Forget the invincible Arsenal squad of 2003-2004 (or AFC Ewell 2024/2025 for that matter!), Hill found themselves one victory away from masterminding an unbeaten league campaign. With two abandoned games the only blots of note on their unblemished copybook, the quintessential surroundings at Horsley and Send CC provided the perfect location to end the league… Continue reading 16/08/25 – “Birthday Boy Centurion Sees Off Send” – Park Hill vs Horsley & Send 2s (Away– League Match)
With the game taking place at the aptly named Forest Green CC, Chipperton opted to have a bat on the verdant deck. Two relatively one-sided Ruxley affairs in recent weeks that featured chasing modest totals meant Hill were overdue a bat in the first innings. Few could have predicted that what transpired in the borderlands… Continue reading 02/08/25 – “The Thrill Of The Chase” – Park Hill CC vs Capel 3s (Away – League Match)
The Capel openers settled into an early rhythm and challenged the outside edges of both batsmen. Chances went down at gully as the bowlers continued to nibble away outside off-stump and offer up little in the way of loose deliveries. Martinez enjoyed the lion's share of the strike and helped Hill tick along at 6… Continue reading 31/05/2025 -“The Real Mackay: Hill (Al)Wyn Again To Make It 5 In A Row” – Park Hill vs Capel 3rd XI
With 8 players in situ at the time of the toss and at least one sat in stationary M25 traffic, Chipperton was relieved to see the hosts tasked with deciding their fate on a spongey track. A quick update on the group chat appeared in the time it took the captains to trudge to the… Continue reading 24/05/25 – “Oxted held to Ransom at Grub Street” – Park Hill vs Oxted and Limpsfield 4s
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)
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)
Before this match report begins in earnest, please spare a thought for the second half of Radcox’s sandwich, a pre-game casualty of a crafty sea gull. In keeping with this amusing interlude, life in the Surrey Downs League got off to an interesting start as Hill’s curtain raiser was switched to Ewell Castle School in… Continue reading 04/05/2024 – May the Fourth Be With Stu – Park Hill CC vs Salfolds 4s (League Match)
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Match report from our loss to Blue Wings
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