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Player | P | Pts | Av. | First match | Last match | QM | First QM | Last QM |
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Tony Allen | 4 | 49 | 12.25 | 23 Nov 2004 | 22 Feb 2005 | No individual QM records exist | Erik Arthur | 19 | 156 | 8.21 | 22 Mar 2011 | 19 Oct 2021 | 53 | 08 Dec 2009 | 22 Mar 2022 | Mike Billson | No individual match records exist | No individual QM records exist | Simon Bolland | 39 | 335 | 8.59 | 30 Sep 2008 | 26 Jan 2016 | 52 | 17 Mar 2009 | 08 Mar 2016 | Barry Davis | 11 | 62 | 5.64 | 19 Oct 2021 | 22 Mar 2022 | No individual QM records exist | Tom Dineen | 22 | 275 | 12.50 | 25 Sep 2001 | 22 Feb 2005 | No individual QM records exist | Bob Elwell | 2 | 14 | 7.00 | 29 Feb 2000 | 23 Oct 2001 | 7 | 28 Sep 1999 | 21 Mar 2000 | Oliver Forrest | 15 | 130 | 8.67 | 27 Oct 2020 | 15 Mar 2022 | No individual QM records exist | Ann Gavaghan | 112 | 1,042 | 9.30 | 30 Sep 2014 | 15 Mar 2022 | 8 | 28 Mar 2017 | 02 Feb 2021 | Barry Grossman | No individual match records exist | 1 | 25 Oct 2011 | 25 Oct 2011 | Paul Hillman | 216 | 2,343 | 10.85 | 16 Oct 2007 | 24 Nov 2020 | No individual QM records exist | Peter V Jones | 57 | 464 | 8.14 | 04 Oct 2016 | 11 Jan 2022 | 1 | 06 Oct 2020 | 06 Oct 2020 | Tony Lawrence | 5 | 55 | 11.00 | 30 Sep 2003 | 17 Feb 2004 | No individual QM records exist | Roger Mortimore | 15 | 194 | 12.93 | 28 Sep 1999 | 14 Nov 2000 | No individual QM records exist | Phil Neal | No individual match records exist | No individual QM records exist | John Paterson | 4 | 44 | 11.00 | 23 Oct 2001 | 22 Jan 2002 | 1 | 07 Nov 2006 | 07 Nov 2006 | Paul Plater | 7 | 61 | 8.71 | 28 Sep 1999 | 30 Nov 1999 | No individual QM records exist | Richard Pyne | 72 | 728 | 10.11 | 11 Oct 2016 | 22 Mar 2022 | 3 | 25 Oct 2016 | 27 Oct 2020 | Jan Quinn | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 07 Nov 2006 | 21 Nov 2006 | No individual QM records exist | Roger Robinson | 348 | 3,595 | 10.33 | 13 Nov 2001 | 22 Mar 2022 | 12 | 21 Oct 2003 | 15 Mar 2022 | Barry Scott | 1 | 10 | 10.00 | 04 Oct 2005 | 04 Oct 2005 | No individual QM records exist | Martin Smith | 14 | 168 | 12.00 | 05 Oct 1999 | 14 Nov 2000 | No individual QM records exist | Paul Spencer-Thompson | 62 | 902 | 14.55 | 28 Sep 1999 | 08 Feb 2005 | 1 | 29 Feb 2000 | 29 Feb 2000 | Jane Teather | 116 | 1,140 | 9.83 | 10 Oct 2006 | 11 Mar 2014 | No individual QM records exist | Stanley Wang | 26 | 339 | 13.04 | 24 Sep 2019 | 12 Oct 2021 | 3 | 10 Nov 2020 | 09 Feb 2021 | Jonathan Warschauer | 228 | 2,391 | 10.49 | 13 Jan 2009 | 22 Mar 2022 | 4 | 29 Nov 2016 | 01 Feb 2022 | Donald Yule | 135 | 2,034 | 15.07 | 28 Sep 1999 | 17 Feb 2009 | No individual QM records exist |
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Years in League: 1998-9 to date Division 1: 1999-2000 to 2002-3; 2004-5 to 2005-6; 2007-8 to 2009-10; 2011-12, 2013-14 Division 2: 1998-9; 2003-4; 2006-7; 2010-11; 2012-13, 2014-15 to date Titles: Division 2 Champions 2003-4, 2006-7, 2012-13; All-London Cup (2) 1999, 2003 Former names: Barbican (1998-9 to 2005-6)
BARB(ICAN) - AN UNRELIABLE HISTORY
It all started, for the current team at least, as all good stories should - in a bar. Erik Arthur had persuaded friend / employee Roger Robinson to partake of a pint or two & a pub table quiz in the Rising Sun. Into that same pub, on that fateful night in late October 2001 came Donald Yule & Paul Spencer-Thompson. Roger vaguely recognised Donald as a fellow 15-1 veteran. "Are you here for the table quiz?" we asked. "No," they said "We’re playing with the big boys upstairs." Well, one thing led to another, and a fortnight later Roger played his first match for Barbican (as it was then).
That first season (2001-2) was reasonably successful, Barbican finished 3rd in Div 1 & runners-up in the Cup - and the team was away on fourteen years of riding the roller coaster with 9 promotions or relegations, 3 Div 2 Championships and a Cup victory thrown in for good measure.
The personnel changed too - with Tom Dineen and Tony Allen joining as regular squad members. At the end of the 2004-5 season PST, Tom & Tony left to form Aldersgate - leaving Donald & Roger with new recruits Jane Teather & Jan Quinn to play the 2005-6 season in a new venue - the Hoop and Grapes. Simon Bolland, an ex-work (& pub-quiz) colleague of Roger also joined the squad, but much preferred to read rather than play. This small squad survived for two seasons which included another change of venue to The One Tun - winning the Div 2 championship in the 2006-7 season during which we shortened our name officially to Barb. Jan then left on the flimsiest of excuses - her partner had got a job in Bermuda.
As luck would have it Paul Hillman turned up at the summer barbeque at The Pineapple. Paul was another 15-1 veteran (but did better than Roger or Donald who both came 2nd, whereas Paul was a series winner) and he was recruited for the 2007-8 season. At the end of the 2008-9 season Donald left to form the Eclectics, and Jane introduced Jonathan Warschauer as the 4th playing member for the 2009-10 season.
These 4 regular players - Roger, Jane, Paul & Jonathan supported by reader (& able substitute when needed) Simon formed one of the smallest squads in the league, but didn’t had to hire the services of T O’Lard for well over 4 seasons. Over the past few seasons all our averages have gradually increased and each season we all contributed over 20% of the points for the team.
Jane decided to up sticks & head for pastures new in York, so Erik offered to become a regular squad member for the 2014-5 season - after peripatetic reading duties for a few seasons. Also joining the squad, after sampling the delights of the summer league, is ex-patriate American Ann Gavaghan.
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This list may be incomplete, for the following reasons:
- Virtually no information remains on individual matches prior to the 2001-02 season - only the end of season league tables were kept, plus a small number of individual and team records.
- From 2001-07, individual team scores were recorded but individual scores of 10+ only were published. Some players kept individual records during this time, which has helped us fill in some of the blanks.
- From the 2008-09 season, individual 2s totals were also recorded though, unfathomably, not for that season's inaugural Summer Friendly League.
- From the 2009-10 Summer Friendly League, the entire score sheet was recorded, so full individual player details are available, including 2s, 1s, seat number, playing captain, QM etc.
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