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 [...]
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 [...]
