RUASCC in the Meadows and in the Press M.J.Sewell Department of Mathematics, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AX. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/pes20/MJSewell/mjs.html
[email protected] February 20, 2010 Abstract This article has two parts. The ¯rst part contains descriptions of 17 cricket grounds which Reading University Academic Sta® Cricket Club has played on. I wrote those pieces in 2002, just before I was advised to retire from sprinting singles. The second part contains the content of press cuttings about RUASCC performances which have survived in my possession. Unless otherwise stated they appeared in the Reading Chronicle, which is a prominent local newspaper. In some cases one of us wrote them, sometimes me. The dates are sometimes the newspaper dates, not necessarily the match dates. These dates are mainly from the mid-1970s to 1990. RUASCC in the Meadows : Cricket Grounds Visited by RUASCC 1 Farley Hill This is a highly favoured ground, enclosed on three sides by pine woods as seen in the photograph, and o®ering an air of mystery with an uphill approach past a half-hidden water tower before a clearing is glimpsed on the left. The ¯xture, often in early season, is keenly anticipated as a welcome sign that cricket has really started. With luck, the ¯rst cuckoo will be heard. It is a quiet scene, free from the sound of tra±c or aeroplanes. The echo of willow on leather bounces o® the pine trees, followed not infrequently by the ball itself. An idyllic sunny afternoon can change after tea if the wind rises to wave the tops of the pines, causing a threatening roar against a darkening sky.