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Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Welcome... Hi there, thanks for dropping in to our web site. You'll probably never have heard of us - we don't play league cricket, we don't travel much outside the Enfield area (apart from the occasional mistakes of the 1998 and 2001 tours - check for... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/index.htm	9.3k
Crappy Cricketers Unification Challenge 1999 As both of you who have been reading this site regularly this season will be aware, I have been submitting my match reports to the Crappy Cricketer Competition, and you could have knocked me down with a JCB (you'd never manage that with a feather; check any of the photos on this site!) when I only went and won... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/CCC99.htm	8.9k
l'Anarchie pour le UK Greetings comrades, I bring you news from the barricades. Apparently Monday 6th April is to be "Worldwide Take a Day Off Sick" day. That highly motivated group "Decadent Action" (my second favourite group of anarcho-syndicalists, after the "Luther Blisset Fan Club") have called upon all the workers of the world... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue001.htm	2.6k
The world collapses on a Tuesday morning... Date: 02 April 1998 09:50 I saw in the paper yesterday (but obviously didn't believe it, given the date!!) that the Teletubbies have been nominated for the Ivor Novello song-writing award. I have scanned the paper today, and while admitting to another April Fool, they aren't admitting to that one. So...... either... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue002.htm	2.0k
Euro oh no Hello, Following the joy that was International throw a Sickie day (did anyone? I would have but....), and the horror of the Teletubbies nominated for a songwriting award, today on "What Colour IS the Sky...?" we bring you something more alarming - a group of people who have a use for the Euro! Italian politicians... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue003.htm	4.6k
Decamillennium Bugs Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends..... (and an incredibly small prize to anyone who can complete that sentence). The Millennium - pah! Despite the Chinese Year of the Bug fast approaching, we have a far better computer bug than that waiting to wreak havoc on the Western economies. Take a peek... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue004.htm	3.9k
Four Play Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends..... ....We're so glad you could attend, step inside, step inside. Strangely no-one got the answer to last week's competition correct, so I've eaten the prize! Four tiny quirky bits gleaned from the nation's media this week. Firstly, to Cornwall, where there... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue005.htm	7.4k
Daddy Was a Bank Robber.... Sit back, relax, cancel all other engagements.... As previously, a small prize to anyone who can complete that statement Yes, once again on the glorious weekend, I didn't step outside my doorway, but stayed inside to find you all these little gems.... So lads and lasses, where will you be spending December 31st... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue006.htm	6.0k
So much time, so little to do...? Sit back, relax, cancel all other engagements.... It's never too late to enjoy dumb entertainment Sadly, once again no-one came up with the correct answer (although special mention to Angela, who thought it might be "Sit back, relax, cancel all other engagements.... and tell me were you abused as a child?") so... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue007.htm	8.9k
Des Nimes, Des Nimes? Hello sky watchers. Here we are again with another roundup of the trivially bizarre happenings this week. Pride of place, once more, goes to those genetic scientists whose unstinting efforts to make our lives easier and richer provides me with endless free amusement. This week, our daring boys in white have crossed... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue008.htm	8.0k
I Ran... Hi, my name's Stereo Mike... No, not really - this is just the funniest opening line of a song in ooooh, years! Of course, it took me four weeks to get it, but that's just old age not just catching up with me, but racing past into the distance! This being the case, you'd have thought that I would have led off... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue009.htm	6.4k
Frantic Elevators... F-laming June, eh? Does anyone know if there is a hosepipe ban on anywhere? That would just make my month! As alluded to last week, I am feeling my age just a touch, so I've been checking out those adverts for chairs that help you up as you try to stand - you know, the ones designed for frail old ladies. Apparently... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue010.htm	8.0k
I Just Can't be Happy Today Stop the Presses - how could I have forgotten the BEST story of the week!!!!!!!!! It seems that a tourist to one of the Canary Isles attempted to sue the travel company and the hotel he was staying at because there were insufficient sun-loungers at the hotel poolside. It seems that whenever he got up at seven... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue011.htm	9.0k
Avec le retour de la Colonne Durutti... Hello, hello we're back again.... It's been a quiet couple of weeks for the wild, the wacky and the downright dubious, so I think we're going to have an edition of snippets rather than deep and meaningful stories. So lets head on around the world of the strange and surreal..... Where our first stop is Mexico.... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue012.htm	7.8k
Welcome to my nightmare... Welcome to my nightmare.../Issue #13 Date: 21 July 1998 14:52 ....I think you're gonna like it?!?!?! HMS Newcastle, what a fine ship that is. Several members of Her Madge's Navy have been charged after the discovery of a "large"(?) stash of that smoking-type dopey weed aboard the vessel. Not particularly one of... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue013.htm	5.1k
Do you want a flake in that?... Issue 14 - and they said it wouldn't last. Just because I have the attention span of an American teenag... Hey, I've got this really neat idea - let's go ride our bikes! Where to begin? Well, in this sweltering heat (you have willingly entered the e-zone, work with me on this one) probably with the Institute of... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue014.htm	10.3k
Set adrift on Memory... Hi, hello sky children, sorry I'm a bit late with this - personally I blame the tomatoes (if you don't understand that phrase, don't panic; just a problem with my personal biology!) This week we kick off with the man everyone will have seen on the news last week - the airline pilot who refused to let his passengers... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue015.htm	8.6k
It may be hell down there, but it's heaven up here... Ooooh.... how ironic. The first version of this week's missive was wiped out in the great network crash of 11th August 1998. And at what point was this joyous tome destroyed? Well, it wasn't just after I'd finished the small portion about scientists having invented a machine which could tell that cheese is cheese... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue016.htm	8.0k
78 Stone Wobble... Greetings Sky-lites. This week we start our show with a story of blood, death and extreme stupidity! While developing a set of pictures, Boots employees could not fail to notice that there were a number of pictures of a woman, naked in a bath, with her throat cut and blood like everywhere. Being the fine upstanding... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue017.htm	8.9k
As the sun sinks slowly in the West... "Dedicated to the bizarre nature of the human condition" - well I'm glad that in the "What...sky" mission statement I didn't say anything about humans being FUNNY. (Forgive any ranting please - I'm just feeling a touch misanthropic today!) I don't find anything funny in the story of the traffic warden who was... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue018.htm	6.8k
Lips That Would Kiss (Form Prayers to Broken Stone)... Crisis looms for the magazine - in these dark times (have you noticed how the evenings are drawing in?) the first ever fall in "What...Sky" magazine's circulation has the vultures hovering overhead; even now Capital Radio are believed to be preparing a bid.... But enough of that, and back to "normal" business....... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue019.htm	7.4k
Look At It This Way.... Look At It This Way.../Issue #20 Date: 14 September 1998 14:11 ...you could either be successful or be us* So sorry to have missed last week's publication deadline - this was due to machine problems (I was about 50 miles away from my machine). However the good news is that since the last issue the decline in readership... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue020.htm	11.1k
Libertine.... Libertine.../Issue #21 Date: 22 September 1998 09:48 ...the word that falls from her lips and splashes on my shoes like sad beats of rain* Hail Sky chillun (well, the weather has been a trifle odd lately...) I would like to begin this week's epistle with the story that the Millennium bug is not quite as imminent... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue021.htm	9.8k
Neun und neunzig Luftballons.... Aha - caught you out this time. Just for once, I am going to put the competition at the start of the magazine! So, what would you consider to be a fitting reward for the man who saved the world? Money? Power? The first-born of each family? Just to help you along, I will tell you the story of one Lieutenant Colonel... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue022.htm	8.4k
Touched by the Hand of God.... OK, OK I deliberately missed this one out of last week's issue... (just so you'd all forget that you had seen it in the papers) Judges in the Glastonbury In Bloom competition awarded top prize to the owner of "In Harmony With Nature" for his display which was (a judge said) "a real splash of colour". Sadly, for... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue023.htm	9.1k
Independence Day.... (Oh yes, early competition - can ANYONE explain the title. That would just be soooooooo impressive! And yes, it is to do with the top story) Space, the final frontier. You know, when I think about it, I wonder whether James Tiberius Kirk would have set out to boldly split infiniti(v)es that no man had split before... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue024.htm	8.1k
The man recovered of the bite... The man recovered of the bite... ...the dog it was that died (Oliver Goldsmith) Greetings, O my loyal subjects; and talking of subjects, we've had sex issues, and a number of drug stories, but today we are going to focus primarily on the third major topic (no, not rock'n'roll) - DEATH. Initially, we are going... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue025.htm	9.1k
Going Underground... . . .so, you're driving around the M25 (ok, more accurately, you are sitting in traffic jams on the M25), it's persistently raining, your flight is less than two hours away, and all the occupants of the car are mutinous. In an attempt to quell the incipient riot you turn on the radio; it's the news, so this doesn't... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue026.htm	8.4k
Pathetic Acts for a Worthless Cause.... Well my little lotus blossoms, I don't wish to worry you, but there are only 32 shopping days left to Winterval. Oh yes, Winterval - the new name for Christmas dreamed up by the Birmingham marketing department (or something - apparently they were also asked to come up with a better name for Birmingham, but "The... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue027.htm	7.0k
In the Darkest Place... In the Darkest Place... ...that is where you will find me.... I was enjoying the voice. It was a warm, rich, dark-chocolate voice; one that you could imagine drowning in, one which you could listen to (without noticing the message) for ages. I wrapped myself in it, not knowing who it was (I still don't), not caring... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue028.htm	7.9k
Over the Points... Right - that's it; straight down to business; no shilly-shallying; no prevarication; the time to do it is now, and now is the time that I am going to do it; here we go; that's right, straight away, no messing about; now; this instant; chop-chop; .... sorry, where was I? Well, they seem to have taken over from... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue029.htm	5.6k
We Are on the Brink of a new era, if only... Hello gang Even though today (1st December) is International AIDS day, I am afraid that I am going to have to ignore the story of the Christmas Tree in New York which has been decorated with condoms ("Mummy, what are those funny balloons?") because my source (which shall remain nameless, but is the fifth national... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue030.htm	5.8k
Radio Silents... Ahhhh.... time for a break; time for a nice cuppa tea! But, oh no! disaster - the liquid dribbles out of the teapot all over the place. By the time you've mopped it all up the tea's gone tepid and it's time to start again! Fortunately, 15 years of research at the UEA (University of East Anglia, where they obviously... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Issue031.htm	6.7k
7th May 2000 Roundwood (A) - Octopus C.C. May 7 2000 - Roundwood (A) Well, what a surprise that was.... After years of scraping around for the extra man who will give us enough players to play with, we get to the point where we have enough players to send out two XI's - or more accurately one X and one IX, so all those years of practice in short handed... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000507a.htm	7.5k
7th May 2000 Jaguar (H) - Octopus C.C. May 7 2000 - Jaguar (H) (A report from the new skipper himself - for mine, see the other May 7th entry - Ian) First home game of the season and with two teams hoisting the colours of Octopus this day, anticipation was running high. The Town Park was looking it's usual benign self, manicured as only a big pair... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000507h.htm	6.3k
14th May 2000 3 Caps 2nd XI(A) - Octopus C.C. May 14 2000 - 3 Caps 2nd XI (A) (Ah yes, after the glory that was last week's double-header, back to the more mundane single team scenario... and guess how many we get out this week? Wrong! We would have had a travelling twelfth man (me), but Thor (new geezer from Middlesex university) decided he had some schoolwork... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000514.htm	6.6k
Octopus C.C. v Warner's End - 18th June 2000 June18th 2000 - Warner's End (H) Sunday was one of the hottest days of the year (note for the antipodeans amongst you - that's like a cool spring evening to you lot) so naturally Octopus Cricket Club planned to field first if we won the toss. Sadly Wayneskip (standing in for the still injured Cap'n Hook) lost... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000618.htm	5.6k
Octopus CC 2000 - Botany Bay (A) 25 June June 25 2000 - Botany Bay (A) (Botany Bay? Isn't that a LONG way to travel for an away match?) Just to save overloading the whole of cyberspace, I've just cut out about two pages of build-up to Sunday's game... To abbreviate, they were short midweek, we offered to loan them players, they managed to get up to 10... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000625.htm	5.2k
Octopus CC - Loglands (H) 2 July 2000 July 2 2000 - Longlands (H) Is it something we're doing? Another team cancel against us because they can't get enough players out, while we're "resting" players for the week... This IS an unusual situation! Still, at least we got a conference game. Talking of unusual situations, this was the first time for a couple... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000702.htm	5.2k
Octopus CC - Warner's End (A) 9 July 2000 July 9 2000 - Warner's End (A) Another wet one... Those of you abroad will by now have gathered that this is the rottenest summer we've had for some time - those in England will have developed gills by now, so you don't need telling! Yes wet, but yes we played. Well, we'd travelled a fair disance over from Enfield... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000709.htm	8.8k
Octopus CC - 16 July Pymmes (H) July 16 2000 - Pymmes (H) It was bound to happen eventually - after all my big talk about how many players we have sooner or later we were going to take to the field with only 10 - this was the week! Actually, at the beginning we'd have been delighted with 10; Wayne (this week's skip) forgot his whites and set... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000716.htm	4.7k
Octopus CC - Haud Magnum (A) 23 July 2000 July 23 2000 - Haud Magnum (A) Oh those long hectic car journies of summer - especially the ones where you get lost three times on the way! We didn't start on time; we didn't have a full team, although the oppos did lend us a player (who turned up even later than we did, and he knew the way to the ground!) and... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000723.htm	6.7k
Octopus CC - South Loughton (H) July 30 July 30 2000 - South Loughton (H) The tree had been planted in 1981 by Mr Tim Eggar (MP - don't get me started on him!); for the last eleven years (off and on) I'd sat underneath it to do the scores for Octopus CC - and now it has died. Any biologists out there - what can kill a 19 year old oak tree in two weeks?... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000730.htm	5.9k
Octopus CC - Harrowdene (A) 20 August August 20 2000 - Harrowdene (A) > back to the old routine of ten men sides. I had hoped we'd given this up for at least this season, but it seems not! Sadly with Cap'n Hook now retired for the season with a bad back we were not only short on quantity, but quality as well. A few other absences meant an unfamiliar... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000820.htm	6.8k
Octopus CC - Northampton Exiles (A) 27 August August 27 2000 - Northampton Exiles (A) Ahhh... Bank Holiday weekends, when the whole of England basks in the sun and gives thanks for errrrr....... banks? Perhaps I'm the only one, but I quite enjoy holiday weekend games of cricket - given that most teams are scratching around for players, you get teams containing... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000827.htm	5.7k
Octopus CC - Hendon & Edgware (A) September 3 September 3 2000 - Hendon & Edgware (A) Four trees, count 'em. Four! Inside. The. Boundary. Not the strongest batting team out this week, so probably unsurprising that none of these arboreal artefacts (?!) were struck. Cap'n Q (fourth Skip of the year) lost the toss, so we batted first, and at first all seemed... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000903.htm	4.5k
Octopus CC - Holtwhite's (A) September 10th - Holtwhite's (A) "So who fancies opening then?". Cap'n not-Gloves 13:30 (BST) 10/9/00. One hand shot into the air - mine. A case of Strangelove syndrome? No, after last week's lengthy stint at number 4, I genuinely fancied opening against Holtwhites thirds, traditionally one of the most batsman... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000910.htm	10.0k
Octopus CC - September 17 - Jaguar (A) September 17 2000 - Jaguar (A) Well, praise be for the Braham brood. With a number of players withdrawing late on, at least the presence of Syd, Ali B, David and (in the field at least) Simon allowed us to get a game. With the petrol crisis we hadn't been sure we were actually going to be able to get there, but... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O20000917.htm	6.0k
Averages 2000 - Octopus C.C. 2000, there we went; team mates, please believe that the low numbers against your names have nothing to do with me - I don't make up the scores, I just report them! Just in case any Club members should look at this in the near future, please don't forget the AGM at the Bush Hill Park Tavern on 6th December! *... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2000av.htm	1.6k
Batting 2000 - Octopus C.C. Since I like them, I will include the top 3 partnerships per wicket on this page. They will be found here Octopus 2000 Batting Averages Name Mch Inn N O Duck pts Runs H S 50+s Av S Newport 7 7 - - 295 89 3 42.14 S Barker 10 10 1 - 258 65 2 28.67 W Smith 12 12 1 - 293 44 - 26.64 D Signy 3 3 1 1 36 26* - 18.00 R... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2000ba.htm	9.4k
Bowling 2000 - Octopus C.C. Octopus 2000 Bowling Averages Name Match Overs Mdns Wkts Runs Best Econ S/R Average S Barker 10 31.4 6 9 80 3-7 2.53 21.110 8.89 J Whiteside 10 24 0 9 94 3-23 3.92 16.00 10.44 R Vahees 2 18 4 4 42 3-10 2.33 27.00 10.50 D Signy 3 19 1 7 94 6-59 4.95 16.29 13.43 S Newport 7 38.2 8 10 138 4-17 3.60 23.00 13.80 "Raj"... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2000bwl.htm	4.3k
Match Reports 2000 - Octopus C.C. For the second year in a row I'm entered for the cricinfo "Crappy Cricketers" competition (Yes, I did win last year, why do you ask?). Some of these are the reports I send to the (im)moderator (Hi Di!), some are "just" match reports. Now read on:- April 30th 2000 - London Marshes (A). Cancelled - Rain. May 7th... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2000c.htm	5.6k
Fixtures/Results 2000 - Octopus C.C. Current standings: Won 3 Drawn 3 Lost 11 Octopus 2000 Match review Date Opposition Result Score Opp Score Best Batting Best Bowling 30-Apr London Marshes (A) Cancelled *** * * *** 07-May* Jaguar (H) Lost 33 runs 216--7 249-10 Newport 89 Signy 6-59 07-May* Roundwood Weldon(A) Lost 3 Wkts 97-8 98-7 Smith... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2000fix.htm	14.3k
Fielding/Keeping 2000 - Octopus C.C. Octopus 2000 Fielding - Catches Name Caught W Smith 8 S Newport 7 E Sketchley 6 S Barker 4 S Graham 3 S Braham 2 A James 2 S Quartermaine 2 J Whiteside 2 A Avery 1 A Brooks 1 I Hill 1 D Kelly 1 A Kingsbury 1 R Latchford 1 G Leak 1 D Signy 1 Wicket Keeping 2000 Name Matches Byes Caught Stumped Total D Kemp 10 42... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2000fld.htm	2.5k
Octopus Cricket Club - Alive Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Alive... Away v Mayfield C.C. Sunday 5th August 2001 Well ! This one is going to take some getting use to. With 1 exception (2 years ago I think) I have never (been bothered enough) to write a report for the website despite Ian's pleading (sorry mate)... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001alive.htm	14.9k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Averages 2002 Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Averages 2004* *Until it's worth putting the 2005 ones up! Batting Averages Name Matches Innings Not Out Runs High Score Average Duck Pts R Bisht C Wright S Braham J Wells H Joshi A Virani W Smith P Thomas J Smith G Gopi A Mistry S Ogilvie D Kemp A Braham... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001ave.htm	65.8k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Fixtures 2003 Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Fixtures 2005 Date (2005) Opposition Result Won:0 Drawn/Abandoned:1 Lost:2 Rain etc:0 1st May (H) Roxbourne Report to Come Octopus 154/7 Roxbourne 156/5 Rocky 73 Ogilvie 2/37 8th May (A) Waltham Cross Rosedale Report to Come Octopus 224/9 Waltham X 244/5... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001fix.htm	18.9k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Links to like minded folk! Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Links Well, this is the easiest page I have to write! I have not done links in the past as the design of the old site made it difficult; now if anyone wants to link to us and get a reciprocal one back please let me know here. I will be doing a little... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001lin.htm	5.4k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Meetings and Club matters Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Meetings and Club Matters Here are a few miscellaneous items of interest to the members of the club. The first is the posting of the AGM (6/12/2000) and EGM (31/1/2001) minutes, which can be accessed by clicking the relevant dates above! The other matter... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001mee.htm	5.7k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Presentations 9 March 2001 Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. That presentation night... Yes, we were well behaved. No, we didn't drink too much. Of course we didn't upset anyone. Oh yeah? At that high class presentation venue, the Curry Centre in Enfield, the presentations begin with players player of the year,... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001mee2.htm	9.1k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Old Pages Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Old Stuff... ...that I'm too mean to throw away! # 1998 averages # 1999 averages # 1999 Match Reports/Crappy Cricketer's Competition #1999 International Crappy Cricketers Unification Challenge Match # 50 wonderful years # Norfolk and good (1998 Tour)... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001old.htm	6.2k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Players (guffaw!) 2003 Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. The "Squad" 2002* As always, enter the murky world of Octopus at your own risk. Incidentally, if any of the lads read this can you send me your targets for the season and I'll try to include them! This year in alphabetical order (ish), and with some pictures:-... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001peo.htm	20.9k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Reports 2003 Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Reports 2005 I no longer play for the club, so for the first time ever you are regularly seeing the views of other club members on this page. Not as easy as you thought, is it lads!? Roxbourne Home 1/5/05 To Come Waltham Cross Rosedale Away 8/5/05 To... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001rep.htm	10.0k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Reports 2001 - page 2 Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Reports 2004..Page 2 I no longer play for the club, so for the first time ever you are regularly seeing the views of other club members on this page. Not as easy as you thought, is it lads!? Warner's End Home 25/4/04 ---> Courtesy of Shakey! Theydon Bois... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001rep2.htm	40.7k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Reports 2001 - page 3 Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Reports 2004..Page 3 Home v Graces 25th July 2004 --> Away v Graces 1st August 2004 --> Home v Graces 25th July 2004 Game of Two Halves So, we come to the mid-point of the season and the first of our "back to back" fixtures against the Graces. I suggested... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001rep3.htm	18.1k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - Tour Diary. Sex, drugs, Rock 'n' Roll - none of them... Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Tour Diary 2001 Friday 25th May 2001 It was happening. Most of us were unaware of it at the time, but happening it was. In keeping with strict factual accuracy one would have to say that the "it" to which we refer may actually have "happened" on the Saturday.... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/O2001tou.htm	30.7k
Sunday 25th July - Octopus v Star CC Ahh my children; cricket - a game of ups and downs, no? Saturday 24th July - Butler&Tanner v EPG Exiles (Frome) As I have for the last seven seasons, I went on a (single game) tour with a bunch of like-minded drunkards from my last job. This year's target for abuse (as for the previous two years) was the sunny... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Oct2507.htm	9.7k
Octopus - 50 Glorious (?) Years In 1997 the club celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with a dinner at the Firs in Enfield. A number of former players plus the majority of the current playing staff (!) and officers were present and one day the pictures from this event will be available if you follow this link. I spent a while in the local library... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Oct50.htm	14.3k
Pictures from the Anniversary dinner Yep, we have the technology, I just haven't got the pictures available yet... Soon (I hope) http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Oct50pix.htm	0.9k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - AGM 6 December 2000 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Held at The Bush Hill Park Tavern - 6 December 2000 1. Present Steve Molson (Chairman) (SM), Jim Hurd (Hon. Secretary) (JH), Stewart Newport (Captain) (SN), Stewart Satterly (Treasurer) (SS), Simon Quartermaine (Fixtures Secretary) (SQ), Ian Hill (Press & Records Officer)... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/OctAGM20001206.htm	10.4k
Octopus Averages 1998 - Batting Octopus 1998 Batting Averages Name Mch Inn N O Duck pts Runs H S 50+s Av S Newport 10 8 3 2 305 111 3 61.00 R Latchford 10 10 2 0 417 80 4 52.13 S Barker 9 9 2 2 193 64 2 27.57 S Hounsell 8 8 2 2 146 58* 1 24.33 N Cutmore 4 4 0 2 61 29 1 15.25 A James 10 8 2 1 89 34 0 14.83 P Lamb 4 3 1 0 25 13 0 12.50 S Quartermaine... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octavba.htm	3.3k
Octopus Batting Averages 1999 Since I like them, I've now included the top 3 partnerships per wicket on this page. They are to be found here Octopus 1999 Batting Averages Name Mch Inn N O Duck pts Runs H S 50+s Av R Latchford 12 12 1 1 350 82 1 31.82 S Newport 12 12 1 1 320 82 3 29.09 D Kelly 1 1 0 0 28 28 - 28.00 A Brooks 8 6 2 1 102 41 -... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octavba99.htm	9.2k
Octopus Averages 1998 - Bowling Octopus 1998 Bowling Averages Name Match Overs Mdns Wkts Runs Best Econ S/R Average A Brooks 7 51.4 7 10 151 4-33 2.92 31.00 15.10 S Quartermaine 11 115.4 25 24 391 5-49 3.38 28.92 16.29 S Hounsell 8 70.3 12 17 303 6-27 4.30 24.88 17.82 P Lamb 4 30 9 3 59 2-29 1.97 60.00 19.67 S Newport 10 90 15 12 318 5-27 3.53... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octavbo.htm	3.2k
Octopus Bowling Averages 1999 Octopus 1999 Bowling Averages Name Match Overs Mdns Wkts Runs Best Econ S/R Average A Kingsbury 6 4 0 2 11 1-5 2.75 12.00 5.50 D Kemp 12 4 0 2 15 1-6 3.75 12.00 7.50 A Brooks 8 59 8 19 169 4-11 2.86 18.63 8.89 E Sketchley 12 78.3 12 26 276 5-12 3.52 18.12 10.62 S Quartermaine 8 66 14 14 195 4-19 2.95 28.29 13.93... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octavbo99.htm	3.7k
Octopus Averages 1998 Index So 1998 - how was it for you? We had a few problems here and there: rain early in the season robbed us of a couple of matches, our opponents called of a couple, and we had trouble fulfilling some ourselves - still we got to play eleven (as a glance at our results will show) And how did we do in1998?? * Overall... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octave1.htm	1.8k
Overall Averages 1999 This may seem like I'm setting myself an impossible task, but I'm going to try it anyway! I have every intention of attempting to keep the current 1999 averages on-line, but there may be some weeks where I miss out - on those days I'm sorry! 1999, here we go; team mates, please believe that the low numbers against... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octave199.htm	1.8k
Octopus 1999 - Matches and Partnerships Current standings: Won 5 Drawn 2 Lost 9 Octopus 1999 Match review Date Opposition Result Score Opp Score Best Batting Best Bowling 02-May South Loughton (H) Lost - 74 runs 55--10 129--10 S Newport 21 W Smith 4-38 09-May Ealing Wanderers (A) Lost - 125 runs 89--10 214-- 6 M Devlin 28 S Braham 2-34 16-May Metropolis... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octave992.htm	13.1k
Octopus Averages 1998 - Results Octopus 1998 Match review Date Opposition Result Score Opp Score Best Batting Best Bowling 10-May East Lodge Drawn 103-9 200-6 S Barker 21 S Barker 3-25 17-May Metropolis Won 2 wkts 101-8 100-10 N Cutmore 29 S Hounsell 6-27 31-May Calthorpe Won - 41 runs 202-4 161-9 R Latchford 63* A Brooks 4-33 07-Jun The A Team... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octaver.htm	11.7k
Octopus 1998 Averages - Fielding/Wicket Keeping Octopus 1998 Fielding - Catches Name Caught S Newport 5 A Brooks 3 S Jones 3 S Quartermaine 3 S Barker 2 I Hill 2 S Hounsell 2 R Latchford 1 S Satterly 1 E Watson 1 Wicket Keeping Name Matches Byes Caught Stumped Total N Cutmore 4 26 2 1 3 S Barker 3 18 2 0 2 S Satterly 3 19 0 1 1 E Watson 1 2 0 0 0 http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octavf.htm	2.3k
Octopus Fielding Averages 1999 Octopus 1999 Fielding - Catches Name Caught E Sketchley 11 R Latchford 7 S Newport 7 A Avery 6 A Brooks 4 S Quartermaine 4 S Braham 2 D Kemp 2 A Kingsbury 2 I White 2 A James 1 Wicket Keeping 1999 Name Matches Byes Caught Stumped Total W Smith 3 22 2 2 4 N Cutmore 4 25 3 0 3 D Kemp 2 14 3 0 3 P Lamb 2 5 2 0 2... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octavf99.htm	2.4k
Crappy Cricket Competition The nice people on the Cricinfo web-site (Hi Di!) are running a little competition for "Crappy Cricketers". Now, I think that that applies to me fairly well, so I decided to join. You can read the competition rules for yourself by following the link, though Di seems to be a bit slow in posting the Northern hemisphere... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/OctC.htm	3.7k
1 August 1999 Cheshunt CC v Octopus 31 July 1999 "Sorry Ian, so-and-so can't play, do you mind joining in?" I had said that I needed a week off from playing cricket to "get my head together", but it wasn't to be so. . . . 1 August 1999 Cheshunt CC v Octopus . . .I was there. Hoorah! for the cricket conference - at last a local away game. The team... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc0108.htm	7.3k
May 2 1999 Octopus v S. Loughton May 2 1999 Octopus v S. Loughton Welcome to the start of the season! Naturally, this being a bank holiday weekend, we expected the weather to be foul. Naturally, this being the first game of the season, we expected to play with 10 (or less) men. Naturally, this being the first game of the season, I expected the... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc0205.htm	10.4k
Hendon & Edgware v Octopus September 5th 1999 Hendon & Edgware v Octopus Well, I think that about wraps it up for the season. As usual we manage to create a crisis about a perfectly normal organisational point, meeting up and getting to the ground! Never mind, we did get there, and started about ten minutes late. Normally that doesn't matter,... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc0509.htm	7.8k
Polytechnic CC v Octopus 6th June 1999 6th June 1999 Polytechnic CC v Octopus After last week's lack of fixture, the Octopus boys returned to action refreshed and ultimately victorious. Once again, the vagaries of the Conference sent us halfway around the globe (ok, to Chiswick Bridge), and ignoring the joys of the journey (me nearly getting four of... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc0606.htm	5.3k
Ealing Wanderers v Octopus 9 May 1999 May 9 1999 Ealing Wanderers v Octopus Hi everybody, I'll try to be a little shorter than I was last week! That should be easy, as my own involvement in this week's game was somewhat restricted. As anyone who's ever visited our web-site will know, we don't usually play away games more than a couple of miles from... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc0905.htm	5.7k
July 11 Octopus v Botany Bay Octopus v Botany Bay 11 July 1999 Starting slightly late and with only 10 men (we were annoyed until we learned that Aussie Mark had broken his arm in two places - get well soon mate) we had the unfamiliar task of batting first on our home pitch. For once, the pitch gremlins didn't play up, and we posted our first... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc1107.htm	2.7k
Octopus v Jaguar CC 13 June 1999 13 June 1999 Octopus v Jaguar CC I suppose it was tempting fate to say that in 10 years playing for Octopus we'd only had 12 players three time! Naturally what was always going to happen was us getting 12 for this week! Stupidly, it was me who did the ringing around and failed to count properly, so I ended up... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc1306.htm	5.6k
Our funny practice match August 15 1999 Octopus v errr... Octopus?? Away again this week; I was back in the team, my sulking/resting stint over and done with and we get a nice short away trip over to Southgate. Admittedly, this being us, we arrange to meet to leave for one o'clock; as always, five of us are there at the specified time,... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc1508.htm	13.0k
Octopus v Metropolis 15th May 1999 May 16 1999 Octopus v Metropolis I'd just like to point out that I didn't play; honest! Having injured myself last week I told the skip to try to get a team without me, but that I'd still turn up and bring my whites. In previous years this has always meant automatic selection, but blow me if we didn't manage to... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc1605.htm	3.9k
July 18 - Hadley Wood Green Sports V Octopus Hadley Wood Green Sports v Octopus 18th July 1999 The most baking dayof the year so far, and we play at a sun-trap without an ounce of shade in sight. Toiling was an apt description of our bowling that day. We were a bit short of players, minus Stewie, Skip, Q, Mark and Whippet so we put out our first team in... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc1807.htm	2.7k
Darjis v Octopus 20 June 1999 June 20 1999 Octopus v S. Darjis Well, I returned to action this week after last week's "rest". Sadly, Darjis had no interest in the World Cup Final and fielded their full-strength line-up, whereas we still have to work out if we have a full-strength line-up, let alone what it is! For (at least) the second time... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc2006.htm	4.1k
Octopus v Loxford Falcons - Ta Shakey! 22 August 1999 Octopus v Loxford Falcons Well, although you are now all used to my deathless(?) prose adorning these pages, today we are going to give the match report over to Shakey - mainly 'cos I was off on holiday for this one (I can pick 'em!). A couple of interjections of mine are in orange (why not??) Ian,... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc2208.htm	5.8k
23 May, Preston v Octopus 23 May, Preston v Octopus Second away game of the season, second massive trek to get to it. Thanks very much Middlesex Cricket Conference! Actually, thanks very much indeed, 'cos after all the bitching & driving to get there, Preston turns out to be a nice little village, with a warm welcome and a fine ground,... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc2305.htm	6.3k
Nets 25 April 1999 Nets 25 April 1999 Right, so me:- I'm forty and I've been playing for the club (Octopus - I know it's an unusual name, but we found out recently that when the club was formed it was attached to a local sports hall. Being the eighth sport associated with the hall, the founders called it Octopus. This surprised... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc2504.htm	8.5k
Octopus v Newlands CC 27 June 1999 27 June 1999 Octopus v Newlands CC This is one of those games that nearly didn't get played. We'd been expecting the rain all night and Sunday morning, but there didn't seem to have been enough to stop the game. As we arrived at the ground the patter of tiny drops turned into the patter of very large and continuously... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc2706.htm	5.6k
Hendon St Mary's v Octopus August 29th 1999 Hendon St Mary's v Octopus Well, after Shakey's turn at the reports last week I'm back - make of this what you will. I got back from my holiday on Thursday, slightly surprised to find no message from Skip on the Bleep (answer phone - I just don't like that name). I was even more surprised to get... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octc2908.htm	7.5k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield - EGM 31 January 2001 Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Held at The Bush Hill Park Tavern - 31 January 2001 1. Present Helen Molson (President), Steve Molson (Chairman) (SM), Jim Hurd (Hon. Secretary) (JH), Stewart Newport (Captain) (SN), Stewart Satterly (Treasurer) (SS), Simon Quartermaine (Fixtures Secretary) (SQ), Ian Hill... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/OctEGM20010131.htm	7.3k
Octopus Cricket Club, Enfield redirect to new site Colours Green and Black Founded 1947 Affiliated to C. C. C. Hi there, thanks for dropping in to our web site. However, we've moved to:- www.octopuscc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk Please visit us there instead. Dom, someone in the hutch, Noops, Moi, Tractor Boy, Cat Young Ian, Smudge skip, Gaz, Danny KotW" BORDER="0"> http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octindex.htm	3.6k
Octopus player profiles Player Profiles. The 2000 Squad's (poison) pen pictures We are currently taking legal advice regarding these profiles; I'm sure nobody else will try to help me write them, so they'll have to put up with whatever I come up with:- Stewart Newport(Newskip/Cap'n Hook) The return of the skipper. Stanley Barker(Uncle... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octplay.htm	7.0k
Octopus invasion of Norfolk August 1998 About the only way I can describe the tour would be to put it in the form of my impressions, so here we go - A Lost Soul's Guide to Cricket Touring in Norfolk Friday July 31st My first mistake - I knew I should have pulled out of the company's game that day, but we were short of players, and I had promised, and... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octtour.htm	7.2k
Octopus - stay out!!! No, it's TOO Scarey! Really, you don't want to see this... Oh - if you insist.....? Don't say we didn't warn you...! From June 1997:- Back Row: Steve Hounsell; Andy James; Stewart Newport; Stan Barker; Paul Lamb; Tony Lanser Front Row: Andy Brooks; Simon Quartermaine; Ian Hill; Robert Latchford; Stewart Satterley http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Octus.htm	1.5k
Nasty Pictures - Ugh! Finally, we get around to a few pictures from this season (actually, all from the last two games!) Team Picture taken at tea against Hendon St. Mary's Back Row: Danny Kemp; Eddie Sketchley; Stewart Newport; Stewart Satterly; Simon Quartermaine Front Row: Ian White; Wayne Smith; Jim White; Robert Latchford; Andy... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/octus99.htm	2.8k
Barney's BSkyB Rant Dear What..Sky, Please inform your ever increasing circulation NOT to buy any of Murdoch's publications, ie : The Sun, News of The World and The Times. Also urge the masses to unsubscribe their Sky TV subscriptions ! This is a protest against the takeover of my beloved Manchester United F.C (Note the F.C which... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/Rant001.htm	1.7k
Def Con One... Def Con One... ...Big Mac and Fries to go (for the few of you who remember Pop Will Eat Itself!). Ooops - Big Macs have sold out around the country as McDonalds® underestimate the demand that their two-for-one BigMac offer will generate! The marketing managers have been asked to account for the "failure" of this... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/V2001.htm	9.7k
Too much, too little, too late... Ahhh... how apt. On the 85th anniversary of Henry Ford introducing the production line for the Model T, I'm sending a what..sky largely to do with cars. Serendipitous, no? I make no apology for quoting this piece from the Observer verbatim:- "A German motorist has paid the price for following orders without question;... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/V2002.htm	6.3k
What Colour IS The Sky.... What Colour IS the Sky... magazine is an irregular e-mail magazine devoted to the bizarre nature of the human condition. The stories are extracted from the media (papers, TV, radio), but (despite my morbid fascination therewith) NOT the Internet. We (we?) are now into the second year, a link to the first volume... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/WSIndex.htm	1.6k
What Colour IS The Sky.... Well, it surprised me I can tell you - getting through to a second year! Who would have expected that. Maybe you did, after all here you are looking at the archives of What..sky from last year. Enjoy! Issue #1 l'Anarchie pour le UK Issue #2 The World Collapses on a Tuesday morning Issue #3 Euro Oh No Issue #4... http://homepages.which.net/~ian.hill/WSIndexv1.htm	3.1k
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