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Gallery: 1998
On tour in Cornwall

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Ah, yesss..."I've been looking forward to this pint all year" - Matt Balkwill obviously pleased to get the "Friday night is Blottery Night" off to a good start. Here's to the tourFixture Secretary Extraordinaire shows the camera just one of the reasons Cornwall is such a nice place. The Ponsmere Hotel actually had a half decent ale on tap.
Tim can't wait to tell us all about whatever it is he wants to tell us aboutTim arrived at the Ponsmere before almost anyone else this year and, liking what he saw, simply had to tell us all about it. Which most of us knew anyway having only been there three times before. Shall I tip this over my head?Jowallika was a regular on tour, and he attended each evening as well. In the Ponsmere Bar perhaps it's only a matter of time before someone assists him with his sense of direction.
The infamous bag of balls makes yet another first appearance"Do you want to put your hand in my ballbag?" asks Tim. A fair question actually, as the balls in question are for the Blottery, where all six spells an unmitigated and intoxicated disaster. A green hat on a greenish personThe nest day and we are on the way to Mount Hawke's ground near St. Agnes. Adie Barrett's hat gets unusual support, in that we thought no-one else would wear it. Gren it was, as green as most of us were that night.
A cracking defenceTim practises his stonewa...er, forward defensive at Barripper. We scored just over 50 to win that game: in the beer match that followed we were stuffed by loads. A cracking shottageBarripper again, and here is Tim's opening partner Matt Balkwill. The quality of the bowling was on the "cafeteria" side and it becomes easy to get complacent. Still, Matt puts this one away with ease to the square leg boundary.
In the very hospitable clubhouse of Mount HawkeIn the clubhouse at Mount Hawke's ground we always get a very hospitable welcome. This year was the footy World Cup and somehow, somewhere, there is always a screen for all to wince at.... Monsewer Hurren makes a new friendMount Hawke's gent who arranges our annual fixture owns a bit of a mad but friendly dog. Was it coincidence that he and Dave Hurren got this close so early in the tour? No, I'm not going there.
The umpire takes to the fieldUmpiring is not the most attractive part of cricketing which is a shame. Wally goes out at Mount Hawke with a grin suggesting he has something up his sleeve apart from his arm. A cracking defence - crackedDave Hurren was put in to bat first at Perranporth, possibly as no-one else felt good enough to do the job. He got his own back by getting bowled by a corker.
Classic stonewalling, er, defending technique from Jay StephensJay Stephens in classic mode. A sturdy defensive technique in tandem with a good eye for the break-free boundary is always a joy to watch - especially when no-one else is capable of the same A beautiful sunset over Gull RokThe height of summer usually falls when we tour to Cornwall. This video grab was taken on one the longest days of the year when by chance, we just happened to be there.
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