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Far from the MCC fines 29.07.12 v Harwell CC (a) won by 11 runs

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Dave E

Stripping on the Pitch

 

 

 

Pissing near the pitch

On a hedgerow in front of some archers

 

 

Being Pissed

 

 

 

Delighting in being Pissed

 

 

 

Being Redder than Jan

 

 

 

Glaring

At Fines Chairman

 

 

Harbouring Dark Thoughts *2

 

£0.50

 

Quivering Lips

See above

 

 

Neglecting Team Mascot

 

Duck was left behind in McDonald’s during the week

 

 

Questioning Fines Chairman

 

 

 

Hysterical Cob

 

 

 

Forgot Duck

Mascot

 

 

An extra 25p for good measure

Miscalculation by FC

 

 

 

 

£3.50

Jan

Weeping

At Spam's driving to the ground

 

 

Less Red than Dave

 

 

 

Putting faith in Spam's directional sense

 

 

 

Dissing Spam

 

 

 

Comedy Bowling

 

 

 

Kit avoidance

Whilst we batted

 

 

Arrogant Scoring

to avoid fielding for the oppo

 

 

Hysterical Cob

 

 

 

Excessive defensiveness @ fines

body language

 

 

Naivety

That we wouldn't fine him if he kept quiet!

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Mike R

Trying to Widen game's excitement

Lots of Wides in the final over

 

 

Cliff-hanger avoidance

Not enough wides to make it exciting.

 

 

Not hitting boundaries

Too many ran runs

 

 

Excessive Self Importance

 

"Oh that's close enough" when accepting match fees and fines

£1.00

 

Aloofness *10

“Don't come in to celebrate me taking a wicket!"

£2.50

 

Run out again

 

£0.50

 

Failure to protect average

Run out on the final ball

 

 

Resigned

At fines

 

 

Blasé Richness

See Excessive self importance

 

 

Morally Corrupt

Accepting fines and Match fees

 

 

Getting Bunged up

See Morally corrupt

 

 

 

 

£6.00

Spam

Bringing the Club into Disrepute

On field cobs and kit throwing *2

£10.00

 

Pub Avoidance

Went to wrong town (Streatley)

 

 

Blamed Jan

For directions to wrong town

 

 

Going to Streatley

 

 

 

Causing Weepage to Jan

Jan crying at Ian's ignorance of directions

 

 

Trying to bring Monsoon

From Streatley to Sunny Harwell

 

 

Getting out to a wide

 

 

 

50 Avoidance

49

 

 

100 Partnership avoidance

Not shepherding Moo for 2 more runs

 

 

Comedy fielding

Bending down like an old man

 

 

Lording it in the field

This is my "Manor"

 

 

Being shit

Man of the Match / taking a shit at kick off

 

 

Excessive faith in Dan

 

Going for a shit because Dan was taking strike to open game

 

 

Dissing Skipper

For having more faith in Dan than Moo

 

 

Self-Importance

It's Spam!

 

 

 

 

£13.50

Moo

Arrogance * 4

 

£1.00

 

Looking bemused

 

 

 

Crap Arm

Missed Stumping / run out

 

 

Helmet Paranoia

Having it moved off the pitch for final over

 

 

Dissing self as Keeper

Moving helmet off pitch

 

 

Hit in the face by spinner

Timms' top spinner popped up

 

 

Lack of attention @ fines

Chatting to oppo

 

 

Missed Stumping

 

£0.50

 

Winning the toss

 

 

 

Clueless Captaincy

Not knowing what to do once toss was won

 

 

Listening to Dan

"We should bat"

 

 

100 Partnership avoidance

98

 

 

Instigating Collapse

3 wickets in 4 legal balls

 

 

Smug

 

 

 

 

 

£4.50

 

 

 

 

Dan

Platinum Duck

 

£2.00

 

Opening Batsman not getting 25 runs

Nowhere fucking near

 

 

Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Too many times to be specific! ;)

 

 

Dog Avoidance

“I miss Joe puppy!”

 

 

Indecency with Mascot

Bumming Giant Duck

 

 

Harbouring Dark Thoughts

 

 

 

Hollywood Cob

Dark Glasses… Jack Nicholson?

 

 

Festering Cob

 

 

 

 

 

£3.75

Paddy

Drop

Surprise, Surprise!

£0.50

 

Excessive Laughing

Surprise, Surprise!

 

 

Gaining team runs

Whilst fielding for the oppo

 

 

KFC

Kan’t Fucking Catch

 

 

TFC

 

Didn't Bat, didn't bowl, barely touched the ball, but did manage to drop a sitter in the slips!

 

 

Excessive faith in team

Not padding up

 

 

Not………

No idea what I fined myself for here

 

 

Lack of effort

 

 

 

Inappropriate contact with oppo

I was the receiver of this…

 

 

Being so used to dropping 2 catches

Thinking fine was £1.00

£0.50

 

 

 

£3.00

Stevie D

Drop

 

£0.50

 

Fines Avoidance *10

 

£2.50

 

DOBNER CLAUSE

 

-£2.00

 

 

 

£1.00

James P

Turning up in Kit

 

 

 

Smug *4

 

£1.00

 

Bowling Avoidance

Moaning about his shoulder

 

 

Fixation with the Changing Rooms

 

 

 

Hysterical Cob *2

 

£0.50

 

Not playing for average

Out swinging at a straight one

 

 

Catch avoidance

Did it bounce or didn't it?

 

 

Comedy Fielding

As above

 

 

Making Excuses

For everything

 

 

Mega Smug

 

£0.50

 

 

 

£3.75

Timms

Opening Bowler no wicket

 

 

 

Self Impatronising

 

 

 

Criticising Fines Chairman

 

 

 

Arrogance

 

 

 

Smug *2

 

£0.50

 

Harbouring Dark Thoughts

At Fines Chairman

 

 

Playing better for the oppo

Whilst guesting in the field

 

 

Dissing Team *9

The oppo

£2.25

 

 

 

£4.25

Russ

 

Dissing Spam

 

By attempting to usurp him at number 3 (whilst he was shitting)

 

 

Smug

 

 

 

Average Protection

Not out

 

 

Ignorance

At fines

 

 

Refusing to run 4

A glandular problem no doubt

 

 

Parkinson cob

 

£1.00

 

Hysterical Cob

 

 

 

Incontinence

Leaving the field for a long piss

 

 

Arrogance

 

 

 

Assuming Importance

 

 

 

Trying to push out a spam

 

 

 

 

 

£3.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£49.25

 

 

 

*

 

 

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 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