Woodies – Tadworth 2015 by Life President and Patrick Owen Browne (in italics)

Autumn had arrived and in the days leading up to the game we were switching on our central heating but as the large entourage of grandmothers, mothers, fathers, tiny tots and supporters turned up the drifting white clouds finally departed leaving one Tadworth tea lady saying “you’ve brought the nicest weather of the summer, not too hot and not too cold.”   

Woodies – Withyham 2015

Report by LP, Pob in italics

Having seen last week’s match cancelled at Dunsfold when the sun came out early in the afternoon, we were lucky this week that the forecast changed and we had a dry day

 The start was brought forward to 1pm and eight players arrived well before the start.  Cousin Dave Holme’s Land Rover drove up a short time later bearing a new recruit, his great Colchesterfloppy haired mate Archie –nicknamed ‘Colly’  ,who works for a company which manufactures large tiles which produces electricity, 

One player was missing but still believed to be alive -  Neil Runkel.

The conditions at Teddington’s ground in Bushy Park were similar to the day Alastair Cook sent in the Aussies at Trent Bridge and snatched the Ashes back ten days earlier. The flat pitch had a bit of moisture, there was plenty of cloud cover and you might remember that Michael Clarke’s shattered batters were bowled out for 60.