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Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 00:29 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
I think it's very funny that Owen thinks that he's getting out of this fixture, the man who's Andy Caddick and Marcus Trescothick rolled into one. TPF's secret weapon!
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 18:41 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by AW77
Will someone (Daniel?) film this historic match and thus preserve it for posterity?
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 18:46 Wed 19 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
AW77 wrote:Will someone (Daniel?) film this historic match and thus preserve it for posterity?
Good idea!
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 07:35 Thu 20 Aug 2015
by WS1
really? I think keeping it not documented is better and more flattering!
regards
WS1
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 12:46 Thu 20 Aug 2015
by DRT
WS1 wrote:really? I think keeping it not documented is better and more flattering!
regards
WS1
I agree. Legends are best preserved in folk songs and poetry.
Perhaps Owen could be our raconteur?
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 14:51 Thu 20 Aug 2015
by PhilW
WS1 wrote:really? I think keeping it not documented is better and more flattering!
Indeed. What happens in Porto...
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 09:53 Fri 21 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
A very favourable response has been received from Porto. More details to follow soon. Gentlemen, please keep your diaries free around June 21, 2017!
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 10:12 Fri 21 Aug 2015
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:A very favourable response has been received from Porto. More details to follow soon. Gentlemen, please keep your diaries free around June 21, 2017!
Well done.
I think we are currently short of players
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 10:13 Fri 21 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
We have plenty of time to attend to that. Remember the ringers.
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 07:29 Sun 23 Aug 2015
by Deleted_User_1
Having played this game for 45 years...kept wicket...fielded at silly point and have scars to prove it...opened the batting for Newport for 17 years and even won a trophy for 'The Most Ducks' one season....I guess I should declare my interest...count me in please.
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 10:57 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
Gentlemen,
I'm pleased to tell you that Henry Shotton has been extremely helpful and thinks this could be very good fun. He has brought it up with the captain of the OCLTC cricket team, Premal Rajani, who also thinks it's a good plan. WIth 2017 still some way off, club fixtures are not yet arranged. He suggests Saturday 1st July as a good date, to be finalised as fixtures are confirmed in 2016.
Shall I say that we'd like to go ahead with this date? It is of course some time after São João (the shrewd mathematicians amongst us have already calculated that it's about 10 days) so it mightn't work for people planning to go out for the 21st. But please state your preferences and I will report back to Premal.
Quite incidentally, I think a recce might be advisable between now and then.
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 11:37 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by DRT
Given the positive reaction I think we should accept the date and work around it. São João might have been a hope too far given the amount of trade visitors the shippers have to deal with over that few days.
Are we planning to chuck a ball or two before the fixture or are we simply relying on our raw talent?
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 14:27 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
DRT wrote:Are we planning to chuck a ball or two before the fixture or are we simply relying on our raw talent?
I think some pre-pre-season practice games would be very advisable. Perhaps the persuasive power of port can be used to enlist a 'coach'. Leave it with me. We have 18 months to get superfit.
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 14:29 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 14:48 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by WS1
Daniel it is not a boxing match! Do not get carried away!
regards
WS1
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 17:21 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by PhilW
C'mon Wolfgang, you know you want to wear that red headband!
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 17:39 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by PhilW
djewesbury wrote:I'm pleased to tell you that Henry Shotton has been extremely helpful and thinks this could be very good fun. He has brought it up with the captain of the OCLTC cricket team, Premal Rajani, who also thinks it's a good plan. WIth 2017 still some way off, club fixtures are not yet arranged. He suggests Saturday 1st July as a good date, to be finalised as fixtures are confirmed in 2016.
Shall I say that we'd like to go ahead with this date?
Good job Daniel - and great idea. I suggest not getting too serious about any practise - definitely worth the emphasis of gentlemanly fun over competition. Perhaps a different port to taste after each wicket is taken?
BTW, please count me in; I have a similar level of competence to Derek, but can always keep Wolfgang company pounding the sides of meat!
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 19:50 Tue 25 Aug 2015
by PopulusTremula
I would love a spot as well. It's a bit like rounders surely? [SMIRKING FACE]
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 07:40 Wed 26 Aug 2015
by DRT
PopulusTremula wrote:I would love a spot as well. It's a bit like rounders surely? [SMIRKING FACE]
Magnus, it is completely different from rounders! Rounders has Rules and cricket has Laws - apart from that they are much the same thing
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 07:42 Wed 26 Aug 2015
by djewesbury
Derek, clearly that money spent on your Sky subscription hasn't been entirely wasted. You should be in the box with Gower and Botham.
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 07:54 Wed 26 Aug 2015
by DRT
djewesbury wrote:Derek, clearly that money spent on your Sky subscription hasn't been entirely wasted. You should be in the box with Gower and Botham.
I'm hoping that a couple of seasons there will culminate in a spot on TMS when Boycott decides to stop doing the moaning.
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 09:12 Sat 29 Aug 2015
by CPR 1
This sounds like a fab idea, count me, not that i can play cricket at all...
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 19:28 Tue 20 Jun 2017
by benread
I spent a lovely afternoon chatting with the President of OC<C this afternoon. It is a club with an interesting history and a few greats of the game have graced their facilities over the years. Thankfully I can confirm (should the idea ever be resurrected) that enjoyment is their primary objective over cricketing skill! A full report will follow when I have time to write up my notes.
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Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 12:46 Mon 26 Jun 2017
by benread
As promised, my notes from my visit, as written up via my alter ego, BurntBails.
https://www.burntbails.com/oporto-crick ... nnis-club/
What I didn't say in the article, but which has been said to me by the President, is that we would be very welcome to arrange a fixture if we so wished. That assumes there are 11 of us capable of wielding the willow with sufficient skill!
Re: A cricket fixture
Posted: 23:24 Mon 26 Jun 2017
by DRT
A great read, Ben, and a very nice blog site. Thanks for posting here