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Far from the MCC fines 19.08.12 v Appleton CC (a) won by 5 runs

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Dave E

Freaky Puppy

A Black Jackrador….. Need I say more

 

 

Kitty Rustling

 

You should never have brought the thing back from Yar

 

 

Covering Giant Duck in Piss

Or at least the flea riddled filthy stinking cat did!

 

 

Parkinson Cob * 3

 

 

An extra one for doing the cob in front of small children. But well done for not swearing from all except Mike.. ;)

£3.00

 

Failure to hit the roof

During Parkinson

 

 

Calculating cob

"I won't get it back off the roof!"

 

 

Pre meditating Parkinson

See calculating

 

 

Impersonating Bobby Charlton

It really is a lovely combover Dave!

 

 

Allowing Dobner to fixate on him

Where's Spam when you need him?

 

 

 

 

£5.00

Dan

Hogging the Game

MOTM, Buffet & Champagne

 

 

Resentment

Of being fined for being a hog! Oink, oink

 

 

Allowing Moo to do all the work

2 runs in the opening partnership!!

 

 

Avg. Protection

Not sacrificing himself for the team

 

 

Protecting the tail

Or at least playing like it!!

 

 

Failure to Break record

Longest Duck…. 24 dots to start innings

 

 

Stealing Opposition Hat

Horspath

 

 

Puppy Avoidance

I still miss Jo Puppy

 

 

Coveting small puppy

Dave E.'s

 

 

Waiting until 39.5 overs before getting eye in

Finally he played a shot!

 

 

 

Impersonating Boycott

Strike rate of 0.0032

 

 

 

 

£2.75

Mark  R

Opening Bowler no official wicket

Despite having a clear edge caught!

 

 

Making Nick bowl uphill

Nick chose the end…

 

 

Comedy Fielding

Looked like Dan in the field at times

 

 

Offices Kit

I think this shoud be a pound!!

 

 

Denial

of the demise of the offices

 

 

Living in the past

as above

 

 

Hysterical Cob

See denial

 

 

TFC

Harsh but fair… me thinks

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Reeves

 

Cycling Avoidance

 

Lazy git didn't cycle 60 miles in the baking heat prior to cricket!

 

 

Being slack

lack of cycling

 

 

Opening can of worms

bringing up tour

 

 

Pirouette

 

After taking a wicket a quite magnificent triple salco with a twist

 

 

Impersonating Torville or Dean

Not sure which

 

 

Turning the Mad into Wonga.com

 

 

 

Cricket Avoidance

 

Enjoying the shade of the gazebo whilst others stiffled in the heat

 

 

Mistaking the ball for a tree

Ran into a tree whilst trying to stop boundary

 

 

Impersonating Winnie the Pooh

Stuck in a fence

 

 

Cricket ball denial

 

 

 

Dishonesty

Didn't declare boundary

 

 

Impersonating Dobner

Tree/ Ball incident

 

 

Over Confidence

Relaxing on sidelines

 

 

Nearly losing us the game

 

 

 

Lack of Confidence

 

 

 

 

 

£3.75

Russell

Invisible

Living on the boundary

 

 

Self-Entrapment

Invisible

 

 

Taking Pleasure in own incompetence

See next fine

 

 

Losing Self in hat

having to remove hat to see

 

 

Reenacting Platoon

Dying Swan

 

 

Failing to live up to expectations

 

 

 

Confusing Skipper

Tossing tactics

 

 

Hiding info about tossing

 

 

Quite the strategy Russell uses when tossing. I was confused. I personally like to go with whatever feels comfortable!

 

 

Supplying Ian with showering equipment

Urgh! Is this somehow related to the tossing?

 

 

Not appealing

I thought the showering fine was harsh

 

 

Lack of faith in fines committee to be fair

 

Ha… It would only have cost you 25p if you'd appealed!

 

 

 

 

£2.75

Stevie D.

Dying Swan

Fielding

 

 

Hypochondriac

Oh no… My Hamstring has broken again!

 

 

Moaning Git

See above

 

 

Fines avoidance

 

Left half way through! Something about getting home!!

 

 

One dimensional cricketer

Broken?!?!

 

 

Bullying Emerson

For combover

 

 

Dobner Clause

 

-£0.50

 

 

 

£1.00

Paddy

Moving Slower than Dobner

Despite Dobner being crippled

 

 

Demoted

 

Started at no. 4 and gradually got lower as wickets fell

 

 

Simmering

See demoted

 

 

Arrogance

 

 

TOOK A CATCH!!! The world will probably end now as the fabric of the space time continuum (sp.!!) is torn apart

 

 

Not dropping

 

 

Fielding out of character. I would also like to say that the ball came out of the sun, over my shoulder whilst I was sprinting to get there!

 

 

Ball Magnet

 

Was being brutally picked out by the oppo in the final over! Bastards made me run!!

 

 

TFC

Did Fuck all!

 

 

Poor tea performance

Failed to clear the tea…

 

 

Dissing Cakes

Didn't fancy those chocolate ones!

 

 

Dissing Pate

They had vegetation on top!

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Matt

Nonchalant Stumping

 

"Oh this is just too easy.. I'll only use one hand and whip off the bails!"

 

 

Bullying Pensioner

Abusing Roger for not walking

 

 

Hearing things

Edges that only everybody else heard!

 

 

Living in his own World

 

 

I think this was related to arrogant scoring.. But Sunstroke was getting the better of me at this point!

 

 

Exercising Mike

Only giving away byes when Mike at Fine Leg

 

 

 

 

£1.25

Spam

Comedy Fielding

 

 

 

Keeping it tight

 

 

 

Distracting Dan

 

By getting hit in the face with a bouncer from Hebbes in the nets

 

 

Leaving his Utterly shit form in the nets

 

 

 

Responding to chirp

 

 

 

Falling for the Dennis Lillee Sledge

 

 

My finest moment!! "Is that some shit on the end of your bat?" Spam looks at bottom of bat. "Other end"

 

 

Constantly tinkering with the field

Despite not being captain!!

 

 

Seeking Shade

 

Fielding only in the shade… Whilst the rest of us baked!

 

 

Impersonating Dracula

"ARGH!! Not the SUN!!"

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Nick

Drop

 

£0.50

 

Heckling

 

 

 

Allowing Batsmen back

 

One of the rare occasions where they were given but not actually out!

 

 

Dissing Self

 

 

 

Dissing person with Bus pass

The fucker should have out though!! ;)

 

 

Smug

 

 

 

Trying to distract fines

 

 

 

Not being from Australia

Seriously…. Where is that accent from Nick?

 

 

Kent Denial

 

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Moo

 

 

Trying to Fist the oppo

 

 

It was a truly inspirational team speech though. Threatening to "Dry Fist" them may have been a little over the top

 

 

Trying to avoid fines

 

 

 

Trying to dominate fines

Insisting on the gavelling of others

 

 

Listening to Russell

Tossing techniques

 

 

refusing to listen to Spam

 

 

 

Diminishing Russell

Not using these tossing tactics

 

 

Tossing tactic avoidance

 

Being given the keys to the holy shrine and refusing to use them

 

 

Cob * 2

 

£0.50

 

Arrogance

 

 

 

Appeal avoidance

Not appealling against Fines Chairmans decision

 

 

Choking back tears

Harshly dealt with by committee

 

 

Dropping Paddy from tall building

 

I'm sure he said I was opening in the pub! I ended up slowly moving back to number 8!!!

 

 

Impersonating Jake

Pool system to freeze out Paddy from batting

 

 

Ruining Hebbes

 

8 over spell uphill into the wind (thank god or we would all have stunk of shit!)

 

 

Exposing Dobner

 

 

 

Bowling Avoidance

 

 

 

Dissing Self

By not bowling

 

 

Realistic

 

Saying "we are trying to win…why would I bowl myself"

 

 

Self-Entrapment

See Realistic

 

 

Endangering Children

 

Not running away with Children when Dave was clearly about to explode!!

 

 

Hysteria

 

 

 

Harbouring

Towards Fines Chairman probably…

 

 

Impersonating Pieterson

 

Texting oppo (or maybe Family… Who's to know?) during Fines committee

 

 

 

 

£6.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£31.75

 

 

 

*

 

 

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