HCC Squad
Scott Logan RHB/LB
Nickname: Slogo/ Labushaggerlogan
Playing role: Failed middle order slogger turning into an opening bat and Vice Captain
Batting style: Go big, get caught cover
Bowling style: Right arm pies or the moon ball
Favourite cricketer: Kevin Pietersen, Brian Lara and Ben Stokes
Favourite band: Imagine Dragons, Wolfe Tones and Luke Combs
Favourite movie: Lord of the Rings and Goodfellas
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: Emergency beers, chicken salad sandwiches and a tea lady (my dad).
HCC Highlight: 75 against Broomhall, 2-13 against Boroughmuir.
Favourite HCC moment: Dave’s 6 to win against Holy Cross, RHC away, Alan’s hattrick, Pancake gate, Edgbaston 2019 (Tim V Dylan dance off), beers with the boys
James Shaw RHB / RFM
Nickname: ShawsyLabradoodle
Playing role: Specialist Fielder
Batting style: Right Hand dots
Bowling style: Right Arm Slow Spray
Favourite cricketer: Marcus Stoinis, Tim Paine, Peter Borrowman
Favourite band: Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Juice WRLD
Favourite movie: American Psycho, Focus, The Big Short
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: My Dad
HCC Highlight: 11* (53) > George Sq > Dropkicks > Hive
Favourite HCC moment: Embarrassing Scott in a Pint Chop, spoof, shower beer
Fergus Syme RHB / RMF
Nickname: Snow White Lightning
Playing role: Opening bowler
Batting style: Haphazard emergency opener
Bowling style: Lumbering and disgruntled
Favourite cricketer: Freddie Flintoff, anyone who turns up hungover, Pete Talbot
Favourite band: Rubber bands
Favourite movie: Everything, everywhere, all at once
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: Homemade sausage rolls
HCC Highlight: 7-26 v MDAFS 2s, 5-22 v Holy Cross with a hat trick and no extras, having a pint at tea v Selkirk to then top score (not out) batting at 10
Favourite HCC moment: The Snow White origin, all the post win pubs, the forthcoming ban of pancakes
James Cardwell-Moore LHB
JCM was recruited in 2017 and immediately made an impact. A versatile left-hander, capable of seeing off the lacquer and taking the attack on.
Playing Role: Opening Batsman
Favourite Shot: Lofted On-Drive
Most fined for: Running out partners…
Peter Borrowman RHB/RM
Vice-captain for 2020 and leader of the T20 & Midweek teams. Holder of the club batting award three of the past four seasons, all in kid’s pads.
Playing Role: Top-order Rock
Favourite Shot: Play & Miss
Most fined for: Kiddy pads
Dylan Pearce LHB / RM
HCC’s own rare unit. Likely to require collection from an obscure rural area, with chat restricted to the most public school occasions.
Playing Role: Duck, Circuit, Chop
Favourite Shot: Dyl-Scoop
Most fined for: General existence
Russell McIntyre RHB
A top quality golfer and another SMC old boy, Russell chips in as an attacking middle order dasher & gun fielder around his work commitments.
Playing Role: Middle Order Bat
Favourite Shot: Long Iron
Most fined for: Not yet fined
David Chalmers RHB / Lob
Roaming the boundary since the days of King Lot, strawberry pusher Davey C is as reliable for weather forecasts as he is 11.30am call ups.
Playing Role: Club Legend
Favourite Shot: You Shall Not Pass
Most fined for: Pre-decimal currency use
Matt Blades RHB / RM & OB
Currently exiled in Germany, the more talented of the Blades brothers took 7fer aged just 14 with his mediums. Now the Vicar of Dobley bowls off-breaks.
Playing Role: Specialist short leg
Favourite Shot: Schnapps
Most fined for: Ruthless efficiency
Andrew Clark RHB / RM & LB
Hewn from Lothian’s fertile soil, Clark is a punishing wielder of the willow & reliable slipper. Scored a magnificent 121* at Broomhall.
Playing Role: Top Order Bat
Favourite Shot: Arable Corner
Most fined for: Training in suede slip-ons
Rob Macdonald RHB/SLA
Nickname: Macca
Playing role: Left arm spinner, new skipper and chief grump
Batting style: Missing straight full tosses
Bowling style: Left arm arm balls
Favourite cricketer: Freddie Flintoff, Jack Leach and Paul Collingwood
Favourite band: Stereophonics
Favourite movie: Jurassic Park
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: BBQ Chicken wings, a hangover and an empty stomach
HCC Highlight: That off drive vs Leith FAB. 5 – 14 with pure armballs against Melrose.
Favourite HCC moment: Winning against Broomhall away. Dave’s 6 to win the game vs Holy Cross. Pancakes
Dave Arbuthnott LHB / LFM
Nickname: Bubbles, Buff D
Playing role: Head of McDonalds, Chief Flake
Batting style: Go big or go home
Bowling style: Left Arm Angry, Full toss fanatic.
Favourite cricketer: Brendan McCullum, Andrew Symonds, Brian Lara
Favourite band: Oasis
Favourite movie: Step Brothers, Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: If I remember, reduced section M&S
HCC Highlight: 6 to Win Holy Cross, 75* vs Drummond Trinity, Alan only catching of his bowling.
Favourite HCC moment: Scott’s first Saturday 50 v Broomhall, Weekly Triggering or Runouts. Pancake Gate.
Andrew Bell RHB / RSM
Nickname: TBC
Playing role: Enthusiastic fielder & perennial optimist
Batting style: Eclectic crease fidgeter
Bowling style: Right arm all over, deceptively slow
Favourite cricketers: Eddie Paynter, Mike Denness, Brad Haddin
Favourite bands: Travis, Turin Brakes, The Proclaimers
Favourite movies: Kind Hearts & Coronets, The Shawshank Redemption, A Knight’s Tale
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: Tunnocks Caramel Wafers; anything with rocket
HCC Highlights: Lofted off drive at The Grange, clean bowling batsman with first ball at Falkland, catch assist via forehead in Div. 1 promotion-winning season. Playing in the same Haddington LMS team as my son.
Favourite HCC moment: TP scoring winning runs off last ball away to DAFS.
Ash Kumar RHB / OB
The club’s leading wicket taker, regional supermarket superstar Ash has been bamboozling batsmen for two decades. Prefers the scenic route to games.
Playing Role: Can’t Bowl Until the 14th
Favourite Shot: Helicopter Block
Most fined for: Timekeeping / sugar fuss
Timmy Hancox RHB / RFM
A big part of the increased levels at training and socialising in the club in recent years, fiery Saffer Timmy believes KG’s send-offs are a bit lightweight.
Playing Role: Bowling All-Rounder
Favourite Shot: Cut
Most fined for: Send-offs
Peter Talbot RHB/WK
Haddington’s keeper of wickets has been bellowing instructions & biffing long singles for decades. Just don’t tell him the rugby score - its recording.
Playing Role: Wicket Keeper / Bat
Favourite Shot: The Biff
Most fined for: Double tea(pot)
Tom Dalrymple RHB / RFM
Tom was the third of his clan to join HCC and brings elegant strokeplay & genuine pace to the side. Averages 35, two tantrums & a shandy per game.
Playing Role: All-Rounder
Favourite Shot: Pheasants or Grouse
Most fined for: Posh shandies
Matt Waterston RHB / RMF
Rarely seen but magnificent in full flow, kayak & bagpipe wielding Matt is a welcome sight around Edinburgh’s cricket grounds.
Playing Role: All-Rounder
Favourite Shot: Hockey Slap
Most fined for: #visitscotland
Hewie Dalrymple RHB / RFM
With a leisurely approach to the crease, drone-pilot Hewie is capable of serious wheels. Plays the sort of shots we only see on highlight packages on instagram.
Playing Role: The Gentry
Favourite Shot: Pristine Cover Drive
Most fined for: Not getting a ton
Alan Cruickshank RHB/OB
Club legend. One of the leading all time run-scorers, gracefully stepping into a role as a wily spinner, like some modern day reverse Wilfred Rhodes.
Playing Role: Opening Bat
Favourite Shot: Leg Glance
Most fined for: Tantrums
Tim Blades RHB / RMF
Nickname: The Flymo, The Freight Train, Deceptive Hairline and Deep Threat
Playing role: Failed allrounder transitioning to Occasional wicketkeeper.
Batting style: Long Levers.
Bowling style: Angry. Too short. Not as quick as he thinks.
Favourite cricketer: Rikki Clarke, Ben Foakes and all members of the Bell family.
Favourite band: Snow Patrol? The Beatles? Ah, Kasabian. Kasabian Kasabian Kasabian.
Favourite movie: Anything from Buff Dave’s GoPro
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: making posh sandwiches then eating them all myself. Also David Chalmers’ strawberries.
HCC Highlight: communal bathing aka tins in the tubs. No more shower-donnay though please.
Favourite HCC moment: too many to mention. Awful crazy golf rounds on tour, breaking a church notice board with a six. Freuchie away. RHC away with a ropey side. Snow White at Edgbaston 2019. Ferg’s pancake.
Jamie Perriam RHB / RFM
Nickname: JP
Playing role: Right arm pace, left foot stomp
Batting style: Capable of occasional grace
Bowling style: See above
Favourite cricketer: Are you still allowed to say Michael Vaughan?
Favourite band: Van Morrison’s
Favourite movie: Harry Potter marathon
Best thing to bring to HCC tea: Tangy Toms
HCC Highlight: Winning runs and a glorious C&B v Grange 3s
Favourite HCC moment: Last-over victory v Musselburgh thanks to the keeper’s helmet
Rob Hiley RHB / RFM
Heir to the Hiley throne & middle-order dasher, prodigal son Rob returned after a dalliance in Edinburgh. Proud Yorkshireman, proud Scot.
Playing Role: All-rounder
Favourite Shot: Pull Shot
Most fined for: Attempting legspin
Jonathan Mitchell RHB / R?
Another mid-00s youth product who just can’t quit, Jonny Mitch usually surfaces around mid-June when away trips go near to MaccyDs drive-thru’s.
Playing Role: Wicket Keeper / Bat
Favourite Shot: Straight Drive
Most fined for: Double burgers
Tom Proctor RHB / RM
Architect Tom has been a key member of the LMS attack and increasingly takes the new ball on Saturdays. One of the most talented comedy batsmen of his day.
Playing Role: Consultant Captain
Favourite Shot: Winning runs, last ball
Most fined for: Stumped (keeper back)
David Pearce LHB / LM
Rumoured to have inspired Derek Underwood’s bowling when he was a young lad. Social media & cricketing history guru.
Playing Role: Maybe next week
Favourite Shot: Immaculate late cut
Most fined for: We wouldn’t dare, sir
Roddy Bell RHM / RM
Club legend. Captain during the heady heights of Division 2 in the noughties. Tour golf commentator and renowned statto. Once sledged the 1st XI pro at Grange.
Playing Role: Sideline heckler
Favourite Shot: Leave
Most fined for: Ceremonial post
James Henderson RHB / LM
Another of the New Town fraternity, AJMH always troubles the scorers. Somewhat of a throwback, a tough competitor and very handy cricketer / business schemer.
Playing Role: Big Bopper
Favourite Shot: Big Bopper
Most fined for: Big Bopper
Helen Hiley RHB / LBG
An accomplished bat for uni & club, Helen has played with the Haddington first team for many years; when not chasing seals on the West Coast.
Playing Role: Top Order Bat
Favourite Shot: Off Drive
Most fined for: “Borrowing” jumpers