Category: 2011 Season
Feb 18
Averages 2011
Nov 14
End of Season Report
Oct 14
Match Report: vs Dullingham
And so to the final game of the 2011 season and under grey skies “The Grantchester” headed East to Dullingham. Twenty years ago (November 1991 to be exact) the village of Dullingham was struck by a freak tornado which caused substantial damage. Would history repeat itself? The prospect of rain made this an important …
Sep 30
Match Report: vs Conington part 2
“Country house cricket” featured in numerous novels and plays of the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: “England their England” is perhaps the best known followed closely by Hugh de Selincourt’s “The Cricket Match” and various of E.W. Hornung’s short stories featuring “Raffles: the Amateur Cracksman”. One of the best known patrons of this …
Aug 17
Match Report: vs Conington part 1
In retrospect the signs were ominous. A seemingly strong team………..no last minute absences………..everyone had enough kit…………even fielding practice went well. Surely all was set for Grantchester to revenge last year’s heavy defeat. And yet? Ugly rumours were circulating. Had our keeper really been punting down the Cam dressed only in his boxers? Did …
Jul 18
Match Report: GCC vs Hemingford
Jul 05
Match Report: Testudo & Profumo at Cambridge University Press
Genius is not only characterised by success but by strong levels of variation. The good achieve reliably but genius can so easily falter between brilliance and disaster. And so it was for the GCC team on this sun drenched Sunday. The bowling attack of GCC was ferocious, inspired and (mostly) accurate. Jake and Adam …
Jun 17
Match Report: Philanderers Truncated by Dominant GCC
A depressing blanket of pendulous grey cloud hung over the Clare college cricket pitch as the teams prepared to do battle. The Philanderers batsmen stood at the crease for some ten minutes or so as chaos prevailed amongst the Blue Ballers as to whom was playing and also their whereabouts. In the end …
Jun 12
Match Report: GCC Sunk by Stiffkey in Nelson’s County
Our second official tour to North Norfolk saw a plucky Grantchester XI beaten by a determined Stiffkey. Injuries and a brace of motorcycle breakdowns saw Grantchester robbed of both players and supporters and it was not until twenty minutes before 2 o’clock that the Grantchester team was confirmed. Winning the toss Stiffkey decided …
May 23
Match Report: GCC vs Girton Village
May 16