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Name: Pete Waterman
Date of Birth: 26th March 1961
Joined Bideford in: 2008
Status (Current Player/Retired etc): Current Player
Previous Clubs: Surrey, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Wembley, Barnoldswick, Watford Town, West Herts, Hemel Hempstead
Batting Style: Defensive with occasional lofted cover drive
Best Batting: 76no Wembley vs Ealing, 53no Hertfordshire vs Cumberland
Bowling Style: Opening Bowler trying to combine accuracy and away swing
 
Best Bowling: 9-27 Wembley vs Chingford, 8-15 Surrey II vs Kent II
Representative Cricket: Middlesex County League XI,  Hertfordshire League XI, Club Cricket Conference tour to Australia and New Zealand 1983
Music: Allsorts including Elton John, Barry White, Bee Gees, The Temptations, Luther Vandross, Mike and the Mechanics, Queen plus numerous other individual songs by almost anyone
Food: Love fine dining and good wine
Travel: Lucky enough to have been all over the world - both playing cricket and on holidays.
 
Best Cricketing Moment(s): Difficult to pick favourites but a hat trick on my debut for Surrey IIs against Sussex was fantastic but then ruined by rupturing ankle ligaments during celebrations - injured for 3 months.  Then invited onto Test Match special by Ralph Deller to talk about it during the tea interval of the Lords Test match.
Being part of the first Minor Counties side to beat first class opposition(Derbyshire) by means of a bowl out.  Probably worth noting that I was not trusted to hit the unprotected stumps by our Captain so did not actually get to bowl a ball.  I was in good company though because Devon Malcolm was also not trusted by Derbyshire.

I could describe many other highlights of quite a long career but overall the best memories of cricket are the great friends I have made and continue to make.
Worst Cricketing Moment(s)/Funny Stories Fielding for Surrey in front of the pavilion at the Oval in the final of the national U25 knockout trophy.  Middlesex required 6 of the last over to win.  Second ball was hit to me at long off - straight to me - not too hard - long barrier - straight through me for 4.  Fortunately Middlesex then self destructed with three runouts chasing the last two runs for victory and we won by one run.
Anything Else Have really enjoyed joining Bideford CC and am delighted to be asked to Captain the side for the 2009 season. 
 
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Pete Waterman bowling against Somerset
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