Victory marred by injury Lubenham CC hail from Thorpe Lubenham near Market Harborough in Leicestershire and it was a delight to see them arrive at the Entrecasteaux ground on such a warm and pleasant day. In winning the toss the Lubenham skipper, Tom Whitehouse, chose to bat and Clifford Gregory Read more »
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Match report Entrecasteaux CC vs Butterlords CC Saturday 31st May 2014 at Entrecasteaux
Kippered by the weather The first touring team of the season saw Butterlords CC, from London, England gather on the hallowed turf at Entrecasteaux to do battle against a home team bristling with some talent but also with some noticeable gaps – namely Chaminda Perera, who had been available but Read more »
Match Report Beausoleil vs Entrecasteaux Sunday 18th May 2014
In summary, unfortunately this « much improved » BCC team got the better of ECC yesterday. It was a pretty even affair played in a competitive spirit over 35 overs on a very pleasant day up at Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey. The grass was a little long, the boundaries were short … and the Sri Read more »
Match report ECC vs Cannes Lions – Sunday 4th May 2014
Lions roar defeats Entrecasteaux In winning the toss Cannes Lions decided to bat on a pitch that had, the previous day, received a heavy deluge of rain. At the outset this seemed a dubious decision to have made as the bounce was variable and the ball was not coming onto Read more »
Match report Entrecasteaux CC vs Beausoleil CC – Sunday 20th April 2014 at Entrecasteaux
Entrecasteaux return to winning formula Having played 2 and lost 2 it was important for Entrecasteaux to find that winning way which had seemed such a formality last season and this they did in emphatic style on a cold and breezy April day. Perhaps it was the return of such Read more »
Match Report 6th April 2014 Beausoleil vs Entrecasteaux
Without a swallow gliding gracefully above the turf to pluck at sleepy insects we could not really say that summer had arrived and yet the sound of leather on willow suggested that something was awry. So Entrecasteaux entertained the growing force of Beausoleil for the opening competitive fixture of the Read more »
Match report Weekend 28th/29th September 2013 Entrecasteaux CC vs Bordeaux Giscours CC
The much anticipated return match against Bordeaux Giscours, who had won this fixture convincingly on their home ground earlier in the season, presented Entrecasteaux with the opportunity to seek revenge for that defeat on their own patch. Giscours had brought a team full of young talent (minus a couple of Read more »
Siddalls Entrecasteaux 7 aside report Saturday 21st September 2013
Entrecasteaux retain trophy. With the organisers of this unique festival of cricket pulling their hair out due to last minute cancellations and the like they reminded themselves to ‘Always look on the bright side of life’ and so it was that Saturday dawned, bright and peaceful with eight teams, Read more »
Match report Entrecasteaux CC vs Bristol Venturers CC – Saturday 14th September 2013
Burrell bludgeons Bristol. We could write a great deal about this match which on the whole would be space filling. In truth Entrecasteaux out classed their visitors from Bristol with both the bat and the ball. That having been said no one would deny that it was a highly Read more »
Match report Entrecasteaux CC vs The Reprobates CC Sunday 8th September 2013
At 04.00 hours we were awoken to the large crash of thunder and then slowly at first the rain began to fall, by 9 o’clock if you ventured outside you might as well have been stood under High Force in upper Teesdale, such was volume of water descending from the Read more »