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Sunday, June 29, 2008
In the third of our LSSC cricket club profiles, legend James Whitworth steps up to the crease
Profile No1: Gary "Speedtwin" Jones
Profile No2 : Paul Pearce
Name: James Whitworth
Squad number: 2
Date of Birth : Recently achieved a half century
Place of Birth : Montreal Canada
LSCC Debut
21 / 06 / 81 v Bridon CC, King Georges Playing Fields,Wandsworth
Best Batting
31 no v London N.Forest, Wandsworth Park (H), 08 / 07 / 84
Best Bowling
3 – 6 v London Sunderland, Leybourne CC, 14 / 09 / Cricket teams supprteed: Saints, England
Who is your favourite cricketer / sports star
Warney – a fellow balding ageing legspin genius
Favourite Drink
Ttoo many to choose from
Favourite Film / TV etc
Animal House
Favourite Band / Singer
Deep Purple
Best Country Visited
Barbados
Best Sporting Moment
Winning my only international cap for Luxembourg v Belgium (snow stopped play and we got a draw)
Best Individual LSSC Sporting Moment
Persuading my cousin Charles to play one day when we were struggling for a team: he bowled fast and furious and scored 70+
Your most embarrassing moment – cricket and non cricket
First innings ever in the Caribbean, batting #3 for John Snow's 5 a side team - primary club job.
Worst LSSC Sporting Moment
First appearance for 15+ years – dismissed for a duck by a lad who wasn't born when I'd last played. DT wouldn't let me bowl.
Best Cricket Tea Eaten
Sporting Club, Paris. Not bad facilities, either.
Worst ever London Saints 4 * 400M Relay Squad
M Brockwell, self, Lee Hedley, Roger Mason
Who, in our opponents, is your nemesis
Phil Parsons, Sunderland. Sorry to hear he's been going through a hard time, recently.
Most Memorable Cricket Ball witnessed
Harmy's opening ball of the 2006-7 Ashes series. Rather a long way to go for a ball that I would have got nearer the target … from where I was sitting.
(Apart from Family) - Person you would most like to be marooned on an island with
Someone who could build a boat.
Person you would least like to be marooned on an island with
Roger Mason – even if he could build said boat.
A little known fact about yourself
I have an unused ticket for the 1976 FA Cup Final
