The meeting opened with the reading of the minutes of the last general meeting by the Secretary. Together with the accounts it showed a balance in hand of 66 pounds 9 shillings, a profit of 2 pounds 3 shillings and six and a half pence on the year.

The averages for 1963 were then read. Mr A Butler topped the batting, bowling and catches, a very good performance.

The club enjoyed a good season regarding matches.

The officials for the 1964 seasonwere then read, several changes were made, one of note to have separate captains for Saturday and Sunday matches, these being Mr R Pick and Mr R Chettle respectively.

The members of the club were pleased to see our President present as he was re-elected again for the coming year.

One change in the bowling averages being that a bowler qualified by taking 15 wickets instead of 25 to be in the averages.

It was decided at the meeting to approach a firm for the hire of a roller. At the close of the meeting the President proposed a vote of thanks to the Secretary and also to Mrs D Smith for her work towards the club as scorer.

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Captain Mr S Shaw

1963 Fixtures & Results (All games marked Sc have full scorecard below)

May-14	Thrumpton			Weirfield
Jun-09	Thrumpton		RWilliams 7-13	Post Office
Aug24	Thrumpton	99-6 dec	A Butler 39	Willoughby	27	A Butler 5-6	Sc

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Aug24 Willoughby v Thrumpton Thrumpton won by 72 runs

Thrumpton						Willoughby
A Butler	ct and	bowled	Hubbard	39		Barker	ct W Pepper	bowled	A Butler	11
J Harrison	ct Hubbard	bowled	Hammersley	1		Atkinson	ct G Shaw	bowled	A Butler	0
H Harrison		bowled	Hubbard	1		Morris	LBW	bowled	G Shaw	0
R Smith		bowled	Hammersley	38		Hubbard	ct G Shaw	bowled	A Butler	2
G Shaw		bowled	Hammersley	10		Hammersley		bowled	G Shaw	0
R Priestley		bowled	Hubbard	0		Eggleston		bowled	A Butler	1
R McFarlane	Not	Out		5		Wilson	Run	Out		5
W Pepper	Not	Out		1		Hopewell	LBW	bowled	G Shaw	3
R Williams						Carter	LBW	bowled	A Butler	1
					dec	Harding	Not	Out		0
			Extras	4					Extras	4
			Total	99-6	dec				Total	27
Hubbard 3-18						A Butler 5-6
Hammersley 3-32						G Shaw 3-10

Match Report Fri Aug24 1963 West Bridgford Despatch & Clifton Standard

Willoughby will want to forget this match against Thrumpton. This was probably their worst display of the season and the number of catches dropped were too numerous to mention.

Thrumpton took advantage of Willoughby's mishaps to consolidate their score after a poor start of 9 runs for 2 wickets in 50 minutes, Butler and Smith speeded up the scoring after this and were not parted until the score reached 78. They finally declared at 99 after tea leaving Willoughby 1 and a half hours to get the runs.

The Willoughby batting was equal to their fielding, rather pathetic. Only Barker looked like getting any runs against the bowling of Butler and Shaw, the former taking 5 wickets for 6 runs and 6 consecutive maidens.

Another bowler Chettle had the unusual analysis of 6 overs, 6 maidens and no wickets. Willoughby who batted with 10 men had 2 wickets left with only one over to go. An unfortunate run out put paid to their valiant effort to force a draw and the last man was out LBW with two balls to go. Thrumpton won by 72 runs.
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