Players

Player Profile- Matty Naylor

NAME: MATTHEW "DANGER" NAYLOR

AGE: 32 (NO REALLY!)

BIRTHPLACE: LEEDS

HEIGHT: 6'2

WEIGHT: 14 STONE AND DROPPING

RESIDENCE: GUISELEY (BUT ORIGINALLY HAILS FROM THE POSH SUBURB OF RAWDON)

NICKNAME: KNACKA, BUZ, BIG UNIT, MATTY ONE BOLLOCK, BUS

SPECIAL INTERESTS: BEER WOMEN CURRY,CRICKET (IN THAT ORDER)

MARITAL STATUS: ETERNALLY SINGLE- SEE ABOVE

OCCUPATION: ARCHITECTURAL TECHNICIAN (CAD MONKEY)

FAVOURITE FOOD: CURRY AND / OR KEBABS

FAVOURITE DRINK: STELLA ARTOIS IN UK / VB IN AUSTRALIA

FAVOURITE FILMS: GLADIATOR (HENCE THE BEARD!)

FAVOURITE ACTOR: RON JEREMY, JENNA JAMESON

FAVOURITE PLAYERS : IAN BOTHAM, VIV RICHARDS, STEVE MITCHELL AND ANY OTHER BIG HITTERS

FAVOURITE TV: TAKESHI'S CASTLE, WORLD POKER TOUR, ADULT CHANNEL (FREEVIEW)

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION: AUSTRALIA

LIKES: INJURIES, BAR CONFUSION, BEARDS, HITTING BIG SIXES, WATCHING ZIM BAT

DISLIKES: OPPRESSION, DICTATORSHIPS, WAR, DISEASE, FAMINE, THE FRENCH

BEST ATTRIBUTE: BEARD

CRICKETING HIGHLIGHTS: 4-4 OFF 8 OVERS, POOL CC V ILKLEY 2004, 57 RUNS OFF 26 DELIVERIES V FARSLEY CELTIC 1998.

Player Profile- David Murphy

NAME: DAVID MURPHY

AGE: 27

BIRTHPLACE: LEEDS

HEIGHT: 5'11''

WEIGHT: 12 STONE

RESIDENCE: SOON TO BE IDLE

NICKNAME: MURPH, PINGU, WINSTON, ALL - ROUNDER

SPECIAL INTERESTS: SOAPS, MEDIEVAL FRENCH
LITERATURE

MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE

OCCUPATION: RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT

FAVOURITE FOOD: FISH & CHIPS

FAVOURITE DRINK: JOHN SMITHS SMOOTH

FAVOURITE FILM: ROCKY 4

FAVOURITE ACTOR: JOHNNNY BRIGGS (MIKE BALDWIN IN
CORONATION STREET)

CRICKETING HIGHLIGHT: GRAND FINAL WIN 1998 WITH
MITCHAM (AUSTRALIA), WADDILOVE CUP WIN 1995 WITH
HORSFORTH

FAVOURITE PLAYERS: IAN BOTHAM, BRIAN LARA, SACHIN
TENDULKAR

FAVOURITE TV: EMMERDALE, CORONATION ST, EASTENDERS,
BROOKSIDE, HOLLYOAKS, NIGHT & DAY, NEIGHBOURS, HOME &
AWAY

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION: AUSTRALIA

LIKES: QUICK BOWLING, SLEDGING, BEING TOLD HE SHOULD
BOWL IN THE FIRST TEAM

DISLIKES: PARTY PIE BOWLING, UMPIRES, BAD ATTITUDES

BEST ATTRIBUTES: LOOKS, PERSONALITY

Player Profile- Clive Singleton

AGE: Over 30

BIRTHPLACE: Colne, (when it was part of Yorkshire)

HEIGHT: Was 6 foot ish

WEIGHT: 12-7

RESIDENCE: Whackhouse, Yeadon

NICKNAME: At school- SAM, At the Club- Mr Dead

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Ferrets, sheds, grass

MARITAL STATUS: Unfortunate!

OCCUPATION: Office Work

FAVOURITE FOOD: Roast beef & Yorkshire Pudding, marshmellows

FAVOURITE DRINK: Marstons Pedigree Bitter

FAVOURITE FILM: 7 Brides for 7 Brothers, The Sound of Music

FAVOURITE ACTOR: Paul Newman

CRICKETING HIGHLIGHT: Only century of my career, Long Melford 1984

FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Batting- Gower, Bowling- Holding, All round ability- Steve Mitchell

FAVOURITE TV: Vicar of Dibly, Songs of Praise, One Man and his Dog

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION: Exmoor

LIKES: Dogs, Beer, Cricket Grounds

DISLIKES Cats, Lager, Soaps, Hair, Daisies, Dandelions

Player Profile- Bruce Robertson

AGE- 33 (Gemini)

BIRTHPLACE- Ilkley Moor

HEIGHT- 5 feet 11 inches

WEIGHT- 13 stones

RESIDENCE- Small Manor in Guiseley

NICKNAME- Mad Dog, Shrek, Psycho, Basil

SPECIAL INTERESTS- Keeping well fit!

MARITAL STATUS- Single, until the morning.

OCCUPATION- Brain Surgeon.

FAVOURITE FOOD- Chicken Vindaloo (only after 12 pints of bitter), duck eggs.

FAVOURITE DRINK- Anything cold, brown and fizzy with a head.

FAVOURITE FILMS- Dumb & Dumber, Enter The Dragon, He-man.

FAVOURITE ACTOR- Steve McQueen, Tony Blair, Rivaldo, Bruce Lee.

CRICKETING HIGHLIGHT- Somerset Second team.

FAVOURITE PLAYERS- Jim Robertson (dad), Fred Truman, Lillee and Thommo.

FAVOURITE TV- Documentaries, Simpsons, Crimewatch.

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION- Anywhere with women.

LIKES- Positive people, beer, curry, women, Philosophy, Theology, Chocolate, Amateur Orthadontism, wellies.

DISLIKES- Negative people, batting, fielding, hair, shandy, inbreeding.

Player Profile- John Wood

AGE- 37 (Still get asked my age in pubs!)

BIRTHPLACE- I was born at a very ealry age in Otley , the same hospital where Bruce Robertson crawled out of the test tube

HEIGHT- 5foot 10 a little taller in my stilletoes , but that is another story

WEIGHT - (NEGOTIABLE)

RESIDENCE - Pool , the centre of the Universe , where men are men and the sheep extremely nervous!

NICKNAME - known throughout the broad acres as ''Woody''

SPECIAL INTERESTS - marriage guidance,leaning on bars, helping the less fortunate inparticular showing Mark Mcaneaney how to use a knife and fork

MARITAL STATUS - my solicitor informs me i am still married , a wonderful institution , ducking the flying plates and ornaments is great practice for avoiding the rising delivery at the crease!

OCCUPATION - Business Advocate O2 (UK) Ltd

FAVOURITE FOOD -Roast beef and Yorkshire puddings , what else would you expect from a die hard Tyke ,although anything will do after 2 gallons of the below!

FAVOURITE DRINK - I can smell it being brewed every day of my working life , brewed in Hunslet , nectar from the gods.......Tetleys

FAVOURITE FILMS - Toy Story (featuring Woody), real life adaptation of the life of Bruce Robertson 'Shrek' .

FAVOURITE ACTOR - Sean Connery Albert Finney ,Shannon Tweed (Channel 5 - After dark most Fridays)

FAVOURITE BAND - Clash ,Saw Doctors , Beautiful South

CRICKETING HIGHLIGHT - Captainig Pool 1st XL in 1993 with a Sri Lankan , Australian and a South African when you were only allowed one overseas per side , to hide 2 of them in the field for 22 games is a rare achievement i am sure you will agree

FAVOURITE PLAYERS - Since the days of playing against Sean Atkinson down our passage there has only been one Geoffrey Boycott!

FAVOURITE TV - Phoenix nights (Peter Kaye.......'have it' )

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION -Lucky enough to have watched the great game in Australia ,New Zealand and Barbados , have to say though there is no where quite like Pool and the Yorkshire Dales (tear in my eye)

LIKES - have always been a sucker for Blondes..so to speak , like the atmosphere of a good pub,good friends and good ale .Being informed any of the following are seriously ill or dead , my bank manager, child support agency workers ,Inland revenue etc etc etc

DISLIKES- The man who invented the breathalyser , being told on the phone i am now in a que , your call is important to us and you will be put through shortly! Aaaaagh. Father always said be warey of Welshmen , Roundtablers and Double glazing agents.

Player Profile- Tim Bateman

AGE- 24

BIRTHPLACE- The Outback

HEIGHT- Six feet (including wig)

WEIGHT- 17 kilos

RESIDENCE- Murph's house

NICKNAME- Sonic, Convict, Oz, Crafty butcher, Pat Cash, Bruce, Chucker.

SPECIAL INTERESTS- Eating.

MARITAL STATUS- Single, unless at Moonlighters.

OCCUPATION- Librarian.

FAVOURITE FOOD- Dim sims, Kangaroo burgers, crocodile steaks.

FAVOURITE DRINK- Shandy, Milo,

FAVOURITE FILMS- Prescilla Queen of the desert.

FAVOURITE ACTOR- Guy Pearce.

FAVOURITE BAND- Savage Garden.

CRICKETING HIGHLIGHT- Mount Martha back to back premiers.

FAVOURITE PLAYERS- Colin Miller.

FAVOURITE TV- Neighbours, Prisoner, Home & Away, Sons & Daughters, Flying Doctors, Sullivans, Country Practice.

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY DESTINATION- Bali.

LIKES- Golf, eating, hair gel, dancing, corduroys, no balls, wides.

DISLIKES- New Zealand, hair dressers, British weather, Manchester United, diets, change.

FAVOURITE SAYINGS- Your'e a myth, you stink, such a goose, strewth, cobber, fair dinkum, bewdy mate.

PLAYER PROFILE

PETER BROGAN

AGE : 42……yes, I know it's scarcely beleivable

BIRTH SIGN : The Ram….obviously

BIRTH PLACE : Not born - chipped from granite in the shadow of the Chevin

FAVOURITE FOOD : anything that's been left by Justin in the tea interval

FAVOURITE DRINK : !!!

FAVOURITE FILMS : Barb Wire / Citizen Kane

FAVOURITE ACTOR / ACTRESS : Stan Laurel / Anna Nicole-Smith

FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMMES : Eurotrash / University Challenge

FAVOURITE HOLIDAY RESORT : Costa del Scarborough (North Bay)

DISLIKES : TV soaps, docu-soaps, gardening, D-I-Y, and cookery programmes / Drivers who don't indicate at roundabouts / Bread and butter pudding / Restaurants with words like 'timbale', 'jus', and 'gravalax' on their menus / Paul Daniels / Radio phone-ins / Blackpool………………………

CRICKETING HEROES : Brian Anderson / Stan Danskin / Barry Richards in that order

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT : Asking Richard Brogan and Paul Conway to move the sight-screen a couple of inches in the middle of an over and then being bowled next ball, shouldering arms!

FAVOURITE / LEAST FAVOURITE GROUND : Woodhouse / Bilton (purely size reasons)

MOST MEMORABLE MATCH : Beating Kirkstall on final day of 2000 season and thus gaining a modicum of revenge for the previous year's cup-final