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Far from the MCC fines 08.08.14 v Wroxeter Grove CC (a) lost by 26 runs

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Gary

Bowling ‘spin’

 

 

 

Sport confusion

 

 

 

Envious of Russ

Taking wickets

 

 

Envious of Jake

Taking wickets

 

 

Envious of Ian

Taking wickets

 

 

Hysteria x 2

 

£0.50

 

Uber-envy

 

Of anyone taking wickets – particular non, or part-time bowlers

£0.50

 

 

Golden duck

 

£1.00

 

Fines avoidance

 

Pissing about in the changing rooms and at the bar

 

 

Drink problem

Through fines

 

 

Questioning the team

 

 

 

Pimping out his wife

In Salad’s absence

 

 

Uber-hysteria

 

£0.50

 

Pen obsession

 

 

 

Flirting with Mike x 2

Gazing adoringly at him

£0.50

 

Diarrhoea avoidance

Despite mentioning he had bad guts

 

 

Failing

To take wicket and score a run

 

 

Harbouring

A cob

 

 

 

 

£6.25

Matt B

Being angelic

To lessen fines

 

 

Extended pub crawl back to Telford

 

His march to a closed CAMRA pub was approximately 26 miles

 

 

Ignorance

Not knowing the pub was shut

 

 

Hat-trick avoidance

 

 

 

Failure

To produce a moment of wonder

 

 

Sharing the show

 

 

 

Having no goals in life

 

 

 

Hoarding the stats

 

On a redundant laptop which works about 3 hours a year

 

 

Hysteria x 3

 

£0.75

 

Being ‘Wonderland’

King of the crazy golf courses

 

 

Failure to reproduce

His form across both crazy golf tournies

 

 

Talking through fines

 

 

 

Drink problem

Through fines

 

 

Exploding?!?

 

 

 

Um

 

 

 

 

 

£4.25

Jake

Impersonating Tom Daley!?!?

 

 

 

Not running

 

 

 

Not knowing where the ground was…

…or where he was

 

 

Charging an England spinner

Going down the track to an U16 England bowler

 

 

Ignorance

Of the above

 

 

Impersonating a bowler

By taking a wicket

 

 

Impersonating a batsman

By scoring some runs

 

 

Impersonating a cricketer

See above

 

 

Lack of faith

In anything he does

 

 

Lack of self-importance

 

Lets others steal his grandeur [when he does something good]

 

 

Lack of sleep

 

 

 

Swearing through fines

 

 

 

Clock obsession

On his fines timing

 

 

Abusing Darley

By email [“twat”]

 

 

Being a wimp

 

Apologising profusely to Darley to prevent him receiving a beating

 

 

Emailing when fucked

No sleep and drunk at the time

 

 

Cyber bullying Darley

Cowardly manner

 

 

Not understanding night time…

…is for sleeping x 3

£0.75

 

Um

 

 

 

Impersonating Brian Blessed

With his booming, alcohol addled voice

 

 

Overly remorseful

About his cyber bullying

 

 

 

 

£5.75

Thorn

Impersonating Jonathan Trott

Batting for ages [for himself]

 

 

Getting the Trotts

 

 

 

Playing for himself x 2

 

£0.50

 

Average protection

 

 

 

Ball dodging x 2

In the field

£0.50

 

Eyesight failure

When batting

 

 

Not running

When batting

 

 

Impersonating a snail x 2

When running between the wickets

£0.50

 

Ignorance

Of Fines convention

 

 

Playing Test cricket…

…in a T20

 

 

Um x 2

 

£0.50

 

Disinterested x 5

During Fines

£1.25

 

Fielding with his arse

To stop the ball

 

 

Hysteria

 

 

 

Being strange

 

 

 

Gesturing

In a rude way to FC

 

 

Accepting congratulations…

…for running a single

 

 

Arguing

About his “aggressive” batting

 

 

Moaning

 

About the team not understanding “how difficult it was to bat out there”

 

 

Smoking on the pitch

 

£0.50

 

 

 

£7.25

Moo

Ball avoidance

 

 

 

Drop

 

£0.50

 

Missed stumping x 2

 

£1.00

 

Impersonating Hannibal Lector

Wearing keeper’s gimp mask

 

 

Grinning x 2

At FC

£0.50

 

Impersonating a wicketkeeper

 

 

 

Chuntering

Throughout fines

 

 

Moaning

Throughout fines

 

 

Bonding with Spam

Doing fuck all when it came to batting

 

 

Speaking the truth

What is that about?

 

 

Being honest

Seriously….

 

 

Talking through fines

 

 

 

Self-entrapment

 

 

 

Bowling avoidance

 

 

 

Batting avoidance

 

 

 

Dissing Paddy x 3

 

£0.75

 

Focussing on his Fantasy teams

Rather than the matter at hand

 

 

Selfish traits

See above

 

 

 

 

£6.25

JMO

Resembling a hobo

 

 

 

Ignorance

Not listening to fines

 

 

Harbouring a cob

 

 

 

Shite umpiring x 2

Having to be reminded by fielder to signal

£0.50

 

Disinterest

 

 

 

Delaying the inevitable

With slow umpiring tactics

 

 

Hysteria x 2

 

£0.50

 

Losing the match

With poor umpiring

 

 

Camera avoidance

Whilst out there umpiring

 

 

Delaying the bus [to ground]

By fannying about in Telford

 

 

Lost in Debenhams

 

What were you doing in Debenhams on a bloody cricket Tour!?!?

 

 

Arguing

About shopping in Debenhams

 

 

 

 

£3.50

Paddy

Having a blank sheet

Or himself prior to fines

 

 

Being unsociable

Not playing

 

 

Self-pity

 

 

 

Bowling avoidance

 

 

 

Batting avoidance

 

 

 

Blaming Darley

 

Hi so-called co-Organiser of Tour for the total shambles

 

 

Hysteria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£35.25

 

 

 

*

 

 

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