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Far from the MCC fines 29.08.10 v Oxenford CC (a) lost by 74 runs

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Dave E

Weird growth on leg

Due to ball on leg injury

 

 

Ball avoidance  x  2

 

 

 

Cob

About ball avoidance

 

 

Duck

 

50p

 

Opening partnership less than 25

 

50p

 

Drinking on the pitch

 

50p

 

Farming out his batting position

“I can’t be arsed to open – who wants my spot?”

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Jake

Ball avoidance

 

 

 

Failing to bring team home

Batting

 

 

Impersonating Frank Gallagher

 

 

 

Impersonating a rock star

 

 

 

Reckless driving

Arriving and parking at ground

 

 

Ignorance of road safety

 

 

 

Haircut avoidance

 

 

 

Cob

 

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Ian H

Trigger finger

Giving James lbw

 

 

Gavelling fines too early  x  2

Whilst deputising as Fines Chairman

 

 

Umpire hogging

Relieving Dave after only 5 overs

 

 

Hogging the game

Opening bowling and batting

 

 

Sitting on pitch

Whilst umpiring

 

 

Impersonating Jake

With camera

 

 

Stumping avoidance

With camera

 

 

Cob

Swearing

 

 

Cob  x  2

Trying to find parking at pub

 

 

St. Edwards’ school tour

Missed entrance to ground

 

 

Dissing team

“You’re all cunts!”

 

 

 

 

£3.00

James H

Cob

At being dismissed lbw

 

 

Cob

Returning to pavilion after lbw

 

 

Cob

At thought of the lbw (at fines committee)

 

 

Denial

“I’m never out lbw”

 

 

Sulking

Regarding the lbw dismissal

 

 

Moaning

About only bowling 4 overs

 

 

Comedy fielding

Diving over the ball

 

 

Self importance

“I never miss anything in the field”

 

 

Excessive umpiring

20 over stint

 

 

Pissing on sightscreen

 

 

 

Driving a hairdresser’s car

 

 

 

Mongoose multiplier

 

X2

 

 

 

£5.50

Mike R

Sawdust abuse

Kicking it over the field

 

 

Treasury boasting

“I’m always in credit”

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Hogging the sightscreen

Moving it on his own

 

 

Impersonating pissed U-tube man

 

Footage of some drunk wobbling up a road looked like Mike

 

 

Precipitating a collapse

 

 

 

Failing to continue batting form

Has had a purple patch of late

 

 

Bicycle avoidance

 

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Matt

Duck avoidance

 

 

 

Ball avoidance

 

 

 

Being too short

Catch looped over his head at first slip

 

 

Impersonating a keeper

At first slip

 

 

Self importance

 

 

 

TVR avoidance

 

 

 

Excessive stats

 

 

 

 

 

£1.75

Dan

Joe Puppy avoidance

 

 

 

Parking at wrong ground

 

 

 

Living in a canoe

His barge has no engine at present

 

 

Cob

“It’s a fucking boat”

 

 

Opening batsman avoidance

 

 

 

Sending blank texts

To Martin

 

 

Replacing himself with nightwatchman

 

Emerson opened batting when more accustomed to number 11

 

 

Moaning

At state of the pitch

 

 

Bail abuse

Smacking bails into pitch to mark his guard

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Moo

Allowing 10 over bowling stints

 

 

 

Poor communication

To team regarding 10 over stints

 

 

Failing to bring team home

Batting

 

 

Giving Emerson only 8 overs

Despite him bowling beautifully

 

 

Losing toss

 

50p

 

Giving JMO only 4 overs

 

 

 

Setting fire to ashtray

At pub

 

 

Poor communication

 

Regarding which pub team were supposed to be meeting at before and after the match

 

 

Self importance

Bowling 8 overs

 

 

Records obsession

Becoming the Mad’s greatest bowler

 

 

Picking only 10 players

 

 

 

Becoming unpopular

Only having 10 players

 

 

Driving Morlers to prison

Being skipper whilst Morlers is nicked

 

 

 

 

£3.50

Thorn

Internal cob

Whilst bowling crap

 

 

Going AWOL

Whilst having a piss

 

 

Smoking on the pitch

 

50p

 

Cob  x  2

 

50p

 

Impersonating Rambo

Using machete outside his house

 

 

Pampas grass obsession

Cutting them down

 

 

Average protection

 

 

 

Head hunting / bodyline

Whilst bowling crap

 

 

 

 

£2.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£25.25

 

 

 

*

 

 

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