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Monthly Archives: May 2007

v South Oxford Amateurs

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Match cancelled. Rain again. Aston Rowant is one of the best wickets I’ve batted on. It is firm and true. But it’s the lunch by Wendy Scowen of the Shepherd’s Crook that’s worth a year long wait. Last year she dished up wonderful cold rare beef; perfectly coooked. It was dark pink in middle, clarety red on the edges. If you wanted fish ….

v Gloucester Gypsies at Bourton Vale

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Not played this fixture before and faced a mission to get there. Would have to train it to Moreton in Marsh and then take a taxi for 20 miles. I normally bum a lift but couldn’t find one.

v Royal Navy

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It pissed down the night before. Match Manager was still keen on the day. He suggested heading down there fingers crossed.

v Bradfield College

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Half term at what seems a fun place to go to school. It ain’t Hackney community college. Large crowds, several hundred strong picnicked along banks above the boundary