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Rene Van Oorschot

Season-ending musings

Season-ending musings

Clog Blog says "beannachd leat" till next spring, but not before feeling very miserable about it

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Aberdeenshire second XI: 2010 series review

Aberdeenshire second XI: 2010 series review

Includes a lowdown on the team's notable performers with bat and ball, and in the Monaco social calendar

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Scored runs, will rain

Scored runs, will rain

Painful tales that will resonate with every batsman who has been cheated by silly league rules

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Remembering Christopher Parr

Remembering Christopher Parr

His voice will be heard no more, chirruping away encouragingly at his team's bowlers or derisively at the opposition's batsmen, but he'll be forever honoured with a pint or three by Aberdeen's most tightly knit club

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
White coats, anyone?

White coats, anyone?

For a captain, there's nothing worse than having to pick a team-mate to umpire a game

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Camel spider on a length

Camel spider on a length

It was in the sandy outfields of Muscat that Clog Blog first learnt to play our noble sport

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Why cricket trumps football

Why cricket trumps football

The summer pastime is in danger of being engulfed by the beautiful game and its not-so-beautiful groin-injuring fans

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Sunny day, stunning ground, steak pies

Sunny day, stunning ground, steak pies

Could it get any better

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Blade of glory... or not

Blade of glory... or not

With bowling and fielding prospects looking slim, batting may be the only way our hero can keep his place in the team

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Pro or no pro?

Pro or no pro?

No one wants to watch a top-flight player slaughter his way through a league far below his level

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
When cricketing abilities (and livers) take a hit

When cricketing abilities (and livers) take a hit

The hills are alive with the smell of moldy gear

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
I met cricket before I met you

I met cricket before I met you

Cricketers are merely innocent mediators between two forces – the need to play the game and the wrath of the partner or spouse spurned

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
IPL? I'll take the Aberdeen Evening Cricket League instead

IPL? I'll take the Aberdeen Evening Cricket League instead

Gale force winds, uncovered pitches, pensioner batsmen, and the sight of public toilets as sightscreens cannot be replicated in the International Pomposity League

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
The rise and fall of the van Poorshot XIII

The rise and fall of the van Poorshot XIII

A tale of passion, intrigue, vomit, carousing and betrayal most foul

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
How I won the Scottish U-18 Championship without being a Scot or under 18

How I won the Scottish U-18 Championship without being a Scot or under 18

Beating schoolchildren is not that easy, even when you prepare with an all-night bender

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
Poor wickets, crap fielding, lucky batsmen, lousy umpires

Poor wickets, crap fielding, lucky batsmen, lousy umpires

A chronicle of club cricket in Scotland

25-Feb-2013•Rene Van Oorschot
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