Cambridge University Lacrosse Club

Chris Smith
St. John's
2nd Year PhD

A defector from the scums. Chris has been in almost every position, and can also play pretty much anywhere on a lacrosse pitch. Needs to remember not to shout "Come on Oxford!" when playing for us...

James Dods
Corpus Christi
3rd Year PhD

Having realised that Australia's sporting culture left much to be desired, Dodsy decided to move to the UK to further develop his game. The cold weather hasn't necessarily agreed with him, and so in an attempt to keep warm he has cultivated some immense facial hair. The rest of the squad can only aspire to such achievements.

Chris Jones
Jesus
2nd year

Chris is currently revising his "Defenders don't have to run" philosophy, as he has discovered that meandering up the pitch and taking long-pole potshots from the restrainer is quite fun. Good defender; silly photo.

Ben McNamee
St. John's
3rd Year

Ben is possibly the smallest d-man in the south of England, but he makes up for it with aggression. Famous for his "semi-professional" trips, dubious kicks when clearing and flying glasses lenses.

Nick Clemons
Wolfson
Post-Doctoral Fellow

Clemo is another antipodean who started in season 2004-05, transferring his long-pole skills learnt down south to play short-stick middie. He likes to use his size to push his way through his opponents when he can't be bothered running. Clemo is not afraid to score a goal either, a skill that proved invaluable in the Flag's final where his 3 goals in as many minutes blew the opposition away after a tight first half.

Mike Dodson
Queens'
Diploma/MPhil

Mike loved us so much last year, he decided to come back. Having spent much of last year in the attacking half of the pitch, Mike has since realised that the true majesty of lacrosse lies in the sacred art of defending. Armed with his new D-pole, he can now hit people people from twice as far away. This means far less movement is required, allowing more time for pondering questions such as "what's the meaning of life?" and "what's for dinner?"

Jack Gillet
Trinity
4th Year

Will Hoult
Queens'
3rd Year PhD

Groundskeeper Willy always makes an impression in matches, a habit he continues by attempting to fertilise changing room toilets and the lawns of Oxford colleges. A personal acquaintance with the John's head porter and the dean of New College Will is always keen to share his love for lacrosse in the only way he knows.

Andy Jones
Fitzwilliam
4th Year

Smoooove is an up-and-coming player. Lists his interests as "drinking his own bodyweight", presumably in cherry cola. Worryingly has been heard to say "Lets go wash our sticks together" to Jacko.

Dave Knowles
St. John's
4th Year

Dave's first experience of this beautiful game was being roped into playing goalie for the second team varsity match two years ago. Afterwards Dave decided he had too many nerve endings to be a goalie despite conceding a lot more goals than he saved, and that he would try his hand on field. He's been hanging around ever since.

Jotham Steed
Town

Our community involvement officer from APU. Having got a BA in "Reading without moving your lips" he stayed on for an easier Masters in Management. Nicknamed "Tigger" by teammates, he has plenty of enthuiasm both on and off the pitch, including for a sizable proportion of the female boaties on the cam...

Meng Wang
Selwyn
1st Year PhD

Feared and respected within the squad for his fearsome temper, iron stomach and ribald jokes. Meng the Merciless loves nothing better than crushing the scums.

Alexander Scanlon

MPhil

Patrick Hall
Town

Alex Walker
Selwyn
1st Year

Jamie Shaw Stewart
Pembroke
3rd Year

Alan Bowe
Emmanuel
3rd Year

Albo crossed over to Lacrosse because Under 21s rugby was a bit soft. A tough cookie on the pitch, he doesn't let things like broken bones stop him until he passes out with pain. Once we teach him how to recognise his team from the opponants he'll be lethal.

Riley Newman
Trinity Hall
MPhil

An experienced player from the US and A, Riley possesses something never seen before in the history of Cambridge lacrosse; a decent left hand. Some players fearful of this sinister trickery, like Perseus, have taken to looking at him only in a mirror, so as to prevent confusion. In the mean time, Riley doesn't consider his work completed until his goal tally is in double figures and he's put a couple in behind his back.

Dave Haines
Queens'
MPhil

A US Marine, Dave is the only person on the team who can make Aviator sunglasses look good, whatever Jack might state to the contrary. Spending most of his time playing on crease, Dave appears mostly to be running round in circles like a headless chicken. Don't be fooled, it's all a ploy to lull the defence into a false sense of security.

Suneel Bhat
St. John's
MPhil

Deemed the 'Evil B&$tard' by the team for his attempts to shape things up. Generally can be found on the sidelines jumping up and down, flailing his arms around, and screaming with no one listening to him.