Because there will be no cricketing activity until at least the 11th July, all Matches, Practices and Social Events listed in the Calendar are Postponed or Cancelled. They are too numerous to indicate that on each individual entry. When we have something concrete, I shall update you. In the meantime, to keep you occupied, here is a (not quite so) "Brief History of Reed Cricket Club" compiled by Life-Member, Steve Dunn, who was President of the Club at the time of its Golden Anniversary in 2006. It has been updated several times since to recognise the Club's triumphs in the National Village Cup and no doubt will have to be revised again after this amazing year of 2020! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Early Days. Although cricket has been played on and off at Reed for perhaps up to 100 years or so, it was in 1956 that the present cricket club was formed. Older village residents recount that both before and after the Second World War matches were played in the middle meadows at the back of The Cabinet public house. The old oak tree (still standing) provided the gathering point for spectators who invariably included Charlie and Bertha Gilbey, comfortable in their deck chairs and keeping score. The club formally sprang to life in 1956 from a suggestion made by Joe Shepherd (our first club captain) to some of the teenagers who went to the youth club that met in the Mission Hall (now a house) on the High Street. Joe asked the boys whether they fancied playing cricket and this led to them searching out what was left of the old equipment, a few pads, bats etc which had been used for those few years after [...]