What is this fixture?
On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
It looks like visit a poor relative day.

max.it

ONE-DAY TOUR MATCH
Bedfordshire
11:00
Northamptonshire
Venue: Dunstable Town Cricket Club, Dunstable

Berkshire
11:00
Middlesex
Venue: Falkland Cricket Club, Newbury

Buckinghamshire
11:00
Surrey
Venue: High Wycombe Cricket Club, High Wycombe

Cambridgeshire
11:00
Essex
Venue: Saffron Walden Cricket Club, Saffron Walden

Cheshire
11:00
Warwickshire
Venue: Chester Boughton Hall CC, Chester

Cornwall
11:00
Somerset
Venue: Boscawen Park, Truro

Cumberland
11:00
Lancashire
Venue: Sedbergh School, Sedbergh

Dorset
11:00
Hampshire
Venue: Wimborne Cricket Club, Dorset

Herefordshire
11:00
Worcestershire
Venue: Eastnor Cricket Club, Ledbury

Lincolnshire
11:00
Durham
Venue: Gorse Lane, Grantham

Norfolk
11:00
Nottinghamshire
Venue: Manor Park, Horsford

Northumberland
11:00
Yorkshire
Venue: Roseworth Terrace, Gosforth

Oxfordshire
11:00
Sussex
Venue: Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley

Shropshire
11:00
Derbyshire
Venue: Shifnal Cricket Club, Shifnal

Staffordshire
11:00
Leicestershire
Venue: Knypersley Cricket Club, Knypersley

Suffolk
11:00
Kent
Venue: Woolpit Cricket Club, Bury Saint Edmunds

Wales Minor Counties
11:00
Glamorgan
Venue: Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff

Wiltshire
11:00
Gloucestershire
Venue: College Ground, Cheltenham

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On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <max@tea.time> wrote:

>
>What is this fixture?
>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
>It looks like visit a poor relative day.

Where on the BBC site is this list?

It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.

Cheers,

Mike

On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <spam@jackalope.uk>
wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <max@tea.time> wrote:
>
>>
>>What is this fixture?
>>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
>>It looks like visit a poor relative day.
>
>Where on the BBC site is this list?
>
>It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Mike

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31

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On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11:01:00 PM UTC+1, max.it wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <sp...@jackalope.uk>
> wrote:
> >On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>What is this fixture?
> >>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
> >>It looks like visit a poor relative day.
> >
> >Where on the BBC site is this list?
> >
> >It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Mike
> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31
>
>

quite so. I think its this new NCCA showcase, i think the successor to the
minor counties where each mc is paired with a fc county and plays a 1 day game
with its mc neighbour. I quote

"The Showcase Games are a fantastic opportunity for the National Counties to test themselves against the best players in the country.

With every County playing a First Class team over a 3-day period, these 50 Over fixtures will showcase not only the huge pool of talent within the National Counties, but the hundreds of people that put such huge amounts of effort into recreational cricket across the UK."

or where assorted pie throwers get a chance to embarrass the FC elite, probably mainly 2nd XIs. dunno
if there were any upsets last year, it wasnt much promoted in 2021.

I dont know what all the CCCs are doing but the match between Oxford and Sussex is at Wormsley
and free entry but you have to book a car parking space for £5. definitely worth going cos its
a beautiful ground on the Getty estate.

mike

On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:00:53 +0100, max.it <max@tea.time> wrote:

>On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <spam@jackalope.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <max@tea.time> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>What is this fixture?
>>>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
>>>It looks like visit a poor relative day.
>>
>>Where on the BBC site is this list?
>>
>>It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Mike
>
>
>https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31

This is something I've not heard of before. They've set aside 31/7 for
18 one-day games between f-c and "national" counties. The Oxfordshire
site suggests this isn't the first time it's happened, but I'm blowed
if I can remember when (if it has).

It will no doubt provoke a post or two from the grubby urchin,
insisting that some bloke from Bedfordshire or Devon is a tragically
underrated player who should be playing for England as an amateur.
Since it's a pound to a penny that in most of the "f-c" sides the
majority of players will play/have played generally in the XXII, that
will be as meaningless as his other garbage.

I'm sure it's very worthy and will entertain some people in Dunstable
and Saffron Walden. (A nasty little town besieged by various of my
paternal relatives who are nowhere near as posh as they'd like to
think they are but would regard the grubby urchin as irredeemably
common. In their defence, they are some of the most frighteningly dull
people on the planet.)

Cheers,

Mike

On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 9:00:40 PM UTC+1, max.it wrote:
> What is this fixture?
> On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
> It looks like visit a poor relative day.
>
> max.it
>
> ONE-DAY TOUR MATCH
> Bedfordshire
> 11:00
> Northamptonshire
> Venue: Dunstable Town Cricket Club, Dunstable
>
> Berkshire
> 11:00
> Middlesex
> Venue: Falkland Cricket Club, Newbury
>
> Buckinghamshire
> 11:00
> Surrey
> Venue: High Wycombe Cricket Club, High Wycombe
>
> Cambridgeshire
> 11:00
> Essex
> Venue: Saffron Walden Cricket Club, Saffron Walden
>
> Cheshire
> 11:00
> Warwickshire
> Venue: Chester Boughton Hall CC, Chester
>
> Cornwall
> 11:00
> Somerset
> Venue: Boscawen Park, Truro
>
> Cumberland
> 11:00
> Lancashire
> Venue: Sedbergh School, Sedbergh
>
> Dorset
> 11:00
> Hampshire
> Venue: Wimborne Cricket Club, Dorset
>
> Herefordshire
> 11:00
> Worcestershire
> Venue: Eastnor Cricket Club, Ledbury
>
> Lincolnshire
> 11:00
> Durham
> Venue: Gorse Lane, Grantham
>
> Norfolk
> 11:00
> Nottinghamshire
> Venue: Manor Park, Horsford
>
> Northumberland
> 11:00
> Yorkshire
> Venue: Roseworth Terrace, Gosforth
>
> Oxfordshire
> 11:00
> Sussex
> Venue: Sir Paul Getty's Ground, Wormsley
>
> Shropshire
> 11:00
> Derbyshire
> Venue: Shifnal Cricket Club, Shifnal
>
> Staffordshire
> 11:00
> Leicestershire
> Venue: Knypersley Cricket Club, Knypersley
>
> Suffolk
> 11:00
> Kent
> Venue: Woolpit Cricket Club, Bury Saint Edmunds
>
> Wales Minor Counties
> 11:00
> Glamorgan
> Venue: Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Cardiff
>
> Wiltshire
> 11:00
> Gloucestershire
> Venue: College Ground, Cheltenham
>
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The fc county second XI 50 over competition incorporating the minor counties n perhaps?
RH

On Monday, 25 July 2022 at 23:25:04 UTC+1, Mike Holmans wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:00:53 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
>
> >On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <sp...@jackalope.uk>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>What is this fixture?
> >>>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
> >>>It looks like visit a poor relative day.
> >>
> >>Where on the BBC site is this list?
> >>
> >>It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>
> >>Mike
> >
> >
> >https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31
> This is something I've not heard of before. They've set aside 31/7 for
> 18 one-day games between f-c and "national" counties. The Oxfordshire
> site suggests this isn't the first time it's happened, but I'm blowed
> if I can remember when (if it has).

CricketArchive lists them as Royal London One Day Cup Warm-Up Matches. It looks like they were due to be played in 2020 and 2021, but were cancelled.

As you say, like the old 1st round of the Gillette/NatWest, but without the jeopardy for the FC counties, and not List A.

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 1:34:25 PM UTC+1, nos...@lane-farm.fsnet.co.uk wrote:
> On Monday, 25 July 2022 at 23:25:04 UTC+1, Mike Holmans wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:00:53 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
> >
> > >On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <sp...@jackalope.uk>
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > >>On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>What is this fixture?
> > >>>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
> > >>>It looks like visit a poor relative day.
> > >>
> > >>Where on the BBC site is this list?
> > >>
> > >>It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
> > >>
> > >>Cheers,
> > >>
> > >>Mike
> > >
> > >
> > >https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31
> > This is something I've not heard of before. They've set aside 31/7 for
> > 18 one-day games between f-c and "national" counties. The Oxfordshire
> > site suggests this isn't the first time it's happened, but I'm blowed
> > if I can remember when (if it has).
> CricketArchive lists them as Royal London One Day Cup Warm-Up Matches. It looks like they were due to be played in 2020 and 2021, but were cancelled.

Sussex played oxfordshire in 2021

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/royal-london-one-day-cup-warm-up-2021-1273547/sussex-vs-oxfordshire-warmup-1270345/full-scorecard

mike

On 26/07/2022 17:28, mike wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 1:34:25 PM UTC+1, nos...@lane-farm.fsnet.co.uk wrote:
>> On Monday, 25 July 2022 at 23:25:04 UTC+1, Mike Holmans wrote:
>>> On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:00:53 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <sp...@jackalope.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is this fixture?
>>>>>> On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
>>>>>> It looks like visit a poor relative day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Where on the BBC site is this list?
>>>>>
>>>>> It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31
>>> This is something I've not heard of before. They've set aside 31/7 for
>>> 18 one-day games between f-c and "national" counties. The Oxfordshire
>>> site suggests this isn't the first time it's happened, but I'm blowed
>>> if I can remember when (if it has).
>> CricketArchive lists them as Royal London One Day Cup Warm-Up Matches. It looks like they were due to be played in 2020 and 2021, but were cancelled.
>
> Sussex played oxfordshire in 2021
>
> https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/royal-london-one-day-cup-warm-up-2021-1273547/sussex-vs-oxfordshire-warmup-1270345/full-scorecard

Thanks. 7 matches were played.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/royal-london-one-day-cup-warm-up-2021-1273547/match-results

I was looking at a list of matches for Devon, and theirs was cancelled.
I assumed wrongly that all of the others were as well.

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On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11:24:29 PM UTC+1, mike wrote:
> On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11:01:00 PM UTC+1, max.it wrote:
> > On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <sp...@jackalope.uk>
> > wrote:
> > >On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >>What is this fixture?
> > >>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
> > >>It looks like visit a poor relative day.
> > >
> > >Where on the BBC site is this list?
> > >
> > >It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >
> > >Mike
> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31
> >
> >
> quite so. I think its this new NCCA showcase, i think the successor to the
> minor counties where each mc is paired with a fc county and plays a 1 day game
> with its mc neighbour. I quote
>
> "The Showcase Games are a fantastic opportunity for the National Counties to test themselves against the best players in the country.
>
> With every County playing a First Class team over a 3-day period, these 50 Over fixtures will showcase not only the huge pool of talent within the National Counties, but the hundreds of people that put such huge amounts of effort into recreational cricket across the UK."
>
> or where assorted pie throwers get a chance to embarrass the FC elite, probably mainly 2nd XIs. dunno
> if there were any upsets last year, it wasnt much promoted in 2021.

a few upsets this year; berkshire beat Middx, who recovered their honour somewhat by thrashing
herts soon after, bucks beat surrey, mainly cos these were essentially 2nd XIs and Lincoln just beat
Durham. Bedford nearly beat Northants, mainly due to Kettleburghs 192no, Derby flattened poor
shropshire, but i think their opener carried his bat for 69 out of a total 89ao. Norwell took 5-15 with 3
wkts in 4 balls to beat Cheshire; surely IF he doesnt get injured, he must be the next fast bowling option
to be tried by england. Worcs had a struggle to beat Hereford, yorks smashed 290 off 23 overs to beat
nhumberland in a rain shortened affair [ballance made 95 - wheres he been hiding i wonder?] and kent
made 431 against suffolk.

>
> I dont know what all the CCCs are doing but the match between Oxford and Sussex is at Wormsley
> and free entry but you have to book a car parking space for £5. definitely worth going cos its
> a beautiful ground on the Getty estate.

easy win for sussex but oxford were getting excited at 67-4. quite a few ladies in very short
skirts and big hats, and surprising number of ferraris and astons in the car park, not belonging
to me unfortunatly.

mike

On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 14:48:42 -0700 (PDT), mike <dmike204@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11:24:29 PM UTC+1, mike wrote:
>> On Monday, July 25, 2022 at 11:01:00 PM UTC+1, max.it wrote:
>> > On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:26:56 +0100, Mike Holmans <sp...@jackalope.uk>
>> > wrote:
>> > >On Mon, 25 Jul 2022 21:00:33 +0100, max.it <m...@tea.time> wrote:
>> > >
>> > >>
>> > >>What is this fixture?
>> > >>On BBC fixtures list these are called one day tour matches.
>> > >>It looks like visit a poor relative day.
>> > >
>> > >Where on the BBC site is this list?
>> > >
>> > >It looks like an old first round of the Gillette/NatWest.
>> > >
>> > >Cheers,
>> > >
>> > >Mike
>> > https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scores-fixtures/2022-07-31
>> >
>> >
>> quite so. I think its this new NCCA showcase, i think the successor to the
>> minor counties where each mc is paired with a fc county and plays a 1 day game
>> with its mc neighbour. I quote
>>
>> "The Showcase Games are a fantastic opportunity for the National Counties to test themselves against the best players in the country.
>>
>> With every County playing a First Class team over a 3-day period, these 50 Over fixtures will showcase not only the huge pool of talent within the National Counties, but the hundreds of people that put such huge amounts of effort into recreational cricket across the UK."
>>
>> or where assorted pie throwers get a chance to embarrass the FC elite, probably mainly 2nd XIs. dunno
>> if there were any upsets last year, it wasnt much promoted in 2021.
>
>a few upsets this year; berkshire beat Middx, who recovered their honour somewhat by thrashing
>herts soon after, bucks beat surrey, mainly cos these were essentially 2nd XIs and Lincoln just beat
>Durham. Bedford nearly beat Northants, mainly due to Kettleburghs 192no, Derby flattened poor
>shropshire, but i think their opener carried his bat for 69 out of a total 89ao. Norwell took 5-15 with 3
>wkts in 4 balls to beat Cheshire; surely IF he doesnt get injured, he must be the next fast bowling option
>to be tried by england. Worcs had a struggle to beat Hereford, yorks smashed 290 off 23 overs to beat
>nhumberland in a rain shortened affair [ballance made 95 - wheres he been hiding i wonder?] and kent
>made 431 against suffolk.
>
>
>>
>> I dont know what all the CCCs are doing but the match between Oxford and Sussex is at Wormsley
>> and free entry but you have to book a car parking space for £5. definitely worth going cos its
>> a beautiful ground on the Getty estate.
>
>easy win for sussex but oxford were getting excited at 67-4. quite a few ladies in very short
>skirts and big hats, and surprising number of ferraris and astons in the car park, not belonging
>to me unfortunatly.
>
>mike

Maybe they should have more confrontations/interactions between the
minors and the CC clubs.
Would it be difficult to organise a similar 2 or 3 day match event?
Does that already happen? Even single innings declaration matches?

max.it

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