Tag: Matt Andrews
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Mandos serves it up extra-hot, before bowlers put it to Bed(dington)
Across the country, avid sports fans awoke to the promise of a day full of intrigue and drama. Who would prevail at the end of long months tussling for the premiership crown, the blues or the reds (you can tell this report was written by a fan of the bloody footie, can’t you?) In Spain,…
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KRCSC vs Roehampton Bats: Welcome to the Scrap Yard
Firstly, I’d like to thank none of you rotten individuals for completing match reports in a timely manner. It’s noted and I consider it highly offensive. Take note of the 24-hour window this was delivered in. Moving on….a muggy day was greeted The Road as the Keith XI comprised of a couple of cricket players…
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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. Â 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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The Telling of Ferring – The Odyssey of Oscar [Poem]
Ten King’s warriors kitted all in white, this week not playing the host, Rose early upon a Saturday morn, to make the long trip down to the coast.Their opponents this week a formidable bunch, going by the name of Ferring, The location a mystery to new club members, like the inner workings of a herring.…
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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: Oh Mandy! Leatherhead laid Manni-low by Hercules of The Road
After a week in which World Cup games were being rained off in record numbers (2!), and twitter alighted with complaints of fans seemingly ignorant of what ‘summer’ entails in England, the mighty Road left the sanctuary of the city for the wilds of Surrey to play Leatherhead CC, in the hope that cricket could…
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MATCH REPORT: Road Find New Love, but Bank Break Hearts
On a glorious summer day the Kings Road ventured back to leafy Dulwich for the second week in succession, with hopes of a different outcome this week against South Bank CC. On a flat wicket Captain Brown, with his parents among the spectators, had visions of a triumphant day, and having won the toss duly…
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Bowlers break through all barriers as King’s Road flood Thames Ditton 4XI
King’s Road travelled South West for the glorious Collett’s fixture in the heart of North Surrey suburbs. Beneath blue skies and overlooked by a sun-trapped balcony, Skipper Jamie Keats was put to the sword by the coin as Thames Ditton win the toss and decided to bat. Led out into the sweltering cauldron, Keats went…
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Yip-pee! Captain Brown opens account with Wonder of Wandsworth
Full Scorecard:Â http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3668836 Now, A haiku, from Peter Jackson Eastwood: Troopers excited, The season curtain raiser, Would rain scupper it? Cocken less than pleased, But Christopher adamant, The show must go on. South Bank were the foe, And first blood to their captain, Toss lost, in to bat. TOSS: SBCC win the toss, and elect to…