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JonnyP
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posted: 2012-09-29 16:08:36 (ID: 59158) Report Abuse |
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And so many of the stories can come from minor club games....
I played for Four Oaks Saints before my knees gave up. About 12 years ago, after a particularly excessive end of season party, we turned up at Ashby Hastings CC in Leicestershire with 9 men to play a friendly. Our team was disgracefully hungover, and consisted of 2nd/3rd XI players, half of whom had crashed out in the changing rooms at about 6am. We arrived to find our fixtures sec had cocked up, and Ashby Hastings (then Leics league champs) were fielding their 1st XI including 2 overseas pros. Our 1st XI had been sent to play Sutton Coldfield's 2nd/3rd XI sunday friendly side. Undaunted, we bowled 1st. Our skipper handed me the ball, 'as it's a friendly we've only got 1 new ball for the game, so they'd like us to look after it Jon' he said. I bowled the 1st delivery, a full straight ball on middle stump - only to see it disappear back over my head, clear the sightscreen by 20 yards (vertically!) and land in someone's allotment - never to be seen again. It was a long day! |
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MTS1972
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posted: 2012-09-29 16:11:17 (ID: 59160) Report Abuse |
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Not forgetting the genius of the guys at good old Test Match Special - anyone who listens to this and doesnt laugh needs a serious humour transplant!!
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MTS1972
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posted: 2012-09-29 16:23:01 (ID: 59163) Report Abuse |
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My best - though worst for me - cricket story was when i was due in first wicket down - id been out on the lash night before and was feeling pretty rough - had thrown my kit together and was all padded up, nailing the Lucozade trying to get a clear head - praying for a good opening stand...sure enough, second over we lost a wicket, and was rooting through my bag for my box.....but was nowhere to be seen.
F it i thought, ill be ok...so went to the middle, took guard and summarily despatched the first ball i faced for four - a great square cut. Yeh, ill be right here, though was already sweating like a rapist....next ball, i took a great stride down the pitch to paddle it back to the bowler, the ball hit a crease and smacked me straight in the sacks. I stood there, and then the pain hit - i went down and rolled around in agony...everyone around me and some old geezer says - good job youve got a box on son....i croaked i didnt and got not much sympathy as everyone pissed themselves as i was 'escortd' off the pitch. Still have the scorecard....M Rowbottom ball in the balls (ret hurt) 4 |
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JonnyP
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posted: 2012-09-29 16:41:03 (ID: 59165) Report Abuse |
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A new cherry in the plums even?
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bwadders76
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posted: 2012-09-29 19:54:44 (ID: 59196) Report Abuse |
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Shame it wasn't tennis you could of called for some new balls mate
I have a couple of stories like that (the injury not the getting drunk and playing I have loads like that). Thankfully neither of them happened to me. Many years ago we used to play our Sunday morning games at the old Birmingham Uni pitches at Wast Hills (Birmingham City train there now). Its was quite foggy and I was playing up front so from about the halfway line I couldnt see our goal. The opposition scored but the ref and the ball was taking an eternity to come back to restart. All I knew was our centre back had been injured. At the end of the game we went back to the changing rooms and the guy was sat there in his kit. He had gotten changed next to me so I asked what happened. He lifted up his hands to reveal his injury. I didnt hang around I went and threw up. He had slide to try to clear off the line but he had gone into the goal post Phil Babb style. Another time was when I played 5 a side, my mate went to block a shot and he got the ball followed by a trainer in the nuts. We got him to the substitutes area behind the goal where he lay suffering for a while. When he had recovered he stood there waiting for someone to come off shouting "Im ready to come on" when he then got hit in the same area with another errant shot he crumpled to the ground and mumbled "No im not" |
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