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Past Greats

Charlie Barber

Charlie 'Ali' Barber represented HCC during the late 80's and early 90's, and will be forever immortalised in Hanslope folklore by his infamous league debut, where he was affectionately re christened  'Ali Baba and his forty wides'. Nonetheless such was the dearth of spin-bowling during that period, Charlie was a regular member of both the league and friendly sides. At best his off-spin bowling was "tidy", at worst "experimental". Bowling a slow, slow, quick, quick slow, nagging length he provided a more than useful distraction to the ubiquitous Hanslope seam attack. When Charlie was bowling however, it became customary for Captains to punish disobedience by banishing players to the deep square leg boundary or  use it as opportunity to assess the fielding capabilities of some young debutant. A handy low order batsmen and consistent fielder, Charlie epitomised the whole hearted team player, providing on his day genuine all round match winning performances. A terrific post match raconteur, he will be fondly remembered as the man who once  threatened to play his violin before, during and after matches. By "The Colonel"

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