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The Grannies are a wandering side, playing cricket all over the South of England. Now in their 62nd season the Grannies has some 350 members, of whom 150 are actively playing.

The first Hogs v Grannies fixture was in 1980 and since then there have been 39 fixtures arranged.

Hogs currently have 12 wins, 7 losses, 10 draws, 1 tie (and 9 have been cancelled/abandoned).

Highlights are many and include:

• May 1991 - Jeremy Lloyd-Jones 107* and Mike Moldon 104*
• May 1993 - Christopher Bazalgette 6-46
• June 1996 - Christopher Bazalgette 6-79
• May 2000 - Matthew Allom 6-18
• May 2005 - Jonathan Grant 126* and Tom Cledwyn 154* raised the 1st wicket record to 289 (previously 263). The game resulted in a draw with the Hogs having declared on 289-0, the Grannies 277-7
• May 2012 - Alex White 6-37
• May 2017 - Hogs win by 176 runs - 317-1 dec - Harry Came 115* and Matt Love 150*, Harry Came 5-9 and Mark Low 4-38
• May 2018 - Hogs win by 153 runs - 281-6 dec - Harry Came 106, Matt Love 86*, Alex Halliday 55, Jimmy Hawkings 6-22