Author Archives: Plodding on

This was always intended to be a diary of a season, reporting “all the highs, lows, retirements, rows and kit-burnings” (as was the mission statement last January). However, while I’ve been happy to report on some occasional ‘highs’ and undoubted … Continue reading →

Regular readers of this blog (yes, both of you) may just have noticed a distinct lack of activity since the last league game on 3rd September. The truth is that, for once, the end of the season couldn’t come fast … Continue reading →

The last round of league matches for the season saw the first team play a ‘dead rubber’ at home to Newark 2nds, drawing lots for the batting order – which is  something of a tradition for the last game of … Continue reading →

“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”. So begins L.P. Hartley’s ‘The Go Between”, but perhaps this could also be applied when playing at Sutton-on-the-Hill CC. They’re to be found in deepest Derbyshire (so that certainly ticks … Continue reading →

Last Saturday morning a lad named Matt was enjoying a lie-in and looking forward to an afternoon on live footy on Sky, followed by the chance to earn a few quid baby-sitting – money which will no doubt be p****d … Continue reading →

Hmmm. Where to start – if at all? Back in December 2010, the very first post of this blog read: “Having been Secretary of the club for 26 years, I thought it was time to chart the 27th with a … Continue reading →

So what do ex-footballers Brynn Gunn, Mick Vinter and Bill Brindley, ex-cricketers Paul Todd, Kevin Evans, Peter Such and Rodney Cass, Nottingham MP Graham Allan, local TV reporter Dennis Coath and the ex-captain of the English basketball team all have … Continue reading →

Regular sufferers of this blog may have noticed a distinct lack of activity since the Hucknall debacle in July. You wouldn’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to guess that a family holiday caused an interruption to the proceedings, but I … Continue reading →

As soon as the schools break up we always have a couple of nightmare weekends when everyone is either going away, already away, or on the way back. The biggest challenge for us is to find 22 players to populate … Continue reading →

For the first time this season we were greeted with torrential rain on Saturday morning, thus putting into motion the cat-and-mouse game between opposing sides over whether to call the game off or not. Under the league rules,  a game … Continue reading →