Shepway Stragglers

Cricket Club

The Shepway Stragglers are a long established wandering Cricket Club, founded in 1947, playing at picturesque grounds across Kent.

During the winter of 1947, after an inaugural fixture among friends in 1946 the Shepway Stragglers were founded and so named.

A committee was formed of: WJS Fletcher MC, H Pares, V Collins, GA Hardy, Lt.Cdr. NCM Findlay, HSG Torrens, Lt.Col. AWC May MC.

A fixture list was arranged and an umpire, E Gray, appointed.

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Next Fixture

John Burley

Dec 3, 2023

CJ (John) Burley was a larger than life member of the Club from the mid-‘60s. He made his debut for the Stragglers in June 1965 with a brief innings against the West Kent Countrymen, and for the next eight seasons was a stalwart of the Club, turning out in at least...