Jonathan's real ability as a coach and to inspire performances of unexpected quality is when he turns out on the other side.  Bowlers bowl with more accuracy, venom, flight and determination; batsmen are more diligent; fielders let nothing slip through the fingers....

Young Freddie Bond, last minute call up for the Stragglers and still with a year to go at Wellesley, did not get a chance to bat, but made a telling contribution with the ball.  Brought on in with the game still in the balance at 81 for 3, the BOFs brimming with...

Stragglers of a certain vintage will recall the great Monica Seles, tennis player of some ability; but one who began the habit, now common in the women's game, of grunting with the effort of each shot.  Sam was invited to open the bowling at Milstead, and not given...

Running without intent One has to ask if running on a matting wicket is that much harder than on grass.  The evidence in St. Tropez would suggest that it must be.  Of 32 wickets to fall in the weekend, one in six was a run out; and it should have been more if chances...

The 2015 season proved to be one of endless frustration, as too many enthusiastic Straggler teams were denied the chance of glory by a combination of some very unkind weather, and both early and late season cancellations.  In almost every game we had XI players, and...

In the Benenden fixture of 2014, we faced the bowling of long term Benenden stalwart, Andrew Morrison, as he approached his 1,000th wicket for the Club.  On that occasion the Stragglers showed sufficient fortitude to deny him, and Andrew had to wait another fortnight...