Match Drawn Another wonderful track at Belmont, the skipper ensconced in the folly tower, and a positively Mediterranean heat; it could have been the defence of Malta from the Turks in 1565. Leading from the front, James Stabb, removed an opener with a careless edge,...
The track at Belmont is particularly fine this year, and the toss needed to be won in this first fixture against The Grannies. Won it was and The Grannies were inserted. Opening bowlers Theo Allport and Toby Russell-Vick kept it tight, but were not as well supported...
Standard Athletic Club arrived at Belmont somewhat bruised after an encounter with the BB, and were looking for some easy runs. On a track offering little to the bowlers, and inserted by Matt Smallwood, the SAC batting certainly seemed to have recovered some of their...
The premature end of summer, with a monsoon over much of the county, threatened the first all Straggler fixture for many years, against the Fixture Secretary’s XI. A dry Belmont, however, welcomed a somewhat disbelieving group of players, who had left home more in...
It felt a bit like the fall of Constantinople in 1453, as the Stragglers were overrun by The Turks at Belmont. A fair batting performance, somewhat disrupted by an early tea to listen to the last rites being performed in Bloemfontein, with contributions from Jonno...
On a still, warm summer day, there is no lovelier ground in Kent than Belmont, and such a day greeted The Turks, eager to revenge the nail biting defeat of 2008. The Straggler cause did not start well, with 2 no-shows. One was replaced at very short notice by Harry...