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18th October 2021
Nick Birdy (above, headless) holding the 2006 Fixture Card with its cover featuring Sir Garry Sobers, who is seated with Ted Dexter at a Hilton Hotel function. Ted seemed a bit confused and didn’t recall his status as our President, but it was late and the evening had been convivial. Our season was mixed – lows, troughs, nadirs and some moments of light relief. The best was superlative batting by Ollie Marsh (and others), but Ollie was a class apart, possibly the best V&A batsman (not forgetting Baz Street) since Robbie Lawson and Vib Fonseka (who, like Nick Emley, fell out with Old Bill and spent time slopping out). The pitch behaved a bit differently this year, no one scored a ton; there were several last year, even in a truncated season. But Phil Goodliffe’s horticultural expertise is a great boon. We had some brilliant games; but it’s […]
24th September 2021
V&A PLAYERS: A. JACOT, J. TETLOW, A. JONES, C. MOUNSEY-THEAR, C. JONKERS [SKIP], R. TAYLOR, OWEN GRUNDY, OTTO GRUNDY, V. GRANTHAM Nicky was away at the Duxford Air Show, commemorating the Battle of Britain, so we had no 12th man, or tea lady. In fact, we only had nine players, and significantly less when you take fundamentals like cricketing ability into account. The opposition were the Refreshers CC. They are a team of barristers (and some paralegals, as it transpired). “Paralegal” sounds exciting, but it is not. Court sitting hours in England and Wales are civilised: a 10:30 start, one hour for lunch, and a 4:30 finish. The Refreshers were keen to emulate that schedule on Saturday, arriving promptly, whereas the V&A are a ramshackle bunch of booksellers, potters and drunks. Not quorate at midday, we agreed to bat first. Dr Grantham and Tetlow obliged, trudging to the middle and scoring at a turgid three […]
The 2022 Season will begin on the 23rd April.
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V&A CC
President
Ted Dexter Esq. CBE
Hon. Vice President
The late Keith Miller Esq. MBE
“Pressure? I’ll tell you what pressure is. Pressure is a Messerschmitt up your arse. Pressure is not playing cricket."Vice Presidents
Nigel Allsop Esq.
Michael Atherton OBE
Simon Barnes Esq.
Terence Blake Esq.
Rt Hon The Lord Camoys GCVO, PC, DL
Lady Dowding
Phil Edmonds Esq.
Tony Fisher Esq.
Ernest J Franklin Esq.
Andrew J. Fraser Esq. CMG
Nicholas J. Jenkins Esq.
Rt Hon Sir John Major KG, CH
Jeremy Paxman Esq.
Doug Walters Esq.
Bruno Wollheim Esq.
Mrs. Annette Jacot de Boinod
Mrs. Sarah Jenkins
V&A CC 2019 Season Awards
Cricketer Of The Year Lachlan Nieboer
Batsman Andy Taylor
Partnership Adam Jacot & Nick Emley
Bowler Lachlan Nieboer
Bowling Feat Marc Terblanche
Innings Rob Taylor
Wicketkeeper Phil Goodliffe
Catch Jago Poynter
Run Out Christiaan Jonkers
Lifetime Achievement Sarah Jenkins