Further Friars (76 all out) lost to The Village (160 for 7 dec) by 84 runs
21 August 2010

Friday pre-match report: Tucker’s Grave Inn. Orange nectar: quaffed. Skittles: Skittled. Winner: Dan Plimmer, despite the fact that he looked more ruined than usual. Loser: Marrow who came comprehensively last following a second round duck. Special bus songs: Bohemian Rhapsody, You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling, failed attempts at Common People and Wonderwall.

Match report proper (job): It was a dark, stormy day. It looked like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were just around the corner, and they weren’t about to mess around. Every weather outlet was united in its opinion: it was going to piss it down harder than Plimmer after 5 pints of his favourite half and half. With the exception of one: the BBC Points West man had, in between announcing that he was opening a charity shop in Melksham tomorrow and that there was a good game of rugby going on in Bristol, found time to announce that it’d be ‘just abaat alroight’ on Saturday.

And how right he was. Not a ...

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The Village Cricket Club is a small club based loosely around its roots in North East London. We were formed in 2004 by a bunch of singularly talentless but enthusiastic cricketers who decided that they wanted to continue their summer pastime beyond the end of their university days.

One bizarre meeting in Stamford Hill's Birdcage later, the Village CC was formed and enrolled in the North East London Cricket League which sustained it for its first few seasons.

Since then, much has changed, the club has grown and left the league behind, perferring to follow its instincts in the world of friendly London cricket.

We play most of our matches in central London but we also make yearly trips to Cambridge, Oxford and the West Country. We are always on the lookout for new members of any ability - enthusiasm for the game is our only selection criteria. You can contact us via the "Join" link up above, or a few of us hang out in the "chat" section when work isn't keeping us too busy.