New Watercolour Paintings by Peter Bowen
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North Curry Cricket Club by Peter Bowen
Cricket has been played off and on in North Curry for well over a century on different fields around the Parish. However it is the Bird In Hand public house that is the spiritual home of North Curry cricket. The present team has been playing together since 1994 when they rolled out a bumpy square on the village Playing Fields and entertained such clubs as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra C.C. and a rather bemused Kent League team from Eridge.
A conflict of interests at the Playing Fields with the village football club led to the team upping stumps to Taunton in 1996, but North Curry C. C. are ambitious and motivated and became a Somerset League Club in 2000 gaining promotion to Division 5 in 2003. The club excels at indoor cricket winning 3 league titles in the Somerset County Cricket Club’s indoor leagues and singing, always being in great voice when Somerset are at a Lords final. One day soon the club will return to North Curry to play cricket rather than to just have a few pints in the “Bird”
North Curry Cricket Club by Peter Bowen
Cricket has been played off and on in North Curry for well over a century on different fields around the Parish. However it is the Bird In Hand public house that is the spiritual home of North Curry cricket. The present team has been playing together since 1994 when they rolled out a bumpy square on the village Playing Fields and entertained such clubs as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra C.C. and a rather bemused Kent League team from Eridge.
A conflict of interests at the Playing Fields with the village football club led to the team upping stumps to Taunton in 1996, but North Curry C. C. are ambitious and motivated and became a Somerset League Club in 2000 gaining promotion to Division 5 in 2003. The club excels at indoor cricket winning 3 league titles in the Somerset County Cricket Club’s indoor leagues and singing, always being in great voice when Somerset are at a Lords final. One day soon the club will return to North Curry to play cricket rather than to just have a few pints in the “Bird”Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club by Peter Bowen
The Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club is one of the leading clubs in the Kent Cricket League being a founder member. The Club celebrated its bicentenary in 1982 and has hosted Kent County Cricket Club for a Cricket Week since 1901. The Nevill has also staged international matches - most notably the 1983 World Cup fixture between India and Zimbabwe (‘Kapil Dev's match’).
A number of players with first class or international experience have represented the club in the Kent Cricket League: amongst them Bob Woolmer, Alan Brown, Peter Hearn, Mike Willard and more recently Rajesh Sharma and Julian Thompson. Many KCL and KCB representative players have been selected from the membership.
A number of players with first class or international experience have represented the club in the Kent Cricket League: amongst them Bob Woolmer, Alan Brown, Peter Hearn, Mike Willard and more recently Rajesh Sharma and Julian Thompson. Many KCL and KCB representative players have been selected from the membership.
Widely acknowledged as one of the most picturesque grounds in the country, the Nevill is a marvellous place to play cricket. We have a comfortable pavilion with a well stocked bar, so even if you are a non-playing member you can just pop in and take in some cricket while relaxing over a cool drink.
Kew Cricket Club by Peter Bowen
The Kew Cricket Club was formed in 1882 following the amalgamation of two local clubs, Kew Oxford and Kew Cambridge. However cricket had been played on the green for many years prior to 1882. Evidence supporting this is contained in a report printed in The London Post dated July 16th 1737, which refers to a match between a Prince of Wales XI and The Duke of Marlborough XI.
Over 100 years Kew Cricket Club has seen some good seasons and bad. In the period from 1919-22 the club produced its best ever results in terms of percentage of games won. The best years in terms of number of victories came much later in 1959(21) and 1969(22) when of course, a greater number of games were played.
In 1962 the then head of light entertainment for the BBC Tom Sloan offered to put on a show to help raise money for a pavilion. This led to Tom being instrumental in raising celebrity sides to play in the clubs annual charity matches and did so until his untimely death.
The Kew Cricket Club was formed in 1882 following the amalgamation of two local clubs, Kew Oxford and Kew Cambridge. However cricket had been played on the green for many years prior to 1882. Evidence supporting this is contained in a report printed in The London Post dated July 16th 1737, which refers to a match between a Prince of Wales XI and The Duke of Marlborough XI.
Over 100 years Kew Cricket Club has seen some good seasons and bad. In the period from 1919-22 the club produced its best ever results in terms of percentage of games won. The best years in terms of number of victories came much later in 1959(21) and 1969(22) when of course, a greater number of games were played.In 1962 the then head of light entertainment for the BBC Tom Sloan offered to put on a show to help raise money for a pavilion. This led to Tom being instrumental in raising celebrity sides to play in the clubs annual charity matches and did so until his untimely death.
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