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Name: Paul Clements
A.k.a: Clem, Leonard, Vi-Clem Solanki, Luminar
Lookalikes: Stefan Dennis
Best Batting: Hmm, good question
Best Bowling: Diito
Champagne Moment: Taking a great catch from a massive
steepler at Verulam Park against the Hollybush, hurling
the ball miles in the air and shouting "f*cking
get in there!"only to find that he was 15 yards
over the boundary when the catch was taken
Profile:
Nightclub tycoon-cum-70's love legend
Paul Clements is one of a rare breed in the Cavaliers;
an upper, and a leftie. When not entertaining the boss
of Ann Summers in his Tenerife Towers penthouse, he'll
be found on the golf course but, when press-ganged in
to it by the other uppers (who are Matt and Luke Goss
to Clem's Craig Logan) he's more than happy to do a
job for the 'Liers (sponsored by the 'Eppercorn). Much
of Vi-Clem's best work is done in the field, notably
an outrageously good slip catch against Harpenden a
couple of years back, and some excellent scampering
around the boundary in most other matches. Unfortunately,
the same boundary has witnessed one or two textbook
Clem moments, such as parrying a lofted drive over the
mid off boundary and in to a tree-house at the Ilford
Tour match of 2004, and the now infamous safe pouching
of a 6 so far beyond the boundary it was almost an 8.
Clem has been know to bowl slow left
arm when the over rate needs to be accellerated or when
the skipper wants to laugh the oppo in to submission.
But, it is on tour when Clem really comes in to his
own, using the Do You Know Who I Am? line to great effect
to secure free entry to some of England's finest nightclub,
including Elements in Bournemouth and the never-to-be-forgotten
Le Jardin in Yeovil.
PS
if you ever get the chance, ask Clem about the time
the sole of his shoe fell of while he was having dinner
with the aforementioned saucy lingerie and adult goods
purveyor. It's a classic.
- F Tant 06/2004
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