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SATURDAY, 10TH OCTOBER 2026. Tremlett, Timothy Maurice  (376) born Wellington, Somerset 26.7.1956. His father played for England and captained Somerset, where Tim Tremlett was born, but the family moved to Hampshire, and he played for the 2 nd  XI in 1973, just before his 17 th  birthday. He was principally a medium-fast bowler in his early career, and in July 1976, made his first-class debut at Hove. It would be another year before his next Championship game, at Cardiff, but

We regret to inform you that our Spring Lunch must be cancelled due to the refurbishment works planned for the Bat and Ball Inn. The refurbishment, which was initially scheduled for last year, will now take place in March/April, making it impossible for us to host the event as originally intended. However, we are pleased to confirm that our Autumn Lunch will proceed as planned on 10 th  October.

Harry Kutty SATURDAY, 18TH OCTOBER 2025. Harry Kutty  is an active and passionate advocate for inclusion in sports. Out of his love of cricket, he believes access to it should be made widely available. His mission includes ensuring that Cricket is an impactful part of a ‘Levelling Up’ agenda.  In  this respect, he has been deeply involved in setting up Community Cricket Hubs in underprivileged areas of Basingstoke, Portsmouth and Southampton. This initiative (the Hawks City A

Dear Members. We have been informed that Roger Gibbons passed away on the 13 February. Roger, a charming, modest man, was member of our...

(March 3rd – April 11th, 2025). We have been notified that the Bat & Ball refurbishment originally planned for the spring has been postponed until further notice. Should our autumn lunch on the 18th October be affected if any way, we will keep you updated here.

Alastair Lack Alastair Lack will be our guest speaker on Saturday, 26TH APRIL, 2025. Alastair Lack was born in December 1944 and educated at Whitgift School and University College, Oxford where he read Politics, Philosophy and Economics and then Modern History.  Post Oxford, he taught at Scindia School in Madhya Pradesh in India and worked in publishing in New York.   In 1971 he joined the BBC and subsequently worked as a producer on Radio 4 and as a Further Education produc

Our club treasurer, Dave Allen Saturday, 12 October Our President had asked me to interview Chris Wood for our October meeting which I...

Annie Chave will be joining us on Saturday, 23rd March Annie is the Editor and a Director of ‘County Cricket Matters ’, a magazine that...

Matt is an experienced broadcaster with thousands of hours of live television under his belt. An award-winning presenter and programme-maker with an easy charm on camera, Matt has fronted national ITV news bulletins as well as sports bulletins and programmes on Sky News. He currently fronts ITV News Central in the Midlands as well as programmes for Forces TV, a news channel dedicated to the British Armed Forces. Matt has interviewed Prime Ministers, politicians, military chie

Huw Turbervill is the editor of The Cricketer Magazine, after previously being deputy editor then managing editor. He joined the magazine in 2015 after 15 years at the Telegraph and was a sidekick for Scyld Berry of the Telegraph on several Tours. Huw started his career in Ipswich at the East Anglian Daily Times. Huw has also written football match reports for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, and Daily Express. Huw is the author of ‘The Toughest Tour: The Ashes Away Series Sin

Mark Curtin (right), the Chief Executive Officer at the Lord’s Taverners, has been a senior leader in the charity sector for nearly 20...

Richard Clarke may be known to members and county cricket devotees by his Twitter alias @The_Grumbler. Richard started as a sports...

Due to a last-minute cancellation by Simon Hughes, The President thanked Dave Allen for standing in. Dave has devised a quiz for the...

Now one of the regular voices on BBC’s Test Match Special, Jonathan first came to note as a seam bowler of genuine pace. In a...

Dennis Amiss, had played county cricket for Warwickshire; in 50 Test Matches for England from 1966-1977; and in 18 of the earliest ODIs....

Lord MacLaurin was Chairman of Tesco and Vodafone, and then from 1997–2002, Chairman of the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He...

Isabelle Duncan is a leading woman cricketer and qualified coach, running her own cricket coaching organisation. She was educated at...

Vic Marks was born in Middle Chinnock, Somerset, on 25 June 1955. He represented England in Under-19 matches and after school, went up to...

For many years John has been Director of Cricket and Coaching for the Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation, encouraging young people from...

Due to a last minute engagement for Vic Marks to cover the 20-over game in Calcutta, Alan Rayment and Dave Allen were invited to...