76     Jonny Shingles

Right-Hand Bat

M	I	NO	R	HS	AVE	CT	WK CT	ST
145	140	21	3425	*129	28.78	30	2	0

Right-Arm Seam then Off-Spin

O	M	R	W	AVE
876.2	134	3381	147	23.00

Batting head-gear: None

Tours: 23
Tour Joker: 1988
Tortoiseless Trophy: 2000
Tour Manager: 1998
Fixture Secretary: 2002-2007

Debut: 28.06.1987  House: Grove  At LP: 1984-1986

Jonny Shingo, aka "GLC", "Red Ken", "Top Gun". Former Leighton Park Cricket Captain and fighter pilot, Jonny's favourite chat-up line was that he was a chartered accountant. If he mentioned his real job, girls wouldn't believe him.

Famously summed up as a "good little cricketer", Shingo has a meticulous batting technique and a well-honed, windmill, off-spin action. He has scored over 3,000 runs and taken 147 wickets for the OLCC. Tour Joker in 1988 for his ridiculous big hair ("look at the 'air on that bloke!") and "vodafoot" buffoonery, it is a wonder that he has not claimed the award since. JPNP

desert island discs
1) Faure's Requiem
2) Sweet child of mine - Guns and Roses
3) Angel - Robbie Williams
4) Wonderwall - Oasis
5) Don't you forget about me - Simple Minds
6) Perfect Day - Lou Reed
7) Love Potion Number Nine - The Clovers
8) Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

Book: Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks

Luxury Item: 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep

Three films
1) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
2) Battle of Britain
3) Shawshank Redemption


Favourite Graham Carter nick-name: It is a no brainer!

Cheese or Chocolate: Unpasteurised Cheese
Beer or Wine: Beer with the boys, Wine when wooing
Tea or Coffee: Tea between 6am and 10am the 3pm to 6pm. Coffee in between
Boys or Girls: Ladies or ladyboys
Greenland or Ibiza: Ibiza
Wet Shave or Dry Shave: decking, wet with a brush


W.G. or Bradman: W.G.
Botham or Sobers: Sobers
Pietersen or Boycott: Boycott
Marshall or McGrath: Marshall
Read or Jones: Read
Warne or Murali: Warne
Hair or Bowden: Hair


For Room 101...
1) Satnavs
2) Sleeping policemen
3) Life coaches