A gentleman and a Scollay


The man!
By Kimmy
March 7 2012

Kimmy Interviews Tom Scollay about the important things in life in the A to Z format.... Great answers Tom, thanks for your time....

A = Achievement.....What is your greatest achievement to date?

Making my List-A debut at Lord's last year

B = Book.....What was the last book you read?

Justin langer....Keeping my head

C = Cartoon character.....What is your favourite cartoon character?

Tin Tin was my favourite when I was younger

D = Drive.....What was your first car and what is your current car?

First was a 1984 Volvo 740 GLE, Don't currently have a car

E = Education.....What was the highest level of exams passed?

A Masters Degree in Advanced Bio-Physics from Oxford - apart from that it's my year 12 high school certificate!!

F = Funny.....What the funniest 'sledge' you've heard?

Andrew Flinoff to Tino Best....look it up on YouTube......"Mind the windows Tino'

G = Gourmet.....Can you cook and what's your favourite meal?

I love cooking & my favourite meal is a BBQ (Chops, steak, sausages on a BBQ in the summer...nothing better)

H = Hero.....Who's your hero (doesn't have to be cricket)

Mark Waugh was when I was growing up & started to love cricket, don't really have one now

I = Injury.....What's the worst injury you've had and the worst you've ever seen on a cricket field?

I haven't had a bad injury yet (touch wood), and the worst I've seen is Steve Waugh & Jason Gillespie playing for Australia in early 2000s, both tried to catch a high ball & ran into each other & ended up in hospital

J = Japanese.....Can you speak any other languages?

I can count to 10 in 4 languages if that counts?....English, Japanese, French & Italian but apart from hello, goodbye & thank you that's about all I can say

K = Kerfuffle.....What's your favourite word/phrase at the moment?

Doog (means mate, pal, bro etc)

L = Lottery.....Do you play the National Lottery? Have you won anything? What would you buy with £5m?

Nah I dont play the lottery very often. I would buy myself a place & a car then give my mother & twin brother some money then invest the rest

M = Middlesex.....Who's your best team mate?

I get along well with the other young blokes Sam Robson, Dan Housego, Adam London & Josh Davey. They don't offer much in the way of banter, so I have to cover for them in that area

N = Nandos.....What's your favourite restaurant? 

I love Nandos but love going to any Tapas restaurant

O = Occupation.....If you didn't play cricket what would your job be?

DJ in Europe somewhere 

P = Pop Music.....Favourite band/singer:? Best gig you ever went to? 

Kings of Leon for something chilled but I love to throw some shapes on the dancefloor so anything with a good beat

Q = Quiet.....Where do you go for a bit of peace and quiet and what do you do to unwind?

The Beach (when I'm in Australia) or my room with all the episodes of Entourage to watch on my laptop

R = Rhubarb and Custard.....Do you have a sweet tooth, what's your favourite?

Yes!! I love sherbert! Or a good cheesecake or lemon tart

S = Suitcase.....Where is your favourite holiday destination and why?

South East coast of Australia a place called Bermagui. My families place is 2 mins walk from the beach, the weather is lovely & great fishing

T = Tottenham Hotspur.....What football team do you follow?

I am a mad passionate football supporter........Australian Rules football!! Collingwood Magpies (2010 champions & likely to do it again this year- the Manchester United of AFL)

U = Undercoat.....Are you any good at DIY? Any disasters?

Terrible! My twin brother is an electrician & always been much better at fixing things around the house than I have so I learned to leave it all to him

V = Venue.....Apart from Lord's which is your favourite cricket ground and why?

MCG. Atmosphere during a Boxing Day Test is amazing

W = Wicket.....What is your personal favourite cricket moment?

2005 Ashes series.....every Test was action packed & went down to the wire

X = Xylophone.....Do you play any instruments?

My mother made me learn the guitar when I was younger but I hated practicing & aways wanted to be running around outside so never stuck with it....really wish I had now!!

Y = Yesterday.....If you could replay any day (or moment) in your life, which one would it be?

None! Don't have any regrets I am happy where I am & what I've done.

Z = Zodiac.....What star sign are you and do you read your horoscope?

Star sign is Sagittarius but I barely ever read my star sign

A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: Middlesex till we die (IP Logged)
Date: 07/03/2012 20:40

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012:03:17:15:11:38 by BeefyRoberts.

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: chunkyinargyll (IP Logged)
Date: 07/03/2012 21:27

Well done Kimmy- asking the questions Derek Pringle wouldn't.

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: BarmierKev (IP Logged)
Date: 07/03/2012 22:11

Good read. We hope to get a few more over the season if Kimmy can literally pin them down.

Barmy Kev
I'm only here for the tele

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: kimmy (IP Logged)
Date: 07/03/2012 23:16

Oh yes!! They are in the pipeline already!
I think the team 'like' to do this type of thing for us?

I tweeted this link to Tom and he relied he hoped his answers were ok?

He is such a sweetie!!

Kimmy

Always look on the bright side of life... de dum de dum de dum de dum dum

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: Jonathan Winsky (IP Logged)
Date: 08/03/2012 00:46

I enjoyed reading this, and I look forward to other players participating.

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: BeefyRoberts (IP Logged)
Date: 08/03/2012 15:53

Nice one Kimmy,gives an insight of what our team like and dislike.
Always a good read,look forward to the next instalment,could try same with a steward or memeber of staff as well?

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: The Diamond ruled ok (IP Logged)
Date: 16/03/2012 22:38

Good work Tom/Kimmy,very enjoyable read.

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: middle_luke (IP Logged)
Date: 24/03/2012 10:33

Interesting to note that Scollay was skipper for the match @ Beckenham yesterday. Struck me as odd given that apparently more senior players were in the team (I think Dexter was playing, Malan certainly was).

Obviously Dex and Rogers are 1/2 as county captains at the moment but do we read into this that Scollay is the preferred option as next in line for the captaincy?

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: chunkyinargyll (IP Logged)
Date: 24/03/2012 10:35

He captained the seconds for most of last season. The year before it was Dan Housego, so I wouldn't read much into it!

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: middle_luke (IP Logged)
Date: 24/03/2012 10:41

Just seems odd that Dexter played (and appears as skipper on the website) but wasn't captain, thats all. Would understand it if none of Dex/Rogers/Malan were playing...

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: chunkyinargyll (IP Logged)
Date: 24/03/2012 10:48

Player development, I guess. They clearly feel Tom has some captaincy potential, but as a young 2nd eleven player the first thing he needs to do is to force his way into the first team. I don't know if having to think about the needs of others in exactly the same situation (eg Davey, London, Rossington etc) is a good thing or not. The days of having an old hand to captain the kids in the seconds seems to be a thing of the past.

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: middle_luke (IP Logged)
Date: 24/03/2012 11:44

Mmmm....but with the arrival of Denly, it doesnt look like the youngsters will get that much of a go this year, as all four of the players you mentioned have the following in front of them in the pecking order at the moment:

Strauss (significant availability this summer)
Morgan (never know....)
Rogers
Denly
Robbo
Rogers
Malan
Simmo (ahead of Rossington)
Dexter
Stirling (perhaps)
Berg
Newman (when back from Kent)

So that makes 12 people for, probably, 7 slots in the team. Ok, in the early part of the season, it's 9 but even then it's hard to see where these players are likely to get much first team cricket. Indeed, later in the season when Strauss/Newman and possibly Morgan are available, I can't even see who would drop out of the side to make way for them - Denly and Dexter probably based on last season's form but who knows who will be in or out of form by then???!!!

Re: A gentleman and a Scollay
Posted by: Jonathan Winsky (IP Logged)
Date: 24/03/2012 12:51

I am fairly sure that Neil Dexter was captain for yesterday's match at Beckenham, although Tom Scollay is indeed captain for today's match at Ealing.


I have long been uncertain of Scollay's place in our batting pecking order, although if can score lots of runs for the 2nd XI and for Eastcote, then he would surely become closer to the first-team. He seems to be on the fringes of the one-day side, although I guess there are lots of batsmen ahead of him in the County Championship pecking order.

I wish him all the best in 2012.

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