Oldskool Rules

Sorry if Hitler died while reading about this next to an article about the Titanic but it must ring true for those of us that saw Remi Moses at Old Trafford:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/samjparker/f...en-youre-a-kid

Class

That took me back

There was this @#%&! of an old man who put a hole in our ball when we kicked it over his fence once. I was very glad when I found out he'd died.

Quality.

Darkness was the biggest killer of games.

Originally Posted by Main Man

Quality.

Darkness was the biggest killer of games.

Haha, yeah. I remember playing cricket on the campsite one year in Cornwall. We called it a day when the batsman couldn't tell that the ball had gone past him.

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

Haha, yeah. I remember playing cricket on the campsite one year in Cornwall. We called it a day when the batsman couldn't tell that the ball had gone past him.

The losing team always continued to play even though you could barely even see anything, many a draw was offered to appease the bullies.

Brilliant

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

Haha, yeah. I remember playing cricket on the campsite one year in Cornwall. We called it a day when the batsman couldn't tell that the ball had gone past him.

There was a famous Gloucs v Lancs cup tie in the early 70s which ended in pretty much those conditions

you've missed out the, "Caaaaaaaaaar" rule;

subsection 1a: when a car enters the street of play; the first person to observe the vehicle must make the call of "caaaaaaaaaar" at which point all players must vacate the roadway, until the car has left the road. Play can then commence again from where the ball left the road prior the passing of the vehicle.

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

There was a famous Gloucs v Lancs cup tie in the early 70s which ended in pretty much those conditions

With the famous anecdote about Jack Bond asking about the light whereupon the umpire pointed at the moon and asked how far he wanted to be able to see

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

There was a famous Gloucs v Lancs cup tie in the early 70s which ended in pretty much those conditions

was at that

Originally Posted by elhombre

you've missed out the, "Caaaaaaaaaar" rule;

subsection 1a: when a car enters the street of play; the first person to observe the vehicle must make the call of "caaaaaaaaaar" at which point all players must vacate the roadway, until the car has left the road. Play can then commence again from where the ball left the road prior the passing of the vehicle.

With a slight variation on our avenue where two of the of the players have to move the nets which they've brought from their garden off the road and onto the pavement until the car has gone past

Back if you need

Excellent

Originally Posted by Knockers

Back if you need

Still say that now.

Great read.

No mention of wally? Used to love that using the pavillion wall.

£#%&!ing hate heads and volleys. play a proper game or fack off.

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

Haha, yeah. I remember playing cricket on the campsite one year in Cornwall. We called it a day when the batsman couldn't tell that the ball had gone past him.

Similar situation, it was getting pretty dark and the bowler decided to bowl half a brick instead of the ball, nearly broke the poor £#%&!ers hands

Originally Posted by Hernadezred

Similar situation, it was getting pretty dark and the bowler decided to bowl half a brick instead of the ball, nearly broke the poor £#%&!ers hands

did anyone else try the half brick in a popped casey?

:shakehead:

Originally Posted by elhombre

did anyone else try the half brick in a popped casey?

:shakehead:

£#%&!! never thought of doing that but Casey's were dangerous enough with those £#%&!ing laces hitting you in the eyes.