NATIONAL VILLAGE CHAMPIONS

3    Troon, St Fagan’s
2    Caldy, Elvaston, Goatacre, Linton Park, Marchwiel,
Shipton-under-Wychwood, Woodhouse Grange
1    Bomarsund, Cookley, East Bierley, Forge Valley, Freuchie, Gowerton, Houghton Main, Hursley Park, Kington, Longparish, Methley, Quarndon, Sheriff Hutton Bridge,
Sully Centurions, Toft, Ynystawe and Valley End

WINNERS

1972 Astwood Bank (Warwicks) 165 (P Johns 5-25) lost to TROON (Cornwall) 170-3 (T Carter 79*, T Edwards 45) by 7 wickets.
1973 TROON (Cornwall) 176-3 (T Carter 70*, J Spry 41) beat Gowerton (South Wales) 164-5 (A Daniel 50) by 12 runs.
1974 Collingham (Notts) 109 lost to BOMARSUND (Northumberland) 110-7 (H Halley 44*) by 3 wickets. Played at Edgbaston after being rained off at Lord’s.
1975 Isleham (Cambridgeshire) 120 lost to GOWERTON (South Wales) 124-4 (H Bevan 57*, R Evans 46) by 6 wickets.
1976 TROON (Cornwall) 113 beat Sessay (North Yorkshire) 95 (B Moyle 4-23) by 18 runs.
1977 COOKLEY (Worcestershire) 139 (J Such 42; R Coulson 6-24) beat Lindal Moor (Cumbria) 110 (J Parkinson 40*) by 29 runs.
1978 Toft (Cheshire) 130-8 (A Stimpson 41) lost to LINTON PARK (Kent) 131-6 (N Thirkell 51*) by 4 wickets.
1979 EAST BIERLEY (Yorkshire) 216-4 (C Defoe 61, J Decent 45*) beat Ynysygwern (Glamorgan) 124 by 92 runs.
1980 MARCHWIEL (Clwyd) 161-8 (P Barrett 47) beat Longparish (Hampshire) 82-9 by 79 runs.
1981 ST FAGAN’S (Glamorgan) 149 (G Jones 36*, P Needham 24) beat Broad Oak (Yorkshire) 127 (A Robert 28*, A Greaves 27; S. Robertson 3-22, P Needham 3-22) by 22 runs.
1982 Collingham (Nottinghamshire) 148 (G Driscoll 63, R England 42) lost to ST FAGAN’S (Glamorgan) 149-4 (D Mason 43) by 6 wkts.
1983 Troon (Cornwall) 155-6 (B Carter 55*) lost to QUARNDON (Derbyshire) 157-2 (D Hibberd 53*, I Farmer 38*, S Underwood 36) by 8 wickets.
1984 MARCHWIEL (Clwyd) 159 (WT Roberts 55, D Wallis 38) beat Hursley Park (Hampshire) 151 (AN Aymes 56, PE Wright 39; A Morris 4-32) by 8 runs.
1985 Rowledge (Surrey) 134 (N Dunbar 33, A Hook 28; I Trewartha 4-24) lost to FREUCHIE (Scotland) 134-8 (G Crichton 24*, S Irvine 24) by losing fewer wickets.
1986 FORGE VALLEY (Yorkshire) 170-9 (CJ Risdale 41, AJ Grayson 29; J Curtis 4-38) beat Ynysygwern (Glamorgan) 165-9 (DW Thomas 55, R Williams 23; TS Glaves 3-34) by 5 runs.
1987 LONGPARISH (Hampshire) 166 (JD Heagren 63, RD Sturt 22) beat Treeton Welfare (South Yorkshire) 90 (N Jacobs 21; RD Sturt 3-14, B Smith 3-26) by 76 runs.
1988 Himley (West Midlands) 192 (SA Walker 75, JE Hughes 30, KM Iles 4-46) lost to GOATACRE (Wiltshire) 193-6 (KM Iles 91*, M Hunt 28) by four wickets. Played at the Midland Bank Ground, Beckenham after being rained off at Lord’s.
1989 Hambledon (Hampshire) 104 (S James 37; R Locke 3-11, L Challenor 4-32) lost to TOFT (Cheshire) 105-4 (A Caro 37*, C Pay 3-31) by six wickets. Played at the Midland Bank Ground, Beckenham after being rained off at Lord’s.
1990 GOATACRE (Wiltshire) 267-5 (KM Iles 123, JB Turner 53, MA Hunt 39; DK Shipton 3-83) beat Dunstall (Staffordshire) 217-8 (PH Wallbank 51, GM Shilton 35, Abid Ali 31*; J Angell 4-18) by 50 runs.
1991 ST FAGAN’S (Glamorgan) 169-6 (JPG Sylvester 38) beat Harome (Yorkshire) 152-7 (TW Marwood 33) by 17 runs.
1992 Methley (South Yorkshire) 150-6 (D Jones 57; C Westbrook 4-40) lost to HURSLEY PARK (Hants) 154-4 (C Surry 76*) by 6 wickets.
1993 KINGTON (Herefordshire) 191-6 (M Porteous 45; G Hudd 3-36) beat Frocester (Gloucestershire) 189 (JA Evans 73, ID Smith 53; CJ Scott 3-10) by 2 runs.
1994 ELVASTON (Derbyshire) 227-5 (P Birch 101*, P Torry 37) beat Werrington (Cornwall) 172-9 (G Stanbury 40*; P Thompson 3-33) by 55 runs.
1995 WOODHOUSE GRANGE (South Yorkshire & Humberside) 151-8 (M Burdett 26; A Manger 3-34) beat Tiddington (Oxfordshire) 137-8 (P Head 3-31) by 14 runs.
1996 CALDY (Merseyside) 222-5 (B Saunders 76, P Eymond 57; J Khan 3-32) beat Langleybury (Hertfordshire) 216 (P Reynolds 73, J Khan 34; B Saunders 4-53) by 6 runs.
1997 CALDY (Merseyside) 166-9 (C Findlay 43) beat Shipton-under-Wychwood (Oxfordshire) 110 (F Macdonald 38; J Cooper 3-25, B Saunders 4-26) by 56 runs.
1998 METHLEY (South Yorkshire & Humberside) 238-3 (S Rowse 94, A Gilston 62) beat Apperley (Gloucestershire) 177 (IM Coggin 46; L Mills 4-34) by 61 runs.
1999 LINTON PARK (Kent) 195-4 (N Thirkell 60, D Thirkell 50) beat Woodhouse Grange (North Yorksire) 175-8 (JE Bean 55; I Brattle 4-33) by 20 runs.
2000 ELVASTON (Derbyshire) 191-9 (L Archer 81, R Johnson 40; S Davis 5-38, D Turner 3-41) beat Eversholt (Bedfordshire) 175-9 (W Davies 37, S Davis 32) by 16 runs.
2001 YNYSTAWE (Glamorgan & Gwent) 190-5 (J Hubschmid 51, A Beasley 48) beat Elvaston (Derbyshire) 91 (R Torry 45; P Discombe 6-18) by 99 runs.
2002 Elvaston (Derbyshire) 121 (P Hemming 3-26, C Panter 3-26) lost to SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD (Oxfordshire) 122-5 (S Bates 40) by 5 wickets.
2003 SHIPTON-UNDER-WYCHWOOD (Oxfordshire) 146-9 (D Sealey 3-22) beat Astwood Bank (Worcestershire) 79 (P Snell 5-24; C Panter 4-26) by 67 runs.
2004 SULLY (Glam & Gwent) 243-4 (LA Smith 113) beat Exhall & Wixford (Leics & Warks) 164-7 (J Simpson 58) by 79 runs.
2005 Eynsford (Kent) 201 (J Wise 59; D Houldridge 4-21) lost to SHERIFF HUTTON BRIDGE (North Yorkshire [South]) 203-6 (SD Crowder 76*) by 4 wickets.
2006 Timsbury (Somerset) 184 (M Sage 72) lost to HOUGHTON MAIN (South Yorkshire) 185-6 (L Jeffs 45, N Bisby 37*, R Collins 35*) by 4 wickets.
2007 Findon (Sussex) 220-2 (TJ Kingsbury 103*, GS Waller 62) lost to WOODHOUSE GRANGE (North Yorkshire [North]) 221-4 (NG Hadfield 73, SR Dwyer 58) by 6 wickets.
2008 VALLEY END (Surrey) 195-6 (EGC Young 69) beat Woodhouse Grange (North Yorks [North]) 171 (SD Burdett 56) by 24 runs.