Sunday 17th September 2023 A delayed start forced by waves of rain meant this became a shortened game of 30 overs. Our skipper R. Jory having won the toss, we gleefully went in to bat (still in [...]

23 July 2023 The weather gods saw fit to allow this fixture to take place. The seemingly unending July rain broke about two hours before the first ball was balled and did not resume its onslaught [...]

6 August 2023  Result: Refreshers won by 20 runs  There was something of a scramble to field a full XI in the lead up to the game but that was achieved at the 11th hour with the loan [...]

Sunday 18 June 2023 In the idyllic village green setting at Tilford the home team won the toss and batted on an outfield only slightly damaged by the travelling community who had set up nearby [...]

10 June 2023 Under a blazing hot sky we met the Hampshire Hogs at Warnford for the fourth time. It has proved an enjoyable and competitive fixture; the tally to that moment was 2 to the Hogs, 1 [...]

Is there anywhere better to be than north Norfolk in the late spring? No. In case there was any doubt, no fewer than THIRTEEN Refreshers assembled more or less on time at Holkham Hall on Saturday [...]

September 2022 Twenty years after our first ‘modern tour’ the Refreshers went back once again to Cornwall – this time across the water to the Scilly Isles. Arriving by plane, helicopter and ferry [...]

President’s Match, Marlborough On a baking hot Saturday at the end of Wimbledon fortnight, the Refreshers hosted Joe Cannon’s Casuals at Marlborough College for what has now become an [...]

Warborough, Oxfordshire 35 over game; David Alexander lost the toss (actually given that no one seemed to have a coin, it was a stone in one hand and nothing in the other with the winner being [...]

Notwithstanding the rather dismal medium-range weather forecast and it being Father’s Day, the Refreshers managed to assemble not only 11 players but also an Umpire – with thanks to Tim Lord – in [...]

11 June 2022 There was a thrilling climax to this match which produced a total of 570 runs on a lovely June day and a win for the Hogs in the last over. After some mid-week miscommunication [...]

Unusually fine weather greeted the Refreshers as we rolled up at the glorious Holkham Hall on Saturday 21 May, but most did not immediately notice, attention being drawn powerfully by the [...]

25 July 2021 This was another belter of a game at Felsted and it might never have happened. The weather forecast was biblical and it would have put off all but the most unyielding of cricketers. [...]

Saturday 18 September 2021 On a glorious late summer’s day the Refreshers played their last fixture of the season in the bucolic setting of Stonor Park in South Oxfordshire. Given our [...]

Sunday 20 June 2021 Having driven through the numerous rain showers en route to Tilford, the wisdom of proceeding with the match at all was both highly questionable and, not surprisingly, highly [...]

27 June 2021 35 over game. Good game and a tight victory. Refreshers 178-4 (A Gardner 55; Sacha Sandelson 51, Philo Wallace 33). Checkendon 164-7 (O Roach 7-0-2-24; E Faulks 5-0-2-30). Refreshers [...]

Sunday 2 May 2021 A good win to start the season. Refreshers 246-5 (R Saunders 89; C Bell 44; S Thompson 36 no). Castle Rising 187 all out (P Hudson 93, D Williams 3-29; J Maynard 3-9). [...]

Twenty-one Refreshers, WAGs and children flew out of Southampton on Thursday 26 August for our annual foreign CricketFest, this year to Alderney. A small island, just ten miles around, Alderney [...]

Kew Green, 8 August 2021 Jon Willatt (63 runs (11 fours)) single-handedly saved us from the middle order collapse to end all middle order collapses (I am almost proud of the sheer consistent [...]

Oxford, 1 August 2021 Delayed start due to rain but sunny thereafter.  Refreshers lost the toss and set to fielding Chelsea openers contrasting styles, one nurdler, one whacker. Sachin [...]

President’s Refreshers XI v Arcadian Casuals With heavy rain overnight and an iffy forecast – and the Marlborough College groundsman muttering about irreparable damage to his beautiful [...]

Sunday 9 May 2021 A delight of a game played against a fantastic opposition (as usual), but unfortunately without the benefit of their delicious tea due to ongoing restrictions. On a side-note, [...]

Saturday 12 June 2021 On  a gorgeous summer’s day in mid June the England team threw away their two match series against New Zealand by some abysmal batting up at Edgbaston, slumping [...]

A sunny September Sunday saw the Refreshers arrive at the glorious Exning Park, outside Newmarket, for a new fixture, against the Philanderers (the other Philanderers, apparently: we played, and [...]

HEADLINE:We gave them a good stuffing! Refreshers lost the toss, and they chose to bat, they looked to have an ok couple of lefty/righty opening pair. Burton and Finch opened the bowling and [...]

2020 has been a very strange year. Nothing has been normal. And that includes cricket. For until early July 2020 everyone in the country (apart from self-isolating English and West Indian test [...]

In late September 2019 a dozen or so Refreshers and a cadre of WAGS sallied forth across the Med to land on Malta, a lovely warm island with a long history, beautiful architecture and close [...]

Sunday 11 August 2019 saw the Refreshers play their second ever fixture at Kew. It’s a glorious ground, on the Green directly in front of the entrance to Kew Gardens. The game brought a decent [...]

In this fixture last year, Refreshers fell just 5 tantalising runs short in the final over chasing 250. It was a wonderful game, but a painful loss. So, we journeyed to Felsted this year very [...]

Tuesday, 5pm: a telephone call between Club Captain and Fixtures Sec: CC: Joe, I am not going to be able to make it on Saturday, but we’ve got 14 without me, all confirmed, so I hope that’s ok [...]

After an amazingly laid-back start, it was decided that we should play time as opposed to limited overs, the toss being won by our captain, J Cannon. Batting was the obvious choice on a hot, dry [...]

The Australian Women’s XI, preparing for their Women’s Ashes campaign, had asked us to give up our usual venue for this fixture, namely the Marlborough College first XI pitch, so we took the 2nd [...]

Refreshers v CIPA CITMA A new fixture against the Patent Attorneys and Trade Mark Attorneys of London – all of whom looked worryingly young and worryingly ready when the Refreshers ambled up to [...]

Refreshers v Checkendon – 30 June 2019 The annual fixture between Checkendon in Oxfordshire and the Refreshers took place at Checkendon on Sunday 30 June 2019. Rather surprisingly for a [...]

On Sunday 5 May the Refreshers’ season was supposed to get off to an 11.30 start with the annual game against Castle Rising. However the day before Castle Rising asked if we could delay the start [...]

After the travails of England losing their second world cup ODI match against Sri-Lanka earlier in the week, it was time for the Refreshers to put a smile on cricket fans’ faces on a humid and [...]

Another scorching hot day for the President’s match, once again between the Refreshers and Joe Cannon’s Arcadian Casuals at Marlborough College. The Marlborough groundsman had prepared a [...]

On a beautiful summer’s afternoon that saw the England  football team beat Panama 6-1 to qualify for the knockout stages of the World Cup and the England one day cricket team complete their [...]

One of the few things that T20 has going for it is that it is a version of the game that rewards the brave, dispatches the tame and delights those in search of instant gratification. It is then, [...]

  A new fixture is always good news, but to play the Hampshire Hogs on their beautiful ground at Warnford was very special. Arranged between the Club’s respective Presidents over the winter, [...]

Seduced by the glorious weather, and influenced by the fact that not all of the opposition team arrived at the ground on time, the Refreshers decided to field first with the aim of limiting [...]

On the Sunday of the May Bank Holiday weekend the Refreshers played Castle Rising in Norfolk. The day did not get off to an auspicious start given that seven of our players had stayed at the Rose [...]

A strong looking Refreshers side on paper was slightly weakened by a few late drop outs. Morale was still high nonetheless for the final game of the season against Richard Warlow’s Turks [...]

A beautiful Saturday, feeling like the start of summer at Greys this year. The pitch was perfect (with grateful thanks as ever to Dennis and Mick at GGCC) We went into bat slightly conscious that [...]

The Refreshers went to the enchanting island of Corfu this year for their annual summer outing. A UNESCO World Heritage site, cricket has been played in Corfu Town since 1820 when the British [...]

With the absence of the usual match Captain (Richard Saunders) through “Age Concern” commitments, the team was run by Chris Bell who scrambled an 11 together on Friday after a couple of late [...]

Sunday 2 July 2017 The game against Checkendon had the best pre-match practice one could wish for. Samantha Alexander prepared a wonderful lunch comprising coronation chicken and a leg of ham, [...]

Friday 30 June 2017 Having lost no less than four players within a week of the start of this game, the Refreshers still managed to turn out an eleven (albeit with a few ringers) for an inaugural [...]

A new venue this year, as the excellent Sandroyd School pitch was being relaid. As usual, our President pulled a rabbit out of the hat – the Marlborough College 1st X1 pitch, as marvellous a [...]

Following a very pleasant (if somewhat late and over-indulgent) evening at the Rose and Crown in Snettisham, the Refreshers (Anu Mohindru, Richard Saunders, Sam Burrett, Martin Pascoe, David [...]

We had an excellent game on a beautiful day in Sussex. Sadly we came up short but there was some good cricket played by the Refreshers.   The heavy rain on Saturday made for a very lively [...]

Heavy skies and muggy conditions greeted the Refreshers arriving at Sandroyd for the first game of the 2016 Captain’s Weekend in Dorset. Some early arrivals had spent Friday evening chez Cayford [...]

Under the watchful eye of Henry Blofeld, the Refreshers completed a comprehensive win over old rivals the Chelsea Arts Club (of which Blowers is the President – hence his appearance at a [...]

The Refreshers returned to Norfolk for their annual trip to God’s Own County, arriving in good time for the game against Holkham in the splendid setting in front of the Hall. AS is equally [...]

A good start to the Refreshers 2016 campaign as we won our first match, this one a low scoring affair at Castle Rising, Norfolk. We bowled the oppo out for 142 and reached 146 for 6 in plenty of [...]

Hugely successful dinner at the Garrick Club this year, with a positive and optimistic atmosphere pervading proceedings. Guests included HHJ Nigel Peters QC (MCC committee member) who spoke [...]

The season rounded off with a second visit to Porto; our first tour in 2013 was hugely enjoyable but apart from Saunders and Cannon, no good cricket was played at our end. The idea was to take a [...]

Refreshers v Armadillos, 6 September 2015 Match report from Michael Edwards “Not the most competitive match, but a very enjoyable game on a lovely ground. We were down to 10 men after Finch [...]

We have not played a game since Harry Nosworthy’s fixture on 19th July – one lost to weather and three called off by our hosts, in each case unable to raise a team. Not a good portent [...]

Rained off

Called off by oppo (unable to raise team)

Called off by oppo (unable to raise a team)

Called off by oppo (unable to raise team)

Burning sunshine, Harry Nosworthy’s team lunch and a superb 108 from Will Eden are the three abiding memories of the day. East Woodhay batted first and scored 220 in their 35 overs – [...]

Two matches at Sandroyd School, the most delightful of settings, and a wonderful evening chez Cayford at his old rectory in Compton Abbas made for an excellent weekend. We won both games; on [...]

The oldest fixture in our calendar, dating back to the 1930’s, was tied in somewhat controversial circumstances this year. Needing 2 to win from the last ball, the Refreshers could only [...]

A strong Refreshers side rolled a somewhat depleted CAC over this year. Playing at Harrow, we won the toss and batted. In our 35 overs we posted 206; respectable, albeit below the potential of a [...]

A rare defeat at Checkendon this year. Details to follow.

Two early injuries, to Anu’s ankle and Michael Edwards’ eye respectively, resulted in two respective visits to hospital and with it, any chance of winning this match. The Law Society [...]

Never confirmed the match, apparently, and should not have been on the fixture card. Lessons to be learnt.

Rain and grey skies, cold and wet – summed up the Refreshers tour of Norfolk this year. Our hosts (Holkham on Saturday and the Nocturnes on Sunday) could not have been kinder or more [...]

“11 year old defies Government Minister!” The Greys game now over 65 years old is played with such great spirit and camaraderie and this one was no different. Same faces, same smiles and same [...]

We drew. It was a lovely day and a really good game of cricket. They batted first on a damp pitch and we put in a really good effort in the field, chipping away at the wickets and not giving away [...]

Rain, rain and more rain. And no cricket. DA

The annual dinner was hugely entertaining, due in large part to our guest speaker Peter Oborne and the additional presence of former England international, Jason Gallian. Philip Cayford compered [...]

  Wonderful weekend in Bordeaux. It started for some early in the week with an advance party of gastronomes (Cannon, Spurr, Dumont and Cayford in particular) and several bars and restaurants [...]

  Refreshers v Felsted 17th August 2014 Match Report from Anu Mohindru   A strong Refreshers side travelled to Felsted for the inaugural fixture between the two sides. A big [...]

Unfortunately washed out. A rare blank in an otherwise wonderful summer.

This fixture was cancelled due to an unfortunate date error – one team was due to play on Saturday and the other on Sunday. Apologies, for our part in this, to Richard Warlow and the Turks.

A scorching day and a superb pitch and outfield greeted the Refreshers on Sunday 20th July. We beat East Woodhay last year and were expecting a revenge attempt; as it was we had them at 125 for 6 [...]

Glorious weather, Sandroyd at its beautiful best, Glyn House packed to overflowing and two good wins on the pitch contributed to another fabulous weekend in Dorset. On Saturday the traditional [...]

We arrived with a decent team this year; CAC asked for a declaration match and, having won the toss, put us in on what was, for the second year running, a poor pitch.  A 1.30 start finally got [...]

Refreshers v Law Society 26 June 2014   Law Society v Refreshers   On Tuesday (48 hours before the game) there were 4 Refreshers on the team sheet. A few hours later the fourth dropped [...]

A wonderful afternoon at Holkhan Hall culminated in a scintillating tie, both sides posting 238 off their 40 overs. Richard Saunders (66) and Anu Mohindru (53) led the charge with able assistance [...]

Refreshers v Falconhurst 17 May 2014 A charming ground near Edenbridge and a relatively long-standing Refreshers fixture. A strong side batted first on a warm summer’s day – not the [...]

Tom and Judith Dumont at the Refreshers dinner  

Our side did not compete with the zesty Pembroke College lads in terms of age. They were, notwithstanding the claimed effects of a heavy night celebrating the end of exams, considerably and [...]

On papers a very strong RCC side with strength and depth in batting and bowling met with a regular Greys team with a mix of the very good and the wily! It was a beautiful day.  We had a new [...]

The Annual Dinner took place on 21st March 2013 at the Garrick Club. Cups were awarded to Tim Kent, Leo Buscombe and David Alexander.

The end of season double header at Castle Hedingham did not really happen as advertised. a few Refreshers found themselves playing with Anu and others at CH but we have agreed that his team could [...]

A strong Refreshers side overcame the HAC on Saturday in a game that curiously mirrored the Lords ODIbetween England and South Africa played the following day. We won the toss and put the home [...]

A good win. Details to follow…

A complete fiasco as Refreshers arrived with 14 players (as arranged: the other side were short) just in time to see the Peppard groundsman driving away with the stumps. It was raining at that [...]

Just as the sun finally appeared the Refreshers could not raise a side and cancelled this match late in the day. In fact the ground was unplayable and the fixture was called off by the groundsman [...]

The appalling weather relented just long enough to permit back to back matches in North Dorset on 14th and 15th July. Playing against Paul Heward’s Invitation X1 at Sandroyd School, we won [...]

After all the planning and long distance sledging Mother Nature decided this game without a ball being bowled – in fact without any attendance by counsel at all. The Pembroke ground was [...]

A good win against Checkendon this year. Batting first, the two judges got us off to a good start, Atkins making 20 and our President an extremely patient 18. Anu Mohindru accelerated the scoring [...]

Was a fine game yesterday and after last year’s batting onslaught from us Tilford brought a somewhat younger side… However we survived and managed to play out for the draw. Our card makes for [...]

Dire predictions of ceaseless rain proved completely unfounded but our Friday fixture at Salle was called off nonetheless -at 3.30, long after we had set off. Adney Payne provided his traditional [...]

Forget scoring 1000 runs in may – we did not bowl a ball in anger before 2nd June this season as the shocking weather continued to take its toll. So finally it was a relief and a pleasure [...]

The latest fixture to be lost to the weather – pitch water-logged.

Water-logged pitch, despite the brief respite in the weather over the weekend.

Water-logged pitch, despite the brief respite in the weather over the weekend.

Drowned off.  Never reached the ground, but much fun had by all, nonetheless.

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It was fantastic to get started this summer

The Refreshers season ended on a high at Checkendon, when we recorded another satisfying victory against Checkendon CC, one of longest and friendliest fixtures. David Alexander and Sam produced a [...]