Adlestrop
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Yes, I remember Adlestrop –
The name because one afternoon
Of heat the express train drew up there
Unwontedly. It was late June.
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The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.
No one left and no one came
On the bare platform. What I saw
Was Adlestrop – only the name
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And willows, willow-herb, and grass,
And meadowsweet, and haycocks dry,
No whit less still and lonely fair
Than the high cloudlets in the sky.
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And for that minute blackbird sang
Close by, and round him mistier,
Farther and farther, all the birds
Of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire.
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Edward Thomas (1878 – 1917)
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Thursday 8th June (at Farley Way, Quorn)
The Friendship Trophy
UK Armed forces 4
Jack Wright 25, Jake Gosling 36, Joe Spalding 43, 64,
Irish Defence Force 1
Adrian Rafferty (pen) 23,
Referee: Martin Mitchell (RAF). Attendance: 133
Admission: F.O.C. Programme: NONE
On a chilly Leicestershire evening, these two armies played, incongruously, for The Friendship Trophy! The Irish started very positively and kept the UK penned in their own half. They scored first after 23 minutes, but couldn’t hold onto the lead and by half-time, TheUK had scored three times in reply. In a substitute littered second half, only one further goal was scored and The UK Armed Forces took the trophy with a convincing victory …. but not quite as convincing as the women’s team who won their match against the Irish earlier in the day by 4-0. With John Main.
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CRICKET:-
Thursday 1st June 2023
Player Pathway Match at Burton Latimer
Northampton & South U13 224 for 7 (40 overs)
defeated
Kettering & Corby U13 117 all out (30.4 overs)
by 107 runs
Umpires: Colin Megennis & Eddie McGeown
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Friday 2nd June
U12 County Match at S&L Corby
Essex U12 110 all out (28.5 overs)
defeated
Northamptonshire U12 97 all out (32.3 overs)
by 13 runs
Umpires: Alan Pearce & Eddie McGeown
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Saturday 3rd June 2023
Northants Cricket League Division 1
(at Haddon)
Rushden & Higham 223 for 9 (50 overs)
defeated
Haddon (won toss) 184 a/o (44.1 overs)
by 39 runs
Umpires: Nick Beesley & Eddie McGeown
Former cricket clubs, East and West Haddon and Guilsborough combined to form Haddon CC and they play at the War Memorial Ground in East Haddon. Rushden & Higham are also a combined club and today, they proved too strong for the hosts in a very competitive match and stretched their lead at the top of the table.
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A lonely fielder under the tree that overhangs the ground – a six if you hit it on the full!
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Wednesday 7th June 2023
Northants Women’s Midweek Cricket League
at Thrapston (won toss)
Thrapstpon Women(Green) 122 for 7 (20 overs)
lost to
Haddon Women 123 for 2 (15.20 overs) by five wickets
Umpire: Eddie McGeown
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Saturday 10th June 2023
Northants Cricket league Division 1 (at Thrapston)
Thrapston (won toss) 118 all out in 34.5 overs
lost to
Haddon 123 for 4 in 23.4 overs
by six wickets.
Umpires: Chris Dunn & Eddie McGeown
Thrapston CC share their ground with Thrapston Town FC, as the floodlights bear testimony. On a pitch with a bit of softness in it, the toss was a difficult choice and, perhaps, the hosts paid the price. 74 for three after 21 overs, 102 for five after 28 overs and 118 all out ten overs later. Haddon polished of the target in 24 overs, finishing with a big six into the woods.
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Thrapston Town Football Club
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Umpires: Chris Dunn & Eddie McGeown
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Sunday 11th June 2023
Northants Player Pathway Fixture
(at Weldon – Northampton & South U11 won the toss)
Northampton & South U11 230 for 5 (35 overs)
lost to
Kettering & Corby U11 231 for 6 (32.2 overs) by 6 wickets
Umpire: Eddie McGeown
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Wednesday 14th June 2023
Northants Women’s Cricket Midweek League
(At Guilsborough CC – Haddon won toss)
Haddon Women 149 for 3 (20 overs)
lost to
Thrapston Women (Green) 150 for 2 (19.3 overs)
by 6 wickets
Umpire: Eddie McGeown
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Saturday 17th June 2023
Northants Cricket League Division 1
(at East Haddon Memorial Playing Field – Haddon won toss)
Old Northamptonians IIs 138 all out (44.4 overs)
lost to
Haddon 144 for 2 (35.2 overs)
by 8 wickets
Umpires: Martin Field & Eddie McGeown
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Sunday 18th June 2023
U-10s County Match
(at Stowe School – Northants U-10s won toss)
Oxfordshire U-10s 173 all out (40 overs)
defeated
Northants U-10s 89 all out (21.4 overs)
by 84 runs
Umpires:Chris Boilrigg and Eddie McGeown
Sonny McGeown, playing for Oxfordshire scored 5 with the bat, did not bowl (but fielded well and took a catch).
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Wednesday 21st June 2023
Northants Women/s Cricket Midweek League
(at Irthlingborough Town CC – Irthlingborough Town Women won toss)
Irthlingborough Town Women 46 all out (13.5 overs)
lost to
Thrapston Women (Yellow) 47 for 2 (8.4 overs)
by 6 wickets
Umpire: Eddie McGeown
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Cricket at Stamford School
Friday 23rd June 2023
Stamford School 236 all out (47.5 overs)
defeated
Kings School (Sydney) 147 all out (42.5 overs)
by 89 runs.
Umpires: David Tress & Eddie McGeown.
Saturday 24th June 2023
Bedford School 162 all out (42.4 overs)
lost to
Stamford School 165 for 6 (37.4 overs)
by 6 wickets
Umpires: Alan Pearce & Eddie McGeown.
Couple of good games this weekend at Stamford School, the first a mini Ashes fixture, the second a tight, tense and cagey encounter between two evenly matched local rivals. The sun shone heartily on both matches!
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Sunday 25th June 2023
U13 Girls County Match
at Great Oakley (Bucks U-13 Girls won the toss)
Bucks U-13 Girls 189 for 4 (30 overs)
lost to
Northants U-13 Girls190 for 6 (26.3 overs)
by 4 wickets
Umpires: Kiran Mackwana and Eddie McGeown
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Wednesday 28th June 2023
Northants Women’s Midweek Cricket League
at Dallas Burton Cricket Ground, Brixworth (Brixworth won toss)
Brixworth Women 117 for 4 (20 overs0
defeated
Thrapston Women (Green) 101 for 6 (20 overs)
by 16 runs
Umpires: Eddie McGeown and Martin Batchelor
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