Player Profile

Name: Edward Thomas Thorogood
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: PE assistant at PAC prep school
Highest Score: 83 vs St. Margrets (2003 Suffolk Cup, England), 83 vs Mildenhall, 2003 Two Counties League (England), 43 vs Adelaide HOS, 2004 Premier league (Turf)
Best Bowling: 4-17 off 10 overs Vs City Of London Freemans school having gone for 11 in the first over of the game! Gave up when i left school, became a keeper, but now i just stand at 2nd slip.
Greatest Cricket Achievement: Touring Australia with Felsted school in 1999. Hitting a 6 off my first ball on my first eleven cricket Debut Vs Brentwood school when i was in year 9! Playing first XI cricket for 4 years at school, they all rank the same.
Ambition for this season: To secure my place in the A grade and make sure the club is still playing Premier League when i go home.
Most memorable moment at PAOCCC: C.Drew leaping like a Salmon at mid off vs AHOS, very special!
Most memorable game for PAOCCC: My debut, 43 at AHOS, and how close we came to winning the game.
Funniest memory from the PAOCCC: Tony Beard in the Queens head, Heito you are a legend!
Most admired player at PAOCCC (past / present): Matt Christophers, Quality player and all round Diamond Geezer!
Favourite social event: Haven't got there yet but it will be the gentlemans day!
Most embarrassing cricket moment: First ball Vs Brighton, it took me 1 minute to get to the crease, then i spent 13 seconds at the crease and took 8 minutes to get back to the changing room, mean while my off stump was card wheeling back past the keeper!
Favourite aspect of cricket: The challenge, and the social aspect, you make great friends spending hours sitting watching people bat or in the field!
Which song would you like to walk out to bat to: My Sacrifice by Creed
Do you have any cricket superstitions: Not really, try to sit on my own when im next in though!

Favourite

Actor: Nick Cage
Actress: Elisha Cuthbert, Eliza Dushku
Movie: Old School, The Rock, Face Off, Finding Nemo!
TV Show: 24, The O.C., Alias
Band / Group: Matchbox 20, Creed.
Food: Chinese, Pizza
Beverage: Coopers Pale, Jack Daniels and Coke.
Favourite Australian cricket player (past or present): A.C.Gilchrist, compulsive viewing.
Favourite International cricket player (past or present): Freddy Flintoff and Steve Harmison, not only are they great players and potential match winners but they have both worked their arses off to get where they are having been rubbished by both the Australian and English press at teh start of their carreers, so much respect for both of them.
Sportsperson: Graham Thorpe, best come back i have ever seen 124 vs SA at the Oval 2003.
AFL team: Sturt (SANFL) and i suppose The Crows.

Other

What would be your ideal job? Pro Golfer.
If you were not playing cricket, what would you be playing: Music
If you could have 3 people to dinner (celebrities), who and why? Nick Cage, Dr.Dre, Van Gough (Who ever cuts their own ear off must have some wacky stories, plus Dre could offer him some Herbal remody!).