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The third man The route from Sheffield to Lower Wield is not regularly travelled, however our number three batsman left at 7am, and after a hearty northern breakfast of roast whippet and two slices of gravy, arrived at the Yew Tree at midday in the aforementioned suburb of Alresford, and in singular glory ordered the …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v. Wield CC, 16 September, 2018”
The quintessential Rioteers match report traditionally carries an excess of metaphor, simile, allegory, and symbolism, exemplified below. ‘Brazier’s left arm carried the threat of a cold sponge pudding.’ ‘nestled within the idyllic surroundings, the pedigree Herefords stood warily at long leg as Williams approached the crease’ ‘We may define liberty, then, in Leonard Read’s felicitous …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v. Chute CC, 9 September, 2018”
The sunshine was turned up to full volume, as might’ve been Edward Elgar’s second symphony, as the Rioteers converged upon the pastoral, sun-dappled, English idyll of the Crawley Crows’ cricket ground. The quintessentially English music was replaced by The Ride of the Valkyries as those Rioteers arriving by bike rode over the horizon to join …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v Crawley Crows CC, 5 August, 2018”
In the bucolic setting of Braishfield, bathed in the unaccustomed warmth of this unusual summer, the Rioteers put in a performance as rare as the weather and one which befitted the glorious tea provided by our opponents. However, not all omens were auspicious at the start: the opposing captain was obliged to point out some …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v Newport Inn CC at Braishfield on Sunday, 22nd July 2018”
So Rioteers again graced the cradle of cricket. Walking in the steps of the founders of the modern game and Victorian greats such as WG Grace, Gilbert Jessop and Richard “9fer” Brazier. Unusually the Brigands were down to 9 players and Damian honourably offered to play for them to even matters up as 10 a …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v Broadhalfpenny Brigands CC, 1 July 2018”
On the journey to today’s game at Cadnam three Rioteers discussed, among other things, the fact that the first international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States on 24 and 25 September 1844, and that Great Britain beat the USA to become the first baseball world champions in 1938. We ruminated on …
It seems a long time since Hambledon. For the two matches that were called off, we had two fantastic teams, different on the whole from the first two games of the season in terms of personnel. So it shows that we do have the numbers out there. Hopefully the season will continue in that form …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v Coombe Bissett CC, 27 May 2018”
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 …
“To everything … there is a season.” This unfortunatley applies also to cricket, and so the Rioteers arrived at Braishfield ready to play their last cricket of 2017, and what would end up being both their second and third games this season against good friends and splendid hosts, Newport Inn. Having won the toss, Captain …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v Newport Inn CC, 24th September, 2017”
With the world and his dog joining queues stretching from Ringwood to Andover just to be part of The Rioteers’ own Barmy Army, the various routes adopted by our 11½ man team – Walder taking over at tea (with thanks to the oppo for their approval) from our wicky for the day and professional comedian, …
Continue reading “Rioteers CC v Hinton Admiral CC, 27th August, 2017”