Mediocrity with bat and ball in Saxlingham Nethergate since 1988
The Saxlingham Gents are aged between 43 and 65. We play ultra-social Thursday cricket at Saxlingham Nethergate in South Norfolk (and beyond) against like-minded teams. Although we try to win, we will never compromise the spirit of the game to do so, although there may be a bit of good-natured ribbing...well alright, quite a LOT of good-natured ribbing.
...and, once the game is over, you can join us for beer and, on Thursdays, Bill Reeder’s fabulous fish and chips at our clubhouse. We don’t field first teamers. We have no delusions of grandeur. We are just a group of forty, fifty and sixty-somethings who love playing cricket. Most of all, we like a laugh and a drink. But we’re not bad cricketers either. Well, not TOO bad - think of your average 2nd XI village side with its eight best players missing.
We are happy to entertain friendly local or touring sides of a similar age, outlook and standard. If you consider yourselves as a bunch of village bumblers who have inadvertently found yourselves organising a cricket tour to South Norfolk or North Suffolk, get in touch with our fixtures secretary, preferably before February when he sorts them out. I'm afraid Saturday games are impossible until the league season ends, which is usually the last week in August, and we rarely play Sundays because of the difficulties of raising a team at week-ends.
