SJFCC 169-5 off 20 overs. Garden Fields 170-4 off 18.2 overs Thursday 24th June – Verulamium – match reporter Bungle and his ghost writer STATEMENT: There is no way we should have failed to defend 169 on that pitch. I think it’s fair to say that most of us bowled […]
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Orientals 256 – 6 off 35 overs. SJFCC 131 – all out off 21 overs. RO won by 125 runs. Sunday 20th June – Rothampstead (lower pitch) – match reporter Simon As usual the sun was shining on the fishermen as they descended towards the lower pitch at Rothampstead park. […]
GPD 104 – 7 off 20 overs. SJFCC 108 – 4 off 17.1 overs. Fishers won by 6 wickets. 13th May 2010 – Match reporter – Mr. Anil Three years ago the mighty Fishers stunned Greenwood Park Dads (GPD) by bowling them out on their home ground for 15. The […]
SJFCC vs Archway Graces Old Owens, Sunday September 6. by Matt King Archway Graces: 263 for 3 in 40 overs, the not-at-all-in-any-way-whatsoever-mighty Fishers: 59 all out from 20.2 overs Hmm, where to start with this one. Ok, think positive: it didn’t rain and no-one died in a car crash on […]
SJFCC vs NBXI Clarence Park, Thursday July 30th by Anil The mighty Fishers: 82 for 1 from 8.5 overs, Park Street Dads: 81 for 8 in 20 overs. As the Verulam pitch had more cracks in it than a David Cameron radio interview the Mighty Fishers relocated to Clarence Park […]
SJFCC vs Park Street Dads Park Street Rec., Thursday July 2. by Matt King The mighty Fishers: 175 for 2 from 20 overs, Park Street Dads: 119 for 3 in 20 overs. It was good to once again be playing Park Street Dads after a few years’ absence. A glorious […]
SJFCC vs St Albans Diocese Clarence Park, Tuesday May 19. by Matt King The Not-At-All-Mighty Fishers: 83 for 8 (i.e. all out) from 24 overs, St Albans Diocese All Stars: 86 for 2 in 24.4 overs. Anyway, the tea was, as expected, excellent. In the name of research, I sampled […]
SJFCC vs Nick Button XI Verulum School, Thursday May 14. By Matt King The Mighty Fishers: 123 for 9 from 20 overs, Nick Button XI: 45 all out in 14.2 overs. Cap’n Dawko is unstoppable. Not only are Fishers unbeaten under his leadership, but he has also single-handedly found and […]
SJFCC vs sjfcc vs St John Fisher Cricket Club St Luke’s School, Redbourn, Thursday May 7. By Matt King Like all well-oiled campaign plans, our first outdoor ‘training’ game came four days after our first actual match. (I’m sure I’ve heard mention before of teams not being sufficiently well prepared […]
SJFCC vs St Albans II Clarence Park, Sunday May 2. By Matt King The Mighty Fishers: 220 (or was it 230 or 280 – I can’t read my scribbled notes) for 2 from 39 overs, St Albans IIs: Less than 220 (or 230 or 280) all out in less than […]
2007-07-25. Won by 49 runs By Matt King SJFCC vs KIMPTON The Mighty Fishers: 124 for 6 from 16 overs, Kimpton: All out for 75 from 12.3 overs. Sometimes we take too much for granted. Sometimes we happily turn up to play week in week out without truly valuing those […]
2007-09-16. Won by 4 wickets By Dave Boxer SJFCC vs Washington CC The Mighty Fishers: 148 for 6 from 30.5 overs; Washington CC: 146 all out from 37.2 overs The season’s final match was marked by one of the season’s finest (depending on how you define finest) innings. Today was […]
2007-06-28. Won by 31 runs By Matt King SJFCC vs ST ALBANS DIOCESE The Mighty Fishers: 142 for 4 from 20 overs, St Albans Diocese: 111 for 7 from 20 overs. Meeting for the second time in five weeks, both teams scored more runs on this occasion than in the […]
2007-08-16. Won by (c.) 42 runs By Matt King SJFCC vs Generics The Mighty Fishers: 149 for 5 from 20 overs, Generics: 107 (+byes) for 8 from 20 overs. So, as surely as spring turns straight to autumn, the Fishers’ weekday season ended with a re-arranged fixture at Old Owens […]
2007-07-19. Won by 9 wickets By Matt King SJFCC vs KILLIGREW Killigrew: All out for 15 from 10.1 overs, The Mighty Fishers: 16 for 1 from 4.3 overs. I’m not in possession of the scorebook, so apologies if I’m out by a run or two here, but I don’t think […]
2007-07-17. Won by (about) 25 runs By Matt King SJFCC vs CRABTREE The Mighty Fishers: 128 for 3 from 20 overs, Crabtree: c. 103 for 7’ish from 20 overs. The two teams last met in early June and Harris is still away doing his open-top bus tour of the minor […]
2007-06-20. Won by 29 runs By Matt King SJFCC vs FINAL CRICKET CLUB The Mighty Fishers: 131 for 4 from 20 overs, Final Cricket Club: 102 all out in 17.3 overs. Bungle won the toss and, taking into consideration the wicket, the light, cloud cover, wind direction, local tides and […]
2007-07-04. Won by 1 wicket By Matt King SJFCC vs GARDEN FIELDS Garden Fields: 107 for 7 from 20 overs, The Mighty Fishers: 111 for 9 from 19.3 overs. Unbeaten in the month of June, Fishers went into this first July fixture like Schumacher racing a bumper card, but oh […]