Simon Gear
Midland Cricket Club Conference
Player of the Year 2000
Midland Cricket Club Conference
Player of the Year 2000
| Profile |
A spritely 21 year old veteran of average club cricket. 6'1" caucasian male with dark hair and slightly chubby cheeks. A fun loving, jovial fellow! |
| Nickname | "The Magnet"!! or Geary |
| Year joined Harborne | 1998 |
| Previous Clubs | Aylesbury Town CC |
| Batting | Aggressive/boring Right Handed V-playing stroke machine |
| Bowling | Continually underused "flight & guile" off ripper! |
| Keeping | Well, thanks for asking |
| Fielding | Favourite Position? Sent most often? |
| Going to be vying for AB's sitting position at 3rd man, or 1st slip (now Aamir has gone) | |
| Where do you think the teams will finish this season? | |
| Firsts | Depends on whether we can get 11 people to play - mid table |
| Seconds | Top |
| Knots | Top |
| Croziers | Top |
| Who do you think will win the Birmingham and District Premier League? | |
| Who cares - we'll worry about that when we get up there! | |
| Which Cricketer do you most admire? | |
| David Boon - Anyone who can drink 52 cans on the flight over and still score thousands of runs gets my vote | |
| What is your favourite Cricketing memory? | |
| Scoring 200 for 0, batting with Aamir against Solihull in a highly charged game. | |
| If we could play songs as you went out to bat, which one would you choose? | |
| Things can only get better, D:REAM | |
| What do you like most about playing for Harborne? | |
| The motorway of a pitch, of course!! and short boundaries and minimal running! | |
| What are your weather predicitions for 2001? | |
| Anything under 6 foot of rain will be a bonus | |
| What's your worst cricketing moment? | |
| Most of Harborne's fielding performances | |
| What do you want to achieve this season? | |
| More runs than last season Hitting the conservatory and scoreboard (again) Claire's note - Stay away from my box and board Geary |
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| Who would you most liek to take your pads off after a long innnings (& why)? | |
| Rachel (S Club 7), Jennifer Aniston or Jennifer Lopez => obvious reasons (Good conversation!!) | |
| How many runs do you think Kevin Pietersen (formerly of Cannock) will score in the County Championship this year? | |
| He has to play first!! I won't be paying much attention to what he is doing | |
| If you were PLAYING AGAINST Harborne.... | |
| ...which Batsman would you most like to bowl at? | |
| Anyone! - I'm an unknown quantity in the middle (hint, hint) | |
| ...which Batsman would you least like to bowl at? | |
| The ones that know how to hold the thinner end! | |
| ...which Bowler would you most like to face? | |
| Andy Bryan - you only have to get through the 1st ball and then he will break down | |
| ...which Bowler would you least like to face? | |
| Paul Farrow - I've never seen someone swing it so much (at such a slow pace) | |
| What's your favourite Pete Stevens quote or favourite Colonel cricketing memory? | |
| I have many! It has to be the "How did you know I was here" on answering his mobile phone | |
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