Club Status: Workhorse

No of years at club - 6

Claim to fame - The ability to drink 4 cans after a game before he is changed. Being late.

Nicknames - Aldo, The Angry Farmer, Tony Martin, Boris Becker Head, Waldo, Charlie Dimmock Hair, Unlucky Alf, Oompa Loompa, Jerry the Berry, Aussie Rules Aldo.

Favourite sayings - "I was down the garden"


Aldo is a legend. Joined us from Easington for the 2001 season, and has provided us with 6 rich years of wholehearted seam bowling, vicious slogging and an almost infinite number of stories.

Famed for his "Sunday Morning Episode" prior to a 3rd team game. Episodes vary from time to time, but all result in him being late for games, and none are ever his fault.

In his 6 seasons at the club Aldo has

- Eaten a live caterpillar in order to win a pint.
- Eaten a bag full of hot homegrown chillies in order to win a pint
- Sustained chest injuries after allowing someone do do an Evel Kneivel over him on a BMX. In order to win a pint.
- Berated the mid-off fielder for nicking his bowling marker, when he had actually trodden on it & it was stuck to his spikes. No pints involved.
- Walked naked around the club for a laugh. Not for a pint, but probably due to about 15 of them.
- Bitten a chunk of a woman's hair off. For a laugh.

And that is just scratching the surface of Aldo.

Plugs away endlessly for the 3rds, fuelled by the latest cheap energy drink he has bought and keeps on the boundary. If it is hot, bowls with just his sleeveless jumper on. Tries to hit every ball he receives into the next timezone. Connects with about 2% of them. Is subject to a regular sweep amongst the lads about how many balls his innings will last. Fond of 5 wicket hauls in Cup Finals & he took a hat-trick for the 2nds last year.

Was married just after the end of the 2005 season & claims to be a changed man. Now turns up on time. He must have joined a religious cult or something.