npower Village Cup Final: 9th September, Lords

Findon and Woodhouse Grange are this year's npower Village Cup finalists for the match

Entry is free for this match at Lord's chaps!

Tomorrow, Lord's hosts it's first
First floodlit match

between Middlesex Crusaders and the Derbyshire Phantoms. Tickets are £15 (free to local residents)

This match was not bad folks. Dare I say it, yes I dare, the fielding was better than WIs and India's this summer (and Pakistan's all the time).

Findon batted first and scored 213 for 2, with a 62 from Walters and an unbeaten century from Kingsbury - 103no, and a handy 36no from O'Sullivan.

During the break, their score was changed to 220 for 2 (don't know why, missed the start of the match through domestic duties at home).

Woodhouse Grange CC were good for the score, on a lovely, mostly sunny day at Lord's, they won the match by 6 wickets, with Demitrou scoring 7 '4s and 2 '6s, out on 58.

The banter was fun between the two sides, lots of laughs at one spectator's shouts that "Sussex and England are not the same"!

The portable floodlights are in place, behind the Mound Stand, for tomorrow's Pro 40 match between Middx and Derbyshire.

My club got to the final of the Village Knock-Out once, way back in the depths of time. Unfortunately the competition was being sponsered by a beer company that season and they enjoyed the sponsers hospitality a little too much the night before the match. Lost by about 30 runs in the end.

Gary 111 wrote:My club got to the final of the Village Knock-Out once, way back in the depths of time. Unfortunately the competition was being sponsered by a beer company that season and they enjoyed the sponsers hospitality a little too much the night before the match. Lost by about 30 runs in the end.

Oh, okay. Well, at least they thoroughly enjoyed their participation

Do they still do this at Lords?

Sounds like it would be worth a visit.

Just in case this is not just another sly dig at the miserable state of England cricket ...



Report 2014 (bit of a damp squid last year...): http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/11080314/Andrew-Bilton-rides-his-luck-to-steer-Woodhouse-Grange-to-victory-with-unbeaten-70-in-Village-Cup-final-at-Lords.html

Competition's history: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/11079220/Playing-at-Lords-the-cherished-prize-in-Davidstow-Village-Cup-final.html

2015 Comp: http://www.thecricketer.com/villagecup.aspx

It was not a sly dig; I am trying to work out which games I might be able to attend later this year that would be worthwhile. Sunday September 13 then.

There ya go then!

thanks for the links

Pleasure!