The 1990 League season was one of consistently good performances by the Club and this is reflected in the final statistics - played 15, won 13, lost 2, points 265, average 17.667. As a a result Woodpeckers headed Division II with Ruardean Hill in second place. Consistently good batting performances by Alastair Boore, Ron Jones, Simon Probyn, Darren Jones and Phil Whitcomb enabled the bowling attack, on many occasions, to perform with confidence. This they did and bowled out the opposition on numerous occasions, with Alastaire Boore, Darren Jones, Nigel Ruxton, Martin Ruxton and Phil Whitcomb taking a total of 115 wickets in total over the course of the league season. Alastair Boore's efforts won him the Division II Leading Batsman and Bowler Awards, the batting with figures of 425 runs at an average of 53.17 and the bowling 29 wickets at 9.59 average.
The League side celebrated in style by beating the rest of the League XI at home by an emphatic 47 run margin.
Batting first. Woodpeckers scored 215 runs with all-rounder Darren Jones scoring an impressive 104. Skipper Ron Jones laid a good foundation with Darren by scoring 53 runs. For the rest of the League XI David Williams took 3 for 25 and Andrew Robinson 3 for 39.
In reply the rest of the League lost early wickets but recovered thanks to a hard-hitting 53 not out by Andre Williams and 39 by Andrew Jones. Ultimately however, their reply was limited to 168 with Darren Jones bowling tightly and taking three wickets for 17.
The front cover photograph shows the Woodpeckers team who played the rest of the League XI with the exception of Mark Rhodes who arrived shortly after the photograph was taken.
The League presentation evening was a very proud occasion for the Club particularly when Captain Ron Jones was presented with the trophy. Senior members of the Club who well remembered the earlier moments of success in the Club's history were quick to congratulate the current League squad.
Life in the First Division during the 1991 season proved to be as challenging as most expected. Most players anticipated a period of settling in to what is undoubtedly a higher standard of cricket. A good win against Westbury-on-Severn in the penultimate game resulted in only three points being required from the final game against Churchdown to guarantee First Division membership for the 1992 season and this was achieved comfortably despite losing the match.
