Tag: Chris Brown
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The last letter of Private Christopher “Diesel” Brown. Fallen at the Battle of Dulwich
My dearest one, I hope you are well. I write to you from a field hospital somewhere near what I believe the locals call TwoTeng. I must admit I cannot fully understand their dreadful guttural language. I’m afraid I took a bit of a nasty knock in the final skirmish and am soon to go…
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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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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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HONK! Goose Flies Away in Style as Road Beat South Bank
Do you feel it? That chill in the air? Do you see them? Those ominous grey clouds in the sky? Can you hear it? The howling of an imminent thunderstorm? Yes, it is late April, and King’s Road cricket is back! Déjà vu struck as for the second successive year King’s Road opened their season…
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MATCH REPORT: Super Sherman Overshadowed by Trigger-Happy Treachery
Full Scorecard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3358936 Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity” Martin Luther King Jr on Ali Tyzack. “Pah, the King’s Road? Never heard of them, shove them up against our 5th XI” – said Kingstonian CC. …Brown seeth, Brown noteth, and 40 overs later… King’s Road haven’t played Kingstonian…
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“That’s my KEW to leave” – King’s Road left Green in the face as run chase falters
Full Scorecard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3200890 King’s Road battled hard against Kew Sunday Occassional’s CC. But other than a bold stand by Skipper Dan Sherman and Mo Shaboodien the run chase proved too much. Kew Green, the stunning setting for the 2nd fixture of the week, Skipper Sherms luck with the coin ran out, as Kew sent The Road’s…
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Mo near yet Mo far! Shaboodien’s unbeaten 49 not enough to defeat Badgers
Full Scorecard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3200452 A rear-guard from Mo Shaboodien and Mark Isham was not enough as the King’s Road were unable to chase down the Battersea Badgers’ score last Saturday. The Road were an agonising 15 runs short of a victory that would have tied up the 2017 South London Ashes series, following a Badgers victory…
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Match Report: Mighty ‘Morphing King’s Road squeak past the Alba’s
Full Scorecard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3196225 Wallington Sports Ground was the venue for our annual friendly vs the Albamorphics CC, an experienced team who’ve had the wood over us for the last few seasons. Twas time to set things right, from a KRCSC perspective. Captain James Keating won the toss & elected to field with 10 men in…
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London Premier League: King’s Road pack a punch against Cairns Fudge
Full Scorecard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3186056 The Road at their spiritual home in Haydons Road looking to continue good form in the London Premier League, having only lost one league fixture so far this season. Things were looking up as Skipper Dan wins another toss and sent the openers Matt Cocken and Lewis Robonson out in the sunshine.…
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Match Report: The Road lose by a small Margarine as runs spread far and wide against the Butterlords
Full Scorcard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3183468 24th June 2017 – Like a modern day version of the Magna Carta. “The Kings” went against “The Lords” and were left bent kneed. Matt Small and Chris Brown took up the familiar mantle of opening pair and wickets looked quick to come, Brown claimed a swift LBW and Smally had two…