New cricket season..

[Reg Smeeton]

.....starts on the 10th.

   Thought I'd get in early, but I'm quite excited by the thought.  I've had enough of football,  need a break from the greed league and the watching the Town is not much fun at the moment.

   I always used to enjoy reading about  the pointless University matches, which managed to retain first class status, despite the fact the players clearly  weren't as good as they once were.

  Then getting the Playfair annual and Wisden to paw through, and find out all sorts of pointless data.  

  :?:  Whatever happened to Jon Ayling (Hants), who got out D.A. Polkinghorne (Oxford University) with his first ball in first class cricket?

[Bogus Dave]

We got James Lawson, the windies chucker. And Boeta Dippenaar    Nixons buggering off to india though, so i don't know whats going on with him. And we got rid of John Maunders which is a little odd, he had some decent knocks last season.

I reckon we can win everything this season  

[Boeta]

  I always used to enjoy reading about  the pointless University matches, which managed to retain first class status, despite the fact the players clearly  weren't as good as they once were..  

is that really true though? doubtful

dave - it's jermaine lawson and nixon is fine and will be playing for leics this season

[donkey]

We are the Re, we are the Re, we are, we are we are the Re.

(We'll also lose to Lancs in the opener, bah!)

[Bogus Dave]

  I always used to enjoy reading about  the pointless University matches, which managed to retain first class status, despite the fact the players clearly  weren't as good as they once were..  

is that really true though? doubtful

dave - it's jermaine lawson and nixon is fine and will be playing for leics this season

Yippee. Though i can see him playing less and less, with New playing more and more.

[Boeta]

he's captain - he'll play every game

[Bogus Dave]

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[leefer]

The bowlers holding...the batsmans willy....is that in wisden reg!

[Mexicano Rojo]

well i cant see sussex winning it this year, will be lucky to avoid relegation me thinks. have a young squad coming through and yet again the smallest squad in the country.

[Reg Smeeton]

The bowlers holding...the batsmans willy....is that in wisden reg!

 In the obituary for Brian Johnston.

  The Wisden obituaries are ace....eg did you know that Syed Mubarack Ali was no-balled for throwing 29 times in an innings playing for Trinidad v Barbados in 1942? Thought not.  He was forced to bowl underarm and then took a wicket.

[SwindonTartanArmy]

The bowlers holding...the batsmans willy....is that in wisden reg!

 In the obituary for Brian Johnston.

  The Wisden obituaries are ace....eg did you know that Syed Mubarack Ali was no-balled for throwing 29 times in an innings playing for Trinidad v Barbados in 1942? Thought not.  He was forced to bowl underarm and then took a wicket.

Ace! And I thought I was shit at bowling!

[Zurich Red]

  I always used to enjoy reading about  the pointless University matches, which managed to retain first class status, despite the fact the players clearly  weren't as good as they once were..  

is that really true though? doubtful

Matches involving Oxford and Cambridge Universities were the only ones that had first class status despite the fact that in the 80's and 90's Durham University produced far more players that went on to play county cricket.

[Minnesota Fats]

I wish Wiltshire CCC weren't just a minor organisation.

If they ever got the chance to throw their lot in with the big boys, I'd gladly sever all my ties with Somerset and start supporting them instead.

Who was the biggest ever cricketing name to play at the County Ground? (In the cricketing sense, I hasten to add).

Fred Trueman?

[Bogus Dave]

WG Grace. Though that might have been the big park at the end of faringdon road

[leefer]

Yes DAVE...and legend has it he smacked a six through a window of the Grapes pub.