New executive member David Pryor has rev-ealed how he was effectively left feeling like an outcast by the MP Sports Cherwell League rebels.

The Didcot CC chairman was elected unopposed by clubs to the executive at the annual meeting in November.

But having attended just two executive meetings he has found his every move blocked by the gang of eight rebels, who have now forced an extraordinary general meeting after passing a vote of no confidence in new chairman Clive Ricks.

Pryor said: “I put myself forward for the committee because I felt the executive were not in touch with the clubs enough and needed more representation from people actively involved in the clubs.

“When Clive suggested forums to meet the clubs I was absolutely delighted.

“The experience of meeting 24 clubs was excellent, but then to be told by the members of the executive that talking to the clubs without their approval was unconstitutional triggered off what was to come.

“I went in with an open mind to work with people.

“I wanted to move it along and reconcile the clubs and the executive because I thought they had drifted apart over the last five years, but they didn’t seem to want to do that.”

Pryor was also keen to join the rules & registration sub-committee, but when Dick Giles put his name forward, no seconder was forthcoming.

“They all refused to second me,” he said. “They wanted to exclude me from the start.”

Pryor was also stunned by the stance taken by Don Brooks, who spoke out against Ricks after the new chairman had attempted to calm the waters.

He added: “Clive said let’s try and work together and move forward.

“But then there was a statement by Don, which was immediately supported by five or six of the others.

“Don then told me at the last meeting he was not prepared to work with me.

“Who is he to decide whether he works with me or not?

“I was proposed by the clubs and voted for by the clubs and not by the executive.

“Every time I have asked a question I have been told I don’t know what I am talking about.”

Brooks said: “I don’t want to say anything. I want to see things take their course.

“Anything I have said is well-documented in the minutes.”