A faultless season reached it denouement with the division’s first and second placed sides competing for cup glory. Hill boasted a 2-0 lead going into the game, owing to their previous victory and ensuing title win. In a one-off, winner takes all clash at the home of cricket, would Sutton exact their revenge? The visitors… Continue reading 06/09/25 – Park Hill vs Sutton 5s (Division 4 Cup Final) “Sutton For Punishment – Late Drama Sees Grandstand Finish”
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)
Nominally designated as a 'home' game for Leatherhead, the leafy village of Holmbury St Martin lies a mere 10 miles from Leatherhead! The sign for the ground was neatly camouflaged on the hairpin bend that climbed at a 45° incline. The steep ascent ought to have been accompanied by the Jurassic Park theme, as Hill's… Continue reading 05/07/25 – “Hill’s Holmbury Odyssey” – Park Hill CC vs Leatherhead 4s (League Match)
It was a toss that neither captain particularly wanted to win; it would be far easier to break the news to unruly teammates that they would need to toil in the sun if choice was removed from the matter. Having won the toss, Chipperton elected to insert the opposition with the hope of making early… Continue reading 28/06/25 – “Horsley Return to Send – er… Empty Handed” – Park Hill CC vs Horsley & Send 3s (League Match)
After some mid-week Spond Hokey Cokey - during which Hill oscillated between 13 and 9 players - the match day XI was eventually confirmed by 10:45 ahead of what could have been a banana-skin cup tie at Tadworth. With a smattering of big names such as Mackay (coincidently triggered at the earliest opportunity at Tadworth… Continue reading 21/06/2025 -“Chipper’s Ton Sees Off Tadworth” – Park Hill vs Tadworth 3s (Cup)
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
Prior to the game, the captain had received compelling intel that suggested that the pitch had plenty of demons and the opposition side were on the weak side. Therefore, with 8 players present at the toss, the natural decision was to insert the opposition and stick to this hunch. Charging into gale force winds from… Continue reading 10/03/25 – “Salford Blown To SMITHereens” – Park Hill vs Salfords 3s (A)
Ahead of the curtain raiser, there were two main talking points about two ‘debutants’: How would the returning Martinez fare after a 6 year hiatus? How would Miss Radcox handle the pressure of her tea lady audition? More on both shortly. A late-night deluge on Friday left a few question marks over the condition of… Continue reading 03/05/25 – “Hell For Leather(head)” – Park Hill CC vs Leatherhead 4s
After being on the right end of a successful final ball run chase last week, Hill took to the road to take on Pyrford. The reverse fixture was a frustrating case of what could and should have been - could they avoid a similar fate this time around? The astute observer will have already deduced… Continue reading 10/08/24 – “Below Pyr Hill Fumble Chance At Redemption” – Park Hill CC vs vs Pyrford (League Match)
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