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[uknsaunders]

We also had an overseas player who went on to play for Marlow - a Kiwi called Nathan McNally - do you know him?

Met him but after my time at Marlow. Very well liked and got Marlow up to TVL1 a couple of seasons ago. Quality player.

[wasted_talent]

I heard alot of their players were coming from far afield and it only took a few players to leave to start the landslide - but yes, there was money being banded around.

Yeah I know at least one guy, Javed Khan, was travelling from East London to go and play up there.. He'd playing been there for several years. Interesting to see where all their "stars" end up..!

[uknsaunders]

Have alot of time for Reading, wonderful setup and terrific depth.  Gerrards X are on shifting sands as historically they have paid players. Two of our lads went there and effectively they ran a paid XI and 1 other team. Signs are they are starting a 3s now and thinking towards youth development.

How on earth Harfield attract the players they do I will never know. It's ground is ok and the teas superb but even so. Played against Dougie Hondo 2 weeks in a row there once! Filled in for the ones the first week and had to block Dougie out to get a batting point. Following week back in the 2s, again at Harfield, and there he was. Smacked him over extra cover this time! Before anybody get's excited, Dougie was playing with a fractured back in a brace!

[ppccopener]

never quite understood the point of paying players in ameteur cricket,they just move on to where ever the biggest cheque is stifling most clubs long term plans

it happens under the counter in the middx championship

Henley i did know a acouple of guys who played there a couple of years ago,my mate was playing with chad keegan,ex middlesex

[uknsaunders]

Aston Agar was at Henley this season. They make a fortune from renting out the ground as a car park for the Henley Regatta. Probably have a few "Sponsors" from the town as well, it can put Marlow to shame for wealth. You would have to go some to trump Gerrards X though!

I'll do some digging, more out of curiosity than anything else. Will update if I hear any whispers. Didn't realise I knew as many people in the HC/TVL/Bucks setup as I did, until I started looking at some of the websites. Was on the TVL Rules Committee years ago. Now that was a frustrating experience!

[Manormanic]

Old man said the same about the Eastern Feeder games he's umpired in. That's because it's the same as TVL Div 1, as the two divisions above are a mix of cherwell/TVL/Herts. Eastern Feeder is Herts Div 1.

I would say, with respect, that the standard is closer as a whole to TVL 2 than 1, and that some of the better sides in 3 might even compete.  The TVL covers most of three counties with bits of two more - even more with the Cherwell included, so the equivalent TVL side to the bottom of Eastern feeder last season was (according to my very rough maths) Hayes in 3a...

[uknsaunders]

I would say, with respect, that the standard is closer as a whole to TVL 2 than 1, and that some of the better sides in 3 might even compete.  The TVL covers most of three counties with bits of two more - even more with the Cherwell included, so the equivalent TVL side to the bottom of Eastern feeder last season was (according to my very rough maths) Hayes in 3a...

Might be right. I don't remember what my old man said but it wasn't flattering. Interestingly enough, OMT's are in the TVL and based in Croxley Green, near Watford. That might be a possible route for the 5 who want to stay in the HCPCL. Join the TVL? Then again, anybody fancy driving on the M25 to Potters Bar away on a Saturday?

[ProCricketer1982]

The relegation problem sound the same as the West of England premier league issues. Massive chain reaction the whole way down which isn't right.

[Manormanic]

Might be right. I don't remember what my old man said but it wasn't flattering. Interestingly enough, OMT's are in the TVL and based in Croxley Green, near Watford. That might be a possible route for the 5 who want to stay in the HCPCL. Join the TVL? Then again, anybody fancy driving on the M25 to Potters Bar away on a Saturday?

I don't think that the TVL would be too amenable to that idea - unless it was as simple as the five clubs affiliating for the purposes of being able to play in the HCPL, which they seem to want to continue to do.  I can't see a trip out that far going down well for players from, say, Fleet or Cove!

[uknsaunders]

Don't think many teams are keen on travelling down to Cove either! Falkland gets a fair number of moans as well.

[Gingerbusiness]

I traveled down to play on Cove's 2nd XI ground once... Would have been better to have played rugby on it!

If you play for Kew and you have to travel to Falkland - you are looking at about 2 hours already.

It is a big old area to play games in, and I know Jeremy Davis and the rest of the TVCL board try their best to make it easier for teams, but further expansion East or West would make it an expensive process for the majority of teams.

[uknsaunders]

Hate Kew. Not the players just the bloody ground, lack of parking and people using the public footpath going across the pitch.

[ppccopener]

nice for a jaunt into Richmond post match thou. lively and always lots of birds about

couple of teams from middx joined up with TVL and never looked back. I'm hearign a couple of others are looking to move over there too.

[uknsaunders]

Use to be alot more when a large part of the TVL was the Lee 75 league. Use to go to some nice grounds, Hampton Wick Royal, Richmond Town, Chertsey, Barnes etc . Then we joined the TVL and many of the clubs went into Middlesex and Surrey leagues. Which clubs are thinking of coming back?

[Gingerbusiness]

I nailed their 1st XI left arm off-spinner back over his head and knocked a woman off her bike at the pub end of the ground. Good times!