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Superstars Cricket Club was formed in 1987 and can trace its origins back to the late 1970s
and early 1980s and a team called the Marsham Street Casuals which was mainly composed of staff from DOE's (Department of the
Environment) Royal Parks Division. Evening twenty over and occasional afternoon forty over matches were played at Regents Park and Wandsworth
Common. Opposing teams were from other DOE/DOT (Department of Transport) divisions such as GLRT (featuring future Superstar
Phil Patten) and Highways, and from other Government Departments
and Agencies who had a working relationship with Royal Parks. These included amongst others Ancient Monuments, Saville Row, DTI and
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Players from these early years included Mark Rolls (captain), Bob Treacher, Keith Hamer (wk),
Frank Blewer, Neil O'Connor, Rick Kennedy, Brian Oatway, Ray Denham, Neil Stanworth, Rene Daniels, Barry Fitzgerald, Steve Brandl,
Andy Wilkinson, Steve Crossthwaite, Ray George, Steve A'Court, David Levell and John Doyle. Other MSC regulars who went on to play for Superstars
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The name Superstars was coined because most of the team participated in a year long 30 event
multi-sport competition loosely based on the Superstars TV show,
which explains the rather arrogant sounding name! This completion ran annually between 1980 and 1990 and featured such athletic sports as
Cribbage, Yahtzee, Monopoly and Drinking! |
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In 1987, seven formal fixtures against BOCs (Bunch of Counts, or something like that, this is a
family friendly website and my hearing isn't great) were arranged by Pete Frost
and he became Superstars CC first captain and organiser (because nobody else wanted to do it). Games were played at Greenwich
Park (as we had a contact called Vince Rossiter) with the occasional return to Regents Park. Future club icons
Ken Block and
Steve Meyler joined at this time. Fixtures against BOCs
became an annual contest. By 1988 statistics were regularly compiled and a club
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The club grew becoming more organised, recruiting better players
(Barry Gigg,
Mike Taylor and
Matt Conway to name but three - note from Ed - how bad were the previous lot?!?!!)
and establishing a rota of new opposing teams. Regular opponents in the late 1980s and early 1990s included the aforementioned BOCs,
John Doyle's Dodgers (I wonder what happened to them?..), DoE Stats (who if they had continued your correspondent would have played for),
Highways Agency, and sister club OSD - who merged with Superstars in the late 1990s because
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The players from this time included Rich Baker (touted as our best player ever),
Gary Tavender (the great white hope), Tom Wilson (a very slow bowler who the team took bets on which ball, 1-24, he would lose his run),
Steve Carter (an entertainer, but not due to the high quality of
his cricket), Tony Whitrod (a footballing superstar who is the only
person to score a 100, 50 and take 5 wickets for the club), Gary Batholomew and Linden Francis. |
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In 1992, Pete left London to work in
Hastings and passed the captaincy to Ken Block. Ken threw himself
into the organisational responsibilities of the job expanding recruitment and arranging new fixtures (including one against the
Met Police after being stopped on the way home from a cricket match!) and thus began a new and golden era for the club. |
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The club first toured in 1996,
raising money for the Civil Service Benevolent Fund. The tour was to Lancashire and stories from when these fine gentlemen visited ooop
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Tour became a regular feature of the season with early tours to
Yorkshire,
North Devon and
Worcestershire.
We have even been abroad when in May 2000 we visited Wales -
which well as a cricket tour but a good opportunity for players to realise how lucky we are here in the developed world
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Barry Gigg
was voted club captain in 1997 and has been ever since (if
someone could tell us what he did so badly in a previous life to deserve such punishment we'd love to know).
The responsibility clearly sat well as Barry scored the
club's first ever century in the same year v OSD.
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1998 was a
record breaking year for the club. The fixture list was greatly expanded to 32 games and 3 records were set that still
remain. Barry Gigg compiled 690 runs,
Ken Block took 37 wickets and
Mike Taylor grasped 15 catches. There were also
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During the early 2000s the
club went from strength to strength, mainly due to the efforts of Ken Block behind the scenes and Barry's leadership on the pitch.
2003 was a high point for the club with a visit to
the Newcastle Corporate Games as well as Ilyas Malick
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By the mid 2000s around 38 games were
arranged in packed seasons and opponents were found from far and wide. This included a popular annual match against
Jason Marchant's
Dartford Harriers Athetics Club XI. Alongside Jason new players were joining the club including future Chairman
Chris Mountain,
future Fixture Secretary Paul Gaught,
Will Walker,
fast bowler much feared by Dodgers Simon Gundry
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In the late 2000s with Ken unfortunately
unwell Paul Gaught took over much of the work Ken had done arranging fixtures. The club began to struggle for teams occasionally, especially
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In 2010 the friendly rivalry that exists between the club and
Dodgers was 'formalised', when a trophy was first presented to
the winners of the series between the two clubs. The trophy (below) was named the
Ken Block Trophy, after the Superstars Legend and was (unfortunately)
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2012 was the wettest season in Superstars History with half the matches
rained off and the first ever completely washed out tour, cleverly named the
Dampshire tour by Jason. Luckily we were able to return to
Hampshire in 2013 under sunny skies and played probably our most glamorous
fixture ever against Hambledon a team who
have beaten England 29 times. Although we lost that match the team (and weather) was inspired in 2013 with a long unbeaten run at the
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The club florished in the 2010s with new players joining the club and full teams
being sent out in most occasions. The club was playing around 30 games against a wide spread of teams including the popular LT Dinos,
DEFRA Allstars and Hounslow Leisure. Over this period there was a suspicious
number of tied matches with some named suspects
and a legendary April Fool effort. At this
time Alok Singh became a record breaking bowler, by matching
(2014) and then beating (2015) Ken Block's 37 wickets in the 1998 season and producing two 6 wicket spells, in successive tour matches, against
Halstead in 2014 and
Bishops Cannings in 2015. Some the great innings of this time were made by
hard hitting batsman Vijay Anand including a memorable 61 not out (in 34 balls)
in the club's most glamorous ever game versus Hambledon. There were two proud moments in this time, firstly the charity 6-a-side tournaments
organised by Paul Gaught and his partner Penny which raised well over a grand for good causes while Superstars were mentioned on national
institution Test Match Special's Ask The Umpire slot. We also made our
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Overall Record: Played 3 Won 1 Lost 2 |
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Superstars talking about cricket before 1988 is a bit like Sky Sports talking about football before 1992, it happens rarely and briefly. Although in our case that's because there's not much evidence to
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So what do we know? Well not much. The highest score was 40 scored by Gary Bartholomew while
Phil Patten took 4-0-7-5 against BOCS, a performance that remains high
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Overall Record: Played 5 Won 4 Lost 1 |
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1988 was the year of the first Comic Relief, Tony Curtis is believed to have got the idea after seeing Superstars paying to make fools of themselves.
Meanwhile 3 activists invaded the BBC News studios - the official line is that these were gay rights protesters, but actually they were disappointed
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Overall Record: Played 6 Won 5 Lost 1 |
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1989 was the season when it was "up for grabs now" - although most people think Brian Moore was referring to Michael Thomas he was actually catching up with the latest score in the SCC v BOCs series. The Christmas was
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Overall Record: Played 6 Won 4 Lost 2 |
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1990 was the year Maggie Thatcher resigned, a source of great celebration round the country and partly due to her wanting to watch more Superstars games. Before that Gazza had cried at the football World Cup after
he heard BOCs had lost to the mighty Superstars - he felt he fitted in well with them..... |
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Overall Record: Played 6 Won 4 Lost 2 |
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In 1991 Helen Sharman became the first Brit into space, some people will do anything to avoid Phil and Steve Carter. While Bryan Adams spent 16 weeks at number one with "Everything I Do, I Do It For You" - a song
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Overall Record: Played 10 Won 9 Lost 1 |
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In 1992 the Maastricht Treaty formed the EU - it appears our European cousins thought this meant they would get TV coverage of the Superstars games and when they realised they wouldn't the countries
wondered why they bothered. Disneyland Paris opened in this year, with comedy characters acting out silly storylines - this stuff writes itself. |
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Overall Record: Played 15 Won 12 Lost 3 |
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In 1993 the Tory party went 'Back to Basics' after watching a Superstars match and in particular the post-match drinks. After that the England football team failed to reach
the World Cup after an inept qualifying campaign that included conceding a goal against San Marino - a team equally as fitted to international competition as Superstars. |
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Overall Record: Played 15 Won 14 Lost 1 |
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In 1994 the Channel Tunnel was finally opened, but whether this was because Ken Block was looking for more, tougher opponents for Superstars to play and the French National Side
were expected to be one of these opponents is unclear. Later in the year the National Lottery was launched, but Superstars had already used up their luck with a cracking year of
results. |
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In 1995 the 'Diary of Bridget Jones' was first published in the Independant - and all of the squad were totally transfixed with the storylines. Later that year Nick Leeson, the
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Overall Record: Played 24 Won 16 Tied 1 Lost 6 Aband 1 |
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Boy band Take That broke up in early 1996, many of club's players were rocked by the news and it caused an early
season run of bad form. Later in the year the Spice Girls debuted 'Wannabe' - a song dedicated to Matt Conway's early
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1997 was the year of a huge change in the leadership of the United Kingdom, as Barry Gigg took on Superstars captaincy
from Ken Block. Meanwhile BBC children's TV show, the Teletubbies, first aired - it was based on a 30 minutes with Superstars
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1998 was the year Geri Halliwell's Union Jack dress was sold for 41,320 quid. It would have made a million if
Mike Taylor had worn it (Now that's an image). Meanwhile Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin
solely because they were concerned they would kept forgetting to "favourite" the Superstars website when it
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2000 was a year of great change in the world - as Nick Nguyen and Matt Conway produced a great Superstars
undefeated partnership of 180. The summer bought the first ever series of cult TV show Big Brother - although no one
has ever dared film behind the scenes footage of Superstars because it's TOO controversial.
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2001 Season |
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In 2001 500,000 stated in the UK Census their religeon was "Jedi", narrowly beating the 425,000 who answered "Superstars Cricket". Meanwhile
Jeffrey Archer was sentanced to 4 years for perjury - no Superstars connection but great news! |
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2002 Season |
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Overall Record: Played 18 Won 11 Lost 5 Aband 2 |
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Rio Ferdinand became to the most expensive transfer in English football, apparently worth 29.1 million
pounds. Given this Steve Carter must have been worth at least 27p to Superstars. Girls Aloud won
Popstars The Rivals - but in the big rivally Superstars lost to Dodgers 2-1. |
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2003 Season |
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Overall Record: Played 28 Won 19 Drawn 2 Lost 6 Aband 1 |
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In 2003 Andrew Gilligan told the BBC's Today Programme that The Iraq Dossier and the 2002 Superstars Stat were "sexed up". A huge political row
followed with Ken Block finally cleared of any dubious practice (and congratulations to him for his batting average of 278.58 in 2002). Roman
Abramovich bought CHelsea in 2003 for 150million after admitting he couldn't afford Superstars CC. |
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Matt & Craig Record 3rd wkt Partnership |
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In 2004 the Gherkin, an strange sight on the London skyline, was open - Sir Norman Fowler said the design was based on something
he saw in a Superstars dressing room. He didn't divulge any further. In September a Fathers 4 Justice protester breached security
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Yorkshire Tour Report |
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Yorkshire Tour Gallery |
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2005 was a great year for English cricket, as after many years Barry Gigg scored a century for Superstars. Oh and England won some
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Hovel Tour Report |
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Hovel Tour Gallery |
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Video Eng Heritage June 2005 |
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Video Eng Heritage July 2005 |
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2006 was the year James Bond, an aged womaniser, returned to our screens. Rumours that Jason Marchant turned down the role have not been denied.
Meanwhile the Lib Dems replaced an alcoholic leader with a pensioner - replicating many a Superstars team selection meeting. |
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Somerset Tour Report |
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Will's 100no v Hounslow (20 overs) |
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The last ever Grandstand was aired in 2007, and foolishly it did not feature Superstars. A clear oversight. On 1 July the smoking ban was introduced, this did not affect Superstars batsmen who never reached "smoking" status. |
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Cotswolds Tour Report |
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Awards Report |
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Awards Gallery |
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4x100 Relay Sports Day Report |
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Paul Gaught's 100 |
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Overall Record: Played 22 Won 10 Lost 12 |
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Many Superstars were grateful to Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, who caused a furore on a radio show and thus deflected attention away from Superstars' poor season. Work began on the London Olympic Stadium, expected to be the home of Superstars after the games. |
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Hertfordshire Tour Report |
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Awards Report |
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Sports Day "Report" |
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Sports Day Gallery |
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While Slumdog Millionaire was winning Oscars and BAFTAs Superstars had their own 'against the odds' triumphs - just not that many. Meanwhile the banker recession caused its biggest scalp - Woolworths going out of business
with Superstars worried about their diets now pic 'n' mix would not be available. |
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Cotswolds Tour Report |
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Sports Day Gallery |
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While 3 Pakistan cricketers were caught playing badly deliberately by the News of the World, making every single Superstar worried that their bad performances would be next to be examined. In September Pope Benedict XVI
visited Britain, as he left he was heard his regret was not watching Superstars who'd finished their season a couple of weeks earlier (the fixture list compiled by atheist Paul Gaught!) |
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1st ever Ken Block Trophy |
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Awards Report |
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Sports Day Report |
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Osama Bin Lama was captured and killed in May 2011, this wrongly dominated the news headlines while Superstars were on tour - winning a match no-less.
Throughout the year the Arab Spring saw regular folks demonstrating for freedom and the right to allow Superstars to tour there. Good luck comrades! |
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Bedford Tour Report |
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Bedford Tour Gallery |
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Awards Report |
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Awards Gallery |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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Sports Day Report |
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Sports Day Gallery |
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Overall Record: Played 18 Won 13 Tied 1 Lost 4 |
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2012 was the year of the triumpant London Olympics and Paralympics - Seb Coe admitted he took his inspiration from early Superstars
events, especially the pub sports ones. Bradley Wiggins became the first ever British winner of the Tour de France - although Chris
Mountain would have had he been available instead of Superstars appearences. |
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Season Report |
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Dampshire Tour Report |
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Awards Report |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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Sports Day Report |
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2013 was the year that Sir Alec Ferguson retired from football, stating he wanted more time to follow his favorite club (Superstars)
via the website and twitter. Meanwhile Chris Huhne was jailed for lying and letting his then wife Vicky Price take his driving
points - there was initial concern for everyone who's done the Superstars Stats that lying gets you sent down. |
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Hampshire Tour Report |
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Hampshire Tour Gallery |
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Awards Report |
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Awards Gallery |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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Sports Day Report |
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Will Walker 100no |
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Will Walker another 100no |
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Chris Mountain Record 2020 Bowling |
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Mike & Vijay Record 9th wkt Partnership |
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Global reach of club |
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2014 Season |
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Overall Record: Played 29 Won 14 Tied 3 Lost 12 |
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2014 was the year Scotland voted to remain part of the UK, a rumour that Scots would be banned from playing for Superstars was seen as the key
last minute factor that clinched it - outweigh posh English blokes trying to bribe them. Andy Coulson was sentanced to 18 months for hacking
phones - including Barry Gigg's voicemails with excuses for non-appearing Superstars. |
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Season Report |
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Constable Country Tour Report |
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Constable Country Tour Gallery |
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AGM |
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Awards Report |
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Awards Gallery |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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Alok Singh Record Bowling |
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Steve & Vijay Record 6th wkt Partnership |
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Gladstone Small joins Superstars |
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Ties Corruption Investigation |
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Corruption Suspects |
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Vijay & Steve Record 6th wkt Partnership |
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Alok equals bowling wickets haul |
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2015 Season |
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Overall Record: Played 25 Won 17 Lost 8 |
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2015 was the year of the Hatton Gatton robbery, where robbers spectacularly stole millions of pounds worth of jewellery - but their
perferred target - the Superstars kit bag - was dropped at the last moment because of a lack of suitable breathing apparatus. MPs
voted to bomb Syria and the "Islamic State", a vote to bomb Dodgers CC was narrowly defeated. |
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Season Report |
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Wiltshire Tour Report |
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Wiltshire Tour Gallery |
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AGM |
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Awards Report |
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Awards Gallery |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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Alok Singh Record Bowling |
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Alok Singh Breaks Club record |
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Alok, Barry & Rhys Record 7th wkt P'ship |
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Superstars' Global Following |
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Gigg mocks Blatter |
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Gundry joins greats |
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2016 Season |
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Overall Record: Played 26 Won 15 Lost 11 |
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2016 was the year Britain voted to leave the EU, experts said it was the most stupid decision since Superstars, needing 8-an-over sent
out Gaught and Meyler top open the batting. Train passengers using Southern Rail experienced a service so bad some compared the speed
of their trains to a Duggan slower ball. |
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Season Report |
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Cambridge Tour report |
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Cambridge Tour Gallery |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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AGM |
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2016 Predictions |
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Steve Meyler ECB Umpire |
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Social Report |
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Superstars on TMS |
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2017 Season |
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Overall Record: Won 13 Drew 2 Lost 19 |
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2017 was the year hard right politics started controlling the western world, starting with a hostile dictatorship taking over the Superstars Committee. In more
positive news Lincoln City became the first non-league side to make the last 8 of the FA Cup in over a 100 years, a shock even bigger than Barry winning the toss. |
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Results & reports |
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Season Report |
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2nd Cambridge Tour report |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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Barry 20 years tribute |
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AGM |
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Social Report |
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Lowest ever total |
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Stats Inquiry |
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Superstars' first test match |
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2018 Season |
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Overall Record: Won 12 Lost 19 |
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2018 was the year when England actually did pretty well at a football world cup, the nation was so suprised that it did not notice that also in 2018 Gary Plahe
hit a ball to the offside (admittedly a miscue). Meanwhile GDPR, a huge change in personal data, come into effect - unfortunately for many Superstars the law
did not explicitly cover batting or bowling averages. |
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Season Review |
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Surrey tour(ish) |
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Ken Block Trophy |
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Social Report |
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AGM |
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Social Report |
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Club Best Ever Bowling |
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Huge 165no partnership |
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Lowest ever score |
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Even Lowerest ever score |
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