HomerJSimpson
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 06/08/2007
Posts: 2951
Loc: Bracknell - Berkshire
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Have to say for full on agression and intimidation of a team for the whole day it would have to be Holding, Roberts, Garner and Marshall. For his guile and love of the game it would be Warne. For sheer speed and excellence in the field it would be Randall and for effortless batting at his peak it would be Gower. Best wicketkeepr I ever saw live was Alan Knott
I also enjoyed Botham in his pomp, Boycott for never giving his wicket away, and as a Surrey fan, Butcher (father Alan and son Mark), Monty Lynch, Pat Pocock, Ramprakash and Alec Stewart.
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Happy Golfing
Homer
Handicap 13.7
Callaway Big Bertha 460 11 degree
Cleveland Hi Bore XLS 3 wood
Callaway HI bore XLS 5 wood
Cobra DWS Baffler 3 hybrid
Taylor Made Tour Preferred Burner graphite 4-PW
Taylor Made Z TP 52 degree wedge (zip grooves)
Taylor Made Z TP 56 degree wedge (zip grooves)
Taylormade Rossa Itsy Bitsy Spider Putter
Taylormade TMX golf bag (red/white)
Titleist Pro V
www.royalascotgolfclub.co.uk
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vig
old hand
Reged: 17/11/2007
Posts: 862
Loc: west yorkshire
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Boycott... Met him a few times,, lived quite close to me.... Marmite!
I like marmite BTW....
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in the bag
Mizuno MP600 10.5* (fuji stiff)
Mizuno MP57 3-pw (nippon stiff)
TM R7 3 wood (looking to change)
Wedges, Calloway X tour vintage 52*, 56*, 60* (looking to change)
Putters: Rife 2 bar hybrid, Mizuno Bettinardi CO6
Griplock cart bag. Adams stand bag
Ball: pro v1
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timevans
enthusiast
Reged: 26/12/2007
Posts: 299
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saw god....sorry... Geoff Boycott play in a charity match in Hull....ok he might bore you to death but nobody protected his wicket like Geoff.Best all rounder has got to be Beefy and the fact that the aussies feared him both on and off the pitch endears him to me even more.Bowler....well although he has since been accused of 'bending' the rules...Wasim Akram made the ball talk.
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Nico
addict
Reged: 28/02/2008
Posts: 697
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Was in awe of the Windies of Richards,Greenidge,Holding,Andy Roberts etc.etc.etc.
I would love to see the current crop of Aussies face that lot,they would cack themselves!
Favourite player tho is Hick,I have one of his commemorative 100/100's bats signed in a presentation case.
Homer,back in the middle 90's had an Ocker that worked for me,was a member at Surrey and bowled for the Aussie Embassy team. We spent many afternoons attending "meetings" at the Oval drinking lightly chilled Chardonnay and eating "Subs". My favourite memory is of Skippy barracking Chris Lewis,with gems like "bend yer back Lewie" and "come on Lewie find the furniture" he eventually stopped at the end of his run up,gave us the finger and said "why dont you f***k off back to Australia you ****".
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Driver - Titleist 905R 9.5 Accra pured shaft
3 Wood - Cleveland Launcher 15 Accra pured shaft
Rescue - Makser 21 Accra pured shaft
Irons - 3-pw Vega v-muscle blades Precision tour stepped shafts pured
Wedges - Vokey spin milled 54 bent to 53 cut sole,58 cut sole both with pured shafts
Putter - Ping Redwood Zing cut to32" and weighted
Yes, I do know how lucky I am !!!
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medwayjon
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 22/08/2007
Posts: 2366
Loc: Chatham, Kent.
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Murali at kent was a real priviledge as was carl hooper.
HAve seen every england player in the recent years in games.
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Whats in the sexy Titleist bag???
Titleist 907-D1 Driver 10.5* Stiff Aldila VS-Proto
King Cobra F-Speed LD 3 & 5 Woods
Titleist 755 Irons 4-PW
Mizuno TP series raw haze wedges, 51* 56* & 60*
Taylor Made Rossa Siena 4 Putter
Wilson Staff DX2 Ball / Titleist Pro-V1 Ball
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www.gillinghamgolfclub.co.uk
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Wilf
stranger
Reged: 18/03/2008
Posts: 19
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Batting : Gower, Mark Waugh, Ponting (old Trafford 2005), Vaughan (Ashes Tour Version) Botham Richards
Bowling: Marshall, Lillee
Fielding: Jonty, Botham, Richards, Randall
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WITB
Driver: Nike SasQuatch 10.5 Stiff
Woods: 5 wood - Taylormade VSteel II Steel regular
Irons: Titleist 804's 3-PW
Wedges: 200 series 52' 8* SM 56' 10* & 60' 4*
Putter: Black series 2
Ball: Taylormade TP Black LDP
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evita4
enthusiast
Reged: 28/02/2007
Posts: 222
Loc: Lancashire
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Batting - Lara great hundred after Corks hat trick at Old Trafford in 1995
Bowling - Holding, Thomson and Lillee. Abdul Qadir, Warne and Murali as the class spinners.
Fielding - Rhodes and Gus Logie
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Junior
enthusiast
Reged: 01/04/2007
Posts: 290
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Lara & Warne - 100% matchwinners, they could turn a game. Wasim Akram came close. Watched him at lancs on many occasions and not seen much quicker since.
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toyboy54
enthusiast
Reged: 02/07/2008
Posts: 240
Loc: outskirts...glasgow&paisley
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Homer.....What is cricket??? Is it a sport?Or a pastime?Or a hobby??Sorry I,m confused!!
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toyboy54
enthusiast
Reged: 02/07/2008
Posts: 240
Loc: outskirts...glasgow&paisley
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Homer I was only kidding.Sometimes watch the cricket on 5,seems rather a complicated game,but can be very technicaland enjoyable to watch.The boss thinks I,m sad what with golf,the forum and being caught watching cricket..........As a jock loved Botham(pure aggression)Wonder what the jocks chances are of qualifying in Ireland this week???
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HomerJSimpson
Carpal \'Tunnel
Reged: 06/08/2007
Posts: 2951
Loc: Bracknell - Berkshire
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toyboy54
Its col - it made me chuckle. We all know there is only one true sport though which is why we are here. Cricket is a bit like golf in that it is a seemingly easy game made complicated. That said when I was able to drink there was nothing better than a cooler box full of beer wasting the day away at a test match, chilling, watching the game and getting hammered
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Happy Golfing
Homer
Handicap 13.7
Callaway Big Bertha 460 11 degree
Cleveland Hi Bore XLS 3 wood
Callaway HI bore XLS 5 wood
Cobra DWS Baffler 3 hybrid
Taylor Made Tour Preferred Burner graphite 4-PW
Taylor Made Z TP 52 degree wedge (zip grooves)
Taylor Made Z TP 56 degree wedge (zip grooves)
Taylormade Rossa Itsy Bitsy Spider Putter
Taylormade TMX golf bag (red/white)
Titleist Pro V
www.royalascotgolfclub.co.uk
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StuartD
enthusiast
Reged: 27/11/2007
Posts: 340
Loc: West Lothian
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Quote:
That said when I was able to drink there was nothing better than a cooler box full of beer wasting the day away at a test match, chilling, watching the game and getting hammered
Homer I am confused. Is that you getting hammered or England? 
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Driver - Ping G2 Stiff ProLaunch Blue
3 Wood - Wilson DF 6 Stiff UST V2 shaft
2 Hybrid - Wilson DH6 Stiff UST V2 shaft
3 Hybrid - Wilson DH6 Regular Steel shaft
Irons - TaylorMade R7 - 4-9, PW, GW
SW - 56 deg Cleveland Black Pearl CG14
Putter - Odyssey White Hot No. 5
Handicap 12.6
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evita4
enthusiast
Reged: 28/02/2007
Posts: 222
Loc: Lancashire
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Quote:
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That said when I was able to drink there was nothing better than a cooler box full of beer wasting the day away at a test match, chilling, watching the game and getting hammered
Homer I am confused. Is that you getting hammered or England?
The way this current test series is going I think it was Homer and England getting hammered.
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DCB
old hand
Reged: 06/04/2007
Posts: 763
Loc: Midlothian
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Boycott was amazing, Derek Underwood could do things with a ball that only suspect arm actions can do nowadays. Ahh the heady days of the late sixties and early seventies, when men were men and a five day match lasted five days!
As a scot with no team so to speak, I was always interested in Essex (very good in the 1980s) and the England team.
Nowadays I don't know who is who in the England team other than one or two of them. Some wouldn't have gotten into the team 40 yrs ago!
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“Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill –designed for the purpose.” - Winston Churchill
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Gil_Emott
enthusiast
Reged: 28/04/2008
Posts: 322
Loc: Derby
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I saw Marshall, Richards, Haynes at the very end of their careers. They looked good then, wish I'd seen them earlier on.
Of those I've seen at the height of their powers:
Bowlers: McGrath, Donald/Pollock, Kapil Dev, Ambrose/Walsh
Batsmen: Ponting, Waugh Bros, Gilchrist, Vaughan(at his best), Lara, Tendulker.
Why is it that the above batsmen could/can score heavily, quickly without giving away their wicket like our boys do?
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IN the bag:
Calloway FT-5 Fujikura stiff
Titleist 904 - 3 wood Aldila stiff
TM rescue 19deg
Titleist 735CM - 4-PW S300
Mizuno 52* Black Ox
Calloway X Tour 56 & 60*
Ping Craz-E
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