The Rioteers is a wandering club with a long history of cricket in the South of England; indeed this was their 60th Anniversary match...

You know you are in for a challenge when a team turns up in smart blazers, with their own chef, and have a pre-match warm-up routine....

On a beautifully sunny Wednesday afternoon on the downs, the Brigands hosted the Oriental Club who were keen to celebrate their 200th...

There is now a YouTube channel dedicated to showing off the various forms of cricket played at, and the history of, Broadhalfpenny Down....

Brigands all-rounders, Wood and Beardall force the draw. On a blustery Sunday afternoon a youthful and athletic side of mostly Old...

Our Honorary Groundsperson, Harry Bates, declared that "the bloody badgers are back" and that they are causing a fair bit of damage to...

There were poignant scenes this week as D-Day veterans recounted stories of heroism, and loss, during the Normandy landings 80 years ago....

This was the kind of unpredictable cricket match that bookmakers dream of. A Brigands team with seven bowlers and no wicketkeeper against...

There may have been no Shakespeare without the 16th-century theatre impresario Philip Henslowe. In the film “Shakespeare in Love” he was...

The Times published a special edition on 25 May 1937 to celebrate 150 years since the formation of the M.C.C, featuring stories from the...

London New Zealand win their cricket match in the Hambledon valley on a day when a Kiwi Pavlova stole the show

Fatty Batter is the memoir of a rotund, sweet-loving, boy called Michael Simkins who discovered it’s possible to play, and fall in love...