It is always disappointing to end the season in the rain, but faint hope of enough dry weather to get in a T20 brought the Stragglers to Stowting, and thus the season came to its end in an appropriate spot - The Tiger - but sadly without a ball being bowled.  And it...

JohnBurley ended some wonderful memories from the ‘60s and ‘70s athte 70th anniversary celebration of Straggler cricket, with the Straggler alphabet, first published in the books in 1970: A is for Alvingham, record holder proud B is for Budden, now there’s a crowd C...

Peter Budden, President of the Shepway Stragglers for 10 years, passed away on September 19th.  As a player, committee member, supporter, scorer, umpire, recruiter and then President, Peter was at the heart of the Club for very nearly five decades; it has been a...

Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for coming to help us celebrate 70 years of Straggler cricket.  It is such a pleasure to be able to welcome so many Stragglers past and present, supporters, family and friends here this evening. And I am delighted to welcome our guests,...

Alastair Gordon It is with very great sadness that I report the passing, on 16th August, of Alastair Gordon, a stalwart of the Stragglers through the "middle years" of the Club.  Alastair was the second generation of Gordons to play Straggler cricket, his father,...

Much like an early medieval monarch (turning up late after a trip to the Holy Land) Patch Mitchell lead the Stragglers to a clean sweep of the former English possessions of Gascony in la sud-ouest. Somewhat unusually for a touring cricket team, now often with more...