Far From the MCC fines 13.7.08 v Blenheim CC (a) match drawn

25p unless otherwise stated.

Name	Fine	Reason	Cost
Nick	Catch Avoidance	Skied C&B chance
	Saving The Game Avoidance	Attempted with various quick singles
	Average Protection
	Gratuitous Swearing	During Fines Committee
			£1.00
Dan	Sportswear Theft	Of Andy Haynes’s jumper
	Impersonating Billy Liar	Claiming and then denying jumper theft	£0.50
	Impersonating a Butcher	Possessing a ‘strange collection of meat’ (?)
	Average Protection
			£1.25
James	Duck		£0.50
	Having a Minor Cob	When out after taking Gary’s advice
	Self-Belief Avoidance	Listening to Gary re moving of feet
	Umpiring Avoidance	“I can’t umpire – my parents are here”
	Drinking On The Pitch		£0.50
	Impersonating Billy Liar	False claim that parents still present	£0.50
	Bullying a Small Child	“What’s that one?”
			£2.50
Ant	Opening Bowler No Wicket		£0.50
	Grumbling	About always batting no 11
	Comedy Fielding	‘Like a paraplegic’
	Self Importance	“I took a great catch”
	Impersonating Billy Liar	“…I mean an average catch”
			£1.50
Mike R	Opening Bowler No Wicket		£0.50
	Batsman Avoidance	Forever bowling at the other bat
	Impersonating a Batsman	Actually getting a bat
			£1.00
Ian H	Attention Avoidance During Fines Committee
	Losing The Toss
	Batting Incompetence	Wild swing at straight one
	South Aspect Avoidance	Not taking out one of the Duke’s windows
	Latin Avoidance
	Maths Avoidance	In counting remaining overs (as scorer)
			£1.50
Martin	Bowling Avoidance	Claiming yips
	Comedy Fielding	Diving in vain
	Exposing The Tail	Dan & Nick
	Impersonating a Batsman	Actually getting a bat
			£1.00
Jake	Dropped Catch		£0.50
	Golden Duck		£1.00
	Paper Avoidance	Having none to print passes to palace grounds
	Lighter Incompetence
			£2.00
Steve P	Duck		£0.50
	Feigning Injury	Gammy knee
	Failure to Control Guests	Allowing father-in-law to stand behind sightscreen
	Disappointing The In-Laws	With batting display
	Excessive Warming Up	Stretching for 35 overs
	Grumbling	About being 8^th change bowler
			£1.75
Steve D	Dropped Catch		£0.50
	Having a Minor Cob	Sulky cob after drop
	Bodyline Bowling	Beamers
			£1.00
Gary	Inappropriate Coaching
	Partnership Building Avoidance	“We need to build a partnership,” then out next ball
	Dropped Catch		£0.50
			£1.00
			£15.50

Special Rates

Duck	£0.50
Golden Duck	£1.00
Dropped Catch	£0.50
Opening Bowler No Wicket	£0.50
Opening Partnership Avoidance	£0.50
Smoking on the Pitch	£0.50
Drinking on the Pitch	£0.50
Missed Stumping	£0.50
Missed Run-Out	£0.50
Fines' Folder Abuse	£0.50
Impersonating Billy Liar	£0.50
Having a Major Cob	£0.50
Having a Parkinson’s Cob	£1.00
Insulting the Fines Committee Chairman	£0.50
Insolvency (maximum limit)	£1.00

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