58     Richard Newell Price

Left-Hand Bat

M	I	NO	R	HS	AVE	CT	WK CT	ST
279	200	75	2385	91	19.08	71	0	0

Right-Arm Bowler

O	M	R	W	AVE
2200.4	386	7900	362	21.82

Batting head-gear: None

Tours: 40
Tour Manager: 2010
Fixture Secretary: 1995-2001,2010-present
Dinner Organiser: 2003
Fantasy League winner: 2003

Debut: 20.05.1984  House: Grove  At LP: 1978-1982

They say there is no substitute for quality, and that Richard has taken more wickets for the OLCC than anyone else ever is testament both to his bowling ability and his continued support for the club.
Richard is a dedicated cricketer who has made his way to the top of those wicket-taking charts with some accurate slow/slow-medium/medium/medium-fast bowling, overhauling a certain Julian Shackel [only cos Shack is knackered - Ed.] in the past couple of seasons and picking up no fewer than five 6-wicket hauls in the process.

Aside from his bowling - which is varied depending on the opposition batsman's style but is always probing - Richard is also a resolute batsman who usually plays down his ability with willow in hand [normally someone elses willow - Ed.] . He sells his wicket dearly and has recently given his average a substantial increase with a number of half-centuries, all puncutated by his trademark punching shots through the off-side with plenty of bottom hand.

Passionate about the game, Richard has of late been on a mission to stamp out what he perceives as a tendency towards laziness in umpires; obviously feeling that they do not do enough to earn their match fees, he has been known to occasionally provide them with the opportunity to practise their wicket-repairing skills. Umpires do not appear grateful when given this chance, which shows how little they know about cricket. CCS

desert island discs
1) Venus - John Coltrane
2) Under Cover of Darkness - The Strokes
3) Venceremos (12") - Working Week
4) Tommy's Rescue and Speech - The Mighty Boosh
5) Why Compare - Arto Lindsay
6) Rat Tomago - Frank Zappa
7) Struttin' With Some Barbecue - Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
8) Who Are You ? - Tom Waits

Book: Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov

Luxury Item: Waves

Three films
1) Bringing Up Baby
2) Heimat
3) Talk To Her


Favourite Graham Carter nick-name: Den

Cheese or Chocolate: Cheese
Beer or Wine: Beer
Tea or Coffee: Coffee
Boys or Girls: Girls
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: Hair


For Room 101...
1) All video and electronic aids for adjudicating sport
2) Sea and flood defences.
3) Loud swearing on the cricket field.