JOHN PIKE
Right Arm Opening Bowler / Right Hand Lower Order Bat
John
is a quick opening bowler that bowls a good nagging line just outside off stump.
Had
a fantastic season in 2003 taking 64 wickets. Can hit the ball hard when required down the order. A fine
fielder, John has taken some remarkable catches in the deep and most Wollaston
slow bowlers are indebted to him for catching the “impossible” catch.
Scored his maiden First Eleven fifty in 2007 and was part of the "history boys"
who gained promotion from division one.
| Full Name |
John Anthony Pike |
| Date of Birth |
29/12/1969 |
| Where |
New Romney, Kent |
| WCC debut year |
1986 |
| Club number (if applicable) |
101 |
| Role in Team |
Seam Bowler and Cultured Slogger |
| Runs: First Eleven |
2025 |
| Runs: Second Eleven |
424 |
| Wickets: First Eleven |
449 |
| Wickets: Second Eleven |
88 |
| Most runs in a season |
309 |
| Most wickets in a season |
64 |
| Highest score |
51 v Wellingborough Town 2007 |
| Best bowling |
7 for 24 |
| First Eleven catches |
93 |
| First Eleven wicket keeper dismissals |
0 |
| WCC Centuries |
0 |
| Club awards |
Players' Player, 1st & 2nd Xl Bowling |
| Any records |
None |
| School |
Wollaston Comprehensive School |
| Occupation |
Colour Matcher |
| Previous club/s |
Only Wollaston for me |
| Representative sides |
None |
| Most memorable cricket moment/match and why |
Geddington 207. Last game of the |
| |
season. We won and got promoted |
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to the Prem for the first time |
| Worst/ embarrassing cricket moment |
Getting out to a girl. |
| Hobbies/interests |
Any other sport |
| If the Club won the lottery we should |
Build a new pavilion with a balcony |
| Favourite ground |
Wollaston - the best around |
| Least favourite ground |
Thrapston |
| Warne or Murali |
Warne |
| Modern cricketer admired |
Collingwood |
| Cricketing childhood hero |
Ian Botham, Robin Smith |
| Other childhood hero |
Bryan Robson |
| Music |
Mushy. lovey stuff |
| TV |
Extreme Makeover, home edition |
| WCC player I would share a desert Island with |
Andrew Silsby |
| And why |
Because we are inseperable. |
| Newspaper |
News of the World (classy eh?) |
| Other sports followed/played |
Golf, Football |
| Other sports people admired |
Tany Grey Thompson |
| In one word Wollaston people are…. |
Friendly |
| Likes |
All food |
| Dislikes |
People eating my food |
| Favourite food |
Traditional roast dinner |
| Favourite drink |
Strongbow |
| Favourite country/place visited |
New Zealand |
| I would like to meet |
Andi McDowell |
| I wish I could…….. |
As above |
| I would like to visit |
New Zealand for longer amount of time |
