Current
Players | Selected Non-Current Players | Historical Numerical List
Selected Largely Non-Current Player
Profiles
(Updated end of Season 2022)
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#131
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Stuart
Guy Ackland
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Nickname:
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Stuey, Guy
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Birthplace:
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Wellington, Somerset
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Debut:
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2013
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Match:
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291
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DOB:
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26 / 06 / 68
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Height:
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5’ 9”
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Type:
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RH bat, Right-arm
medium
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#1 Single:
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The Rolling Stones –
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
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Stuart has been a regular opponent of The MAD since
way back in 2003, offering up his talented all-round pedigree to those book
hoarding chaps who represent the famed Bodleian library. If you were to
drill down into their cricketing website you would also glean that he has
been an “occasional skipper, Tour superintendent and in the early days,
Bodley’s Mr. Consistency. In more recent years, Stuart has taken to batting
more keenly, perfecting a unique approach that begins with taking a guard
on the adjacent pitch, and then stepping back some more before swiping at
the ball with the underside of the bat. Never happy on the pitch, and even
more pessimistic off it, Stuart is nonetheless the beating heart of the
club.”
In summation of the above, it would therefore appear
as though Mr Ackland was perhaps the one that got away or the one that got
away having never been with this
Club in the first place. Articulate and a cynical pleasure to be around, he
has of course represented the Far from the MCC on a few occasions when
numbers have been tight, watching in suspended disbelief as his first MAD
wickets were dropped to the floor….
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Bowling
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M
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O
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M
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R
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W
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Best
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Avg
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Econ
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SR
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5wi
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Ct
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St
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RO
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35 ovs
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1
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6
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0
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49
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0
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0-49
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-
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8.17
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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40 ovs
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1
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5
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1
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13
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0
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0-13
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-
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2.60
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Totals
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2
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11.0
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1
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62
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0
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0-13
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-
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5.64
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-
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0
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0
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0
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0
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#130
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Rahman Alizha
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Nickname:
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Razza
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Birthplace:
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Afghanistan
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Debut:
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2013
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Match:
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291
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DOB:
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n/a
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Height:
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5’ 8”
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Type:
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RH bat, Right-arm
medium
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#1 Single:
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n/a
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Born somewhere amongst the combative plains of
Afghanistan, Rahman was plucked from an obscure newsagent’s shop in St.
Clements on one of Mr Leggate’s wild and boozy evenings in 2013. Despite
guesting only a couple of times for The MAD, Razza demonstrated a more than useful ability with both
bat and ball. Precocious medium pace complemented a fine biffer of the ball – an explosive cameo at Harwell
would come to mind.
Despite the obvious language barrier and nonsensical,
eccentric British behaviour all around him, Mr Alizha
seemed to enjoy himself on the whole, just a pity he seemed plagued by
injuries and changed his mobile number every week….
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Batting
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M
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I
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NO
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R
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Avg
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HS
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BF
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SR
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4
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6
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0
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50
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100
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35 ovs
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2
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1
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0
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32
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32.00
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32
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33
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96.97
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5
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1
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-
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-
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-
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Totals
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2
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1
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0
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32
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32.00
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32
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33
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96.97
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5
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1
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0
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0
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0
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Bowling
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M
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O
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M
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R
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W
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Best
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Avg
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Econ
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SR
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5wi
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Ct
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St
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RO
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35 ovs
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2
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7
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0
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49
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2
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2-49
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24.50
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7.00
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21.00
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Totals
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2
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7.0
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0
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49
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2
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2-49
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24.50
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7.00
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21.00
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0
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0
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0
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0
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#154
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Max
Winton Anderson
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Nickname:
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Winters, Sex A
Norman, Madonnas
Rex
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Birthplace:
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n/a
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Debut:
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2019
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Match:
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488
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DOB:
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-
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Height:
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5’ 10
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Type:
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RH bat, Right-arm
slow
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#1 Single:
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-
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Unusually optimistic or more realistically naive, Max
was roped into experiencing regular MAD defeats by Club stalwart Mike
Reeves. With obviously nothing better to do and perhaps convinced by a pack
of lies, Mr Anderson enjoyed fleeting successes in being slightly better
than the rubbish that surrounded him.
Promising with both bat and ball, Max slotted into
the team most efficiently, which is what you would expect from a man with an
army pedigree. Alas, the conflicts and sounds of bugles came a-calling, and
he left to try and sort out some trifling issues that persist in the Middle
East. One day he may return…?
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Batting
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M
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I
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NO
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R
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Avg
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HS
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BF
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SR
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4
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6
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0
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50
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100
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T20
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4
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3
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2
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16
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16.00
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12
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12
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133.33
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2
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-
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-
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-
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-
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35 ovs
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0.00
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0
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1
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0.00
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-
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-
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1
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-
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-
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40 ovs
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1
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1
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0
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3
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3.00
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3
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9
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33.33
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Timed
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0
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Other
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0
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Totals
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6
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5
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2
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19
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6.33
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12
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22
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86.36
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2
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0
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1
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0
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0
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Bowling
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M
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O
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M
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R
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W
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Best
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Avg
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Econ
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SR
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5wi
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Ct
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St
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RO
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T20
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4
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11
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0
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72
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1
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1-20
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72.00
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6.55
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66.00
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-
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-
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-
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-
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35 ovs
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1
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3
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0
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16
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0
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-
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-
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5.33
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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40 ovs
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1
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1.4
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0
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13
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0
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-
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-
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7.80
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Timed
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0
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Other
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0
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Totals
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6
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15.4
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0
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101
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1
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1-20
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101.00
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6.45
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94.00
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0
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0
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0
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0
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“B”
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#097
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Petr
Benisek
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Nickname:
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Petr Cech
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Birthplace:
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Czechoslovakia
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Debut:
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2007
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Match:
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143
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DOB:
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n/a
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Height:
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5’ 9” ish
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Type:
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RH bat
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#1 Single:
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n/a
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A skilled woodworker by trade, Petr nearly shared his
name with the Chelsea FC goalkeeper of that time, and spent his short
duration with The MAD admonishing his team mates
who asked him how his footballing career was going. It was with great
sadness when he upped and left for New Zealand in the fall of 2007 – as he
amused all with his dry sense of wit and childlike enthusiasm for a game he
simply couldn’t comprehend. Thankfully, his name is etched in our scorebook
forever after carving one through the slips at Jordan Hill.
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Batting
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M
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I
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NO
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R
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Avg
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HS
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BF
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SR
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4
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6
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0
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50
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100
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35 ovs
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1
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0
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40 ovs
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1
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1
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0
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2
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2.00
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2
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3
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66.67
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Totals
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2
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1
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0
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2
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2.00
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2
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3
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66.67
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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#10
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James
Blann
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Nickname:
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n/a
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Birthplace:
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n/a
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Debut:
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1998
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Match:
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002
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DOB:
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n/a
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Height:
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n/a
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Type:
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RH bat, Right-arm bowl
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#1 Single:
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n/a
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Every inch a cricketer, James played 9 games for The
Jude, taking a more than respectable 7 wickets at 30.00 and scoring 96
exquisite runs at 10.67 with a high score of 32 against The Baldons in
1999. Fielding unusually close, Mr Blann had a welcome habit of taking the
most athletic catches. His brother Richard also played 3 times for The Jude
Obscure.
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Batting
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M
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I
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NO
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R
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Avg
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HS
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BF
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SR
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4
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6
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0
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50
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100
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T20
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1
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1
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0
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8
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8.00
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8
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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35 ovs
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4
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4
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0
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53
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13.25
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20
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Timed
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1
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1
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0
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32
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32.00
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32
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Other
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3
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3
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0
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3
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1.00
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3
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-
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-
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-
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-
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2
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-
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-
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Totals
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9
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9
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0
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96
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10.67
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32
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-
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-
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-
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-
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2
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0
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0
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Bowling
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M
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O
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M
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R
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W
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Best
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Avg
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Econ
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SR
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5wi
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Ct
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St
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RO
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T20
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1
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0
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-
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-
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-
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35 ovs
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4
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11
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2
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56
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4
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2-23
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14.00
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5.09
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16.50
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-
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4
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-
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-
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Timed
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1
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7
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0
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35
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0
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0-35
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-
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5.00
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Other
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3
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18
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1
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119
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3
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2-83
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39.67
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6.61
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36.00
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-
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2
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-
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-
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Totals
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9
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36.0
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3
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210
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7
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2-23
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30.00
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5.83
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30.86
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0
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6
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0
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0
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#15
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Simon
Brandon
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Nickname:
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n/a
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Birthplace:
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n/a
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Debut:
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1998
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Match:
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003
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DOB:
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n/a
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Height:
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n/a
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Type:
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RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
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#1 Single:
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n/a
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Although playing only the 5 times for The Jude, Simon
made a huge impact with the bat, scoring 210 runs at 42.00 with a high
score of 86 (a then HS record). When he left the team, Simon was missed
almost as much as his voluptuous girlfriend. Ahh, what was her name again?
Simon’s brother Michael also played twice for The Jude.
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Batting
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M
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I
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NO
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R
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Avg
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HS
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BF
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SR
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4
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6
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0
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50
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100
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T20
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1
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1
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0
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21
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21.00
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21
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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35 ovs
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2
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2
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0
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136
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68.00
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86
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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2
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-
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Other
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2
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2
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0
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53
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26.50
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3
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-
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-
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-
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-
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0
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-
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-
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Totals
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5
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5
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0
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210
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42.00
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86
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-
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-
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-
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-
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0
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2
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0
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Bowling
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M
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O
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M
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R
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W
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Best
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Avg
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Econ
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SR
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5wi
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Ct
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St
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RO
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T20
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1
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0
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-
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-
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-
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35 ovs
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2
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14
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0
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74
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1
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1-37
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74.00
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5.29
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84.00
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Other
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2
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9.3
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0
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32
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4
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3-6
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8.00
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3.37
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14.25
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-
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1
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-
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-
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Totals
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5
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23.3
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0
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106
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5
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3-6
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21.20
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4.51
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28.20
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0
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1
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0
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0
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#75
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Graham
Bridges
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Nickname:
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Stabiliser, Running Man
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Birthplace:
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n/a
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Debut:
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2003
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Match:
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063
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DOB:
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n/a
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Height:
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5’ 10” ish
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Type:
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RH bat
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#1 Single:
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n/a
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One of a bunch of new faces who made his debut for
The MAD in 2003, Graham was poached along with several others from
corporate behemoth Vodafone. A keen athlete who loved his running, he would
go on to make 16 appearances straddling two seasons for the [then] Far from
the Madding Crowd. Always enthusiastic in the field where he could run
about a lot, Mr Bridges eventually found the rest of the game to be boring
and impractical. I mean, why not just run about a lot instead of playing
with this stupid leather ball in these ridiculous white trousers?
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Batting
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M
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I
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NO
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R
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Avg
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HS
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BF
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SR
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4
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6
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0
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50
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100
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T20
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2
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2
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0
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4
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2.00
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4
|
15
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26.67
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-
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-
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1
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-
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-
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35 ovs
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11
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11
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1
|
55
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5.5
|
16
|
131
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41.98
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3
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-
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2
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-
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-
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40 ovs
|
2
|
2
|
0
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4
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2.00
|
3
|
18
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22.22
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-
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-
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-
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-
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-
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Timed
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0.00
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0
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2
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0.00
|
-
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-
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1
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-
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-
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Totals
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16
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16
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1
|
63
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4.20
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16
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166
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37.95
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3
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0
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4
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0
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0
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Bowling
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M
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O
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M
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R
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W
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Best
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Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
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T20
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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-
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-
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-
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35 ovs
|
11
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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1
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-
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-
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40 ovs
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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-
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-
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-
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Timed
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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-
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-
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-
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Totals
|
5
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0
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|
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|
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1
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0
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0
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“C”
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#92
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Andy
Cavanagh
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|
Nickname:
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QC, Goose Man
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Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
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Debut:
|
2006
|
Match:
|
121
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DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
6’ 3” ish
|
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Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
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Andy Cav’s laconic drawl and wry wit made him an
amusing member of The MAD. After an uncertain start in 2006, hardly knowing
when to appeal and when not to, Andy soon got the hang of it, and for
several games the cry of “Howzat!” could be heard after just about every
delivery, until that guy from OUP got sick of it and wrapped his bat round
Andy’s head.
Andy began shakily at the crease, but found his feet
towards the end, and looked positively batsman-like during his high score
of 16. In his short stint for The Club, he took 5 catches in all, but just
a shame that two of them were subbing for the University Offices (a ‘Judas’
fielding record).
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
31
|
7.75
|
16
|
66
|
46.97
|
3
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
1.00
|
1
|
12
|
16.67
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
15
|
15.00
|
15
|
26
|
57.69
|
1
|
-
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
10
|
8
|
1
|
48
|
6.86
|
16
|
104
|
46.15
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
6
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0-6
|
-
|
6.00
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
0-10
|
-
|
10.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
10
|
2.0
|
0
|
16
|
0
|
0-6
|
-
|
8.00
|
-
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#85
|
Michael
D. Clarke
|
|
Nickname:
|
Billy Liar
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2004
|
Match:
|
093
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
6’ 1” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Mike will always be remembered for his wonderful
knock of 61 on Tour against Watchet CC in 2005. Since that fateful day he
invariably failed to live up to the great expectations. Actually, he failed
to turn up at all most times, preferring the company of ladies from China, Russia and Spain to the corrosive bunch of fuckers he
called his teammates. Naturally he always maintained he was teaching – but
teaching what exactly, Mike?
Intelligent, well-travelled and multilingual, Mr
Clarke has always had a deep penchant for graveyard and acidic humour,
where his talking of bollocks will grow exponentially the more he gets pissed. He’s still in contact with The Club
and he may well play again … but until he fulfils that promise, he can stay
on this fucking page.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
23
|
23.00
|
23
|
19
|
121.05
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
13
|
12
|
0
|
133
|
11.08
|
61
|
209
|
63.63
|
14
|
-
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
4
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
4.50
|
9
|
14
|
64.26
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
38
|
19.00
|
10
|
34
|
111.76
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
24
|
18
|
1
|
203
|
11.94
|
61
|
276
|
73.55
|
23
|
0
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
3
|
4
|
0
|
14
|
0
|
0-3
|
-
|
3.50
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
13
|
9.4
|
0
|
85
|
1
|
1-9
|
85.00
|
8.79
|
58.00
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
31
|
1
|
1-31
|
31.00
|
7.75
|
24.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1.5
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0-7
|
-
|
3.82
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
3
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
24
|
19.3
|
1
|
137
|
2
|
1-9
|
68.50
|
7.02
|
58.50
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#145
|
Simon David
Coates
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2017
|
Match:
|
442
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 7” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Simon was the fixture secretary for Didcot CC, who
guested for The MAD on the club’s only visit to the ground back in 2017. A
batsman cut from the blocking stock that made Antony Mann so famous, he
proved a cunning slow bowler who was unlucky to reap no rewards.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
2*
|
31
|
6.45
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
2*
|
31
|
6.45
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
33
|
0
|
0-33
|
-
|
6.60
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Totals
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
33
|
0
|
0-33
|
-
|
6.60
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#101
|
Jenner
Collins
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
Australia
|
|
Debut:
|
2008
|
Match:
|
158
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
6’ 0” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
First things first – Jenner could bat. He represented The MAD just a handful of times
between 2008 and 2011, making his debut alongside his brother JP at
Stratfield Brake, Kidlington. Despite registering just
a single on that day, he looked the goods before his subsequent angry
retreat into town thereafter to get bladdered. Next time out he put the
record straight, flogging a hapless Blenheim Park XI all over central
Oxford in recording the fastest MAD ton ever recorded in terms of balls
faced (76). We guess he had a point to prove.
Abrasive if misunderstood, there was a depth and
humour to Jenner that endeared him to his teammates. Sadly however,
organising his presence in the team proved convoluted to say the least. He
hated email groups and he hated giving his mobile
number out, henceforth any contact involved complex and protracted
negotiations via his buddy, Mr Ian Leggate. Now that the latter resides in
Canada it’s even more convoluted.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
13
|
6.50
|
8
|
11
|
118.18
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
196
|
98.00
|
102
|
174
|
112.64
|
31
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Totals
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
209
|
52.25
|
102
|
185
|
112.97
|
34
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
54
|
1
|
1-39
|
54.00
|
7.71
|
42.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
4
|
7.0
|
0
|
54
|
1
|
1-39
|
54.00
|
7.71
|
42.00
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#102
|
JP
Collins
|
|
Nickname:
|
JP
|
Birthplace:
|
Australia
|
|
Debut:
|
2008
|
Match:
|
158
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
6’ 2” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
JP debuted for The MAD towards the end of the 2008
season alongside his brother Jenner (above left). An Australian by birth,
he buggered off back whence he came at the end of
the 2009 season, much akin to our
other famous native Australian before him. A very handy hitter down the
order, it was with the ball where JP really impressed, taking several
useful wickets with his consistent medium pace. Mr Collins also had the
longest run up in Sunday cricket history, requiring the boundary wall to be
removed from behind the bowler’s arm to accommodate his approach to the
wicket.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
31
|
31.00
|
20*
|
39
|
79.49
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
56
|
14.00
|
24
|
62
|
90.32
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
-
|
0*
|
1
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
31
|
15.50
|
27
|
19
|
163.16
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
15
|
12
|
5
|
118
|
16.86
|
27
|
121
|
97.52
|
10
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
4
|
15
|
1
|
139
|
3
|
2-26
|
46.33
|
9.27
|
30.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
35 ovs
|
8
|
41
|
3
|
164
|
14
|
3-11
|
11.71
|
4.00
|
17.57
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
34
|
1
|
1-34
|
34.00
|
4.25
|
48.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
47
|
2
|
2-11
|
23.50
|
7.83
|
18.00
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
15
|
70.0
|
4
|
384
|
20
|
3-11
|
19.20
|
5.49
|
21.00
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
|
“D”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#23
|
Lee R.
Davie
|
|
Nickname:
|
Accrington
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
008
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 10” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Left-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
A fine player whose stint in the 2003 Madding Crowd
team was kept to just one game by a horrific plastering injury. Lee played
14 matches in all for The Jude and The MAD, taking 12 wickets with accurate
his left-arm bowling, but it was with the bat that he truly excelled. His
top score of 97* against South Oxford Social Club at Horspath in 2001 is
still one of the highest MAD scores, and if Mr Dobner, substituting for the
opposition that day, hadn’t flung himself on the boundary to prevent a four
– then we would be talking about The Club’s first ever centurion. But we’re not, sadly. That said, a career
batting average of over 50 isn’t to be sniffed at.
A true all-rounder, the mercurial Mr Davie was also
very quick behind the stumps and in the field – winning the coveted Player
of the Season shield in 2001. He last returned to MAD ranks at the start of
2005, but since that day sightings have been rare. He also played
occasionally for the St Clements Strollers.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
8
|
8
|
3
|
372
|
74.40
|
97*
|
-
|
-
|
44
|
4
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
37
|
18.50
|
32
|
88
|
42.05
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
47
|
47.00
|
47
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
101
|
50.50
|
67
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
14
|
13
|
3
|
557
|
55.70
|
97*
|
-
|
-
|
48
|
4
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
8
|
34
|
2
|
109
|
8
|
3-15
|
13.62
|
3.20
|
25.50
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
16
|
1
|
51
|
2
|
2-18
|
25.50
|
3.19
|
48.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2-3
|
1.50
|
0.75
|
12.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
14
|
54.0
|
6
|
163
|
12
|
3-15
|
13.58
|
3.02
|
27.00
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#22
|
Adrian
Deans
|
|
Nickname:
|
Deans
|
Birthplace:
|
Australia
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
007
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An Antipodean all-rounder of no little talent, in his
only game for The Jude, Adrian was out for one, bowled a series of
unrecorded beamers and fielded like a turd – all
while wearing whites three sizes too small. In his defence, Deans was just
off the plane from Australia and hadn’t played in several years, but on the
other hand, the stats do not lie.
A novelist by trade, Mr Deans penned the sports novel
‘Mr. Cleansheets’ amongst others to become the
latest in a long line of distinguished Australian novelists.
|
|
|
|
#30
|
Simon
Dickens
|
|
Nickname:
|
Dicko
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
1999
|
Match:
|
013
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A regular with Stanton St. John Willows and long-time
close friend of Lee Davie, Simon Dickens played only twice for The Jude,
but in doing so helped himself to 9 wickets at a staggering 9.44. On debut,
against Marcham CC in 1999, he went so far as to register the quite
wonderful figures of 6-24, which is still one of the best hauls ever for
The MAD. He was also never dismissed. A true ringer if ever there was.
BONG!
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
17
|
-
|
17*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
13
|
-
|
13*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
30
|
-
|
17*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
13
|
0
|
62
|
3
|
3-62
|
20.67
|
4.77
|
26.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Other
|
1
|
8.4
|
2
|
23
|
6
|
6-23
|
3.83
|
2.65
|
8.67
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
21.4
|
2
|
85
|
9
|
6-23
|
9.44
|
3.92
|
14.44
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#56
|
Steve
Leslie Peter Dobner
|
|
Nickname:
|
Twinkle, Easy
Tiger, Stevie D, Dobbers
|
Birthplace:
|
Essex
|
|
Debut:
|
2001
|
Match:
|
056
|
DOB:
|
11 / 03 / 74
|
Height:
|
5’ 11”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Alvin Stardust –
“Jealous Mind”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
After his debut well over two decades ago, the
portentous Mr Dobner managed to have a go at everything and everybody in
that time, including himself. However, advancing years and family life would
eventually mellow the inner rage, a cynical and sarcastic mouth replacing
the fists and vitriol. Back in the day, Steve would regularly commute each
and every weekend from Essex, a talented batsman with no little ability
with the ball. Being adroit with the keeper’s gloves [akin to his
brother-in-law Gary Littlechild], he could therefore claim to be the true
all-rounder. Stevie D last played for The MAD back in 2017 and is now a
keen vegan runner.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
11
|
11
|
3
|
175
|
21.88
|
50*
|
192
|
91.14
|
16
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
76
|
69
|
8
|
745
|
12.21
|
84
|
1453
|
51.27
|
82
|
1
|
10
|
2
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
79
|
74
|
13
|
1116
|
18.30
|
77*
|
1972
|
56.59
|
118
|
2
|
9
|
2
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
8
|
7
|
1
|
48
|
8.00
|
30*
|
127
|
37.80
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
10
|
9
|
1
|
97
|
12.13
|
35
|
143
|
67.83
|
11
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
184
|
170
|
26
|
2181
|
15.15
|
84
|
3887
|
56.11
|
232
|
4
|
23
|
5
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
11
|
18
|
0
|
101
|
2
|
1-9
|
50.50
|
5.61
|
54.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
76
|
254.4
|
16
|
1106
|
50
|
4-32
|
22.12
|
4.33
|
30.68
|
-
|
21
|
2
|
6
|
|
40 ovs
|
79
|
259
|
24
|
1025
|
54
|
4-9
|
18.98
|
3.96
|
28.78
|
-
|
17
|
4
|
6
|
|
Timed
|
8
|
39.4
|
4
|
171
|
8
|
2-27
|
21.38
|
4.31
|
29.75
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
Other
|
10
|
31
|
1
|
159
|
11
|
4-17
|
14.45
|
5.13
|
16.91
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
|
Totals
|
184
|
603.2
|
45
|
2562
|
125
|
4-9
|
20.50
|
4.25
|
28.96
|
-
|
40
|
6
|
15
|
|
|
|
#43
|
Paul
Drake
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2000
|
Match:
|
023
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A veteran of over 10 games for Jude and MAD, Paul was
last seen heading off the field following the 2002 Bodleian game at
Pembroke in a heavy sweat, and next day being admitted to hospital with
pneumonia. Sorry Paul, we shouldn’t have begged you to play. Mr Drake was
an occasional bowler, and a useful batsman who top scored with 22. He also
set the benchmark for ineptitude between the wickets, being run out in a
quarter of all the games he played.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
10
|
9
|
1
|
64
|
8.00
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
4.50
|
7
|
25
|
36.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
12
|
11
|
1
|
73
|
7.30
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
10
|
17
|
1
|
96
|
5
|
3-17
|
19.20
|
5.65
|
20.40
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
2
|
9
|
1
|
41
|
0
|
0-13
|
-
|
4.56
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
12
|
26.0
|
2
|
137
|
5
|
3-17
|
27.40
|
5.27
|
31.20
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
“E”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#116
|
Rob
Eaglestone
|
|
Nickname:
|
Rob Wonky, Eagles
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2011
|
Match:
|
221
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 10” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
A clever and witty chap, Rob first discovered cricket
when he realised all his mates were missing most Sundays playing, erm…
cricket. He ended up playing 7 matches in total for the Far from the MCC,
before accepting an undisclosed bribe from work colleague Ralph Smith and
joining up with rivals and village bumpkins Astons CC back in 2012. Games
between the two clubs are always convivial with both sets of undesirables
urinating in each other’s kit bags and throwing helmets at each other’s
heads.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
5
|
4
|
0
|
11
|
2.75
|
5
|
20
|
55.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
1
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
4
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
11
|
1.83
|
5
|
25
|
44.00
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
19
|
0
|
0-19
|
-
|
9.50
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
7
|
2.0
|
0
|
19
|
0
|
0-19
|
-
|
9.50
|
-
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#86
|
Dan M.
Edwards
|
|
Nickname:
|
Spellcaster, Danny Boy
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2004
|
Match:
|
098
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 10” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
spin
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Dan became The MAD’s ever reliable run-machine after
debuting back in the fall of 2004. A defensively solid opener, he gorged on
dot balls with a fervour only equalled by the great Geoffrey Boycott. When
Dan wasn’t batting, he was thinking about batting. Even when he was cutting
down trees and hedgerows at work, he’d be practicing his pulls and cover
drives with a chainsaw.
In his nine seasons with The MAD, Dan amassed over
3,000 stylish runs whilst taking many useful wickets with that crazy [whirlwind]
bowling action of his. In fact, given Mr Edwards had a reputation as a
yawn-inducing blocker, his T20 stats make quite remarkable reading. Clearly
here was a man with a game for all formats and many subsequent clubs.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
21
|
20
|
8
|
406
|
33.83
|
47
|
403
|
100.74
|
50
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
36
|
35
|
8
|
1039
|
38.48
|
78
|
1848
|
56.22
|
123
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
51
|
50
|
8
|
1365
|
32.50
|
103*
|
2623
|
52.04
|
166
|
8
|
2
|
5
|
2
|
|
Timed
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
170
|
28.33
|
57
|
418
|
40.67
|
22
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
6
|
0
|
178
|
29.67
|
50
|
242
|
73.55
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
123
|
119
|
26
|
3158
|
33.96
|
103*
|
5534
|
57.07
|
386
|
15
|
5
|
15
|
2
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
21
|
55.4
|
3
|
246
|
30
|
4-19
|
8.20
|
4.42
|
11.13
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
3
|
|
35 ovs
|
36
|
87.1
|
8
|
322
|
22
|
3-17
|
14.64
|
3.69
|
23.77
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
3
|
|
40 ovs
|
51
|
143.3
|
8
|
677
|
24
|
4-23
|
28.20
|
4.72
|
35.87
|
-
|
17
|
-
|
1
|
|
Timed
|
8
|
16.1
|
1
|
62
|
5
|
4-12
|
12.40
|
3.84
|
19.40
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
65
|
2
|
2-25
|
32.50
|
6.50
|
30.00
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
123
|
312.3
|
20
|
1372
|
83
|
4-12
|
16.53
|
4.39
|
22.59
|
0
|
33
|
0
|
7
|
|
|
|
#132
|
Danial
Harold Emerson
|
|
Nickname:
|
Harry Hill
|
Birthplace:
|
Invercargill,
Wellington. NZ
|
|
Debut:
|
2013
|
Match:
|
304
|
DOB:
|
05 / 03 / 75
|
Height:
|
5’ 10” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Steve Harley &
Cockney Rebel – “Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me)”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Danial was coaxed into playing for The Club in 2013,
after a catalogue of injuries left the club with only a Giant Duck and
three cripples on the subs bench. A quietly spoken, acute and curiously
laidback fellow, his claims to not having played cricket since he was a
teenager seemed somewhat absurd, particularly as he demonstrated a higher
calibre of bowling to that of his younger brother, David. Utilising those
burly shoulders and bright red sprinters shoes, he got the ball through a
little quicker than you might imagine. Amusing in the field, he never did
secure that first illusive MAD run, but he did live in a caravan before his
brother emulated his achievement.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
13
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
13
|
0.00
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
21
|
3
|
95
|
5
|
2-22
|
19.00
|
4.52
|
25.20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
3
|
21.0
|
3
|
95
|
5
|
2-22
|
19.00
|
4.52
|
25.20
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
“F”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#46
|
Adrian
John Fisher
|
|
Nickname:
|
Crash, Ade
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2000
|
Match:
|
025
|
DOB:
|
1965
|
Height:
|
6’ 0” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
An imposing character, well known and respected for
many years around Oxford, The MAD (in those days, The Jude) first came into
contact with Adrian while he was captaining the now defunct Team With No
Name, one of the old Oxford cricket teams which has sadly now gone the way
of most old Oxford cricket teams. Back then the Team With No Name were a
decent side, and Ade would cut an impressive figure as he strode to the
crease at first drop and proceed to flay the inept Jude bowling to all
parts.
When the No Namers
disbanded, Ade set up base at the Marsh Harrier pub, and at one point even
cobbled together a Marsh team, though in fairness, they were a useless
bunch of less-than-part-time misfits who even The Jude had no trouble
caning. Soon Ade was forced to accept his inevitable fate and join the
ranks of The MAD.
Ade was probably the greatest skipper that The MAD
never had. His cricketing knowledge was deep, and he was never shy in
offering it. Not one to suffer fools gladly, his forthrightness was a
hallmark of his direct and engaging personality. Given time, he may well
have turned The MAD into a crack unit of actual sportsmen. Instead they remain to this day the bunch of fools he
was content to suffer.
As Ade said many times, bowlers win matches, and it
was with his bowling that he perhaps made the greatest impact. His
swashbuckling batting style became less effective as The MAD faced stronger
opposition and he lost the desire to run, but his beguiling slow bowling
often bamboozled even the surest of batsmen. His best figures of 5-15 are
testament to that. Some there were who said that he bowled pies, but
perhaps there was an element of jealousy in that friendly taunt. His lobbed
tarts and flans were deadly against the tail, or indeed any batsman playing
for The Marlborough Arms. If they were pies, then they were the tastiest in
Oxford.
Ade was an indispensable member of The Jude and The
MAD, a friendly landlord in times of need, and a fine man. He is sadly
missed.
Adrian J. Fisher (1965 – 2011). Too well loved to
ever be forgotten.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
8
|
7
|
0
|
41
|
5.86
|
16
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
28
|
25
|
5
|
327
|
16.35
|
44
|
-
|
-
|
34
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
63
|
12.60
|
35
|
107
|
58.88
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
32
|
10.67
|
15
|
54
|
59.26
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
39
|
19.50
|
15
|
48
|
81.25
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
48
|
44
|
7
|
502
|
13.57
|
44
|
-
|
-
|
51
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
8
|
10.3
|
0
|
85
|
3
|
2-31
|
28.33
|
8.10
|
21.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
28
|
60.4
|
10
|
298
|
28
|
5-15
|
10.64
|
4.91
|
13.00
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
|
40 ovs
|
6
|
18.3
|
1
|
81
|
3
|
1-17
|
27.00
|
4.38
|
37.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
5-15
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
6.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
48
|
91.4
|
11
|
468
|
36
|
5-12
|
13.00
|
5.11
|
15.28
|
1
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
|
“H”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#106
|
Brad
Harsant
|
|
Nickname:
|
Bradders
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2009
|
Match:
|
172
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
6’ 0” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A long lost cousin of Lord
Lucan, not much was known about Brad, apart from the fact he couldn’t speak
any Spanish, he always wore shorts and he was an electrician by trade [we
believe]. He also did hold the odd record of only ever having scored runs
for The MAD in boundaries – albeit only one of them. So perhaps he just
didn’t like running?
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
4.00
|
4
|
7
|
57.14
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
2
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
2.00
|
4
|
9
|
44.44
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#71
|
Nick
James Hebbes
|
|
Nickname:
|
Titanick
|
Birthplace:
|
Shoreham-by-sea,
West Sussex
|
|
Debut:
|
2003
|
Match:
|
063
|
DOB:
|
27 / 07 / 76
|
Height:
|
6’ 0”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Elton John &
Kiki Dee – “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Nick was one of a clutch of new faces that breathed
life into The MAD back in 2003. A gifted cricketer with a tirelessly and
irritatingly happy persona, his consistently upbeat personality was in
stark contrast to that of his downtrodden, pessimistic team
mates. Ever the joker, he was always at the fore of things on Tour,
annoying everyone with his astute visual jokes and insane fucking happiness. And don’t even mention those stupid
plastic singing swords.… And then, quite inscrutably, he was gone….
As the years ticked by The Club received occasional
emails from someone using his name, but by and large it was understood he
was now living elsewhere on Mother Earth as a doting dad. And then it
happened, out of the blue, he mysteriously
reappeared back in 2017 like NOTHING had ever happened…. Was it him? Was it
really him? Erm, yes… it took all
of two minutes for him to take the stereo off pause and go into a diatribe
of observational nonsense for anyone who would listen.
Nick is now relocated back to Oxford by all accounts,
somewhere near the loony bin in Cholsey [allegedly]. Which means he is
theoretically available and since the doors are always open at Club MAD, we
hope to see you again one day.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
13
|
12
|
2
|
93
|
9.30
|
24
|
131
|
70.99
|
8
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
51
|
43
|
6
|
620
|
16.76
|
51*
|
1183
|
52.41
|
62
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
33
|
30
|
2
|
578
|
20.64
|
62
|
1063
|
54.37
|
64
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
66
|
22.00
|
29
|
124
|
53.23
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
6
|
6
|
3
|
99
|
33.00
|
48
|
176
|
56.25
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
107
|
95
|
14
|
1456
|
17.98
|
62
|
2677
|
54.39
|
154
|
3
|
11
|
4
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
13
|
19
|
1
|
145
|
6
|
4-18
|
24.17
|
7.63
|
19.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
51
|
163.5
|
11
|
803
|
36
|
3-24
|
22.31
|
4.90
|
27.31
|
-
|
18
|
-
|
1
|
|
40 ovs
|
33
|
84.3
|
11
|
331
|
20
|
4-17
|
16.55
|
3.92
|
25.35
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
1
|
|
Timed
|
4
|
17
|
2
|
41
|
1
|
1-15
|
41.00
|
2.41
|
102.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
6
|
17
|
0
|
100
|
3
|
1-20
|
33.33
|
5.88
|
34.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
107
|
301.2
|
25
|
1420
|
66
|
4-17
|
21.52
|
4.71
|
27.39
|
0
|
33
|
0
|
2
|
|
|
|
#73
|
Steve
Hebbes
|
|
Nickname:
|
Oops
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2003
|
Match:
|
063
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 7” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Steve, brother of Nick [above right], and the second
half of a complete fennel. He was the inventor of the now infamous skidding
delivery characterised by a complete lack of bounce. The Hebbes ‘skidder’,
which tended to leave the batsman bamboozled and most “Out”, was always
accompanied by an embarrassed cry of “Oops!” Experienced observers of the
game of cricket have long theorised that the ‘Oops ball’ is most easily
perfected by the vertically challenged.
A handy lower order bat, and a regular wicket taker,
Steve was particularly impressive in 2003 when he bagged 19 victims. The
MAD miss his all-round game after he relocated to Newcastle and then London,
and then somewhere else, and then maybe somewhere else after that. Steve
was last seen on the Mumbles Tour in 2008 where he played hardly any
cricket, but did write a magnificent match report for the Whitland CC match
(#163).
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
1
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
20
|
18
|
7
|
154
|
14.00
|
33
|
244
|
63.11
|
19
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
2.00
|
4
|
17
|
23.53
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
-
|
3
|
2
|
150.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
27
|
22
|
8
|
161
|
11.50
|
33
|
264
|
60.98
|
19
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
3
|
10
|
0
|
71
|
2
|
2-43
|
35.50
|
7.10
|
30.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
20
|
93.4
|
9
|
394
|
27
|
4-7
|
14.59
|
4.20
|
20.81
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
16
|
1
|
82
|
3
|
2-30
|
27.33
|
5.12
|
32.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
27
|
119.4
|
10
|
547
|
32
|
4-7
|
17.09
|
4.57
|
22.43
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#124
|
Nick
Steven Hill
|
|
Nickname:
|
Beaker, Chin Kill, Ink Chill
|
Birthplace:
|
Birmingham
|
|
Debut:
|
2012
|
Match:
|
261
|
DOB:
|
26 / 04 / 89
|
Height:
|
5’ 11 & 1/2”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm something
|
#1 Single:
|
Pet Shop Boys –
“Heart”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Another gentleman called Nick, but a younger Nick and
another one who… erm, doesn’t really play much
cricket anymore. Being that he was another in a long line of chosen
applicants from the Centrica Sporting Portfolio, Mr N. S. Hill brought an
effervescent and youthful vigour to Team MAD back in 2012. Exuding a
likeable charm and no little knowledge about, er… baseball, there was a
buzz of excited anticipation every time Nick strode out to bat. There was
no doubt he could hit a home run and there was no doubt baseball doesn’t
work in cricket – however, it was great fun watching Nick trying to
disprove the latter theory….
A regular face in the T20 arena, Nick’s unschooled
Fantasy stock rose to stratospheric heights before he relocated to Italy
and then somewhere after that. One day he may return….
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
38
|
32
|
3
|
279
|
9.62
|
31*
|
286
|
97.55
|
32
|
2
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 ovs
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Timed
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
38
|
32
|
3
|
279
|
9.62
|
31*
|
286
|
97.55
|
32
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
38
|
20
|
0
|
154
|
7
|
2-7
|
22.00
|
7.70
|
17.14
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
3
|
|
35 ovs
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 ovs
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Timed
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
38
|
20.0
|
0
|
154
|
7
|
2-7
|
22.00
|
7.70
|
17.14
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
|
|
|
#81
|
Neil
Howarth
|
|
Nickname:
|
Harold, Teach
|
Birthplace:
|
Oldham, Lancashire
|
|
Debut:
|
2003
|
Match:
|
073
|
DOB:
|
31 / 07 / 43
|
Height:
|
5’ 10”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Neil only ever managed the one game for The MAD,
although he did manage a few stints of umpiring over the years. Father of
Ian, his nickname refers to his fiery bowling of yesteryear, where he plied
his trade in the competitive cricket leagues of both Lancashire and
Cornwall. A fine player in his pomp, he is now happily retired in the West
Country and still moaning.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
14.00
|
14
|
8
|
175.00
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
14.00
|
14
|
8
|
175.00
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
0-13
|
-
|
3.25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
1
|
4.0
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
0-13
|
-
|
3.25
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#2
|
Martin
Hurley
|
|
Nickname:
|
Hurlers
|
Birthplace:
|
Cork. Ireland
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
001
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A member of The Club’s original starting XI, Martin
returned home to Ireland in 2001 after a stint working in Germany, but
before that he played 14 games for The Jude. Martin’s unconventional
batting style, influenced by his education in the sport of hurling, yielded
108 sparklers at a healthy average of 8.31.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
29
|
14.50
|
20
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
16
|
5.33
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
4.50
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
6
|
6
|
0
|
54
|
9.00
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
13
|
13
|
0
|
108
|
8.31
|
25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
3
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Other
|
6
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
13
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
“J”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#147
|
Luke
Thomas Jenkins
|
|
Nickname:
|
Skywalker
|
Birthplace:
|
Wallingford,
Oxford
|
|
Debut:
|
2018
|
Match:
|
452
|
DOB:
|
02 / 08 / 93
|
Height:
|
5’ 10”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
UB40 – “(I Can’t
Help) Falling in Love With You”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Luke impressed in some pre-season nets a few years
ago, as he wasn’t as shit as other players in
attendance. Moreover, he actually looked quite adept with both bat and
ball, a real rarity in these public drinking times. Assiduous and academic,
Mr Jenkins had a mischievous eye which thankfully didn’t dull his
competitive edge. Appearances were at a premium however, due in no small
part to the fact that Luke plied his trade for another dozen teams or so.
With a defunct email and a defunct presence, Luke is
now considered gone. Maybe one day he may return, or he’ll be guesting for
the opposition on an unsuspecting Sunday….
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
82
|
27.33
|
30*
|
78
|
105.13
|
10
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
82
|
27.33
|
31*
|
78
|
105.13
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
5
|
17
|
0
|
123
|
1
|
1-32
|
123.00
|
7.24
|
102.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
|
Totals
|
5
|
17
|
0
|
123
|
1
|
1-32
|
123.00
|
7.24
|
102.00
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#65
|
Dylan L.
Jones
|
|
Nickname:
|
Drag’ On
|
Birthplace:
|
Wales
|
|
Debut:
|
2002
|
Match:
|
055
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 11” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Welsh import Dylan Jones played over 20 games for The
MAD after his debut in 2002. His erratic, but handy medium pace bowling was
accompanied by a fine penchant for throwing a cob. Right or wrong, Dylan
could always be heard muttering under his breath, or sulking about captain
James Hoskins’ many decisions both on and off the field. He also had one of
the very finest innings to duck conversion rates (35%) of anyone to have
played for The Club. We salute you, sir.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
11
|
5.50
|
9
|
19
|
57.89
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
17
|
16
|
4
|
52
|
4.33
|
14
|
112
|
46.43
|
4
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
9
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
4.00
|
4
|
5
|
80.00
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
21
|
20
|
4
|
67
|
4.19
|
14
|
145
|
46.21
|
5
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
2
|
8
|
0
|
41
|
3
|
2-21
|
13.67
|
5.12
|
16.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
17
|
92
|
4
|
448
|
18
|
4-17
|
24.89
|
4.87
|
30.67
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
49
|
0
|
0-49
|
-
|
6.12
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
21
|
108.0
|
4
|
538
|
21
|
4-17
|
25.62
|
4.98
|
30.86
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#19
|
Howard
Jones
|
|
Nickname:
|
Howie
|
Birthplace:
|
Oxford
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
005
|
DOB:
|
16 / 05 / 68
|
Height:
|
5’ 9” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Louis Armstrong –
“What a Wonderful World”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
No, not the 80s pop star, what on earth were you
thinking? Howard, who actually preferred Joy Division, was a Jude stalwart
of over 30 games up until the beginning of 2002, and also made a few cameo
appearances in 2004. A dashing batsmen and fine pace bowler prone to
occasional lapses in concentration at the crease and in the field, he was
Player of the Season in 1999 and overall averaged nearly 30 with the bat.
Although he twice took 5 for 9, his most impressive spell came against The
Team With No Name at Horspath in 2000, when in a rain-ruined match he
destroyed the opposition top order with 3-3 in 3 unplayable overs. He also
held a then Club Record for Most Catches In An Innings (4), against South
Oxford Social Club in 2001.
Howie has now relocated to Wales, although he may
have relocated somewhere else since. He also has the rare record of batting
on more occasions than games played [how very village].
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
22
|
22
|
3
|
622
|
32.74
|
78*
|
-
|
-
|
55
|
10
|
2
|
6
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
27
|
9.00
|
18
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
50
|
25.00
|
37
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
175
|
29.17
|
56
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
34
|
35
|
5
|
874
|
29.13
|
78*
|
-
|
-
|
64
|
10
|
5
|
8
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
22
|
112
|
8
|
531
|
25
|
5-9
|
21.24
|
4.74
|
26.88
|
1
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
22.5
|
1
|
83
|
3
|
2-10
|
27.67
|
3.63
|
45.67
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
2
|
20
|
1
|
81
|
2
|
2-39
|
40.50
|
4.05
|
60.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
8
|
38.3
|
7
|
132
|
14
|
5-9
|
9.43
|
3.43
|
16.50
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
34
|
193.2
|
17
|
827
|
44
|
5-9
|
18.80
|
4.28
|
26.36
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#113
|
Edward
Jordan
|
|
Nickname:
|
Ed
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2010
|
Match:
|
218
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
6’ 1” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
A member of the Portchester CC team who toured
Oxfordshire for a good few years, Edward found
himself deputising for The MAD in 2010’s encounter at Jesus College after
Chris Roberts was injured. He hadn’t slept, he undoubtedly wasn’t sober,
but nonetheless wandered out in his beach shorts to bat as last man. His
unbeaten 9 not out off just 4 balls contained a
gargantuan six and helped him to a Club Strike Rate of 225.00. It is of
course without peer.
|
|
“L”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#3
|
Chris
Legg
|
|
Nickname:
|
Baldrick
|
Birthplace:
|
Swindon, Wiltshire
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
001
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
One-time manager of Jude The Obscure in Walton
Street, Chris was a founding player who was heard at the 2000 AGM to
exclaim ‘I’m not playing under that fucking Aussie!’ (who could he have
meant?), thus casting the team elections into chaos and recriminations. An
opening bowler and batsman, he took 16 wickets at 22.81 and scored 200 runs
at 16.67 with a high of 49 against Isis CC at Cutteslowe Park in 1999.
Chris would go on to marry an extremely beautiful nurse and bugger off up north to manage a sports store somewhere.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
6.00
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
64
|
21.33
|
49
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
8.00
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
23
|
7.67
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
6
|
2
|
99
|
24.75
|
40
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
15
|
14
|
2
|
200
|
16.67
|
49
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 ovs
|
3
|
9
|
1
|
65
|
2
|
2-29
|
32.50
|
7.22
|
27.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
28
|
2
|
2-28
|
14.00
|
4.67
|
18.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
24
|
0
|
126
|
3
|
2-43
|
42.00
|
5.25
|
48.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
28
|
1
|
146
|
9
|
3-16
|
16.22
|
5.24
|
18.67
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
15
|
67.0
|
2
|
365
|
16
|
3-16
|
22.81
|
5.45
|
25.12
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#99
|
Ian
Christopher Leggate
|
|
Nickname:
|
Gonzo, Agile Agent, Giant Eagle
|
Birthplace:
|
Oxford
|
|
Debut:
|
2008
|
Match:
|
153
|
DOB:
|
16 / 07 / 75
|
Height:
|
5’ 10”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
leg spin
|
#1 Single:
|
Bay City Rollers –
“Give A Little Love”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
A true hedonist at heart, Gonzo’s delightfully
offbeat and eccentric humour transcended many a MAD defeat. He is/was
universally regarded as the essential Tour Accessory nay the greatest
Tourist in MAD History, being colourfully unconventional, idiosyncratic and thriving in adversity. So, it was with
great sadness when the inevitable call of the Northern Exposure came, and
Ian left these shores to start a family in Canada with his beloved Sandra [MAD
Player #120 in case you were wondering].
Ian is still classed as a relatively, kind-of current player because he
does frequent The Shires every few years to catch up with his family and
also to rekindle his love of shit cricket. He last
came ashore in 2019 and helped oversee a commanding slaughtering of
Appleton CC, with his unwavering 3 not out and a timely reminder to anyone
of his famed ability at the bar afterwards.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
24
|
22
|
3
|
125
|
6.94
|
31*
|
201
|
62.19
|
11
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
17
|
14
|
1
|
22
|
1.69
|
6
|
98
|
22.45
|
1
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
25
|
23
|
3
|
62
|
3.10
|
17
|
285
|
21.75
|
1
|
-
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
4
|
2
|
-
|
5
|
2.50
|
3
|
18
|
27.78
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
1
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
73
|
63
|
9
|
214
|
3.96
|
31*
|
603
|
35.49
|
13
|
0
|
23
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
24
|
23.1
|
0
|
247
|
8
|
3-38
|
30.87
|
10.66
|
17.37
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
17
|
12.1
|
0
|
141
|
3
|
2-40
|
47.00
|
11.59
|
24.33
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
40 ovs
|
25
|
26.5
|
0
|
256
|
6
|
2-12
|
42.67
|
9.54
|
26.83
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
4
|
10
|
0
|
72
|
5
|
5-40
|
14.40
|
7.20
|
12.00
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
20
|
2
|
2-20
|
10.00
|
6.67
|
9.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
73
|
75.1
|
0
|
736
|
24
|
5-40
|
30.67
|
9.79
|
18.79
|
1
|
10
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#1
|
Edward
Neil Lester
|
|
Nickname:
|
Scissorhands, Steady
|
Birthplace:
|
Swindon, Wiltshire
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
001
|
DOB:
|
28 / 07 / 69
|
Height:
|
6’ 0” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
The Rolling Stones –
“Honky Tonk Women”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
As a founding member of the Jude Obscure and past
Captain, Eddie brought a wealth of experience to the team as an eminent
hypnotherapist, although none of his teammates really needed hypnotising to
get pissed. Enthusiastic and one of cricket’s
great triers, his best performance came in 2003, when he smashed a
remarkable 666 not out against a team of imaginary fielders, hitting an
imaginary cricket ball emblazoned with James Hoskins’ face on during an
imaginary match [the game was called off btw but without Ed being told].
Mr Lester’s Tour organising prowess were legendary
among Tour organisers, and his ability to collect Tour deposit money from
recalcitrant players did come to the attention of local Mafia groups
wishing to hire him as a debt collector. Alas, Ed left The Club back in the
fall of 2004 and now lives amongst the orcs and hobbits of New Zealand,
acting as a life coach, business consultant and beacon of eternal optimism.
Eddie was and always will be The MAD. He is… after
all… Player #001.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
53
|
26.50
|
20*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
44
|
40
|
3
|
292
|
7.89
|
33*
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
47
|
15.67
|
24
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
47
|
11.75
|
22
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
16
|
15
|
2
|
168
|
12.92
|
32*
|
-
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
75
|
68
|
9
|
607
|
10.29
|
33
|
-
|
-
|
30
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
5
|
8
|
0
|
78
|
4
|
2-10
|
19.50
|
9.75
|
12.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
44
|
126.1
|
5
|
650
|
16
|
3-26
|
40.62
|
5.15
|
47.31
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
6
|
12.3
|
0
|
82
|
5
|
3-30
|
16.40
|
6.56
|
15.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
4
|
19
|
0
|
116
|
3
|
2-54
|
38.67
|
6.10
|
38.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
16
|
27
|
1
|
80
|
7
|
3-11
|
11.43
|
2.96
|
23.14
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
75
|
192.4
|
6
|
1006
|
35
|
3-11
|
28.74
|
5.22
|
33.03
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#87
|
Gary S.
Littlechild
|
|
Nickname:
|
Goldenchild,
Neo
|
Birthplace:
|
Essex
|
|
Debut:
|
2005
|
Match:
|
105
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 8” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Technically gifted and supremely talented, sports
teacher Gary brought an air of keen professionalism to the ranks when he
first debuted in 2005. Notable for his swashbuckling batting including a
Club Record 117 not out against Hanney CC, it was his constant flare-ups as
keeper with square leg umpires that linger long in the memory. These fucking umpires never got one marginal stumping correct.
Not one. Ever. Because Mr Littlechild told us so. These unscrupulous
batsmen were always given “not out” despite the line being Gary’s and it
being that fucking
obvious. Sometimes his brother-in-law, Mr Dobner, would get in on
the act and help to spell it out for the umpire using an extensive 4-letter
vocabulary, again seemingly, to no avail. But there was always an Essex car
park available.
A consummate cricketer whenever he wasn’t arguing
with umpires, he was a true role model for our kids [whenever he wasn’t
arguing with umpires]. The team as a whole just looked just solid with his presence. Gary last argued with the
umpires back in 2011, before becoming a father like many of us do [or don’t]
and deciding his lengthy commute from the Land of the White Stiletto just
wasn’t worth the effort anymore.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
14
|
14
|
3
|
405
|
36.82
|
82
|
487
|
83.16
|
58
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
14
|
12
|
1
|
413
|
37.54
|
117*
|
455
|
90.77
|
61
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
8.00
|
8
|
36
|
22.22
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
94
|
-
|
94*
|
51
|
184.31
|
15
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
30
|
28
|
5
|
920
|
40.00
|
117*
|
1029
|
89.41
|
135
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
1
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
14
|
8
|
0
|
24
|
1
|
1-6
|
24.00
|
3.00
|
48.00
|
-
|
2
|
6
|
1
|
|
40 ovs
|
14
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
30
|
8.0
|
0
|
24
|
1
|
1-6
|
24.00
|
3.00
|
48.00
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
4
|
|
“M”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#35
|
Anthony
Michael Mander
|
|
Nickname:
|
Doc
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
1999
|
Match:
|
019
|
DOB:
|
21 / 03 / 46
|
Height:
|
5’ 8” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Tony has represented a more casually, dapper
spectator in recent times, although always happy to oblige if the Skipper
puts out a [very] desperate SOS call. A valued conservationist and much
loved and respected member of The MAD, Mr Mander Snr has now been elevated
to Patron of the Club – an esteemed position he shares with the late [and
great] publican, Noel P. Reilly. A member of Lord’s Taverners, he is solely
responsible for the distribution of the Club’s first ever book ‘Not At
This Level’ into the higher echelons of society – albeit only a single
copy.
Inventor of the nurdle and a mean slip fielder back
in the day, Tony’s skills on the cricket pitch were certainly never
underestimated. He was no mean umpire either, once famously halting a
frayed game against arch-rivals Wootton & Bladon CC to reprimand both
teams for their unsportsmanlike behaviour and threatening to roll up the
pitch and report the events to the ICC.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
7
|
6
|
2
|
32
|
8.00
|
18
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
45
|
42
|
8
|
228
|
6.71
|
34
|
-
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
9
|
9
|
0
|
37
|
4.11
|
13
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
6
|
6.00
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
5
|
4
|
1
|
15
|
5.00
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
69
|
63
|
12
|
318
|
6.24
|
34
|
-
|
-
|
20
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
7
|
2.5
|
0
|
39
|
2
|
2-10
|
19.50
|
13.76
|
8.50
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
45
|
5
|
0
|
42
|
1
|
1-29
|
42.00
|
8.40
|
30.00
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
9
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
5
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
69
|
7.5
|
0
|
81
|
3
|
2-10
|
27.00
|
10.34
|
15.67
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#36
|
Ben James
Mander
|
|
Nickname:
|
Iron Hands
|
Birthplace:
|
Manchester
|
|
Debut:
|
1999
|
Match:
|
019
|
DOB:
|
11 / 03 / 80
|
Height:
|
5’ 9” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm leggies
|
#1 Single:
|
Joe Dolce Music
Theatre – “Shaddap You Face”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Ben became an integral part of The Club way back
before the millennium. He was certainly one of the younger faces in the
team, but that’s because the rest were mostly comprised of crotchety,
gnarled old buggers. Slightly nomadic and quirky
in character, his childlike enthusiasm on and off the field was an
inspiration to the world-weary dudes around him.
A cricketer of classically orthodox unorthodoxness, Benjamin always kept technique to a
premium. If a ball was there to twat, then he’d
damn well twat it. If it wasn’t, or it might not be, or if it was something
his brain just couldn’t compute, then he’d utilise some French
cricketing-type defensive prod thing. However, it was his much vaunted half-a-pace leggies that did the damage
over the years – and let’s face it, if he didn’t know what was going to
happen, then how the fuck were the batsman supposed to decipher the
delivery?!
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
21
|
10.50
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
44
|
37
|
7
|
253
|
8.43
|
28*
|
-
|
-
|
26
|
-
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
12
|
11
|
3
|
76
|
9.50
|
29
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
9
|
4.50
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
6
|
2
|
50
|
12.50
|
25*
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
69
|
60
|
14
|
409
|
8.89
|
29
|
-
|
-
|
45
|
0
|
11
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
11
|
1
|
1-11
|
11.00
|
3.67
|
18.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
44
|
102.2
|
1
|
666
|
23
|
4-31
|
28.96
|
6.51
|
26.70
|
-
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
12
|
25
|
2
|
150
|
6
|
4-32
|
25.00
|
6.00
|
25.00
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
19
|
0
|
0-19
|
-
|
9.50
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
70
|
3
|
2-25
|
23.33
|
7.00
|
20.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
69
|
142.2
|
3
|
916
|
33
|
4-31
|
27.76
|
6.44
|
25.88
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#59
|
James
Mander
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2001
|
Match:
|
041
|
DOB:
|
21 / 03 / 46
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Another of the Mander clan, is there no end to them?
Ben’s cousin James played six games for The Jude during the 2001 season,
before getting sick of England and going back to Australia. He once opted
out of an important Jude fixture at noon on Sunday in order to “go and get
a haircut.” A very useful all-round athlete who underachieved in scoring 23
runs at 4.60 and taking 3 wickets at 28.67.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
9
|
2.25
|
6
|
19
|
47.37
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
14.00
|
14
|
32
|
43.75
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
23
|
4.60
|
14
|
51
|
45.10
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
5
|
27
|
4
|
57
|
3
|
2-15
|
19.00
|
2.11
|
54.00
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
1
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
29
|
0
|
0-29
|
-
|
7.25
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
6
|
31.0
|
4
|
86
|
3
|
2-15
|
28.67
|
2.77
|
62.00
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#16
|
Antony
Grenville Mann
|
|
Nickname:
|
Ant, Blocker
|
Birthplace:
|
Sydney. Australia
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
003
|
DOB:
|
20 / 01 / 61
|
Height:
|
6’ 4” ish
|
|
Type:
|
LH bat, Left-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
Johnny Tillotson –
“Poetry in Motion”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Antony G. Mann is the greatest bowler who EVER bowled
for The Jude or The MAD, because pie-chuckers weren’t
considered legitimate bowlers in his eyes. Bowling is all about the art of
control and swing, not about lobbing flan in the air against pissed unsuspecting batsmen. He is also the greatest
batsman The Club has ever had too, certainly at #11. This wasn’t his
decision to bat at that position you understand, but more the Skipper
reasoning you’d get less of an argument out of the lackadaisical Ant.
So long the integral heartbeat since The Club’s early
years, Antony’s infectious sarcasm and no little enthusiasm remained a
constant. An acutely intelligent man, his astute observations and dry wit
would supply the ink for a legacy of wonderful match reports, and indeed
the inner workings of the two MAD forays into the world of the published.
It is worth noting of course, that Ant loved nothing more than a good punch
up at one of his own book launches.
In 2012, Ant made a brief pilgrimage from the Blue
Mountains in Sydney to the greens of Oxfordshire, where he was picked for a
succession of rained off MAD matches and enjoyed every minute of his stay.
He also failed to take a wicket, but once again proved his geriatric
motions hadn’t compromised his bucket like hands.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
24
|
6.00
|
16
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
80
|
61
|
20
|
639
|
15.59
|
58
|
-
|
-
|
67
|
-
|
4
|
1
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
28
|
20
|
5
|
196
|
13.07
|
36
|
-
|
-
|
21
|
1
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
7
|
2.33
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
14
|
12
|
5
|
98
|
14.00
|
19
|
-
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
137
|
104
|
34
|
964
|
13.77
|
58
|
-
|
-
|
100
|
1
|
9
|
1
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
8
|
20
|
1
|
97
|
4
|
2-22
|
24.25
|
4.85
|
30.00
|
-
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
80
|
485
|
91
|
1381
|
114
|
4-7
|
12.11
|
2.85
|
25.53
|
-
|
25
|
-
|
3
|
|
40 ovs
|
28
|
193
|
40
|
617
|
45
|
5-25
|
13.71
|
3.20
|
25.73
|
1
|
17
|
-
|
1
|
|
Timed
|
7
|
54.5
|
15
|
152
|
8
|
4-9
|
19.00
|
2.77
|
41.12
|
-
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
16
|
67.3
|
6
|
224
|
20
|
4-10
|
11.20
|
3.32
|
20.25
|
-
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
137
|
820.2
|
153
|
2471
|
191
|
5-25
|
12.94
|
3.01
|
25.77
|
1
|
65
|
0
|
4
|
|
|
|
#108
|
Ross
Mather
|
|
Nickname:
|
Irish
|
Birthplace:
|
Scotland
|
|
Debut:
|
2010
|
Match:
|
194
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 8” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr R. Mather’s sole game for The MAD in 2010 is
legendary. After exuding pre-season enthusiasm at nets and ponying up for
his new club kit, Ross’ debut didn’t go quite according to plan. He grassed
a sitter, registered a golden duck and then had
his Vespa break down on the way home. He was never seen again….
If you ever read this, Ross – give it another whirl,
huh? Besides, we’ve still got your club apparel you paid for, and you’ve
subsequently become a legend.
|
|
|
|
#44
|
Andrew
Morley
|
|
Nickname:
|
Morlers, Casper
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2000
|
Match:
|
023
|
DOB:
|
12 / 10 / 68
|
Height:
|
6’ 0” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
Mary Hopkin – “Those
Were the Days”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Andrew’s legendary status only grows with time,
especially for those who actually remember him. He debuted back at turn of
the Millennium, amazing everyone with his all-round ability at drinking. In
fact, his drinking was the very reason The Club finally decided to get
insurance, with balls whistling past his ears at square leg most Sundays
without Andy registering.
An award-winning poet, Morlers was surprisingly
sprightly in the field for a man pronounced dead through inebriation. He
could also occasionally produce a cameo with the bat too, well he did once
anyway – and those who bore witness will never forget it. Neither will
Milton CC, as the previously unbeaten visitors watched agog as half a
bottle of vodka and four cans of extra strong lager spanked them to all
parts.
Andrew disappeared from the scene some years ago,
last spotted drinking at Horspath CC one Sunday. Along with some quite
superlative poems, his legacy is truly defined by his ‘MAD Top Trump’ card [see
the ‘Glossary’] which boasts the BEST ‘Drinking Ability’ of any other player in MAD History. EVER.
PERIOD.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
7.00
|
4
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
36
|
30
|
2
|
69
|
2.46
|
27
|
|
|
5
|
-
|
12
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
12
|
8
|
2
|
15
|
2.50
|
10
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
51
|
41
|
5
|
91
|
2.52
|
27
|
-
|
-
|
5
|
0
|
18
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 ovs
|
36
|
15
|
0
|
113
|
2
|
1-8
|
56.50
|
7.53
|
45.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
12
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
51
|
15.0
|
0
|
113
|
2
|
1-8
|
56.50
|
7.53
|
45.00
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#136
|
Abdul Sami
Mughal
|
|
Nickname:
|
Sam
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2016
|
Match:
|
380
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 10” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A friend of Thornton Smith,
Sami only played a couple of games for The MAD, helping to fill a hole for
a pair of midweek slogfests. Whimsical and
clearly astute, he amused everyone with his homage to Ian Leggate with his
less than exemplary fielding. He is however, remembered as being a pretty
handy bowler, but his batting credentials remain an unknown.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
24
|
0
|
0-24
|
-
|
6.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
24
|
0
|
0-24
|
-
|
6.00
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
“N”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#125
|
John Nash
|
|
Nickname:
|
Nasher
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2012
|
Match:
|
271
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 8” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
John Nash guested for The MAD against Marlingford CC
in their final Tour match in Norfolk in 2012. Sociably endearing like most
of his regular teammates, John demonstrated the composed art of off spin
with 2-0-8-0, experience with the bat in scoring a single, and no little
patience with putting up with the histrionics of a bunch of pissed tourists.
|
|
|
|
#32
|
Clare
Norris
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
1999
|
Match:
|
015
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
The Jude’s only regular female player from back in
the day, and not a lesbian. Clare was an Oxford Blue with a classical
batting style who scored 28 runs in 15 games at an average of 2.80. She
also caught a couple. Clare eventually married Julian and went to Australia
with Buzz and Lucy. We miss you too, Clare.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1.00
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
10
|
2.00
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
5
|
1.67
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
12
|
12.00
|
8*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
15
|
13
|
3
|
28
|
2.80
|
9
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
“P”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#94
|
Steve
Bryan Parkinson
|
|
Nickname:
|
Mincer, Parky, Stevie
P
|
Birthplace:
|
Louth,
Lincolnshire
|
|
Debut:
|
2006
|
Match:
|
121
|
DOB:
|
24 / 11 / 72
|
Height:
|
5’ 8 & 1/2”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Chuck Berry – “My
Ding a Ling”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Caustic and trenchant, Parky the Lincoln
hypochondriac is a living paradox. An outstanding gentlemanly exterior is
forever fighting the unruly yob within, or is it the other way around? A
man of consistently humourous and shockingly dry, intellectual barbs, Steve
has always had a magnetic aura about him. IT contractor, suave businessman,
shit-shovelling farmer – he’s done it all and he’s done it with aplomb.
Born into a farming community, he honed that aloof
and risible arrogance from his time spent in France. That veneer was
tarnished soon after joining The MAD however, following several displays of
pique and the use of his bat as a javelin. He claimed fatherhood smoothed
his edges, but we begged to differ. Shake Steve’s hand and that
contemptuous sneer we all came to love would be betrayed by his eyes.
Steve has been largely absent in recent years, but
that might have something to do with his living hundreds of miles away in
Lincolnshire. He’s still playing cricket of course, reckons he’s a batsman
now and has threatened to return to play another game or two?
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
12
|
-
|
12*
|
13
|
92.31
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
7
|
5
|
1
|
75
|
18.75
|
39
|
106
|
70.75
|
13
|
0
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
12
|
11
|
2
|
141
|
15.67
|
31
|
210
|
67.14
|
16
|
1
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
39
|
13
|
39
|
74
|
52.70
|
5
|
1
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
25
|
12.50
|
15
|
23
|
108.70
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
27
|
23
|
5
|
292
|
16.22
|
39
|
426
|
68.54
|
38
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
14
|
3
|
3-14
|
4.67
|
3.50
|
8.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
7
|
40.3
|
8
|
138
|
9
|
4-31
|
15.33
|
3.41
|
27.00
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
12
|
68.5
|
13
|
203
|
8
|
2-7
|
25.37
|
2.95
|
51.62
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
3
|
17
|
2
|
55
|
1
|
1-23
|
55.00
|
3.24
|
102.00
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
4
|
18.4
|
1
|
79
|
3
|
1-15
|
26.33
|
4.23
|
37.33
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
27
|
149.0
|
25
|
489
|
24
|
4-31
|
20.37
|
3.28
|
37.25
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#45
|
Leo
Phillips
|
|
Nickname:
|
Leo
|
Birthplace:
|
London
|
|
Debut:
|
2000
|
Match:
|
025
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Team Captain of the 2001 season who fled the
country after a disappointing season with the bat. A talented professional
violinist and true raconteur, Leo top-scored with 44 not out and in 16
matches compiled 213 runs for Jude and MAD at a very respectable average of
over 15. Leo is sorely missed.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
10.00
|
10
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
12
|
12
|
1
|
168
|
15.27
|
44
|
-
|
-
|
15
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1.00
|
1
|
7
|
14.29
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
34
|
34.00
|
34
|
44
|
77.27
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
16
|
15
|
1
|
213
|
15.21
|
44
|
-
|
-
|
19
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#13
|
Samuel
Pollard
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
002
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
An early member of The Jude who played 10 games
before not playing any more. He once hit 9 not out against someone. Sam ran
the bookshop on Walton Street, Jericho (above) – then suddenly, one day, he
didn’t. He now lives somewhere off the Cowley Road. That or he doesn’t.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
3.00
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
1.00
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
14
|
14.00
|
9*
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
10
|
6
|
1
|
19
|
3.80
|
9*
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
5
|
10
|
0
|
58
|
1
|
1-12
|
58.00
|
5.80
|
60.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
39
|
2
|
2-17
|
19.50
|
5.57
|
21.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
10
|
17.0
|
0
|
97
|
3
|
2-17
|
32.33
|
5.71
|
34.00
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
“R”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#133
|
Matthew
John Reading
|
|
Nickname:
|
Jonah, Matty, Who?
|
Birthplace:
|
Oxford
|
|
Debut:
|
2014
|
Match:
|
313
|
DOB:
|
10 / 04 / 84
|
Height:
|
5’ 11”
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Stevie Wonder – “I
Just Called to Say I Love You”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
A gentle and considered soul, Matt was on the
periphery of the team since being sentenced to death on his debut back in
2014. Believed to be an opener in the making, Team MAD watched agog as he
wandered naively out to the middle against a Horspath CC firing squad. His
bloodied remains were carried off the field and laid to rest by a copse of
trees, with his team [mates] left pondering whether the guy purporting to
be Matthew really is his ghost? Sometimes you never come back from an
experience like that….
Virtually nothing was ever known about Mr Reading
other than he got hitched in America, made the odd appearance for the UOCC and appeared out of nowhere aka stablemate Lord
Lucan. So, maybe that’s it? He was
Lord Lucan and Lord Lucan was nothing of the sort? Well, if that’s true, who the fuck
is the other bespectacled chap with the nickname of Lucan…? Someone definitely killed that
nanny….
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
9
|
7
|
3
|
21
|
5.25
|
9*
|
39
|
53.85
|
-
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
25
|
-
|
18*
|
25
|
100.00
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
2.00
|
5
|
17
|
35.29
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
14
|
12
|
5
|
52
|
7.43
|
18*
|
81
|
64.20
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
9
|
17
|
0
|
114
|
1
|
1-17
|
114.00
|
6.71
|
102.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
35 ovs
|
2
|
8
|
0
|
37
|
3
|
2-21
|
12.33
|
4.63
|
16.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
3
|
7.5
|
1
|
35
|
2
|
2-18
|
17.50
|
4.47
|
23.50
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
14
|
32.5
|
1
|
186
|
6
|
2-18
|
31.00
|
5.66
|
32.83
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#21
|
Noel Patrick
Reilly
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
Limerick. Ireland
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
007
|
DOB:
|
1946
|
Height:
|
5’ 8” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Noel was landlord at Jude the Obscure in Walton
Street until 2001 and co-founder of the original team (now recognised as an
Honorary Patron). A constant source of spiritual inspiration for both The
Jude and MAD, Noel’s generosity towards the team in both its incarnations
was unwavering. He played 3 times for the Jude, scoring 3 runs at an
average of 1.00. His most impressive display came perhaps against The
Beehive in Swindon in 2000, when his exertions in scoring a single proved
so telling that he when he finally left the field of play it was on a
stretcher.
Noel sadly passed away in the latter half of 2008.
His son James said his father was “the perfect landlord”. He added that,
“he has been described as a chain-smoking intellectual Irishman, a bunch of
contradictions and the archetypal landlord.” Throughout his career Mr.
Reilly could be unpredictable, banning people for the ‘wrong hair’ or for
the ‘sin’ of drinking in another pub — but he always let them back in after
a few days. Close friend John Somer described him as “generous to a fault,
cantankerous and wonderful.”
Noel Patrick Reilly – he will be fondly remembered by
all who knew him. He is The MAD.
|
|
“S”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
|
|
#135
|
Quintin
Sanders
|
|
Nickname:
|
Q
|
Birthplace:
|
Pretoria. South
Africa
|
|
Debut:
|
2014
|
Match:
|
313
|
DOB:
|
12 / 12 / 80
|
Height:
|
6’ 2” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Abba – “Super
Trouper”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
A sprightly medium pace bowler for Wallingford CC,
Quintin was persuaded to come to pre-season nets and cause a schism in The
Club by knocking Andrew Darley’s head off. Following the acrimonious
fallout, it would take a further year or so before he was coaxed into
making his debut for The MAD, a nice gentle loosener against Oxford’s
Premier League outfit Horspath CC. Quintin didn’t knock any more heads off
that day, and he didn’t take any wickets, but he did woo the hosts enough
for them to want to make him their new oversees signing. He made a robust 5
with the bat and also a took a catch.
A product of a hard-nosed South African upbringing,
Quintin is a gentle and considered soul off the pitch, trying to forget an
ancestral past of barred windows, carjacking’s and routine rape and
violence. Alas, his naivety of Oxfordshire found him settling in Didcot to
start a family, where he now puts up with smashed windows, carjacking’s,
routine rape and violence.
|
|
|
|
#69
|
Nigel
Anthony Davenport Sawyer
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
Swindon, Wiltshire
|
|
Debut:
|
2002
|
Match:
|
060
|
DOB:
|
1957
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bon vivant friend to pub landlord Noel Reilly and
club founder Eddie Lester. Nigel accidentally played for The MAD on the 2002
Tour to Cornwall, scoring 2 not out against the surly opposition, but is
better known for hosting The Jude Tours to Weymouth in 1999 and 2000; which thanks in large part to his efforts turned
out to be the memorable weekends they were. Unlike the trip to Cornwall which
was utter shite.
|
|
|
|
#128
|
Hugo
Scott
|
|
Nickname:
|
Hugo Boss
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2013
|
Match:
|
289
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hugo eventually made his debut for The MAD in 2013,
following lengthy contractual talks in Oxford pubs with Club Recruitment
Officer, Ian Leggate. Clearly blessed with cricketing nous from his
schooling days, Hugo looked adept at the crease with no little assurance given
the crappy old bat he used. Alas, with close friend Ian’s departure to
Canada, Hugo subsequently disappeared off the scene. A murder mystery
thriller in the making?
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
1
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
37
|
18.50
|
19
|
88
|
42.05
|
6
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
37
|
12.33
|
19
|
89
|
41.57
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#121
|
James
Alan Shaw
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2011
|
Match:
|
253
|
DOB:
|
1957
|
Height:
|
6’ 4” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
James was generous enough to deputise for The Club
towards the close of season 2011, stepping effortlessly out of his Bodleian
CC attire to that of The MAD. A proven all-round cricketing talent, his catch
off the bowling of Mr C. D. Roberts (Tall Bob) is perhaps the ‘tallest’
combined wicket The Club has ever known. James also notched an enterprising
11 with the bat and threw down 2 useful overs with the ball.
Mr Shaw Snr has guested in recent times as father to
the hugely talented Dan Shaw. We hope to see them both again in coming
seasons.
|
|
|
|
#135
|
Mark
William Shelley
|
|
Nickname:
|
Shelley
|
Birthplace:
|
Hillside,
Hertfordshire
|
|
Debut:
|
2014
|
Match:
|
319
|
DOB:
|
30 / 11 / 73
|
Height:
|
5’ 10” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
Gary Glitter – “I
Love You Love Me Love”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
The FFTMCC go back a long way with Mr M. W. Shelley,
and on the rare occasion the team even got on with him. You see he played for
that other pub team [the
Marlborough House] and they really were a bunch of wankers.
Not that they are anymore, because they don’t exist and neither does the
pub, sadly. So, Mark along with anyone who could play cricket, or couldn’t,
buggered off somewhere else….
Fast forward to 2014 and a chance encounter with
another wanker, Ian Howarth, would see the
capricious Mr Shelley finally don The MAD whites – just like his old
stablemate Mr. Reeves did back in 2006. He managed just the two matches as
it turned out and was largely unrecognisable from the loud and vociferous rabble
rouser of yore.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
7*
|
-
|
7*
|
9
|
77.78
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
7
|
0.00
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
7.00
|
7*
|
16
|
43.75
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
1
|
7
|
2
|
11
|
0
|
0-11
|
-
|
1.57
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
8
|
0
|
25
|
1
|
1-25
|
25.00
|
3.12
|
48.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
2
|
15.0
|
2
|
36
|
1
|
1-25
|
36.00
|
2.40
|
90.00
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#95
|
Adrian
Small
|
|
Nickname:
|
Mr Small
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2006
|
Match:
|
123
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
6’ 0” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Mr Small was the first and only cartoon character to ever have represented The MAD.
Nothing could knock Adie’s unbridled enthusiasm and optimism when he took
to the pitch, despite batting always proving an alien concept. He did however
enjoy many successes with his bowling, his fervent celebrations likened to
that a footballer scoring at Wembley.
Scooping the Clubman award in 2007, many believe it
may have had something to do with Mr Small’s voluptuous appetite – as he
never once left the tea-ladies with the burden of discarding any unwanted
food. Adie left to pursue a career at Disneyland in the fall of 2008, we
wish him well.
|
|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
15
|
7
|
3
|
22
|
5.50
|
10
|
44
|
50.00
|
2
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
12
|
12.00
|
8
|
25
|
48.00
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
20
|
9
|
4
|
34
|
6.80
|
10
|
69
|
49.28
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
15
|
47.3
|
3
|
270
|
7
|
2-23
|
38.57
|
5.68
|
40.71
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
4
|
17
|
3
|
71
|
3
|
1-8
|
23.67
|
4.18
|
34.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
1
|
6
|
0
|
30
|
2
|
2-30
|
15.00
|
5.00
|
18.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
20
|
70.3
|
6
|
371
|
12
|
2-23
|
30.92
|
5.26
|
35.25
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#88
|
Vicki
Howarth (née Stone)
|
|
Nickname:
|
L’il Dennis
|
Birthplace:
|
Northampton
|
|
Debut:
|
2005
|
Match:
|
107
|
DOB:
|
01 / 07 / 68
|
Height:
|
5’ 0” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
The Rolling Stones –
“Jumpin’ Jack Flash”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Vicki Howarth, formerly Vicki Stone, became the third
female to play for The Club, and enjoyed all the perks and advantages you
would expect from being the then Skipper’s [Ian Howarth] better half. She
diligently washed his cricket whites, massaged his bunion, and even tried
to look interested whilst listening to his post-match blatherings.
Following his sacking, her love of turning up on Sundays quickly faded, as
she found sunbathing in the back garden with a decent book for company an
unequivocally more fulfilling experience.
Despite guesting on a few Club Days, Vicki only
played in one Sunday game proper, where nobody explained where any of the
fielding positions were and where nobody told her how to bat [or use a back
lift]. Her ‘Duck on Debut’ lasted just 5 balls but did however coincide
with a certain John Harris taking a remarkable 7 for 5, so her name will be
engrained on that famous scorecard forever.
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#120
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Sandra
Steinhauer
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Nickname:
|
n/a
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Birthplace:
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Okotoks, Alberta. Canada
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Debut:
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2011
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Match:
|
248
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DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
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5’ 6” ish
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Type:
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RH bat
|
#1 Single:
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n/a
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|
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|
 
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Sandra became the fourth female to play for The MAD
in 2011, after her future husband, Ian Leggate, coerced her into making up
the numbers for an away trip to Appleton CC. Canadian by birth, Sandra’s laid-back
demeanour and jolly naivety made her an instant hit with her team mates. She saw off 9 balls in joining the
illustrious list of ‘Ducks on Debut’, fielded without fear, but has now sadly
returned to Canada with Ian.
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“T”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
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#25
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Mike
Thorburn
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|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
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Canterbury, Kent
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|
Debut:
|
1999
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Match:
|
009
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
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6’ 0” ish
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Type:
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RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
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|
|
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A veteran of 17 games up until the end of 2001, Mike
started shakily with many scores under 1 (somewhat less than his professed
youthful average) until finding his feet and finishing with a high score of
44 and an average of 10.56. Mike was often completely pissed
before, during and after games, which, while seeming to help his own
performance, was not very good for anyone else’s. Mike was also a useful
change bowler who could land the ball on a length, especially when pissed. Someone once saw Mike not pissed
somewhere, but then it turned out to be someone else. He took 14 wickets at
21.71 before heading up to Manchester with his girlfriend to get pissed.
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Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
35 ovs
|
10
|
8
|
0
|
118
|
14.75
|
44
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
8.00
|
8
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
2
|
2
|
0
|
16
|
8.00
|
16
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
5
|
5
|
0
|
27
|
5.40
|
13
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
18
|
16
|
0
|
169
|
10.56
|
44
|
-
|
-
|
7
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
35 ovs
|
10
|
39.3
|
4
|
209
|
10
|
2-20
|
20.90
|
5.29
|
23.70
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
1
|
2.1
|
0
|
17
|
2
|
2-17
|
8.50
|
7.85
|
6.50
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
2
|
9
|
2
|
36
|
1
|
1-36
|
36.00
|
4.00
|
54.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
5
|
10
|
3
|
42
|
1
|
1-7
|
42.00
|
4.20
|
60.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
18
|
60.4
|
9
|
304
|
14
|
2-17
|
21.71
|
5.01
|
26.00
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#42
|
Gregory
Le Tocq
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2000
|
Match:
|
022
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
bowl
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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A precocious young quickie who was young and quick,
but not as quick as he thought he was, and hence, not so precocious. He
found it hard to take batting seriously, but took
18 wickets in 12 matches at 13.50 with best figures of 4-11 against The
Brewers XI in Weymouth, 2000. Greg went away to university in Nottingham.
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Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0.00
|
0
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
8
|
6
|
2
|
35
|
8.75
|
21
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
5
|
5.00
|
5
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
1.00
|
1
|
7
|
14.29
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
10
|
6
|
1
|
19
|
3.80
|
9*
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
42
|
0
|
0-42
|
-
|
8.40
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
8
|
46.4
|
9
|
131
|
8
|
2-8
|
16.37
|
2.81
|
35.00
|
-
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
12
|
2
|
48
|
4
|
4-48
|
12.00
|
4.00
|
18.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
2
|
12
|
3
|
22
|
6
|
4-11
|
3.67
|
1.83
|
12.00
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
10
|
75.4
|
14
|
243
|
18
|
4-11
|
13.50
|
3.21
|
25.22
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#4
|
Frederick
Charles Townsend
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
Oxford
|
|
Debut:
|
1998
|
Match:
|
001
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
n/a
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
slow
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A founding member of The Jude, Fred was an imposing
spin bowler who was usually to be found at mid-on hoiking
his cricket pants up to his neck. A mainstay of the team for 12 games – far
too few – Fred averaged a disappointing 2.56 with the bat,
but was an important partnership-breaking bowler and took 10 wickets
at 36.10, including a 5-for against The Beehive in 1998 – exactly half of
his career wickets for The Club. Fred’s son, James, also played twice for
The Jude.
Fred disappeared to live in Witney many years ago.
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|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
2.00
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
4
|
2.00
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
4
|
4.00
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
6
|
1
|
13
|
2.60
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
12
|
10
|
1
|
23
|
2.56
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
1
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 ovs
|
3
|
15
|
0
|
78
|
2
|
1-34
|
39.00
|
5.20
|
45.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Timed
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
70
|
0
|
0-70
|
-
|
7.78
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
Other
|
7
|
36
|
1
|
213
|
8
|
5-24
|
26.62
|
5.92
|
27.00
|
1
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
12
|
60.0
|
1
|
361
|
10
|
5-24
|
36.10
|
6.02
|
36.00
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
|
“W”
A | B | C | D | E | F | H | J | L | M | N | P | R | S | T | W
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|
#???
|
________ ______ _____ _______
|
|
Nickname:
|
?
|
Birthplace:
|
Earth?
|
|
Debut:
|
201_
|
Match:
|
n/a
|
DOB:
|
__ / __ / __
|
Height:
|
5’ _”
|
|
Type:
|
Does things
|
#1 Single:
|
Somebody –
“Something”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deeply intelligent and thoughtful, being both
whimsical and amusing when he freed himself from the paranoias of a
turbulent and machinating world, ___ showed his talents for the sport in
the handful of MAD games he played. Promising with the bat and a
deceptively decent bowler when he allowed himself to be, Mr ______ was
certainly no slouch in the field either.
A regular at nets and a regular at pubs around town,
__ simply disappeared during the stresses of the pandemic. We wish him well
and may one day may he reappear….
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|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
10
|
10
|
2
|
58
|
7.25
|
21
|
128
|
45.31
|
4
|
-
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
|
35 ovs
|
6
|
6
|
1
|
24
|
4.80
|
11
|
75
|
32.00
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Timed
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
16
|
16
|
3
|
82
|
6.31
|
21*
|
203
|
40.39
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
|
Bowling
|
M
|
O
|
M
|
R
|
W
|
Best
|
Avg
|
Econ
|
SR
|
5wi
|
Ct
|
St
|
RO
|
|
T20
|
10
|
2
|
0
|
15
|
1
|
1-15
|
15.00
|
7.50
|
12.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
1
|
|
35 ovs
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
16
|
2
|
2-16
|
8.00
|
8.00
|
6.00
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Timed
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
16
|
4.0
|
0
|
31
|
3
|
2-16
|
10.33
|
7.75
|
8.00
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
|
|
|
#44
|
Adam
Samuel Ward
|
|
Nickname:
|
Mr Tickle, Toddler
|
Birthplace:
|
Wegberg. Germany
|
|
Debut:
|
2013
|
Match:
|
279
|
DOB:
|
18 / 09 / 87
|
Height:
|
5’ 11” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat
|
#1 Single:
|
Rick Astley – “Never
Gonna Give You Up”
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 
|
Adam was yet another player who gravitated to The MAD
from corporate behemoth, Centrica (read British Gas). A youthful guile and
wit accompanied a boundless enthusiasm, very much in stark contrast to that
of the old fuckers in the team. In his limited appearances, Mr Ward’s
talent for the sport was ably demonstrated with an average of 16.56 with
the bat, 5 catches in the field, and by shouting “liking that!” for each
delivery from the opening bowlers. It is just a real shame he gravitated up
north so soon after joining.
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|
Batting
|
M
|
I
|
NO
|
R
|
Avg
|
HS
|
BF
|
SR
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
50
|
100
|
|
T20
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
70
|
14.00
|
24
|
95
|
73.68
|
11
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
40 ovs
|
4
|
4
|
0
|
79
|
19.75
|
34
|
173
|
45.66
|
9
|
-
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
|
Totals
|
10
|
9
|
0
|
149
|
16.56
|
34
|
268
|
55.60
|
20
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
|
|
#126
|
Jamie
Whiting
|
|
Nickname:
|
n/a
|
Birthplace:
|
n/a
|
|
Debut:
|
2012
|
Match:
|
271
|
DOB:
|
n/a
|
Height:
|
5’ 9” ish
|
|
Type:
|
RH bat, Right-arm
medium
|
#1 Single:
|
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Like his compatriot John Nash, young Jamie guested
for The MAD against Marlingford CC in their final Tour match in Norfolk in
2012. He will be remembered for notching the third top score with the bat (19),
bowling more overs than anyone else, and taking the only Marlingford wicket
to fall as they chased down 178 for victory. He deservedly scooped the MOTM
award and deservedly gets his place on this website. Jamie will now be
about 7’ tall no doubt.
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