Spring Lane Field is looking magnificent after over-seeding and fertilisation of the outfield. Next season, the outfield will be better than ever!
Sep 17
Square Repair, 2018
The 2018 season is done and so it is time to put the Spring Lane square to rest for the winter. The GCC scarifiers, seeders, fertilizers, loamers and luters were out on Thursday on a spectacularly sunny day. And, after the now traditional interlude….
Sep 12
Pipped
Sep 12
The Formerly Reigning Wrays, Reign Again…
In record time, our fearless Captain brings you the GCC Batting Averages for the season 2018…
Aug 17
Camden Casuals on a not so glorious 12th (of August)
Arriving on the stroke of Tea (great timing!), I found Camden had reached 167 in their 35 overs. Considering last week 199 had literally been a par score and a lot of rain had fallen in between time, it seemed a good score, to me at least.
Aug 15
Maurice Hyde
Maurice’s Eulogy given by David Burden of Highgate Taverners on 14/8/2018 and a few more images celebrating Maurice’s life.
Aug 15
Maurice `Moriarty`, `Mo` Hyde. 1937 -2018
Moriarty (as many knew him at GCC) worked in advertising for Saatchi & Saatchi, played cricket for MCC, Finchley, Highgate Taverners, Stoics and many other sides. He was a longstanding member of the MCC and the first President of the reformed Grantchester CC.
Aug 08
GCC vs The Flycatchers: Part 2
GCC’s middle order were clearly intent on not embarrassing the England team (or India, for that matter) in terms of the number (or lack of number, to be more precise) of runs produced by the traditional engine room of any team. This collapse greeted me upon my arrival and was so rapid that I …
Aug 07
GCC vs Flycatchers, Scores tied with one ball to go…
A new classic or to quote the stroke making SL “It’s up there with the legendary Reach match in the GGC classic fixture category” While missing the denouement, the camera was there earlier and has the following to share. ps Check out the newly added season finale on Sept 8th
Jul 17
It’s going to be a Battle…
Battle CC make a first time visit to Spring Lane on Sunday but the Battle (or rather battle) I’m referring to is the selection of the…
Jun 13
Weekenders visit last err… Weekend
The aptly named Weekenders visited a glorious Spring Lane Field last Sunday (and I assume) promptly lost the toss. I arrived to find a GCC scoreboard reading 200 odd for 2. The scorebook was present and I thoughtfully took a picture to give a more informative tone to this report.
Jun 07
GCC vs Menzies XI
GCC has had success against all our opponents over the years…. except one. The Menzies XI who have regularly recruited a side where the victory has varied between comprehensive and comfortable over Grantchester’s finest. Would this year be the time for the Menzies monkey to be prised from its perch upon the collective GCC back?
Jun 04
Great Lives
TK reports…. Had I have paid more attention to BBC Radio 4’s Great Lives all those years ago I’d have passed my History ‘O’ Level – though maybe only at the second attempt. I’ve listened for years. Its mix of enthusiast and expert as they deliver, by now, hundreds of half hour, biographies would have …