Re: Jessop
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:38:31 +0100
In message <R7dum.73639$7B.25367@newsfe28.ams2>, Andy Walker
<news@cuboid.co.uk> writes
>
>> In particular,
>> Somerset, Worcestershire and Northants, the latest counties to join
>> the championship (Glamorgan being obviously a rather different case).
>> Somerset es ...
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Re: Jessop
Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:13:58 +0100
In message <ordum.73640$7B.22248@newsfe28.ams2>, Andy Walker
<news@cuboid.co.uk> writes
> F-c cricket was scheduled for every day exc Sunday [most weeks]
>-- I mentioned in an earlier article that in 1900 Jephson played 38 f-c
>matches, 37 of them in the space of 19.5 weeks. I deduce that train
>times wer ...
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Re: Jessop
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:29:06 +0100
In message <318gb5t5rl3ruqlk3ciq72vqd4nscoegm4@4ax.com>, Mike Holmans
<mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk> writes
> But there is an equally sound process of reasoning which makes it
>economically desirable: for home matches, an amateur's expenses would
>very likely come to less than a professional's match fee, whereas ...
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Re: Jessop
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:23:12 +0100
In message <2gSEXgCQrJuKFwW+@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid>, John Hall
<nospam_nov03@jhall.co.uk> writes
>>These counties were constantly in financial difficulty and welcomed
>>the chance to reduce costs by picking amateurs who didn't need to be
>>paid match fees.
>
>Apparently Sammy Woods, great Somerset character ...
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Re: Jessop
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:36:53 +0100
In message <318gb5t5rl3ruqlk3ciq72vqd4nscoegm4@4ax.com>, Mike Holmans
<mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk> writes
>I's prefer "discussion" to " debate"
O God, it's one of those.... I bet it goes around saying "I'm not
political but...." RH
--
Robert Henderson
Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/ blai ...
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Re: Jessop
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:34:08 +0100
In message <35Vtm.140144$gY4.15639@newsfe08.ams2>, Andy Walker
<news@cuboid.co.uk> writes
>
> For weak amateurs, this could perhaps be a factor. But Robert
>was trying to say that those at the top of the averages were there
>[partly] because they didn't play full seasons.
A very reasonable claim. Much ...
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Re: Jessop
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:25:45 +0100
In message <nlmdb5p5blf6ifgm8igaao1eg2mrg1vsf0@4ax.com>, Mike Holmans
<mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>The difficulty with all this is that the influential people who
>apparently held these opinions were extremely rare visitors to Gloucs'
>grounds, which were not thought attractive destinations. The seni ...
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Re: Jessop
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:37:20 +0100
In article <318gb5t5rl3ruqlk3ciq72vqd4nscoegm4@4ax.com>,
Mike Holmans <mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk> writes:
<snip>
>Remember that I specified the weaker counties. In particular,
>Somerset, Worcestershire and Northants, the latest counties to join
>the championship (Glamorgan being obviously a rather different cas ...
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Re: Jessop
Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:44:22 +0100
On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:34:05 +0100, Andy Walker <news@cuboid.co.uk>
tapped the keyboard and brought forth:
>Robert Henderson wrote:
>> Sigh. They often were high in the averages because they did not play
>> full seasons. RH
>
> Do you have any evidence for this? No, of course not. Most of
>us would suppo ...
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Scandalous selection of ICC associate player of year award
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:25:04 GMT
Ger Siggins (Sunday Tribune)
20 September 2009
THE ?Magnificent Seven?? Well, according to an ICC jury, it?s more
like ?The One And Only?. Two weeks ago Inside Edge reported that no
less than seven members of the Irish squad had been nominated for the
Associate and Affiliate Player of the Year award, to b ...
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