Runs aground: not quite Lords but an equally demanding wicket. Due to obvious tidal reasons the sponsored cricket match between Chichester branch and the Hayling Island lifeboat crew and supporters had to be limited to 20 overs per innings. The match was held over May bank holiday weekend on a drying sandbank known as The Winner at the entrance to Chichester Harbour. The branch made a respectable 72 runs, against which the crew could only muster 47 in reply, but the clear winner of the day was the RNLI which scored £1,750 in sponsorship.

photograph by courtesy of Brighton Evening Argus.