Ewen Chatfield
Cricketer
July 3, 1950 -
I know, it seems like sacrilege that the photo I have posted of "Charlie Chats" is one of him sans moustache.
No-one rocked the mo' quite like the Naenae Express (funny name considering he wasn't really fast) in the 1980s.
And no-one could have played a better straight man to Richard Hadlee's rock star. He trundled in, day after day, doing the shit work while Paddles took all the glory.
Ewen Chatfield was a very good bowler. He played 43 tests, claiming 123 wickets at the decent average of 32.17.
But we loved him because he seemed like a bloody good, ordinary bloke. Read this line from his Wikipedia profile:
"Since retiring from first-class cricket, Chatfield has had a variety of jobs. He coached the Hutt Valley association until they merged with Wellington, worked in a chip shop, was a courier and drove a van for a dairy. He also mowed lawns, and as of 2009 works as a taxi driver in Wellington."
Marvellous.
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