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The final league game of the season. With both teams’ safe and Middleton still feeling the effects of the Hospital Cup open tour bus trip around Middleton, Bainton and Kirkburn this game was always going to be played at a … Continue reading →

The Hospital Cup Final, the pinnacle of the Bridlington Evening League. A chance to get silver wear in to the Manor. An opportunity to make your family proud. The prospect of repaying the faith that the Manager has put into … Continue reading →

Agnes travelled to BAB on a glorious Thursday evening, a ground that always makes the nerves jangle that little bit more. In recent years, BAB has been guilty of handing out some tremendous beatings. Agnes arrived and without the eldest … Continue reading →

“I’d love to go back to Div 4,” “Agnes were at their greatest in the lower leagues!” “Let me play Brid Rugby Club ahead of BAB any day of the week!” These are some of the quotes that have lingered … Continue reading →

The question on everybody’s lips upon arrival was, “Where is Flame?” The burly, red headed figure has not been seen or heard for a few weeks now. Some say he is lost on his way back from a night shift … Continue reading →

The semi-final of the Bridlington Hospital Cup; a semi-final that nobody saw coming. A cup run that has been buried in between many other nights of cricket. A semi-final that appeared out of nowhere, similar to Dan Fryer’s new posh … Continue reading →

Agnes travelled to Dukes Park on a sunny evening to play the form team of the league, Grindale. The coin was tossed to the background noise of squawking seagulls, children playing in the skate park and the sound of 70s … Continue reading →

Fans were treated to great game of cricket On a long awaited sunny evening as Burton Agnes played host to Middleton and North Dalton 2nd X1 Agnes were missing some champagne players who were unavailable due to Flixton commitments. So … Continue reading →

The Driffield Evening Cup, a competition that RBA always do badly in, a competition that year in, year out breaks the Agnes players’ hearts. Do the Agnes players still wake up in a cold sweat remembering Netto’s absolute f*** up … Continue reading →

Marley Ward and the troublesome character of Jamie Nesfield returned. Will Bradley made his debut and Ben Brown is still AWOL. Agnes won the toss and chose to bowl. For the first 6 overs, this seemed like a captaincy masterstroke; … Continue reading →

Louis Beckett Boy Wonder Jamie Nesfield, the once Marmite figure of the Bridlington evening league and Marmite figure of the Agnes team, has now firmly turned himself into a gruel like, hate symbol with his latest decision of choosing to … Continue reading →

A star for Beckett. The Agnes academy has long been the envy of many other clubs in the Bridlington Evening League. The manager has the luxury of calling upon his impressive stable of talented youngsters. The problems of injury, availability, … Continue reading →

A regular theme of the 2019 season has been that of poor excuses and weak reasons for not playing. With many regulars once again either sick, lame or lazy it meant that Will Watts was able to call upon 3 … Continue reading →

A strong line up assembled for this bottom of the table of encounter. Wetwang arrived with a big squad. A squad that included wives, girlfriends, grandparents and children. Was this big squad because they love cricket? Or was this because … Continue reading →

With many of the Agnes regulars sick, lame or lazy it meant that the dressing room had many new faces on show. The 3 Hatton’s made their debuts. Ringo returned from babysitting duties and Will Watts was available once again. … Continue reading →

On a sunny evening, 12 keen men were selected to take the field for the Royal Burton Agnes. Will Norman won the toss and decided it would be best if Agnes had a bat due to there being only 6 … Continue reading →

Apparently, young Mr Pick of Grindale was angry at the crease. The view from the boundary by your Agnes manager saw the immensely talented Mr Pick playing some of the most admirable batting strokes seen in any coaching manual, with … Continue reading →

It were black as Bill’s Mother’s owerr bi t’Agnes cricket field ont’ opening neet ot’season. In fact black rain clouds were everywhere you looked, but by some miracle, the rain held off long enough to see two keen sides commence … Continue reading →