Richmond City Cricket Club Player Profiles

Andrew Povh

Nickname: Povy.

Cricket Honours: 4ths Team Champion.

Occupation: None.

Car: Daewoo Lanos, Honda Civic & Nissan Skyline.

Favourite Food: Pies.

Favourite Drink: Coke.

Hobbies: Dancing on podiums and stripping.

Favourite Book: Can't read.

Favourite CD: Don’t own any.

Favourite Singer/Group: Depends what mood I am in.

Favourite TV Show: WWF Raw, Seinfeld and The Simpson’s.

Favourite Movie: Too many to name.

Other Sports Played: Basketball and Golf.

Most Admired Cricketer: Don’t have one.

Biggest Disappointment: Losing 2 Grand Finals.

Biggest Thrill: Telling Courtney Walsh I was better that Jon Lewis.

Most Memorable Match: Every game I play is memorable.

Your Hero: The Rock.

Which team-mate makes you laugh and why?:  Benn & Brett Haintz, they are crazy sometimes.

In your dream round of golf which 3 people would you play with?: Ben Brown, Tuong Tram & Michael Jordan.

Best Cricketer you have played with?: Les Quarrell.

Con Papageorgiou

Nickname: Omega Man.

Cricket Honours:    6 Senior Turf Premierships.

                                       1 A Grade Turf Premiership.

                                       E.S.C.A Representative Wicketkeeper.

                                       Member R.C.C.C First XI Dream Team.

                                       First XI Captain 1 Year.

                                       Most games played for R.C.C.C

Occupation: Chartered Accountant.

Car: Mazda 626 Hatchback.

Favourite Food: Tortellini Calabrese.

Favourite Drink: Cascade Beer.

Hobbies: Watching most sports Spending time with my wife Vicki and the kids.

Favourite Book: Death of a Salesman and Greek Style Weekly.

Favourite CD: Bardot.

Favourite Singer/Group: Kylie Minogue.

Favourite TV Show: Spin City / Family Ties.

Favourite Movie: Top Gun/Gladiator.

Other Sports Played: Football.

Most Admired Cricketer: Tim Zoeher.

Biggest Disappointment: Anytime R.C.C.C does not make the finals and go on to win the premiership.

Biggest Thrill: Birth of our three children.

Most Memorable Match: Semi final match against Canterbury when we were all but gone and Jeff Ferguson turned the match to win it with everyone watching along the boundary wall.

Your Hero: Peter McKenna (as a child) Steve Waugh (current)

Which team-mate makes you laugh and why?: Michael Whitling (Jacko) The only man who can bowl any number of overs straight without a break and tell you exactly his figures at the end  Also the best number eleven batsmen at the club.

In your dream round of golf which 3 people would you play with?: Elle McPherson, Elle McPherson look-a-like, and another Elle McPherson look-a-like.

Best Cricketer you have played with?: Les Quarrell / Max McColl.

Brendan Mooney

Nickname: Moon.

Cricket Honours: Won 3rds (or 4ths) batting average a million years ago. 

4^th’s premiership captain 1982/83. 

Life member.

Occupation: Manager Print & Bulk Mailing – ANZ Bank

Car: Ford

Favourite Food: Cold Beer

Favourite Drink: Cold Beer

Hobbies: Drinking Cold Beer

Favourite Book: The last one I read.

Favourite CD: AC/DC – Back in Black

Favourite Singer/Group: Anything except for Disco, Rap, Rave, Thrash etc

Favourite TV Show: The Game - ABC

Favourite Movie: The Shoreshank Redemption

Other Sports Played: Not any more

Most Admired Cricketer: Max McColl & Les Quarrell

Biggest Disappointment: Trying to communicate with knuckleheads who think they know it all on a cricket field.

Biggest Thrill: 98/99 Season - R.C.C.C 3rds: Watching Michael McColl (9 at the time) running out a opposition player with a direct hit.

Most Memorable Match: 4ths – 82/83 Grand Final

Your Hero: Anyone silly enough to wear their underpants on the outside of their strides.

Which team-mate makes you laugh and why?: Mark Stowell – Genuinely believes he can bowl.

In your dream round of golf which 3 people would you play with?: Pass. You play the round of golf. I’ll meet you in the 19^th.

Best Cricketer you have played with?: Max McColl (R.C.C.C), Adrien Evans (Yea R.S.L), Peter Brown (Canberra Workers club)

Morris Miccelli

Nickname: Morris Morris Who The #*@% is Morris!

Cricket Honours: Indoor: "The Professionals" winning 5 A-Grade comps in a row.
Outdoor: "Inside-out" winning D, C &B Grade comps in consecutive years.
114 n.o. R.C.C.C 4th XI 1996.

Occupation: Regional Sales Manager, Rocla Pipeline Products.

Car: Ford Falcon.

Favourite Food: Anything that had a heartbeat.

Favourite Drink: A bit partial to a gobbler now and again (Wild Turkey)

Hobbies: Watching and playing any sport any time.

Favourite Book: Lawman's - only when he's paying.

Favourite CD: Deep Purple - Machine Head.

Favourite Singer/Group: Tom Jones - very cool.

Favourite TV Show: X-Files, Drew Carey Show.

Favourite Movie: Happy Gilmore.

Other Sports Played: In the past: Rugby Union, Soccer, Basketball, Tennis, Golf
Current: Cricket and a bit of Golf.

Most Admired Cricketer: Steve Waugh.

Biggest Disappointment: Missing out on being picked for TWO 3rd XI finals campaigns at R.C.C.C.

Biggest Thrill: Soccer - scoring a goal from the halfway line.
Cricket - 114 N.O in 1996.
Paragliding off a 1400ft cliff in Bright.

Most Memorable Match: Playing Old Carey at their home ground and R.C.C.C taking the last 7 or so wickets for less than 30 runs to win by less than 10 runs.

Your Hero: Batman.

Which team-mate makes you laugh and why?: Mark Stowell - because he just does.

In your dream round of golf which 3 people would you play with?: Anyone I could beat.

Best Cricketer you have played with?: Rob Cunliffe - a prick of a bloke but pretty good with the bat.

Phil Lowrie

Nickname:  Fabulous, Laz

Cricket Honours:
80/81 Senior premiership Camberwell Cricket Club, Eastern Suburban Churches.
Under 21 Representative, Eastern Suburban Churches.
Double figures last year (three times I think)

Occupation:  Office Manager, Wool Exporter.

Car:   Subaru Impreza.

Favourite Food: Wife.

Favourite Drink: Carlton Cold, Aspro clear

Hobbies: Travel, Photography, Triathlons, The Vine.

Favourite Book: "You and Your Spatchcock", by Margaret Fulton. 

Favourite CD: 'Odyssey Number 5' Powderfinger

Favourite Singer/Group: John Mellencamp, John Farnham, Pavarotti, U2, Nana.

Favourite TV show: Fawlty Towers, any sport.

Favourite Movie: Mask, Pulp Fiction, Braveheart,, The Man With Two Brains and the first Naked Gun.

Other Sports Played: Football, Golf (hacker), Bungee jumping, running with bulls and surfing.

Most Admired Cricketer: Steve Waugh, Viv Richards, Hansie Cronje or Salim Malik (can't split 'em), D.K.Lillee, A.B

Biggest Disappointment: Not playing cricket between ages 26-34

Biggest Thrill:  - Top scoring in '80/81.
Jacko's Elephant Man, '99 Albury trip.

Most Memorable Match:  '81 flag.

Your Hero: Cathy Freeman.

Which team-mate makes you laugh and why?: Mark Stowell - just look at him.

In your dream round of golf which 3 people would you play with?: Elle, Grimace (from McDonald’s), Ian Baker Finch.

Best cricketer you have played with?: Les Quarrell (R.C.C.C.) and Craig James, deceased, (former team-mate) who was most gifted I’ve played with. 

Simon Lowrie

Nickname: Have many, Laz, Simple, C…..

Cricket Honours: Captaining 1st X1, E.S.C.A Rep team

Occupation: Bean Counter.

Car: 1987 Camry.

Favourite Food: VB.

Favourite Drink: VB.

Hobbies: VB and Golf.

Favourite Book: VB Valued Client Magazine.

Favourite CD: Don't have any, the old tapes, Oils, Dire Straits, Cold Chisel, Phil Collins, 

Favourite Singer/Group: as above.

Favourite TV Show: Spin City.

Favourite Movie: Man with Two Brains, Fletch.

Other Sports Played: Golf.

Most Admired Cricketer: Steve Waugh, Most admired played with - Les Quarrell & Michael Goldsmith.

Biggest Disappointment: 12th man in 1989/90 Premiership……ripped off.

Biggest Thrill: Hitting winning runs 1993/94? grand final…..(not sure about the year)

Most Memorable Match: As above and the 1st round the following year when Con & I repeated the dose to Mulgrave. On a personal note Nth Balwyn about 3 years ago 6 or 7 for 15 1st innings and 6 for 30 odd in the second.

Your Hero: Michael Kwasny.

Which team-mate makes you laugh and why?: Most do.

In your dream round of golf which 3 people would you play with?: Greg Norman, Steve Waugh & Michael Kwasny.

Best Cricketer you have played with?: Les Quarrell, Rob Cunliffe & Andrew Moore (Flash).

Michael Kwasny

Nickname: Kwas or Kwasa

Cricket Honours: Played in a couple of premierships.

Occupation: Sporting & Community Liaison Officer for the Banyule City Council.

Car: Magna Executive Sedan.

Favourite Food: Italian

Favourite Drink: Beer, Scotch, Red Wine, White Wine and Water.

Hobbies: Movies (watching them, not staring in them) Music.

Favourite Book: BEATLES Anthology by the BEATLES.

Favourite CD: The White Album by the BEATLES.

Favourite Singer/Group: Frank Sinatra and the BEATLES.

Favourite TV Show: The BEATLES Cartoon Show.

Favourite Movie: A Hard Days Night & Help staring–the BEATLES.

Other Sports Played: Football, Basketball & Golf.

Most Admired Cricketer: Paul Rieffel and Warrick Todd.

Biggest Disappointment: Not meeting the BEATLES.

Biggest Thrill: Nearly meeting the BEATLES.

Most Memorable Match: All Premierships.

Your Hero/Heroes: The BEATLES.

Which team-mate makes you laugh and why?: Ringo, because he’s the funny one.

In your dream round of golf which 3 people would you play with?: John, Paul, George and Ringo as my caddie.

Best Cricketer you have played with?: Les Quarrell, Max McColl & Con Papa & the BEATLES.