By Will Chipperton The now-customary scramble for players carried on until Saturday morning as holidays and self-isolation continue to ravage our membership. Keen to avoid last week’s fate of playing with 10 against (then) league leaders, we managed to field 11 players in our clash against second placed Sutton Challengers. The captain regrettably won the… Continue reading Sat Match Report – ‘Challengers See Off Hill In Saturday’s Scorching Heat’. 17/7/21 –Sutton Challengers Vs Park Hill
Report by: Alex Mackay In contrast to our regular Saturday skipper’s situation, we were very much hoping for a positive result which would lead to a potential promotion push. Turning up to Tudor Drive with the standard wet weather, with only 10 players available, it is safe to say not all were keen to get… Continue reading Sat Match Report – ‘Playing when the ‘Chips’ are down’. 04/7/21 – AMY Vs Park Hill
With a grand total of one player available by Monday afternoon, things did not look particularly positive for Park Will ahead of their clash with the Sharks at Fishponds. However, special thanks must go to everyone’s favourite Welsh Zimbabwean (Daf) and Clare H for stepping in and ensuring that we could field 11 players. After… Continue reading Sat Match Report – The Su-Spencer Is Killing Me. Hill snatch victory from the jaws of defeat against the Sharks. 26/6/21 – Park Hill Vs Spencer Sharks
Hill sought to build on the impressive victory last time out against a side languishing at the foot of the table. This, coupled with the strong XI that were available for the encounter, meant that all things pointed towards one thing: an underwhelming performance. At least that was how things seemed to have gone in… Continue reading Sat Match Report – Walk in the (Raynes) Park as Hill canter to victory 12/6/21 – Park Hill Vs Raynes Park
Hill locked horns with old sparring partners Ewell in this early season clash at Old Haileyburians. Grey skies, a soggy wicket and a reignited passion for bowling meant thatstand-in skipper Chipperton elected to field after winning the toss, much to the chagrin of his disgruntled teammates. KP claimed Hill’s first wicket of the afternoon shortly… Continue reading Sun Match Report – Post-Morten – Stu plays starring role in Derby delight for Hill 23/5/21 – Park Hill Vs Ewell
The English ‘summer’ continued to serve up torrential rain ahead of Hill’s game vs Mitcham at Fortress Ruxley. Fortunately, the recently procured covers meant that masks and snorkels could be put to one side, but it remained to be seen how the pitch would play following a week of interminable rainfall. The first victory of… Continue reading Sat Match Report – Mitcham edge out Hill in close encounter 22/5/21 – Park Hill Vs Mitcham
Match Report: 1st May 2021 The Saturday league season is off and running after a year hiatus with Covid-19. Start time of 1pm with a meet time, at the home ground, of 12:15. Traffic delayed a few. With the toss having been done some time was bought with us having lost the toss and being… Continue reading Sat Match Report 1/5/2021 – Park Hill Vs AMY
Report by Dafydd Jones The fiscal scene has not looked good for a long time now, and then suddenly the sun came out and we were bathed in glorious golden rays of vitamin D. The team had been selected full of Park Hill die-hards, the type that would have preferred tea and creamy scones to… Continue reading Sun Match Report – The great Bank of England. 13/6/21 – BoE Vs Park Hill
For what felt like the first time this season, we were finally given a break from the weather gods and arrived in Wimbledon with the ground looking resplendent in the glorious sunshine. The pitch side perambulation threw up the inevitable discourse regarding what to do if we won the toss - the usual suspects decrying… Continue reading Sat Match Report – Hill romp to victory after some casual Corinthians batting 29/5/21 – Park Hill Vs Wimbledon Corinthians
A wise man (or Dan Ransom) once said “April is too cold for Sunday cricket!” As the blazing sun beat down upon the pitch at Fortress Ruxley Lane, who’d have thought that this aphorism would have held true?! As it turned out, the home side frantically searched through their bags for any additional clothing to… Continue reading Kyle [almost] brings home the biltong – Sunday Match Report 25/4 – Park Hill Vs Putney
