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...