PERHAPS IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT ON JUNE 18, the 190th anniversary of Waterloo, the V&A played the Frenchified bohemians of the Chelsea Arts Club. Or perhaps not. For a quick poll of our opponents confirmed that – of their eleven – only two were or had been members of the Arts Club, five had never been near the place and two had never heard of it. One had never heard of Chelsea, and one wondered why the cricket club was named after President Clinton’s daughter. But we may, in the past, have had the odd player unfamiliar with the V&A’s collections or where it is…. Some things are reassuringly familiar. Such as the sound of David Maddocks, their captain, deciding the type of game we will play, the number of overs each bowler may bowl, the menu for luncheon etc. But Rob Noble, our skipper, compromised gently and Maddocks agreed […]