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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

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The Racqueteers v Chilmark (away), Sunday, 28th July

Scorecard You know those children’s stories that get stuck, somehow, in the back of your mind, and then reappear years later, almost as if they’ve been waiting for the right moment? The story that popped into my head, as we toiled our way through a very trying spell in Chilmark’s innings, when ball after ball seemed to rattle across the boundary rope or, just as often, flew … Continue reading The Racqueteers v Chilmark (away), Sunday, 28th July