Canterbury Cricket Ground Tree Blown Over

[Lord Bracknell]

Terrible scenes.

 

[CHAPPERS]

What a shame.

 

[perseus]

STUMPED

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/4160973.stm

 

[teaboy]

The end of a cricketing era.

 

[clapham_gull]

They'll never get planning permission for the new tree.

 

[Titanic]

That's very sad, but good to see that they have been preparing for a replacement. I'm all for maintaining traditions and unusual features like this.

 

[Marc]

could they make Stumps out of that tree or are stumps a special type of tree like Willow is to the bat?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

one of my claims to fame was that I, playing for Meopham Juniors against a canterbury Schools x1, I hit a ball into the tree at the Canterbury Ground.

Only got a 4 for it though


( I got a ton that day and 5 wickets and was given a really nice Gray Nicholls bat in recognition, which I left at school one day and had it nicked)

 

[Robbie G]

Terrible Scenes

 

[Storer68]

could they make Stumps out of that tree or are stumps a special type of tree like Willow is to the bat?

The're made from Ash except now some need to have a big hole in'em to accommodate TV cameras.

and the tree was dying or already dead, and Kent have already planted a replacement next door.

 

[Brixtaan]

Having spent nearly 20 yrs within a stones throw from the tree this has darkened a magical BHA day.

They simply have to replant it.

 

[Brixtaan]

p.s. Thanks for your kind words everyone.I know that NSC Kent/Sussex cricket relations are often 'strained'.

 

[Tooting Gull]

A bit of history disappears...a colleague at work was telling me earlier about a very amusing incident many years ago when some Northants fielder, running towards the boundary for a catch, ran full pelt into the aforementioned tree and KO'd himself.

You can't beat that for comedy, it's like watching Tom stand on a rake chasing Jerry.

 

[Simster]

Great news. We should elect a short arsed bespectacled crook as chairman of Sussex, offer them the chance to ground share for 100 years while the new tree grows and then insist on them honouring the contract when after 2 years they decide to simply plant a fully mature one in it's place.

And with the proceeds, we'll have a test ground built.

 

[Brixtaan]

Great news.

Always stirring up trouble aren't you? This really is not the time or the place for your soulless cheap jibes.

This is for the tree

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

The're made from Ash except now some need to have a big hole in'em to accommodate TV cameras.

Not quite, exactly, the mini camera goes in the ground under the stump and points upwards. The stump is hollow to half way up and then using a mirror at 45 degrees (a kin to a periscope) the vision looks horzontal down the wicket.

Reason: 85mph ball would bust the camera, so its located out of harm's way - clever eh!

 

[The Clown of Pevensey Bay]

Can I please just mention the Nackington Road End? I think it's funny.

 

[dougdeep]

Can I please just mention the Nackington Road End? I think it's funny.

Certainly not!

 

[Lush]

Ok then, can we mention that at the next match the away fans should make sure that they sing..."tree fell over, tree fell over"

 

[Brixtaan]

Thats it, shut down this thread, i sense it's going to become abusive and disrespectful.

*shudders at thought of day shift*