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It was a gap in our fixture list which caused Lachlan to volunteer to raise an opposition with the help of Nick Constatine. The exercise was not entirely fruitful and on the eve of the match they had mustered but half a dozen.

THE SILK BOUDOIR XI were actually VII, because several of this youthful side couldn’t get out of bed. The V&A keep themselves nice on Friday nights so they’re perky for the match, would that others had our

Variety is the spice of life, and this was a spicy day in the best possible sense. Not in the euphemistic sense that implies angry argument if not actual fisticuffs. There was none of that.

V&A PLAYERS: Dennis de Caires (Captain), Adam Jacot, Christiaan Jonkers, Phil Goodliffe, Tom Pritchard-Gordon, Henry Turpie, Nick Emley, Jago Poynter,

V&A PLAYERS: Chris Mounsey-Thear (Captain), Christiaan Jonkers, Tom P-G, Tom Ayling, Ross Ashcroft, Adam Jacot, Louis Jacot, Andy Jones, Vin

ACME are Bowden’s old team and had some good young players who could catch; a few could bat too. I was impressed by their cars (including an Aston Martin) and wives.

It had been a day of blistering weather and it was a sensible decision to play a forty over game.

Our second oldest fixture after the mighty Hermits, and always fun. This year, when they turned up, eventually, I counted the number of their yoof element, young people who run and bend and throw. None. In contrast we had 7 – 8 if you count Christiaan (I don’t).

A beautiful day and an enthralling match with the most gentlemanly opponents, a magnificent lunch and tea masterminded by Estelle de Caires, concluded in the penultimate over…but not everything went according to plan.