Jamie’s perfect Sunday game I’ve been invited up to Hawkley for a bit of hunting and then turn that into the perfect game for a Sunday. It’s ’going to be absolutely Pukka. My recipe for perfect Sunday Game. But first I’m out hunting, we’re going for some top notch birds, possibly some ducks. Ideally looking …
Author archives: Campbell Williams
Rioteers v. Broadhalfpenny Brigands, 28 June, 2026
Rioteers: The decline and fall. Regular correspondents will note this is the 62nd fixture between the Broadhalfpenney Brigands and the Rioteers, and so it seems fair to articulate the terminus of our unbeaten season using a historical narrative – “with a tiny bit of cribbin’ / from the works of Edward Gibbon”.. Nobody really understands …
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Rioteers v. Newport, 14 June, 2026
Sing, O Muse, of the contest beneath the bright and kindly sun,When light fell golden upon the fair outfield of Hyde End,And men of Newport Inn, though valiant, lost the casting of fate,And were commanded first to take the field and bowl. Swift as a storm wind came Tim Cook, hurler of searing pace,His arm a …
Rioteers v. East Meon, 11 August, 2024
On holiday in Cornwall the usual apartment Daneille Steel, Wilbur Smith and Jonh le Carre’s were supplemented by the ‘Art of Captaincy’ first published in 1985 – the book draws on Mike Brealey’s various experiences while captaining Middlesex and later leading England to the famous Ashes victory in 1981. Being the only cricket book which talks about and explores …
Rioteers v. Coombe Bissett, 15 May
There was a moment against Coombe Bisset when it all came together.. after numerous phone calls, weather checks, and wet shoes, we were twenty from the target, with plenty of overs left, enough rabbits still in the hutch, two third-generation Rioteers at the crease batting nicely and then for the first time this year the …
Rioteers v. Chute, 27th August, 2023
The cow will never get through that door Eddie… Dum dee dum dee dum dee dee… And now we leave the Archers and move across to join the team on longwave for Test Valley Match Special, sponsored by Win Viz, over to you Aggers, cue Booker T. Thank you and welcome to the cauldron of …
Alderney tour, 17-19 June, 2022
There are few phrases more certain to bring an element, a frisson, if you will, of interest to a relationship than the ‘so what happened on tour? ‘ interrogation upon re-arrival at the familial abode. The traditional response of ‘what goes on tour stays on tour’ rarely suffices to calm the interrogator, so for the …
Rioteers v. Cadnam, 6th June, 2021
Joy at Last Joy was unconfined on Sunday evening after the Rioteers 1st win of the season under seasoned campaigner and new captain Williams lifted them off the bottom of the table. With talk of new investment and an ambition for the IPL, things are looking up. Brazier, for it was he, had done a …
AC11 … White line of duty (Rioteers v. Coombe Bisset, 2 May, 2021)
A Cricketing 11In line with others I waited for the thrilling denouement on Sunday evening, when it came down to the very final scene. Who is h. Would he come good eventually? Would there be a massive shoot out at the end. Would h be hall, hillier or hill. What was the role of dc trickett, arriving …
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Rioteers CC v. Crawley CC, 16 June 2019
In cricket, few things are more important than timing. The caress of a cover drive is nothing without it, otherwise you’re watching Williams flay another over cow. Sometimes it works for you, as it did for most of Sunday….. Horrific weather is the only thing that will distract a Rioteer from a sunday fixture, but …