To put us all out of our misery!Originally Posted by Derby Tup
To put us all out of our misery!
Misery dom? We beat Scotland. That's a good result for us
Poacher turned game-keeper
Maybe the Rugby and cricket teams should swap sports?
Ever seen the Indian Premier League? They've got cheerleaders, fireworks, confetti and streamers...full mashings. Everything always has to go that way, every sport even darts has become a gaudy spectacle plauged by corporate influence. Potholing and fellrunning are all that's left; to paraphrase Lawrence Dallaglio everything's gone a bit Andrex, and us lot are all that's left to hold the fort from the hoardes of marauding corporations flashing the cash. During his time as Chairman it came to my attention that GB would refuse interviews to magazines because the sport stood to gain nothing, i think this is a precedent worth setting.
Luke Appleyard (Wharfedale)- quick on the dissent
Not "us all"!
Though we could get a hole opening later v SA.
When I was a lad it used to be "one hundred and forty" or Oooone Hundred and Eeeiiiighty"
Now it's "ooooone hundred and fooooorrrrty" and OOooooooooone huuuuunndrreeeed and Eeiiiiiiiiiggggggghteeeeey"
I used to like those South American football commentators who were employed on the basis of how long they could make the word "goal" last.
I hear Pete Bland is considering employing some cheerleaders at next year's champs races. You heard it here first.
Anyone else on here old enough to remember the International Cavaliers, a touring side who were pioneers of one day cricket in the 60's? I've got a programme somewhere for a Brian Statham XI v the Cavaliers at Southport in 1969 that my dad took me to.
http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Sc...04/104414.html
Just found the scorecard on cricketarchive.com, Barry Wood, David Lloyd, Harry Pilling, David Hughes and Farouk Engineer, add Clive Lloyd and that was the core of the Lancs team who dominated the start of one day cricket when I was a lad
Apologies for missing Jack Bond off that list. Jack couldn't bat, couldn't bowl but was a one day captain mastermind years ahead of his time, from memory he took a wonder catch to clinch one of the Gillette Cup finals in the early 70's
"from memory he took a wonder catch to clinch one of the Gillette Cup finals in the early 70's"
Correct - I was there at Lord's v Kent.
Kent were cruising to victory until Jack flew through the air to take the catch.
Someone said, "He's dropped it!" I said, "No, his hat fell off!"
After that Kent crumbled and Lancs won.
I think it was the middle one of 3 successive Gillette titles.
Those were the days!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cMfJHQ_bfWk
And here it is. Didn't realise that Flat Jack Simmons was the bowler
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