Most embarrasing sporting moments.

[ledge]

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Those were the days at the Sunshine pool, so many funny sights. I use to love the beef croquets from the canteen, the older girls wearing bathers that were yellow and see through. In summer we would spend the whole day there, no suntan lotion, come home with blisters on our backs...... ahhh growing up in the 60's as a young preteen. We didn't know any better

Sunshine pool oh yes knew a nice young girl across the road from there, mmmm oh i digress, back to the pool, was one of the first to have one of those tube slides put in.
Dont know if you have been there lately its all done up, the manager there is our secretary at the cricket club, Lovely lady, mad Bulldog supporter, think her son pops on this site occasionally.

[westdog54]

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I was playing soccer at school one day, just a muck around lunchtime game. I beat the last defender, the keeper came out, I got around him and...

Had a fresh airy and lost my footing.

I played in defence for the rest of the game.

[LostDoggy]

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Playing underage cricket and took off for a quick single. Half-way down the track, my box slips from where it was and slowly made its wy down my trousers before lodging behind my knee causing me to break stride and stumble.

Run out by 6 feet - bloody lousy undies!!!!

[Happy Days]

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Once I was umpiring, and I gave one of my compatriots out caught behind.

I thought it was a good decision, until he showed me the freshly-made red mark on his left pad's kneeroll.

[ledge]

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the Sockeye nickname really has nothing to do with Salmon the player has it.

[ledge]

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Once I was umpiring, and I gave one of my compatriots out caught behind.

I thought it was a good decision, until he showed me the freshly-made red mark on his left pad's kneeroll.

Golden rule, no such thing as LBW or caught behind when umpiring your own team.
Even bowled is questionable with a gust of wind.

[westdog54]

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Golden rule, no such thing as LBW or caught behind when umpiring your own team.
Even bowled is questionable with a gust of wind.

When I was played juniors I was given out LBW by one of our coaches. Was absolutely filthy as I was walking off.

At drinks he came up to me and said "Just so you know, that was the most plum LBW in the history of cricket. I couldn't not give it."

[Missing Dog]

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Golden rule, no such thing as LBW or caught behind when umpiring your own team.
Even bowled is questionable with a gust of wind.

that sounds like totty baps rules to me ledge

[Sockeye Salmon]

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that sounds like totty baps rules to me ledge

Not really. I've seen catches at 1st slip be given not out.

[westdog54]

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Not really. I've seen catches at 1st slip be given not out.

Now that is hilarious. How in the Blue Hell do you get the ball to first slip without hitting it?

Then again, if Steve Harmison is bowling...

[Scraggers]

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Now that is hilarious. How in the Blue Hell do you get the ball to first slip without hitting it?

Then again, if Steve Harmison is bowling...

The best first bowl of a series I have ever seen ... I still chuckle when I think about it

[The Underdog]

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Golden rule, no such thing as LBW or caught behind when umpiring your own team.
Even bowled is questionable with a gust of wind.

When I was playing u16's (half a lifetime ago) I got asked to fill in for the 4ths a couple of times. One day I had to square leg umpire and gave one of my teammates not out in a run out decision when he was about 4 feet short of his crease. Don't think I got asked again.

Also ran into an open goal in the dying minutes of a match when we were a point up and hit the post from the edge of the goal square (to be fair it was at Warburton where the posts were a foot wide at the base). Luckily we won by 2 points.

[ledge]

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When I was playing u16's (half a lifetime ago) I got asked to fill in for the 4ths a couple of times. One day I had to square leg umpire and gave one of my teammates not out in a run out decision when he was about 4 feet short of his crease. Don't think I got asked again.

Also ran into an open goal in the dying minutes of a match when we were a point up and hit the post from the edge of the goal square (to be fair it was at Warburton where the posts were a foot wide at the base). Luckily we won by 2 points.

At my age if the ball doesnt quite make the boundary, what could have been 3 is now a quick single, unless i hit it of course then we might even run 4.

[Bornadog]

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Golden rule, no such thing as LBW or caught behind when umpiring your own team.
Even bowled is questionable with a gust of wind.

I did that when I was umpiring, and the boys gave me hell after the game, but it was plum

[ledge]

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2nd golden rule when your team is batting and your umpiring, always make sure you count the balls in an over correctly because you can guarantee if you accidentaly give a bowler 7 deliveries he will get a wicket on the 7th and your team mates will kill you as you come off.