Batting, AP looks unreachable… Bowling, Sam reclaims the #2 spot!
Category: Matches
Aug 02
GCC vs Philanderers
Jul 12
Grantchester Cricket Club
Apr 17
Grantchester Cricket Club AGM, 22 February 2021: The Secretary’s Report
This is the 10th Secretary’s Report of the reformed Grantchester Cricket Club. I have usually started by saying that it gives me great pleasure to present my report but this year that would be a hollow sentiment…
Oct 06
The Great Average Update (Part 1)
GCC’s master statistician has been at work and not only produced this year’s rankings but also updated the GCC’s all-time (well 21st century) rankings (see Part 2 below). First: Batting 2020 sees the return of a familiar name as…
Oct 06
The Great Average Update (Part 2)
The all-time rankings updated to reflect the results from our pandemic shortened 2020 season show some mid-table changes. Short the season was but especially sweet for some such as Baggers as he continues his inexorable rise through the Batting rankings, casting me down to 26th position with barely a backward (downward?) glance. Bigger scalps await with Chr….
Sep 13
Square Repair
After the last Home Match against Madingley over the August Bank Holiday, it was time for the annual “Scarifyin’, Seedin’, Brushin’, Fertilisin’ followed by the Loamin’ & Lutin’ to which we so much look forward” to prepare the Spring Lane square for its annual winter slumber. But first, of course, there was the annual ‘Jerry, Can you fix the Scarifyer?’ routine.
Sep 08
Mad(ingley )men in Grantchester
Madingley visited Spring Lane Field for, an extremely rare, if not unique, Bank Holiday Home fixture for GCC. With shielding, storms and all, this was the first time I had made it to Spring Lane for a GCC game and…
Aug 16
TK a.k.a. JA…
Recently, as I failed to explain cricket to a Chinese teenager, he did what they all do and Googled the GCC only to have me read a blog entry I’d not seen before…
Jul 16
Cricket Returns
Finally! GCC hosted the Gentlemen of Cambridge last weekend and Spring Lane was looking truly resplendent. Geoff Robinson Photography was on hand to capture the spectacle from his drone.
Mar 24
GCC’s Season is underway
The Gentlemen of Cambridge visit on Sunday, July 12th followed by our annual Gents vs Players match on Friday, July 17th. Full fixture list and sign-up sheets will be posted shortly!!!