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Far from the MCC fines 10.07.16 v Astons CC (h) lost by 8 wkts

 

 

 

 

Recorded Fines

 

25p unless otherwise stated.

 

 

Name

 

Fine

Reason

Cost

Lee

Chuntering

Throughout the game

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Causing Gary to get Buffet award

Shit fielding and drop off his bowling

 

 

Wicketkeeper abuse

 

 

 

Refusal to come off

Whilst bowling

 

 

Attending elitist BBQ

Pearson’s secret BBQ

 

 

Duck avoidance

 

 

 

Yorking himself

Whilst batting

 

 

Unringing ringer

Letting himself down and failing to live up to great expectations

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Gary T

Being dictated to

By Lee (bowling)

 

 

Showing off

Wicket with second ball

 

 

Losing the toss

 

50p

 

Fining in private

 

 

 

Hitting the keeper in the head

Ball ricochets off stumps onto Moo’s head

 

 

Balancing ball on wicket

 

 

 

Smug

 

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Lord Lucan

Aggressive shouting at team mates

Telling Spam to “fuck off”

 

 

Getting in…

…then out (whilst batting)

 

 

Being hip

Trendy modern beard

 

 

Running slower than walking

Mincing

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Provoking reverse sweep

 

 

 

Incorrect tennis reporting

His Wimbledon scoreline for Murray v Raonic was completely inaccurate

 

 

 

 

£1.75

Russ

Average protection

 

 

 

Fielding with his feet

Lazy fucker

 

 

Comedy fielding of highest order

20 yard slide to for ball

 

 

Being cheap

£10 haircut

 

 

Impersonating an OAP

Dementia

 

 

Showering with Nick

 

 

 

 

 

£1.50

Spam

Not paying attention

During fines

 

 

Going down in stages

OAP like fielding

 

 

Impersonating Casper

Crap fielding – ball went through him like a knife through butter

 

 

Running out of 1’s…

…whilst updating the scoreboard

 

 

Grandfather avoidance

Hardly giving a toss about wife Vicki’s grandson being pushed around the boundary

 

 

Dissing family

See above

 

 

Showering with Nick

 

 

 

Conforming to stereotype

Excessive spam on the Friday

 

 

Smug

 

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Reevsie

Clockwatching

 

 

 

Opening bowler no wicket

 

50p

 

Tea fascist

Shortage of flapjacks “I’ll do what I want”

 

 

Not stepping up to the plate

See above

 

 

Fake Pringles

See above

 

 

Free range egg avoidance

See above

 

 

Halal meat avoidance

See above

 

 

Tumbling down the batting order…

…in recent times

 

 

Smug

 

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Nick H

Denial

Dropping the ball

 

 

Ball avoidance

At slip

 

 

Getting out trying to play a scoring shot

 

 

 

Batting position…

…inappropriate

 

 

Showering with himself

 

 

 

Being his own brother

Listed in scorebook as Steve Hebbes

 

 

Talking bollocks at fines

“Bring it on – what else you got?”

 

 

Reverting to type

Turning in huge circles in the field

 

 

 

 

£2.00

Moo

Advocating small children…

…sounding car horns (down the road)

 

 

Extravagant drive

 

 

 

Average protection

 

 

 

Wasting equipment

Helmet on field but not used

 

 

Stump abuse

Demolishing stumps with run out / stumping attempts

 

 

Polishing his helmet

 

 

 

Mini Moo avoidance

No kids in attendance

 

 

 

 

£1.75

Darley

Opening bowler no wicket

 

50p

 

Self entrapment (drop)

 

 

 

Drop

 

50p

 

Failure at ball avoidance

Getting whacked fielding close in

 

 

Sulking

Failure to bat (again)

 

 

Self importance

Scored 41 for the OU Offices apparently (probably against children)

 

 

Posh

Green tipped eco-cig

 

 

Eating a roast dinner with cutlery

Not the done thing at the White House as popularised by Paddy Mellor (eating it using fingers only)

 

 

 

 

£2.50

Thorn

Failure to on the pitch at the correct time

Wandering off

 

 

Excessive rolling up duration

10 overs to roll a cigarette

 

 

Wearing a helmet…

…at long leg (to keep the rain off him)

 

 

Eating sandwich…

…at long leg

 

 

Talking through fines

 

 

 

Polish boot avoidance

Wearing regular cricket shoes

 

 

Padding-up avoidance

 

 

 

Tool belt avoidance

For a chippie

 

 

Tape measure avoidance

For a chippie

 

 

 

 

£2.25

Pearson

Pub avoidance (pre game)

 

 

 

Turning up in kit

 

 

 

Going home in kit

 

 

 

Parental avoidance

 

 

 

Batting out of character

Scoring some runs and avoiding a golden duck

 

 

Comedy fielding

 

 

 

Reverting to type

Overtly smug during the match

 

 

Arguing with Fines Committee

 

 

 

 

 

£2.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

£23.00

 

 

 

*

 

 

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