Nickname: Mally, Furious D Age: Position: Middle order batsman, left-arm medium-slow bowler About: Kilve’s resident ex-bootneck, Geordie Duncan joined the club for the 2010 and has been a brilliant addition. A dynamic batsman who likes to play his shots, he’s also an expert at using his head at improvising. Literally! Duncan’s proved himself to be [...]
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Pete Stone
Nickname: Stoner, Pythagoras Pete, Yorker Pete Age: Position: Top Order Batsman, Medium-pace Bowler About: Coming to Kilve from his native Essex ‘innit, Pete joined the club for the 2010 season and has been a fantastic addition, both to the playing side and the groundwork team. Pete is bit of a schizophrenic batsman, being content to [...]
Ray Hancock
Nickname: Ray Age: 72 Position: Club Chairman About: Ray has been a fixture of Kilve Cricket Club both as a player and behind the scenes for over 40 years now. Joining the club during the ‘Summer of Love’ in 1967 as a wily bowler and handy middle-order batsman, he became the club chairman the following [...]
Darren Overall
Nickname: Dazzer, Daz, Ballast Man Age: 38 Position: Scorer About: Darren joined Kilve as a scorer in 2005 and has been as much a part of the team as the players themselves. He keeps us all entertained with his light-hearted banter, and once formed part of a comedy duo to rival the best with his [...]
Quinton Button
Nickname: Quint, Saffer, Sicknote, Sharkie Rampage, Balsa Bones Age: Position: Middle Order Batsman, Left Arm Bowler About: Joining Kilve for the 2010 season, resident alien Quinton has followed his good mate Gary to Sea Lane from Cannington. A left arm bowler who likes to get the batsman playing his shots, he’s more than capable of [...]
Martin James
Nickname: Jesse, Jimmy Age: Position: Middle Order Batsman, Slow Bowler, 2nd XI Vice-Captain About: Martin moved to Kilve with his family 3 years ago from Northampton, and has settled into village life like a pair of old slippers. Along with Rocky and Cris, Martin is heavily involved with the youth setup, spending a lot of [...]
Chris James
Nickname: Jamer, CJ, Gandalf, Bill Oddie, Bernard Cribbins, Santa Claus, Rolf Harris Age: Position: Middle Order Batsman, Left Arm Magician About: Chris has played for the club for quite a few years now, and due to his quiet nature has probably said less than a hundred words to anyone else but his sidekick Jay in [...]
Andy Rock
Nickname: Rocky Age: 43 Position: Opening Batsman, Pie Chucker, 2nd XI Captain About: Resident hippie Andy Rock has been a Kilve player for quite a few years now and has been a fantastic club man, whether it’s sourcing funding to improve facilities, running the youth setup with Martin James, or wearing a hilarious ‘Little Beau [...]
Paul Cuff
Nickname: Cuffy, Trigger Age: Position: Anywhere in the Order Batsman, Underrated Bowler About: Cuffy is another lifelong Kilve player, having played for the club since he was a boy. An adaptable batsman who can play anywhere in the order, he’s also a mean bowler due to his height extracting bounce from the most benign wickets. [...]
Nick Hancock
Nickname: Nick Age: 45 Position: Top Order Batsman About: The Hancock name has been synonymous with Kilve for over 40 years, and Nick has been a stalwart at the club ever since he came up through the ranks as a young lad, quite a few years ago! Nick is the Kilve equivalent of Rahul Dravid, [...]
Glen Manchip
Nickname: Glen, Glennie, GM Age: 34 Position: Top Order Batsman, Off-Spin Bowler About: Glen has been at Kilve since he was knee high to a grasshopper, able to reminisce about the heady days of success and playing with Dave Cobb. Glen sports a worn out bat as big as you’ll see, partly because it’s a magic [...]
Ryan Penwell
Nickname: Penwell, CBA, Wendy, Sharon, Sneaky Butcher Age: {source}<?phprequire_once JPATH_SITE.DS.’myfiles’.DS.’birthdate.php’;echo GetPlayerAge(“1990-11-04″);?>{/source} Position: Opening Bowler, Tail-end Batsman About: Ryan has been with Kilve for a couple of seasons now and has become a fantastic opening bowler who extracts plenty of movement from the new ball. When he’s on form he can be unplayable, especially when the [...]
