Nomadic Profile: Iain Gilhespy

BACKWORTH Boy turned Crafty Cockney, Gilly is reknowned amongst fellow Nomads for his excessive fastidiousness. Reputedly a stunt double for Colin Farrell, he swapped the backwaters of North Tyneside for the bright lights of the big city and is now appearing complete with wheelchair for Battersea Ironsides 2nd team.

Gilhespy is a veteran of ten Nomads tours and is still carrying the ball faster than he delivers it, so much so that many Nomads believe he actually passes it in his follow through. Indeed he undoubtedly produced one of the most memorable Nomadic performances of all time when bowling to a United Arab Emirates international at Hornsea in 2000 where legend has it there are still damaged tiles on the pavilion roof. Although Dizzy is known in Nomadic circles as a 'bowler', he claims that due to recent injury worries he is now playing for the Ironsides as a specialist batsman however his statistics suggest otherwise.

His business card claims he is a Sales Executive for OK magazine when in fact he sells space in the personal columns of some of the less reputable tabloids. Often, I am told, offering good discounts to fellow Nomads.