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 | | Game | Inns | NO | Runs | Avge | HS | 100s | 50s | Wkts | Avge | BB | 5wi | | 2008/9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 368 | 36.8 | 94 | - | 3 | 31 | 13.8 | 7/45 | 3 | | Career | 200 | 204 | 27 | 2783 | 15.7 | 94 | - | 10 | 206 | 24.5 | 4/19 | 7 |
Nickname: Rojo, Ro-go
Years at Reds:
16 Other clubs:
Surrey Hills CC  Bat:
RH limited - have batted in every position from 1-11 (I think I've even done 9 different spots in the order in the same season). Bowl:
RH legspin - always hoping the good ones outnumber the bad ones (but never 100% confident they will) Preferred fielding Spot:
If I had to pick, I'd say short cover/short mid-wicket - but I'm keen to field anywhere the ball's going. Most memorable cricketing feat:
The winning partnership (with Guido Leone) in the 1999-2000 A Grade premiership, culminating in a pull-shot for three off Bill Leane that took us past Coles-Myer's first innings total. Prior to the Grand Final, I had a season batting average of 5 and Guido had played just about the whole year in the 2nds. Over the week break between days 2 and 3, we were 7 down with 45 still to get – I finished on 85 not out, Maurice made 57 (before I ran him out), and we finished 72 in front on the first innings and won outright by 9 wickets. To top things off, Guido and I each took an amazing catch in Coles-Myer's second innings slog. I didn't see the end of the game as I'd raced off to be MC at Wim Vandenhil's wedding reception. Most admired Reds cricketer:
Where to start? Ross Attrill for consistency; Alec Kahn for longevity; Ian Clark, Max Pollock and Jim Todd for being fantastic captains to play under. But if I had to select just one, it would without doubt be the greatest team player the club has ever seen, the bloke who really showed me what it could mean to play for this Club, a guy who on a (very) rare bad day with the ball would simply try even harder with the bat and especially in the field, who turned a semi-final against the odds with a great catch and a hard-fought 14* to guide us a solitary run past Richmond City's first innings of 59 … Stevie Windsor. Most admired Mercantile cricketer:
Dave Bennett (Carnegie). Amazing determination, and seems to know how, when, and which buttons to push to completely wind up the opposition. Most admired International cricketer:
Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) - if it weren't for Adam Gilchrist, this bloke would surely be the best wicketkeeper-batsman in history - and he did it all under the pressure that comes with being the only world-class batsman in his country. Then he took a brave and career-ending stance on the political situation in Zimbabwe, was briefly championed for it, then was completely forgotten by seemingly the entire world. Funniest Reds moment:
The "wake" after the C-Grade Grand Final loss to OEC in 1996-97 was hilarious from start to finish - looking back, the entire game had it all: Shazz Byrne scraped half his face off when he fell off his bike the night before riding home from the pub, Peter Murk missed the start after attending a party the previous evening then being "stuck in a shower" with two other party-goers on the morning of the Grand Final. We bowled them out for 163 and considered ourselves a chance, but collapsed to 17 all out (a recovery from 9/9) in the last hour of Day 1. The predictable early finish on Day 2 gave us the chance to sledge Richmond City's B-Grade (who were being smashed by Prahran Imperials), and the night wound up at about 4am with Shazz asleep on the couch, Murky devouring the other half of whatever he'd taken on the Friday night, and Stevie Windsor still optimistic about catching the last tram home. Best sledge:
Batting with Jim Todd in the 1999-2000 semi-final against Powerhouse, I watched him completely demoralise the opposition by calling every run with the words "Yes, there's another one/two/three they can't chase tomorrow!" Needless to say, the next day they collapsed on the back of three or four run-outs to fall well short of the target. Political views:
Dreaming of Unrealistic Socialist Utopia Six people you would invite to dinner:
Heinrich Schliemann, Fidel Castro, David Byrne, Joe Strummer, Venn King, Wim Vandenhil. Six people you'd never invite to dinner:
Evo (is that enough?) Favourite Youtube video:
Never used Youtube, but I understand there is (or was) a video of former Reds cricketer Ryan King having a bucket smashed over his head while he was wearing it as a helmet - I think that this in some inexplicable way captures the true essence of the "inner Kingy". |
