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Far from the MCC fines 02.08.09 v Wootton & Bladon CC (h) won by 2 wkts

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Mike R

Self importance

 

 

 

Impersonating Adie Small

Celebration after wicket

 

 

Insufficient appeal

Poor appealing

 

 

Good weather

Mike always has crap weather (rain)

 

 

Being fucking unlucky

 

 

 

Failure to guide team

 

 

 

 

 

£1.50

Andy D

Drop

 

50p

 

Wishing skipper out

Ultimate betrayal

 

 

Wishing Adie F ran out

Even worse betrayal of a team mate

 

 

Too much caffeine

Hyped up before game

 

 

Poor team ethics

 

 

 

Cob

After dismissal

 

 

Poor maths

Estimation of his fines

 

 

 

 

£1.75

Dan

Pissing

On field

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Sledging

Batsman he thought was out

 

 

Sledging

Whilst batting

 

 

Card game confusion

 

 

 

Having a dog brighter than Billy

And the dog is dumb

 

 

 

 

£1.75

Dave E

Expulsion

From “Bridge” nightclub in town

 

 

Fighting

With chavs at nightclub

 

 

Opening bowler no wicket

 

 

 

Medium cob

After dismissal

50p

 

Duck

 

50p

 

Boasting about his ducks

 

 

 

Batting like a #12

 

 

 

Comedy fielding

 

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Adie F

Late arrival

 

 

 

Pub avoidance

Due to late arrival

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Crap calling

Whilst batting with Darley

 

 

Average protection

 

 

 

Paranoia

Betting scandal

 

 

Self importance

As per usual

 

 

Cob

 

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Ian H

Phone call

During fines committee

 

 

Impersonating Dan

 

 

 

Failure to convert

50 to 100

 

 

Too much faith

In lower order

 

 

Prediction of own demise

Batting

 

 

Pissing

On field

 

 

 

 

£1.50

Matt

TVR avoidance

 

 

 

Batting avoidance

 

 

 

Dissing team

We bowled “leg side shit”

 

 

 

 

£0.75

Martin

Not remembering batting order

 

 

 

Losing toss

 

50p

 

Failure to control family

Walking behind the bowler

 

 

Encouraging Dan to get out

 

 

 

Bowling avoidance

 

 

 

Lack of faith

In pie

 

 

Failure to bowl Emerson out

 

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Steve D

Fine cap

Unemployed

£1.00

Dave S

Average protection

 

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Lack of effort

Bowling casually

 

 

Pub avoidance

Before and after game

50p

 

Fines avoidance

 

 

 

Push-bike avoidance

 

 

 

Driving off with door open

 

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Mike C

Being a daft twat

Losing £20

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Cob

At losing £20

 

 

Cob

Bowled by pie

 

 

Poor puppy control

Joe Puppy

 

 

Outwitted by dumb dog

Joe Puppy

 

 

Thinking he was on a beach

Rolling his trousers up

 

 

 

 

£2.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£19.25

 

 

 

*

 

 

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 <25 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

Uber [anything] – particularly arrogant, smug or condescending

£0.50

Extreme [anything] – particularly Frowning

£0.50

Insulting the Fines Committee Chairman

£1.00

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