David Law
| Profile |
First came into contact with Harborne as a 15 year old Old Tauntonian off
spiner much enjoyed by touring batsmen (especially Simon Clements). Made
club debut in the same match as Gunners in 1989 at Knowle & Dorridge - our
careers and waistlines have blossomed in parallel ever since. Second team captain from 1994 to 1996, inheriting a winning side and winning bugger all. Claims with absolutely no justification to have laid the foundations for the gloriously successful Gunthorpe era - the current 2nd team is widely recognised as being a tribute to the visionary youth policy pursued in the mid nineties. Resigned in a huff after being abused for dropping a Villa fan who prefered to spend half his Saturdays at the Holt End rather than the Pavillion End (although being a Villa fan should have been a good enough reason to be dropped in its own right) and promptly pissed off to Marlow for one and a half seasons. Renowned specialist fielding skills brought instant recognition from Marlow's 1st XI selection panel, before modest runscoring abilities secured a deserved slot in the 2nd XI's lower middle order. Returned to Harborne older, wiser, slower and fatter in 1999 and promptly got roped in to replace celebrated old, wise, slow and fat man Motters as tour organiser. Celebrated 10th season at the club in 2000 by scoring enough runs in the 2nd XI to earn the much sought after Number 9 berth in the 1st XI. |
| Nickname | Lawman |
| Year joined Harborne | 1989 |
| Previous Clubs | Aston Unity, Taunton, Old Tauntonians, Sherborne, Macclesfield, Oxford Authentics, Marlow |
| Batting | Middle order batsman |
| Bowling | Never again, despite previous incarnations as Harborne's Sunday League 1st XI opening bowler (one half of a highly efficient shine removing opening 'attack' with Gunners) and adolescent purveyor of loopy offspin to the rich and famous. |
| Keeping | Once - see the 1992 tour scorebook for the immortal entry "stumped Law, bowled Blackledge" |
| Fielding | Favourite Position? Sent most often? |
| Wherever the ball is least likely to go | |
| Where do you think the teams will finish this season? | |
| Firsts | Home |
| Seconds | Away |
| Knots | Home |
| Croziers | Away |
| Who do you think will win the Birmingham and District Premier League? | |
| Couldn't give a toss | |
| Which Cricketer do you most admire? | |
| Michael Atherton | |
| What is your favourite Cricketing memory? | |
| The 2nd XI winning the Sunday League for the first time The 2nd XI winning the Saturday League for the first time Winning a Sunday League game with an 80 run 9th wicket stand between Harty and Hally 2 weeks after my worst cricketing memory (see below) Bowling in nets at the 1984 West Indians |
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| If we could play songs as you went out to bat, which one would you choose? | |
| I Fought The Law And The Law Won , The Clash (obviously) | |
| What do you like most about playing for Harborne? | |
| Short boundaries, flat tracks, great people. | |
| What are your weather predicitions for 2001? | |
| Piss wet as usual for about 20 weeks of the season and gloriously hot and sunny for the tour week (so book now) | |
| What's your worst cricketing moment? | |
| Losing a Sunday League game to Solihull to a 50 run 10th wicket stand | |
| What do you want to achieve this season? | |
| 500 league runs (dream on!) 11 Harborne players for all 4 tour games |
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| Who would you most like to take your pads off after a long innnings (& why)? | |
| I'll keep this one to myself as a precaution against my darling wife ever learning how to use the internet | |
| How many runs do you think Kevin Pietersen (formerly of Cannock) will score in the County Championship this year? | |
| Less than Phil Tufnell | |
| If you were PLAYING AGAINST Harborne.... | |
| ...at which Batsman would you most like to bowl? | |
| On the basis that it would be hard to set a field for the assorted shite I'd serve up I'll go for Robbo - at least I know that wherever I bowl it the ball will end up in the same arc | |
| ...at which Batsman would you least like to bowl? | |
| Anyone who knows which way up to hold the bat | |
| ...which Bowler would you most like to face? | |
| Gunners (he's the only bowler at the club I've taken a league hundred off) | |
| ...which Bowler would you least like to face? | |
| Dave Lovell - I've always struggled against left arm quickies | |
| What's your favourite Pete Stevens quote or favourite Colonel cricketing memory? | |
| No comment, partly because I've never heard Pete Stevens say anything in a language I can translate from, partly because I can't remember anything about the Colonel that could reasonably be described as having any similarity to anything 'cricketing' | |
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