Club Stats
History
The Village Cricket Club is a small nomadic club with its roots in North East London and players spread across London and surrounding areas. After one bizarre meeting in Stamford Hill's Birdcage, we were formed in 2004 by a bunch of singularly talentless but over enthusiastic cricketers who decided that they wanted to continue to entertain non-existent crowds beyond the end of their university days.
Its first competitive foray was initial enrollment in NELC League exalting it's status for the first few seasons and then instinctive transition into the world of friendly Cricket across London and invitational relationships outside of it, playing games either Saturday or Sunday every weekend for most of the summer from April to September.
Since its inception, much has changed. The social and cultural fabric of the club has grown, diversified and integrated with members from Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Canada, Oman, Netherlands, Greece and ofcourse, from all over the UK. Our second generation is starting to come through with contributions both in and out of the field of play. Some of the most memorable moments are made and treasured while socializing after the games with a few beers or Cranberry juice and a curry or Fish and Chips.
We play most of our matches in central London but we also make yearly trips to Oxford, Maidenhead and the West Country through some of the relationships we have built over the last 20 years. Every two years, we strive to take an International tour. We've visited Corfu, Malta, Amsterdam, Montenegro, Croatia, Porto and the 2026 tour is already under planning stages.
We are always on the lookout for new members of any ability from anywhere. Enthusiasm for the game and an inclination to bond with our club and members is our only selection criteria.
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Captains
2004 | AEMcC Richardson |
2005 | AEMcC Richardson |
2006 | AEMcC Richardson |
2007 | Graham Pontin |
2008 | Paul Bowman |
2009 | Paul Bowman |
2010 | Paul Bowman |
2011 | Eklavya Gupte |
2012 | Eklavya Gupte |
2013 | Eklavya Gupte |
2014 | Nick Troja |
2015 | Nick Troja |
2016 | Nick Thompson |
2017 | Nick Thompson |
2018 | Richard Cressey |
2019 | Richard Cressey |
2020 | Oliver Morgans |
2021 | Oliver Morgans |
2022 | Oliver Morgans |
2023 | Toby de Mellow |
Vice-Captains
2004 | Ed Thomas |
2005 | Graham Pontin |
2006 | Oliver Morgans |
2007 | John Lucarotti |
2008 | Alan White |
2009 | Marcus Littlejohns |
2010 | Eklavya Gupte |
2011 | Steve Harty |
2012 | Steve Harty |
2013 | Nick Troja |
2014 | Oliver Morgans |
2015 | Nick Thompson |
2016 | Toby de Mellow |
2017 | Richard Cressey |
2018 | James de Mellow |
2019 | James de Mellow |
2020 | Toby de Mellow |
2021 | Toby de Mellow |
2022 | Toby de Mellow |
2023 | Prashant Misra |
Player of the Year
2004 | Graham Pontin |
2005 | Alan White |
2006 | Toby Proctor |
2007 | Paul Bowman |
2008 | Eklavya Gupte |
2009 | Marcus Littlejohns |
2010 | Oliver Morgans |
2011 | Steve Harty |
2012 | Nick Troja |
2013 | Matt Boa |
2014 | Nick Troja |
2015 | Nick Troja |
2016 | Prashant Mishra |
2017 | Nick Price-Thompson |
2018 | Nick Price-Thompson |
2019 | Eddie Francis |
2020 | |
2021 | Chris Pitcher |
2022 | Prashant Misra |
Leading Players
Awards
Players' Player of The Season | Captain's Player of The Season | Best Batsman | Best Bowler | Best Fielder | Most Improved | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2004 | Graham Pontin | Ed Thomas | Andy Richardson | Ed Thomas | ? | ? |
2005 | Alan White | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
2006 | Toby Proctor | Oliver Morgans |
Toby Proctor (388 runs @ 78) |
Toby Proctor (16 wkts @ 8) |
? | ? |
2007 | Paul Bowman | John Lucarotti |
Alan White (295 runs @ 74) |
Andy Richardson (23 wkts @ 11) |
Saul Reid | ? |
2008 | Eklavya Gupte | ? |
Marcus Littlejohns
(204 runs @ 20.4) |
Alan White
(23 wkts @ 12.8) |
Graham Pontin | ? |
2009 | Marcus Littlejohns | Craig Woodhouse |
Marcus Littlejohns (479 runs @ 60) |
Paul Bowman (34 wkts @ 11) |
Graham Pontin | Martin Koder |
2010 | Oliver Morgans | Eklayva Gupte |
Oliver Morgans (665 runs @ 44) |
Paul Bowman (33 wkts @ 14) |
Chris Pitcher | ? |
2011 | Steve Harty | Matt Boa |
Steve Harty (730 runs @ 91) |
Eklavya Gupte (25 wkts @ 17) |
Nick Troja | Craig Woodhouse |
2012 | Nick Troja | Steve Harty |
Nick Troja (696 runs @ 58) |
Matt Boa (29 wkts @ 14) |
Oliver Morgans | Ben Hampton |
2013 | Matt Boa | Nick Troja |
Steve Harty (582 runs @ 66) |
Eklavya Gupte (24 wkts @ 17) |
Oliver Morgans | Chris Pitcher |
2014 | Nick Troja | Nick Thompson | Nick Troja (464 runs @ 65) |
Eklavya Gupte (19 wkts @ 15) |
Graham Pontin | James de Mellow |
2015 | Nick Troja | Toby de Mellow | Nick Troja (582 runs @ 48.5) |
Eklavya Gupte (34 wkts @ 15) |
Oliver Morgans | Bilal Hussain |
2016 | Prashant Mishra | Oliver Morgans | Prashant Mishra (492 runs @ 41) |
Nick Price-Thompson (31 wkts @ 7) |
Nick Troja | Prashant Mishra |
2017 | Nick Price-Thompson | Prashant Mishra | Daniel Slevenson (518 runs @ 86.33) |
Nick Price-Thompson (23 wkts @ 14) |
James de Mellow | James de Mellow |
2018 | Nick Price-Thompson | Toby de Mellow | Toby de Mellow (567 runs @ 141.75) |
Nick Price-Thompson (22 wkts @ 18) |
Toby de Mellow | Eddie Francis |
2019 | Eddie Francis | James de Mellow | James de Mellow (462 runs @ 35.54) |
Eddie Francis (27 wkts @ 12) |
Chris Pitcher | James de Mellow |
2020 | C. Ovid | C. Ovid | Oliver Morgans (242 runs @ 24.2) |
Eddie Francis (13 wkts @ 14) |
C. Ovid | C. Ovid |
2021 | Chris Picher | Toby de Mellow | Oliver Morgans (571 runs @ 33.59) |
Chris Pitcher (22 wkts @ 18) |
Graham Pontin | Chris Pitcher |
2022 | Prashant Misra | Prashant Misra | Prashant Misra (449 runs @ 34.54) |
Eklavya Gupte (23 wkts @ 17) |
Toby de Mellow | Prashant Misra |