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Guess the tour

Look at the picture.  Guess the tour.  How hard can that be ? Well, given that some of those pictured struggle to recall their own name by the end of a tour, let alone where they are and why they are there, it's not easy at all.

When you think you know some of the answers, go to the pub and buy yourself a pint in celebration, as the Collective has no funds for a prize of any sort.  Good luck, write on one side of the paper only, and remember it's a side-on game.

Picture	Clues
	RBCC haven't  been this camera-friendly for some time.  I suspect it's at least 10 years since Matt had such a slimline torso to display, and some of the scalps on show are unexpectedly well-supplied with quite convincing hair.  A sunny day, and some happy faces too; not Nottingham then.
	Perhaps of a more recent vintage.  When did Farooq last tour ?  And what does Mike Redfern have to be so pleased about ?  Definitely not Ebrington, as the church spire is completely wrong (writes our architecture correspondent).  And that's a tree behind my head, not some bizarre experiment with the styling mousse.
	The lithe form of Stevie D is the big clue here.  And those t-shirts may (or may not) have a bearing on the matter.
	You're on your own with this one; one or two of the players haven't been seen on tour for years, so it's a blast from the past.
	Jon has already solved this one. (What's the French word for egomaniac ?)  The great day of Phil's ton,  naturally celebrated by a photo of, er, Jon, modestly milking the applause.  Rutland Tour, match played at Stamford, Lincolnshire, 27 August 1995.
	The pavilion is rather eyecatching here.  Corvedale springs to mind, but which year ?
	This year, perhaps.  111 reasons to be cheerful.  Who is that self-effacing man in the dark glasses, hiding behind his children ?
	Giles leaves carefully alone, with the scoreboard standing at a complacency-inducing 124 for 4, in pursuit of 190-odd.  The 60s prefab pavilion must ring a bell somewhere.  The architecture outside the ground suggests a well-heeled location, and the wicketkeeper's girth suggests a well-honed thirst.  Amateur historian Mr P Jones of Cheshire thinks this may be the game against Bowring at Wellington, 28 August 1994, and the facts seem to fit.
	The rugby posts could be Ambrosden, except that they're more or less upright. Why was there a cameraman at fly slip ?
	The roof of the world.  Allegedly.  The batsman is Lloyd, which makes you wonder why the fielders are so deep.