The battleground was set: Torry Hill, green and pleasant but soon to bear witness to leather, willow and questionable decision-making. Our opponents? The mighty I Zingari — a club with a history longer than the ground itself. A Straggler wedding in the ranks meant...

Will Evans, Match Manager for the Junior BB game at Tory Hill, basking in the luxury of having a team on his books two weeks before the game, ran into a well-established Straggler selection issue in the days leading up to the game. Drop-outs came not as single spies,...

With Torry Hill looking glorious in the mid-summer sunshine, the Stragglers welcomed London New Zealand for a second year.  Winning the toss, one of the few positive outcomes, the Straggs struggled to gain momentum in the opening overs and this proved to be the...

On the most glorious day of the summer, with a windless Torry Hill looking an absolute picture, and the occasional Spitfire over-flying the ground, the Straggs managed an exceptional team effort to produce a second victory on the bounce over I Zingari. On electing to...

On what proved to be the hottest day of the year so far, Torry Hill, alive with butterflies in the outfield, was witness to an extraordinary game, in which the Stragglers, having bowled well enough, collapsed in startling disarray only for the Evans brothers to put on...

The Stragglers hosted London New Zealand at Torry Hill for an inaugural fixture on one of the very few hot, sunny days on offer in this gloomy summer.  Once more the strip was fast and true, and an electric outfield was going to reward good shots.  Swallows skimmed...