Tom Gillmor
Right-hand Bat
Right-Arm Wrist-Spin
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Debut: 05.06.1977
House: Grove
At LP: 1972-1977
Batting head-gear
Helmet
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Fielding head-gear
Ancient OLCC cap (original felt version)
Favourite Graham Carter nick-name
Denzil
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Favourite OLCC Brothers
Fluffy and Goof!
What are your three favourite films?
1 - This is Spinal Tap
2 - Airplane!
3 - Groundhog Day
What is your desert island book?
The Master and Margarita - Bulgakov
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What is your desert island luxury item?
A Full Sky Sports Subscription
Please provide your eight desert island discs:
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1 - Sideboard Song - Chas & Dave
2 - Sinner - Judas Priest
3 - The Journeyman's Grace - Fairport Convention
4 - Dimension - Wolfmother
5 - Take the Money & Run - The Source
6 - Waterproof - Sparks
7 - The Width of a Circle - David Bowie
8 - Murders in the Rue Morgue - Iron Maiden
Beer or Wine: Depends on the occasion...
Tea or Coffee: Coffee
Wet Shave or Dry Shave: Wet
Morning or Night: Morning (these days...)
City or Countryside: Countryside
Messi or Ronaldo: Jimmy Kebe
Pietersen or Boycott: Pietersen
West Indies 80’s or Australia 90’s: West Indies 80's
Warne or Murali: Warne
WG Grace or Bradman: WG
Favourite ever umpire: David Shepherd
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And what are your three things to go into Room 101?
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1 - Southeastern Railway (or the whole Govia Group - grrr...)
2 - Hipsters
3 - Pugs (or any other fashionable, small, over-bred small mutts)
Where to start?
Swashbuckling middle order batsman. Caribbean off-drives, extravagant pull shots. When Tom's at the wicket you can't look away. Shame it doesn't always last as long as it should. He used to bat with the heaviest bat in the world (official)!
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Famously edged the ball into his face when on 99*, and had to go to hospital. Finally managed to register the magic 3 figures against a 'varied' bowling attack at Seagry in 2007. Very capable self-taught wicket keeper, and now we've allowed him to get out from behind the stumps, he might be yet another OLCC dazzling maverick leg-spin bowler.
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Most bizarrely, he has never won the Tour Joker Award.
RCNP