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Captain’s Log 2022
A big thank you to Tom Andy Pop, Chris A for organising fixtures and sorting out player availability – without that, be difficult to have any fixtures. A big thank you to all who made themselves available to play, and indeed did play – every 1 of you made a difference We need a major recruitment drive to get new players in … there must be a wealth of undiscovered talent within the BBC. Worked with a selection committee of Chris Ancil and Harry Low, and I thank them for their input, which was any time from a Wednesday evening […]
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Winter sun To say this year was a terrible summer would be unfair because I fondly remember a scorching Sunday in June at Epping, where we watched Harry and Naman put on a remarkable partnership. More about that later. Overall though, 2021 was not a summer to ‘write home about’. So, you find me catching some winter sun in Lanzarote and using my dodgy memory and all available online resources to recall our season. I can’t go another year without tea! Normal, what is now normal. Well we were almost back to ‘normal’ this season. A full set of fixtures […]
Read moreAn appreciation of Mark Dodd by William Crawley
Mark Dodd, former Controller Overseas Services (1981-88) and Head of Eastern Service (1967-81), died on 29 November 2020 aged 90. Mark graduated from Cambridge in History and worked as an archaeologist for the Royal Commission on Dorset before joining the BBC as a general trainee in 1956. In this much sought after scheme he had had the privilege of working among others with Grace Wyndham Goldie on early editions of Panorama. But he moved to the World Service and Bush House where he was to make his career, initially as a talks writer and producer in the African Service. His […]
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My 4th Season as Skipper Back in January, during the nets at Lords I was looking forward to my 4th season leading our talented, but sometimes underachieving squad. Well the virus arrived in anger and ‘lockdown’ came, but I’m pleased to say that we played some cricket this season and a lot of it was good. ‘Covid Cricket’ For many people, a resumption in outdoor sport was going to be an essential component in coping with the ‘lockdown’. My other sport golf, resumed at an amateur level on 13th May under sensible restrictions to maintain social distancing and remove those […]
Read moreOakley CC vs The Bushmen (2nd Aug 2020)
Report from Sunday’s thriller v Oakley CC at Oakley Park. Oakley Match Report
Read moreThe Captains’ Log Cabin
As we can’t (yet) play cricket, Bill Latey has assembled these highlights from recent Captains’ reports. The Captains’ Log Cabin
Read moreRichard Heller and Peter Oborne podcast
A really good listen! https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/oborne-heller-on-cricket-podcast-episode-1/ https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-2-publication-of-wisden-2020/ https://chiswickcalendar.co.uk/episode-3-unpacking-more-of-this-years-wisden/
Read moreBennett Maxwell
Bushmen will be saddened to hear that former Chairman Bennett Maxwell died this morning, aged 85. Michael Kaye writes: We have lost a brilliant, gentle, positive force for good with the passing of Bennett Maxwell. In his quiet way Bennett infused his life with joyful enthusiasm. If on first meeting he seemed to be an unassuming presence, his conversation soon corrected that misapprehension. Bennett was the most skilful anecdotalist I have ever known. Whether serious, humorous, flippant or curious, Bennett could hold interlocutors enthralled. One thread of his memory concerned his family. He could trace his ancestors back to 16th century Prague. But the man Bennett most admired was his doctor- father. […]
Read moreDavid Witherow Obituary
This appeared in the Times on 20th March 2020. https://www.preddonlee.com/David_Witherow_obituary.pdf
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