It was a day of toil and trouble for the Kent Ramblas as they suffered a chastening defeat at the hands of neighbours Wickham Park. Giddy from a rare win at the toss, Michael Cooper had little choice but to put the hosts into bat, with a damp pitch only going to get drier and,…
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Match Report: vs Wickham Park CC
On a high from a four-match winning streak, the Ramblas were brought back down to earth with news of a selection crisis ahead of their match with neighbours Wickham Park. With 10 regulars unavailable due to injuries or holidays, Jonny Stocks and skipper-for-the-day Alex Danks somehow managed to cobble together a rag tag bunch of…
Match Report: vs Wickham Park
What a difference a week makes – in terms of the weather, at least – as last Sunday’s downpour made way for bright sunshine in West Wickham, with the Kent Ramblas making the short trip up the road to take on neighbours Wickham Park. With the team on something of a Ramblas roll (a run…
Match Report: vs Wickham Park
Ensuring the whites are in place, the sandwiches will be made, the ball’s been bought have long been staples of the Kent Ramblas week building up to a game, but this season has seen the addition of one other (fairly key) task… finding a team to act as a last-minute replacement. For the third time in…
Match Report: vs Wickham Park CC
It might not be a rivalry to match the great local derbies of our time (AC-Inter, Everton-Liverpool, Cowdenbeath-Dunfermline…), but there was still a healthy amount of pride at stake as the Ramblas made the short journey up Pickhurst Rise to take on Wickham Park – the scene of the first ever Ramblas game, no less….
Match Report: vs Wickham Park CC
After a heavy defeat at home to St Mary Cray a week earlier, there were fears that Mother Nature might deny the Ramblas the opportunity to bounce straight back. Luckily for all concerned, the weather was perfect for cricket as the Ramblas hosted local rivals Wickham Park. Skipper Stocks had a selection headache as the majority…
Match Report: vs Wickham Park (20:20)
A gorgeous (at first) summer’s afternoon in West Wickham saw the second part of the now-traditional 20:20 double-header between neighbours Wickham Park and Kent Ramblas, with the Ramblas looking for revenge following the previous week’s fairly pitiful reverse fixture. Captain Cooper was able to field what looked on paper a pretty strong team, even taking…
Match Report: vs Wickham Park (20:20)
Fresh from their first victory of the season, the Ramblas shifted into Twenty:20 mode for the short away trip to neighbours Wickham Park on a glorious summer’s evening. Captaining the team was Michael Cooper who, due to a mixture of injuries and other commitments, had slim pickings available to him in terms of personnel. On…
Match Report: vs Wickham Park
Sporting fever has been gripping Britain – and, in particular, London – this week. And while ‘some’ people have been focusing on the Olympics, sport’s truest fans trained their eyes on events in West Wickham as Kent Ramblas made the short trip to neighbours Wickham Park for a Thursday night Twenty:20 game. On what turned…
Match Report: vs Wickham Park
Umbrella up. Umbrella down. Umbrella up. Umbrella down. As the weather showed levels of indecision not seen since an Englishman stepped up to take a penalty, there were fears Friday’s Twenty:20 encounter against Wickham Park wouldn’t go ahead. However, those fears proved unfounded and the local rivals were set fair to put on a contest….