Role: Right Handed Middle Order Batsman and Fast Bowler
Nickname: IB & Drummond
Barbarians No: 1

Without a doubt IB is the most talented cricketer who the club have produced in the last 10-15 years. He is a genuine match winner with both bat and ball and is also an excellent all round fielder. As a batsman he scores runs extremely quickly all round the ground off both front and back foot and he is especially brutal against spin bowling.

As a swing bowler he bowls at genuine pace moving the ball away from right handers. He also has a good slower ball and delivers an excellent bouncer.

A scorer of big hundreds his stand out performances have been a brilliant 165 against Highgate in a Middlesex League game a few seasons ago and also a brilliant 125 against the MCC during our Centenary celebrations in 2008.His best bowling figures for the Borough was 8-72.

In 2012 he had a decent season with the bat averaging just under 30 with three 50s but it was with the ball that he really stood out. He took the most wickets at the club (37) and recorded two 5-wicket hauls including an outstanding 6-46 at Crouch End in July.

As well as representing Bessborough, IB played for Middlesex junior sides as well as the Middlesex Young Cricketers. IB also lived in Tasmania and had 3 seasons playing for Kingborough in Tasmania.

HONOURS

First Eleven Player of the Year: 2007, 2010, 2011
Sunday First Eleven Player of the Year: 2010
Batsman of the Year: 2000, 2005, 2011
Bowler of the Year: 2006
Twenty20 Player of the Year: 2011
Most Improved Player of the Year: 2000
Richard Harrison Cup: 2001

Role: Right Handed Middle Order Batsman
Nickname: Geezer, Spalding, George
Barbarians No: 7

Geezer even in his early 40s is still one of the most important players at the club both on and off the field. He does so much work behind the scenes which a lot of club members don’t realise.

He had a brilliant season in 2012 scoring a highly impressive 626 runs at 28.45. He struck four 50s and only Phil Bush scored more runs than him in 2012.

As a Junior he played in the same side as former England batsman Mark Ramprakash and has stayed with the club he joined in the late 1970s.

He is a hard hitting middle order batsman that hits the ball all around the ground. He is brutal against all types of bowling but is particularly savage against spin bowling. He is the best sweepers of a ball at the club, he is able to play all manner of sweep shots hitting the ball all around the leg side.

He has scored 15 centuries for the Borough over the years including a Twenty20 hundred in a Mayor of Harrow game at Pinner coming in at number 5.

As a bowler he started off as a canny off break bowler but his greatest success was as a medium pace seamer for the first and second elevens. Always bowling full and straight, Geezer always concurred with the saying ‘they miss and you hit’. He has plenty of variation and has been a regular wicket taker. Due a shoulder injury which has worsened in recent seasons, Geezer decided to retire from bowling in 2012.

Geezer is still an excellent fielder with a brilliant pair of hands and before a shoulder injury he had one of the longest arms that the club has seen. 

HONOURS

First Eleven Player of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2005
Bowler of the Year: 2003, 2004, 2005
The Robbie Cup Award: 2006

Role: Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Nickname: Chav, JayDog
Barbarians No: 69

Jay was a revelation in 2011 when he finally emerged from his brother’s shadow and put in some exceptional performances with the ball leading the Second Eleven attack on Saturday’s and the First Eleven on Sundays. He rightly won the Most Improved Player for the club in 2011.

Jay is a swing bowler who bowls with great control and often does an excellent holding job without always getting the wickets that he deserves. He is also a brilliant Twenty20 bowler who is exceptional at bowling at the end of innings.

In 2012, JayDog's performances carried on where he had left off in the previous season picking up 26 wickets at an average of 19.54. The highlight was a 5 wicket haul against South Hampstead 2nds in August.

Chav is a very underrated batsman who very often has to bat at the business end and he does hit a long ball and he is also an excellent fielder. He scored an excellent 50 on tour at Lydney in 2012 which helped set up a close win.

He is a great character off the field due to his comedy and camp dress sense. He is also an excellent cameraman who takes some great photos which appear on this site. 

HONOURS

Most Improved Player of the Year: 2011

Role: Right Handed Middle Order Batsman and Leg Break Bowler
Nickname: Ed and The Bear
Barbarians No: 20

Ed is a former Second Team captain and current club treasurer who has been at the club for over 10 years now after moving down from Yorkshire. He is also current vice-captain of the Barbarians Twenty20 team. He is a very popular member of the Borough and a big character on the field and in the bar.

In recent seasons Ed has dropped down into the middle order after spending the majority of his early Bessborough career as an opening batsman, although he still bats at the top of the order in Twenty20 cricket. He is an excellent accumulator of runs. Ed is very comfortable against spin bowling in which he loves to sweep and use his feet.

Ed is also a more than handy leg break bowler who has picked up many wickets in his career including a 7-80 against South Hampstead a few seasons ago. What Ed lacks in control he makes up with the amount of turn he gets.

HONOURS

The Captains' Award: 2003, 2012
Robbie Cup Award: 2005, 2009

Role: Right Arm Fast-Medium Bowler
Nickname: Niv
Barbarians No: 17

Niv is another one of our talented young seam bowlers who is expected to lead the club onto bigger and better things in the coming seasons.

As well as being regular in our first eleven on Saturday's, for 2013 Niv has been appointed as Sunday Captain, his first senior role at the club.

He is an aggressive attacking swing bowler who has come on leaps and bounds in recent seasons. Niv has often performed the role as a death bowler and he has an excellent slower ball.

As a batsman,Niv is also very talented, but in recent seasons he has found himself slipping lower down the order and although he has not had many opportunities recently, he has still lots of ability and is awaiting the opportunity to score runs.

Off the field,Niv is a great crack and he is the only Borough player ever to bowl wearing a pink alice band.

Role: Right Handed Top Order Batsman & Off Break Bowler.
Nickname: Rambo
Barbarians No: 3

Ramesh made his Bessborough debut in 2011 after joining the club after being introduced by Nathan Theebaraj. He is an excellent top order batsman who is a very powerful striker of the ball. He had a good first season at the Borough scoring 367 runs including two 50s and a memorable 103 not out v Wembley in July.

In 2012 he continued to show his class scoring 342 runs and struck his second century for the club in a brilliant 105 against Crouch End.

He is also is a capable off break bowler and excellent slip fielder.

Role: Right Handed Top Order Batsman
Nickname: Tharsh

The son of our Colts Chairman, Raj. Tharshan is a very talented high order bat who has matured in recent seasons and has started to put the scores on the board that everybody knew he was capable of. He has been a key player in our junior sides in the past and has started show his class.

Tharsh is a very gifted high order batsman who loves to take his time at the middle. He is for all purposes, a classic number 3 batsman. If the ball is moving around early on he is quite happy to see the bowling off and score once he gets in or if the bowling is a little loose he will go on the attack. In his first 2 knocks in 2012, he scored 79 v Harrow Town 2s and 67 v Enfield 2s and was quickly promoted to our first eleven.

He is also a handy spin bowler who used to bowl leg breaks but has now bowled off spin. He is also an excellent fielder whether in close or in the outfield.

Role: Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Nickname: Mit & Black Socks

Mit is another product of our excellent junior system and he has become a vital member of our senior sides since 2011.

Everybody at the club is sure that Mit will develop into a fine allrounder in the coming seasons but his main role currently is with the ball.

Mit is an excellent off spin bowler who bowls big spinning off break and a clever arm ball. He is also not afraid to give the ball some air when needed and he doesn't get intimidated if a batsman tries to get after him.

After showing much promise in 2010, it was one year later that was his breakthrough with his performances seeing him win the senior bowler of the year award.

In 2012 he had another great season seeing him alternate between the first and second elevens. He still managed to pick up 28 victims with only IB and Chilli getting more dismissals. 

Role: Right Handed Opening Batsman
Nickname: Wheels
Barbarians No: 16

A gritty top order batsman who usually plays in 2nd's and 3rd's on Saturday’s. During recent seasons he has started to bowl leg spin which he gave up in his early teens. Wheels also formed and runs our midweek twenty20 Friendly side the ' Bessborough Barbarians'.

He had an excellent 2012 season averaging over 40 in weekend cricket and with only a run of poor scores in Twenty20 cricket bringing his average below 30. In his final knock of the season he carried his bat scoring his second senior hundred with an innings of 105 not out against Bessborough Colts.

Wheels is predominately a front foot player who is very strong between point and extra cover. He loves to use his feet to all types of bowling and against spinners he looks to sweep or go inside out over the covers.

In July 2002 Wheels scored a magnificent 143 against North Middlesex 3rd team as our thirds chased 350+ to win a MCCL league game. He lists this as his top achievement along with with winning eight Middlesex trophies between 1991 and 1998 with our junior sides.

His best cricket experience was playing with eight members of the 2005 Australia touring side. Wheels batted with Simon Katich making four. He also kept wicket to Brett Lee, Michael Kasporwicz, Glenn McGrath and his idol Shane Warne.

He also played at Lords in 2011 representing his work team - Sky Sports Football Department against a NPower Select XI. He scored a brisky 19 in a comfortable win.

HONOURS

 Robbie Cup Award 2007

Role: Right Handed Middle Order Batsman & Wicket-keeper
Nickname: Whitto
Barbarians No: 79

Wayne joined the Borough before the start of the 2008 season after moving from Lydney in Gloucestershire to Hertfordshire to live with his wife Vicky. Whitto had been a regular in the Lydney first team and played against us for many years during the Borough’s infamous tours of Wales and the West Country.

A classical batsman, Wayne has adjusted well to his new role in the middle order since joining in 2008. At Lydney he was used mainly as an opening batsman, but the Borough required him to fill a gap in a sometime fragile middle order. He is a very good player of fast bowling and he is very capable of working the spinners into gaps, he scored a match winning hundred at Wycombe House in his debut season, a result that effectively ended our relegation worries. It was a knock of pure skill and concentration.

As a keeper, Whitto is one of the best in the League and certainly one of the best keepers that the club has had in recent memory. He excels standing up and has taken some extraordinary stumpings down the legside of some of our medium pacers.