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 |
|
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Opening Bowler No Wicket |
|
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Average Protection |
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|
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Dissing The Team |
Dissing Ant's bowling |
|
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Grumbling |
About fielding on boundary |
|
|
Geography Avoidance |
Not finding pub before game in
village with only one street |
|
|
Pub Avoidance |
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|
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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 |
|
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Toss Avoidance |
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|
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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 |
|
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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 |