Away fixtures – Page 8 – The Racqueteers Cricket Club

August 6, 2022August 26, 2022

The Racqueteers v The Vagabonds, Bentworth, Sunday, July 24th

Racqueteers’ hopes dashed by boy assassin. The Racqueteer’s game against the Vagabonds represents everything good about English village cricket and is a high-spot on our fixture list – so brilliantly compiled by our President. Their crimson and pink stripy blazers and caps, their chocolate-box pavilion with its bat and stumps rampant in the thatch and … Continue reading The Racqueteers v The Vagabonds, Bentworth, Sunday, July 24th

June 12, 2022June 12, 2022

The Racqueteers v Crawley Crows, Thursday 9th June, 2022

Rishi Scares Crows! The threatening slate grey skies encapsulating the beautiful corner of Hampshire known for generations as Crawley – where the Crows of that designation ply their trade – saw as-complete-a-cricketing-performance as The Racqueteers have produced in my time at the club. The skipper won the toss and without hesitation decided to bat first … Continue reading The Racqueteers v Crawley Crows, Thursday 9th June, 2022

May 24, 2022May 31, 2022

The Racqueteers at West Meon

With its beech and ash trees threshing away in the breeze and its lofty position affording views of rolling Hampshire farmland to the south and west, West Meon is an undeniably bucolic ground. It also has a wicket that, at least in early summer, is low and slow, and slopes like a Neanderthal’s forehead – and … Continue reading The Racqueteers at West Meon