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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
His favourite drink is a pint of milk, says Pete. And we say he'll be running the marathon in 2012. Read on.... PLUS six more exclusive LSSC profiles
Profile No1: Gary "Speedtwin" Jones
Profile No2 : Paul Pearce
Profile No3: James Whitworth
Profile No4: Johnny Quinn
Profile No5: Trevor Mayhew
Profile No6: Paul Wathan
Name : Peter Berkeley
Nickname : Hilda and a few others that cannot be repeated on a family website
Date of Birth : 14th June 1961 (old but young in London Saints terms)
Place of Birth : Dibden Purlieu (Wath knows where it is)
Squad Number: 16
LSCC Debut : 25/07/82 v The White Swan, Avery Hill
Best Batting : 60 v West XI, 30/07/06, Berkhamstead CC
Best Bowling 6 - 9 V Coolhurst, 09/08/03, Church St, Enfield
Football Team(s) Supported: Oh behave.
Cricket Team(s) Supported: Hants & England
Who is your favourite cricketer / sports star: Roger Mason / Mike Channon
Favourite Food: Ham, egg and chips after golf.
Favourite Drink: Milk
Favourite Film / TV etc:
Favourite Band / Singer: This year's Muswell Hill festival will feature Squeeze, Springsteen, Elvis Costello and The Beatles with Ian Dury & The Blockheads as headline act.
Best Country Visited: West Coast of US of A.
Best Sporting Moment: 1/5/76 (too much too young)
Best Individual LSSC Sporting Moment: Surely London Saints sport is about taking part - perhaps the footy team winning APSCIL 2nd div in '92 - finally getting a 50 (against West XI) after several scores in the 40's
Your most embarrassing moment - cricket and non cricket: Cricket - As I write it's the run-out at Coldharbour but there are many others. Non cricket - An incident In Atlanta, Georgia involving the gay community cruelly set-up by Lugs Bergman - never trust a Geordie.
Worst Sporting Moment: Saints 1974 relegation (it's harder to take at 13)
Worst LSSC Sporting Moment: Oh so many - Footy team relegation perhaps
Best Champagne Moment Witnessed: Oh so many - Andy Jones in last year's mudbath at Witham having avoided any fielding with whites pristine fell at the last (see main picture)
Best Cricket Tea Eaten: Same game - Witham Friary church hall 2007
Worst ever London Saints 4 * 400M Relay Squad: Can't we have 10* 10,000M squad? Reggy, Roger Mason (complete with soiled whites), Neil Hotston (to quote Andy Jones: If Christopher Reeve had ever got the use of his legs back, he would have ran like Neil') and The Wath!
Reserves: Pearce, Griffiths, Speedtwin.
Had to completely re-think this as I saw Keenan skipping across the outfield at Norton.
Who, in our opponents, is your nemesis: Pah!
Most Memorable Cricket Ball witnessed: Saw a lovely Reader in Lilywhites the other day - it was shiny and red with gold stitching
(Apart from Family) - Person you would most like to be marooned on an island with: A basketball (it worked for Tom Hanks)
Person you would least like to be marooned on an island with: Ken Bates
If you were an animal what would be: A dog with wheels for back legs - they look fun!
If you weren't a famous LSSC Cricketer what would you be: I'd be getting less grief from the good lady about Sundays being a family day!
Who would play you as lead role in the story of your life: Sid James
What keeps you relaxed: Bashing one out!
A little known fact about yourself: That I never disclose little known facts about myself.
