Mark Peel - cricket writer

 Posted by Tony Hutton

One of the few blessings of lockdown has been the ability to join in via Zoom chats not only with local cricket lovers on a weekly basis, but by an excellent series of evening meetings arranged by both the Northern Cricket Society and the Wombwell Cricket Lovers Society. The latest meeting arranged by Wombwell this week was with the prolific cricket writer Mark Peel, who entertained an audience approaching fifty people with a fascinating and wide ranging talk about the many books he has written.

                                               Mark Peel.

Since I was a teenager, long, long ago, I have been a collector of cricket books. Originally the works of people like Neville Cardus and A.A. Thompson aroused my interest. My first job in Birmingham gave me the opportunity to peruse the excellent Hudson's book shop in New Street, which had an unbelievable stock of cricket books and pamphlets, during my lunch hours. Some I would read on the premises, others I would use my hard earned cash (first wages about £4 per week!) to actually buy.

One of the first books I bought was 'Homes of Cricket' by J.M. Kilburn and N.W.D. Yardley which set me off on a lifetime of collecting cricket grounds, which will hopefully re-commence this summer. More recently, after a lapse in time when shelf space ran out, I have started buying cricket books again thanks to the likes of Stephen Chalke and Duncan Hamilton. However I must hold my hands up with an apology to Mr. Peel, as for whatever reason I have never read any of his books and knew very little about him until this week.

This omission has now been rectified in no uncertain manner and his talk was so compelling about how he came to write the books, that I must make efforts to read them all in due course. He started with a book on Ken Barrington, the former Surrey and England batsman and subsequently England assistant manager until his untimely early death while on tour in the West Indies. A man, who like Boycott, was once dropped by England for slow scoring became a legend of backs to the wall English determination.

This was followed by books on Colin Milburn, Colin Cowdrey, Mike Brearley, and 'Hollow Crown' a study of all the England cricket captains since 1945 and 'Ambassadors of Goodwill' relating tales of overseas tours by England since the war. There are others and another one in the pipeline is the life of Douglas Jardine the controversial England captain during the pre war bodyline tour. His talk was so detailed and held his audience's attention throughout. When it came to the question and answer section of the meeting he was even more in his element showing an encyclopedic knowledge of dates and cricketers over the entire post war period.

However, there was still more to be revealed when it came to he vote of thanks at the end of the evening by Richard Griffiths, another interesting character who despite being a Lancastrian is the Hampshire archivist and also has links to Worcestershire. He was able to point out that Mark Peel has also written books on people far removed from the world of cricket such as Donald Soper, the Methodist leader, Shirley Williams, the politician and Anthony Chevenix-Trench the controversial headmaster among others. So truly a man of wide ranging interests and knowledge.

Reading up on him further was also most interesting, apparently born in Australia (although he has no trace of any accent), went to Harrow School, has degrees from Australian Universities, and has written a book on the history of Australia. Also taught at Fettes School in Edinburgh and later at Leicester University. So an increasingly complex character.

Here is his next book which is to be published in August I gather. One I look forward to reading along with his vast existing output. A truly memorable evening for all concerned. 

When Javed Miandad played as an amateur for Daisy Hill

By Mike Latham

We all have heroes growing up. One of mine was Javed Miandad.

He played cricket for a team close to where I lived, Daisy Hill, one of the oldest established clubs in the Bolton & District Association, south of Westhoughton on the road to Leigh. Daisy Hill are now members of the Greater Manchester Cricket League.

For a village club it has a rich cricketing history, founded in 1896 and having played at the present St James Street ground since 1911. Dick Pollard, Dick Naylor and Billy Farrimond are among its famous alumni. In more recent times West Indies great Sonny Ramadhin and Pakistan Test players such as Taslim Arif, Qasim Omar and Ehtesamuddin featured in their ranks.

The latter was famously called out of Bolton Association action to open the bowling for Pakistan against England at Headingley in 1982. The Pakistan management sent along Wasim Raja as sub-professional.

Cricket at Daisy Hill in 2019

But Javed Miandad is the player I most associate with the club. My dad and me used to watch football in the winter months, Bolton Wanderers at home one Saturday, Bury the next. The fixtures always worked out that way. My dad’s friend, Jack Hetherington joined us when we went to Gigg Lane. Jack was a grand bloke and in the summer months he loved his cricket.

Jack was a long-standing umpire in the Bolton Association and in 1975 he alerted me that Daisy Hill had a newcomer in their ranks. ‘Get along as soon as you get chance,’ Jack told me. ‘This lad is special.’

Daisy Hill were captained by Jimmy Irani, whose son Ronnie went on to play for Essex and England. Jimmy batted four or five and had a good line in Pakistani professionals. The incumbent that year was Aslam Qureshi, a hugely talented bowler but Jimmy then played a masterstroke and recruited 18-year-old Javed as an amateur in mid-season, on the recommendation of Sadiq Mohammad.

Javed had already scored a triple hundred in Pakistan domestic cricket and had featured in the 1975 World Cup, played early season in England. The Association officials deliberated for a fortnight before granting his registration and he finally made his Daisy Hill debut at Hawker Siddeley, a ground not far from where the current Bolton Wanderers ground is located, behind the factory that became British Aerospace, since demolished. The club is now known as Lostock and has a lovely new ground close to the M61 motorway between the Westhoughton and Horwich turn-offs.

The new Lostock CC ground

Though his debut was inauspicious, a modest 1-22 and did not bat, Javed soon made people sit up and take notice. In his next game he took 7-12 and scored 45 against Farnworth Social Circle, followed up with 8-31 at Edgworth, then six wickets and an unbeaten 82 at Clifton. As Daisy Hill closed in towards retaining their title, he took 6-29 at Astley & Tyldesley, including the prize wicket of their Pakistan pro Mohsin Khan, bowled for 30.

Javed finished the season with 62 wickets at 9.25, Qureshi taking 101 at 9.36.

In the long hot summer of 1976 Javed was back at Daisy Hill, this time as pro, future Test wicketkeeper Taslim Arif the overseas amateur. It was a classic season for the Association with Mudassar Nazar re-writing the record books with his prolific run-scoring at Little Hulton. I’ll write in more detail about that year, which included the greatest ever Cross Cup Final in a future blog.

Suffice to say for now that Javed scored 1,333 runs at 70.10 and took 127 wickets at 10.80 in league and cup as Daisy Hill won the league for a third successive season.

He lit up the cricket grounds of Bolton with his engaging smile, zest for the game, wonderfully attacking batting and mesmerising leg-spin bowling. Jack was right- he was special.

Javed’s Test debut soon followed, and he went on to become a world star. Whenever I got the chance, I went along to watch Javed in the future, mostly playing for Glamorgan in the county championship and was fortunate enough to see him score several first-class hundreds.

 

After one, for Glamorgan at Bristol against Gloucestershire, a friend took a photo, developed and printed it overnight and came back to the ground with it the following day. I got Javed to sign it, which he was pleased to do, enquiring about his old friend Jack the Umpire as he did so.

 I found my photos the other day of Old Trafford, Saturday 13 July 1985; here, Javed Miandad is on his way to a century for Glamorgan against Lancashire on the opening day of the county championship fixture.

 

Javed is shown on driving Jack Simmons with Steve O’Shaughnessy taking evasive action.

 

In the second photograph of that day Javed hooks David Makinson.

 In this game Javed finished the day 121 not out and, resuming on the Monday ended undefeated on 164. The three-day game ended up drawn. On the Sunday he scored 51 in the John Player Special League game that ended up a tie and featured a century by Clive Lloyd.

Cricket's hidden agenda

Posted by Tony Hutton

John Winn's recent blog 'Not long now?' certainly rang a few bells. His mention of cricket's hidden agenda in use ten years ago is without doubt still most relevant today as we tentatively approach the start of another season shrouded in more mystery than usual. For those of us proud of the soubriquet of 'professional cricket watchers' it is always annoying not to find the endless fixtures at all sorts of level that we require to plan our daily fix throughout the season. Good to hear from John that the Leeds and Wetherby League plan to start as early as 10th April. Most Yorkshire Leagues start the following week, with the exception of Yorkshire Premier League North which is scheduled for 24th April.

I am also happy to endorse Mike Latham's recommendation to watch cricket at Bamburgh Castle for those brave enough to venture so far north. Certainly one not to miss. I also welcome his story of Manderston cricket club, even further north. I set off to go there one Sunday some years ago, while staying in Northumberland, only to be met by torrential rain of serious proportions as I crossed the border into Scotland at Coldstream. So that one is still on my wanted list.

While obviously appreciating the difficulties which all involved in cricket administration face in these unpredictable times, early season planning is somewhat like trying to navigate an unfathomable maze. However, I will endeavour to give a few clues. It has been publicly stated by the management of both Durham and Yorkshire county clubs that there will be a full programme of second eleven matches of four days duration during the coming season. It seems unlikely that any of these will happen during 'The Hundred' which will take place at the same time as the First eleven one day Royal London Cup.

Fixtures for Nottinghamshire seconds did suddenly appear last week and we are promised that Durham and Yorkshire fixtures will be published shortly. Hot news just in, with thanks to Keith Fenton. The Lancashire second eleven fixtures are now on the club website. They include a four day game with Yorkshire at Scarborough starting on Monday 10th May. One problem is that of venues, which must obviously be capable of coping with Covid restrictions, in particular large or multiple dressing room facilities will be required. In addition a full list of Yorkshire Academy fixtures have been published in the Yorkshire Premier League North and one assumes that the multiple dressing rooms available at Weetwood, the home of Leeds University will be satisfactory for purpose.

Early season cricket at Weetwood, Leeds.

This leads on to another mystery - that of University cricket. The ECB have now taken over sponsorship of the University cricket programme from MCC. So all the leading Universities, previously known as MCCUs, have now reverted to being UCCEs, which stands for University Centres of Cricketing Excellence. What that actually means in terms of the continuation of two day or even three day cricket is still unclear. I have discovered that Cambridge University have announced a full list of fixtures for 2021 in which most inter varsity games seem to be one day affairs, starting at 12 noon, in something called a 'National League'. Not much room for excellence there I would think. This seems to echo the fact that the Minor Counties have now become the National Counties and are now facing a programme with very few three day fixtures.

However, all is not lost. Internet trawling this week has revealed a treasure trove of fixtures on the MCC website, with an almost endless list of MCC out matches against schools and club sides throughout the season. So just to whet the appetite of all those in urgent search of cricket at whatever level, here are just a few fixtures scheduled for the north of England in April. One hopefully assumes that these may be classed as recreational cricket and not subject to spectator restrictions.

Sedbergh School cricket ground.

24th April - Sedbergh School v MCC.

26th April - St Aidan's and John Fisher School v MCC (at Harrogate CC).

28th April - Austin Friars School v MCC (at Carlisle CC).

28th April - Bradford Grammar School v MCC.

30th April - Ermystead's School v MCC (Bolton Abbey CC).

Obviously, like a packet of cigarettes, all these fixtures come with a Government Health Warning and it would seem advisable to make a telephone call to check before travelling any distance.

 

Not long now?

 posted by John Winn

If you think you recognise the title for this posting then you have a remarkable memory for with one small exception it is the same title as I used on my very first posting in March 2011. The 'small exception' is however an important one for ten years ago I was feeling confident and there was no question mark either in my mind or in print that the cricket season was going to start in a few days time. In fact writing on March 28th I was slow off the mark for Tony had already seen cricket at Weetwood a few days earlier. 

It was not hard to be optimistic  for 'the last week has been unseasonably warm, lawns have been mown, clocks have sprung forward' and only five days later I was at New Rover where Olicanians were the visitors. The blog was a rather different animal in those days for my March 28th posting was the first since Tony had punched the keys on January 25th with a list of fixtures for April, mostly from cricket's hidden agenda. 2011 was the first year the blog had gone entirely electronic although its founder Peter Davies had bid on line followers welcome as far back as December 2008.

This is the cover of the last year the blog appeared in print with its cover photo of Copley CC.  

Back to the beginning and an explanation for my hesitancy about the 2021 season. Fixtures for the remodelled championship were published before Christmas and in my mind at least I made tentative plans for a trip to Taunton in April, plans which were scuppered when the present covid restrictions were introduced. Plan B is now on the table and the reverse fixture at Bristol is in May, starting on May 20th  three days after, if all goes well, restrictions will be eased to permit some spectators and hotels will be able to provide accommodation. But will they be eased sufficiently to allow me to travel from North Yorkshire as a non-member of both counties to watch some part of the match?  And this speculation hinges on 'if all goes well' and we stick to the current regulations and the relevant data continues to move in the right direction.  Schools have gone back today, not without risk, and four weeks today it will be Easter Monday when ironically and bearing in mind the crowds that flocked to beaches last summer, the last thing we want is good weather for the weekend if it should precipitate that kind of behaviour. 

Enough of this gloom for the prospects for grass roots cricket seem much brighter. The Leeds and Wetherby Cricket League has confidently published its 2021 fixtures beginning on April 10th and just down the road from where I live Green Hammerton are scheduled to take on Barwick in Elmet, wickets pitched 13:00. That's better.

   

Manderston takes the biscuit

 By Mike Latham

Visiting Manderston House in Berwickshire reminds one of the elegant bygone era of Edwardian country house cricket.

This glorious setting in the Scottish Borders is the home ground of Manderston Cricket Club who play a series of friendly games throughout the summer months.

The club has a Play Cricket website that is regularly updated with fixtures and results.

Welcome to Manderston

Manderston House and the adjoining cricket ground owes its magnificence to Sir James Miller, a nouveau riche baronet who married into the traditional aristocracy in the late 1800s.

Inheriting a fortune derived from the family business, largely trading herring and hemp in Russia, he secured the services of John Kinross, an up-and-coming architect, whose brief was to create a home to match his wealth and status, money no object.

The pavilion, dating back to 1899

More importantly, so far as we are concerned, Sir James was also a cricket lover and he insisted that a cricket ground be built amidst the grounds.

It was here that Manderston CC came into existence in 1899.

The cricket ground shown on this 1906 map

Sadly, Sir James did not live long to see the fruits of his labours. After volunteering and serving nobly in the Second Boer War in South Africa, awarded the Distinguished Service Order and becoming a Major in the Lothians and Berwickshire Imperial Yeomanry, he died of complications following an attack of pneumonia shortly after his return.

His death in January 1906, at the tragically young age of 41, was widely mourned in the tight-knit Borders community.

Sir James Miller, soldier, horseman and cricket lover

An expert horseman, he had a huge passion for horse-racing and owned a string of racehorses, many picked up in selling plates owing to his expert eye. Among his 161 race wins were two Derby successes, another in the St Leger and in successive years, 1903 and 1904, he topped the list of winning owners, based on prize money.

Fortunately for cricket lovers, his widow the Hon Lady Miller was keen to carry on the club in which she took a great interest, particularly in the annual game that raised funds for Edinburgh Infirmary and in the lavish winter ball, held in the neighbouring town of Duns.

Oxford University Authentics, visitors in 1934

Manderston CC is hard to find, entry via a narrow track off Edrom Mains to the north that by-passes the main house, which is hidden from the cricket ground by mature trees.

Manderston House these days is home to 4^th Baron Palmer, a descendent of the Huntly and Palmer biscuit manufacturers and an elected peer who sits in the House of Lords. It is one of several magnificent country houses in the area which include Paxton House, Marchmont, Bughtrig, The Hirsel, Duns Castle and Ayton and among its claims to fame it has the world's largest collection of Huntly and Palmer biscuit tins.

The heavy roller at this beautiful ground

Back in the day several of those had a cricket team that would have fixtures with Manderston, but these days the club flies the flag for a great tradition that sadly has largely died away.

Some of their regular opponents are of long-standing, Bamburgh Castle, Tillside, Chatton and the Borderers amongst them. Others have fallen by the wayside including Chirnside, which was the only other cricket club in Berwickshire at the time of its demise (Berwick CC, in case you are wondering, is in Northumberland), Coldstream, Haggerston and Ayton.

A big hit in the evening sunshine

I was fortunate enough to visit on a glorious midweek evening in July 2018, a 20-overs contest against the Borderers and was one of a handful of spectators. This is friendly cricket, of a variable standard, played in good spirit by all the participants. The most important thing is that the traditions of the club are being maintained for future generations to enjoy.

Rolling fields: a glorious backdrop

Manderston CC has twice been honoured with club members reaching the presidency of the Scottish Cricket Union, the long-serving player and secretary Phil Wilson in 1961, Willie Swan in 1973. The Scotland rugby union and cricket international halfback Ross Logan was club captain in the early 1950s.

The club’s greatest moment was in 1996 when they defeated the Aberdeenshire club Cults in the final of the Small Clubs Cup Competition at Lochside Park, Forfar. Duns born Richard Swan, son of Willie and 12 times a Scotland international, top-scored with 48.

Careful planning is required to catch a match at this glorious location, but it is well worth the effort. You could say it really takes the biscuit.

The end

Boyhood hero Eric Hollies - highest score.

Posted by Tony Hutton

I have written in the past about my boyhood upheaval in 1949 when my family moved away from Yorkshire to the Midlands. I had only just got into the routine of following the fortunes of my native Yorkshire county cricket team and it took some time to get into the routine of watching Warwickshire and Worcestershire during my schoolboy years. The long serving Warwickshire leg spinner, Eric Hollies, soon became one of my boyhood heroes, not only for his immaculate bowling but for the fact that he was the ultimate number eleven batsman. His appearance at the wicket was always greeted with hilarity, for he had taken far more wickets than he had scored runs in a career going back to the 1930s.

                                               Eric Hollies.

Purely by chance the other day, while trawling the British Newspaper Archive, I came across a report from the Birmingham Post cricket correspondent dated 20th May, 1954. It concerned a game between Warwickshire and Sussex at Edgbaston. This was a mid-week game, played while I would be at school. I can do no better than quote the writing of J.M. Solan, for it was he, only allowed to modestly add his initials at the end of the report, rather than his full name.

''Warwickshire recovered as a result of some remarkably good batting further down to 282 all out, notably to the partnership of Hollies and King who put on 65 for the last wicket in a little more than an hour and a half. The day belonged to Hollies. One of the most widely-used record books says laconically of him ''Unambitious RHB'' and it is not an unfair judgment of the batting of this great leg break bowler. It is normally Hollies's role to bring comedy to the wicket.

In all his long career, though he has often played many valuable defensive innings, he has never managed to scrape together more than 24 runs. That is until yesterday, when he leapt to 47. He hit four 4's and one gigantic 6 into the members' stand. They ducked delightedly. Where recognised batsmen had failed Hollies equalled the best score of the innings. Some of his strokes had not been bettered by any of them; some were in the Hollies tradition. For an hour the Jester held court and regally.

Hollies, if he cares to, can now rest on his oars. He scored more runs yesterday than he did during the whole of last season. The only danger in his new-found greatness is that he is narrowing the gap between the number of runs he has scored in first-class cricket (1,322) and the number of wickets (1,885). That distinction is too good to lose.

The last act began in that atmosphere of good-natured tolerance that bowlers reserve for their kind. It did not change when Hollies took hold of Marlar and straight drove him for 4. Incredulity greeted a half-volley for another boundary, again off Marlar. Singles came with valuable frequency, the time slipped on and Hollies was still there. A wag called out, with more truth than he knew: ''Wait till he's had his tea!'' Sussex began to miss the point of the joke and Wood took the new ball. Flattered, Hollies took a single off it. A parched and rather worried Sussex took tea half an hour late.

Their position worsened after tea. They really tried but Hollies was dropped by Oakman at second slip, to give him the single to equal his previous best score, and then romped past that monumental figure with a terrific four to mid-wicket. The 50 partnership was reached by Hollies with a high, straight half-volley for 4 off Parks. The next ball was a massive, towering 6 into the members' stand.

It was not all thrashing nor all absolutely correct. There were some accurately placed cover drives and one little hop and a skip for a single to bring him level with the highest score of the match. When Hollies went at last, it was in swinging happily at James, who took his off-stump. It is probably that he had had enough of it. He'd shown them. J.M.S.''

Sadly you don't read reports like that any more. Splendid stuff from Mr. Solan who wrote on cricket and rugby union for the Birmingham Post for almost 30 years until his retirement in 1975. He died two years later at the age of 66. His obituary in the Cricketer Magazine mentioned his conspicuous war service and said that his writing was marked by a distinctive gentleness, subtlety and sense of observation. His general serenity and good humour were valued in the many press boxes he graced up and down the country. He was Chairman of the Cricket Writers' Club in 1969.

The highlight of Hollies' career - bowling Bradman for nought in his last Test 1948.

(The pictures are taken from Norman Rogers excellent biography of Eric Hollies published in 2002.)

Bamburgh Cricket Club 2021 fixtures unveiled

By Mike Latham

Bamburgh Castle CC

The publication of Bamburgh Cricket Club’s 2021 fixtures on the club’s website was welcome news for those anticipating the coming season.

Cricket at Bamburgh in the shadow of the famous castle is one of the highlights of the summer.

There’s a long tradition of cricket in this Northumberland coastal village and looking back through the pages of British Newspaper Archive the club had a long and varied fixture list from the late 1800s.

Cricket in Bamburgh was first recorded in 1860 and the club moved from the Glebe Field to the Castle Field around 1895.

Many of those opponents are sadly now defunct- teams like Belford, Spittal and Coldstream- but others remain, including Manderston, a country house ground near Duns which I aim to feature in a forthcoming article.

After some years in abeyance cricket on the green at Bamburgh was revived in 2004, the beautiful ground leased from the Armstrong family who own the Castle, in exchange for the club looking after the ground, maintaining the square and outfield to a high standard.

The personalised boundary flags

Even the boundary marker flags are personalised.

Billy Wright was heavily engaged in the revival and remains an inspiring secretary, working alongside a dedicated committee that are aware of the importance of ensuring a great and valued part of village life continues for the enjoyment of future generations.

The club has arranged an impressive 2021 fixture list which can be viewed here:

https://www.bamburghcricket.co.uk/Fixtures.htm

Home and away fixtures against Tillside and Manderston, an away game at the beautiful nearby ground of Rock, but otherwise the remaining games are all at home, mostly 2pm starts on a Sunday, 35 overs per side.

As well as local opposition several touring teams make up the opposition annually- with splendid names like the Borderers, the Old Record Players and Nairobi Nomads.

Don’t expect Test match quality play, in fact go with no expectations at all and prepare just to enjoy the surroundings and the play.

With this being friendly cricket, the make-up of the teams can represent age groups from the mid- teens to the late 70s. The standard can be variable but what is the common thread is that everyone is there for enjoyment.

In recent years Bamburgh have undergone something of a youth policy and have a core of young players, playing alongside older hands, who are learning the game and developing nicely.

Last year, albeit in a truncated season, the team went through the season undefeated and I had the pleasure of witnessing several games.

With Bamburgh being such a popular holiday destination- and holidays at home very much in vogue out of necessity this year- the club can look forward to some big crowds attending the games.

A classic scene

Some holiday makers stand and watch for just a few minutes, others are delighted to have stumbled on a game of cricket and stay all afternoon, revelling in the scene.

Others walk by with just a passing glance at the cricket in between the glorious beach, a trip around the castle or a wander around the village with its pubs, cafes and ice cream shops.

View from the sand dunes

There’s a particularly glorious view atop a sand dune at the sea end. No surprise that there on the bench, is a sign denoting it was voted in the top ten lunch spots a few years ago.

Parking in Bamburgh can be at a premium in the summer months but the cricket club is allowed access for cars and early comers can park near the pavilion and stay all day.

They say a photo can tell a thousand words, and on that basis, I’ve included a few of my images of Bamburgh. If you get the opportunity please take it, as it is a wonderful cricketing experience and a taste of real England, cricket on the village green, with the backdrop of the magnificent castle.

Croquet and cricket

You may even catch a croquet match going on as well on the boundary edge. The village croquet club often stages matches on Sunday afternoons.

The Bamburgh CC pavilion

And in normal times the pavilion serves tea, coffee and cake.

Membership of the club costs £25 per annum and match sponsorships are available.

If you’d like to arrange a fixture, become a member, offer to play or umpire- which a friend of mine does a few times a year to coincide with his holidays- or just come along to a game Billy and his committee will be pleased to hear from you. And you’ll receive the warmest of welcomes.

Scheduled 2021 home fixtures are as follows.

Please note these are subject to change. Please check before travelling:

Apr 25- Northern Diamonds; May 2- Nidderdale; May 9- Bomarsund WCC; May 16- Tillside; May 23- Wolsingham; May 30- Ponteland; Jun 13- Borderers, Jun 20- Old Record Players, Jun 27- St George’s Rovers; Jul 11- Bates Cottages; Jul 15 (6pm)- Percy Farmers, Jul 18- Knights; Aug 1- Stamfordham, Aug 8- KSTOB, Aug 12 (6pm)- Benwell Hill, Aug 15- Davipart, Aug 22- Manderston, Aug 29- Belsay; Sep 5- Nairobi Nomads, Sep 12- 40 Club XL, Sep 19- Bomarsund.

Away fixtures: Jun 6- Tillside; Jul 4- Rock; Jul 25- Manderston.

All matches start at 2pm on Sundays unless stated. Fixtures subject to change.