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Current Squad

Positive sightings in the last few years...

Rob Nicholls

Rob Nicholls

Club Captain, Nets Man, Fairy Godfather, Match Skipper

Handsome, tall languid and often overboiled. A Right arm swinger and portentous Bat. A long partnership with the lovely Jill has made Rob a father to Jem and Rose.

Rob Siddens

Rob Siddens

Club Secretary, Match Skipper

Right Arm medium pacer with lofty action prone to a drubbing. A prolific wicket-taker neverthe less. The Jonty Rhodes of The BBCC indefatigable in the field. Rob is the Quizzo of the Beamers. He is married to Dawn, Great great great great grand niece of W.G.Grace, and together they are responsible for George and Eve being on the planet.

Jonathan Richards

Jonathan Richards

Club Treasurer

The cat and Keeper of the Wickets, holder of a hundred catches and more. Celebrating his 51st year this year. Jonners is is partnered by the creative force of Toni and together they have the lovely Merrida.

Richard Mussett

Richard Mussett

Fixtures Secretary

Opening Bowler, Right arm, fast, fiery and fearsome. Famed for nights prowling the 'long grass' he can often be seen stalking Dave 'tetherd goat' Arthur around Kemptown. Richard himself has sired Katy, William and Robert with the help of Mary.

Wayne Wright

Wayne Wright

Assistant Treasurer Thing 1, Match Skipper

Right arm bowler, he is well endowed on the bottom front making him a fearsome opponent. Married to Megan, Wayne is father of Kwami and most recently Oni, whose ear is just featured here.

Peter Bailey

Peter Bailey

Assistant Treasurer Thing 2, Match Skipper

Right-Hand Opening bat. A Centurian. Beguiling comedy leg-spinner. A beamer Centurian Pete has a stylish and yet devilmay care attitude as an opener. Quick Scoring and quicker witted.

Dave Arthur

Dave Arthur

Match Kit Man (and Match Kit Cats and Dogs), Match Skipper

Right hand opening Bat and record holder.A Wordsmith, master of the digital arts and RADA trained. He lives with Potter/artiste Jane and together they enjoy romping in the countrytside with puppies and cavorting with the Furry Box of support which Jane won in 2000.

Frank Rigby

Frank Rigby

Net Kit Man, Match Skipper

God, Right hand Opening Bat. Purveyor of wisdom. Producer of fine legspin offspring.Friend to the Welsh.

Hugh Parrott

Hugh Parrott

Poet Laureate

Bard with silver hair and flashing a right hand Bat he is a force to be reckoned with both at the crease and ..er..elsewhere. Married to Annie, together they camp it beautifully. Hugh is the man behind the Poetry.

Clive Attenborough

Clive Attenborough

Preacher

Opening Left hand bat. The Preacher, AKA the only man who could ever please us. Currently the holder of the Churney Moment award on account of his unfeasibly small trousers.

Simon Smith

Simon Smith

Noise

Right Hander his approach is cavalier with the bat and laughable with the ball. Noisy and generally a nuisance to the skipper of the day. Recently married Nicky Barber daughter of Bob.

Rob Benfield

Rob Benfield

The Beast

A Statesman of the club, a mighty swoosher of the bat and a friend to elderly of Worthing.Right-hand Off spinner of some achievement he has been known to 'pull back the hood' on occasion.

Niall Chafey

Niall Chafey

Lord Chafey of Loxhore

Right arm Fast Bowler. Stylish with the bat and always nicely turned out. Cambridge trained he knows all the great show-tunes. Always available for a shower.

Jeremy Cave

Jeremy Cave

Opening bowler, sharp and smart with trousers pressed he makes an elegant stroke player too. Father of Ollie and Jessica and is a past holder of the Elephant Trophy

Steve Esson

Steve Esson

Webmaster

Right arm bowler, fast and often dangerous. Noted for taking 5 wickets in one over.

Richard Rigby

Richard Rigby

Rock Star

Son of God, right hand opening bat. Probably the finest legspin bowler in the world. Young, keen as mustard. Tall beyond belief and a budding rock star too.

Richard Tongue

Richard Tongue

The Tooth Fairy

Richard is officially the Beamers youth policy. He's mean with ball, getting swing, turn and bounce that can only be explained by divine intervention. Is keen to impress with bat but generally fails. Resorts to smashing his face in when things go wrong.

Marlon Lowe

Marlon Lowe

New in 2002 Marlon has made his mark on the Beamers already. A strong whippy action he is admired by other Beamers for his pace and accuracy. Rapidly gaining his place as 'overseas player of some ability' he is a worthy replacement to Aussie Greg. Amongst Beamer fans Marlon is reputed to be a contender for 'Beamer that looks best with his shirt off'.

Jim Davies

Jim Davies

He's good, really good. So good that a few Beamers have wondered what on earth he's doing playing for the team. Speculation is rife, what keeps him here? Dave's Bum? Nicholl's hair? Jonner's bowling in the nets? Whatever it is we don't care, we've got hime, and we're gonna keep him. We hope...'nother beer Jim?

Gordon Young

Gordon Young

Wizard of Croydon. Beguiling left arm medium pacer. Graet Tours in 2000,2001,2002 have put Gordy firmly back on the map as a lynch pin of the Beamer Attack. His batting remains awful,....

Phil Parrott

Phil Parrott

The second Parrot to join the Beamers. Phil's exotic plummage does much to befuddle opposition batsman. A debutante in 2002 he has brought further strength and depth to the Beamers ability to swing. Phil's solid and dependable, except when he's getting carted all round the ground.

Overseas Players

Currently unavailable for selection.

Jim Kerr

Jim Kerr

Currently in Australia

Medium pace Rightarm bowler experiencing a renaissance as a man of the bat. Currently a record holding Dot-man.Now reported to be teaching Australians how to play Cricket.

Julian Walter

Julian Walter

Currently in Peru

Producer of very eggy Tortilla and some even more eggy bowling. Having travelled to South america he has chameleon like powers to emulate indiginous species of the continent. Quite remarkable. He was recently nominated for the TMS Tea lady of the year, and came second to Kay from Northants somewhere. Julian is now reputed to be a Peru international, although no evidence exists to support this.

Once Were Warriors

The following players will always be in our hearts if not the squad.

Greg Flint

Greg Flint

Right Hand bat. He now resides in his home country of Australian where he is worshipped on account of his supernatural powers. He married the lovely Sue.

Mark Renshaw

Mark Renshaw

Right Arm opening bowler, a magnificent swinger he has made the 'banana' ball his own.

Luke Langhan

Luke Langhan

Party animal, occassionally seen with his eyes open...but not here. Luke 'Skywalker' has the force strong within him, and they are often also interested in the contents of his blood. He bowls a mean Lofty loopy left arm that befuddles batsmen. He can bat too, but mostly chooses not to.