Well, what can I say about this game. The weather was nice and so was the BBQ. Surrey Titans won the toss and elected to bat which in hindsight was a bad choice. Had they put us to bat first the game would have been over by tea. Tyler and Lawn opened the bowling with… Continue reading 28/07/24 – “Well, the weather was nice and so was the BBQ.” – Park Hill CC vs vs Surrey Titans (Sunday Friendly)
With the thoughts of Tudor Drive well and truly in the rear view mirror as we drove through the leafy heart of Surrey, we arrived at the pleasant surroundings of Nutfield CC. With a lovely club house consisting of a scorer’s box, a fantastic balcony with views and a nice little bar area, we were… Continue reading 27/07/24 – “Catch me if you can” – Park Hill CC vs vs Nutfield CC (League Match)
Hill looked to bounce back from a disappointing result last time out against the league leaders. Having secured the use of Gibraltar Rec for the afternoon, they hoped to make the most of a change of scenery to get their league campaign back on track. The visitors, with an umpire in tow, lost the toss… Continue reading 20/07/24 – “Hill Relish the cut of their Gib” – Oxted and Limpsfield 4s (League Match)
After stepping up at late notice to ensure Hill fielded an 11 rather than 10, the pre-match script already had Bawn penned as the hero. Would he go on to fit the billing? After winning the toss, Chipperton elected to insert the opposition and the plan seemed to have been an inspired one in the… Continue reading 13/07/24 – “A hero is (almost) Bawn” – Park Hill CC vs South Nutfield 3s (League Match)
The opposition kindly put us in first and we opened with an appetiser of green olives and kettle chips, a delightful contrast of textures and flavour notes. After successfully seeing off the openers, we set about executing the next phase of the game-plan. David Lawn had spotted a lot of kitchen activity shortly after our… Continue reading 07/07/24 – “Teas-y enough for Byfleet” – Park Hill CC vs vs Byfleet (Sunday Friendly)
With the Tadworth fiasco firmly in the rearview mirror, Hill looked to return to winning ways at Fortress Ruxley. Somewhat unnervingly, it was another relatively straightforward build up to the game, with 11 players materialising early on in the week and a good balance of batting and bowling options: surely too good to be true?… Continue reading 08/06/24 – “It’s not to be — Pyrfect (from Hill)” – Park Hill CC vs vs Pyrford (League Match)
From a personal perspective the afternoon could’ve got off to a better start. Dreams and reality seldom intertwine and the Sunday captaincy is no exception. Imagining selection crises, new players and even some pre-game fielding practice, I was swiftly brought back down to earth by a drop out on the morning of the game, an… Continue reading 09/06/24 – “The Annals of Lawn; – Nothing Happened” – Park Hill CC vs Beddington CC (Sunday Friendly)
The Derby weekend, you just know the traffic is bad, but everyone had planned ahead, and we had the full team on a nice green tree lined field in the middle of southern London. The Changing room was full of banter, and they had earmarked Alex as “the guy who had scored hundreds – and… Continue reading 01/06/24 – “Well, the duck cup is fully alive after this weekend.” – Park Hill CC vs Tadworth 2s (League Match)
Having snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in their previous two outings - from the final to penultimate balls no less - Hill lost the toss and were set the task of setting a total once again. With an enviable batting line up that would cause plenty of headaches (not least for the captain),… Continue reading 25/05/24 – “Calm down dear. It’s only the Surrey Downs League…” – Park Hill CC vs Nutfield 2s (League Match)
“It’s in the bag.” No, Radcox wasn’t being uncharacteristically over-confident about the imminent match against South Nutfield 3rd XI. He’d spotted the strutting alpha crow who’d stolen his sandwich at the same venue the week before, so had securely sealed his lunch in a zipped bag, away from the self-assured corvid who was already lurking. … Continue reading 11/05/2024 – Mackay’s century not quite enough to prevent Castle breach – Park Hill vs South Nutfield 3rd XI(League Match)
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