1	3	Fell to Borstal Cc

Capped Player Roster (111)

Numbered by NVKC debut; within a debut match, batting order takes the next cap. Cap #1–11 are the inaugural 1972 XI.

Cap	Player	Debut	Apps
#1	Paul Bowles	1972	61
#2	Andrew Moss	1972	5
#3	John Thirkell	1972	12
#4	John Ames	1972	9
#5	Mike Iliffe	1972	13
#6	Benny Bell	1972	5
#7	Tim Thirkell	1972	51
#8	Graham Mountford	1972	7
#9	Allan Cooper	1972	46
#10	Fred Greenfield	1972	4
#11	Unknown player	1972	12
#12	Robert Chance	1972	2
#13	Cliff Anscombe	1972	11
#14	Ron Hickman	1972	11
#15	Tony Gauna	1972	34
#16	Basil Sears	1972	1
#17	Brian Rothwell	1972	1
#18	Nigel Thirkell	1972	129
#19	Paul Brattle	1973	21
#20	Jon Harris	1973	65
#21	Ken Webb	1974	1
#22	Phil Hickman	1975	2
#23	Brian Piper	1976	49
#24	Jim Hall	1976	38
#25	Brian Woodcock	1977	6
#26	Trevor Back	1977	51
#27	Martin Mears	1977	1
#28	Malcolm Pay	1978	30
#29	Martin Thompson	1978	3
#30	Ian Webb	1978	5
#31	David Carden	1979	9
#32	John Bloomfield	1979	3
#33	David Buck	1979	1
#34	Mick Filmer	1981	4
#35	Ian Brattle	1981	48
#36	David Iliffe	1982	4
#37	Martin Larkin	1982	8
#38	Mike Elworthy	1983	15
#39	Andy Woollett	1983	3
#40	Bob Lines	1984	10
#41	Sean Riley	1984	1
#42	Sean Cook	1984	1
#43	Simon Thirkell	1984	2
#44	Steve Cheale	1985	2
#45	Paul Gibson	1985	79
#46	Matt Large	1985	70
#47	David Castle	1986	78
#48	Sean Charlton	1986	10
#49	Keith Hatcher	1987	13
#50	Peter Whyte	1988	55
#51	Alan Boyns	1988	24
#52	Dave Todd	1988	3
#53	Dave Charlton	1989	29
#54	Piers McDonald	1990	7
#55	Rob Doick	1992	33
#56	Clive Newman	1993	37
#57	Mike Caddick	1994	7
#58	Michael Beeney	1996	27
#59	Stewart Morrison	1996	23
#60	Stuart Cheesman	1997	50
#61	Chris Tymms	1997	1
#62	Daniel Thirkell	1997	61
#63	David Lines	1998	2
#64	Russell Baldwin	2001	19
#65	Adam Pooley	2002	1
#66	Darren Styles	2002	3
#67	John Taylor	2002	15
#68	Craig Sands	2003	37
#69	Mark Christmas	2003	44
#70	Adam Jackson	2004	8
#71	Dennis Salisbury	2004	7
#72	Matthew Carter	2005	31
#73	Ian Hollingworth	2005	2
#74	Richard Knowler	2005	14
#75	Gareth Davies	2006	1
#76	Richard Piper	2007	10
#77	James Piper	2007	26
#78	Glen Rawson	2007	12
#79	Tom Murphy	2007	6
#80	Chris Newman	2007	4
#81	Iain Rawson	2007	8
#82	Paul Webber	2007	1
#83	Carl Davis	2008	1
#84	Ryan Boyns	2009	10
#85	Harry Bee	2010	3
#86	Thomas Beeney	2010	23
#87	Sam Boyns	2010	28
#88	Will Thirkell	2011	20
#89	Laurie Probert	2011	12
#90	Will Thew	2012	2
#91	Lewis Burnham	2012	9
#92	Kevin Presneill	2013	4
#93	Jordan Austin	2013	24
#94	Tim Wright	2014	1
#95	Joshua Knowler	2014	21
#96	Martin Harris	2016	15
#97	Benjamin Austin	2017	11
#98	Tobey Castle	2018	14
#99	Luke Welsman	2018	10
#100	Aaron Hughes	2019	6
#101	Toby Hughes	2019	7
#102	Alex Keeler	2019	13
#103	Darrell Houghton-Judge	2019	1
#104	Abishek Pushpavinothan	2020	4
#105	Mardey Castle	2020	4
#106	George Taylor	2021	4
#107	Henry Bourdillon	2023	4
#108	Anthony Karassellos	2023	4
#109	Fred Taylor	2024	1
#110	Thomas Roxburgh	2025	1
#111	Brandon Eloff	2025	1

NVKC Batting — Most Runs

Player	Inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50s	Ducks
Nigel Thirkell	124	3733	113*	36.96	82.0	31	6
Paul Gibson	76	2378	125	40.31	83.2	18	4
David Castle	77	2180	151	29.46	45.4	13	4
Daniel Thirkell	59	1666	123	37.02	67.0	11	2
Paul Bowles	59	1393	69*	26.28	71.6	7	2
Brian Piper	45	873	83	24.25	48.2	3	2
Craig Sands	35	872	150*	33.54	94.7	6	3
James Piper	26	725	113*	30.21	72.0	4	3
Mark Christmas	36	546	54	19.5	58.3	1	4
Dave Charlton	26	486	72	23.14	90.9	2	3
Clive Newman	30	441	59*	19.17	-	1	1
Trevor Back	35	433	66	16.04	71.1	1	3
Peter Whyte	36	431	72	14.86	81.2	2	5
Stuart Cheesman	34	423	45	16.27	56.1	0	2
Russell Baldwin	18	411	80*	27.4	-	3	2
Paul Brattle	20	391	63	20.58	-	1	1
Tim Thirkell	36	379	36*	13.07	-	0	5
Jordan Austin	21	374	86*	20.78	75.4	3	6
Malcolm Pay	23	355	95*	23.67	-	1	3
Will Thirkell	17	324	90	21.6	108.1	1	2
Rob Doick	25	276	52*	15.33	-	2	3
Keith Hatcher	11	275	44	34.38	66.4	0	0
Matt Large	37	251	53*	10.04	203.3	1	8
Tobey Castle	13	251	60	22.82	50.8	1	0
Jon Harris	33	249	45*	13.83	100.0	0	4

NVKC Bowling — Most Wickets

Player	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Nigel Thirkell	733.1	2152	127	16.94	2.94	4/11
Matt Large	546.2	1828	122	14.98	3.35	6/11
Jon Harris	431.5	1343	86	15.62	3.11	5/7
Daniel Thirkell	301.3	1186	73	16.25	3.93	4/24
Ian Brattle	371.1	1472	70	21.03	3.97	4/18
Allan Cooper	317.0	796	62	12.84	2.51	4/18
Trevor Back	188.4	657	53	12.4	3.48	5/8
Paul Bowles	205.4	772	52	14.85	3.75	7/13
Tony Gauna	257.2	667	51	13.08	2.59	4/0
Rob Doick	213.5	966	50	19.32	4.52	5/38
Mark Christmas	259.4	963	50	19.26	3.71	4/10
Matthew Carter	222.5	792	42	18.86	3.55	5/23
Sam Boyns	203.3	745	40	18.62	3.66	4/14
Paul Gibson	106.0	462	32	14.44	4.36	5/15
Joshua Knowler	143.3	605	31	19.52	4.22	4/22
Michael Beeney	170.0	684	25	27.36	4.02	3/21
Stuart Cheesman	120.5	561	24	23.38	4.64	4/14
Sean Charlton	69.3	242	23	10.52	3.48	6/12
Will Thirkell	141.0	505	20	25.25	3.58	3/16
Ron Hickman	80.2	227	19	11.95	2.83	5/23
Alan Boyns	130.0	528	18	29.33	4.06	3/21
John Taylor	106.2	386	17	22.71	3.63	4/21
Thomas Beeney	87.0	373	17	21.94	4.29	3/16
Tobey Castle	65.5	304	16	19.0	4.62	3/29
Iain Rawson	53.0	241	15	16.07	4.55	4/21

NVKC Fielding — Most Dismissals

Player	Ct	St	RO	Total
Peter Whyte	53	15	0	68
Jim Hall	29	9	0	38
Craig Sands	29	7	1	37
Nigel Thirkell	35	0	0	35
Daniel Thirkell	31	0	2	33
Paul Gibson	31	1	0	32
David Castle	26	0	0	26
Mark Christmas	18	0	4	22
Jon Harris	22	0	0	22
Brian Piper	17	0	0	17
James Piper	13	0	1	14
Paul Bowles	14	0	0	14
Matthew Carter	11	0	2	13
Tim Thirkell	12	0	1	13
Trevor Back	12	0	0	12
Russell Baldwin	11	0	0	11
Dave Charlton	11	0	0	11
Sam Boyns	10	0	1	11
Matt Large	10	0	0	10
Jordan Austin	9	0	1	10
Malcolm Pay	10	0	0	10
Cliff Anscombe	5	5	0	10
Aaron Hughes	9	1	0	10
Glen Rawson	9	0	0	9
Clive Newman	9	0	0	9

🏏 Last updated: 19 July 2026 at 12:24

Compiled automatically from Play-Cricket scorecards by the LPCC stats engine. NVKC-only figures; one record per person.