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Chris Bidwell

Date of birth:	27.6.1944
Bowler / batter:	Batter and sometimes Bowler
Favourite ground:	Lords - I?d love to have played there.
Most embarrassing moment in cricket:	Turning up 30 minutes late for the over 50?s County Semi-Final against Wales a few years ago when I should have been opening the batting. One game for Sussex in the first year of the Sunday League. Captain Preston Nomads and Captain Sussex League Representative Team.
Honours received:	Probably 147 not out v Brighton & Hove in about 1980, after being fairly plum lbw first ball of the innings, but given not out.
Best bowling / batting performance:	7 for about 30 v Brighton & Hove in the League in 1972 and 7 for about 35 v Bexhill in about 1988.
Best (amateur cricketer) you have played against:	Probably Simon Dyson who bowled fast leg spins in the Surrey League, then for Cheshire.
Favourite player:	Peter May. I was lucky enough to play on the same side as him for the Charterhouse Friars 3 or 4 times.
Why did you start playing cricket:	My Grandpa taught me in the back garden when I was very young.
What would be the first thing you would buy if you won the lottery:	My retirement.
What's your greatest fear:	Heights
Best way to improve Fulking:	Enlarging the south ground, but sadly this is evidently not possible.
What's your greatest luxury in life:	Educating three boys
Do you have any hidden talents:	If I have any, they are so well hidden I don?t know about them.
What's your greatest ambition:	It?s a bit late for ambitions now, but it will have to be to play golf well after I retire from cricket.
Who makes you laugh:	Basil Fawlty
Best cricketer you have ever watched:	Gary Sobers. He was brilliant at everything, batting, fast bowling, slow bowling and fielding.
Do you walk:	Not for lbw?s

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