A fine but very dry day for cricket. Two weeks of drought-like conditions had made for a very parched pitch which was more west Texas than west Herts. Cricket in cowboy hats anyone?
Man of the match
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Match Report July 3rd 2013 Greenwood Park Voclaink 126 off 20 lost to Fishers 127 of 19.3 Scorecard here It was like being back at the Verulam School pitches; changing al fresco, while Watson circled waiting for a glimpse of something. Due to the vagaries of seismic shift and glacial deposit Greenwood Park […]
Match Report June 30th 2013 Dulwich Fishers 185 off 40 lost by 6 wickets to Pretenders 191 for 4 Scorecard here The game got off to a great start before we had even left St Albans, “Keith showing his disgust at having to leave at 11 am to get down to Dulwich for […]
Fishers v PSD 5 June 2013 – Fishers win by 6 wickets Match report by the Skipper (Mid-week 3XI ) On 4 October 1997 Watford Football Club finally, after 10 years of trying, beat their arch-rivals, Luton Town. The score that day at Kenilworth Road was 4-0, which […]
Match Report May 23rd 2103 Key : * = Team that cancelled 2nd yr running. Following last week’s politically correct and sensitive report by Bungle of the controversial and entertaining events of the Diocese Match, here comes one by an author unfamiliar with either sentiment. Thanks to our scheduled opposition […]
SJFCC V The Diocese of St Albans 15th May 2013 – By Bungle Diocese 141 for about 17 and Fishers 142 for about 6 (scorecard to come) The Annual Diocese game is one of the oldest regular Fishers fixtures, rumour has it that it dates back to the time before Kingy’s […]
May 2nd 2013, VERULAMIUM by The Mid-Week-Captain SDWP: 92 for 7 off 20, Fishers: 93 for 2 off 14 – scorecard here Match report hastily prepared by Anil (one week after the match and 24 hours after Reevo and Bob prepared their reports for the second game of the season). This time last year England was in the […]
Aug 9th 2012, Clarence Park – Fishers: 216 for 7 off 40, St Albans CC: 212 for 9 off 40 – scorecard here Match report to come meanwhile some pictures here
Aug 12th 2012, Shenley by Keith ‘dot-ball’ Mac Cormack London Colney: 129 all out off 37.5, Fishers: 125 all out off 32.1 – scorecard here The sun was shining, the ground was a picture and had a bar and Bambi was in fine fettle. Unfortunately the same could not be said for […]
Aug 8th 2012, Veralliummmmmmmm park by Lance Gibbs Diocese: 89 for 2 off 20, Fishers: 93 for 5 of 16 – scorecard here Diocese turned up with 6 or 7 so Fishers Chairperson played for them so they had virtually a full side and without his 37 out of their 89 it […]
SJFCC V Mylan CC July 25th 2012 Potters Bar CC by Stuart ‘Ma Parker’ Nurse Fishers Won by 39 runs: 126 for 4 off 20, Mylan 87 all out off 19.3 – scorecard here The final game of a three match rubber standing one game all was eagerly anticipated by all concerned… apart […]
SJFCC 72 for 9 (all out) off 12 overs LOST by 113 runs against Kimpton (home) 185 for 7 off 20 overs (scorecard here) Wed July 13th, 2011 – Match Reporter: Dave Boxer In the words of Elton John, let’s not beat around the bush. Fishers took a good old-fashioned pasting this evening […]
SJFCC 172 for 3 off 34.2 overs WON by 7 wks against Washington 171 for 7 off 35 overs (scorecard here) Sunday July 10th, 2011 – Match Reporter: L.B. Williams Fishers took the field bleary eyed and dehydrated, well some of the members who had crawled in that same morning from Andrew […]
SJFCC 71 for 4 off 16overs WON by 6 wks against Verulam dads 70 for all out off 16.2 overs (scorecard here) Wed July 6th, 2011 – Match Reporter: Mr Nurse Sir Isaac Newton hypothesized that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. He’d have no doubt felt his theory […]
SJFCC 151 for 6 off 20 overs WON by some runs against Jack of Diamonds 92 for 6 off 20 overs Verulum football pitches, Thurs June 24th 2011 – Match Report: Jules Steely grey skys, rain lashing down in stair rods, the ball more Imperial leather than red leather. ‘ Why ARE […]
SJFCC 156 for 4 off 30.2 overs WON by 5 wickets against Octopus 155 for 5 off 35 overs (scorecard here) Napsbury Park, Sunday June 19th 2011 – Match Report: Dr Mark Dawkins A resigned crowd of Fishers players gathered at our new spiritual home of Napsbury for a Sunday fixture against the […]
SJFCC 179 for 2 off 20 overs won by 88 runs against Crabtree 91 for 8 off 20 overs (scorecard here) Rothampstead Park, Thursday June 2nd 2011 – Match Report: Stuart Nurse Rothampstead Park is a verdant expanse of rolling hills and plateaux, vistas and arboreal enclosures; the perfect place for a long walk, […]