[SOC] For our Cricket Fans

[Ian C. Purdie]

David Ackrill wrote:

> Actually, the Ashes trophy is a bit SOC anyway. ;-)
>
> They originally didn't exist at all.  The story is that England (a team that
> can be made up from players from anywhere in the UK - SOC in itself) got a
> drubbing from Australia one time and an 'obiturary' was written as an ironic
> report of the poor quality of the English game, which ended with the
> statement something like "the ashes will be returned home on Thursday".
>
> Then, when the series of test matches between England and Australia became
> known as the "Ashes Series" a pair of bails (the two small round pieces of
> wood which sit on top of the three stumps) were burnt and the Ashes were put
> in an Urn.
>
> Every so often there's an arguement, a bit like the one over the Americas
> Cup, about whether the Ashes should go to Australia (physically) rather than
> stay in the UK.
>
> Which always strikes me as SOC that the winners would want a symbol of the
> failure of a side so many years ago.

Heresy, heresy...

I'll flick pass this to my fellow cricket correspondent - Paul...

Paul, Paul...

[Anything I personally say is highly prejudiced and one-eyed, accordingly not
fit for publication among minors]


72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
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