For a club which claims origins in the 1890s, the honours list is rather short, or memorable - it all depends on how you look at it.  But from now on it goes like this: 2008 - Winners, Surrey Cricket League Division 3.  A pedant might quibble that Division 3 is actually the fourth tier.  But we have no truck with pedantry at Wimbledon Village, except when perfectly good runs are given as leg byes - God, that annoys us.

Anyway don't interrupt, we were talking about the 2008 campaign.  Yes indeed, here in its full cyber-glory you can re-live the Village victorious 2008 league campaign: the runs, the wickets, the chat, the walking in, the egg sandwiches.

Big performances that won the league

17 May v John Fisher - Our first big test of the season, and the Village shook off a slow start to the season with a crucial second victory.  As would be the case for much of the season, a big partnership between Mike Moran and Tim Kernutt made the difference.  Mike notched his first ton of the season - and carried his bat for the first time in his career.  Mike went on to make 2 centuries and 6 half-centuries - his most productive season with the bat for years.

31 May v Cheam - Another enormous partnership between Mike Moran and Tim Kernutt, with Tim the one registering a ton this time.  His 109, his first of the season, came off 64 balls and included one enormous hit that cleared the trees on the Cambridge Road perimeter of Cottenham Park.  As with Mike, Tim's big knocks were too numerous to cite here individually: 3 centuries and 3 half-centuries two of which got into the 90s.

14 Jun v Banstead - A crucial victory over another of the leading sides by a 10 man Village.  Chasing a very achievable 183, Banstead were all out 19 runs short due to a superb performance by our bowlers.  Mike Moran and Neil Chilvers got crucial wickets but Andy Downs starred with a magic 5 for  27, his first five-fer for the Village and even more important for the team.

5 July v Battersea Ironsides - With a 10 over limit in our format of cricket, you don't see five-fers very often. But we saw a second one this season when Stu Chamberlain's excellent 5 for 36, including a fantastic caught and bowled, saw off the Ironsides at Cottenham Park in July.

12 July v Osterley - Osterley were an early front runner, but they faded mid-season.  The Village's victory at theirs sent us top, from where we never looked back.  Mike Moran and Luke Morgan got the runs, and Luke's quickfire 52 off 50 balls made him only the third Village batsman of the season to buy a jug.

16 August v Woodside Green - The Village bowled Woodside Green out for a paltry 99 then wobbled badly.  Stu Chamberlain rescued us, blasting 56no to complete what should have been a routine victory and in the process becoming only the fourth batsman to go past 50.