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Eight ‘Old Wives’ take the spoils
This was the match with more drop outs than the ill fated Celibacy degree course at the Parisian University d’amour. Abbo and Ken had been billed to appear but ended up ‘hors de combat’, strained fetlock or drinkers elbow we …
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Sunday team put Great Glen in a spin
A question for all you wannabe David Attenborough’s out there. What do you do if you see two Tigers heading in your direction? You might be tempted to think the answer would be to stand very still and hope you …
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Its a high scoring draw for Folls’ boys
And so the survivors from a windy weekend in Fleckney arrived back at the familiar surroundings of Kibworth for this annual tussle against Makers Edge Taveners. Although the atmosphere was cooler than at a Polar Bear’s divorce hearing the wicket …
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New wicket bring no joy for Kean’s boys
The Sunday XI, the team that is to quality cricket what Frank Spencer was to accident avoidance, resumed their activities last weekend with a short hop to jovial near neighbours Fleckney. In true ripping yarns though style the best part …
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Legends finish with a win
Tada 2012 season. You were cold, wet but finally glorious and the Legends matched the conditions with a comprehensive victory to end their summer time expedition. Initially things had not gone well. Last weeks heroes, Messer’s Wordsworth and Simpson, fell …
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Kibworth Legends V Fleckney Village CC
Aside from the sight of the mother in law walking up the driveway with an overnight bag or being smacked in the undercarriage by a rutting hippo there can be few more sickening feelings than the impending end of the …
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Legends V Braunstone Cricketers
It’s the Monday morning when the country’s post-Olympic hangover kicks in. However the Legends began their downer approximate 24 hours early as they slumped to a pretty unsatisfactory 52 run defeat to Braunstone Cricketers. On a blameless wicket the visitors, …
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KIBWORTH LEGENDS V NEWBOLD VERDON
This is officially getting ridiculous. Two weeks ago the Legends squeaked home off the last ball, last week a hat-trick in the final three deliveries took the home side to victory and now the match against Newbold Verdon again went …
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Kibworth legends vs Braybrooke
It is difficult to do justice to the extraordinary game of cricket that occurred on Sunday without resorting to a mountain of cliché or the murky depths of hyperbole. Safe to say though, in all seriousness, it was the most …
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Kibworth Legends V Lubenham
Finally the rain subsided, the snorkels were put away and the Sunday XI, sighted less often than Lord Lucan’s birthmark, took to the field for the first time in six weeks. Unfortunately the delay was increased slightly by the skippers …
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