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Gareth White.
Date of Birth: 28th January, 1979.
Birth Place: Whitehaven, Cumbria.
Roles: RHB and RM.
Nickname: "WHITEY" (If you can't work out why...)
Year started playing for Cockermouth Cricket Club: 1985.
Highest score for Cockermouth Cricket Club First XI: 164 Not Out.
Highest score for Cockermouth Cricket Club Second XI: 84.
Best bowling for Cockermouth Cricket Club First XI: 3 for 24.
Best bowling for Cockermouth Cricket Club Second XI: 0 for ?.
Highest score ever: 164 Not Out, I was also 356 Not Out in a record stand on the beach in Australia, does that count? Er, no.
Best bowling figures ever: 6 for 44.
Other teams played for: Northamptonshire C.C.C., Cumberland C.C.C., Ashwood C.C. (Melbourne, Aust.), Netherfield C.C., Carnforth C.C.
Representative cricket: Cumberland C.C.C., North of England Schools U14 and 19's, Eastern Suburbs District Cricket Association U21's, Cumbria Cricket Board Senior, U16, U17, U19's, Cumbria Schools, U11, U12, U13, U15, U19's, Northern League Under 18's, North Lancashire League XI.
Cricketing heroes: Ian Botham and my Dad, until I read what he said about my bowling the cheeky old fart!! Ivan Wilkinson, Australian through and through and an Ashwood C.C. legend!!
Current cricket player's admired: Graham Thorpe, Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis.
Favourite ground and why: Sandair - good wicket, lovely ground, Parkside Road (Netherfield C.C.) - same, Essex Heights (Ashwood C.C.) - my club in Australia.
If you could sign one player in the world to play for Cockermouth Cricket Club, who would it be, and why?: David Sales - top bloke, top player, top drinker, so the added guarantee of some absolutely fantastic 'piss up's' after matches!!
Other hobbies / interests: Football, Rugby Union, Golf, Music, Computing.
Other sports people admired / teams supported: Glasgow Rangers, Blackburn Rovers, Barry Ferguson and Graeme Souness.
Favourite singers / bands: Eminem, Dr. Dre, TQ, Nelly, S-Club 7, Britney Spears (Are you taking the mick??)
Favourite cricket tea item: Flap jack.
Favourite pint: The next one!!
Which Cockermouth Cricket Club bowler would you like to face most in a game?:
Chris Sheard - although I might wet my pants laughing watching him steaming in off his long-run!!
Which Cockermouth Cricket Club bowler would you least like to face in a game?:
Ken White - Because if he got me out, I would never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever hear the end of it!!
If you had £1,000, what would you buy? My girlfriend a present, a lap-dancing pole for the pavilion for her to dance around!! And the rest of the money left over would go straight to where all my cash goes.... The building society!! Us White's have never been known for our thriftness you know!! (You don't say!!)