Tag: James Mahony
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T2Oscar’s Odysseys: Newlove of weekday cricket
After 5 years of arduous attempted repairs to my spacecraft, including several winters desperately sourcing key utensils in an attempt to paper over gaps in technology and materials, I was sad to admit that it was now unlikely to become flight worthy ever again. I’m also sorry to admit that any generous donors over winter…
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The Secret Match Report – It’s Coming Moans, It’s Coming, Wicket’s Coming Moans
Sunday 11th July 2021 – a day that will live, in infamy. Some people may have had certain expectations leading up, but to everyone’s dismay, Mandy wasn’t going to abandon his allegiance to the Ingurland ultras, Moany wasn’t going to order SLOIME to a clubhouse, and Dave Hughes wasn’t going to reveal what he wears…
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Fire in the Engine as Road dispatch South Bank
There was something in the air at a grey Dulwich Sports Ground. Quite what it was, it was hard to say, but everybody rocked up feeling a little giddy. Charlie Twyman turned up with a fresh haircut that made him look like a medieval princeling. The lesser spotted of two trees, Marky Mark Isham, made…
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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 fell whey short of a win as the Butterlords completed a four-wicket victory.
The Orange Caps opened the batting on a sun-baked Haydon’s Road, with Dan Sherman and Tom Birch immediately put under pressure from some tight bowling. They found it tough to churn out the runs but succeeded in seeing off the opening bowlers and had just started to up the tempo when Birch fell for 32…