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Sheffield Park, as ever in May, looked glorious but a slightly woolly outfield was always going to make run scoring (along the ground) tricky. The Buccs elected to bat and Berry was swiftly undone trying to take the attack to … Continue reading →

Buccaneers 124 all out. Tilford 127 for 1. Tilford win by 9 wickets On what was a gloomy yet typical British spring day, the Buccaneers gathered at Tilford cricket club for the curtain-raiser of the 2024 season. The match manager … Continue reading →

A select group of Buccaneers of all ages met at The East India Club on Wednesday 21 February to toast a successful season. The evening was preceded by the AGM where two leadership changes were ratified. Simon Woolfries, our longstanding … Continue reading →

The rearranged 2023 Annual Dinner will be held at the East India Club, Pall Mall on Wednesday 21st February at 18.45. The speaker is still to be announced but as is now the tradition, we will be announcing the winner of … Continue reading →

Follies Farm game washed out but presentation goes ahead to mark Rob Rydon’s 27 years as Hon. Secretary Rob Rydon was presented with an engraved tankard at the final fixture of the season at Follies Farm on Sunday 17th. Sept. … Continue reading →

For the first time since before Covid, the Warborough & Shillingford and Buccaneers fixture was played over the longer all-day format. The prospect of the famous lunch no doubt contributed to the rare sight of 11 Buccaneers at the ground … Continue reading →

Various crack troops assembled at Hurstpierpoint (some more prompt than others) on a cloudier than expected August day. The Buccs captain duly won the toss and decided to bat (without really looking at the wicket). Jim and Will kicked off … Continue reading →

Innings of Buccaneers    J Marsh b Yashveer Kakkar            22          W Hammersley b Ross Pedley      25          C Portman run out Ross Pedley                   19          F Kottler c Abidine Sakande          b Yashveer Kakkar            0            L Milne b Peter Booth     18          M Sutton b Imesh Udayanga       24                          T Fletcher … Continue reading →

Much to everyone’s surprise given the monsoon the previous day, the Buccaneers completed a full 40 over match on 23 July at West Chiltington & Thakeham CC, and came up just short in a high-scoring thriller. Buccs lost the toss … Continue reading →

No doubt due to some administrative error, the Sky cameras found themselves at Lord’s on Sunday 2 July rather than at Brook. The loss was entirely theirs. Brook won the toss and, very sensibly, elected to bat: the glorious conditions … Continue reading →