Re: Celebrity Death List MMXX/The Death Thread 2020

by lardbucket Wed 22 Apr 2020, 13:02

Come on, Donald. You can do it.

by WideWally Sat 25 Apr 2020, 05:49

RIP Graeme Watson

by lardbucket Sat 25 Apr 2020, 07:32

RIP.

He was a very talented player, bedevilled by injuries, and very badly timed ones at that. At his best he was a very fast and skilful bowler as well as a hard-hitting batsmen. He would have been ideally suited to ODI cricket if more of it had been played pre-Packer.

In any case he was the first Australian to take an ODI wicket overseas, also the first man to score a duck in ODI cricket, simultaneously - because he never mucked about - initiating the ODI primary club.

by skully Sat 25 Apr 2020, 07:37

WideWally wrote:RIP Graeme Watson

Aw shit. RIP.

Will never forget him nearly bleeding to death after Tony Greig beamed him during the World XI tour.

by lardbucket Sat 25 Apr 2020, 09:06

The beamer was accidental ... Tony Greig knocked the striker's end stumps in his approach, bowled a high chest level full toss as he lost control, and Watson unfortunately top edged it hard into his nose. Bled like a stuck pig, had a respiratory arrest, and apparently required a multi-unit transfusion.

by Fred Nerk Sat 25 Apr 2020, 10:39

He made up for the ignominy of scoring the first globe in ODI cricket by, a week later, scoring the last first-class century for the 1972 tour, against the might of the TN Pearce XI at the cricketing mecca of Scarborough..

He also played about 20 games for Melbourne, most of them in their premiership year of 1964 but missed the finals.

RIP Beatle

by Fred Nerk Sat 25 Apr 2020, 11:03

From that tour, Brian Taber turns 80 next week and Keith Stackpole will join him in about 10 weeks.

by lardbucket Sun 26 Apr 2020, 01:56

That's a harsh reality check Fred.

by Bradman Sun 26 Apr 2020, 03:42

Nuke LaLoosh the pitcher with the "million dollars and ten cent radar" or rather inspiration for said character from Bull Durham. Steve Falkowski. Probably go down in the corona stats but at eighty and after 26 years of assisted living due to alcoholic dementia probably shouldn't.

by horace Sun 26 Apr 2020, 12:23

Fred Nerk wrote:He made up for the ignominy of scoring the first globe in ODI cricket by, a week later, scoring the last first-class century for the 1972 tour, against the might of the TN Pearce XI at the cricketing mecca of Scarborough..

He also played about 20 games for Melbourne, most of them in their premiership year of 1964 but missed the finals.

RIP Beatle

Aye. Watched him play footy and cricket before he went to Melbourne and State cricket. Terrific talented sportsman. Without checking the records iirc he and Stacky put on around 300 for an opening partnership against a County team.

RIP

by Fred Nerk Sun 26 Apr 2020, 14:07

horace wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:He made up for the ignominy of scoring the first globe in ODI cricket by, a week later, scoring the last first-class century for the 1972 tour, against the might of the TN Pearce XI at the cricketing mecca of Scarborough..

He also played about 20 games for Melbourne, most of them in their premiership year of 1964 but missed the finals.

RIP Beatle

Aye. Watched him play footy and cricket before he went to Melbourne and State cricket. Terrific talented sportsman. Without checking the records iirc he and Stacky put on around 300 for an opening partnership against a County team.

RIP

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1972/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_HANTS_17-19MAY1972.html

Not the most lethal attack in England at the time (although it would soon improve dramatically when a fellow called Anderson arrived), but still a more convincing effort from an opener than anything Lardy's mate had looked like producing

by Fred Nerk Sun 26 Apr 2020, 14:30

Hants were the county team I adopted when we moved to England for a while in the mid 70s. (Mum was born in Kent on one border with Hampshire and Dad in Dorset on the other side.) They had a fairly competitive opening partnership (Richards the white one and Greenidge the black one), and the no 3 who made a ton in the first innings, David Turner, should have played for England, but not a bowler to bless themselves with. Despite that they won the Championship in 1973 and with the aforementioned Anderson on board in 74 should have doubled up, but hardly got on the park for the last month of the season (the dreaded English Summer strikes again)

by horace Sun 26 Apr 2020, 21:22

Fred Nerk wrote:
horace wrote:
Fred Nerk wrote:He made up for the ignominy of scoring the first globe in ODI cricket by, a week later, scoring the last first-class century for the 1972 tour, against the might of the TN Pearce XI at the cricketing mecca of Scarborough..

He also played about 20 games for Melbourne, most of them in their premiership year of 1964 but missed the finals.

RIP Beatle

Aye. Watched him play footy and cricket before he went to Melbourne and State cricket. Terrific talented sportsman. Without checking the records iirc he and Stacky put on around 300 for an opening partnership against a County team.

RIP

http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1972/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_HANTS_17-19MAY1972.html

Not the most lethal attack in England at the time (although it would soon improve dramatically when a fellow called Anderson arrived), but still a more convincing effort from an opener than anything Lardy's mate had looked like producing

Thank you for that Nerkles. Irrespective of Hants attack, it was a fine effort from Watson and Stacky.

by skully Mon 27 Apr 2020, 00:31

I remember that score vividly. I was a wee tacker, barely 11 or 12 and my Dad had his transistor radio on for the news. We both looked at each other amazed at the partnership.

by lardbucket Mon 27 Apr 2020, 11:26

I remember it well too ... was just another thing that enraged me about BCF's inclusion in the side. 176, without checking.

by Red Mon 27 Apr 2020, 13:31

RIP Graeme Watson. Gosh Stacky turning eighty.

by Fred Nerk Mon 27 Apr 2020, 15:18

lardbucket wrote:I remember it well too ... was just another thing that enraged me about BCF's inclusion in the side. 176, without checking.

176 on the dot. Stackpole 119 red. Wouldn't have been many long partnerships involving Stacky where he scored less than 40% of the runs.

by JGK Wed 29 Apr 2020, 09:19

RIP Irrfan Khan

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/slumdog-millionaire-and-life-of-pi-actor-irrfan-khan-dies-at-53-20200429-p54oe3.html

by skully Wed 29 Apr 2020, 11:41

by lardbucket Thu 30 Apr 2020, 20:17

Trevor Cherry joins Norman Hunter on the sidelines.

RIP.

by WideWally Fri 01 May 2020, 17:38

RIP Trevor

by lardbucket Sat 02 May 2020, 02:19

lardbucket wrote:Come on, Donald. You can do it.

Actually, if only he would drink the bleach 'cure', he could save millions of lives.

by Bradman Sat 02 May 2020, 04:44

Never get past his food taster.

by WideWally Mon 04 May 2020, 16:47

RIP Don Shula

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/don-shula-legendary-nfl-head-coach-dies

by Fred Nerk Tue 05 May 2020, 02:43

RIP Dave Greenfield (The Stranglers) - from the Dreaded, aged 71.

From Wiki: "From 1976 the Stranglers became associated with the burgeoning punk rock movement, due in part to their opening for the first British tours of American punks the Ramones and Patti Smith.[note 7][note 8] Notwithstanding this association, some of the movement's champions in the British musical press viewed the band with suspicion on account of their age and musical virtuosity and the intellectual bent of some of their lyrics."

Yeah...I can see how the safety-pin set would cry foul at that kind of behavior.

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