The Invalids fixture is one of the longer standing on the V&A list, and the Invalids themselves are a club of rich history who have recently brought up their century.  They were founded in 1919 by the poet and critic, J.C.Squire, as activity for chaps injured in the First World War and were soon immortalised in perhaps the most famous of cricketing novels, England, Their England by A.G.Macdonell.  Happily, such distinction has not gone to their heads, as we have seen with other clubs of similar longevity, and they are as affable and convey the same degree of pleasantly organised chaos as Macdonell depicted back in 1933. During the week, our captain, Jasper Arnold, had informed Adam Jacot that he would be batting at number eleven, an act Adam found demotivating.  Nevertheless, Adam was on good form throughout the morning, batting off Nicky Bird’s frequent barbs with some panache.   In life as in cricket, Adam hides […]