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Club legend Doug Murphy returns to the UK as an international cricketer
Buccaneers of a certain vintage will have played with club legend Doug Murphy. For those who didn’t, Doug holds the club’s two highest individual batting innings with 200 vs Adastrians (the RAF Officers) in 1999 and 190 vs The Mote … Continue reading
Kalidasan’s 151* gilds a last ball humdinger
Sunday 15th June saw the Buccs return to Frensham for their sixth outing of the season, in need of a strong bounce back after the difficult day out at Hurlingham a couple of Sunday’s prior. The sun was blazing, the … Continue reading
Buccs try hard but come up short at Hurlingham
On Sunday 1 June, the Buccaneers ventured to South West London for the premier fixture in the cricketing calendar. The weather was pleasant, and we avoided the rain that was around the previous week. The Skipper won the toss, and … Continue reading
Buccaneers snatch victory in nail biter at Reigate Pilgrims
Sunday, 25 May saw the Buccaneers travel to the beautiful Betchworth for their fourth clash of the season. A timed game was agreed upon, with the cut-off set at 20 overs after 6pm. As it turned out, the Buccs didn’t … Continue reading
Buccaneers Golf Society Spring Meeting report
The Golfing Society enjoyed two days of mostly good weather this week in Kent playing Littlestone and Sene Valley. 11 golfers took part for a number of prizes each day – including overall stableford score, nearest the pin and a … Continue reading
Buccs fall short versus the Dills
Blazing sunshine, a rock hard pitch and outfield heralded a runfest at the Park. Play was delayed somewhat by the need to clear a bucketful of goose sh*t from the square and when it did start, the Buccs umpire only … Continue reading
Berry stars in Follie’s thriller
After a couple of years of unfortunate wash outs the Buccaneers returned to the idyllic Follie’s Farm for a 40 over slug fest. Follie’s Farm were sent in to bat on a scorcher of a mid-May Sunday. Rob Rydon and … Continue reading
A feisty finish to a game for the ages
About 10 minutes from the town of Farnham lies the quaint village of Tilford, and after last year’s debacle, the Buccaneers returned looking to even the score – and the game did not disappoint. We won the toss and due … Continue reading
2025 season fixtures published
Welcome to the 2025 season! It is the most exciting time in the cricketing year and so why not commit to playing some games for The Buccaneers this summer. Details of fixtures and Match managers can be found via the … Continue reading
Buccaneers’ Golfing Society Summer meeting – sign up
We will be visiting Kent in May 2025: playing two courses on 21st and 22nd May 2025 We will be visiting UK Top 100 links course Littlestone GC and nearby parkland Sene Valley GC in Kent on Wednesday 21st and Thursday … Continue reading