Far From The MCC

~ Est. in 1998 ~

 

“Jude the Obscure

Put On Impressive Exhibition”

 

 

Sunday 4th June 2000

Result:  Lost by 130 Runs

Venue:  Cutteslowe Park

35 overs

Isis

164 - 9

 

Jude The Obscure

34 ao

B. Mander  14

 

 

 

……It has often been observed by the more acute of society’s observers that rarely can art and sport find a common ground, serving as they do such distinct and particular audiences. Indeed, apart from synchronised swimming and that funny gymnastic thingy where they throw balls and hoops in the air and catch them between their legs and behind their backs, it is most often a case of ne’er the twain shall meet. And yet, art lovers around the world yesterday hailed the Jude the Obscure Cricket Club for their daring and innovative free-form kinetic installation-cum-performance piece, staged at Cuttleslowe Upper Ground, which had many of the hallmarks of an actual game of cricket.

 

 

Dan Flavin was an American minimalist who didn’t know about cricket.

 

A spokesperson for The Jude said: “We wanted to make a tribute to the new Tate Modern Gallery in London, and what better way than by using the medium with which we, as sportsmen, are best identified? No, not drinking. Cricket. As for style, we took a straw poll before our innings, and although we had a couple of votes for Abstract Expressionism and Cubism, and quite a few for Onanism, it was Minimalism that came up trumps in the end, so we decided to bat as minimally as we could. The dual aim was to score as few runs, and also to make the innings last for as little time as possible. I think everyone who looks at the result would agree that we achieved those goals and then some! We’re hoping to get permission to re-enact the entire innings in the Tate itself, right down to the minimal number of supporters on the boundary. Want to buy half a sheep in a tank of formaldehyde?”

 

 

‘Blocker’

 

 

 

 

 

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