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....or press reporting of late night appropriate behaviour from Woodvale players....
(thought I would get there before Andy K did)
Re Colin
If your friend's, hairdresser's, husband's, dog walker is talking about it then it begs the question is there such a thing as bad publicity?
People I know who would never talk cricket (even through the World Cup) all of a sudden are!
Maybe we should organise to have controversy at every match or press reporting of late night inappropriate behaviour from players.....that might bring the crowds back :)
You are entitled to your opinion Jim. I just think that something as sensational as this, happening in our premier cricket competition, between two of NI's bigger clubs, will always be subject to discussion. My point is that hearing things first hand on a forum or in a press release is much preferred to hearing it from my friend's, hairdresser's, husband's, dog walker, who happened to be on the tow path and heard the Instonian's boys talking about it during a practice session :-)
Get back on the gang mower Park-ranger and forget about reading newspapers when you've work to do !
And while you're at it...will you run the heavy roller over our wicket a few more times than you usually do ?
I can't afford any more no-ball penalties when the ball doesn't bounce after I've bowled it !!!
Not being affiliated to any of the clubs involved, but my view is that it should be left to the 2 clubs and cricket Ireland. It doesn't matter what went on and by whom. Whispers, chinese or not are not good for cricket.
The Belfast Telegraph article certainly does shed a bit of light on the situation. Very interesting indeed!
Indeed Clarence - I see BBC is also running the story. Some very serious allegations and repercussions, if proven of course. I understand where Jeff is coming from about gossip though. However, something this big in the local game will be watched with interest - sometimes having clear coverage can help put some of the "chinese whispers" to bed. None can be more clear than those who were there!
Thanks Colin. The BT article certainly brings the issues into the public domain with a fairly wide safety net in case some legal hawks wish to exploit the wording. I can't understand why people at the match were not willing to say the same things as they witnessed the on-field debacle. The incidents in the changing-rooms will come out in due course. Limavady have already acted so there's no need for secrecy if indeed there ever was. Have to agree with Andy here.
The Officers and Members of the Northern Ireland Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers would like to extend their warmest congratulations to Cecil Walker upon his award of the MBE in the recent honour's list. This reward recognises the excellent work put in by Cecil over the years at all levels of the game and we as an Association are delighted by this honour bestowed upon him.
Some facts then Jeff!
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sports/cricket-wrecker-decker-banned-by-limavady-16010997.html
ANDY disagree as surely GOSSIP is only going make matters worse?would you be ASKING the same if was the umpires made a MISTAKE ?ILL say this id bet ? that its wrong belt sum1 but if yu had a say forum HITLIST there be loads
thats yu want BURY ? PS TAYTO wen yu were favs beat us i had 10£ BET WITH CHIPPER an fair play he paid up PPS YUR CHARITY AWAITS??????????????????
Can someone please post a message or refer to a tweet about what happened in Limavady yesterday? It sounds extraordinary that the game was abandoned. It was easier to find out about Giggs than this episode!
Enjoyed the match on sat against downpatrick it was a tight match but i felt dundrum deserved to win as they took the catches and that was the difference in a good natured Derby game
why is nobody who was at the game posting as to what happened at Limavady? clubs can issue statements but the rest of cricketers want to hear the deatils
Instonians Statement.
Instonians have released the following statement after their Irish Senior Cup tie against Limavady today.
Instonians Cricket Club can confirm an incident took place at Limavady Cricket Club today and will fully co-operate with Cricket Ireland's investigation which will take place when they receive the umpires' report.
There will be no other comment from any Instonians player or official until further notice. Finally we would ask in the circumstances for everyone to respect the players privacy in this matter.
Norman Shannon/Andrew Rose
