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Twenty questions with Tommy Waters

What’s your full name and what are you currently up to (this is your only chance to shamelessly plug yourself)

 Tom Waters. Trying to keep fit but generally not succeeding as I did in my early 20’s. Otherwise working and a young family take up the balance of the time.

2. You came out of the Highvale High School Sporting Academy, how much do you attribute that to your success at Glen Waverley Hawks and the man you became over the years?

Watching the stars of the years ahead of me gave some pointers of what to and what not to do. Within my year at school there was enough success to show that even with raw talent you had to work hard to succeed.

3. In these days of Internet Porn and Sony Playstations, do you think it's a lot harder for young cricketers to make it in the 'Big Time' who do not come out of such an Academy?

If you add to that the kids who are put off sport by the parents trying to relive their childhoods (or make some serious cash eg the Hewitt clan) I guess it does make it harder.

4. As the son of umpire Bobby Waters (a man who claims to have never made a bad decision) what is the best piece of cricket advice Bob ever gave you and what was the silliest?

Best – Stay relaxed and concentrate

Silliest – Telling me I don’t leave balls that were too wide. Not good advice when you are in the back yard and too wide meant leaving the ball go through to break a window.

5. Under the current incentives system, how many drinkcards do you think you would've staked claim to in your prime?

1 for a 100 in the 3rds.

6. What was your greatest moment you achieved as a Hawks cricketer?

Playing first game in the ones.

7. Who where the greatest players you saw at the club?

CJ for scaring opposition bats. Shawn Craig as an u/16. John and Justin Goddard & Mahns.

8. Whats the funniest thing you ever saw on the cricket field?

Shane Vanin getting a hat-trick in his first game for the club.

9. Who is the most famous person you have met?

B grades generally. John Landy (2nd person to break 4 minutes for the mile.) Matt Shirvington

10. If someone was going to play the part of Tommy Waters in a movie about your life story, who would it be?

An actor who was out of work and hard on his luck.

11 . Which player at the club (past or present) deserves a smack in the mouth and why?

Turtle for never letting anyone forget about his first 100 (12x6, 7x4)

12. Have you ever been arrested? If so why? No

13. Who are your best mates at the club?

Brooke, Vanin, Matty B & Turtle

14. As you aged and your eyesight declined (it happens to us all!!) you made the decision to bat in glasses – what is the closest you went to doing a Bobby Hawke? Prior to batting in glasses I copped a couple of top edges. Since I haven’t gone close.

15. If you won a million dollars what would be the first thing you spent it on? Buying a house

16. What is your biggest achievement off the field? Various running performances 17. Who would you least like to see naked? Any family member

18. Has Tommy Waters Ever

a. Signed an autograph? No

b. Owned a Billy Joel Cd? Think so

c. Prostituted himself for a free bed for the night. No

d. Been kicked out of a club? No

 e. Run a race against long distance running legend Tony Raffety? No. Have no idea who he is.

19. Name the three highlights and 3 lowlights of Tommy Waters’ life

a. Highlight

Getting Married

Birth of 1st son

Waiting for 2nd child to be born

 b. Lowlights

Losing A1 Grand Final Losing Under 16 grand Final Missing 800m final the Stawell Gift

20. Any chance of a comeback? Maybe when kids start playing cricket and I get laser eye surgery