PROFILE: Alex "Harry" Harrod
Friday, 25th March 2005
12th man from the E-Grade premiership team
Statistics
Season 2004/05
10 runs @ 3.33 (Highest Score: 5)
2 wickets @ 35.00 (Best Bowling: 1 for 4)
Career, 1984/85 to 2004/05
21 runs @ 1.91 (Highest Score: 5)
7 wickets @ 56.29
Player Profile
Name: Alex Harrod aka Barge or Harry
Marital Status: Single (currently but every so often I have a girlfriend)
Occupation: Student
Highest Score: 16 (Year 10B)
Best Bowling: 2 for something
Greatest Cricket Achievement: Still searching for that
Ambition for this season: The D's to actually win the Grand Final and to personally get a game
Most memorable moment at PAOCCC: Getting drunk at last season's presentation dinner and taking home a girl I met the night before
Most memorable game for PAOCCC: One where I took wickets last season. I think there was only one of those games
Funniest memory from the PAOCCC: Falling asleep on the back seat of my car during last year's Rugby World Cup pub crawl and thus not making it to the end.
Most admired player at PAOCCC (past / present):
Favourite social event: Any of them provided they include beer of some description
Most embarrassing cricket moment: There is too many to say
Favourite aspect of cricket: There's a tough one. I would have to say sitting on the hill during the Test Match with a beer in one hand and a beer in the other
Which song would you like to walk out to bat to: Californication by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Do you have any cricket superstitions: I have a football (soccer) superstition where I wear the same pair of undies for each game. I usually do the same for cricket
Favourite
Actor: Ewan McGregor
Actress: Naomi Watts
Movie: Toy Story (1 & 2)
TV Show: The Simpsons
Band / Group: U2, Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Food: Asian, Italian
Beverage: Beer
Favourite Australian cricket player (past or present): David Boon (anyone who can drink 52 cans on a flight to England deserves some kind of recognition) and of course The Don, the greatest of all time
Favourite International cricket player (past or present): Curtly Ambrose
Sportsperson: Harry Kewell
AFL team: Adelaide Crows
Other
What would be your ideal job? Prime Minister of Australia
If you were not playing cricket, what would you be playing: Football (or as it's called in Australia, soccer)
If you could have three people to dinner, who would they be and why? David Boon (as a drinking buddy), Naomi Watts (for the looks), Harry Kewell (to talk about football)