After a mid-season break to allow England to lift the World Cup in very exciting, if possibly controversial circumstances, it was back to normal for a very young Straggler side at Torry Hill against the Junior BB – bat first, bat hard and then run through the...

The third fixture against the Band of Brothers saw two exceptional Straggler contributions in a tightly fought contest, which eventually ended in a frustrating draw, with Finn Hulbert once again denying the Stragglers the satisfaction of a first victory.  On the basis...

A frustrating couple of weeks leading up to the Band of Brothers fixture, this year at a dry Belmont with an electric outfield, found Match Manager Patch juggling players between Cricketer Cup and other old school obligations; and the frustration was compounded on the...

For the very first time since the founding of a second wandering side in Kent, some 70 years ago, it was with considerable anticipation that the flags of the Band of Brothers and the Shepway Stragglers were raised together at Torry Hill. The Stragglers, lead by Patch...

Stragglers and The Babes gathered at Torry Hill to find that they were short one component – a pitch. Fortunately the grounds-man was to hand, a pitch prepared in quick time and the sides launched into a furiously high scoring 30 over match. The Stragglers tried a...

Rain – No Play

Rain – No play

The BaBes looked to have formidable batting strength at their disposal, and so it proved in the early overs with the Smallwood brothers marching smartly on at over 8 an over in spite of good opening spells from Harry Pattinson and Charlie Sinclair. It took the guile...