Stephen Benson
| Profile |
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| Nickname | Benno, White Lightening, Adolf (because I only got one ball), Bunsen, |
| Year joined Harborne | 1994 |
| Previous Clubs | Rochdale CC (as a kid) Lye (1999-2000) Aston University (1989-1993) |
| Batting | Right hand - anywhere between one and eight |
| Bowling | Shit Quick |
| Keeping | Occasional |
| Fielding | Favourite Position? Sent most often? |
| No Comment | |
| Where do you think the teams will finish this season? | |
| Firsts | 5th |
| Seconds | 6th |
| Knots | 4th |
| Croziers | 8th |
| Who do you think will win the Birmingham and District Premier League? | |
| Stratford (I would have said that at the start of the season to!) Anyone but Cannock - I hate Cannock |
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| Which Cricketer do you most admire? | |
| Steve Waugh | |
| What is your favourite Cricketing memory? | |
| Getting 70 not out chasing 240 against Halesowen in 1996, and winning the League | |
| If we could play songs as you went out to bat, which one would you choose? | |
| You'll never walk alone, - the Cop version | |
| What do you like most about playing for Harborne? | |
| The Wicket (it's nice and comfy on a Saturday night) | |
| What are your weather predicitions for 2001? | |
| Muddy Sunday Mornings | |
| What's your worst cricketing moment? | |
| Throwing the ball over the boundary in a crucial league match against Bromsgrove in 1996 | |
| What do you want to achieve this season? | |
| Get some runs | |
| Who would you most like to take your pads off after a long innnings (& why)? | |
| Jennifer Lopez - because | |
| How many runs do you think Kevin Pietersen (formerly of Cannock) will score in the County Championship this year? | |
| Lots | |
| If you were PLAYING AGAINST Harborne.... | |
| ...at which Batsman would you most like to bowl? | |
| Mick Moreton (because) | |
| ...at which Batsman would you least like to bowl? | |
| Me | |
| ...which Bowler would you most like to face? | |
| Gunners, fat, old and slow | |
| ...which Bowler would you least like to face? | |
| Angela Gunthorpe (the only Gunthorpe who could get me out) | |
| What's your favourite Pete Stevens quote or favourite Colonel cricketing memory? | |
| Pieter Barnard was discussing conscription in the South African army. Pete chipped in "What's conscription?", to which someone helpfully replied "When you can't have a shit". Pete's response? "What, the whole army?" |
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