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Some early contenders for the 2008 awards.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champagne: vs Horton Kirby CC; On debut for the Ducksmen in the damp, Mr.Fish in water dived forward to take a low, hard, tumbling catch. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shampoo: vs. Horton Kirby CC; Never one to miss out on a caught and bowled or listen to a call from the wicket keeper, Tigger used Andy's thigh to take the catch one-handed from just above the gloves. (BOING) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shampoo: vs Carlton Sports CC; a skipper's effort at a diving stop on the boundary. However, it is generally accepted that the ball was probably already crossing the line as the skipper gracefully rolled over the boundary, then over the edge of the bank, rolling a six foot path in the stinging nettles singularly failing to stop the bal in the effort. We will never again be without a camcorder. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shampoo: vs. Carlton Sports CC; BOING, not totally sure of the details in this one, it's all a bit of a blur, but during the celebration huddle after a wicket, Tigger managed to give Andy a forearm smash that those old Saturday morning wrestlers on World of Sport would have been proud of. What's he going to do next? Whatever it is I'm sure it will appear on these pages. We are planning a new column in the scorebook for this week, "Injuries caused to Andy by Tigger." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shampoo: vs. Carlton Sports CC; going along beatifully and timing the ball better than ever by his own admission, Rich W. managed to contrive the most awful attempt at a reverse sweep. Nuff said. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champagne: vs. Elliott CC; Tigger not bashing Andy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shampoo: vs. Elliott CC; No comment was going to be made about JP holding on to a skier of a catch until his email about the following week's match. The following text is copied and pasted from his email as no amount of editorial dwscription could improve on it: "Can do monday but not sunday. Hand is fine but i skinned my knee falling over trying to catch the ball - not done that since i was 10 and oh my god it hurts, no wonder i used to cry! Good luck sunday" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champagne: vs. Elliott CC; Wily trundled into deliver the 1st ball of the Elliott innings (a gentle loosener per chance?). What followed was not quite Shane Warne at Old Trafford in 1993 - but not far off! Gently drifting down legside, the batsman casually waited for the ball to caress his pads but was horrified to hear the clatter of timber as the ball glided into middle & off stumps. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champagne: vs. South Bank CC; Pete's proper slip catch, enough said. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champagne: vs. East Ham Corinthians CC; Rich running out the oppo skipper with a tracer-like throw from the boundary - the batter had wrongly assessed Rich's arm and was out by a country mile. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shampoo: vs. East Ham Corinthians CC; 3 balls earlier - with both batters at the bowlers end and Matt with ball in hand he managed to underarm the ball over the keeper's head! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Champagne: vs. Luddesdowne CC; Standing halfway up the hill at longish of admiring the view was skipper Robin, the ball was dispatched skywards over his head. We thought he might simply have to turn and fetch it from the boundary but no, he leapt up and back over his shoulder like a salmon upstream to spawn (Mackerel don't do that do they?) to claim a magnificient catch.
Any more nominations please? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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