Player Profile for Wylie McKinty
| Name: |
Wylie McKinty |
| Age: | 40 |
| Nickname: | The Master |
| Batsman/Bowler/All-rounder: | Batsman |
| Other teams played for: | Cliftonville |
| Debut (Date and Opposition): | Drumaness 1sts (1980) - Larne only had 10 men and I was watching and was asked to play. Batted 11 and was second highest score with 7 no. |
| Highest Score: | 90 v Millpark, 1984 |
| Best Bowling: | 4-57 Victoria, 1990 |
| Favourite Opposition: | Millpark - hardly ever failed to score runs against them |
| Least Favourite Opposition: | Ards |
| Favourite Ground(s): | Millpark - lovely small boundaries. Dundrum - as long as it is in July or August |
| Least Favourite Ground(s): | Any pitch at Mallusk |
| Career Highlight: | Winning Section 4 in 1991 |
| Career Low Point: | Losing to Lurgan 2nds in Junior Cup Semi-final in 1993 and then losing the league in the last match when I was away on holiday. |
| Best Player you played with: | Rodney Newell (early days) and Peter Reeves |
| Best Player you played against: | David Napier (we could never get him out) |
| How did you first get interested in cricket? | Craigyhill Test Matches - Churchill Road v Shanlea Drive (and watching on TV) |
| Who have been the major influences on your career to date? | Joe Moore / Liam McAllister / Michael Waterman / Ron Bacardi |
| Favourite Food: | Potato pasties from the Station Road chippy (or a burger from any chippy) |
| Favourite Drink: | Bacardi and Coke (Diet) |
| What was the most memorable match you have played in? | Cooke Collegians 234-2 (D Christie 124*) lost to Larne 235-7 (S Gorman 104*) Larne won by 3 wickets |
| What was the funniest thing you have seen in a cricket match? | The Sheik (Liam McAllister) falling over at mid on trying to take a catch and knocking himself out. Nigel Jamison then kicking him and telling him to get up. Esler Burke sending Clive Glass off in a match for missing a catch. Plus numerous others …… |
| What ambitions have you in cricket? | To be the first player to play for 5 Larne teams. |
| What do you think of the current Larne side? | This could be the best team to ever play for Larne. |
| Name your all time Larne XI: | 1. D. McKinley |