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 [...]
