Year: 2021
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WOOD you believe it? King’s Road win the Battle of the Bowl in a thriller against the LICC’s
June 5th. An auspicious day in history. 1963 sees John Profumo resign as Secretary of State of War due to a sex scandal, ‘Tank Man’ halts the advancing tanks in Tianaman Square protests of 1989, unknown date – Oscar Newlove is birthed from the lavapod on his home planet of BlaaaNiiiiiigozzz 18z7 and finally 2021…
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King’s Road’s Metropolitan Liberal Elite out-Woked in Surrey
It was a fair Sunday by the time many members of The Road took the train from London to Woking. After many weeks of rain that would give the most Scottish members of the club nightmares, the great god Helios had finally decided to get in his chariot and ride merrily across the southeastern skies.…
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Oh, Mandy: Sodden Road squelch home in amp Brockley thriller
Some men are born great. Some have greatness thrust upon them. Others rock up to cricket every week and make the rest of us look ridiculous. So it was with housewives favourite Matt Andrews, Mandy (of the Match), against Brockley CC, a side against whom The Road have enjoyed several close games. In stormy…
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Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies: A journey to Eltham
As The Road awoke on a dark and wet Saturday morning the forecast was grim. However, there were rumblings that INDEED fake news was being spread, so the captain instructed the team to stand back and stand by – a game was to be had. The Road headed to Eltham and strangely arrived in non-cricket whites…
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‘Come with me if you want to win’: Shermanator/Goutanator axis vanquishes South Bank
“I’m a cybernetic organism. Living tissue over a run-scoring endoskeleton.” D. Sherman, c. 2021. In scenes that bore no resemblance to the opening-day massacre at the antlers of the Antelopians in 2020, The Road ran riot as South Bank CC succumbed to defeat in a first match thriller. Rain was forecast for later in the…