Pen Pics - Dave Thomas

	Name:	DAVE THOMAS
	Weight:	14st 12 23/08/06
	Nickname:	Dough Boy (DB)
	Motto:	Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat or Eat more Pies (not that it means that)
	Batsman? Bowler? Keeper? None of the above? Something else :	Bowler
	Batting style?	Brief
General cricketing style?	Flash from Fingerbobs (slowly, steadily I move at my own pace – for those of you to young to remember)
Previous Teams played for?	Your ‘avin a laugh
How long have you been (a) casual?	’96 probably
Number of games played for the Casuals?	Not nearly as many as I’d like
What you bring to the Casuals team?	My Dad / uncertainty
Who is your Doppleganger?	Terry Scott (and the Pilsbury Doughboy!-Ed)
Hobbies?	Reading, Philately (but don’t tell anyone)
Favourite food?	Chicken Enchilada with cheese and Garlic Mayo from El Paso’
Favourite music?	Jazz, Molly Hatchet, Quo (sadly), Kaiser Chiefs, currently mostly listening to an old Play Away tape with Brian Cant, Floella Benjamin and Johnny Ball every fucking time I get in the car with my girls.
Favourite film?	Carry on up the Khyber (Strawberry Mousse, me old mate Ginger, Ginger Hale, Fakir! Off! Etc)
Other hobbies?	Hypochondria
What was your last DVD / CD purchase?	Noddy summer party / John Fowler holiday park Foxy club party mix.
What 3 people would you most like to invite to a dinner party?:	Goughy, Ghandi and Linda McCartney… extra large pepperoni pizza anyone!
Ideal Woman?	One with chip shop
Age you started playing the glorious game?	16ish
Best performance?	Night after by 4-7 at St Mellons
Favourite game played?	(see above) Monopoly
Favourite venue played …ever?	St Mellons
Cricketer you most admire and why?	Inzaman Ul Haq an icon for the portly gent
Casual cricketer you most admire and why?	Paul for his cheery smile and sunny disposition on the field of play
Funniest moment on the Casuals field?	Shaky attempting to take a catch of my bowling at Llanrumney, three attempts, then throwing the ball into his own face and collapsing in pain. Also Shakys “lowest jump “ measured at 0.0002 nanometres
Favourite tour moment?	Skip catching the ball with his bollocks! Terribly painful but terribly funny (sorry Rich but it was )
Favourite Tea had as a casual? (Home or Away)	Barry wanderers – consistency and reliability good cake to sandwich ratio 1:2 or in my case 3:15
I like playing for the casuals because……….	It’s an honour to play with such a great bunch of blokes……..and Steve
I hate playing for the casuals because…………	of the grief I get from my mother in law when I drop the kids off
If I didn’t play so much cricket I’d be……….	not playing any cricket
Did you know….	In his spare time Dave (Doughboy) Thomas swats up on the railway timetables from May 1921 to September 1927, in the vain hope that he will get chosen to go on mastermind and meet John Humpries. He was indeed very close to apperaing back in 1996 when his chosen subject was The history of vinyl floor coverings in Britain, sadly he was pipped at the post by a gentlemen in Norfolk who had the same idea and eventually got to the second round. This vinyl junkie was pipped by the eventual winner whose subject was the railway timetables of east london pre war. Its a very small world.