No bits and pieces cricketers here, to get on this page you need to qualify for both the other pages at the same time. All those listed below rank highly in both disciplines and would still be picked in the side if they insisted on doing only one of them. Given that we put the bowlers category at 50 wickets, it seemed only fair that should also be the threshold for the all rounders, but the holy grail is of course 100 wickets and 1,000 runs, a feat that has only been achieved by 5 players for BRCC in recent recorded history. Four of them are current and listed below.
Glory Boys
Mark Dakin Debut: 2003
Batting
3,138 at 22.043
HS: 102 vs Abingdon Vale 2017
50/100: 8 / 2
Rank: 7th (156th CCL)
Bowling
347 at 19.553 Econ 3.276
Best: 9-81 vs Ox Downs 2011
5 wkts: 10
Rank: 1st (50th CCL)
Profile: Right arm fast medium, LHB. Took over the captaincy of the 1s in 2018 and immediately won the division to take them back up to 5. Subsequent league reorganisatons and respectable finishes mean that as he steps back from the leadership role, Dakes leaves the team in Tier 3 of the CCL. Has been the cricketing mainstay of the team through that period with consistently high returns on both runs and wickets. A destructive batter when he gets going, his opening partnership with Hamsah in win lose cricklet has broken hearts, but it is as a quick opening bowler that he has made his reputation and heads the 21st century list as one of only two bowlers to take over 300 wickets.
Ben Keeping Debut: The day Barings collapsed
Batting
3,481 at 31.578.
HS: 108* vs Minst Lov 2018
50/100: 7 / 4
Rank: 5th (119th CCL)
Bowling
134 at 20.222 Econ 4.099
Best: 8-58 vs BNOCC 2012
5 wkts: 6
Rank: 6th
Profile: Left arm medium/Left arm slow, LHB. Flowing, elegant, destructive, an amazing talent, unbeatable on his day, are just some of the things Keeps has said about his cricket. To be fair, very few batters reach the height of 750+ runs in a season and very few bowlers go past 35 wickets, but Keeps has done both. Pre shoulder injury, his left arm over seam bowling was highly destructive when the club was playing at the giddy heights of div 2 and 3, and when we needed solidity and reliability when trying to get out of div 6, he provided it with 4 scores of 90+ and another couple of 50s to boot, finishing with a batting average just south of 80. Now juggling 5 kids and a single figure handicap, he has turned into a useful slow left armer and destroyer of 2nd team bowling attacks.
Richard Dryden Debut: The week after Culloden
Batting
2,979 (4,332 CCL) at 30.676
HS: 134 vs Bledlow Village 2018
50/100: 2 / 1 (4 CCL)
Rank: 8th (87th CCL)
Bowling
194 (457 CCL)at 19.607 Econ 3.287
Best: 8-51 vs Long Marston 2000
5 wkts: 2 (26 CCL)
Rank: 4th (26th CCL)
Profile: Right arm medium, RHB. Another that fits into the 'living legend category'. Back in the days when the results came in on ticker tape, Shaky was smashing runs all round the Cherwell league and knocked over 26 five fors, the 8th most of any bowler in the CCL. He and Dakes are the only players currently at the club to feature in the CCL all time lists for both batting and bowling. Appearances in recent years have been restricted by various bits falling off or breaking, but in 2012, his bowling partnership with Taggart was largely responsible for the 2s being promoted. Still makes the odd sojourn to prove his hypothesis that he is "the best number 11 in the league" including a run out in the cup final in 2022.
Shaun Dryden Debut: 2013
Batting
1313 at 19.894.
HS: 86 vs Buckingham 2022
50/100: 5 / 0
Rank: 21st
Bowling
95 at 29.821 Econ 4.299
Best: 5-44 vs Challow 2014
5 wkts: 1
Rank: 8th
Profile: Right arm medium quick. RHB. In his first season as captain of the the 2s, Shaun was a key element in keeping them safe (and keeping them in contention for a while) without returning the figures his performances perhaps deserved. Freed of the burden of captaincy in the cup however, his semi-final and final innings were fundamental to the club lifting the trophy. With a thousand league runs under his belt, he is now just a handful of wickets away from becoming only the 6th player to achieve the elusive 1000/100 double.
Matt Brightwell Debut: 2016
Batting
1,266 at 18.896
HS: 73 vs Sandford 2018
50/100: 5 / 0
Rank: 24th
Bowling
75 at 15.053 Econ 3.539
Best:5-24 vs Didcot 2023
5 wkts: 1
Rank: 11th
Profile: Right arm fast medium, RHB. 'Hollywood' arrived at the club in 2016 as a batter who bowled a bit when not injured (which seemed to be not very often) and after smashing several 2nd team attacks well into the Keeping field, found himself a permanent fixture in the 1s. He hits a (very) long ball and has produced some destructive knocks at a very fast strike rate. Bowled on and off until 2021 when he finally declared himself fit and led the 1st team attack with some very hostile back of a length bowling to top the averages with 25 at a shade over 13. Increasing paternal responsibilities may limit appearances in 2022, but can't be far off a hundred and a five for soon. Vice captain of the 1s to Dakes from 2019-2021.
George Grose Debut: 2009
Batting
1,119 at 25.500.
HS: 87 vs Stokenchurch 2022
50/100: 8 / 0
Rank: 28th
Bowling
54 at 26.382 Econ 4.333
Best: 3-32 vs Oxenford 2021
5 wkts: 0
Rank: 21st
Profile: Right arm fast medium. RHB. Clicked over the thousandth run and the 50th wicket within 2 games of each other in 2022. Debuted as a callow youth bowling medium pace and batting at the tail, 'Gorgeous George' now combines a text book batting technique with a savage brutality towards the ball. A serious back injury has taken some of the pace off, but he remains sharp, if occasionally eratic, and capable of blowing away a tail. A successful rugby career has limited his appearances to a handful a year, but he continues to rise through the all time lists.
The Next Cab on the Rank
Simon Martin Debut: When ABC were in the charts
Batting
756 at 23.625.
HS: 134 vs Bletchingdon 1995
50/100: 5 / 0 (1)
Rank: 32nd
Bowling
33 at 25.333 Econ 4.423
Best: 4-13 vs Dinton 2021
5 wkts: 0
Rank: 34th
Profile: Right arm medium, RHB. 'Fats' has got shed loads more runs and wickets than are recorded here, but got most of them at a time when they were counted on an abacus and recorded as scratches on a cave wall. His contribution to the 2s promotion season in 2021 was invaluable, with important wickets and some big runs. His boundless enthusiasm and optimism are infectious, but rarely disguise an ultra competitive nature. His normal reply to an availability request is "Don't pick me if you have youngsters available ..... but make sure you pick me!" Progress in 2022 will be hampered by a long overdue knee operation, but there will be more to come.