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Sunday’s game faced a few headwinds; COVID grounded many younger Rioteers (meaning Greg didn’t get to revisit the scene of his famous 3 wickets in 4 balls); rain was due around 5pm; and it was competing with the Wimbledon final and a football game in the evening (about which we’re so over, already). However, a …
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The Rioteers’ post-Bickers/Stafford era (spoken of quietly as the Revie/ Bremner of the club) has started with 2 close finishes – how would the club, sporting 4 Hilliers (but not the usual ones), 2 debutants and 3 teenagers fare at the Cradle of Cricket against such storied opposition as Hambledon CC ? Founded in 1750, …
And so to Medstead, on a scorcher of an afternoon. The previous day’s Test themes of exciting young pacemen; challenging left-armers; unplayable rippers; misbehaving pitches and the quiet guys playing bold, match-winning innings fuelled much of the pre-match chatter and provided a convenient (lazy- Ed) template for a close, intriguing game. Cap’n Bix won the toss …
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It’s exam time for many, and we found the following mock paper based on events of the weekend. MULTI-CHOICE – (5 marks per question) 1 Rank in ascending order; A the range in temperature from 6° to 26° B the difference in layers worn in successive Sundays’ cricket matches C the difference between chances given …
On Sunday, the world’s number 1 ranked team (South Africa) played arguably the world’s most accomplished all round side (India) at the same time as the Rioteers swaggered down to Cadnam. Thousands of fans brought noise, colour and exuberance to one match, whereas the other had a legendary bread and butter pudding. In both matches, …
Cheriton (73 all out) v Rioteers, (159/9) June 4. Rioteers win by 86 runs The Rioteers bandwagon breezed into Cheriton on Sunday with Cap’n Bix at the helm for the second weekend running. But even with Marty as assiduous scorer (and muttering about a trip to Warrens to get the full suite of coloured pens …