V&A v The Bushmen
V&A PLAYERS: C M-T [Captain], C JONKERS, T P-G, N P-G, D DE CAIRES, N EMLEY, T BIRD, N BIRD, […]
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V&A PLAYERS: C M-T [Captain], C JONKERS, T P-G, N P-G, D DE CAIRES, N EMLEY, T BIRD, N BIRD, […]
The rain came down at 4pm, as forecast, turning the picturesque Stonor valley dank and leaden, the trees rustling disconsolately and ruining what had been bubbling up to an exciting fin
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The Legends, as is proudly emblazoned on their score book, was founded in 2004 by the urbane Matt Simmonds, and are a team who approach the game with a sense of fair play and general joie de vivre which has been sadly lacking in recent matches.
“It is poor form to take offence at personal comments in a match report”, whined old has-been, Tim Young to me over lunch. He might regret that. The rest of the Thebertons team where rather young and fit (or in the case of local estate agent, Alexander Risdon, young).
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It is said, to get on, it matters not what you know but whom you know. This is why I am second hand bookseller. Dennis de Caires knows plenty, but is also well connected in the cricketing world, a useful attribute when selecting a team.
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V&A PLAYERS: C Jonkers [skip], Tom Bird, A Taylor, R Taylor, Louis Jacot, Adam Jacot, Lachlan Nieboer , Chris Mounsey-Thear, Rupert Morris, Dennis de Caires, Ross Ashcroft, 12th Man N.Bird There is, about
This was the first fixture between V&A and the Authors XI, which is curious given the apparent synergy between the two clubs. The Authors own opening batsman, the lugubrious Anthony McGowan, describes his team as “crammed to the gills with the quite ludicrously posh… the full rage of characters from a 1950s public school story – the hearty, sporty type; the etiolated intellectual; the endearingly modest earl; even an exiled Ruritanian princeling.”
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The week of Henley Regatta can be a trying one. This is not to take anything away from the Regatta itself, which remains one of the most important events of its type for rowing buffs; rather like the Lord’s Test is for cricketers. The problem lies with the attendees.
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It was a textbook day of cricket. The weather was fine throughout, the Stonor valley looked a resplendent study in
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Team selection will be competitive this year as the newfound V&A strength in depth allowed our skipper, Dennis, the luxury of a 14-man squad plus a scorer.