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Post by PeterCS Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:27

*INSTEAD OF ALL THE NEW-FANGLED STUFF*
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Post by JGK Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:30

That's like the Smokers v non-Smokers.

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Post by WideWally Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:33

One-legged vs One Armed



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Post by PeterCS Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:39

Why can't we have good old-fashioned cricket any more? Brambles
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Post by WideWally Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:40

On the 9th of August, 1796, a cricket match was played by eleven Greenwich pensioners with one leg, against eleven with one arm, for one thousand guineas, at the new cricket ground, Montpelier gardens, Walworth. At nine o’clock the men arrived in three Greenwich stages; about twelve the wickets were pitched, and they commenced. Those with but one leg had the first innings, and got 93 runs; those with but one arm got but 42 runs during their innings. The one-leg commenced their second innings, and six were bowled out after they had got 60 runs; so that they left off one hundred and eleven more than those with one arm.

Next morning the match was played out; and the men with one leg beat the one-arms by one hundred and three runs. After the match was finished the eleven one-legged men ran a sweep-stakes of one hundred yards distance for twenty guineas, and the three had first prizes.

– Edmund Fillingham King, Ten Thousand Wonderful Things, 1860
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Post by JGK Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:42

PeterCS wrote:Why can't we have good old-fashioned cricket any more? Brambles



Looks like a match between the 2 Wozzie Marsh families.

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Post by JGK Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:44

How about one-eyed (Milburn, Ian Botham, Bill Lawry etc) v 3 legged (Warne, Roy Fredericks, Joel Garner etc)

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Post by PeterCS Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:45

Heavily biased towards the one-leggers, no wonder the concept didn't last.

(The following from Andrew Ward's book ..)

AN ARM AND A LEG

Charity cricket matches are often contrived to be strange – Married v Single, Left-hand v Right-hand, Bearded Players v Shaven Players, Over-30 v Under-30, Smokers v Non-smokers, and so on.

The most unusual of these matches took place in the 1850s and 1860s, where a team of one-legged players took on a team of one-armed players.

The participants were usually veterans of the Crimean War, hoping to raise money for their own cause. Sideshows and family events enhanced the occasions.

For those of you curious to know who won these matches, the one-legged teams usually dominated these encounters. Fielding with one leg is comparatively easier than batting with one arm. One reporter described a contest in 1862 as something “painfully wonderful and ludicrously horrible.”
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Post by PeterCS Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:46

JGK wrote:How about one-eyed (Milburn, Ian Botham, Bill Lawry etc) v 3 legged (Warne, Roy Fredericks, Joel Garner etc)

Get Graham Thorpe on that second team.
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Post by PeterCS Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:47

What about Bald vs No-Balled?
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Post by JGK Wed 03 Nov 2010, 02:51

Lance Armstrong for the latter?

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Post by Zat Wed 03 Nov 2010, 03:02

Fast Bowlers v Slow Bowlers

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Post by Zat Wed 03 Nov 2010, 03:05

Roundarm bowlers v Underarm bowlers

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Post by Zat Wed 03 Nov 2010, 03:06

Over 36 v Under 36

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Post by Zat Wed 03 Nov 2010, 03:07

Brewers and Distillers v Licensed Victuallers Club

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Post by Bradman Wed 03 Nov 2010, 04:59

Legal bowlers v chuckers. Lay down misere I suppose. It'd be hard to find a legal bowler today.
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Post by taipan Wed 03 Nov 2010, 19:35

Zat wrote:Roundarm bowlers v Underarm bowlers

Which team does Trevor Chappell play for?
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Post by lardbucket Thu 04 Nov 2010, 11:26

obese v emaciated

blind v boggle-eyed

Cowdreys v certified deceased

whores v nuns

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Post by PeterCS Thu 04 Nov 2010, 13:16

Are you thinking of anyone in particular?

In the light of recent Hallowe'en goings on, Bill Lawry might slip comfortably into each of those second sets.

Warney would predictably be up for one of those teams, possibly two.
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Post by PeterCS Thu 04 Nov 2010, 13:51

Qunts v Thunderqunts?


Geighs v Sex Maniacs?
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Post by Zat Thu 04 Nov 2010, 20:48

Ahhh, lardy and Pete both seem to have missed the point and diverted this thread from reality into fantasy.

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Post by Gary 111 Fri 05 Nov 2010, 00:05

lardbucket wrote:obese v emaciated

blind v boggle-eyed

Cowdreys v certified deceased

whores v nuns

Whores XI
Sanjay Bangar
Craig Cumming
D. Hussey
M. Hussey
Monkey Hornby
John (Greg) Thomas
Shahid Mahboob
Des Hoare
Fred Titmus
Joan Hawes
Bob Cunis (Thailand's finest - neither one thing nor the other)

vs Nuns XI
Eric Gilchurch (Adam Gilchrist)
Rev D.S. Sheppard
Karl Nunes
Lord Hawke
Roy Virgin
Godfrey Evans
Cyril Christiani
Mark Priest
Ian Bishop
Chilla Christ
Ray Heaven
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Post by WideWally Fri 05 Nov 2010, 08:11

Looks like Jo Angel couldn't even get picked ahead of some guys who never played tests. He wasn't that bad.



Not to mention George Pope.

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Post by Allan D Sat 06 Nov 2010, 18:08

Bruce French would be quite useful too along with Bob "Dutch" Holland as long as he brought his 11 Test caps.
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Post by lardbucket Mon 08 Nov 2010, 09:47

Zat wrote:Ahhh, lardy ... missed the point

hopefully

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