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Yes Jaysay, we played it at Springhill in the playground - it was called "Rounders" - Even the Yanks have a toned down version "Softball"., Played that as well and boy do they get upset with "Bodyline":rolleyes::rolleyes::D

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Well you know what the Yanks are like Barrie;)

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the yanks like n play these relatively new sports, cos the ones wi any history there useless at, plus the fact theve only about 20 mins real history, grates em as well.:dflam:

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Maybe I was wrong ... in Cricket, valium is probably classed as a performance enhancing drug;)

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Sure they get upset with "bodyline" ... and even more upset when the pitcher takes a shot at someone's head ... but they don't bitch and whine to the umpire, or, heaven forbid, write a letter to the Times:rolleyes:; the batter heads to the mound to beat the ever-living shlt out of the pitcher .... the benches clear ... a massive, and usually entertaining, brawl occurs ... and then we go back to the game.

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That isn't cricket Eric:D

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It is cricket when amateurs - even schoolboys, faced up to the likes of Wes Hall. Chester Watson, Charlie Griffiths and that maniac Gilchrist.
You wore pads, gloves and a box, and if you got hit you tried to grin and bear it, trying like hell not to let the bowler see he had hurt you - no thoughts of taking a swing at the bowler.

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Quite true Barrie, I remember facing Chester Watson, West Indian Pro for Church in the early 60s, in the nets, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a tad scared, he was like grease lightning, but you had to stand there and take it, stiff upper lip and all that:D

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Scew the stiff upper lip ... if a guy tries to bean you, you take a run at him and try to shove the bat up his ass, wide end first.

But, back on topic sort of: just read in the "Guardian" sports section that the Rugby game against South Africa may be cancelled because of the cold:rolleyes:. The temp could be as low as -3:eek::eek::eek:. At last weekend's Western Conference final in Calgary, where the Riders whupped the Stampeders, it hit -20.

I remember being at a game at Taylor Field, against the Edmnton Eskimos appropriately, when the temps were in the high 30s ... on the minus side of course. Worst thing was, the beer froze:D

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Jay, we must just have missed each other as I joined up in '61 and he got injured in a car crash soon after that.
Gilchrist was the one that frightened me - think he went to jail for attacking his wife with a poker - played for Bacup or one of the other Rossendale clubs.
As for attacking the bowler/pitcher - well, if you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.:D:D:D

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Doesn't look like there will be much heat at Twickenham this weekend ... maybe the girls will have to wear their woolies:D However, looks like the temperature for the Grey Cup game this weekend will be around -10 ... a gorgeous winter day in Edmonton.:hothothot

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I can remember going over to see him play but when we got to the ground we heard he wouldn't be playing as he'd been in a car accident, mind you his replacement wasn't a bad un Barrie, some bloke called Garfield Sobers stood in for him:D Roy Gilchrist play at Bacup, and he was a nutter, and was only a relatively small chap really

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Australian spinner was the 1st one, then Polly Umrigar, can't remember if anyone after him before Chester - boy, did life get hectic after that - bouncers that the wkt keeper couldn't get to. That sort of thing went on to my time in the RAF, but gave it up in the '70s, pitches crap, bowlers too fast, eyes and reactions too slow - one on the forehead hairline and one on the temple, fortunately wearing spectacles:D:D:D

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I remember Polly Umrigar, he smoked a pipe, my Uncle who was on Church CC committee at the time asked my Father to make him a tobacco box, he turned it on a lathe and polished it and Polly came to our home to pick it up, think I was about 9 or 10 at the time

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As Oscar Wilde said ... ok, he didn't, but he would have if he had given it some thought: the only thing more boring than cricket is people talking about cricket.;):D