LISTEN: ‘Special days are best memories’ says Guernsey Cricket's Top 100 No. 1 Frith
A HUMBLE Jeremy Frith was somewhat surprised when the Guernsey Press briefly interrupted his holiday visiting relatives in England to inform him that he came out on top in our countdown of Guernsey Cricket’s Top 100.
After a quick ‘thank you’, he added: ‘I am very proud to be considered among such illustrious people and to have made some sort of contribution to Guernsey cricket.’
Over a 13-year playing career for the Island side which amounted to 66 appearances in inter-insulars and across ICC competition, all-rounder Frith scored a total of 2640 runs including six centuries at an average of 52.80 and claimed 105 wickets at 16.64 apiece.
However, in looking back on all he achieved, he emphasised that it was the memories rather than the statistics from his playing days that he will treasure.
‘The best moments for me have been the reactions of other people,’ said Frith before breaking into laughter when recollecting his man-of-the-match performance at Grainville when Guernsey ended their barren run of 10 years without inter-insular victory and he was quoted afterwards saying ‘we played the game, not the occasion – now we are going to enjoy the occasion’.
Nineteen years on he reflected: ‘In 2002 seeing people go over to Jersey on boats for the inter-insular and just to play a part in helping them have a great day out is one of my best memories.
‘What a special day that was – I remember Ami [Banerjee] and I got a partnership going then Stu [Le Prevost] came in and smacked it around – and to see how many people had a good day out on the back of what we did playing that game brought me great enjoyment.
‘Those are the moments you remember, when you see people really happy because of what the team have achieved.’
