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Welcome to the BOCC
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The British Officers' Cricket Club appears in cricket history
back in the 'Golden Age' of cricket in Philadelphia in the late 1800's.
However, as an affiliate of The British Officers' Club of Philadelphia founded
in 1925, regular games were played until WWII. The BOCC was re-born in
1986-thanks to co-founders, the late Peter Stone and Alfred Reeves. Since that
time the club has been a major force in rekindling the game in Philadelphia,
and now enjoys a playing membership of over 50 cricketers.
The BOCC plays cricket for fun, for love of the game, yet
competitively, with a will to win. The BOCC places high importance upon social
interaction and a membership willing to contribute effort on and off the field.
The BOCC places no restriction upon membership, save that of gentlemanly
conduct. Club management is democratic and bound by its Constitution. The BOCC
shall strive to uphold the notion of Cricket first, team second and the
individual last.
The BOCC is a co-founder and a proud supporter and
participant of the Philadelphia International Cricket Festival. Its commitment
to the joys of touring includes touring with the wandering Gentlemen of
Philadelphia side.
The BOCC plays in the Philadelphia Cricket League, goes on
tour to Toronto over the July 4 weekend and with friendly games all season
long, plays an aggregate of over 60 matches a season. We toured the UK a few times
and in future we intend to tour alternate years.
Additionally, the club has a traditional pre-season curry party, Annual Awards
Dinner and other events. There are organized net practices at Haverford College
from May thru September.
 | Convincing and momentum building victory | Tahir Maqsood | Sunday @ 8:12 PM |
| | Lately we have not been feeling very confident. Beating Stumperz was reassuring but a very comprehensive win against Knights is certainly making us feel very self assured. Losing the toss we were put in to bat. Shariq played patiently again for his 38 and JK made the second 50 for the club in GPCL. Good contributions from Baba, Gurdish and Tony took us to 213 in difficult batting conditions. Then began the G show who took the first 5 wickets all by himself and then took another after a couple by me. Ali finished their innings at 58 for a couple for himself. Knights were gracious but day belonged to BOCC with another very good victory and now we are really hungry. Please send in your availabilities as we have two important games next week. |
 | GPCL win, practice and New mat on ECG I | Tahir Maqsood | April 16 |
| | Tremendous team effort and refusing to wilt under pressure, earned us our season opening win against a very tenacious, young and enthusiastic opposition. We won the toss and elected to bat. Vishnu got run out on a no ball and Krish tried to hoik one over cow corner but did not succeed. 70 odd in 21 overs was not good and especially when Shariq got out for a good 26, we were in trouble. Raj however played brilliantly while Jon supported him with a good partnership. After they departed, another good Bangladeshi partnership between Baba and Amim took us to 212. Not the best score but certainly worth fighting for. We could not get any wickets with our opening spell and Jon and I although picked up a wicket each, did not look impressive. Amim and Ali started bowling well but then Ali had to leave the field with swollen knee. My second spell followed by Jon's, increased the asking run rate. Ali after returning for his second spell took advantage of having to score around 9 runs an over. He bowled very intelligently and got the last four wickets to give us a nervous but well deserved victory. Good team effort and hope to use this momentum for next week's game.
We can have a social game on Sunday. Instead of confirming and then cancelling, I will wait to see how many players are available before finalizing.
Concrete will be laid on ECGI and we shuold be ready to put the mat on the same day. We will need your help (hopefully for the last time this year), so pleae respond to the survey and let us know if you can be there. Trying to do it on Friday or Saturday morning won't be very good. Thanks for all your help and support |
 | 2013 “Learn to Play Cricket“ Sessions | Rajat Arora | April 03 |
| | BOCC has taken the lead in developing an interest for cricket in our youth. Accordingly, we are starting some cricket sessions, led by Raj Subramanyam.
Who: Boys - 10 to 15y (strong enough to play with 3.5oz leather ball)
What: Learn to play cricket – the best game ever invented!
When: 10 weekends (Sat or Sun) between April & June, 2013
(detailed schedule will be available soon)
How: Just one theory and one practice session and 8 games!
Where: Evansburg Park, 528 Skippack Creek Rd, Collegeville, PA
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We will ensure you have fun, play matches and understand cricket!
No endless boring coaching sessions.
All you need is proper athletic clothing and a protector.
We will supply all the equipment.
The sessions will be conducted and closely monitored by
Raj Subramanyam, ex League Captain, BOCC.
Hurry – last date for receiving applications – Apr 10. Only 22 slots.
Email: Raj: rajags8009@gmail.com or call 610.804.8021
Email: Sunil: gaikwadsl@yahoo.com or call 201.658.7161 |
 | Geezer alert!! OR a walk down the memory lane | Zafar Abdullah | January 21 |
| | I finally found time and CPU cycles to transform DVDs and other material from our past onto picasaweb our alternate multimedia distro site. Many thanks to Kenny and especially Craig Joss for documenting our past and sharing with me.
Want to see Tahir with a mustache (Roomana doesn't), or Gary Sobers or young Mike or a newly wed Mr. Treasurer... perhaps you want to peruse the Charlotte and Bermuda tours... something to re-live or learn how they used to do it... click on the subject!
Have fun...
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This Week's Games
 | GPCL, Saturday @ 11:00 AM vs International at (Home) Evansburg Cricket Ground |
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 | Festival, Sunday @ 11:00 AM vs Haverford at (Home) Haverford College |
Schedule Games
To Schedule games with the
BOCC, please send E-mail to the Fixtures Secretary
Satish Prabhakar.
(When requesting a game, please specify the
dates you are interested in and where you would like to play.)
For general questions and/or
Inquiries, please contact us at
fixtures@bocccricket.com.
How to become a Member
New players are welcome to
apply to join the BOCC. Come to nets at
Haverford College from May thru September after 5:00 pm. After
two nets you may apply to join the club using this
Membership form
Related Links
CC Morris Cricket Library
The C. Christopher Morris Cricket Library and
Collection is the largest collection of cricket literature and memorabilia in
the Western Hemisphere. The library includes over a thousand volumes and a very
large collection of related printed and photographic materials and related
items of Cricket history.
Garden State
Cricket League
Each year the League schedules regular season games
on Sundays during the months of May through September. The season consists of a
Championship, Knockout and Inter country competitions.
Laws of
Cricket
The basic Laws of Cricket have stood remarkably well
the test of well over 250 years of playing the game. It is thought the real
reason for this is that cricketers have traditionally been prepared to play in
the Spirit of the Game as well as in accordance with the Laws.
Philadelphia Cricket Festival
The Philadelphia International Cricket Festival is an
annual event held in the Philadelphia area during the first weekend in May to
promote cricket, friendship and community service through sporting contact.
USA Cricket Association
USACA is the governing body for cricket in the United
States. Their mission is to promote the game of Cricket at all levels in the
US, develop national teams that will be competitive and successful in
international competitions.
United States Youth Cricket
The United States Youth Cricket Association,
a non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Maryland,
is dedicated to introducing our great sport to American children.
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