Year: 2019
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MATCH REPORT: Hammer Time at the Abinger of Doom
For the 2nd year The Road went on a Bank Holiday adventure to Abinger Hammer, a game so pleasant that MAandos proclaimed “As soon as fixtures were announced I looked for this one and made sure I was free” Cheeky! For some of the intrepid Roaders we met at the designated time (unsurprisingly others did…
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MATCH REPORT: Kings Road Take on an LPL Ringer
*CB here. I would like to first off note that those who know me are aware that I can be quite a bitter and grumpy individual at times. This game did not help that and I therefore make no apologies for the below. Please enjoy.* The weather was very windy but the ground was pretty…
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MATCH REPORT: Girl, Kew Really Got Me Goin’
“Cricket is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated” – Confucius c. 500 BC. I’m not entirely sure I’m with Confucius on that particular quote, as the smug bastard never had to cope with British summertime. So it was that a potentially thrilling conclusion to the match between King’s Road and Kew was…
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Match Report: Brilliant Browny Blitzes Albamorphics
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. So it was that when the captaincy was thrust once again upon PEJ, he delivered a crushing victory to maintain his 100% record as stand-in skipper. But the star of the show was unquestionably the Road’s true leader, the irrepressible Christopher…
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Match Report: Road get Brizzy in Tour victory
“If I’d done a quarter of the things of which I’m accused, I’d be pickled in alcohol, I’d be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world’s cricket-playing countries.” Ian Botham. If you cared to peak into one of Bristol’s night time establishments on a Saturday night, you would…
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Six of the best from Keats! Top Tour Memories
The Road do three things better than anybody else: match teas, batting collapses and mid-season excursions. We’ve already served up some delicious teas in 2019, we’ve enjoyed many a weekly (sometimes twice weekly) batting collapse, so you know what it must be time for: TOUR TOUR TOUR! To whet the appetite, King Keats, self-anointed godfather…
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MATCH REPORT: Antelope on the Mando’s Menu in Battersea Park run feast
The Road come close to chasing a stiff target of 242 in Battersea Park against new opposition Antelopians thanks to some power hitting late in the innings. However, dear reader, before the story of the match is told, we must talk about Matt Andrews. Matt Andrews is a wonderful young man. He is a handsome…
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MATCH REPORT: The Bats won, but we got de Silva! Sham picks up career best bowling figures.
Roehampton Bats remain undefeated in the LPL after the King’s Road’s 198-run chase ended 36 short at the Wood Bowl. The Bats, playing in their first LPL season, have notched up an impressive winning streak, which seemingly extends to the toss as well. After Captain Brown’s ‘lucky’ Hong Kong Dollar failed him (again), the Orange…
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MATCH REPORT: Butter wouldn’t melt! Lords leap to victory on hottest day of the year
Kings Road were defeated by the Butterlords once again, this time by 59 runs in the sweltering heat of Battersea Park. It ‘beurres’ repeating how dominant the ‘lords have been in this fixture over years, however in this case, the margin (or is that margarine?) of victory belies how close the game was at some…
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MATCH REPORT: Oscar finally overcomes writer’s Brock
This match report has been transcribed based on intercepted transmissions to the mother ship made several weeks ago by CODENAME: Oscar Newlove. I have seen many apocalyptic cities through the universe, and stepping off the train at Kidbrooke, I knew I was about to tick one more off the bucket list. After a stretching 20…