With a third choice Match Manager picking up the role late in the piece (George on holiday, Jasper getting married - the latter a more acceptable excuse), recruitment looked as if it might prove a challenge. However, with two days to go, a squad of 13 had been...
It is some 15 years since the Stragglers have lost more games in a season than won and since they had faced defeat in 7 matches (or more), but defeat at Street End removed any chance of a final victorious flourish to the season. Winning the toss and opting to bat, the...
Straggler batsmen found their touch again in the lovely autumn sunshine at Street End and managed to post a score (just) enough to secure another win, although Street End were in with a shout right to the end. Jasper and Patch M, the latter batting for much of his...
The morning of the Street End game began with some high catches, gearing up for a hard day in the field. Some of the squad, however, were still reeling from the celebrations of Raducanu’s win. Jamie Adams was gently informed by our resident stats man, Ben Simpson,...
The Straggler season came to an end at Street End on a day when England (with fewer spectators than the Stragglers once more) managed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat after a modest performance with the bat. The Straggler batting, with a couple of notable...
Street End are one of the Stragglers’ longest standing opponents, and the teams gathered before the game on a windy early autumn afternoon, to pay respects to one of the founders of the Street End Club, John Wells, who had passed away recently. Out in the middle the...
After two cancelled games either side of the wonderfully enjoyable 70th Anniversary dinner, Stragglers gathering at Street End were keen to get into the middle, even with a (very) damp patch on a length at one end, the result of a leaky cover. Match Manager, Ed Prest...
A gorgeous warm September afternoon found the Stragglers back at Street End to rejoin the contest with long-time opponent Sasha Azizi. Over many years Sasha has scored a huge number of runs against the Stragglers, but today he sent in some of the young guns to get the...
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