Tag: Michael Rossi
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Headliner Road Show too good for Support Act(onians)
It’s festival season. You know what that means. Dancing, boozing, pingers, poppers, and touring. Though festival season can be somewhat different for us cricketing folk. But you all know what cricket season means. Bowling, fielding, wickets, sixes and dropped catches. With Glastonbury finished, the world-renowned rockstars of the village cricket circuit King’s Road were able…
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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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MATCH REPORT: Close the Dors on your way out
On a scorching June day, the King’s Road made the train journey out of Marylebone for one of the highlights of the season; the annual fixture against the Corridors at Great Missenden. After managing to walk the whole way to ground without dropping beers, the Road’s luck didn’t last when they were put in to…
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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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KNocturnal: Roehampton Bats CC find the right frequency to catch King’s Road in the dark
All Openers struggle on the Trampoline of Wimbledon, as Roehampton Bat just ever so slightly better than The Road and take the spoils in the first match of the London Premier League 2019 campaign. The Vice Skip, Jamie Keats, gave Skipper Skip, Chris Brown, his mystical “Lucky Coin”. Lucky for the oppo, who duly put…
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MATCH REPORT: Not-so-new boy inspired by not-so-baggy Orange
A bear, a horse, a snake, a hobbit, a tree, a Small person, a bloke from Stoke and some other people who haven’t quite been categorised (yet) all undertook a magnificent journey South-west of Croydon in order to collide bat with ball for the afternoon. Unfortunately the ending of this story isn’t quite as happy…
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London Premier League 2017: Dad’s Army do the damage as King’s Road dish out some LICCs
Full Scorecard: http://kingsroadcsc.play-cricket.com/website/results/3175044 “The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.” ― Confucius On a day of high drama, milestones and tantrums aplenty, King’s Road overcame injuries and near-implosion to secure a 48-run win over London Itinerants CC in the London Premier…
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Butterfingers vs Butterlords! Road rue dropped catches in massive defeat
Oppo hits second highest score in KRCSC history as The Road get tonked at Haydons Road
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Gilo’s team pull off narrow win over Matt’s Fatties in Intra-Club on Clapham Common
GOLDEN oldie Giles Fagan rolled back the years to smash his side to victory in high-scoring Intra-Club Challenge match