Regular opening batsman, Ralph Abbott, has been playing for the Evergreens since he made his debut a while back. Always contributes with good scores (double figures), one of the team's most consistent batsmen. Usually wears a cap when batting in sunny weather so that the reflection doesn't disturb the bowlers' concentration (how sporting!).
Ralph had a number of seasons opening the batting for Godshill, this was because, historically, the Godshill XI always batted in alphabetical order. When the world famous Aardvark octuplets (Vic, Dick, Rick, Mick, Nick, Ned, Fred and Ringo) joined then Ralph dropped to ninth ~ so he left.
Ralph is the team's practical joker, be careful team mates, he may slip some of his wife's undies into your cricket bag whilst you are batting, just wait for your wife's reaction when she finds them.
(My wife, fortunately, believes that story!)
Head and Shoulders....
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