St Georges Disabled Cricket

"Yesterday I dared to struggle, today I dare to win"

THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET (Preamble to the Laws of Cricket)

CRICKET; is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws, but also within the Spirit of the Game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself. The major responsibility for ensuring the spirit of fair play rests with the captains.

There are two Laws that place the responsibility for the team's conduct firmly on the captain

Responsibility of captains:
The captains are responsible at all times for ensuring that play is conducted within the Spirit of the Game as well as within the Laws.

Player's conduct:
In the event of a player failing to comply with instructions by an umpire, or criticizing by word or action decisions of an umpire, or showing dissent, or generally behaving in a manner which might bring the game into disrepute, the umpire concerned shall in the first place report the matter to the other umpire and to the player's captain, and instruct the latter to take action.

Fair and unfair play:
According to the Laws the umpires are the sole judges of fair and unfair play. The umpires may intervene at any time, and it is the responsibility of the captain to take action where required.

The umpires are authorized to intervene in cases of:

Time wasting

Damaging the pitch

Dangerous or unfair bowling

Tampering with the ball

Any other action that they consider to be unfair

The Spirit of the Game involves RESPECT for:

Your opponents

Your own captain and team

The role of the umpires

The game's traditional values

It is against the Spirit of the Game:

To dispute an umpire's decision by word, action or gesture

To direct abusive language towards an opponent or umpire

Indulge in cheating or any sharp practice, for instance:

to appeal knowing that the batsman is not out; to advance towards an umpire in an aggressive manner when appealing; to seek to distract an opponent either verbally or by harassment with persistent clapping or unnecessary noise under the guise of enthusiasm and motivation of one's own side.

Violence
There is no place for any act of violence on the field of play.

Players
Captains and umpires together set the tone for the conduct of a cricket match. Every player is expected to make an important contribution to this.

Ways of Being out in Cricket. 

                 1.   Caught
                 2.   Bowled
                 3.   Leg Before Wicket
                 4.   Run Out
                 5.   Stumped
                 6.   Handling the ball
                 7.   Obstructing the field
                 8.   Hit the ball twice
                 9.   Hit Wicket
               10.   Timed Out

Trivia & Funny Cricket Facts

 5 Differences Between Cricket and Baseball 

1. Cricketers run in straight lines, not in circles 
2. No baseball fielder would be stupid enough to stand at silly mid off 
3. Baseball games will never stop for afternoon tea
4. Cricketers pants aren't skin tight
5. Cricketers sometimes will wear baseball caps, but baseball players never wear cricket caps
 
5 Topics Occasionally Discussed By the BCC Radio 3 Cricket Commentary Team
1. The color of the local buses
2. The weather
3. Chocolate cakes, cream cakes, and all other types of sweets
4. Status of one's dry cleaning
5. The cricket match that is taking place
 
Films in Which Cricket Features:
1. The Lady Vanishes(1938)- An Alfred Hitchcock thriller in which two of the characters are obsessed with wanting to know the score of a Test Match
2. A Yank at Oxford (1938)- Robert Taylor and Vivian Leigh star in a film in which cricket is one of the eccentricities the American visitor has to come to terms with
3. The Final Test (1953)- Jack Warner plays a cricketer looking forward to his last Test match
4. The Go-Between(1970)- Farmer Ted is caught by the boy Leo on the boundary
5. Hope and Glory (1987)- Life in the suburbs during World War 2, in which a small boy is taught how to bowl a googly
6. Laagan- Once Upon a Time in India (2001)- A group of rural Indian's fight against an opressive land tax imposed by the British Army, by playing a game of cricket of which they must win. AVAILABLE AT THE EVANSVILLE VANDERBURGH PUBLIC LIBRARY 
7. Wondrous Oblivion (2004)

 

 

Greenwich v. Chelsea Hospital Pensioners, circa 1825

British Sports and Pastimes, Hutchinson House, 1950; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1955 

Matches between one-armed and one-legged pensioners are on record from the eighteenth century until as late as 1863. In 1796, a match played at Walworth for 1,000 guineas was made the occasion of riot and confusion owing to the pressure of the populace to gain admission. The one-legged pensioners managed to kick-a**, and were usually the winners.

Sorry about the pun, couldn't help myself. G.P.