LAST Saturday was the end of an era at High Wycombe CC as it brought the curtain down on Geoff Morgan’s final season as chairman.

Morgan will officially hand over the reins to Keith Patten at the club’s AGM in November, but Saturday was his competitive punching out and it brought the curtain down on a glorious decade in the club’s history.

Under him, High Wycombe won four Home Counties League titles and finished second on two occasions, while off the field he oversaw the introduction of women’s and disability cricket as well as a burgeoning junior section.

He said: “People think that if it’s broken then you fix it. But sometimes that’s too late and we’ve always tried to be proactive at this club.

“There have been massive changes from when I took over and all of it has been positive. There’s not one thing that I’m most proud of and it’s not just me that’s made it happen.

“There is still some unfinished business here, but I think the whole club is in a good state and I’m happy where I’m leaving it. We’re open 52 weeks a year, seven days a week and that’s pretty incredible really.

“I step down on November 30 and I won’t look back with any regrets, that’s for sure. I’ve not pleased everyone all the time, but you never do.”

It hasn’t quite been the ticker-tape send off Morgan hoped for though.

After the shock of last season’s unexpected flirtation with relegation Morgan rung the changes with Matt Eyles and Christopher Sketchley recalled as first team and club captains respectively.

The stalwarts of London Road were meant to inspire the team to a fifth title in ten years but despite a spirited effort that saw Wycombe lead the table half way though, they have had to settle for second place behind champions Henley.

Morgan said: “It would have been brilliant to sign off with another title. We’ve come second and we like to come top.

“But the mindset has been better and we’ve certainly bounced back from last year.

“We got on a bit of a roll and we won all the big games; we beat Henley [the other game was cancelled] and we beat Slough twice.

“We had the opportunity to take the title and it’s frustrating we didn’t, but I have no issues with how the boys have conducted themselves this year.

“We can do better, but the side that beat Henley was one of the youngest we’ve ever put out and we also put out a fifth team on four of five occasions this season – on one occasion we had 55 players and 20 of them were 15 or under.

“Our manta here is one sport, many teams, one club. I’m proud of this club and always will be.”