Tag: Daniel Sherman
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Pinkney hits Heady heights as Road Leather the opposition
You know how the saying goes: One in the pink, two in the…wickets column. So it was that a virtuoso display from the Road’s very own down-on-his-luck Lincolnite saw the Road romp home to a rare win at Leatherhead. The sun was shining, the day was getting hotter, and ten of the gathered Road XI…
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Mostly Harmless: Except for the Scooter “Incident”
Having first played the Unabombers in late September last year, we were able to blame our swift defeat on our unfamiliarity with the cold and eagerness to get off for a final indoor curry before the 14th wave caught up with us. However, our return fixture in June at our home fortress Haydons Road (where…
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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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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…
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From the depths of despair – part 1 of 8 of “Tales from the Sea” (A Cairns Fudge Match Report)
After 8 long months at sea, I write this memoir from the depths of my cabin. Scurvy has long rendered me useless to this team and the most I can offer is the following collection of my thoughts. Under gloomy skies and high seas on the bank holiday weekend, The Road prepared to wage war…
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MATCH REPORT: The Times They Are A Changin’
On a day with more weather changes than Lady Gaga at the Met Gala (not a clue either but when I asked for a metaphor the beautiful, kind, love of my life, my girlfriend who I love a lot*) came up with this – the Road fell just short to the Sunday Times. Toss won…
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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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London Premier League 2017: KRCSC open the ‘Dor on their LPL Campaign with victory in Battersea Park
Full Scorecard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3163218 If there was a tagline for the match: “A Good Chase, A Great Win, with a couple of Milestones thrown In!” After last weeks good performance & win to start the 10th Year of Orange off positively, we turned our attention to our first League Game of the Season, vs Corridors CC…
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Intraclub 2017 – Sherman’s superstars soar as Small’s side suffers
It was a Clash of the Titans – new skipper Daniel Sherman taking on illustrious predecessor Matt Small. Sherman fielded a strong side of pickle-packed sausage rolls while Small responded with a zesty cheesecake. But there could only be one winner, and Smally’s cheesecake contributed to a tight victory for Team Sweet over Team Savoury.…