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Nickname/s
Cockers or Desperate (Dan, not bowling).
Date of Birth
22nd December 1970.
Bats
Left-handed.
Bowls
Slow left arm.
Specialist Fielding Position
Mickey Davis made me a specialist fine leg fielder.
Best Batting
98 for Kenny Hobbs' Sunday Richards.
Best Bowling
5 for 35 Chingford at home 1st team May 1996 or 9 overs, 3 for 8 vs Chelmsford, League Cup Semi-Final 1995.
Previous Clubs
Hutton, Blackheath, Himley (Birmingham League).
Brentwood CC Member
1983 - 1993; 1995 - 1999
Off-field Club duties
I was the lookout man for Gavin Todd when he was a
professional pickpocket at the club back in the 90's and dance partner for Lats when we both felt amorous.
Awards
Colt of the year - 1985
Most promising U21 - 1990
Little known personal fact
Got permission from Leo Sayer to play "You make me
feel like dancing" as he was having a table dance at a club I worked in. All I could see was his bubble perm as this old dragon suffocated him. What a guy!
Sporting hero(es)
As a kid, Ian Botham and Frank McAvennie, now it's Lance Armstrong, surely no one else compares. (Is that a bit of a David Brent answer?)
Hobbies or Interests
Wasting my money watching West Ham.
Worst Moment
Getting relegated from div 1 in 1996 (in a 20 club league) a year after playing so well and finishing unbeaten in 6th place place.
Most Memorable Match
My best feats for the club on a personal level always
sadly coincided with defeat. (Someone once told me that cricket is a team game.) Hornchurch away League Cup quarter final 1995; they needed 30 with six wickets left and I picked a couple of wickets and we won the game by 8 runs. Fantastic.
Most Memorable Non-Cricketing Moment
Cheshunt May 1991, after arriving at the ground late to be greeted by a furious Dave Cantor who was fielding in brown Timberland shoes, whites up to his knees and a shirt that wasn't big enough for your average 8 yr old. We had his kit in the boot of the car. He's never really forgiven me for that.
Other
The OCG Brentwood is a place still dear to my heart for all the wonderful moments I had growing up playing there. I have met some incredible people thanks to it and many I still consider as great friends, years on from first meeting them. People like Hobbsy, Spud, Lats, Tim Potter and all of the Cootes were brilliant to me as a kid. Luckily Hutton C.C. has an incredible bunch of guys there now that makes it impossible for me to play anywhere else.
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