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Umpires are made of wood
By Will 5 months ago, 3 Comments »
It’s official: umpires are made out of wood after all. This genius shot of a dead tree carved into an umpire was found on Flickr:
When I eventually build my own house - one of my lifelong ambitions - I’d find it hard not to resist carving my own umpire. It’s a must-have for any cricket tragic and makes me wonder what else you might chisel out of an old tree…
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Squash the umpire
By Will 2 years ago, at the start of May, No Comments; be the first!
Squash the umpire
Originally uploaded by Flickr user coda.
Goddim!
No Comments »An insight into Australian club cricket
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of January, 4 Comments »
No, I’m not talking about the bloke who last week threatened to kill an umpire (true). This gem comes from Stu - whose blog is one of the many I don’t have time to read as often as I’d like - who was a regular here during the Ashes, when everyone went Kricket Krazy.
4 Comments »Here’s a copy of an email I received this afternoon from my cricket club, which I feel beautifully displays the nature of the majority of Australian Club Cricket (this is verbatim!):
Subject : Thursday Night Training
Watto wishes to let all players know there will be no Thursday night
training this week, due to Australia day Public Holiday and the expected heat
conditions.
However Browny has expressed his desire to open the bar. If
anyone if interested in training or attending the Bar can you give him a quick
ring.
Shep’s leaving at 8.55
By Will 3 years ago, mid-May, No Comments; be the first!
Great shame - David Shepherd, portly Devon umpire, is hanging up his white coat and flat cap.
No Comments »Shepherd’s last Test will be the second match between West Indies and Pakistan in Jamaica next month.
And his final international match will be a one-dayers between England and Australia at The Oval on 12 July.
