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LEAGUE MILESTONES

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Highlighting all the significant milestones that have been achieved since the League began back on November 11th 1979

1st Match (at Notley Sports Centre):	Braintree v Shalford, BDC Trophy Qualifying Group, 11th November 1979.

1st Match at Towerlands:	Braintree Reserves v Felsted Reserves, Reserve Championship, 13th October 1985.

Last Match at Towerlands:	Rayne Reserves v Shalford, Division Two, 4th April 2004.

1st Match at Braintree Leisure Centre:	Braintree College v Earls Colne, Division Three, 4th October 1992.


1,000th Match:	Cressing Reserves v Great Bardfield Reserves, RLC Preliminary Round, 17th January 1988.

2,000th Match:	Rayne Reserves v Shalford Reserves, Reserve Championship, 8th March 1992.

3,000th Match:	Helions Bumpstead Reserves v Witham Reserves, Division Four, 4th February 1996.

4,000th Match:	Braintree Youth v Cressing, Division One, 24th October 1999.

5,000th Match:	Kelvedon & Feering Reserves v High Garrett, RLC 1st Round, 26th January 2003.

6,000th Match:	Shalford Reserves v Rayne III, Division Five, 12th March 2006.

7,000th Match:	Boreham v Dunmow, Division Two, 22nd November 2009.

Total number of games played to the end of the 2010-11 season:	7,506

*BATTING MILESTONES*

First batsman to score 1,000 runs:	Terry Prestney, Earls Colne v Six Bells, Division One, 6th December 1985.

First batsman to score 2,000 runs:	Dave Atterbury, Wethersfield v Helions Bumpstead, Division Two, 7th January 1990.

First batsman to score 3,000 runs:	Paul Keaney, Braintree v Dunmow, Division One, 17th January 1993

First batsman to score 4,000 runs:	Paul Keaney, Bocking v High Garrett, BDICL Cup Preliminary Round, 14th January 1996.

First batsman to score 5,000 runs:	Dave Atterbury, Kelvedon & Feering Reserves v Braintree Reserves, Division Four, 6th February 2000.

First batsman to score 6,000 runs:	David Denny, Braintree Youth v Gosfield, BDICL Cup Final, 14th April 2002.

First batsman to score 7,000 runs:	David Denny, Braintree Youth v Bocking, Division One, 16th January 2005.

First batsman to score 8,000 runs:	Matthew Hart, Cressing v Witham, Division One, 5th April 2009.

First batsman to score 9,000 runs:	Matthew Hart, Coggeshall Hamlet v Braintree Youth, 30th October 2011.

*BOWLING MILESTONES*

First bowler to take 100 wickets:	Tom Gould, Braintree Reserves v Fairstead, Reserve Championship, 1st November 1992.

First bowler to take 200 wickets:	Richard Dawson, Rayne Reserves v Terling, Division Three, 14th February 1999.

First bowler to take 300 wickets:	Michael Joyce, Braintree Youth v Kelvedon & Feering, Division One, 6th November 2005.

*CATCHING MILESTONES*

First player to take 50 catches:	Alan Turner, Wethersfield v Braintree Youth, Division One, 11th November 1990.

First player to take 100 catches:	Paul Keaney, Bocking v Braintree Youth, Division One, 12th January 1997.

First player to take 150 catches:	Matthew Hart, Cressing v Coggeshall A, BDICL Cup Second Round, 16th February 2003.

First player to take 200 catches:	Matthew Hart, Cressing v Shalford, BDICL Cup Second Round, 3rd February 2008.

*WICKETKEEPING MILESTONES*

First wicketkeeper to claim 50 stumpings:	Dave Parkin, Great Bardfield v Braintree College, BDICL Cup Second Round, 21st February 1993.