Player profile: John Quinn
John pictured on the LSSC cricket tour of Sri Lanka in 2006 - the old puffer pictured (orange, right) was caught in the tsunami of 2005

Player profile: John Quinn

Monday, July 14, 2008

In the fourth of our LSSC cricket club profiles, legend John Quinn steps up to the crease

Profile No1: Gary "Speedtwin" Jones
Profile No2 : Paul Pearce
Profile No3: James Whitworth

Name : John Quinn

Nickname : Flip Flop or possibly Flop Flip due to a dodgy printer

Date of Birth : 7.8.55 but I look much longer the good looking beast in the mirror tells me

Place of Birth : God's own Southampton

Squad Number : 17

LSCC Debut : 25 / 07 / 82 v The White Swan, Avery Hill (A)

Best Batting : 44 v London Sunderland 28 / 07 / 84, Wandsworth Park (H)

Best Bowling : 5 - 20 v Palm Beach All Stars 06 / 07 / 86, Wandsworth Park (H)

Football Team(s) Supported Saints, obviously, Hamble Youth, where I have coached for five years and, I'll come out of the closet on this one, Arsenal. Newcastle under Keegan were a delight to watch, as were QPR in the Bowles/Francis era

Cricket Team(s) Supported
England and my 20 over Monday night team

Who is your favourite cricketer / sports star
Matty

Favourite Food
Any curry after a few pints or, if relatively sober, halumi cheese in a veggie beef Wellington

Favourite Drink
Any red wine that would cost over a tenner in an offy that someone else is buying

Favourite Film / TV etc
Hill St Blues

Favourite Band / Singer
Bruce

Best Country Visited
Cuba

Best Individual LSSC Sporting Moment
Driving the youngest ever Sri Lankan test cricketer for a straight 4 on tour - about the only straight drive I've hit for 4 ever! Also scoring four goals on my debut for LSSC FC, a friendly, and watching my headed fourth go in such a state of surprise that all my weight landed on my little finger. My new teammates reassured me that, because there was one eight of an inch of movement it was not broken. My first introduction to the casual acquaintance some have with the truth and, as a result, I am still the proud possessor of a bent little finger.

Your most embarrassing moment - cricket and non cricket
The inability of others to cope with my very sensible use of flip flops in the shower at Hackney Marshes! Others probably not sensibly repeatable here.

Worst Sporting Moment
Having a brain that thinks it can manage a second quick single and a body that takes too long to call it a liar

Worst LSSC Sporting Moment
Anything at Watford

Best Champagne Moment Witnessed
Everyone does seem better than the last but tours seems to produce the best

Best Cricket Tea Eaten
West Country tours…

Worst ever London Saints 4 * 400M Relay Squad
The list is too long to select from

Who, in our opponents, is your nemesis
Reg, when he used to keep wicket to my bowling

Most Memorable Cricket Ball witnessed
Do what

(Apart from Family) - Person you would most like to be marooned on an island with
The Boston Sox cheerleaders

Person you would least like to be marooned on an island with
The Boston Sox

If you were an animal what would be
Donkey - obvious really

If you weren't a famous LSSC Cricketer what would you be
Ben Ainsley

Who would play you as lead role in the story of your life
Mat LeTissier

What keeps you relaxed
Relaxed is for wimps

A little known fact about yourself
Dingy sailor extraordinary