{"id":4777,"date":"2016-05-25T17:03:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T17:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4777"},"modified":"2016-05-30T11:30:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-30T11:30:39","slug":"horsington-prepares-for-annual-cricket-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=4777","title":{"rendered":"Horsington prepares for annual cricket battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The weather looks reasonable for the bank holiday Sunday, the pitch has been mown by Hoddy, and a reasonable quorum of players has agreed to turn up for the annual cricket match of Horsington v The Tabard Pilgrims, a London pub touring side.<\/p>\n<p>Judging by previous years, the game will be a hard-fought fun game of village cricket at its best.<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off is at 2 pm, and the match will be followed by the usual shenigans at the half Moon, which is also holding its traditional Bank Holiday Sunday quiz.<\/p>\n<p>Able bodied cricketers seeking a game should contact Andrew Tarling at the Half Moon to see if there are any vacancies to fill &#8211; on either side.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3751\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3751\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?attachment_id=3751\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2015\/05\/Cricket-026.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX9V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1432487214&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;26.54&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cricket 026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2015\/05\/Cricket-026.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3751 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2015\/05\/Cricket-026.jpg\" alt=\"Cricket 026\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2015\/05\/Cricket-026.jpg 800w, http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2015\/05\/Cricket-026-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An action shot from last year&#8217;s match &#8211; Horsington captain Christian Bennett clouts a ball to the boundary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weather looks reasonable for the bank holiday Sunday, the pitch has been mown by Hoddy, and a reasonable quorum of players has agreed to turn up for the annual cricket match of Horsington v The Tabard Pilgrims, a London pub touring side. 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