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Cricket & Kilts
So I'm just a little bit excited down here in Melbourne.
The Ashes has started! I'm trying my hand at hand stitching a kilt while I watch.
Are any XMarkers attending any of the matches in a Kilt?
And I have no idea why my picture are the wrong way around
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Halls North Of England Eleven, 1893
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Hmmmm Wales from the coast of Norfolk not that much more distance that going to Scotland!!
When I joined Inverness High School in 1971 the conversation went,
You're from England aren't you?
Yes
Do you know how to play cricket?
Yes
You're in the School team.....
Needless to say we lost all matches except one against Dingwall.
Unlike Freuchie Cricket club (founded 1908) in Fife which won the National (that is the whole of UK not just Scotland) village championship in 1985. and they still play well today.
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You're from England aren't you?
Yes
Do you know how to play cricket?
Yes
You're in the School team.....
Sums up my thoughts too.
Cricket is a minority sport in Scotland though very popular in England.
Just another of those little things which make us Scots that wee bit different from our English friends and neighbours.
I'm surprised that Richard found a picture of kilted cricketers. Noting that, being cricketers, they are English.
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If one were to call Cricket a "minority sport" here, it would be doing it a kindness. Most Americans have no idea what Cricket is, beyond a type of bug.
Yet here in Tustin (California) we have a local park in which Cricket is played every weekend! That, and seven Indian restaurants, and a number of Indian grocers, is the result of Tustin having a sizable Indian population.
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31st July 15, 03:32 PM
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 Originally Posted by cessna152towser
Sums up my thoughts too.
Cricket is a minority sport in Scotland though very popular in England.
Just another of those little things which make us Scots that wee bit different from our English friends and neighbours.
My thoughts too Jock. For some strange reason, my school, outside Edinburgh saw fit to play cricket in the summer. Involvement was mandatory and for my sins, or neat writing, I was obliged to keep the score for some of the matches. Unfortunately many of those coincided with F1 races on the radio and when the racing got exciting the scoring came a distant second and when there was no race I had a distinct tendency to fall asleep through boredom. Either way the score was only approximate. Now shinty - that was a different story.
If you are going to do it, do it in a kilt!
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31st July 15, 04:13 PM
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31st July 15, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by OC Richard
Halls North Of England Eleven, 1893
Hitting the ball with a bat is difficult enough, but using cromachs instead - no chance.
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If you are going to do it, do it in a kilt!
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7th August 15, 06:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Lady Grey
So I'm just a little bit excited down here in Melbourne.
The Ashes has started! I'm trying my hand at hand stitching a kilt while I watch.
Are any XMarkers attending any of the matches in a Kilt?
And I have no idea why my picture are the wrong way around
I heard there are some Australian cricket bats for sale, never been used.
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