FULL NAME - Neil Wildgust 
NICKNAME(S) - Casper, Wilderbeast
AGE - 49ish
CLUBS PLAYED FOR - Gulval CC, Paul CC (Cornwall); Stourport-on-Severn (Worcs); and Loughborough Outwoods (Leics). Plus numerous others that threw me out after a game or two.
GLENMORE CC DEBUT - Somewhere cold and remote in 2015, probably Westwinds.
BATTING STYLE - RH mediocre
BOWLING STYLE - Grenades
PREFERRED FIELDING POSITION - Third man, or on the sidelines injured.
CAREER BEST SCORE / GLENMORE BEST SCORE - 104*/30*
CAREER BEST BOWLING FIGURES / GLENMORE BEST BOWLING FIGURES - 6 for 14 during a rare planetary alignment in 2001 favoring poor slow bowling. Never bowled for Glenmore, probably never will.
BEST CRICKETING MOMENT(S) - Any one of the 40 40's I amassed as a stodgy opening batsmen over many years of club cricket in England. Or seeing Derek Randall hit 4x4s off a Richard Hadlee over at the Trent Bridge test in 1981.
BEST MOMENT(S) FOR GLENMORE CC - Running out Greg Desbrow, or anything connected with Wayne Lingard.
BEST PLAYER YOU'VE PLAYED WITH - Against: blocked out 4 overs from a youngish Harry Gurney in a league match in Loughborough. On the same side - my brother Paul.
WHAT'S A WORSE FEELING, DROPPING A CATCH OR GETTING A DUCK? - A duck is worse for sure, I play cricket for selfish reasons. I don't care much about the team in general or bowlers in particular.
FAVOURITE GROUND(S) - Trent Bridge, or Market Harborough in Leics
LEAST FAVOURITE GROUND(S) - Westwinds
BEST THING ABOUT GLENMORE CC - The lack of irony in Ian Chapman's team talks.
ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT CALGARY CRICKET - I would abolish it and just go to the pub.
IDEAS TO HELP THE CLUB - The kids section is already terrific.
ALL TIME FAVOURITE CRICKETER - Viv Richards
OTHER SPORTING HEROES - Brian Clough, Des Walker, Stuart Pearce
GOALS FOR THE 2016 SEASON - Avoid injury.
BIGGEST INFLUENCE IN CRICKET - Geoffrey Boycott
FAVOURITE FOOD - Curry
FAVOURITE DRINK - Stella
FAVOURITE MUSIC - Talking Heads
FAVOURITE FILM - Dr Strangelove
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