On an overcast and damp day akin to Watson’s mood when his Mrs is late with his dinner, Fishers captain Bungle won the most important part of the match, the Toss. Having elected to bowl first Fishers took the field and eagerly awaited Hemel’s opening bats. We were greeted by […]
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In his autobiography Didi Hamman talks about how tactically astute Rafa Benitez is. He tells the tale of how, when he sought Rafa’s advice whilst preparing for his coaching exams, Rafa explained, using a variety of accoutrements on the dinner table, how to beat Guadiola’s Barcelona. Hamman was blown away […]
For those of you who don’t know Devon Malcolm will playing cricket for the mighty Fishers on 21 June 2015 at Clarence Park. If you fancy some more of that then details of the match can be found here.
A fantastic day of Cricket and Family Fun! Join Devon Malcolm and Mick Harford, in memory of Phil Milton. The Phil Milton Memorial Cricket Match will be a 45 over game played by a number of celebrities from around the world of sport. Join us for a host of entertainment: […]
SJFCC 128/5 from 20 overs, HHTCCC 130/4 from 17.1 overs – HHTCCC won by 6 wickets Hemel Hempstead Town CC Under-17 colts arrived as the season’s first visitors to the new home of St. John’s Fishers, at London Colney CC’s ground in Shenley Green. It was a classic early summer […]
A queer feeling of déjà vu spread through the assembled Fishers on Sunday 1 June for the reverse against Caddington. The sun was out, Watson was late and Bungle won the toss and decided to have us field in the heat. Even the line-up was relatively unchanged, with Hazon relieved […]
After waiting several weeks and 6 cancelled games for a much delayed start to the Fishers season, a decidedly new look and even newer sounding Fishers XI took to the park at Caddington CC.
The Chairman asked me to write 50 words about the Annual Golf Day which took place this year, as ever, at Essendon Country Club.
A heady night hosted by surprise guest, Susan ‘Sue’ Barker resulted in a closely battled round of Question of Sport and a few trophies for stuff done on the cricket field in 2013. Match report follows: (pictures also inside this post)
If you fancy checking out the Godfather of Rock himself Malcolm Egre in action, is in fact in two bands…
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?
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 […]
Match Report June 23rd 2013 Napsbury Park Match abandoned – rain Scorecard here The scorebook records the weather at 2pm on the 14th June 2013 as ‘Overcast, windy, wispy cloud’, and who could argue with that? Well into summer, a shower was forecast for later on, it was note quite cold and […]