The following article was written by Drew Somerville for The Hitcham and Taplow Society. Taplow Cricket Club was founded back in 1850. Local personalities like Mr Skindle were founding members, and an early president was Lord Desborough. Records tell us … Read More
It was with great sadness that we heard the news of the death of Chris Goodrham on 22 November. A minutes silence was observed at the club Annual General Meeting. Club Chairman Andy Bond described Chris as a legend of … Read More
First time visitors to the Ten Acres ground at Taplow Cricket Club often ask about the magnificent house overlooking the ground. The house is called Wickenden, and the Hitcham and Taplow Society provide some details about it here. The house … Read More
Sitting at Taplow watching cricket on a sunny summer’s afternoon, it may be hard to believe that there was once Roman activity on the site. This first came to light in the 1950s, when fragments of pottery were found whilst … 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
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
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
Some more photos taken by Les Andrew, this time at at a second XI match with Wraysbury played at Taplow on 17 July 2010. Wraysbury won the toss and elected to bat scoring 275-7, with Rob Court taking 3-67, Dale … Read More
