2010 results | P0 | W0 | L0 |

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2009 end of season results | P18 | W7 | L11 |

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Finchley CC. v Octopus CC - 13th September. Octopus lost by 9 wickets.

A Grey day in September, in more ways than one. Roll on next season.

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Boyne Hill CC Sunday 2nd XI v Octopus CC - 6th September. Octopus won by 5 wickets.

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Penn St. v Octopus CC - 1st September. Octopus lost by 7 wickets.

A bit of a spanking! Having been put in by the hungover opposition the tone was set early on as Miles was run out in the first over. The two very handy Penn Street openers ran through the top order and bowling straight through, the openers took the scalps of Miles, Harsh, Pete and Knowles. The first change pair were if anything better! Stu and Andy didn’t last long and Graham was in long enough to realise on the short walk back to the pub/pavilion that he was now # 1 in line for the duck trophy. Bay and Si then put on an excellent show and a face saving 71. 3 generations of Ingrams looked on, no doubt assuming it was like this every week! Bay eventually fell for 42 and a quick cameo from Kye saw us post 143. Penn St. got off to a flyer and a stunning catch at backward point by Miles from Sam’s rough stuff was the only early highlight. A great run out, snaring the return from his own bowling by Kye and the de rigueur Ingram dismissal were the only other wickets to fall as Penn knocked off the runs for the loss of only 3 wickets.

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Octopus CC v Chalfont St. Peter - 23rd August. Octopus lost by 4 wickets.

A narrow defeat against a bunch of technically gifted Chalfont youngsters, who rallied at 100-5 to make 192-6 and win with 5 balls to spare. A short and young Beevor hooking the ball so cleanly and powerfully worth a special mention. Pete H carried his bat to score a magnificent P.B. of 78 not out in our 191-7. Supported by contributions from Miles and Jules and a fantastic 15 ball 33 from Sam, who has now scored 78 runs for once out this season. Bowling highlight went to Graham with a magnificent googly to which their bewildered no. 4 shouldered arms and was bowled, in clear expectation of another rasping leg break!! Brilliant stuff.

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M.A.L CC vs Octopus CC - 16th August. Octopus won by 8 wickets.

Victory was enjoyed versus Maccabi Association London. Losing the toss and bowling first we kept them to 142 all out in the final over on a very small pitch. 3 wickets for Ingram, two catches for Braham a swirling catch in the deep from Marsh to see off their big hitting captain and a Knowles/JB run out the highlights. A maiden 50 (53 from 32 balls) from Stu (pictured) at #1 spot and a dismissive smash of 65no (36 balls!) from the skipper did most of the damage with JB smiting a few for 16 no. We we're sipping the beer after 16.5 overs for only the loss of 3 wickets.

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Octopus CC vs Crouch End CC - 9th August. Octopus CC lost by 5 wickets.

Milk, trigger fingered umpiring, excited running, the pitch, bad batting, the negative influence of England at Headingly, hangovers, no hangovers, the length of the grass and the stress of making the tea were all imaginative excuses used in an awful start for the Octopus. At 37 for 7 (seven) a beer match was in prospect before JB, suffering from a rare strain of Aussie whine flu got us out of jail with a thumping 47, ably supported by a wristy marsh, with the pair putting on over 60 for the 8th wicket. An odds defying partnership of 15 from duck trophy battlers Ingram and Braham saw a hope inducing 122 on the board. The CECC opener was soon back with his pals as JB struck in the first over, soon followed by the no 3 as Braham hung on to a one handed blinder at forward short leg that was all instinct. 2 in two balls from Marsh, including the stumping of a severely hung-over batsmen who need help taking a guard saw Octopus back in with a shout. Alas, only two more wickets fell as the CECC keeper (dropped on 0!) went onto to make a match winning 50. A great rearguard performance with the bat and a strong showing in the field were not enough to mask the poor form of the top 7. .

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Jaguar CC vs Octopus CC - 2nd August. Octopus lost by 6 wickets

A good performance in the field gave us a chance of defending 114. Limiting Jaguar to 66-5 in reply at one stage. Ultimately not enough runs on the board against some fine swing bowling seeing the us go down by 6 wickets.

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Octopus CC v North Enfield - 26th July 2009 Octopus won by 99 runs

Good win against an old foe. A solid, (if unspectacular!) start from Mr James (25) and Mr Hodge (66) built the platform. On a very slow pitch and outfield Harsh (66no) and Stu (32no) piled on 77 for the 7th wicket in the last 9 overs to get us to 229-6
Everyone contributed with either bat or ball with Hindle and Ingram bagging 3 wickets apiece with Sam, Rocky, Graham and Stu picking up the rest. A terrific bootlace catch from Pete at shortish cover and Sam’s one handed reaction snatch at silly point the highlights in the field. On a bad day for the gloveman, Alex’s stumping was a brief shinning light in a drizzly day of mouthguard muttering from behind the stumps. Si wrapped up the 99 run victory in the penultimate over to get us out of the heavy drizzle.
match pics (rollover) Harsh | Stu

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Henleaze Old Boys (Bristol Tour) - 17th - 19th July. Rained Off

Well Im not dumb but I cant understand
Why she spoke like a woman but text like a man
Oh my lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola lo-lo-lo-lo lola

tour pics (rollover) “go away big men” | Fake Fredie |
Hulk-o-mania, Evil Dreams? | JB |

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Ploughmans CC (H) - 12th July. Octopus lost by 33 runs

A great performance by all the bowlers, 4 wickets for Sam, a miserly spell from Hindle and great stuff from Kirk on debut and Matt D, Julian, Pete and Si. Almost flawless in the field from everybody and some excellent catches.
Sadly not so good on the batting. Knowlesy got a pearler before he got his eye in and the pace of their opener did for Capt. Andy. A great knock came from Alex (pictured) and good efforts from Pete and Matt H. For once Ingram actually moved his feet and looked like a batsman. Then Matt D came in and tore into their bowling. For a moment we dared to dream. Ok so we lost, but lots of positives to take into next weeks clash in the west.
Man of the match goes to Matt D for his bowling, superb diving slip catch and direct hit run out and thanks to Kirk for turning out at short notice.

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Alexandra Park CC (A) - 5th July. Octopus won by 56 runs

A great win! A fabulous bowling performance and aggressive field settings saw a Sam inspired (44 no) 118 all out defended manfully, with the be-tentacled ones winning by 65 runs.
match pics (rollover) We can do this! | Captain O get the first
Winter takes the catch |

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West XI CC (@Hornsey) - 29th June. Octopus lost by 123 runs

A horrible, humid, error strew performance in the field with the most lopsided boundary ever witnessed. We kept them below 300 by 6 runs! Then it rained.
Then Knowlsie, in the most extreme example of average protection imaginable, retired hurt and had to be whisked away to A&E (see pic) with a drum and base inspired heart beat, topping out at 206. He’s was O.K. and did manfully try and discharge himself to get back to the action. JB hit a very impressive 59 and hats off to AJ for a personal best 43 in our collapsible 170 ao (from 139-3)
(rollover) 206bpm No Out

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Chalfont St. Peter CC (Away) - 21st June. Octopus lost by 38 runs

A disappointing result for us against Chalfont. We let them off the hook a bit, letting them get 201 and of our top 5 only miles got into double figures (49). With their openers soaking up our share of luck with edges flying here, there and everywhere (mostly to the very short boundary). In the end we came up about 39 short. On the upside all but 3 got a bowl and everyone got a bat, getting to the 40 over conclusion 9 down.

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Highgate CC (Home) - 14th June. Octopus won by 107 runs

A second wicket partnership of 137 from Miles (66) and Gopi (80) put us well on the way to our highest score of the season. A half century from Harsh (53) and Stu's 22no meant the Highgate batsmen needed 247 to win. This wasn't going to be made easier for them with Sam steaming in to removed their openers leg stump with the first ball of the innings and Avery opening the bowling at the other end taking 3 wickets early on. A good partnership from Dekeller (55) and Maby (31) kept the scoreboard ticking over until Pete struck to remove Dekeller and 3 more batmen in a four over spell. The match ended in 32nd over with Stu leaping high at silly point to take a one handed catch. This left enough time for a quick trip to the pub to see England beat India by 3 runs much to the captains disappointment.
match pics (rollover) Miles | Gopi gets his 50 |
Gopi (80) | Pete (4o 11r 4w). 1st wicket |

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Holtwhites CC (Away) - 7th June. Cancelled due to waterlogged pitch.

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Hoopers CC (Home) - 31st May. Octopus won by 7 runs.

Best game of the season so far with the Aloysius All Stars winning it in the final over with a superb running take on the boundary from Knowles. We set Hoopers a total of 200 to chase on a fairly flat, dry wicket. top 7 all played their part with Hayward (39) top scoring and anchoring the middle order when the collapsed could of befallen us. After tea a couple of quick wickets from Ogilvie was the only early highlight as No. 4 Nabarro smashed a century before Hodge removed the danger man lbw. Needing 32 runs off 48 balls with 6 wickets in hand Hodge and Knowles produced some great bowling and wickets finally started to tumble until the last one was taken leaving Hoopers 8 short of victory with 5 balls to spare.
match pics (rollover) Not Out!? | Knowles | Ogilvie |
Hayward | Victory! |

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Crouch End CC (Away at Calthorpe) - 24th May. Octopus won by 8 wickets.

It was hot and the sun was shining, summer had arrived as we took to the field at the Calthorpe ground. Fielding first tight bowling from Butler and especially Ogilvie (8o, 13r) kept the run rate nicely in check. The Marsh spin sent 4 batmen back to the pavilion, but the Crouch End batsmen weren’t going to throw their wickets away cheaply and after 40 hot overs in the field the target was set at 189. Andy and Miles (scoring 58 on debut) got the score into the 50’s before Andy lost his wicket, bringing Rocky to the crease in his final innings before his move to Brum. 28 balls later he retired on 51, signing off with a 6 into the sightscreen, leaving Harsh (38) and Simon K (26) to finish the job.
match pics (rollover) Rocky I | Miles | Rocky II |

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Hornsey (@ Hornsey) - 17th May. Hornsey CC won by 137 runs.

Captain Rocky’s decision on whether to bat or bowl wasn’t required as we lost the toss and 9 octopi took to the field. The Hornsey openers we’re soon sending the ball to boundary with regularity. Thankfully late arrivals Gopi and Julian completed the 11 and Julian (4-46) soon made inroads into the top order. However a solid middle order made sure Hornsey finished on 268 – 7 from 40 overs.
In reply Rocky got off to his usual brisk start smashing one beautiful six over the rope until falling to an inswinger on 39. Gopi in his first match of the season held the innings together with a crafted 35 and a gritty 18 from Andy made sure Octopus survived 36.3 overs.
match pics (rollover) Gopi | Out! for the count | Rocky |

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Warners End v Octopus CC - 10th May. Octopus won by 6 wickets.

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Octopus CC v Holtwhites 1st - 3rd May. Holtwhites won by 7 wickets.

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Enfield CC v Octopus CC - 25th April. Enfield CC won by 73 runs.

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