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Far from the MCC fines 28.05.17 v Isis CC (a) lost by 5 wkts

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Lee

 

Triggering Geoff

 

Silly fucker walking in front of his stumps yet again….

 

 

Small wrist

Complaint

 

 

Looking fucking terrible

Whilst batting

 

 

Depth perception

 

…to The MAD batting, when clearly there wasn’t on this day

 

 

Flirting with opposition

Walking out with bowler

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Continuing the collapse

Out just after Spam

 

 

Missed opportunity

 

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Gary T

Arguing

 

 

 

Golden duck

 

£1.00

 

Buffet

 

50p

 

Self entrapment

 

 

 

Poor pub choice

Arranging a meet at a closed pub

 

 

Poor communication

 

Using Whatsapp to communicate with team when nobody used that app

 

 

Festival avoidance

Oxford’s Common People (South Parks)

 

 

Belly exposure

Short T-shirt

 

 

Wallowing in self-pity

 

“I’m just not contributing to the team these days…” (extensive grumble)

 

 

Ending MAD winning sequence

…against Isis CC

 

 

 

 

£3.50

Russ

Self fulfilling prophecy

Dreaming he got a duck

 

 

Impersonating Martin Luther King

“I [had] a dream.”

 

 

Duck

 

50p

 

Opening partnership < 25

 

50p

 

Playing football

…instead of cricket (slide tackles in the field)

 

 

Dissing the team

 

 

 

Disheartened persona

 

“That’s three fucking games in a row I’ve been fucked off with….”

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Spam

Instigating collapse

 

 

 

Disobeying orders

 

Not waiting until 25th over before giving it the long handle (and holing out)

 

 

Fabrication

 

Common People stories changing with every boring retelling

 

 

Boring

(see above)

 

 

Flirting with opposition

Congratulating them

 

 

Leathery stomach

Sunburn

 

 

Living in the past

 

 

 

In love with Shorten

 

Romanticising his meeting Dave at Common people

 

 

Doing fuck all

In the field

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Reevsie

Seeing the opposition home

Getting totally carted

 

 

Opening bowler no wicket

 

50p

 

Drop

Tough chance at slip

50p

 

Attempting to steal

…Gary’s buffet with some shit bowling

 

 

Being down with the kidz

Retro T-shirt

 

 

Living in the past

(see above)

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Geoff

Boat avoidance

Didn’t moor his boat next to Queens College

 

 

Drop

Tough chance as keeper

50p

 

Duck avoidance

 

 

 

Walking wicket

LBW yet again

 

 

Arguing

 

 

 

Clueless

 

Trying to justify walking across your stumps when batting

 

 

Talking out his arse

Giving bowling advice (non bowler)

 

 

Not being Geoff

Not drinking with Ian (“Me and Geoff”)

 

 

Split loyalties

Scoring his runs for a Saturday team

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Pearson

Going against tradition

Not turning up in his whites

 

 

Going against tradition

Not leaving in his whites

 

 

Golden duck

 

£1.00

 

Aloof

Having his own personal foldaway chair

 

 

Smugly aloof

His foldaway chair being an executive model

 

 

Not caring

…about his performance

 

 

Self importance

 

 

 

Dissing the skipper

 

 

 

Living in the past (smug aura)

 

Scoring the equivalent of the team score (113) a couple of years ago

 

 

 

 

£3.00

Matt B

Average protection

 

 

 

Overly friendly

Batting with entire team

 

 

Turning up like a battle cruiser

 

 

 

Impersonating Nick Hebbes

Mild Tourette’s

 

 

Exposing everyone

To the opposition’s bowlers

 

 

Hypochondriac

Complaining about his knees

 

 

 

 

£1.50

JMO

Poor aspirations

No 5-for yet again

 

 

Bullying fielders

Making them drop balls (off his bowling)

 

 

Staring daggers

At the fielders dropping the catches

 

 

Napping

During our batting

 

 

Homing pigeon?!

 

 

 

 

 

£1.25

Emerson

Impersonating a Brazilian

Gold football top

 

 

Shoplifting

 

Failing to alert shopkeeper to his extra cans of Strongbow

 

 

Duck

 

50p

 

Being underhand

Messaging skipper

 

 

Flirting with opposition

 

Eating on the Isis table as opposed to with his team mates

 

 

Dodgy fielding

As per usual

 

 

Poor umpiring

Incorrect signals

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Jake

Pub avoidance

Going to the wrong pub

 

 

Paying to drink at a closed pub

Parking his car at the Whitehouse (closed)

 

 

Arguing

 

 

 

Duck

 

50p

 

Continuing collapse

 

 

 

 

 

£1.50

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£24.00

 

 

 

*

 

 

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