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 [...]
