I think we all found the first set from our new setters pretty testing, as is borne out by the aggregate and individual scores - 11 players in Division I made it into double figures, compared with 24 in the last game of last season.
In Division I three of the four games were very close, with Telstars beating Animals by 1 point, Atletico beating Bread & Roses by 2, and Allsorts beating Priory Nomads by 3, despite the Nomads being the only team to have three players into double figures. The exception was at the Chester Arms, where Chester Army had a comfortable win over newly promoted Barbican. Some things of course don't change, and there will be no surprise that the top scorer of the week was Kevin Ashman of Allsorts with 18.
Results were more decisive in Division II, with wins for Accrington Cylindricals, Hogshead Chestnuts, Broken Hearts and Waterloo Sunset over Uncosy, London Scottish, Rosslyn Park and Ovalytes respectively. The Division II top scorer was James Collenette of Accrington Cylindricals with 14.
Week 1 - 28 September 2004
League - Division 1 - Fixtures 2004-2005
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Chester Army | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 2 |
| Allsorts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 39 | 3 | 2 |
| Atletico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 2 |
| Telstars | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Rising Sons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Animals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 32 | -1 | 0 |
| Bread & Roses | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 0 |
| Priory Nomads | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | 42 | -3 | 0 |
| Barbican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 37 | -13 | 0 |
| Bread & Roses Roger Dickson 10 John McDonnell 10 | 30 - 32 | Atletico Robert Willer 17 |
| Chester Army Fred Filby 14 | 37 - 24 | Barbican |
| Priory Nomads Roger Bennett 13 Andrew Frazer 11 Jonathan Creer 10 | 39 - 42 | Allsorts Kevin Ashman 18 Paul Henderson 10 |
| Telstars Bill Stratton 14 | 32 - 31 | Animals Paul Steeples 13 |
League - Division 2 - Fixtures 2004-2005
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
| Broken Hearts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 2 |
| Waterloo Sunset | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 2 |
| Hogshead Chestnuts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 2 |
| Accrington Cylindricals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 2 |
| Uncosy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 29 | -6 | 0 |
| London Scottish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 28 | -7 | 0 |
| Ovalytes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 0 |
| Rosslyn Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 31 | -9 | 0 |
| Accrington Cylindricals James Collenette 14 | 29 - 23 | Uncosy |
| Hogshead Chestnuts Mick Lancaster 11 Martin James 10 | 28 - 21 | London Scottish David Plaidstow 12 |
| Rosslyn Park | 22 - 31 | Broken Hearts |
| Waterloo Sunset Ray Ward 13 | 28 - 20 | Ovalytes |
| Pos | Division 1 | Pts | Avg | W | D | L |
| 1 | Nomads | 25 | 54.50 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Broken Hearts | 24 | 49.17 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Atletico | 23 | 49.50 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Waterloo Sunset | 16 | 45.57 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Allsorts | 14 | 49.67 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Old Itonians | 14 | 43.67 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Barb | 10 | 41.71 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Pineapple | 10 | 40.83 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Gray Monks | 4 | 39.83 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Pos | Division 2 | Pts | Avg | W | D | L |
| 1 | Pericardium | 27 | 55.33 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Belly | 21 | 42.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Ovalytes | 21 | 41.67 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Rosslyn Park | 19 | 42.83 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Accrington Cylindricals | 15 | 37.14 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Telstars | 14 | 41.33 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Mealy Bugs | 8 | 36.50 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | London Scottish | 3 | 34.33 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Wharfside | 1 | 23.71 | 0 | 0 | 7 |