Punter and Taylor at war over the English language

http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/ponting-hits-back-at-taylor-20131030-2whge.html

Apart from their disagreements over Clarke and the minutiae of cricket life, one refers to the cone of silence surrounding dressing-room etiquette and tales out of school as the sanctuary of the dressing-room, while Taylor calls it sanctity. Possible reflective of their varying backgrounds.

Oooh another pedant - you must be pleased.

Taylor calls it sanctity

Reminds me of a Jock feverishly trying to teach an Icelander how to spell the word now.

"N u" . . as in  "Och aye the nu"

Anyway. . .  I like a bit of tity. . . .preferably without the sanc.

Is it only me who thinks Tubby must be Haydos' heathen cousin?

Idea for an Ashes warm-up each day would be to have a three-round boxing match between warring commenters.

You could have Punto v Tubbo, Mark Nicholas v Warney, Hayden v Langer, Aggers v Conn.

Everyone wins.

The Aussie change room has been porous since Bradman dumped during bodyline.

taipan wrote:The Aussie change room has been porous since Bradman dumped during bodyline.

Before even . Clem Hill famously beat the crap out of one of his fellow selectors in 1912.

From Wiki:

Brawl and boycott[edit]

Hill's Test career ended in controversy amid another dispute with the Board of Control. He was once again appointed captain of the Australian team against an English side captained by Johnny Douglas in 1911–12. The English team included bowlers of the calibre of Barnes and Frank Foster and, after losing the first Test in Sydney, won all four remaining Tests to secure the Ashes. Hill had a lean season with the bat, managing 274 runs at an average of 27.40.[58] The England bowlers were clearly superior to the Australian batsmen; Trumper was the only Australian to score a century during the Tests.[59] While this series took place, the Board of Control made plans to usurp the commonly accepted right of the players to appoint the team manager when touring England. In response, a group of senior players, including Hill, threatened to withdraw from the next tour, to take place in 1912, unless their choice, Frank Laver, was appointed.[60]

Matters came to a head when Hill sent a telegram to fellow selector, Peter McAlister, urging the inclusion of the New South Wales all-rounder Charlie Macartney in the team for the Fourth Test in Melbourne.[60] The reply from McAlister—a member of the Board of Control who still bore some animosity towards Hill from past comments[61]—to Hill's request was "... Still opposed to Macartney's inclusion. If Iredale (another selector) agrees with you as to Macartney's inclusion, I favour yourself standing down not Minnett."[60] Hill saw the offer to remove himself from the team as sore provocation and his team-mates scorned the suggestion.[60] Australia lost the Third Test by seven wickets. Macartney wrote later, "Persistent ill-feeling seriously affected the morale of the side."[60] At a meeting held after the Test, the Board of Control rejected the players' petition and declared that the manager would be appointed by the Board alone. At a "special meeting" two weeks later, the Board appointed George Crouch from Queensland to the position of tour manager.[60]
The following day, 3 February 1912, the selection committee met in Sydney to decide the team for the Fourth Test. It was the first time Hill and McAlister had met since the exchange of telegrams. The pair exchanged insults with McAlister sharply criticising Hill's captaincy. Hill retorted, "In England, Armstrong wouldn't play under you. Did you ever win any except second rate games?"[4]

McAlister replied, "I am a better captain than Trumper, Armstrong and yourself put together. You are the worst captain I have ever seen."[4] Hill then warned McAlister to stop insulting him but McAlister repeated the remark. Losing control, Hill struck McAlister a blow across the face. The two then grappled for around ten minutes.[4] Blood was drawn, staining their clothes and splashing on the other men present, Iredale and secretary Sydney Smith. At one stage, fearing that one or both combatants would fall through the window and onto the street, Smith grabbed hold of Hill's coat-tails. The fight ended with a bloody McAlister lying on the floor and Hill, unmarked, standing over him. Hill told Smith he could no longer work with McAlister. Smith then asked Hill to put his resignation in writing and the Board accepted it that evening.[4]

The crowds at the Melbourne and Sydney Tests gave Hill three cheers when he arrived at the wicket.[4] When Hill reached the batting crease in his last Test at Sydney, the umpire Bob Crockett said "there were tears in his eyes".[62] An in camera investigation into the fracas took place; the Board's only comment on the meeting was to report that it had been "satisfactorily settled". Hill was then offered an invitation to take part in the 1912 Triangular Tournament in England.[62] Hill declined the invitation, along with Warwick Armstrong, Trumper, Carter, Noble and Vernon Ransford, who collectively became known as the "Big Six".[60] He never played Test cricket again.[4]

Knew about that, but more selection committee than change room.

JGK wrote:

taipan wrote:The Aussie change room has been porous since Bradman dumped during bodyline.

Before even .   Clem Hill famously beat the crap out of one of his fellow selectors in 1912.

If only an England spiv knocked seven bells of sh*t out of Gashley Piles . . .
Aah. . .wishful thinking, I suppose.
Sadly, I can't see any of them being spiv enough to do that!

JGK wrote:The following day, 3 February 1912, the selection committee met in Sydney to decide the team for the Fourth Test. It was the first time Hill and McAlister had met since the exchange of telegrams. The pair exchanged insults with McAlister sharply criticising Hill's captaincy. Hill retorted, "In England, Armstrong wouldn't play under you. Did you ever win any except second rate games?"[4]

McAlister replied, "I am a better captain than Trumper, Armstrong and yourself put together. You are the worst captain I have ever seen."[4] Hill then warned McAlister to stop insulting him but McAlister repeated the remark. Losing control, Hill struck McAlister a blow across the face. The two then grappled for around ten minutes.[4] Blood was drawn, staining their clothes and splashing on the other men present, Iredale and secretary Sydney Smith. At one stage, fearing that one or both combatants would fall through the window and onto the street, Smith grabbed hold of Hill's coat-tails. The fight ended with a bloody McAlister lying on the floor and Hill, unmarked, standing over him. Hill told Smith he could no longer work with McAlister. Smith then asked Hill to put his resignation in writing and the Board accepted it that evening.[4]

Good times.

Merlin wrote:

JGK wrote:

taipan wrote:The Aussie change room has been porous since Bradman dumped during bodyline.

Before even .   Clem Hill famously beat the crap out of one of his fellow selectors in 1912.

If only an England spiv knocked seven bells of sh*t out of Gashley Piles . . .
Aah. . .wishful thinking, I suppose.
Sadly, I can't see any of them being spiv enough to do that!

What have the spivs got to do with it?

Barrel on Vic action.