Rules of cricket

[Dorsetmike]

Set to music


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[D1042 Western Princess]

Two stories, one true, one doubtful - you can judge which is which.

Story 1.

I was talking to an American 'gentleman' who told me he thought cricket was a 'game for wimps'.
I asked him what sport he thought a real man should play?

"Baseball", said he.

"Baseball is called 'rounders' in the UK and played mainly by little girls", I replied.

Strangely enough he didn't seem to want to continue the conversation.


Story 2.

Back soon after coming to power Adolf Hitler decided that Germany must have a national cricket team, and one was formed.
After much practice the MMC were challenged to play in Berlin. Germany won the toss and elected to bat, Hitler himself opening the batting.
Unfortunately he was bowled out by the first delivery, declared it a silly game and led the Germans off the field, the game over.
Today it is best remembered for that old song "Hitler only got one ball"

So which of the two is true?

[D1042 Western Princess]

 

Both are true (except for the bit about the song).

[Newportnobby]

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[woodbury22uk]

When in a sports bar in the US my wife insists on referring to the sports as netball, rounders and rugby.

She cannot understand how the female pitchers achieve such speed "bowling underarm". Looks weird too.

Anyone who overhears her does not understand the humour either. I did recently find an American woman who understands British humour. Buying an ice cream I was offered the addtion of some whipped cream. The question was "Do you want the whip?". My reply of "Yes. I usually have to pay extra for that" was met with a blank "no charge sir". The American woman said "I think that was lost in translation, but I got it".

[D1042 Western Princess]

When in a sports bar in the US my wife insists on referring to the sports as netball, rounders and rugby.

She cannot understand how the female pitchers achieve such speed "bowling underarm". Looks weird too.

As I understand it bowling underarm was the accepted way of play in the early cricket game and is depicted in the Napoleonic war TV drama episode "Sharpe's Waterloo".
Overarm bowling only became the standard way of play after women took up the game and their huge skirts got in the way of underarm bowling.

P/S A question. Is it called 'bowling' after the similar underarm actions in the very old game of 'bowls'? The connection has only just come to me with this post.

[D1042 Western Princess]

  I hate to be thought of as a 'cricketing rivet counter' but aren't they the Laws of Cricket, as opposed to 'rules'?

[Basinga]

I was sent on a business trip to the states during the NFL "world series" (which only the USA competes in) a few years back. In a bar, after one or two drinks and a fair while of watching it on the telly, I finally nudged a colleague and said "So American football is basically Rugby, where they're allowed to pass forward, never bother with scrums and everyone wears padding and helmets".

I got a lot of evil looks, but nobody said anything.

[Agrippa]

Talking of sport I once said that rugby was a game for fat boys who couldn't
play football. I got plenty of looks and a few replies....

[D1042 Western Princess]

Talking of sport I once said that rugby was a game for fat boys who couldn't
play football. I got plenty of looks and a few replies....

My dad, a rugby fanatic who once played for his Corps during his army days in WW2, was very disappointed that I never took up the 'sport'.
Sorry dad, but rolling in the mud on cold wet days never seemed like much fun to me.

[Newportnobby]

I reckon Etched Pixels summed up Rugby when he said it was a team pretending it didn't hurt as opposed to football players pretending it does
Back on topic, though, I'm really not sure sure how our lot will fare in The Ashes as it strikes me they're more concerned with getting their sunglasses 'just so'

[Vonk]

I reckon Etched Pixels summed up Rugby when he said it was a team pretending it didn't hurt as opposed to football players pretending it does
Back on topic, though, I'm really not sure sure how our lot will fare in The Ashes as it strikes me they're more concerned with getting their sunglasses 'just so'

To go quickly back off topic I was always told 2 things relating to rugby by my dad but the key one is when he was at school (early 60's I reckon) they had a lad come over from america and claim that american football was a lot rougher and the players were rougher which is why they wore helmets etc. He was quickly put in the middle of the scrum by his new class"mates". I think he soon realised his mistake...

Back on topic we used to have a teat towel with the the rules of cricket on it.

[Basinga]

I reckon Etched Pixels summed up Rugby when he said it was a team pretending it didn't hurt as opposed to football players pretending it does

Back on topic though, cricket was a sports option when I was at school. We played it once and once only. Nobody ever chose to play it again...

[Dorsetmike]

we used to have a teat towel

Did that help you keep a-breast of things?

[Newportnobby]

Nice spelling boob, Vonk