On the hottest day of the year so far, the Stragglers found themselves in the field at Highland Court in conditions which would have done Karachi proud - hot, humid and with a hard, fast, unforgiving outfield. A long afternoon loomed. Toby, bowling with ferocious...
Following a miserably wet end to July and start of August, the Stragglers arrived at a brilliant green Highland Court - unlike the usual parched desert of most years. Buzzards were circling the ground throughout in search of fallen fielders in the long grass. Highland...
The nine match Straggler winning run came to an abrupt end at St. Lawrence and Highland Court, substantially due to the third century scored in three days by occasional Straggler, Will Hilton, for St.L and HC. The Straggler opening bowlers got the attack off to a...
It is particularly satisfying when a plan comes together, and so it proved at St. Lawrence and Highland Court, where, 9 down needing one run for victory, HC fell into a well telegraphed trap. Theo bowled the gentlest of full tosses, and, instead of knocking it into...
It was good to be back on the field again, but a great shame that, in this drought affected summer, we have got to August 2nd for our second game of the season, and have just called off the tour to Paris due in early September. At Highland Court, Patch M managed to...
The Stragglers were delighted to welcome Tarbarrow to Highland Court for a return fixture on a bright and blustery afternoon, with the wind blowing straight down the North Sea and then down the strip. Some of the Tarbarrow players, comfortable with finding cricket...
The Stragglers and their supporters were given a wonderful lunchtime welcome at St. Lawrence and Highland Court, the Straggler fixture with the second longest pedigree, going back at to 1949 – Nonington dates from 1948. As seems to be routine this season, the...
Rain - No Play
The Stragglers returned to St. Lawrence & Highland Court, one of the oldest Straggler opponents, for the first time since 2010 (scene of a Toby Russell-Vick hat-trick). And what a game it proved to be - 555 runs scored, 17 wickets taken, copious runs conceded in...
Wickham & Stodmarsh came up against the full force of Smallwood cricketing power at Highland Court. Jasper (76) enjoyed a 121 run partnership with George Baker White (110); Al tucked in for a few in the last over; and then Smallwoods shared 6 catches in the field...