PLAYER PROFILES

Download the new player profile template here and email back to Paul to upload.

It has been along time coming but here is your chance to provide us with your Player Profile.

Please download the template by clicking here. You will need to copy the table from the download and paste the info into a new word doc. Then complete and send it The Editor. It will then be posted to the site. We have photos of some people if you don’t have one. Woody will help provide your cricket details if you aren’t sad enough to remember them.

If you don’t do your own someone else might (in fact your own one might be edited a bit too!)

You can now read eighteen Player Profiles – click on the names, hopefully more will follow

Simon Barlow, Stephen Barlow, Paul Boulton, Steve Cracco, Dave Cronin, Roger Graham

Andy Hawken, Craig Irvine, Peter Kilvington, Bhavin Kotecha, Bob Lawrence, Gary Lee, Paul Miles

John Morewood, Tim Rogers, Richard Smith, Stuart Smith, Paul Symington, Simon Woodruff

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Name	Simon Barlow		Age			41
Nickname			Debut Season			1978
Best batting	20 v Syresham a long time ago
Best Bowling
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Scoring a 6 off Oxfordshire county bowler Sean Joyner in a Midweek match with a flashing cut (alright a top edge over the slip area).
Other Sports played/followed	Crystal Palace supporter, All round armchair sportsman
Occupation	Selling bits of Cranes
Top Band / music	Eighties, Any eight-piece band with decent horn section
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Tea	Sarnies/Cake		Cake	Batsman/Bowler		Neither
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Eyes	1sts/2nds		Whoever
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider		Villager
Position in club	Occasional Number Maker-upper
Strengths	Last minute availability, Competent scorer, good in a quiz team
Weaknesses	The crickety stuff frankly
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Postman Pat
Most likely to be heard saying	Sorry
Least likely to be heard saying	Anything of any value or relevance

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Name	Stephen Barlow		Age			44
Nickname	Barl, The Chair		Debut Season			1975
Best batting	67* v Deddington, 1983
Best Bowling	8-30 v Badby, 1981 (inc hat-trick)
Favourite BCC moment(s)	The run that took us to the 1998 Division One title.… PT going ballistic.
Other Sports played/followed	Hockey, football 5-a-side and supporting Banbury & Oxford, occasional shocking 28+ handicap golf
Occupation	Hockey Manager click here if you are really interested
Top Band / music	Jam, Clash, Blondie
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Bitter	Sarnies/Cake		Cake	Batsman/Bowler			Bowler
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Leg	1sts/2nds			1sts
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Away	Villager/Outsider			Villager
Position in club	Chair, Web editor, Elder Statesman, Historian
Strengths	Levelheadness
Weaknesses	Eyesight, front teeth, vertical left arm extension
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Steve Wright, Penfold
Most likely to be heard saying	Sorry TEAM! This the first time since 1992 that.. zzz
Least likely to be heard saying	That’s the third ball in the over that has spun

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Name	Paul Boulton		Age			36	Photo to follow
Nickname	Balti, Baltster		Debut Season			1994
Best batting	50 odd at Wootton, 1997
Best Bowling	Rabbits only
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Polly’s Sunday dinner time fart on tour at the Castle Hotel Llandovery
Other Sports played/followed	Golf & The Arsenal
Occupation	Electrical stuff and coffee
Top Band / music	Simple Minds & U2
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Bitter/Guinness	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Not a batsman
Footy/Golf	Golf	Leg/Breast		Bangers	1sts/2nds			2nds
Plough/Town	Plough.getting old now	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Villager
Position in club	Organising, dealing with Arthur, Maxine
Strengths	Love of big bangers, The Plough, surfing
Weaknesses	Midweek Captain, Events Organiser, Groundstaff, Opinionated ginger bloke
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Rik Mayall, Al Murray, Chris Evans
Most likely to be heard saying	Look at the bangers on that, just one more, far too early to go home yet..
Least likely to be heard saying	Sorry can’t play next week …shopping instead

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Name	Steve Cracco		Age			45	Photo to follow
Nickname	Sid, Sidney, Scoop		Debut Season			1977
Best batting	Awaiting details but it wasn’t quick
Best Bowling	Awaiting details
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Late finish (fading light) in a midweek match at Byfield. The current Chairman running away from the ball he was attempting to field
Other Sports played/followed	Most other Sports except hockey but mainly followed nowadays
Occupation	Self-Employed (now and again)
Top Band / music	Level42 / Simple Minds
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Yes	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Batsman
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Breast	1sts/2nds			Ex 1sts
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Away	Villager/Outsider			Villager
Position in club	Ex-everything, current Indoor captain, currently on loan to Sandford St Martin
Strengths	Keeping wicket intact (annoying opening bowlers),
Weaknesses	Keeping wicket intact (annoying team-mates), lure of Sandford
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Lounge Lizard Terry Venables
Most likely to be heard saying	How many more pints are we having before we go for the curry ? Sorry Roger
Least likely to be heard saying	Good line and length Phil

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Name	Dave Cronin		Age			27	Photo to follow
Nickname	Barbarian, Fridge, DC, Crona, Monster Munch, Thomas the Tank, Smeg ….. will update as new ones created weekly.		Debut Season			2001
Best batting	110* v Radway 2006
Best Bowling	7-20 v Syresham 2003
Favourite BCC moment(s)	The air-horn being set off in the early hours - Brighton 2003 tour. Cricket related – avoiding relegation in last match of 2004.
Other Sports played/followed	Football / Squash
Occupation	IT Helpdesk
Top Band / music	The Streets, Jack Johnson, Beth Orton
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Bowler (?)
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Not fussy	1sts/2nds			1sts
Plough/Town	Either	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Outsider
Position in club	1^st team regular. Making older players feel not so bad about their physique
Strengths	Big hitting (brought about by laziness.)
Weaknesses	Lungs off an old man with Bronchitis, Melon juice, Captaincy skills
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Johnny Vegas, Jan Molby
Most likely to be heard saying	Pass the melon / doughnuts ….
Least likely to be heard saying	I’ll be his runner

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Name	Roger Graham		Age			47
Nickname	Slogger		Debut Season			1989
Best batting	91 at Boddington, 1991
Best Bowling	Not applicable
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Left handed slip catch to clinch Division One Cup in 1991 and to give PZ a hat-trick
Other Sports played/followed	Dabbles with footy, hockey, rugby
Occupation	Something in the Courts
Top Band / music	The Wombles – ecologically sound “bundle up the rubbish and put it in de bin”
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Bitter (not much)	Sarnies/Cake		Both	Batsman/Bowler			Batsman
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Wishbone	1sts/2nds			1sts
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Neighbours	Villager/Outsider			Outsider
Position in club	Former 1st XI Captain, qualified coach
Strengths	Right foot. Left elbow
Weaknesses	Beer and curry mix
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Tintin
Most likely to be heard saying	When I was playing in Margate….
Least likely to be heard saying	Six pints and a vindaloo, count me in

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Name	Andy Hawken		Age			46
Nickname	Big Man, Big A		Debut Season			2002
Best batting	87 v Evenley A, 2005
Best Bowling	3 or 4 for something once
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Son Si `s 8 for 33 vs Flecknoe, Dave C 99 vs Warwick Uni, both in 2005
Other Sports played/followed	Badminton, Tennis , Football , Rugby , Golf
Occupation	Sales
Top Band / music	Listen to radio - oldies - Elvis and Monkees
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Bitter	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler		Batsman
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Have to ask wife	1sts/2nds		2nds
Plough/Town	Town	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider		Outsider
Position in club	Boundary Marker
Strengths	Producing players. Catching ball in armpit. Thrasher - the big heave ho
Weaknesses	Thrasher - head up - back to the pavilion we go
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	John Candy, John Daly
Most likely to be heard saying	It was the beam from the outside light that got into my eyes
Least likely to be heard saying	Another over with no wides or balls going down leg Gary.

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Name	Craig Irvine		Age			28	Photo to follow
Nickname	Irvine		Debut Season			2001
Best batting	129 no v Preston Bissett, 2204
Best Bowling	0-18 off 1 over Preston Bissett, 2204
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Hasn’t played enough to have one
Other Sports played/followed	Hockey with the mighty Banbury HC, occasional cricketer.
Occupation	Business Advisor
Top Band / music	Keane, Feeder, Snow Patrol
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Batsmen
Footy/Golf	Golf	Leg/Breast		Breast!	1sts/2nds			Bodicote CC
Plough/Town	Town	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Outside
Position in club	Cyber player, Soft target on Discussion Forum
Strengths	Big hitting.
Weaknesses	Not having BCC in his blood
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	The Invisible Man
Most likely to be heard saying	Umpire that was never a foot (on the hockey pitch), no sorry not available
Least likely to be heard saying	Yes available for the next 8 weeks now

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Name	Peter Kilvington		Age			40	Photo
Nickname	Padaway, Gilpington, Pilkerton, Kilvo etc		Debut Season			1996
Best batting	Ask Woody but poor
Best Bowling	Ask Woody
Favourite BCC moment(s)	2^nd XI winning away by 10 wickets at MK New City with 8 men. We needed to win to go up
Other Sports played/followed	Football
Occupation	Boring
Top Band / music	Radio 5 live
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Cake	Batsman/Bowler			Bowler
Footy/Golf	Golf	Leg/Breast		Leg	1sts/2nds			2nds
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Outsider
Position in club	Punchbag
Strengths	Douglas Bader batting style
Weaknesses	Too many to list in such a small box
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Freddie Starr
Most likely to be heard saying	A special
Least likely to be heard saying	That special ball was good

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Name	Bhavin Kotecha		Age			21
Nickname	City Boy		Debut Season			2006
Best batting	92 no v Thornborough A
Best Bowling	6-11 v Flecknoe
Favourite BCC moment(s)	So far the day out to Edgbaston
Other Sports played/followed	Football
Occupation	Student on placement at Kraft
Top Band / music	Bashment/Reggae/Hip hop
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Both	Batsman/Bowler		Both
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Breast always	1sts/2nds		1sts/2nds
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider		Outsider
Position in club	Overseas player
Strengths	Body of steel
Weaknesses	Women, Profile – wanted best bowling figures updated on the site within minutes of coming off the field.
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Robert de Niro, think Goodfellas 1990
Most likely to be heard saying	Anyone got any rapeseed oil for my bat? My body is a temple.
Least likely to be heard saying	After you with the suntan cream Phil.

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Name	Bob Lawrence		Age			55
Nickname	Bobby, Bobby Boy Flossie (>1975)		Debut Season			1967
Best batting	87
Best Bowling	7-13
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Winning the Jim Coles Cup v Culworth in 1989.Playing in the same team as all four of my lads, Scoring 50 and taking 5 wickets in my official last game.
Other Sports played/followed	Football for Bodicote Sports, winning Oxon Junior Shield in 1978.Table Tennis, Rugby, Golf
Occupation	Coffee maker
Top Band / music	Beatles, Eagles, Paul Simon
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler		Bowler
Footy/Golf	Golf	Leg/Breast		Leg	1sts/2nds		1sts
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Away	Villager/Outsider		Villager
Position in club	Senior Elder statesman. Consultant Groundsman
Strengths	Grit and determination
Weaknesses	Hamstrings
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Tom Sellick
Most likely to be heard saying	Hold it! Hard in!
Least likely to be heard saying	Thanks for cleaning the shed out Arthur

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Name	Gary Lee		Age			43
Nickname	Adonis-Kebab		Debut Season			1992
Best batting	on Saturdays
Best Bowling	In his dreams
Favourite BCC moment(s)	The Plough
Other Sports played/followed	Con-man
Occupation	Coffee maker
Top Band / music	Fat Boy Fat
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Magners	Sarnies/Cake		Both	Batsman/Bowler		Batsman
Footy/Golf	Watch Footy Play Golf	Leg/Breast		Preferably with both	1sts/2nds		2nds
Plough/Town	Plough - summer Town - winter	Home/Away		Too scared to play Away	Villager/Outsider		Outsider
Position in club	Agony Aunt
Strengths	Eating & Drinking
Weaknesses	Eating & Drinking
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Christopher Biggins
Most likely to be heard saying	Whose round is it?
Least likely to be heard saying	Thanks Stanners this is a lovely JUG

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Name	Paul Miles		Age			44	Photo to follow
Nickname	PT, Pinhead		Debut Season			1979
Best batting	128, (one of 3 100’s and 49 50’s.)
Best Bowling	5-17
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Buying the sit-on roller. (Surely 5 consecutive 6s off Steve Harris at Evenley – Ed)
Other Sports played/followed	Mountain biking and any water sports ;-)
Occupation	Computer Nerd
Top Band / music	The The & Kabelevski
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Shandy / J20	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Batsman
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Breast is best	1sts/2nds			Midweek in exile
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Away	Villager/Outsider			Outsider
Position in club	Legend
Strengths	Not hanging around
Weaknesses	Not hanging around
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Jimmy Somerville (radio movie only), 25 years ago Paul Weller
Most likely to be heard saying	Anything in a high pitched voice.
Least likely to be heard saying	Can I borrow your box Ivan

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Name	John Morewood		Age			51	Photo to follow
Nickname	C3PO		Debut Season			1999
Best batting	34*
Best Bowling	5-4
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Clearing White Post Road with a six and TVR and Woody having to knock on an old lady’s door to ask “Can we have out ball back please?”
Other Sports played/followed	Football – the Villa and golf (s**t hot)
Occupation	Cab maker/designer in the Woodruff empire
Top Band / music	The Bachelors / Matt Monroe – nuff said
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Bowler
Footy/Golf	Golf	Leg/Breast		Breast	1sts/2nds			Midweek
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Outsider
Position in club	Ex Midweek Skip, current Midweek Vice Skip. Golf pro
Strengths	Nagging accuracy
Weaknesses	Lack of energy, fielder deployment
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	The Android. Any 70s porn star (male)
Most likely to be heard saying	It’s got two chances
Least likely to be heard saying	Well bowled George

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Name	Timothy Victor Rogers		Age			59	Photo to follow
Nickname	TV, TVR		Debut Season			1961
Best batting	35 for Blisworth v Bodicote, 1983
Best Bowling	4 for something, sometime
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Captaining the sides that won the Jim Coles Cup in 1989 and Brackley Midweek League Cup in 1992 …. Thanks to PT
Other Sports played/followed	Rugby, fly fishing, Rugby, walking, Rugby.
Occupation	Self Employed Agric Contractor
Top Band / music	The Animals and Odd Ones Out
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Guinness	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Neither
Footy/Golf	Bad Golf	Leg/Breast		Bost	1sts/2nds			Both & Midweek
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Villager
Position in club	Ex Founder, Ex Chairman, Ex 2^nd Team Captain, Ex Weds Night Captain Ex Ex Ex
Strengths	One arm sweep and knowing the names of the fielding positions.
Weaknesses	Most other batting strokes and wine gums
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Pa Larkin in Darling Buds of May
Most likely to be heard saying	Do you think there's chocolate cake today Simon?
Least likely to be heard saying	Thank you for the cup … at the Golf Days.

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Name	Richard S Smith		Age			Late 20s	Photo to follow
Nickname	Old Haq, Inzy		Debut Season			1997
Best batting	50 something
Best Bowling	1-1 (balls and runs)
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Warwick Uni win last Year, Beating I think it was Maids Moreton, my brother scoring the winning run.
Other Sports played/followed	Football, golf, Wolves.
Occupation	Computers
Top Band / music	Steps, Brotherhood of Man, Scorpions
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Both	Batsman/Bowler			All-rounder
Footy/Golf	Both	Leg/Breast		Both	1sts/2nds			1^st’s
Plough/Town	Both	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Villager
Position in club	Web designer, Decoy - lulling Oppo opening bowlers into a false sense of security
Strengths	Diving over the ball, poor shot selection, ball turning in non-match conditions.
Weaknesses	Black socks, statuesque fielding
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Pee-wee Herman, Sean Lock
Most likely to be heard saying	Sorry
Least likely to be heard saying	Watch this, it is my special ball, look at that 6 all the way.

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Name	Stuart Smith		Age			31	Photo to follow
Nickname	Fastlane		Debut Season			2005
Best batting	26
Best Bowling	126 ten-pin
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Winning at Warwick Uni Staff in 2005 –great team effort
Other Sports played/followed	Football, Easington, Bodicote, St Johns, Rugby and a bit of water-sports at the weekend
Occupation	Direct Touch Manager
Top Band / music	Indie/Rock, Funky House, Trance, House
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Both	Batsman/Bowler			Batsman
Footy/Golf	Both	Leg/Breast		Bangers always	1sts/2nds			1sts
Plough/Town	Both	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider			Outsider
Position in club	Keeper
Strengths	The after match drink, usually about 5% by volume…
Weaknesses	Too much of the after match drink…
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	Terry Thomas
Most likely to be heard saying	I can't believe those byes weren't called wides again
Least likely to be heard saying	Skipper, you're right. We don't need that fine leg in when I keep

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Name	Paul Symington		Age			42
Nickname	Symo, Uncle Fester		Debut Season			2001
Best batting	No idea (stats not important) ie not many until he scored 59 at Syresham 2 July 06
Best Bowling	No idea (stats not important) ie not very good
Favourite BCC moment(s)	Can’t say – it would be a fine
Other Sports played/followed	Squash, golf youth football manager, budgie breeder
Occupation	Company director.(composite laminator)
Top Band / music	I would rather read a good book
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Champagne	Sarnies/Cake		Both	Batsman/Bowler		Neither
Footy/Golf	Squash	Leg/Breast		Anything neck down	1sts/2nds		2nds
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Home	Villager/Outsider		Outsider
Position in club	2nd XI captain, angle grinder, hard man
Strengths	Blunt talking
Weaknesses	Snake attracting ankles, thinking he can hit more 6s than George
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	See the photo
Most likely to be heard saying	That’s what she said last night! / who wants a drink
Least likely to be heard saying	Ball lost in the undergrowth in Boddington – I’ll get it

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Name	Simon Woodruff		Age			44	Photo to follow
Nickname	Woody, Woodah		Debut Season			1980
Best batting	102* v Preston Park 2003
Best Bowling	7-21 v Woodford, SNCL Div 1 1991
Favourite BCC moment(s)	PT Miles going wild in the country and surely our only world class bowler Inzaman Ul Haq coming off his long run-up (strangely under-used, am I missing something?)
Other Sports played/followed	Football – Preston NE a lifelong tragedy, Hockey – useful poaching striker for Banbury, canny golfer
Occupation	Cab maker in the Woodruff empire
Top Band / music	The Jam
QUICK FIRE QUESTIONS
Lager/Bitter	Lager	Sarnies/Cake		Sarnies	Batsman/Bowler			Batsman
Footy/Golf	Footy	Leg/Breast		Both please	1sts/2nds			1sts
Plough/Town	Plough	Home/Away		Away	Villager/Outsider			Village
Position in club	Groundsman’s mate, Statistician
Strengths	Pitch preparation. Chemical toilet shot, throwing arm (only one big one a game these days though)
Weaknesses	Cement feet, Saturday availability, Long barrier,
Who would play you in BCC – The Movie?	An English version of Gordon Brown – prudent and sensible
Most likely to be heard saying	Like Barl – Well bowled JP, your career best 1-103 off 7 etc
Least likely to be heard saying	Must stop playing that reverse sweep for six

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