The V&A
Cricket Club


 

Welcome to the V&A Cricket Club (est. 1975), a club that plays at Stonor Park in Oxfordshire.

Latest Match Reports

24th May 2025
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V&A v The Invalids

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 […]
17th May 2025
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V&A v Hermits/Penn Street

The extraordinary thing about the V&A’s match on Saturday 17 May was that the team were obviously thought to be so talented that they took on not one but two teams, a combined Penn Street and The Hermits (in fact, as neither could quite raise an eleven).  But the story then became even more complicated as they came with twelve so to give everyone a game one of theirs also fielded for the V&A, meaning that to avoid too many on the pitch at one time, one of the V&A had to drop out every five overs and merely admire their comrades from the pavilion. And if you are still with me so far (which I very much doubt) hang on until it gets even more complicated as one PSH (as I shall call the combined opposition) strained a muscle when batting, thus needing a runner who of course largely stood at […]
 

We play at Stonor Park, near Henley on Thames.

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V&A CC 2024 Season Awards

Greatest Player of All Time (V&A 50th Anniversary Award) Dennis De Caires

Players Player Adam Jacot &. Tom Bird

Batsman Ben Horan

Partnership Robbie Taylor & Ben Horan

Bowler Christiaan Jonkers

Bowling Feat Alex Pitlarge

Innings Tom Walsh

Catch Nick Constantine

Run Out Dominic Scott

Caterer Stephanie Bird