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david leatherdale 14 BtB issue 18 / thepca.co.uk
david leatherdale A New Hope The PCA’s new Chief executive david leatherdale talks about his new role. paul bolton asks the questions. Q. Congratulations on your appointment. How did it come about? It goes back to last September when Angus Porter announced he would be retiring. I wasn’t actually looking to leave Worcestershire but to have the chance to work for and support an organisation that is very much in my blood and which supported me for 20 years as a player was not something I could turn down. I played for Worcestershire for 20 years and worked for the club in a noncricket capacity for a further 10 years. This is an opportunity to work for the whole game. Hopefully some of my expertise and cricket knowledge and the skills that I have developed over the last ten years at commercial level will stand me in good stead. The interview process began in November which meant trips to London, three interviews, presentations and a very thorough recruitment process. I was offered the job the week before Christmas and telling Steve Taylor, the chairman at Worcestershire, on Christmas Eve that I would be leaving wasn’t the most pleasant thing I have had to do. But Worcestershire were very supportive and there have been some very nice comments from board members and other people at the club about the progress that has been made over the last 10 years. Hopefully I can bring some of that expertise into the PCA. Q. These are early days but what are your first impressions of the PCA? My first PCA event was the Rookie Camp at Edgbaston which I thought was exceptional. There was nothing like that when I joined Worcestershire 30 years ago and I think it’s a fantastic move forward. The first year professionals had the opportunity to listen and learn from Mervyn Westfield and Chris Lewis about the mistakes they made but the session with Paul Buck, a compulsive gambler who also went to prison, was engrossing. Issues such as match fixing and gambling were not on the radar when I started my county career. Q. What was the PCA like when you first became a member? We used to have an AGM which was usually at Edgbaston and everyone attended because it was planned around a lunch or a dinner. There were a couple of events which revolved around Hawkestone Park Golf Club in Shropshire which is where the PCA offices were in those days. But did we have a pension scheme? No we didn’t. The clubs had a pension set-up but it was a non-contributory scheme so it was very much down to the individual county as to whether they made any contributions or not. Was there anti-corruption education? Was there anything to help and support players with gambling? No, all those things have progressed over the last ten years, but particularly over the last five years. There was a Benevolent Fund but the numbers were far less than they are now. Players’ salaries were much lower in the late 1980s – I remember my first salary was £3,000 and half of that went on rent – and we were on six month contracts so we had to find other work in the winter months, something that probably helped me recognise that while playing cricket as a living was great, there was a life outside that as well. Players are now on year-round contracts and the PCA, through the team of Personal Development and Welfare Managers, does an outstanding job in helping players to plan for life after cricket. thepca.co.uk / BtB issue 18 15
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