Away fixtures – Page 2 – The Racqueteers Cricket Club

May 19, 2025May 20, 2025

Sunday, May 18th, The Racqueteers v West Meon

Scorecard West Meon in May is a wonderful thing. ‘The unresting castles’, as Philip Larkin put it – talking about the trees, you understand – ‘thresh / In fullgrown thickness’. They’re full of birds, too. Rooks cawing and scuffling, greenfinches wheezing, and chiffchaffs chiffing and chaffing away with near-maddening persistence. As the Racqueteers took to the field, a trio of red kites were riding the thermals overhead; later, a lone egret drifted by like a small ghost. (I am able to … Continue reading Sunday, May 18th, The Racqueteers v West Meon

May 11, 2025May 15, 2025

Thursday, May 8th, The Racqueteers v The Milburys

The scorecard It is not often, in early May, in England, that the outfield is so dry that even a delicate leg glance can skip away for four. But then the sun had poured down on us for a good month and the Holt is perched on a patch of Hampshire chalk downland fully 120 feet above the Preshaw valley. The drainage must be second to … Continue reading Thursday, May 8th, The Racqueteers v The Milburys

August 11, 2024September 3, 2024

The Racqueteers v St.Cross Symondians CC, Sunday, 11th August

Playing at Twyford – but not against Twyford – in fact against St Cross – whose home ground was full of other games. Beautiful sunny day – emerald-green, manicured lawns. G won the toss and invited St Cross to bowl. A bright start against some wayward bowling was cut short when Leo was trapped on the crease and Alex, caught in two minds, chipped a low full toss … Continue reading The Racqueteers v St.Cross Symondians CC, Sunday, 11th August