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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Name : Gary Leonard Jones
Nickname : Speedtwin (aka Twintub & Weirdo)
Date of Birth : 22 May 1958
Place of Birth : Southampton Children’s Hospital
LSSC debut : 22 / 06 / 91 v N.Forest, Town Park, Enfield
Squad No : 95
Best Batting : 43 v Ex Blues (A) 28/ 9 / 97
Football Team(s) Supported: Southampton
Cricket Team(s) Supported: Hampshire
Who is your favourite cricketer / sports star: Barry Richards/Matt Le Tissier
Favourite Food : Chicken Jalfrezi with Tarka Dall, Cucumber Raita and Chapatis
Favourite Drink : Lager (strong),.bitter (hand pump) and red wine (preferably Rioja Grand Reserve)
Favourite Film / TV etc: Apocalypse Now/Party Party: Young Ones/Comic Strip
Favourite Band / Singer: New Order/The Clash; Van Morrison
Best Country Visited: Thailand (That’s for the wife) but Bhutan (People and Scenery), Tibet (Potala Palace and mountains) Uzbekistan (Registan Square, Samarkand & Khiva) and Peru (Manchu Picchu) were all outstanding
Best Sporting Moment non cricket – Scoring for LS Football Team in Latvia
Best Individual LSSC Sporting Moment LSCC v Gents (a) Surbiton 5 wicketing dismissals including 4 stumpings and in particular leg side stumping of Sanjay
Your most embarrassing moment – cricket and non cricket – straining back picking up a cricket ball at Leybourne putting me out for the remainder of a season; on stage addressing 400 people at my Thai Wedding being very emotional and with only 4 words of Thai – Sawasdee Khrup Phom Chu Gary (Hello my name is Gary)
Worst Sporting Moment Relegation from Premier League but new depths of despair could soon be approaching.
Worst LSSC Sporting Moment Match off the A3 cannot remember who against but I am sure we were 9 for 7 at one point.
Best Champagne Moment Witnessed Brockie stopping ball on boundary at Ex-Blues and then whilst attempting to throw it in actually throwing the ball over his head over the boundary.
Best Cricket Tea Eaten: Not had it yet
Worst ever London Saints 4 * 400M Relay Squad Marcus, Clydie, Brockie, Ivor
Who, in our opponents, is your nemesis: Snarler
Most Memorable Cricket Ball witnessed: Fat Gats b Warne seminal moment in cricket history
( Apart from Family ) - Person you would most like to be marooned on an island with: Salma Hayek
Person you would least like to be marooned on an island with: Noel Edmonds (However cannibalism might be worth a try)
If you were an animal what would be : A sloth
If you weren’t a famous LSSC Cricketer what would you be: Astronaut
Who would play you as lead role in the story of your life: Michael Caine (Alfie period)
What keeps you relaxed : Oil Massage
A little known fact about yourself : My ambition is to visit 100 different Countries current count approaching 70.
