The Cricketers, Richmond

Ideally situated on the large green where cricket would have been played. Walls inside are festooned (if that's the right word) with cricket bats, framed covers of The Cricketer magazine, and even a photo of Denis Compton (younger readers ask your grandmothers). The background music is rather more up to date, but not any better for that. I asked the barman why there was no Abbot if this is a Greene King pub, but he said it's owned by Metropolitan, a subsidiary of GK, and doesn't have Abbot or GK IPA as a consequence. The house beer on the other hand is a re-badged GK beer (London Glory?) and was only £5.50/pint but had a hint of diacetyl about it (NBSS 2.5). And the WiFi is GK's own, so tell me again how it's not a GK pub.

Facebook page of The Cricketers - www.facebook.com

Facebook page of The Cricketers - www.facebook.com