December 12th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
2010 Results Played: 24 (1 intra-club) Won: 11 (12 if you are from the Northern Hemisphere) Lost: 9 Abandoned due to weather: 3 Saturday 1 May – Cosmopolitans: A Trinidadian XI – Seaway Park, St-Lambert, Montreal – lost by 124 runs Sunday 16 May – Northern Hemisphere vs Southern Hemisphere – The Candy Fields, Mont-Saint-Hilaire [...]
October 12th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Bengal United Saturday 9 October 2010 Cloaked in fleeces and thermals to fight off a scrotum-tightening chill, Pirates of the St Lawrence extended their winning streak to six games as they rumbled Bengal youths by 7 wickets in the last battle of 2010. Roche sounded the death clunk fourth [...]
September 26th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Rolls Royce Aviators Saturday 25 September 2010 A rampant performance in the field by Pirates of the St Lawrence produced a famous fifth victory in succession as they out-gunned Rolls Royce Aviators by 7 wickets at The Candy Fields. Surrounded by glorious fall foliage under brooding skies, the Black [...]
September 20th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI Saturday 18 September 2010 Pirates of the St Lawrence romped to their ninth win of the season at The Candy Fields on Saturday, garrotting Sukhdeo’s Select by 8 wickets. In their tightest performance in the field to date, the Black Caps skittled the Guyanese [...]
September 14th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Hoboken-Philadelphia Alliance Sunday 12 September 2010 A savage hundred partnership between Angus Bell and Professor Andrew Granville blew away the Alliance’s hopes of victory on Sunday. The Pirates recorded their eighth win of the season, by a whopping 55 runs. Bell smashed an unbeaten second century for the Pirates, [...]
September 14th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Hoboken-Philadelphia Alliance Saturday 11 September 2010 Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Hoboken-Philadelphia Alliance Saturday 11 September 2010 The Candy Fields, Mont-Saint-Hilaire Match type: 40-over Test Weather conditions: Last day of summer Toss won by: Pirates of the St Lawrence Result: Pirates of the St Lawrence won by 21 [...]
September 5th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Bengal United Saturday 4 September 2010 O hail, yon cricket muse! As dreadlocks flail And semi-legal two-by-four swings, The broken Bengal youth wail, And in the ears, ‘Rochestar!’ rings. Bard of Bristol (Edited by William McGonagall) Black clouds gathered over The Candy Fields and the wind chilled to the [...]
September 5th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus McGill Sunday 29 August 2010 Pirates of the St Lawrence slumped to their ninth defeat of the season on Sunday, mauled by a McGill side by 4 wickets at The Candy Fields. After posting 217 for 6 in 40 overs, the youngest Pirate side to date was left without [...]
August 22nd, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus West Island Whackers Saturday 21 August 2010 At the fourth attempt, the West Island Whackers obtained their long-hungered victory over a damp and bedraggled Pirates party. Amid the nauseating aroma of freshly sprayed manure, conditions started brightly, with some clouds in the distance during warm up. But as the [...]
August 15th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Caribbean Kings of Brampton Saturday 14 August 2010 A Rich Horne five-for and rapid 49 not out brought Pirates of the St Lawrence within a whisker of defeating the Caribbean Kings of Brampton. Requiring 20 off the final over, Horne smashed two sixes. One more ball might have seen [...]
August 11th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus New Edinburgh of Ottawa Sunday 8 August 2010 Pirates of the St Lawrence were cruising for a bruising against New Edinburgh of Ottawa on Sunday, only to be saved by the drizzle at Rideau Hall. For the first time in limited overs’ history, the team batting first declared, on [...]
August 5th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus West Island Whackers Saturday 31 July 2010 Round 3. No Mr. T. Instead, Messrs Bell and Barker advance to the wicket serenaded by an Appalachian banjo hoedown from Milot. Only at the Candy Fields. Your correspondent wishes he was still in bed, or perhaps nursing another bottle of wine… [...]
July 26th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Mad Dogs of Connecticut Sunday 25 July 2010 For the third game in succession the Pirates failed to chase down a gettable total with a batting display that would have done credit to Graham Gooch’s England team, circa 1990. Taking the field with eight players, after four failed to [...]
July 26th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Mad Dogs of Connecticut Saturday 24 July 2010 Pirates of the St-Lawrence let slip victory by 15 runs on Saturday in a heated clash against the Mad Dogs of Connecticut. Battling under leaden skies, with 90 per cent humidity, Phil Roche got the home team off to the perfect [...]
July 18th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Colonial Cavaliers of Boston Sunday 18 July 2010 With pools of water soaking the Terminal End, and the mat wet after part of the covers had blown off overnight, prospects for play looked grim at the start of the morning. Hard work by all the team, who merrily dug [...]
July 18th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Colonial Cavaliers of Boston Saturday 17 July 2010 Phil Roche stroked a career-best 64 not out against the Cavaliers of Boston on Saturday in a match cut short by tropical storms. The Pirate tent was destroyed amidst pandaemonium, as high winds lifted it into the air, snapping the roof [...]
July 15th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Adastrians A Sunday 11 July 2010 Pirates of the St Lawrence butchered Adastrians A on Sunday, beating the league champs by 7 wickets at The Candy Fields. Raja Sukhdeo whacked his first fifty for the Pirates, and debutant Ian Richards spanked 33, as the home team coasted to their [...]
July 4th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus New Edinburgh of Ottawa Saturday 3 July 2010 Steady Eddie Palmer struck his first legal half-century for the Pirates, and Angus Bell his tenth, as the Black Caps snuck home against New Edinburgh in a run bonanza at The Candy Fields on Saturday. The gentlemen of Ottawa slapped a [...]
June 27th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus McGill Saturday 26 June 2010 A spectacular Pirate collapse gifted victory to McGill’s students on Saturday. After a stirring performance in the field, which restricted the visitors to 162, the Pirates lost 9 wickets for 54 runs, losing the game by 22 at The Candy Fields. McGill, with the [...]
June 27th, 2010 | by admin | published in 2010, Scorecards and Match Reports
Pirates of the St Lawrence versus Sukhdeo’s Select: A Guyanese XI Saturday 19 June 2010 Pirates of the St Lawrence and Sukhdeo’s Select battled through a bibilical flood on Saturday, only for the match to be drowned out after just 50 overs. The opportunity was there for a full game, but with the opposition arriving [...]