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 …
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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. Cadnum, 9th June, 2024
Sunday last Rioteers visited one of only 2 New Forest clubs still on our fixture list, Cadnam CC, the other being Bramshaw. What, I wonder, happened to Bashley Rydal, Beaulieu, Bransgore, Brockenhurst, Burley, Fawley, Hinton Admiral and Lyndhurst to name those I can remember? Cadnam is a typical NF ground: sylvan setting, rustic pavilion, though …
Rioteers v. Racqueteers, 2nd June, 2024
You know you are in trouble when … All was not lost as …
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 …
Rioteers v. Hursley Park Sunday XI, 21 May 2023
[Author: Sudip Nandy.] The Rioteers came into this game with a season record of WWW (WWWWW if you include the last two games of the 2022 season). Would they continue their run of form? Two days out there were problems. Injury meant the team sheet was down to 8 men. Arrangements for tea were looking …
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Rioteers vs. Hursley Park, 22 May 2022
[Report written by Sudip Nandy.] Early season lack of availability meant that 3 debutants were brought in for this game: Andy Marks (ex-Hursley), Sam Golledge (youngster, trying cricket out again after a few years) and Mark Nall (not so youngster, trying cricket out again after 35 years!). The Rioteers were greeted with bright sunshine and …