Thursday May 1

Loafers v Selsey Bill (Home at New Park Road)

Nearing the end of a glorious warm and sunny spring day (which, incidentally, also saw the people of Britain electing a new government) the match commenced at approximately 6:00 pm at the idyllic New Park Road playing field. The mowers had been out in the afternoon and although the air was filled with the wonderful fragrance of freshly cut grass the out-field remained slow.

Selsey won the toss and elected to bat. In their customary calm and confident style they used their allotted 20 overs to amount a useful total of 127 runs, pushing the Loafers' bowlers and fielders to their limits.

As the sun reddened and shone between the flowering Horse Chestnut trees the Loafers' innings commenced with I.King and K.Budd opening the batting. King was soon out rather recklessly for just 6 runs while Budd enjoyed the company of a number of different batting partners until he too fell to the tight, efficient fielding of Selsey after putting in a spirited performance.

A later pairing of J.Turner and N.Williams helped boost the total but the advancing years of Mr Turner made themselves evident in his struggle to match his younger partner's rapidity between the wickets. Alas, runs were amassed too slowly to have any useful effect despite a very enthusiastic effort by all involved and the Loafers finished their 20 overs for a total of 112 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.

Post match refreshments were then taken at the Chequers Inn with the usual high quality ample spread provided by the landlord Mr J.Turner. The general consensus amongst players from both sides was that a very enjoyable first game of the season had been played and the next fixture was eagerly anticipated.

Selsey Bill 127 - Loafers 112 for 7

Loafers v Harlequins (Home at New Park Road)

In stark contrast to last week's glorious warm sunshine and true to fickle form this week's weather brought cold, wet and windy conditions. Although the rain held off for the best part of the day it let loose with venom at around 5:00 pm. Although members of both teams turned up at the venue with the utmost optimism it rapidly became evident that there was no chance of any play taking place without all involved getting soaked in the wintry rain and ruining the wicket for future meetings. The captains therefore agreed that the match should be abandoned.

However, as preparations had already been made in advance, refreshments were still taken by most players at the Chequers Inn, with the customary high quality spread provided by the landlord (and part-time student) Mr J.Turner. The general feeling amongst the players that remained was that they hoped dearly for more clement conditions this time next week when the eagerly anticipated game between the Duke of Norfolk XI and the Australians would take place at Arundel, giving the Loafers a chance to watch, instead of play, cricket of a superlative standard.

Match abandoned due to inclement climatic conditions - No Result

Thursday May 15

Duke of Norfolk XI v Australia (ACG)

In traditional manner the troops amassed in the Chequers around the unholy hour of 8:30am where coffee and brandy was kindly served by the landlord Mr J.Turner who, incidentally, was unable to participate in this year's trip due to "more important" (he reckoned) educational commitments.

The journey to Arundel then passed uneventfully and suitable seats were found at the ground. Crowd numbers were down on what would have been expected but this was probably due to a number of factors - mainly that the match was being held on a weekday but also possibly because of the cold, overcast weather.

Much alcohol was consumed, scotch eggs were munched and leather cracked on willow witnessed by the huddled crowd as well as the towering spire of the Catholic Cathedral in the town. Sadly, the atmosphere always lacked something, perhaps epitomised by the way attempts by the Aussies to initiate a Mexican wave fell dissappointingly flat. In contrast, last time the Aussies were here, a typical Mexican wave travelled at least twice around the entire ground!

The match finished relatively early at around 5:30pm so the troops soon rapidly made their way down the hill into the town where the imbibing of alcoholic beverages continued with gusto in the Eagle in Tarrant Street, in the heart of this quaint and usually quiet historic town.

The day was then rounded off back in the Chequers where the troops, by now weary after the hard day's slog and the ten minute drive back to Chichester, continued drinking until closing time at 11:00pm. The general feeling amongst them was that better times had been enjoyed at Arundel but that they looked forward eagerly to next year's revelry.

Final Score not recorded - easy win for Australia

Thursday May 22

Loafers v The Rainbow (Home at New Park Road)

Details not currently available due to administration error.

Score not known - Win for The Loafers

Wednesday May 28

Loafers v Hollybank (Away at Emsworth)

To everyone's relief the warm spring weather had returned and perhaps this had something to do with the navigation difficulties that many team members experienced in finding the ground. Much to the captain's anger and humiliation the team commenced the match with only seven players present. Luckily they were able to borrow a couple from the other side to get the game underway.

One by one, those players that hadn't given up the search drifted into the ground, the record being achieved by the wicket-keeper M.Laycock who reportedly arrived at around 7:15pm for the 6:00pm start! The debacle continued amongst allegations that the opposition were not averse to a little cheating and to cap it all the promised post-match refreshments did not materialise. The general feeling amongst the players was that they would rather forget this evening.

Score not known - Win for Hollybank

Thursday May 29

Loafers v Prudential (Away at New Park Road)

The warm spring weather continued and seemed to fuel the team moral, determined to compensate for the previous day's farcical events. Anyone who believes that cricket at this level is dull should have witnessed the edge-of-seat, nail-biting situation that developed in this match!

Prudential batted first and their willow-wielders put in a feisty performance that saw a respectable 118 displayed on the scoreboard after the last ball of the twentieth over had been bowled. It could be argued that at least a significant percentage of this score had been contributed by the Loafers' sloppy fielding but read on to see how this became academic.

As the horse chestnut trees spread their lengthening shadows across the ground the Loafers' reply began with I.King and S.King (no relation) opening the batting. Fully aware of the task that lie ahead with a required run rate of almost 6 per over they set about their duty with verve.

I.King managed a few singles before hoisting the ball out to the boundary for four. Unfortunately it wasn't then long before he was stupidly bowled and it took several minutes before anyone dared re-enter the pavilion after Mr King had ended his violent toy-throwing session. S.King meanwhile went on to build a magnificent score approaching, but not quite reaching, the vertiginous heights of fifty and in the process enjoyed the company of several different batting partners.

As the shadows enveloped the entire ground the out-field became decidedly damp due to the swiftly falling temperature and with two overs left the Loafers required 15 runs to win. Hopes fell rapidly as only 2 runs were scored from the next over, K.Budd watching helplessly as his partner N.Williams pathetically failed to hit most of his tricky deliveries from the pavilion end.

So with one over to go and 13 runs required the result seemed decided. However, incredibly the partnership produced 6 runs off the first four deliveries but that still left 7 runs required off the last two balls. N.Williams then heroically edged the fifth ball of the over down to the pavilion-end boundary to the delighted cheers of his team-mates and the crowd alike.

The tension could be felt in the air with three runs required off the last ball. A hush descended over the ground, the bird song ceased and even the traffic stopped as the bowler took his run up and delivered a respectably good looking ball. But with the pressure on, Williams instinctively lashed out and to euphoric screams from the pavilion-end the square-cut ball bounced across the outfield and flew over the boundary into the hedge for four runs. A closer and more exciting finish could not be expected in cricket at any level and today's result brought home to many people just what the game is all about!

Post match refreshments provided by the losing team were then taken in the pavilion. Most of the Loafers then made their way back to The Chequers Inn where they celebrated their glorious victory and looked forward with confidence and enthusiasm to next week's fixture.

Prudential 118 - Loafers 120

Loafers v Barbarians (Away at Felpham Playing Field)

This evening brought conditions that one can only dream about in the cold dark depths of winter; a wonderful spring evening - warm, dry, sunny, a little light cloud, a little light breeze, perfect for cricket!

Now the game in general has been described in many ways, one of which is that it is a game of "ifs" and "buts", some games more so than others of course. Today's game could well be described as being a bit "iffy" if not a bit "butty" as well and certainly not for the faint-hearted! IF the Loafers hadn't dropped so many catches they could have won a lot sooner BUT if the Barbarians' bowling wasn't so atrocious in the closing overs of the match then they could have comfortably won...

Most players seemed to have rid themselves of the navigational problems that made their last away game a little down on numbers and arrived at the Felpham ground at a reasonable enough time to allow the game to get underway only a short time later than scheduled.

The Barbarians won the toss and chose to be first to swing the willow. Against some determined work from the Loafers' opening bowling pair of I.King and D.Burford they found it a struggle to get any momentum going in the runs-total figure on the imaginary scoreboard. Wicket keeper M.Laycock made full use of his lightening-fast reactions and managed to take the first wicket with a stumping off of one of I.Kings final deliveries.

There were then several factors that allowed the Barbarians to tot up a much higher figure than one would have thought possible. Probably the worst was the habit the Loafers seemed to have collectively acquired of dropping catches - one estimate put the number at eight. One of the few balls that did stick found itself in the hands of K.Budd but it had so much momentum that it managed to carry itself and its ample holder straight over the boundary for six runs. It must also be mentioned that at the third attempt I.King also managed to cling onto a gift of a catch much to his relief and the delight of his team mates.

Some careless bowling in the closing overs of the Barbarians innings allowed them to create a total of 112 although some useful stopping and gathering from the Loafers prevented the total from being even higher.

A short break followed. With the sun slowly sloping off and with the words "Let's go to work" from the captain, the opening pair of Loafers J.Turner and S.King determinedly took to their creases. The run rate started painfully slowly and it wasn't long before J.Turner skulked back to the pavilion for an early bath.

With the temperature dropping quicker than a slippery cricket ball from a Loafers' hand the game plodded gloomily on with the Loafers' score constantly trailing the Barbarians'. With two overs to go, a hopeless figure to chase and darkness enveloping the ground the two Davids, one-eyed captain Jacobs and short-sighted star batsman Burford, assisted by some attrocious wide bowling, managed to somehow clock up the required number of runs with two balls to spare while the Loafers whooped and hollered excitedly from the side lines. The captain grabbed the stumps and ran back to the pavilion in triumph, a look of grinning disbelief on his face and the comment that he was getting too old for this kind of excitement!

So another amazing victory to the loafers. As they took post match refreshments as the guests of the Barbarians the general feeling among the team was that they felt they could probably give the Australian test side a good whippin' right now and could hardly contain their eagerness for their next engagement.

Barbarians 112 - Loafers 113

Loafers v Emsworth (Home at New Park Road)

The keen, mean, winning machine known as the Skulking Loafers rumbles on to turn its latest and traditionally toughest opposition into mincemeat.

The players arrived at the venue to find a slow, damp and soggy field from recent rain but it was 'game on'. For the first time this season the Loafers opened the batting. In the cool evening air and under a cloudy but slowly clearing sky the opening pair of N.Jerram and S.King assumed their positions out on the pitch. It was not long before an old recurring injury returned to the battle-worn King and a runner was brought on for him. Jerram went on to make his highest score of the season and indeed one of the highest scores of the evening - 8 (yes, that is correct, eight). The opening partnership finally laid a useful foundation of 27 and the only pair to build on this any higher than the damp course was that of D.Burford and A.Walsgrove, with 46 runs to the former and 33 to the latter they concocted a partnership total of 73. With a number of batsmen in succession not managing any more than two runs each and with the help of good old reliable ‘extras’ the final total came to a not too displeasing 129 for the loss of eight wickets.

The cloud of smoke outside the pavilion gradually cleared as an Emsworth batsman extinguished his bonfire-sized roll-up and took to the field with his opening partner. It was not long before said opening partner was ruefully mooching back to get changed having fallen victim to the rattle-snake fast reactions of one K.Budd, who had intercepted the ball bowled by D.Burford, and thrown it with laser-guided missile accuracy onto the stumps all in the blink of an eye. The bails had hit the floor before the running batsman had got anywhere near the crease, a useful early break through for the Loafers. The Loafers equivalent of Batman and Robin (I.King and D.Burford) continued their bowling onslaught and at the end of their allotted four overs each Emsworth had been held down to just 30 runs.

N.Williams, who had so far been poetry in motion fielding out on the boundary and reducing many potential two's and three's to just one, was then switched into bowling mode. One of his first few deliveries managed to rearrange the stumps and herald the demise of the second Emsworth batsman. N.Jerram then managed to avoid taking two catches and there was some entertaining choreography when wicket keeper M.Laycock was seen to be leaping almost elegantly over the cowering figure of I.King - quite what was going on was not easy to discern but luckily for King, Laycock had remembered he was playing cricket not rugby.

A couple of overs later the ball found itself resting in the cosy warmth of M.Laycock's webbed glove after leaving the clammy grasp of Williams bowling partner N.Pennicot and having only a brief meeting with first the ground and then a lump of willow. This now left Emsworth at the half way point with only 42 runs and 3 wickets down. To their dismay the eleventh over saw the 4th wicket fall, again to the lethal bowling of N.Williams.

Only just over one week away from mid-summer's day, eight-fifteen pm saw the ground entirely enveloped in cool, damp shade as the cricket lulled into typical mid-innings doldrums where apart from a few wide balls from N.Pennicot nothing much happened for several overs. Suddenly K.Budd leaped into action again and in a virtual repeat of his earlier performance achieved another run-out, this time from the bowling of D.Jacobs. Good things always come in threes and the 14th over saw K.Budd doing another encore, this time finding the wicket via M.Laycock's glove to get yet another run out although this time the batsmen had taken a chance on a very risky looking second run.

At the start of the 16th over the gloomy sky was matched by the mood of the Emsworth team as they contemplated salvaging something from their 76 for 6. Their chances were not helped a few balls later by a wicket-keeper's catch from a Pennicot delivery to send the seventh batsman back to the pavilion. The 18th over brought landlord J.Turner onto the bowling scene and a particularly awkward delivery managed to open up the head of one of the Emsworth tail-enders but he managed to carry gamely on, the batsman didn't seem too bothered either. K.Budd was given just one over to bowl and that was enough to see the bails flying through the air again for an eighth wicket. Emsworth were not up to the Loafers way of scraping up an impossible score in the last over and they consequently ended the game with 105 for 8 to endow the Loafers with yet another victory.

The traditional top notch refreshments provided by the landlord Mr J.Turner were then taken by both teams at the Chequers Inn. Mr N.Williams, star fielder along with Mr K.Budd, could unfortunately not attend the celebrations as he had to go home and write some poetry, his head probably full of inspiration from this evening's game. Mr K.Budd generously bought the first gallon watering-can full of beer of the season for the troops in recognition of his prial of run-outs. The atmosphere was genial and after the raffle had been held many of the players drifted off leaving a few victorious Loafers to consider their battle plans for the awesome prospect of winning their next two games, to be played on consecutive days next week...

Emsworth 105 - Loafers 129

Loafers v Midland Bank (Shared at Priory Park)

If New Park Road playing field was the Oval then Priory Park would be Lords. It was here, in this more sheltered and serene setting, that this evening's red hot action took place (that’s Priory Park, not Lords).

Although the action on the field may have been hot, the weather certainly wasn't, the game taking place under a grey, leaden sky that thankfully never carried out its threat of rain. Other action on the field was of the "lights, camera" type when a group of student "luvvies" from one of the city's colleges decided to coincide their filming of a bizarre and incomprehensible sketch involving melons, potatoes and ham acting held up play for about ten minutes halfway through the first innings.

Midland were first out on the artificial strip to see what they could do with their trusty lumps of willow. Not being allowed to use the hallowed grass strip, reserved for the week-end teams, meant that the New Park Road side boundary was usefully close but the Priory side boundary was almost over the horizon.

The opening batsmen wielded away against the by now legendary opening bowling pair of I.King and D.Burford, the first wicket falling to King for LBW. Second wicket went to Burford, skillfully caught behind by wicket keeper M.Laycock from a wickedly deceptive delivery.

Despite a dreadfully dropped catch by K.Budd and a couple of consecutive sixes off the bowling of skipper D.Jacobs the Bankers only managed to total a final score of exactly 100 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. King had got another wicket caught by N.Williams and when Williams took his turn to deliver the leather he managed to rearrange the stumps on two occasions and find an edge on another, collected again by M.Laycock.

Either side of the previously mentioned interruption the Loafers again displayed an enthusiasm and keenness in the field which had the desired effect of keeping the Bankers’ total down to a beatable amount.

S.King and J.Turner commenced the Loafers’ reply and in no time J.Turner was walking back to the pavilion as if he had forgotten something. All he had forgotten, however, was to not get out in a hurry and found himself the red faced owner of a big fat duck.

The fourth over was underway before a ball managed to beat any of the Bankers’ fielders and there then followed a boundary on the side of the Priory, the ball taking an eternity to get there but hardly being slowed at all by the short-cut outfield.

With campanologists tolling the cathedral bells the Loafers’ score ticked away, slowly at first but gained momentum as the innings wore on, eventually reaching and then surpassing the required rate. 20 for 1 after five overs, 40 for 1 after eight overs and 53 for 1 after ten overs when the sun broke through under the dark cloud and lit the ground in a surreal sort of way as a man took a blackbird for a walk on the far side of the park.

In the 14th over the opposition bowlers achieved a break through which had the stumps clattering away behind A.Walsgrove, bowled out for 19. The following over saw more success for the Bankers when the same fate befell S.King, out for 45. The very same over then saw even more action as the captain failed to practice what he preached and was out for a duck. K.Budd took to the crease with the score at 76 for 4 and the 16th over became a big disappointment for the bowlers as the Loafers whacked 16 runs, more than three times the required run rate!

So with the score now on 92 and in complete contrast to the previous over, the 17th became the first maiden of the match but the 18th saw the total climb to 100, just one run off the required total. What became the final ball of the match was then knocked down to the theatre-end boundary for four runs by previous hero N.Williams and it was all over for yet another sweet victory for the Loafers.

Refreshments were taken as guests of Midland Bank at the Rainbow public house as the team mentally prepared themselves for the following evening’s match, not allowing the euphoria of yet another consecutive win to go to their heads.

Midland Bank 100 for 6 - Loafers 104

Loafers v Harlequins (Away at Oaklands Park)

With mid-summer just two days away and this being England the weather has decided that this year it’s time to reassert itself and demonstrate just how cruel and fickle it can be.

As a consequence, in conditions more reminiscent of January than June, the match was called off by the powers that be early in the day.

In typical Loafers’ organisational style, and despite having all day at their disposal, it was not conveyed to all of the rest of the team that the match had been abandoned until twenty minutes after it was due to start and then some team members were left to find out the hard way by turning up at Oaklands Park under clearing skies to find a severe absence of cricket.

Match abandoned due to abysmal weather - No Result

Loafers v Richmond Rollers (Shared at the WACA - West Ashling Cricket Association)

Apalling weather conditions again forced a no play situation upon the saddened sodden teams.

Match again abandoned due to lousy weather - No Result

Loafers v Revelation (Home at New Park Road)

Despite pleas to Revelation's top man the abominable weather continued here as at Glastonbury (and Roskilde indeed) so yet again no play was possible.

Match abandoned yet again due to unseasonal weather - No Result

Loafers v Hollybank (Home at New Park Road)

The weather had now improved dramatically and was more typical of the July we know and love with a sizzling sun blazing down from a cloudless sky, perfect conditions for an evening game of cricket.

The only problem was that the opposing team, possibly fearful of defending their honour after their previous controversial meeting with the Loafers, were unable to cobble together the required number of players and had to pull out of the fixture.

Match abandoned due lack of opposition - No Result

Loafers v Revelation (Away at Oaklands Park)

Another perfect afternoon for a game of cricket but with over a third of the team having departed on tour, playing for another team, it proved impossible to form a team so the captain was forced to pull out of the fixture.

Match abandoned due to desertion - No Result

Loafers v Prudential (Home at New Park Road)

It is now over four weeks since the Loafers last played a game, for various reasons, so it was ironic that this week four of their players were absent, temporarily defecting to Milland for their annual tour. As a consequence things did not look very promising for the Loafers. The Prudential side is a tough team to beat at the best of times and on this particular occasion they desperately wanted to win, having been narrowly defeated by the Loafers in their previous encounter (see May 29 report above), making it even more of a challenge for the home side today.

The Skulking Loafers, however, is not just a cricket team, more of a cosmic force where the whole is far greater than the sum of its individual parts, a phenomenon to be reckoned with, its only fear being an opposing team in possession of Kryptonite. The captain D.Jacobs managed to cobble together a team and despite this being the height of the season was able to find four able and willing men to replace the gang of four defectors. Prudential won the toss and put the Loafers in to bat first so on a partially cloudy, mainly sunny evening in a cool breeze the drama began.

The unrelated pair of S.King and I.King opened the batting and facing his first ball, the third of the over, I.King contrived to get out recklessly for a golden duck. His place was taken by long-serving Loafer A.Walsgrove. S.King went on to ham up a useful 18 runs and if lady luck had not been so unkind in the ninth, could have gone on to score many more. After getting two fours in that over he hoisted a ball high into the air, a gift of a catch which was fortunately dropped by the Prudential fielder. In a cruel twist of fate however, said fielder then managed to get the ball back to the wicket before the batsman, making S.King run out victim number one.

Walsgrove batted on and in the 12th over sent a carbon copy of S.King’s earlier effort shooting towards the heavens and once gravity got the better of it the wicket keeper was comfortably underneath it, sending him packing with 14 to his name. His part was now to be played by R.Holt, the first part timer standing in for the defectors. The second ball he faced was just asking to be hit so that’s exactly what he did. Unfortunately before it had managed to go very far it was in violent collision with his wicket, another zero in the score book.

Anyone with a normal blink-rate could have easily missed the next innings. They would have seen N.Jerram padding up and fastidiously preparing himself. The next moment they would have seen him bashfully removing his pads as if he had put them on in error but he did actually go out to the crease only to send his first delivery in a perfect, direct arc to the nearest fielder for the second golden duck of the evening. That there were two ducks in the 13th over seemed to further confirm that lady luck was ignoring the Loafers today.

The landlord J.Turner was next at the crease and he managed to connect with a few deliveries before a breakdown in communication with his batting partner, replacement player from Salthill and Radio 1 disc jockey (not really) N.Campbell. This resulted in him watching dazed and confused before sprawling helplessly towards his crease to be run out in the 16th over for a total of 7 runs, in the process badly scrazing his elbow (barracks chef Baz has already reserved the scab for culinary purposes). It was not looking good at all at this point in time as L.Jacobs took his chances with the bat but the scorer was soon entering another zero in the book.

The final part-timer C.Croucher then went in and in the very same over N.Campbell was caught out for the highest score of the evening, 37 runs. His replacement was the final batsman, captain D.Jacobs who brought up the 100 total with a high lofted four at the end of the 18th over. The next over saw C.Croucher unluckily caught off his glove for one run and the final Loafer to wield the willow was the injured-but-recovering N.Pennicot. The extent of his recovery was not really tested because the last ball of this penultimate over saw another catch, this time off of the bat of D.Jacobs.

So, as the curtain came down on Act 1, the scoreboard showed 101 all out with one over left untouched. As Prudential padded up and the Loafers positioned themselves around the field their task looked impossible, an easy victory for the Prudential seemed inevitable. S.King, incidentally, was back to his old job of wicket-keeper, the usual keeper M.Laycock being one of the gang of four defectors.

Act 2 commenced with N.Pennicot bowling. As in Act 1, delivery number three found a bat and the ball arched through the air, coming down into the safe hands of I.King, who then joined N.Pennicot in the opening bowling partnership. Despite not having their full complement of regular bowlers the Loafers applied themselves to the task in hand, concentrated and with a determined effort out in the field soon had the Prudential looking a little worried as the wickets fell and the scoring rate remained low. There was a memorable catch by N.Campbell near the boundary and a memorable dropped-catch by N.Jerram at mid wicket.

By the start of the nineteenth over Prudential had lost six wickets and needed 14 to win - quite within their capabilities of course so the tension mounted. Seven came off that over leaving another seven required off the last one which was bowled by the inexperienced but enthusiastic C.Croucher. Holding them down to three runs off the first five balls they needed a four off the last ball to win. An almost identical situation, in reverse, to their previous encounter when N.Williams saved the match by getting the required four off of the last ball. Could the Prudential pull off the same heroic act?

It came down to a one-on-one mental battle between batsman and bowler. Most watched with baited breath, the spectator was on the edge of his bench, some people of a more nervous disposition turned their heads as Croucher started his run-up. After what seemed an eternity, the longest run-up in the history of cricket, the ball left his hand and hurtled down the pitch to miss the bat and end up safely in the hands of the wicket keeper. As everyone gave a huge sigh of relief there were cries of jubilation from the field at yet another glorious Loafers victory!

Refreshments were taken at the Chequers Inn after the game where a gallant but disappointed Prudential team (who also failed to win any raffle prizes) broke bread, chewed chips and supped ale with their victorious opposition. All involved agreed that this had been one of the most enjoyable games in the history of the Loafers and next week’s match was eagerly anticipated.

Prudential 97/6 - Loafers 101 all out off 19 overs

Loafers v Barbarians (Home at New Park Road)

With your intrepid reporter together with all rounder K.Budd and landlord J.Turner away for the weekend at the Womad festival in Reading the report was left to captain D.Jacobs. This is still eagerly awaited...

Barbarians win by 20 runs

Loafers v Harris & Porter (Shared at Lavant)

The weather was fine for a game of cricket but again the opposing team were unable to gather the required number of players and had to pull out of the fixture.

Match abandoned due lack of opposition - No Result

Loafers v Selsey Bill (Away at Selsey)

The weather has decided that it's not really summer any longer and today, as in the last few days, dumped an unseasonal amount of rain making the prospect of a game of cricket a very remote possibility indeed.

Match abandoned due to lousy weather - No Result

Page created by Peter King last updated Friday April 30 1999

© Peter King 1999