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Surrey’s September title heartbreak has been a real motivator
HOOK’S SHOT: The wickets have been rolled, the stumps varnished and bats oiled with linseed. From his seat in The Oval Long Room, MARCUS HOOK, pictured right, looks ahead to the cricket season Good Friday sees the start of the … Continue reading
Live music through December at The Oval Tavern, Addiscombe
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Live music through December at The Oval Tavern, Addiscombe
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Blues at The Oval, Sundays thru November, Addiscombe
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Blues at The Oval, Sundays thru November, Addiscombe
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Anderson’s art captured Surrey greats and church monuments
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: Surrey’s first home match in their 180th county cricket season got underway at The Oval on Friday, and DAVID MORGAN was there for the opening over. Here, he recounts the career of an historian and artist who put … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cricket, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History, Jamie Smith, Rory Burns, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged Archbishop Grindal, Croydon, Croydon Minster, Croydon Minster Fire 1857, Croydon Parish Church, David Morgan, John Corbet Anderson, Julius Caesar, Rory Burns, Surrey, Surrey CCC, Surrey County Cricket Club, The Oval, Tom Lockyer, Tom Sherman, William Caffyn
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Florence Joelle, Blues at The Oval, Addiscombe, Feb 2
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Raman Subba Row: OW who saved Surrey and changed cricket
There will be a strange, sad, empty space on a bench near the boundary of the Old Whitgiftians’ Croham Road cricket ground in South Croydon this summer. It is a spot where Raman Subba Row used to sit in the … Continue reading
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Tagged cricket, Croham Road, ECB, Jim Laker, Lord's, MCC, Old Whitgiftians, OWs, Peter May, Raman Subba Row, South Croydon, Streatham, Surrey, Surrey CCC, Surrey County Cricket Club, TCCB, Test and County Cricket Board, The Oval, Whitgift School
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Surrey cricket great Stewart announces retirement at The Oval
Alec Stewart, a Surrey cricket great, has announced this morning that he is to step down from his job as the county club’s director of cricket at the end of the year, after 11 years in the role. “Family comes … Continue reading
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Tagged Alec Stewart, England, Surrey, Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey cricket, The Oval
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Aisha Khan and the Rajahs, free entry, Oval Tavern, Dec 3
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Rhythm and Booze: Blues nights at The Oval Tavern, Dec-Jan
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JG and the Ultimates, Blues at The Oval, free entry, Nov 19
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Britain’s Got Talent auditions come to London next month
The nation’s favourite talent show is coming to south London next month looking for a talented act to take the crown of our 17th series. Britain’s Got Talent is holding open auditions where Londoners are invited to present their unique … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Comedy, Dance, Music, Poetry, Theatre
Tagged Britain's Got Talent, Kia Oval, Simon Cowell, The Oval
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Minster’s cricketing cleric had a decent innings at the crease
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: The publication of the 2022 season’s fixture list might help distract English cricket supporters from the uncomfortable memories of the latest Ashes defeats. DAVID MORGAN has found some solace in happier cricketing memories from the Croydon Minster archives … Continue reading
New format that offers a way in to cricket for our youngsters
For DAVID MORGAN, his first Hundred cricket match struck a chord I went to a cricket match at The Oval on Thursday. It wasn’t the first time I had been to a game there, but it was the first time … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, David Morgan, Jason Roy, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged David Morgan, Jason Roy, Surrey County Cricket Club, The Hundred, The Oval
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Flipping Norah: Batty’s new tricks make a difference, even at 38
HOOK SHOT: Ahead of Surrey’s one-day final showdown at Lord’s tomorrow, MARCUS HOOK interviews the skipper about the season and his recall to the England Test squad Surrey are back at Lord’s tomorrow for the final of the Royal London … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Gareth Batty, Jason Roy, Marcus Hook, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged Gareth Batty, Marcus Hook, Surrey CCC, The Oval
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Surrey’s survival guide for the last eight weeks of the season
HOOK SHOT: Victory over Hampshire in their last game lifted Surrey out of the Championship relegation zone for the first time since the start of the season. MARCUS HOOK outlines what they need to do over the next two months … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Jason Roy, Marcus Hook, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged Gareth Batty, Jason Roy, Marcus Hook, Surrey CCC, Surrey County Cricket Club, The Oval
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Bravo arrives just as Oval season’s gone pear-shaped
HOOK SHOT: Two defeats in the past week, each by one wicket, have been the latest morale-sapping set-backs for struggling Surrey. MARCUS HOOK asks the county cricket club’s coach, Michael Di Venuto, what it will take to turn around the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dwayne Bravo, Michael Di Venuto, Sam Curran, Surrey CCC, Surrey County Cricket Club, The Oval, Tom Curran
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Surrey’s Sangakkara sets himself for another long knock
HOOK SHOT: Surrey start their first game at The Oval since their return to the County Championship top tier this weekend. Here, MARCUS HOOK interviews one of the biggest stars in the all-star dressing room When Kumar Sangakkara speaks, you … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Marcus Hook, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged Kumar Sangakkara, Surrey CCC, The Oval, Zafar Ansari
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Pietersen could still help Surrey to have a Blast this summer
HOOK SHOT: The World T20 is underway and the county cricket season is just a few weeks away at The Oval. So, we need to talk about Kevin… MARCUS HOOK opens the batting on a new column Even if Kevin … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Kevin Pietersen, Marcus Hook, Sport, Surrey CCC
Tagged cricket, Kevin Pietersen, Kumar Sangakkara, Marcus Hook, Surrey CCC, The Oval
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Surrey’s going round in circles over captaincy at The Oval
JASON COURT wraps up the county cricket season by posing the question: who will be Surrey captain in 2015? At the start of the season, I suggested a good run in the T20 would be possible, but promotion first year … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Graeme Smith, Jason Roy, Kevin Pietersen, Surrey CCC
Tagged Alec Stewart, cricket, Jason Roy, Kevin Pietersen, Sport, Surrey CCC, The Oval
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Surrey end summer pot-less, despite Roy’s batting power
So near, yet so far. Surrey’s last, albeit outside, chance of success this summer – promotion back to the first division of the County Championship – somehow slipped through their batting-gloved fingers on Friday at New Road Worcester, when from … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Graeme Smith, Jason Roy, Kevin Pietersen, Sport, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged cricket, Jason Roy, Surrey, Surrey CCC, The Oval
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Character beginning to show for back-to-form Surrey
With improving results, Surrey go into a busy period at The Oval with more optimism among the members in the pavilion, reports JASON COURT There is an autograph in the Surrey cricket museum at The Oval. It has a short … Continue reading
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Tagged Jason Court, Jason Roy, Surrey, Surrey CCC, The Oval
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