jukel123 8,939 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 25/10/2022 at 08:59, Nicepix said: That was a penalty all day long. Seaman arrived two days after Fowler had touched the ball. Expand Typical Leeds, sportsmanship by pass the lot of you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,939 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) Another captain Mainwaring rant. Protective head gear in cricket came about when the West Indians started to bowl yorkers aimed at batsmen's heads to unsettle them. People were injured. Not cricket gentlemen! They should have also brought in a rule that any ball judged to be aimed at an opponent, instead of the wicket, would result in the bowler being banned for the rest of the series. Edited October 25, 2022 by jukel123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 521 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 Bodyline - Wikipedia What about this Juke? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,939 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) On 25/10/2022 at 09:55, Aled said: Bodyline - Wikipedia What about this Juke? Expand There you go. That was before my time. I thought we were above such tactics.lol .Still, balls delivered at head height was an escalation of bodyline bowling. But fair point mate. Edited October 25, 2022 by jukel123 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aled 521 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 25/10/2022 at 10:09, jukel123 said: There you go. That was before my time. I thought we were above such tactics.lol .Still, balls delivered at head height was an escalation of bodyline bowling. But fair point mate. Expand There was a really enjoyable TV series about the bodyline test matches, which was part fiction part fact, it was on TV when i was about 13 years old. It was very interesting! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicepix 5,650 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 25/10/2022 at 09:25, jukel123 said: Another captain Mainwaring rant. Protective head gear in cricket came about when the West Indians started to bowl yorkers aimed at batsmen's heads to unsettle them. People were injured. Not cricket gentlemen! They should have also brought in a rule that any ball judged to be aimed at an opponent, instead of the wicket, would result in the bowler being banned for the rest of the series. Expand Yorkshire grit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,939 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 25/10/2022 at 15:54, Nicepix said: Yorkshire grit! Expand Brian Close! Bloody hell, that's rattled my memory. I bet Fred Trueman exacted revenge on whoever bowled those rib breakers at Close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicepix 5,650 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 25/10/2022 at 16:18, jukel123 said: Brian Close! Bloody hell, that's rattled my memory. I bet Fred Trueman exacted revenge on whoever bowled those rib breakers at Close. Expand It was the Windies in 1976 and Trueman had retired by then. I'm sure Sir Geoffrey would have bored them to death though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 8,939 Posted October 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 On 25/10/2022 at 16:24, Nicepix said: It was the Windies in 1976 and Trueman had retired by then. I'm sure Sir Geoffrey would have bored them to death though. Expand I remember the country being united against the tactics of bouncers obviously aimed at head level. It was big news all over the papers and BBC news. But the players got on with it. Now its big BBC news because a group of players called other players names. Facks sake lads. Play up and man up! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,578 Posted October 25, 2022 Report Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) On 24/10/2022 at 14:51, WILF said: I don’t need to convince you mate, I just don’t agree. Theres moral codes in all walks of life, they ain’t always shared by everyone but they do exist, why should football be any different ? Expand Likewise,i just dont agree....from rolling around trying to get opponents sent off to diving its all cheating and is anything but moral.....we remember it because its so rare. Edited October 25, 2022 by gnasher16 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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