A Step Down Memory Lane

This reporter has few actual memories of this, just a hazy recollection of lost weekends, gatecrashed weddings, much lager and a couple of now former players with trousers round their ankles on the dancefloor...



...Possibly best left in the past then!

Clash Recreation

Did you miss last Saturday's mighty David v Goliath clash between Chris Earp and Beasty? Did you miss the sickening crash, the crumpled heap of bodies and the squealing pain one of them was left in?


Then fear not, for the SMHCC Fantasy League Website has spared no expense in hiring a film producer to shoot a dramatisation of the event.

Cannes festival, here we come...

The Great Xfieldo - Yet Again!

Ladies and Gentlemen, for your continued entertainment, please welcome to the FL Blog site the most talented illusionist, magician and all round entertainer ever to grace The Riddings. Once again, prepare to be amazed by The Great Xfieldo and his magical mind-numbing powers.



Using nothing but the power of his mind and the gaze of his mystical eyes, The Great Xfieldo will take control of your body movement away from you. Prepare to be amazed!

1. Raise your right leg and start rotating your foot in a clockwise direction.

2. Raise your right hand and simulate writing the number 6 in the air three times.

3. BE AMAZED! The Great Xfieldo has taken control of your foot - it is now moving in an ANTI-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION!!!

Xfield's Pedalo Shame

2007 St Matthews Vice-Skipper Middy Xfield was today "upset and embarrassed" as reports that he fell off a pedalo and got into difficulties in the water in the early hours of the morning.

Xfield was reputedly one of several Saints stars involved in a late night drinking session which lasted into the early hours of the morning at the 7s nightclub.

Witnesses then said he made his way to Chasewater where he commendeered and dragged a pedalo from the beach to the water. Some time later he was seen rocking it from side to side until it capsized and rescue services were called to pull him from the water.

Part-time barman from Chorley and Chairman of Selectors, HT said: "The conduct of the player was unacceptable and falls below the high standards of behaviour required of St Matthews cricketers. Xfield has been given warnings for previous incidents of this nature and in light of this and due to the serious nature of the incident, we have decided to take further disciplinary action against him."

However, legendary drinker and occasional left-arm off spinner Beasty Ruscoe was more supportive of his vice-skipper: "I'm laughing. I find it all quite amusing and a total over-reaction. OK, there's 24 hours until the next net session but people react in different ways. Some players go to bed at 10.30pm tired, some go out and have a drink. Xfield's mistake was getting caught!"