68     Paul Newell Price

Right-Hand Bat

M	I	NO	R	HS	AVE	CT	WK CT	ST
143	131	31	3568	118	35.68	56	0	0

Right Arm Fast-Medium

O	M	R	W	AVE
1048.0	183	3755	159	23.62

Tours: 34
Tour Joker: 1989
Tour Manager: 1991,1992,1993,1996,2010

Debut: 01.06.1986  House: School  At LP: 1982-1987

Elegant, classy, imposing, and really quite tall are just some of the phrases used to describe the man known throughout the OLCC as 'The Giraffe'. Paul is one of the few players in the club who can claim to be a genuine all-rounder, in the sense that he is very good at both batting and bowling, as opposed to not being particularly better at one or the other, a flaw found in most of his team-mates.

Usually bats in the top four and gets a bowl - and rightly so. Once in, he has a liking for wilfully destroying opposition bowling attacks, using his height to get down the pitch and his strength to wallop the ball to all parts. Has made four centuries for the club, one of the most memorable coming in a cup game where he shared the club record stand of 239 with Oliver Ash (and we still lost).

In his prime, Paul bowled with genuine pace and bounce, but even now - when not coming off the full run - can still exert considerable control. At Saumur in 2003, in a 30-over slapathon, he recorded the sensational figures of 6-2-15-6. He could well have had the best figures in the club's history, but saw his seventh wicket disappear through the hands of Tom Gillmor at mid-off and over the boundary for six. As for his own catching, Tedley will tell you that he's the only player in the club worth putting in the slips. CCS

desert island discs
1) I've got you under my skin - Frank Sinatra
2) It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine) - R.E.M
3) Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
4) Everyday I write the book - Elvis Costello
5) The Universal - Blur
6) Reasons to be cheerful - Ian Dury & the Blockheads
7) I'm gonna be (500 miles) - The Proclaimers
8) Les Miserables - Original Cast Version

Book: Wisden 1986

Luxury Item: a pillow

Three films
1) Fargo
2) It's a Wonderful Life
3) Muhammad Ali - When We Were Kings


Favourite Graham Carter nick-name: Arthur

Cheese or Chocolate: cheese with wine, chocolate with coffee
Beer or Wine: beer in a pub, wine with food
Tea or Coffee: tea for breakfast, coffee on the road
Boys or Girls: girls so far
Greenland or Ibiza: Greenland
Wet Shave or Dry Shave: Wet


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


For Room 101...
1) Australian Rules Football.
2) "Value" or "Economy" chicken or any other cheap meat.
3) Simon O'Donnell.