{"id":5441,"date":"2017-05-18T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T12:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=5441"},"modified":"2017-05-24T19:22:18","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T19:22:18","slug":"horsington-gears-up-for-annual-cricket-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=5441","title":{"rendered":"Horsington gears up for annual cricket battle &#8211; Cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5476\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?attachment_id=5476\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2017\/05\/Cricket-poster-CANCELLED.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,838\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D50&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1275144279&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cricket poster CANCELLED\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2017\/05\/Cricket-poster-CANCELLED.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5476 \" src=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2017\/05\/Cricket-poster-CANCELLED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2017\/05\/Cricket-poster-CANCELLED.jpg 600w, http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/files\/2017\/05\/Cricket-poster-CANCELLED-215x300.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 85vw, 295px\" \/><strong>This game has been cancelled. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The cricket season looms. Pads and boots are being whitened, trousers pressed and bats oiled. Yes, it\u2019s time for Horsington\u2019s annual match against the famous Tabard Pilgrims, a pub touring side from Chiswick, West London, the former home of at least two Horsington residents.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The match takes place on Bank Holiday Sunday, starting at 2 pm, at the cricket ground next to the village hall.<\/p>\n<p>Horsington\u2019s captain Christian Bennett has selected a team he believes can trounce the London invaders. His side features a number of erstwhile hockey players, so we should see some big hitters. Charlie Mann, with his \u201cinteresting\u201d bowling action is in the team, along with Nick Mattravers and the two Lane brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Horsington has won only one game out of the series, now in its seventh year. Will 2017 be the year the tables are turned?<\/p>\n<p>Any \u00a0cricketers seeking a game should contact Andrew Tarling at the Half Moon to see if there are any vacancies to fill \u2013 on either side.<\/p>\n<p>Spectators are very welcome. The match always attracts a good crowd, and a thrilling finish is usually guaranteed. This is relaxed, informal village cricket at its best.<\/p>\n<p>There will be the usual post match gathering, with food and a <a href=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=5453\">pub quiz<\/a> at the Half Moon. \u00a0Get a team together and join the fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This game has been cancelled. The cricket season looms. Pads and boots are being whitened, trousers pressed and bats oiled. Yes, it\u2019s time for Horsington\u2019s annual match against the famous Tabard Pilgrims, a pub touring side from Chiswick, West London, the former home of at least two Horsington residents. The match takes place on Bank &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=5441\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Horsington gears up for annual cricket battle &#8211; Cancelled&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2757],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-1pL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5441"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5478,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5441\/revisions\/5478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}