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Far from the MCC fines 13.08.09 v Louth CC (a) lost by 96 runs

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Steve P

Nannying the team x 10

Consistent e-mails and phone calls

£2.50 

 

Hypochondriac

Appendix injury

 

 

Self importance

“I am the ambassador for the team”

 

 

Snobbish behaviour

(see above)

 

 

Tour paranoia

“Team will let me down”

 

 

Dissing team x 10

“Bunch of fucking slackers”

£2.50

 

Dissing team x 10

“Crap batting team”

£2.50

 

 

 

£8.50

Steve D

Dictatorship

Telling Jake “to do what your told”

 

 

Failure to invite mates to golf

 

 

 

Self importance

 

 

 

Nannying the team x 10

 

£2.50

 

Kim abuse

Blaming wife for accommodation

 

 

Kim abuse

Having wife who thinks team are irresponsible

 

 

Duck

 

50p

 

Impersonating a pharmacist

Giving drugs to Moo

 

 

 

 

£4.50

Matt

Communication avoidance

Not on e-mail or phone

 

 

Hating Reevsie

Not arranging lift for Mike

 

 

TVR avoidance

 

 

 

Duck avoidance

 

 

 

Camera avoidance

 

 

 

Run-rate avoidance

Batting too slow

 

 

Solo pub crawl

Not inviting mates

 

 

Failure to know sheep price

Locals not impressed

 

 

Willing ball to boundary

To save running after it

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Dan

Not sharing his happy pills

 

 

 

Puppy avoidance

 

 

 

Living in denial

Claiming he has good tunes on his ipod

 

 

Bullying Stevie P

Trying to push puppy responsibilities onto him

 

 

Pissing on pitch

 

 

 

Cob

Blaming jake for drop

 

 

Failure to carry bat

 

 

 

Hogging golden hat

Hat awarded to last person to drop

 

 

Falling asleep

During “evolution” chat in van

 

 

Poor maths

Mistaking 143 for 243

 

 

Inability to count

 

 

 

Outscored by overs

 

 

 

 

 

£3.00

Dave S

Pub avoidance

 

 

 

Vandalism threat

Dan’s door

 

 

Vandalism threat

Leggate’s door

 

 

Vandalism threat

James’ door

 

 

Impersonating Jack Nicholson

Hairstyle

 

 

Hogging kit bags

In van

 

 

Mum and dad avoidance

 

 

 

Honey avoidance

 

 

 

Illegal immigrants

Van packed by people

 

 

Awful spell of bowling

Second spell

 

 

Imprisoning Ian Leggate in van

 

 

 

Being too eager

Wearing kit on arrival

 

 

Builder over-estimation

 

 

 

Failing to communicate

Silence in field (fear of fines)

 

 

Failing to guide team home

 

 

 

Over quoting

For fixing creaking toilet doors

 

 

Impersonating a repo-man

Picking Ian Leggate up

 

 

 

 

£4.25

Martin

Failure to invite mates to golf

 

 

 

Pub avoidance

Evening before trip

 

 

Text avoidance

Not answering texts

 

 

Fine entrapment

Louth pronunciation

 

 

Closing door after horse had bolted

Wearing helmet

 

 

Impersonating a boxer

Black swollen eye

 

 

Denying wife a good laugh

 

 

 

Precipitating collapse

 

 

 

Not manning it up

Wearing helmet

 

 

Failure to run single

 

 

 

Blood avoidance

After getting ball in head

 

 

Cob

 

 

 

 

 

£3.00

Ian H

Failure to get haircut

 

 

 

Moaning

About back

 

 

Fine entrapment

Fining at Dew Drop (evening before)

 

 

OCD on tour

 

 

 

Boasting about Lego’s fines

Mumbles

 

 

Moaning

About jaundice at Mumbles

 

 

Shitting problem

Ibuprofen for back

 

 

Hogging fines

 

 

 

Rushing Thorn’s drinking

 

 

 

Trying to impress

Shot-gunning cider [and failing]

 

 

Moaning

Oldham FC crap

 

 

Reminiscing

Oldham FC

 

 

Self entrapment

 

 

 

Cob

 

 

 

Losing toss

Pub round

50p

 

Losing pen

When in pocket

 

 

Claiming to bankroll team

Tour fines (and moaning throughout)

 

 

Incompetent fining

 

 

 

Moaning

Pen theft

 

 

Cob

At service station

 

 

Poor English

Can’t pronounce Louth

 

 

Being judge and jury

Self appointed fines judge

 

 

Child abuse

Bowling bouncer

 

 

Umpire abuse x 2

Swearing / heckling

50p

 

Setting bad example

 

 

 

Bodyline

Bouncers

 

 

Persistent long-hops

Crap bouncers

 

 

Poor cob

On dismissal

 

 

 

 

£7.50

Mike R

Travelling in girl’s car

James’ Porsche

 

 

Poor organisational skills

Getting lift to Louth

 

 

Boasting

 

He could cycle to Louth quicker than anyone driving

 

 

Failing to abuse courtesy car

Driving to Louth

 

 

Pub avoidance

Dew Drop

 

 

Rain avoidance

Sunny

 

 

Average protection

 

 

 

Helmet avoidance

 

 

 

Lack of compass

 

 

 

Inconveniencing scorers

Bowling persistent wides

 

 

Bicycle avoidance

 

 

 

Dissing team

 

 

 

 

 

£3.00

Thorn

Justifying Leggate’s attire

Looking like a tramp

 

 

Drinking quick

To enable cheap rounds

 

 

Bicycle paranoia

Left at pub evening before

 

 

Impersonating Terry Waite

Rusty bicycle

 

 

Comparing Billy to a slapper

 

 

 

Boasting

About VD

 

 

Advocating violence x 2

 

50p

 

Living life back to front

Leaving school, work, then college

 

 

Hogging storytelling

At pub

 

 

Interrupting x 3

People’s stories

75p

 

Talking bollocks

 

 

 

Cob x 2

 

50p

 

Treating Billy like a lover

 

 

 

Demolishing James’ workbench

For poker

 

 

Aggressive behaviour

On waking up

 

 

Impersonating granddad

Miserable twat

 

 

Duck

 

50p

 

 

 

£5.50

Jake

Failure to get haircut

 

 

 

Talking shit

Glastonbury

 

 

Breaking into Glastonbury

 

 

 

Rant x 3

Councils, traffic, buses

75p

 

Fine entrapment

Chucking lighter

 

 

Aggressive nature

When pissed

 

 

Harrassing Billy

 

 

 

Baby confusion

FFTMCC babies

 

 

Cob

 

 

 

Babbling shit

Since 11pm

 

 

Smoke obsession

Since 11pm

 

 

Crap “joint” jokes

 

 

 

Using “C” word at James’ house

 

 

 

Moaning

Lack of flip flops

 

 

Moaning

Lack of breakfast

 

 

Poor navigation

Missing junction 21a

 

 

Babbling shit

In morning

 

 

Duck avoidance

 

 

 

Impersonating Hannibal Lectar

Face mask (keeping)

 

 

Obstruction

Dan’s dropped catch

 

 

 

 

£5.50

James

Being a Scottish twat

Buying Buckfast

 

 

Poor morals

Offering driver Buckfast

 

 

Driving a woman’s car

Porsche

 

 

Impersonating an MP

Finger tapping and pointing

 

 

Feigning swine flu

For sympathy

 

 

Moaning

About illness

 

 

Stating the fucking obvious x 3

 

75p

 

Self importance

 

 

 

Moaning

About fines

 

 

Cob x 2

 

50p

 

Dissing buses

“I only get taxis”

 

 

Reminiscing

Southampton CC

 

 

Poor self esteem

“My last match report was crap”

 

 

Losing toss

Driving to Louth

50p

 

Moaning

Hangover

 

 

Singing like a prick

“Ride my bicycle” in pub

 

 

Poor attire

Crap touring shirt

 

 

Golden hat neglect x 3

 

75p

 

Poor appeal

For bump ball

 

 

Willing Thorn to drop ball

 

 

 

Asking skipper to come off

 

 

 

Paparazzi-ism

 

 

 

Hypochondriac

 

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Moaning

About busted finger

 

 

Self importance

 

 

 

Impersonating a tourist

Camera around neck

 

 

Sea obsession

 

 

 

Lack of orientation

 

 

 

Dissing team x 10

“You’re all blind”

£2.50

 

 

 

£11.50

Ian L

Stripping in public

Dew Drop

 

 

Too eager

Wearing cricket kit before tour

 

 

Poor attire

Cricket kit with price tag on

 

 

Wearing cheap kit

On offer

 

 

Spoonerism

“Tart of tour”

 

 

Boasting

First catch could have killed him

 

 

Poor self esteem

 

Shock at catching ball (much like everybody else on the pitch)

 

 

Illusions of grandeur

“I’m the skipper"

 

 

Illusions of grandeur

“I’m the wicket keeper”

 

 

Boasting and lying at the same time

“I had worst swine flu ever”

 

 

Hypochondriac

 

 

 

Can only bowl on drugs

 

 

 

Self importance

 

 

 

Lying (quote)

“I’ve never been to a pub”

 

 

Moaning

Fines

 

 

Aggressive nature

Calling team mates bastards

 

 

Pissed

 

 

 

Chumba Wumba impersonation

“I get knocked down…”

 

 

Mothering James

 

 

 

Claiming to bankroll team

Fines

 

 

Advocating anarchy

Society is shit

 

 

Harassing Billy

 

 

 

Poor judge of character

“Landlord of Dew Drop is nice”

 

 

Talking bollocks

 

 

 

Wearing an Office’s tour top

 

 

 

Shit directions

Dave / Dan

 

 

Crap over

“Get him off!!!!”

 

 

Hogging an over

Lasted so long

 

 

Presuming to borrow Moo’s bat

 

 

 

Poor attire

Non-cricketing hat

 

 

Comedy fielding

Following ball like a dog

 

 

Cob

 

 

 

 

 

£8.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£66.50

 

 

 

*

 

 

Special Rates

 

 

Indiscretion

 

Cost

Duck

£0.50

Golden Duck

£1.00

Diamond or Platinum Duck

£2.00

Out Playing Reverse-sweep / Switch-hit

£1.00

Dropped Catch

£0.50

Opening Bowler No Wicket

£0.50

Opening Partnership Avoidance

£0.50

Smoking on the Pitch

£0.50

Drinking on the Pitch

£0.50

Missed Stumping

£0.50

Missed Run-Out

£0.50

Fines' Folder Abuse

£0.50

Impersonating Billy Liar

£0.50

Having a Major Cob

£0.50

Having a Parkinson’s Cob (utter meltdown)

£1.00

Insulting the Fines Committee Chairman

£0.50

Insolvency / Unemployment (maximum limit)

Known as the “Dobner Clause”

£1.00

Swearing in Front of Kids

£2.50

Bringing the Club into Disrepute

(Ruled on by the Captain)

£5.00

Dissent (to On-field Umpires)

£5.00

Mongoose Multiplier (out using Goose)

x2