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Name: RICHIE HOLLIDAY
Weight: lighter than most casuals (by half) but heavier than some casuals (but not many)
Nickname: currently 'skip' - formerly hobbit & wallaby (I was very short for my age in school)
Batsman? Bowler? Keeper? None of the above? Something else : who can tell?
Batting style? Marty Fellman
General cricketing style? Don't know him? Should I? Does he wear a uniform?
Previous Teams played for? None - I'm a virgin (not really a surprise)
How long have you been (a) casual? Since 1996 I think
Number of games played for the Casuals? 170 (ish)
What you bring to the Casuals team? A spare towel for Steve O'
Who is your Doppleganger? Telly Savalis
Ul Brinner
Duncan (Goodhew) not the one from Blue or Norvell - he's gay!
Pamela Anderson's breast (the left one as you look - well it's hard not too!)
Hobbies? Horses
Favourite food? Spit Sunday roast (lamb, crispy roast potatoes [lots], vegetables [not Christopher Reeves], mint sauce and gravy with fried bread)
Favourite music? The Wurzels, Venom and Michelle McManus (the fat one who won slob pop idol)
Favourite film? Blazing Saddles
Other hobbies? Cricket match reports
What was your last DVD / CD purchase? DVD - Angry Kid / CD - GreenDay
(AmericanIdiot) Scissor Sisters and Keane
What 3 people would you most like to invite to a dinner party?: Roy Cropper (Coronation Street sad twat), Pamela Anderson's right breast and Chris Durnall (I have Homer Simpson in reserve just in case)
Ideal Woman? Hayley (Roy's ladyboy wife from Coronation Street)
Age you started playing the glorious game? Wanking? Oh! cricket - around about the age of 40 hopefully - I'm an optimist
Best performance? After 12 pints on a Saturday night (we're still talking wanking here though aren't we?)
Favourite game played? Karen suggested Hide the Sausage but I'd have to say Miskin Manor away 2004
Favourite venue played …ever? Miskin Manor (nice tea too! - plentiful)
Cricketer you most admire and why? WG Grace - the true casual shape
Casual cricketer you most admire and why? CD for his commitment to the team
Funniest moment on the Casuals field?
  • Bagpuss and Rob running into one another at Stone
  • Any run out which occurs between our batsmen (there's enough to choose from)
  • Dr Rubbish's somersault at the crease
  • CD's comments to the women folk of the Sri
  • Lankans at Pentyrch
  • DB1's LBW appeals
  • Me being clouted in the jaw by the ball at Frampton followed by a lovely cup of tea in Stroud's A&E
  • Srini's ball counting
    Steve O calling one of our players (fielding for the opposition) a c*nt at Penarth when he was caught by the said 'team-mate' and then doing the same a few weeks later at Wenvoe (to me- c*nt!)
  • The annual Casuals video/DVD (including commentary)
  • Paul's wandering in Pontcanna Fields
  • The fear in the eyes of the opposition when Dr Rubbish is running in
  • The fear in the eyes of our team when Shagger is throwing in
  • Goughy's wicket keeping comments (on others)
  • Steve O's successful LBW appeal at St Mellons
  • Srini breaking the oppositions helmet with a six against Rhiwbina
  • Bagpuss and his injuries
  • Goughy's use of the C word
  • Steve O's routine
  • Guessing how many balls it'll take ….?
  • Rob giving JF out on 99 and then the opposition telling Rob he wasn't out
  • Steve O's umpiring
  • Jeff's beamer against Blackwood
  • Slightly off the field (in the Butchers Arms beer garden) - the story of the Ebbw Vale bum rub
Favourite tour moment?
  • Baggy's cat moment - care of Pad
  • The Brynant Arms singing and the tuba tour evening
  • The Bungalow tour evening
  • Derek the landlord
  • Goughy's missing eyebrow
  • Pad's crystal bowl tossing
  • The house party up the road incorporating JF's ½ pint of Pernod
  • Murray being caught like a rabbit in the headlights on the bungalow evening
  • Trying to bat against Lampeter's openers
  • Barricading the door with a wardrobe to stop Pad and his clippers!
  • Mike the c*nt
  • 6 for 10!
  • Pad's whistling
  • Foxy enjoying the oppositions company more than ours
  • Breakfast
  • Dan's FHM and High Street Honeys magazines
  • Srini's knowledge of all the women in these magazines
  • ½ a pint of Baileys
  • Bring on the comic!
  • Jeff's red & brown sauce breakfast tonic
  • Carmarthen's ladyboys
  • Dr Rubbish's trousers
  • Catching one in the testicles whilst taking a catch against Pumpsaint
  • Srini twatting Mike for 32 in an over
  • Foxy putting Baggy to bed (undressed!)
Favourite Tea had as a casual? (Home or Away)
  • Colwinston home made tea followed by sausage and chips in the pub
  • Brynmawr - ham, chips and pickled onions - between innings!
  • Clytha Arms - cheese festival, barbecue and roast dinner left overs
  • Sevenoaks - end of season sausage and chips in Wenvoe Arms
I like playing for the casuals because………. It makes me feel like I have friends and allows me access to an endless supply of porn
I hate playing for the casuals because………… It lets me know that I have no friends (apart from Pamela and her 5 mates)
If I didn’t play so much cricket I’d be………. Decorating or wanking
Interesting fact……….. Richie is the epitome of the Casuals spirit and often likes to make sure the opposition have a good chance of winning the game. On countless occasions he's deliberately dropped catches, bowled wides and got out cheaply, so the oppo can sniff a close win, only for them to completely hammer us into the ground!

Recently as captain, Richie has lost many a toss on purpose and was even heard to shout at a recent game at Penarth - 'That was never out, we should let that batsmen carry on as he's so near to his 100…..go on mate you bat on it's a pleasure watching you cart us to all corners of the ground'. What a sportsman!

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