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GENERAL |
| Name |
Geoff Sampson |
| Cricket Info |
Right Hand Batsman
Wicket-keeper |
| Age |
56 |
| Born |
Edinburgh |
| Height |
5ft 7¾ |
| Occupation |
Retired |
| Nickname |
Unknown |
Favourite Food? |
Yes |
| Favourite Drink? |
Almost TT, but generally special shandy |
Likes? |
Family, Cricket, Football (Hibs), Golf, Rotary Club
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| Dislikes? |
Selfish individuals, team managers who are incapable of talking to players on all aspects of selection/play |
| CRICKET |
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| How Long have you been playing cricket? |
First game for Glenwood High School in 1964 (42 years)
First game for Glenrothes CC 1967, sounds like almost 40 years!! |
| What made you start playing? |
Dads influence and encouragement, I started High School and because of the standard I attained I was asked by Dave Garland (RIP) Gym Teacher to coach seniors at age of 13. Scored 55 for School 1sts when 15, previous 3 games were ducks!! |
| Previous Clubs? |
Dunnikier 1976-1978 |
| Best Performance? |
Scored First ever hundred (105) Dunnikier v Kirkcaldy, 1977, Opened batting out last ball stumped by Denis Cook and bowled by Jim McKenzie with whom I had played with at Glenrothes. Glenrothes 2nd XI, 111 v Edinburgh Beige (2000). Against Holy Cross took 8 wickets for 48 runs from 22 overs bowled. Playing career 43 fifties and 2 hundreds, 5 wickets in an innings (10 times) and over 220 catches and 80 stumpings
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| Favourite Fielding Position? |
Used to be Wicket keeping or the covers |
| Favourite Ground? |
Dunnikier |
| Least Favourite Ground? |
Anywhere more than 10 miles from our home ground |
| Funniest Moment in Cricket? |
Usually anything which involved Louis Gordon. (RIP) |
| Cricketing Idols? |
Geoff Boycott, Gary Sobers (Share same birth day- 28th July. John Bell, if it had not been for him I may have retired a few years ago. Bill Ramsay and my son Michael Sampson |
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