A golden evening...

...at the Kent Country cricket ground...where the St Peter's eleven met the Archbishop of Canterbury's eleven for a superb match.  Among those gathered to watch were the Papal Nuncio Archbishop Mennini -  who hugely enjoyed it all despite being somewhat baffled about the intricacies of the game! - Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark,  the British Ambassador to the Holy See  Nigel Baker, and of course the Australian ambassador to the H. See,  John McCarthy whose enthusiasm had initiated the whole project.

As the warm afternoon slipped into a mellow evening with the sky a rosy glow, the close-run match finished with a win for the Archbishop of Canterbury's team amid a roar of well-deserved applause, and the two teams were shaking hands and there were speeches and medals and the presentation of a cup and promises of a return match next year...and then there was a glorious dinner in the Pavilion., speeches, laughter, delicious food...

This was Britain at its best and I loved it.

 

....and here is Auntie with the team, pictured when we met at Westminster Cathedral the other day....