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When do you play?
The team plays 8 a side on weekday evenings (usually Tuesday or Wednesday) in the Victoria Park Community Cricket League. It used to play 11 a side games but sadly geography, parentage and cricketing ambitions have put paid to this aspect of the team.
Where do you play?
The team is based in London. League matches are at Victoria Park, in East London. To find out more about the league, visit the Victoria Park Community Cricket League website.
Can I join in?
Team availability is somewhat random, so we often need new players. Please email alastair.dunning @ ahds.ac.uk if you are interested in playing. The standard is pretty variable, although all are players have experience in batting or bowling.
Note we are not a professional team, so anyone looking for payment will be sorely disappointed.
History
Bill Bird (London's Syd Little) and Gareth Llewelyan (the white Bernie Grant) founded the club after several unscheduled pints of Guinness in an insalubrious drinking venue, The Victoria Lounge (now named the Victoria), on Hoe Street, in Walthamstow. Nine others, with an enthusiasm only matched by a lack of talent, joined Bill and Gareth at Brockwell Park, South London to play the team's first game, one Saturday in May 1991. The game started at the hopelessly ambitious time of 10.00am, and was all over by around 11.12, the Lounge having crumbled to 26 all out, after being in the relatively strong position of 4 for nothing.
Suffice it to say, the Lounge has improved somewhat since then, and has a had a win / lose ratio over 60% to the good for the past five years. The most successful season was perhaps 1996, when, winning 10 out of 11 games, the Lounge were crowned Division 2 champions of the Victoria Park Community League.
Committee
| Hon. Presidents | David and Angela Bird |
| Captain | Alastair Dunning |
| League Representative | Nigel Richards |
| Vice-Captain | Tim Smith |