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Is that a cricket bat or are you pleased to see me?
Can you name the team of 1976?
See the Club History for a shock from the past, watch out for Pembo, Steve Freer and Melton Times (Sports Editor) Colin Moulds.

Police investigate hoax MBE letter
Paul Ward was recently the victim of a hoax letter in which it stated that he should attend an awards ceremony at Buckingham Palace to receive his MBE for contributions to fair play in village cricket. Paul attended the awards as requested in a "buff suit", however the police at the Palace were less than impressed in Paul's dress sense or the hoax letter.

The police cautioned Paul for lack of clothes and are currently working through a list of 694 suspects that may have due cause to play this prank on the law abiding HRCC captain.
The Police lady in the above photo is currently under going treatment to have a permanent smile removed from her face. 
Stop Press: Barkby man arrested over hoax MBE letter- more news to follow shortly.
Yet another Golding Cup final!
Following a convincing win against Claypole on Sunday 5th August HRCC will defend the Golding Cup against Harlaxton on Bank Holiday Monday at the end of this month at the Thorpe Arnold CC ground. The match should start at around 2.00pm, team news and travel arrangements will follow.
Combined Cup win at the third attempt
After two postponed matches due to rain, the combined Cup final was played at Thorpe Arnold CC in glorious sunshine. HRCC batted first and accumulated a seemingly low total of 84 runs, however this total proved to high for the Melton Town CC to struggled to reach 45. See the match report section for more details.
Last ball thriller in Salaman Cup Final
Needing 12 runs from the final over seemed a tall task for HRCC in the Salaman Cup final until Paul Ward and Fish scored 11 off the first 5 balls against the mighty Grantham Town CC, the outcome and full story is covered in the match report section, don't miss it!
Skittles raises £50 for New Pavilion fund
A sunny afternoon at Frisby fete was the perfect setting for a small group of HRCC members to set up the outdoor skittles alley in order to raise a few quid for the new pavilion.
With the protection of the cricket nets a large crowd saw a hard fought ladies contest between Angie Freer and Hazel Aylott, the Post Mistress just winning by one point.
The other winners were, Nigel Angraves (ex Melton Major) from Rotherby in the gents section and Richard (sorry no surname) in the Children's competition.
HRCC 1st team 2001? or is the under 18's!

An under strength HRCC Grantham League side enjoyed the limelight of a  photo shoot and a well earned victory on Sunday. The photo was taken by Dennis "the trigger" Wright before, during and after the HRCC home fixture against Pickwell CC. Despite the rumours that Dennis was in trigger happy mood, he was kept waiting by our opening batsmen, Paul Ward and Ian Townsend who knocked off the 136 runs required in 25 overs to conclude a convincing victory over our closest rivals.
Even better news Allington lost to Great Dalby who also beat Pickwell last week- Thanks Fred!
Genny sends shock-waves to members
There will be a new lady member from the start of the 2002 season, her name is has yet to be decided, however short term we shall call her "Genny". She is of course a Lister Deisel generator with enough power to light the whole of Frisby.
We have to thank our friend at British Telecom for donating the unit, which is worth several thousand. There is a small amount of repair work to be carried out over the winter, however it is a major step in the master plan to provide first class facilities at Washstones Lane.
Combined Cup Final postponed
Following a down pour of rain on friday afternoon it was decided to cancel the Combined cup final, a revised date has not yet been agreed. The venue however will again be Melton Town CC on Saxby Road. 
Anne scores 50 not out on mid-summers night
Anne Swann, who has contributed in the development of HRCC in providing the team with her husband Graham, four first team son's (Matt, Andy, Mike and Rich) and by being an articulate scorer, celebrated her 50th birthday on the longest day of the year.
The garden party that was held at her home in Frisby was closer to a rock concert than a village tea party. All 256 attendee's had a ball, however several Frisby residents complained to the Police due to the volume of enjoyment, one stated, "Anne seems such a quiet person when she attends the Church services, I had no idea she was a rocker".
A spokesman for HRCC added "Congratulations Anne, keep on rocking but keep your head down"

Finals galore for HRCC
There are two evening cup finals that HRCC have won through to, the first will be held at Melton CC home ground on Saxby Road this Friday 13th July against Melton CC.
The second final is in the Salaman Cup at Egerton Park where we face the might of Grantham Town CC with their "Spitting Dutchman" from the Allington clash opening the batting. This fixture is scheduled for 27th July with 6.00 start.

“Outside Edge” provided smiles all round
Frisby Players, the local thespian society have made a genius donation of £150 to HRCC; this money will be go towards the new pavilion fund. The last event that the Frisby Players produced was a play called “Outside Edge”, not only did it have a very strong storyline but also featured several aspects of HRCC. Matt Swann was a leading character, playing the part of “Kevin” a young spin bowler that cut his vital digit. George Allsopp played the role of the top batsman “Alex”, who had a habit of running out his team-mates, a bit of a Boycott. John Penney and Alan Westman were part of the production team, in charge of sound effects and lighting. The “It’s a Knockout” king, Geoff Harris, directed the play and last but not least Graham Swann was the overall Producer, building the set and pinching the props.
Several members of HRCC attended (no complimentary tickets can you believe it!) and all found the play to be humorous and very close to reality!

Revenge is sweet in Salaman Cup
HRCC continued their run of success in this premiere regional evening cup competition by recently thrashing Barkby CC at Frisby, the win was never in doubt due to an over site by the Barkby captain who over-bowled one of his strike bowlers by one over. When Hoby player Paul Ward pointed out this unfortunate event to the Barkby captain, he offered HRCC to over bowl one of our men by a similar amount. Paul Wards reply, “We like to play by the rules and feel that the organisers should decide on such matters” brought hoots of laughter from the home players and supporters, remembering that Barkby had caused a stink over the fixture mix-up with organisers.
The next round in the Salaman cup was on Monday 2^nd July at Egerton Park, I am pleased to report that HRCC beat Queniborough with one ball to spare, thanks to the cool head of Ian Welbourne.

Frank Woodhead Cup final at HRCC
HRCC have accepted the invitation to host the Frank Woodhead Cup final at Washstones Lane, Frisby, on Monday 9^th July.
The final will be contested between Old Dalby and Knossington. Both teams will be at full strength and it is rumoured that several senior league clubs will be represented in one form or another!
There is strong rumour of a beer tent, so get down and support the event.

It's a Knockout event date confirmed
Please make a special note in your diaries that Sunday 16^th September will be the Clubs major fund raising day of the year and therefore we request the support of all its members on this day.
Geoff and Gainer Harris have again agreed to run the “Knockout” event and already there is a good level of interest building. Should any members have any ideas or know of prospective teams that want to compete, please do not hesitate to contact either Edward Hutchison or John Penney.