Matches are not starting half an hour earlier to catch the best of the light, the view from the Tring Park Cricket Club balcony is not getting more difficult because the sun is getting lower earlier, and it’s just a coincidence that there are suddenly lots of players available for matches as people get back from holidays. The summer is not ebbing away. The cricket season will continue forever…

Enjoying a little win, tinged perhaps with just a soupçon of pre-autumnal wistfulness, are:

• Oliver Sidwell (50 ) £90
• David Mosley (70) £45
• Lionel Hitchings (12) £30
• John Graham (104) £15

If you'd like to join the fun and support the club, pick up an entry form behind the bar.

Each share costs £52 per year or £13 per quarter, which works out as a mere £4.25 per month. You can buy as many shares as you like, with half of the money that you put in going directly to the club and the other half into the prize fund for the monthly draw.