Linton Park CC — National Village Knockout

LPCC — National Village Knockout

Linton Park's record in the National Village Cup, 1972–2025 — every game identified by competition (Haig, Whitbread, npower & National Village eras), not just the XI label, so fixtures logged under the wrong side are counted too.

Achievements & Honours

🏆

1978

National Village Cup — Champions

Winners at the Lord's final

🏆

1999

National Village Cup — Champions

Winners at the Lord's final

Kent Champions ×13 → National Rounds

Won the Kent regional rounds to reach the national stages in 13 seasons — 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2017, 2021. Identified by the opponent that knocked Linton out: a club from outside Kent means the county had already been won.

The Record

Campaigns

178

Matches

Rounds won

3.4

Avg rounds/campaign

10 (1978)

Deepest run

111

Players capped

It's a knockout — you exit on your first defeat, so how far you go is the story, not win rate. A campaign's length is the rounds it won: two of Linton's 53 campaigns went all the way to Lord's (1978 & 1999).

📸 Campaign Photos (254)

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From the club gallery — National Village Cup campaigns down the years. Only photos cleared for the public site are shown.

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
1973	3	2	1	2	Fell to Crockham Hill Cc
1980	3	2	1	2	Fell to Shipbourne 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. Most recently capped shown first — the newest names into the competition at the top.

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

💯 NVKC Centuries

Hundreds scored for Linton in the National Village Cup.

Player	Score	Opposition	Season
David Castle	151	Bells Yew Green CC	2004	Scorecard
Craig Sands	150*	New Ifield CC	2017	Scorecard
Paul Gibson	125	Eynsford CC	2006	Scorecard
Daniel Thirkell	123	Bidborough CC	2016	Scorecard
Mike Caddick	122	St Lawrence CC	1996	Scorecard
Nigel Thirkell	113*	Chestfield CC	1997	Scorecard
James Piper	113*	Bidborough CC	2019	Scorecard
Nigel Thirkell	111	Shipbourne CC	2004	Scorecard
Daniel Thirkell	109*	Findon CC	2004	Scorecard
David Castle	108	New Ifield CC	2004	Scorecard
Paul Gibson	104*	Horndon On The Hill CC	2004	Scorecard
Nigel Thirkell	102	Crockham Hill CC	2000	Scorecard

🎯 NVKC Five-Wicket Hauls

Five or more wickets in an NVKC innings.

Player	Figures	Opposition	Season
Paul Bowles	7/13	Cudham Wyse CC	1983	Scorecard
Matt Large	6/11	Benenden CC	1988	Scorecard
Sean Charlton	6/12	Blackheath CC, Surrey	1989	Scorecard
Matt Large	6/34	Rowledge CC	1996	Scorecard
Jon Harris	5/7	Ash CC	1979	Scorecard
Trevor Back	5/8	Shipbourne CC	1979	Scorecard
Paul Gibson	5/15	Castle Hill CC, Kent	1991	Scorecard
Ron Hickman	5/23	Glynde & Beddingham CC	1972	Scorecard
Matthew Carter	5/23	Bidborough CC	2019	Scorecard
Rob Doick	5/38	Harvel CC	2000	Scorecard
Rob Doick	5/44	Glynde & Beddingham CC	2002	Scorecard

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
Stewart Morrison	20	222	68*	18.5	-	1	2
Glen Rawson	12	216	78	18.0	53.3	1	2
Jim Hall	25	207	45*	10.89	-	0	3
Richard Piper	10	195	55	19.5	52.8	2	0
Mike Caddick	7	193	122	32.17	-	1	1
David Carden	8	193	50*	32.17	-	1	0
Ryan Boyns	8	181	59	22.62	95.8	1	1
Bob Lines	8	153	49	21.86	-	0	0
Allan Cooper	26	150	29*	8.82	-	0	5
Cliff Anscombe	11	147	45	13.36	-	0	0
Sam Boyns	14	134	36*	22.33	61.1	0	0
Benjamin Austin	9	116	50*	19.33	78.4	1	3
Henry Bourdillon	4	115	49	38.33	74.2	0	0
John Ames	9	111	39	12.33	-	0	0
Thomas Beeney	12	109	27	12.11	88.4	0	2
George Taylor	4	106	73	26.5	127.7	1	2
Lewis Burnham	8	90	41	11.25	52.8	0	2
Joshua Knowler	15	90	19*	8.18	38.7	0	2
Sean Charlton	9	87	26*	12.43	0.0	0	1
Alex Keeler	7	84	34	16.8	54.5	0	1
Matthew Carter	15	83	24	11.86	73.1	0	3
Mike Iliffe	11	83	44	8.3	-	0	1
Ian Webb	5	75	27*	37.5	-	0	0
John Thirkell	12	74	29	6.17	-	0	6
Kevin Presneill	4	72	32	18.0	54.1	0	0
Richard Knowler	9	71	25*	11.83	147.6	0	1
Laurie Probert	8	70	26*	10.0	24.7	0	0
Luke Welsman	7	68	26*	13.6	59.8	0	1
Adam Jackson	7	67	48	11.17	28.6	0	2
Tom Murphy	5	57	36*	14.25	-	0	0
Andrew Moss	5	57	25	11.4	-	0	2
Aaron Hughes	4	56	55*	18.67	87.3	1	2
Piers McDonald	6	52	19	10.4	-	0	0
Michael Beeney	7	43	9*	10.75	-	0	0
Harry Bee	3	43	20	21.5	143.8	0	0
Fred Greenfield	4	43	28	21.5	-	0	0
Mick Filmer	4	40	29	13.33	-	0	0
Graham Mountford	6	38	13	6.33	-	0	1
Mike Elworthy	8	37	16	9.25	-	0	1
Brian Woodcock	5	36	18*	9.0	-	0	1
Basil Sears	1	35	35	35.0	-	0	0
Alan Boyns	12	34	6	3.78	71.4	0	3
Robert Chance	2	33	20	16.5	-	0	0
Brian Rothwell	1	33	33	33.0	-	0	0
Toby Hughes	5	31	20	6.2	72.1	0	2
Abishek Pushpavinothan	4	30	21	7.5	37.7	0	1
Dave Todd	2	29	20	14.5	-	0	0
Iain Rawson	5	28	17	14.0	61.5	0	1
Fred Taylor	1	28	28	28.0	60.9	0	0
Mardey Castle	3	27	16	9.0	39.3	0	0
Ian Brattle	12	25	6*	12.5	88.9	0	1
Ken Webb	1	25	25	25.0	-	0	0
Tony Gauna	11	17	6*	3.4	-	0	4
David Iliffe	2	16	12	8.0	-	0	0
Chris Newman	3	14	14	4.67	-	0	2
Martin Larkin	3	14	12*	7.0	-	0	0
Phil Hickman	2	11	7	5.5	-	0	0
Carl Davis	1	11	11	11.0	-	0	0
Ron Hickman	7	9	5	1.5	-	0	4
Anthony Karassellos	2	9	9*	9.0	28.1	0	1
Brandon Eloff	1	8	8	8.0	133.3	0	0
Will Thew	1	7	7*	-	77.8	0	0
Martin Harris	4	7	4	2.33	33.3	0	0
Benny Bell	4	6	3	2.0	-	0	1
Dennis Salisbury	1	6	6	6.0	-	0	0
Thomas Roxburgh	1	6	6	6.0	150.0	0	0
David Buck	1	5	5	5.0	-	0	0
John Taylor	1	3	3*	-	-	0	0
Ian Hollingworth	1	0	0*	-	0.0	0	0
Andy Woollett	1	0	0	0.0	-	0	1
Martin Mears	1	0	0*	-	-	0	0
John Bloomfield	1	0	0*	-	-	0	0
Martin Thompson	1	0	0	0.0	-	0	1
Paul Webber	1	0	0*	-	-	0	0

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
Mark Christmas	263.4	988	50	19.76	3.75	4/10
Rob Doick	213.5	966	50	19.32	4.52	5/38
Matthew Carter	231.5	828	42	19.71	3.57	5/23
Sam Boyns	207.3	750	42	17.86	3.61	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	144.4	521	20	26.05	3.6	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
Richard Knowler	80.2	342	15	22.8	4.26	3/36
Iain Rawson	53.0	241	15	16.07	4.55	4/21
Martin Harris	103.2	371	13	28.54	3.59	2/26
Alex Keeler	77.1	325	13	25.0	4.21	4/27
Graham Mountford	46.2	143	11	13.0	3.09	4/31
Dave Charlton	32.3	229	9	25.44	7.05	3/38
David Castle	61.0	264	9	29.33	4.33	2/20
Martin Larkin	58.1	159	9	17.67	2.73	2/9
Dennis Salisbury	50.2	228	7	32.57	4.53	3/17
Harry Bee	22.2	91	6	15.17	4.07	2/10
Mike Elworthy	36.0	123	4	30.75	3.42	2/23
Darren Styles	23.0	77	3	25.67	3.35	2/22
David Lines	15.0	55	3	18.33	3.67	3/29
Brian Piper	14.4	40	3	13.33	2.73	2/24
John Thirkell	22.2	91	3	30.33	4.07	2/31
Anthony Karassellos	24.0	92	3	30.67	3.83	2/17
Russell Baldwin	3.0	15	2	7.5	5.0	2/15
Chris Tymms	6.2	16	2	8.0	2.53	2/16
Toby Hughes	23.2	81	2	40.5	3.47	2/11
Paul Webber	6.1	28	2	14.0	4.54	2/28
Carl Davis	9.0	21	2	10.5	2.33	2/21
Mardey Castle	9.0	39	2	19.5	4.33	2/24
Ryan Boyns	9.0	40	1	40.0	4.44	1/19
Ian Hollingworth	18.0	54	1	54.0	3.0	1/38
Benny Bell	3.0	5	1	5.0	1.67	1/5
Abishek Pushpavinothan	7.0	41	1	41.0	5.86	1/19
Fred Taylor	5.0	37	1	37.0	7.4	1/37
Adam Jackson	4.0	21	0	-	5.25	0/21
Chris Newman	4.0	18	0	-	4.5	0/18
Peter Whyte	1.0	4	0	-	4.0	0/4
Mick Filmer	2.0	11	0	-	5.5	0/11
Martin Thompson	2.0	11	0	-	5.5	0/11
Jordan Austin	0.2	5	0	-	15.0	0/5
Luke Welsman	6.0	24	0	-	4.0	0/24

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	32	0	2	34
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
Sam Boyns	10	0	1	11
Dave Charlton	11	0	0	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
Ian Brattle	9	0	0	9
Stuart Cheesman	8	0	0	8
Tony Gauna	8	0	0	8
Martin Harris	8	0	0	8
Rob Doick	7	0	0	7
Lewis Burnham	5	0	2	7
Thomas Beeney	6	0	1	7
Benjamin Austin	4	2	1	7
George Taylor	7	0	0	7
Richard Knowler	5	0	1	6
Joshua Knowler	4	0	2	6
Ryan Boyns	5	0	0	5
Will Thirkell	5	0	0	5
Alan Boyns	5	0	0	5
Stewart Morrison	5	0	0	5
Keith Hatcher	5	0	0	5
Luke Welsman	5	0	0	5
John Taylor	4	0	0	4
Ian Webb	4	0	0	4
Adam Jackson	3	1	0	4
Iain Rawson	2	0	1	3
Kevin Presneill	2	0	1	3
Mike Elworthy	3	0	0	3
Sean Charlton	3	0	0	3
Bob Lines	3	0	0	3
John Ames	3	0	0	3
Graham Mountford	3	0	0	3
Brian Woodcock	3	0	0	3
Paul Brattle	3	0	0	3
Alex Keeler	3	0	0	3
Chris Newman	2	0	0	2
Richard Piper	2	0	0	2
Martin Larkin	2	0	0	2
John Thirkell	2	0	0	2
Phil Hickman	2	0	0	2
Ron Hickman	2	0	0	2
Allan Cooper	2	0	0	2
Benny Bell	2	0	0	2
Toby Hughes	2	0	0	2
Dennis Salisbury	1	0	0	1
Laurie Probert	1	0	0	1
Piers McDonald	1	0	0	1
Mick Filmer	1	0	0	1
Andy Woollett	1	0	0	1
Michael Beeney	1	0	0	1
Fred Greenfield	1	0	0	1
Mike Iliffe	1	0	0	1
David Carden	1	0	0	1
John Bloomfield	1	0	0	1
Brian Rothwell	1	0	0	1
Chris Tymms	1	0	0	1
Mike Caddick	1	0	0	1
Ian Hollingworth	1	0	0	1
Carl Davis	1	0	0	1
Tobey Castle	0	0	1	1
Abishek Pushpavinothan	0	0	1	1
Henry Bourdillon	0	0	1	1
Anthony Karassellos	1	0	0	1
Fred Taylor	1	0	0	1

🏏 Last updated: 25 September 2026 at 10:31

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