Far From The MCC

~ Est. in 1998 ~

 

 

Past Players

 

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Name:

JAMES BLANN

Stats:

Type:

RHB

HS:

32

BB:

2 - 23

 

Every inch a cricketer, James played 9 games for The Jude, taking 7 wickets at 30.00 and scoring 96 runs at 10.67 with a high of 32 against The Baldons in 1999. Unusually fielding close, he had a habit of taking athletic catches. His brother Richard also played 3 times for The Jude.

 

 

 

 

Name:

SIMON BRANDON

Stats:

Type:

RHB

HS:

86

BB:

-

 

Although playing only 5 times for The Jude, Simon made a huge impact with the bat, scoring 210 runs at 42.00 with a high score of 86. When he left the team, Simon was missed almost as much as his voluptuous girlfriend. Ah. What was her name again? Simon’s brother Michael also played twice for The Jude.

 

 

 

 

Name:

GRAHAM BRIDGES

Stats:

Type:

RHB

HS:

16*

BB:

-

 

A keen athlete who loved running, Graham made 16 appearances for the Mad spread over the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Always enthusiastic in the field (where he could run a lot), Graham would wish he was running instead of playing cricket.

 

 

 

 

Name:

ANDY CAVANAGH

 

Nickname(s):

QC,  Goose Man

Origin:

-

Description:

Middle order bat

 

Pie chucker

 

 

Type:

RHB

HS:

15

BB:

0 - 10

Hero:

Oliver Reed

Favourite Drink:

Anything with alcohol in it

Favourite Song:

Flight of the valkries

 

Andy Cav’s laconic drawl and wry wit made him an amusing member of the Mad. After an uncertain start, hardly knowing when to appeal and when not to, Andy soon got the hang of it and for several games the cry of “Howzat!” could be heard from point just about every delivery, until that guy from OUP got sick of it and wrapped his bat round Andy’s head.

 

Andy began shakily at the crease, but found his feet towards the end, and looked positively batsman-like during his high score of 16. He took 5 catches in all. Just a shame that 2 of them were subbing for the University Offices.

 

Andy used to live in an orange house.

 

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Name:

PETR CECH

 

Nickname(s):

Petr,  Czech Boy

Origin:

-

Description:

Petr never understood cricket

 

 

 

 

Type:

RHB

HS:

2

BB:

-

Hero:

Anyone from Czechoslovakia

Favourite Drink:

Czech lager

Favourite Song:

Some offbeat Czech crap

 

It was with great sadness that the Mad said goodbye to Petr when he left this island for New Zealand in the fall of 2007. During his brief spell with the FFTMCC, he amused all with his dry wit and his child-like enthusiasm for a game he simply couldn’t comprehend. Thankfully his name is etched in the scorebook forever after he carved a couple through slips at Jordan Hill.

 

So long Petr, we hope we see you again one day.

 

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Name:

LEE DAVIE

 

Nickname(s):

Accrington

Origin:

-

Description:

Solid opening bat

 

Tidy medium pacer

 

 

Type:

RHB

HS:

97*

BB:

2 - 3

Hero:

-

Favourite Drink:

-

Favourite Song:

-

 

A fine player whose stint in the 2003 No-Mad team was kept to just one game by a horrific plastering injury. Lee has played 13 matches for Jude and the Mad, taking 12 wickets with his left-arm bowling, but it is with the bat he is the true star. His top score of 97* against South Oxford Social Club at Horspath in 2001 is still one of the highest Mad scores, and over the years Lee has managed to average well over 50 for the club. He is also very quick behind the stumps and in the field. A true all-rounder who won the coveted Player of the Year shield in 2001.

 

Lee returned to the Mad ranks at the start of 2005 and once again demonstrated his ability with bat and ball, but his appearances were all too brief. The club hope he can be persuaded to don the whites a few more times in future.

 

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Name:

SIMON DICKENS

Stats:

Type:

RHB

HS:

17*

BB:

6 - 24

 

A regular with Stanton St. John Willows and long-time close friend of Lee Davie, Simon Dickens played only twice for The Jude, but in doing so took 9 wickets at 9.44. Against Marcham in 1999 he went so far as to register the figures of 6-24 which is still one of the best hauls ever for the Mad.

 

 

 

 

Name:

PAUL DRAKE

Stats:

Type:

RHB

HS:

22

BB:

1 - 8

 

A veteran of 10 games for Jude and Mad, Paul was last seen heading off the field after the 2002 Bodleian game at Pembroke in a heavy sweat, and next day was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. Sorry Paul, we shouldn’t have begged you to play. Paul was an occasional bowler, and a useful batsman who top-scored with 22 and averaged 10.

 

 

 

 

Name:

STEVE HEBBES

 

Nickname(s):

Oops,  Fennel Jr,  Asterix

Origin:

Probably Cheeseville

Description:

Handy lower order swisher

 

Nagging medium pacer

 

 

Type:

RHB

HS:

33

BB:

4 - 7

Hero:

-

Favourite Drink:

-

Favourite Song:

-

 

Steve, brother of Nick, and the second half of a complete fennel. He is the inventor of the now infamous skidding delivery characterised by a complete lack of bounce. The Hebbes 'skidder', which tends to leave the batsman bamboozled and Out, is always accompanied by the embarrassed cry of “Oops!” Experienced observers of the game of cricket have long theorised that the Oops ball is most easily perfected by the vertically challenged.

 

A handy lower order bat, and a regular wicket taker, Steve was particularly impressive in 2003 when he bagged 19 victims. The Mad now miss his all round game after he relocated to Newcastle and then London. Occasionally Steve guests for us when time allows.

 

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