The Annual General Meeting of Taplow Club was held on 18 October. Members heard reports for the year and some news on plans for next season. On the playing side, Rob Court was elected as first team captain for 2022, … Read More
The club’s end of season social event, the Berry Hill Bash, took place on Saturday 18 September. We were blessed with fine weather, ideal for enjoying the beautiful surroundings. In the afternoon, there was a cricket tournament for all ages … Read More
Dave Wigmore has an album of photos taken by Harold Collins at the club’s Single Wicket Competition, which took place on 4 June 1978. In the “team photo” are: Standing, left to right: Dave Thornley, Derek Newman, Simon Christy, Dave … Read More
July began with league defeats. On 3 July, the first eleven lost at Sulhamstead, while the seconds were beaten at home by Cookham Dean. It was good to see Libby Barton at Taplow and acting as scorer for the game; … Read More
Earlier this year the club was sad to hear of the death in January of David Hawes, former player, Secretary, Chairman and Trustee of the club. David’s family has provided a memorial plaque that we will hang in the clubhouse … Read More
The Club was deeply saddened to hear the news that Neil Garner has passed away after a long and brave battle with cancer. As Gerry Mills remembers below, Neil had a passion for football and became involved with the cricket … Read More
The first weekend in June saw different results in the Thames Valley Cricket League. Playing at home, the first XI recorded a win by 4 wickets over Windsor. Batting first, Windsor scored 185-6. Captain Yasir Ahmed scored 91 not out … Read More
Cricket and statistics go hand in hand. Runs scored, wickets taken, catches held. Gerry and Di Mills have taken some time to put together a summary. The qualification is 70 innings or 350 overs. Names are in alphabetic order by … Read More
In April we received a message from Geoff Mullin, who was Terry Wogan’s producer at the BBC. Geoff is writing his autobiography and wants to include his memories of the celebrity match in 1975 at Taplow. A photo of some … Read More
After lots of dry weather in April, May turned out to be a disappointment; very wet and cold weather for much of the month was not conducive to getting the long-awaited season under way. The Sunday team played Ali Hill’s … Read More