Tag: oscar newlove
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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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King’s Road Chinned by Merry Men
Intraclub is fun. So, why stop at one? Such was the thinking of Captain PEJ, glutton for punishment, as the first ever fixture against his band of Merry Men was added to the fixture list. A chance to be reviled not just by ten teammates, but a whole twenty-one. For those uninitiated, the Merry Men…
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Road pummel Abinger but lack Hammer blow
King’s Road’s trip to Abinger Hammer CC threw up a string of moral quandaries. How do you balance striving for victory with being fair to the opposition’s junior players? Is it fine to spend most of the afternoon doing silly German accents? Above all, should you under any circumstances reheat a sausage roll in the…
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Gardeners World: Tired Road turned over in green field site
Ah, summer thyme – sunshine, green fields, batting collapses, bowling heroics, dropped catches, teas, drinking straw-coloured bitters as the shadows extend, discussing US politics with a pig into the early hours. Our early May match against the Gardeners CC would deliver most, but not all of these quintessential hallmarks of an English summer. A new…
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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…
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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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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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Small 5-fer doesn’t quite Hammer home victory over Abinger
“What time is the train?” – Never before have these five innocent words sent such ripples of chaos through a squad of 11 brave men. Never before have so many Saturday evenings been ruined by fear. Never before has train veteran Matt Small desperately succumbed to making up imaginary train routes simply to calm his…
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MATCH REPORT: Kings Road Take on an LPL Ringer
*CB here. I would like to first off note that those who know me are aware that I can be quite a bitter and grumpy individual at times. This game did not help that and I therefore make no apologies for the below. Please enjoy.* The weather was very windy but the ground was pretty…
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MATCH REPORT: Oscar finally overcomes writer’s Brock
This match report has been transcribed based on intercepted transmissions to the mother ship made several weeks ago by CODENAME: Oscar Newlove. I have seen many apocalyptic cities through the universe, and stepping off the train at Kidbrooke, I knew I was about to tick one more off the bucket list. After a stretching 20…