STEWART TATE

Long-standing club member and ex Chairman. Occasional tour arranger. Has come out of threatened retirement a couple of times. Back foot specialist, and prefers to bowl around the wicket, even at right-handers. Now becoming an expert umpire.

Nickname:                                 Buckets, Taters

Career highlight:                       Setting up Castlethorpe CC

Well known for:                         Owning half the village

Best performance:                    80 three years ago when lost 2 stone in the process

Worst performance:                  Golden duck versus Olney. “First one of my career”

Fave pastime:                          Playing the Peg game

Peg game superstition:            Must wear a tie and jacket at all times

Tour expectations:                  To get pegged

Batting style:                           Likes the back foot shots, don’t expect any drives – and certainly no ‘twos’

Bowling style:                          Bowls round the wicket as this is the only way he can get past the umpire

Fave TV:                                 Catherine Tate

Cricketing heroes:                   My son. Plus anyone who played whilst I was a boy – WG Grace, Disraeli etc.

Education:                              So long ago it was with chalk and blackboards

Occupation:                            Runs a business transporting labour across 35 countries in Eastern Europe

Likes:                                 Catching a cricket ball. Umpiring to Russell Jones’ bowling. Giving people out off Russell Jones’ bowling

Dislikes:                                  Running more than 20 metres in the field

Hobbies:                                 Running a business, fishing

Superstitions:                          Don’t run the first one fast, there’s no point

Hairstyle:                                Thinned and grey

Body shape:                           Round

Fielding position:                   Gully

Shots in locker:                       The pull, the square cut. No others

Top speed:                              5.7kph 

Fave food:                               Any

Opinions on cricket:                That young Tate lad, he’s quite good