Torneyboy Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 The poms kick a lucky goal in a game of football...and give the""Coach"" a knighthood http://www.cnn.com/2003/SPORT/12/30/rugby.honors.ap/ What happened to: Sir Steve Waugh Sir Shane Warne Cant wait for the Ashes this year..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Did you ever take the mrs to a game? I never met a thai girl with anything but puzzlement- game no good play all day for 5 day and draw, crazy na-peter Wasn't the greatest cricketer who ever lived an ozzie 'sir'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Sir don Bradman...greatest of them all!! My wife enjoys the game btw. Havn't taken her to a live game as yet...just on TV. Our son got a cricket set for Christmas...loves it and the game...had no idea when first saw it played ...but plays at school and is good at it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Took the ex Chinese GF to a cricket one dayer a few years back.. she seemed to enjoy it but I feel she was just being polite, and found it a bit hard to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 not a propar SIR as we Brits are....... :: all the Colonial chappies don't really count. every year there are a few spare to hand out and they look for some foreign chappie to give one to....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Sir Torneyboy...has a certain ring to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naughtyboy Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Groucho Marx is reputed to have said " The English invented cricket so that they could understand infinity". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Yes he was the best alright. It seems not widely known that up until the civil war cricket was played in the USA esp around Philadelphia area. One player called Bart King still holds some records and is mentioned in Wisdens. For reasons I forget after the war that ladies game known as baseball took off-peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted January 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Interesting! Wonder if it is still played in USA? Hate to think what they would do to the game however Lights flashing on the stumps.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Sir Torneyboy...has a certain ring to it I'm content being a Baron ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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