Too much
How's this for a list of things to try and keep up-to-date with over the last few days:
Cricket (Wi v Ind and Eng v SL)
Football World Cup
Wimbledon
Tour de France
Throw in my own peculiar set of interests with the Subaru Primal Quest, World Series of Poker and now the Junior World Orienteering Champs, not to mention a couple of nights at Sky City and my eyes are a rather interesting shade of red.
It was a rather strange weekend in sport - the Warriors won their fourth game in a row, Cambo nearly won a golf tournament, Brazil lost a football game, an Englishman (OK, Scot) got into the second week of Wimbledon, I won a sports bet (I didn't bail on my England bets after all) and cashed in a poker tournament.
And a sad weekend too, hearing about the passing away of one of the legends of cricket, Fred Trueman. He was a man ahead of his time, being perhaps the inventor of what we now call "sledging", the term given to the trash-talking cricketers sometimes indulge in. So in memory of Fred, here are a few of his classics:
Fred Trueman bowling. The batsman edges and the ball goes to first slip,and right between Raman Subba Row's legs. Fred doesn't say a word. At the end of the over, Row ambles past Trueman and apologises sheepishly. "I should've kept my legs together, Fred". "So should your mother" he replied.
"I need nine wickets from this match, and you buggers had better start drawing straws to see who I don't get.”
“The definitive volume on the finest bloody fast bowler that ever drew breath” (on his autobiography)
On women - “Don't stroke 'em, don't tickle 'em, just give 'em a ruddy good belt”
One of the Yorkshire semi allrounders went out to bat & he wasn't know for his bravery against the quick stuff & on facing his first ball he backed away to leg & was bowled so when he gets back in the dressing room he gets a serve from Freddy along the lines of being a bit gutless so Fred goes out to bat & is dismissed in an ungainly fashion.When Fred re-enters the dressing room the other bloke is waiting for him & says something like what happened to you then trying to stir Freddy up so Fred replies 'I'll you what blooody happened I slipped on that pile of sh*t that you left in t'blooody crease'
A favourite (and true) Fred Trueman story is told by the former Essex offie David Acfield. It's one of Acfield's first 1st class games and he walks out at no.11 (he was a total rabbit), passing Trueman on the way and receiving a malevolent glare for his trouble. By the time he gets to the crease he's a nervous wreck. At short leg stands Brian Close, hard as nails outdoing Fred's glare. He takes guard and prepares to face when suddenly Trueman calls out "Eh, Closey, we've got a right one here, he's holding his bat the wrong way round."Acfield reports "And like a fool I looked!"
In a county game Fred Trueman was bowling to Rev David Sheppard, and Sheppard got a lucky 50 with lbw shouts being rejected, nicks through slips etc. Trueman said "Aye, if you're as lucky on Sundays as you are on Saturdays, you'll end up Archbishop of Canterbury."
Fred Trueman fielding close to the gate from the pavillion. As the new Aussie batsman came out to bat, he went to close the gate behind him as he walked onto the field.Trueman: "Don't bother shutting it son, you won't be out there long enough."
When Fred Trueman retired he was asked why, and he replied that he wanted to go while people were asking "why?" rather than "when?"
Fred was also a commentator for a time:
"Anyone foolish enough to predict the outcome of this match is a fool."
"That was a tremendous six, the ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary."
"Unless something happens that we can't predict, I don't think a lot will happen."
He was once commentating in the west indies and a ball went sailing into a tree outside of the ground and a half a dozen people jumped or fell out. His response was along the lines that it would have been a great advert for Rowntrees chocolate drops. Apparently he got a two week suspension (yes, from commentating) for that one.
RIP Fred.
Cricket (Wi v Ind and Eng v SL)
Football World Cup
Wimbledon
Tour de France
Throw in my own peculiar set of interests with the Subaru Primal Quest, World Series of Poker and now the Junior World Orienteering Champs, not to mention a couple of nights at Sky City and my eyes are a rather interesting shade of red.
It was a rather strange weekend in sport - the Warriors won their fourth game in a row, Cambo nearly won a golf tournament, Brazil lost a football game, an Englishman (OK, Scot) got into the second week of Wimbledon, I won a sports bet (I didn't bail on my England bets after all) and cashed in a poker tournament.
And a sad weekend too, hearing about the passing away of one of the legends of cricket, Fred Trueman. He was a man ahead of his time, being perhaps the inventor of what we now call "sledging", the term given to the trash-talking cricketers sometimes indulge in. So in memory of Fred, here are a few of his classics:
Fred Trueman bowling. The batsman edges and the ball goes to first slip,and right between Raman Subba Row's legs. Fred doesn't say a word. At the end of the over, Row ambles past Trueman and apologises sheepishly. "I should've kept my legs together, Fred". "So should your mother" he replied.
"I need nine wickets from this match, and you buggers had better start drawing straws to see who I don't get.”
“The definitive volume on the finest bloody fast bowler that ever drew breath” (on his autobiography)
On women - “Don't stroke 'em, don't tickle 'em, just give 'em a ruddy good belt”
One of the Yorkshire semi allrounders went out to bat & he wasn't know for his bravery against the quick stuff & on facing his first ball he backed away to leg & was bowled so when he gets back in the dressing room he gets a serve from Freddy along the lines of being a bit gutless so Fred goes out to bat & is dismissed in an ungainly fashion.When Fred re-enters the dressing room the other bloke is waiting for him & says something like what happened to you then trying to stir Freddy up so Fred replies 'I'll you what blooody happened I slipped on that pile of sh*t that you left in t'blooody crease'
A favourite (and true) Fred Trueman story is told by the former Essex offie David Acfield. It's one of Acfield's first 1st class games and he walks out at no.11 (he was a total rabbit), passing Trueman on the way and receiving a malevolent glare for his trouble. By the time he gets to the crease he's a nervous wreck. At short leg stands Brian Close, hard as nails outdoing Fred's glare. He takes guard and prepares to face when suddenly Trueman calls out "Eh, Closey, we've got a right one here, he's holding his bat the wrong way round."Acfield reports "And like a fool I looked!"
In a county game Fred Trueman was bowling to Rev David Sheppard, and Sheppard got a lucky 50 with lbw shouts being rejected, nicks through slips etc. Trueman said "Aye, if you're as lucky on Sundays as you are on Saturdays, you'll end up Archbishop of Canterbury."
Fred Trueman fielding close to the gate from the pavillion. As the new Aussie batsman came out to bat, he went to close the gate behind him as he walked onto the field.Trueman: "Don't bother shutting it son, you won't be out there long enough."
When Fred Trueman retired he was asked why, and he replied that he wanted to go while people were asking "why?" rather than "when?"
Fred was also a commentator for a time:
"Anyone foolish enough to predict the outcome of this match is a fool."
"That was a tremendous six, the ball was still in the air as it went over the boundary."
"Unless something happens that we can't predict, I don't think a lot will happen."
He was once commentating in the west indies and a ball went sailing into a tree outside of the ground and a half a dozen people jumped or fell out. His response was along the lines that it would have been a great advert for Rowntrees chocolate drops. Apparently he got a two week suspension (yes, from commentating) for that one.
RIP Fred.
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