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.

75 Years of the Shepway Stragglers

Jul 31, 2022

Some 75 years ago, Wyndham Fletcher and a group of friends founded the Shepway Stragglers Cricket Club. Cricket in the Kent countryside seemed like the perfect way to leave the war behind them. Why “Shepway Stragglers”? Shepway was the name of Wyndham’s house, and...


Sun 14th August 2022 1:30 pm N/A Stowting
Sat 20th August 2022 11:30 am N/A I Zingari
Sun 28th August 2022 12:30 pm N/A Folkestone
Sun 11th September 2022 1:00 pm N/A Street End
Sat 17th September 2022 12:00 pm N/A Kenfield
Sat 24th September 2022 1:00 pm N/A Elham
Sun 25th September 2022 9:00 am N/A Straggler Golf Day