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On a glorious afternoon at the legendary cradle of cricket the might of the Rioteers took on the Brigands. VC Bickford was again in charge and successfully called the coin toss and elected to field, no doubt in the hope that the Rioteers could follow the successful run chase of the week before at Bramshaw. …
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Our visit to Bramshaw for a match played in a wonderful spirit against splendid hosts provided a much needed shot of adrenalin to the heart and morale of anyone that had read the match report from the previous week. Captain Bickers won the toss and elected to field first, based on the encouraging and not-at-all …
Rioteers arrived with on paper and in all other respects a weak side. Not something we planned but due to several availabilities the batting looked particularly fragile. On the bowling front against a youngish BB side this looked weak too with Harrison aged 12 and 3 teenagers complimented by Lowden and our veteran Hampshire bowler …
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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 …
Friday 20/20 6 Rioteers joined up with 5 from the Newport Inn CC at Braishfield to take on Alderney CC for a 20/20. Alderney batted first and started slowly reaching 60 at the half way stage due to accurate bowling by Lowden and in particular Harrison Hill (aged 12) who bowled his allocated 4 overs …
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A new fixture … Wickham, just down the road from last week’s Hambledon. Off the main road then down a farm track with the grass growing down the middle we gathered buoyantly at having found the ground. What an idyllic spot overlooking Rookesbury park. Simon arrived with Hugo making our eleven whilst we awaited the …
Our second game of the season had only two survivors from the opening game , Lowden and the skipper . So the squad rotation policy had to come in to effect. With some of the squad away on European duties, others held busy at home or at work, we managed to muster 10 Rioteers strong …
A new season and a team packed full of Brazierless cricketing talent set sail with determination of mind and hope in their hearts. Could the new Captain get off to a good start? It didn’t look too promising when he promptly lost the toss and we were in the field. How wrong could we be …