The annual Ironsides Footballers v Ironsides Cricketers cricket match took place on Sunday 17th July 2011 and was a great success, despite the early threat of a washout. Always a light-hearted affair, the game provided excitement, entertainment, and very noticeable differences in quality! With golden ducks as likely as sixes, 80mph beamers as likely as pea rollers, and great catches as likely as dropped dollys, the match was unexpectedly close, but was ultimately decided by the amount of extras given away by the footballers, whose batting had about as much depth as the Arsenal squad. A last man stand of Ian Peddle and Richard Allen gave the footballers a slight hope of victory, but a superb catch on the boundary was a fitting end to the game, and a win for the cricketers that the footballers will be hoping to avenge next year!
