Phil Atherton
Right hand bat; right arm leg spinner; mid forties.
 

Supporter of physio-managed, perennial relegation-scrappers Tranmere Rovers, who were recently destroyed 3-0 by Gus Poyet’s unstoppable footballing machine.  So far, Phil has been unavailable for comment on this performance
 
However, Phil does have redeeming features.  A genuinely engaging character and great conversationalist, Phil is happy to wax lyrical in the bar after games on any manner of subjects, predominantly his batting average which he knows off by heart to the 9th decimal point
 
Phil is a canny leg-spin bowler and useful lower order batsman (with a good average)
 
Phil once bowled a delivery so slowly that it entered a time and space vortex on the way down and is due to arrive at the batsman sometime in the year 2015.  Father of Patrick Atherton