Name: Stuart Edward (named after Ted Dexter according to Dad) Thresher
Age: 42 - that’s years of experience
Role: Everything evenly spread over 500 appearances. Captain for twenty years largely due to the size of his brothers rather than astute field placings. Grey hairs prove that they weren’t doing him any favours.
Best: 14 pints followed by a particularly hot chicken phal at the Bombay brasserie in 1992 after scoring 154 n.o against Orpington that afternoon. Also noted for his 2 rounds of Ardennes pate sandwiches for the speldhurst game last year.
Comments: Known for lack of sense of humour at farcical fielding although doesn’t often move from 2nd slip himself. Has won the” Thresher trophy” on many occasions by carefully manipulating the rest of the batting order. His Dad, brothers and cousin have all played for Kent but not necessarily at cricket. After much discussion both he and his brothers have conceded that their cousin (David Fulton) is perhaps a better cricketer than they (Brian Andrews would no doubt disagree!)
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Name: Trendy Trenowden
Age: 43
Role: Retired slow bowler and pinch hitter
Best: 7 wkts for 10 against Weald and 89 v Matfield and Chevening Amblers
Comment: I have driven 135,000 miles over 20 years in order to achieve a career batting average of 13.66 now that has to be value for money.
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Name: Tony Fenn a.k.a.Brucie
Age: 50+ (yes only 50+ ask JC but 1953 was the year)!
Role: You name it I done it – Batting, bowling (yes - look at the averages!), wicket keeping, fielding, catching, dropping, mobile drink dispensing, scarifying, ground maintenance, treasurer, fixtures secretary, secretary, committee, teas, carnival float. Suppose I am now (still) a mid-order batsman and third line wicket keeper!
Best: 88 runs (being run out by the bowler diving to stop a “beautiful” JC straight drive and directing the ball onto the stumps at the bowlers end, where I was already in my stride)!
Comments: Next year is the 30th anniversary of the re-formed Knockholt CC and therefore having been nominated Treasurer at the inaugural meeting and on the committee ever since, am looking forward to onlooking the next 30 years?Name:
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Name: Ed Roffey
Age: 27
Role: LHB, Nurdler and Anchor-role player!
Best: 57 Not Out against Petts Wood (2004)
Comment: I idolise Graham Thorpe!
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James Amos AKA Jamos
Age 44
Position: Opening bowler and middle to late order batsman. Father of the club's junior policy (qv). Fixture secretary, assistant groundsman and lawn mower consultant; owner of the raking machine. Manufacturer of badges for the Six club.
Best: Batting 62 and bowling 5-15
Comment: Ambition - To have a batting average higher than my bowling average, just for one season. Would this make me a genuine all-rounder?
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Name: Ollie Amos or Jamos Junior
Age: 11
Role: The Club's Junior policy
Best: A: getting in the team (Jeez! we must have been short!) and B: 0 not out
Comment: This is just the start of a glorious career at Knockholt CC. Me and dad, batting together in the twilight, chasing down the total, and I let Dad hit the winning runs!
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Name: John Searle
Age: 50
Role: (Batsman, Bowler, WK, Fielder, Teas etc....) Batsman/WK
Best: 60 for Knockholt, 84 for Toongabbie Baptist (Sydney)
Stuart Thresher, c & b Searle, Presidents Cup match 1995.
Comment: Overseas Player, 1992 to present
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Name: Duncan Ohwhatalongname Warwick-Champion
Age: 41
Role: All rounder (without the batting skills)
Best: £3.50 of fines in a single match
Comment: Loudest player in the league
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Name: Neil Hope
Age: 31
Role: Cricketer (Debatable!)
Best: 57 Batting. 7 for 27 bowling
Comment: Often gives a good reason for the nickname of Muppet!!!
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Name: James Finn / Finnman / Finny / Hershy / Ladyboy / Spinman (for a brief and fairly unsuccessful trial during the 1st half of the 2005 season)
Age: 26 (for 2006 season)
Role: Batsman / Bowler
Best for Knockholt: 70 v Cudham Wyse (although I should never have been given out!), 4 – 29.
Comments: Having battled with adversity and overcome countless potential career threatening injuries, Finnman re-entered the fold of Knockholt cricket in the glorious (lower mid table finishing) season of 2005. His batting was a superb display of inconsistency which saw him finish third in the batting averages and second in the table of ducks.
Having flirted with the possibility of bowling left arm spin, until the pressure exerted by the wily spinmaster himself, JC, got too much to handle, he has now reverted back to his medium pace swing / seam bowling and, providing he doesn’t get enticed back to play a game of rugby, should be fully fit as we enter the 2006 season. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Name: John Collins
Age:21
Role: Allrounder
Best: 150 not out and 6 for not many in 1 Day International v Australia at Lords
Comment- Tall,hirsute, blah blah.............. zzzzzzzzzzzzz What's that dear?Time to get up for work ,and I was having such a nice dream !!!!
The reality is :-
Name: JC
Age: 50 (optional)
Role: Off spinner who thinks he turns the ball and occasionally can bat a bit .Messes about with the square a bit.
Best: Bowling 7 for 30 ish and batting 64 ish(yes its true)
Comment: Can't think of anything amusing to say-I'm sure someone else can
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Name: Cory Blackmore
Age: 28
Role: Extra Cover...for the team!
Best: To be provided post 2006 season. (Currently: Bowling,
3-39 and Batting, a woeful 27)
Comment: Key Targets for 2006 Season: reducing my fines for late
arrival and scoring a ton! (Which is more realistic??)
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Name: Mark the Magician Fenn!!!
Age: 21
Role: Once considderd all-rounder turned lazy, drunk, student, superstar fielder! Also JC's personal "rabbit" in nets!!!!
Best: 29 not out, bowling seriously not worth a mention!!
Comment: Thresher smells
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Name: Ollie Jones
Age: 19
Role: Middle Order, Aggressive... entertaining... crowd pleaser...
usually hungover. would love to say can bowl but this is subject to heavy
debate
Best: 55 against Brasted Chart
Comment: Thresher is a poor bat
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Name: Mark “Curtley” Jones
Age: 35 going on 50 (a certain half-century to be had this season!)
Role: Mentor and Diplomat; Founder member of the exclusive Shower Club; explosive middle-order batsman who bats for the team rather than personal averages (hence record no. of ducks); former specialist square leg but now gulley since qualifying for ‘over 45’s’ slip cauldron; Founder member of Six Club; Author of Club’s original newsletter,‘Silly Point’; Thick-skinned and eagle-eyed Umpire, known for his steadfastness and ability to apply common sense in a moment of crisis; Former Club Secretary and, since 1982, Team Secretary. Hunter and Curator of Knockholt ‘Trophies’.
Best: 108 v Chelsfield ; 7 for 62; Longest 6 recorded at BP Sports Ground, Sydenham in 1986;
Comment: Ambition is to re-gain the Bowling Award! It’s back to that dream again!!
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Name: George Roffey
Age: 27
Role: Batsman and Change Bowler
Best: yet to be seen
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