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13. October 2018
Members of the Drones take part in a number of sporting events ranging from darts, fat uncle contests to an annual golf rally. Whilst at a Drones Club weekend in Le Touquet, France, where about 87 members were said to be present a cricket team was formed led by Bertram "Bertie" Wooster as captain.
12. October 2018
An Exciting And Accurate Account Of The Match Between Gentlemen of England Versus Players And Natives Of The Cape Colony, February 1896 in Cape Town
10. October 2018
"That night the burdens of selection weigh heavily on my mind and it's nearly midnight before I drift off. But at least I've come up with a side that represents strength and depth in all aspects of the game."
08. October 2018
In the February of 1896 A.J. 'Rumpy' Netercote led his team of English gentlemen onto the playing fields of Cape Town against a team made up of 'Natives Of The Cape Colony'.
22. November 2017
In the run up to the ashes the BBC have asked who would make the cut in your 'all-time Ashes XI'. Here's my choice, five Englishmen and six Australians, a handful of players from the inter-war era, a few post war players and a smattering from the modern age.....
22. October 2017
I am somewhat of a collector, curator and creator of 'imagined' cricket teams. Sebastian Faulks in his homage to PG Wodehouse, Jeeves and The Wedding Bells, introduces the reader to such a team in a match played between Melbury Hall and Gentlemen of Dorset. Both Jeeves and Bertie Wooster take part but under the 'nom de plume' of Lord Etringham and Wilberforce.....