River Park We had never played the Weekenders before, but the origins of the fixture already have a mythic-sounding quality. The story goes something like this: our Benno’s wife Emma was in a play in London and she was in the loo when she overheard one of the other actors talking about how her husband liked cricket and … Continue reading The Racqueteers v The Weekenders, Sunday, 21st June
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
The Racqueteers Cricket Club 
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