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Far from the MCC fines 20.08.06 v Hanney CC (a) won by 169 runs

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Steve D

Grumbling

About 2 hour journey

 

 

Dropped Catch

 

£0.50

 

Comedy Fielding

Running in circles

 

 

Opening Bowler No Wicket

 

 

 

Average Protection

 

 

 

Dissing The Team

Dissing Ant's bowling

 

 

Grumbling

About fielding on boundary

 

 

Geography Avoidance

 

Not finding pub before game in village with only one street

 

 

Pub Avoidance

 

 

 

Being Sledged by a Small Child

The incoming bat re dropped catch

 

 

 

 

£2.75

Martin

Jug Avoidance

Not scoring a ton

 

 

Grumbling

About fielding at cow corner

 

 

Dissing The Team

"You're all a bunch of bastards!" re fines

 

 

Dropped Catch

 

£0.50

 

Grumbling

About always being in charge of kit bag

 

 

Kit Bag Abuse

Trying to get more kit in than would fit

 

 

Stealing an Umpire's Coat

Probably belonging to the opposition

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Jake

 

Possessing a Lighter in Marlborough Colours

 

 

 

Dropped Catch

 

£0.50

 

Hat Avoidance

Leaving behind after game

 

 

Impersonating Jesus

Long hair and beard

 

 

Exhaust Pipe Abuse

Getting lift from area surrounded by speed bumps

 

 

Impersonating John Inman

Mincing whilst taking drinks off field

 

 

Drinks-Making Incompetence

Trying to use polystyrene cups for cold drinks

 

 

Lighter Theft

Stealing Vicki's lighter at last game

 

 

Communication Avoidance

Forgetting arrangements re lift from Ian

 

 

Inappropriate Flirting

 

Being chatted up by opposition - complemented on socks

 

 

 

 

£2.75

Ian

Dropped Catch

 

£0.50

 

Impersonating a Cat

Having at least 9 lives batting

 

 

Toss Avoidance

 

 

 

Losing The Toss

Not winning it

 

 

Bribery and Corruption

Bribing opposition captain to say toss took place

 

 

Calling a Witness to Fines Committee

Opposition captain re whether toss took place

 

 

Jug Avoidance

Out for 49

 

 

Communication Avoidance

Forgetting arrangements re picking up Jake

 

 

Comedy Fielding

Running in for catch that then sailed over head

 

 

Singles Chart Avoidance

Recliner EP

 

 

Blaming Tools

Dissing the pitch

 

 

Poor Field Placement

Mid-on avoidance

 

 

Joy-Riding a Skoda

Ramming James' VW

 

 

Joy-Riding a Skoda

Not finding reverse gear

 

 

 

 

£3.75

Mike R

Grumbling

About always being fined for Marlborough shirt

 

 

Sportswear Avoidance

Wearing a Marlborough shirt

 

 

Self Importance

Continually fielding off own bowling

 

 

Grumbling

About continually not getting a bat

 

 

Impersonating Elvis Presley

Blue plastic shoes

 

 

Feeling Lonely

Missing Dan (fellow ex-Marlborough player)

 

 

Self Importance

Claiming delivery was "unplayable"

 

 

 

 

£1.75

Nick

 

Comedy Dismissal

 

Treading on stumps for the second time this season

 

 

Inappropriate Dancing

In the slips

 

 

Inappropriate Flirting

 

With James during Fines Committee re dancing in slips

 

 

Impersonating a Speedboat

Speeding well past the stumps when running

 

 

Sportswear Avoidance

Misplacing glove

 

 

 

 

£1.25

Richard

Self Importance

Assuming the nickname 'Dips'

 

 

Grumbling

About lack of action in field

 

 

Knocking-In Avoidance

Bat did not sound knocked-in

 

 

Match Avoidance

Not playing for 6 years

 

 

Self Importance

Claiming was getting a lot of spin

 

 

Duck

 

£0.50

 

 

 

£1.75

James H

Dissent

Pub abuse during Fines Committee

£0.50

 

Grumbling

About lack of teas

 

 

Possessing a Lighter in Marlborough Colours

 

 

 

Lighter Theft

Stealing 'Jake's' lighter

 

 

Self Importance

Denying ownership of lighter

 

 

Concentration Avoidance During Fines Committee

Whilst trying to engineer the perfect crime

 

 

Impersonating a Builder

Shorts covered in paint

 

 

Impersonating a Schoolboy

"No, sir," to Gary (teacher)

 

 

Fantasy Cricket Avoidance

Not bringing the team/data sheets

 

 

Inappropriate Flirting

 

Being chatted up by Nick during Fines Committee re dancing in slips

 

 

Sportswear Avoidance

No studs

 

 

 

 

£3.00

Matt

Inappropriate Dancing

In the slips

 

 

Grumbling

About fielding at long on both ends

 

 

Slow Running

Not troubling the third umpire

 

 

 

 

£0.75

Gary

Leaving The Job At Home Avoidance

Coaching the opposition

 

 

Impersonating Chris Read

 

Rumours are that they are one and the same person

 

 

Average Protection

117 not out

 

 

Pub Avoidance

 

 

 

Geography Avoidance

 

Not finding pub before game in village with only one street

 

 

Fine Entrapment

Causing Nick to have to run like a speedboat

 

 

Sportswear Avoidance

Jumper

 

 

 

 

£1.75

Ant

Expressing Dark Thoughts

Looking forward to winter

 

 

Harbouring Dark Thoughts

 

 

 

Impersonating a Footballer

Stealing James' catch

 

 

Impersonating Worzel Gummidge

With hair style

 

 

Failing the Citizenship Test

Not knowing who Worzel Gummidge was

 

 

Dissent

Whilst bowling

£0.50

 

Exhaust Pipe Abuse

Getting lift from area surrounded by speed bumps

 

 

Grumbling

About lack of teas

 

 

 

 

£2.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£23.75

 

 

 

*

 

 

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 <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