Cricket & Kilts

**Lady Grey** · 17th July 15, 12:07 AM

Kilted Scholar
Yeah an x marker at the cricket!
I totally understand why you didn't wear a kilt.
Having watched the 1st day at Lords, I think I would prefer a kilt to some of the MCC jackets and the accompanying items of clothing.
At least the Aussies have made some runs this innings!

Like the UK, local cricket is still big in Australia. I used to run a great canteen and my afternoon tea was legendary.... So good that we ended up with finals on our rather poor ground.
I still remember running drinks out between overs some 25 odd years ago
(Or rather waddled) when I was 7mths pregnant and hearing the lovely
"Hey 'G' have you ever bowled a maiden over?" Cricket humour ... Nothing like it!
During the World Cup many of the fans were in Kilts which was great to watch.

I don't know how much kilt sewing I will get done this weekend. Tonight (Fri) there is the Test, Aussie Rules & Liverpool v Bris Roar on TV, Sat night the Test, Roma v Real Madrid and Aussie Rules. Some of the games are in Melbourne but it's far to cold to go out and watch them, so I shall snuggle up with tartan and the TV remote.

**The Q** · 17th July 15, 04:56 AM

Sadly I'll see little on TV, As I have a 400 Mile drive and a family do to attend (Mothers 80th) .
I will however wear the MCC tie, it happens be the same as the Yeoman sailing Association tie, http://www.yeomankinsman.org.uk/ , you can see why if you look at our flag, I'm helming the boat on the right as you look at that page.

**OC Richard** · 17th July 15, 05:48 AM

About baseball and cricket in the American colonies, neither sport existed in its modern form at that time.

In the 18th century and first half of the 19th century the most widespread sport in the north-east was simply called "town ball" and the rules varied from region to region, even town to town. When teams from different towns played each other they would have to iron out the rules for that particular match or series. Even in the 18th century the game was sometimes called "base-ball" though the base might be a tree stump or other natural feature.

It was the Civil War that spread the particular New York version of base-ball throughout the country, and base-ball boomed in the 1870s. Though originally the baseball clubs were men's clubs in the general sense, and the ethos of amateurism was strong, it was an Englishman professional cricket-player to helped bring baseball to professionalism.

By the 1880s baseball was essentially in its modern form: two leagues, a Worlds Series, highly-paid professionals, the threat of a labour strike, and so forth.

**Lady Grey** · 17th July 15, 01:42 PM

The Q
That's lovely, I'm involved in Sailability, I'm waiting for sailing season to start up again in September, there will be kilts.... Pirate skull kilts!
Once it's time for bed I listen to the BBC radio coverage of the Ashes, it's delightful.

**Grizzled Ian** · 18th July 15, 04:03 AM

Lady Grey,
To help the miles pass under the wings of my recent SYD-LAX flight on VA1, I found on the audio selections a "Best of" offering from The 12th Man. Oh boy, did that bring back some hilarious memories!

**The Q** · 18th July 15, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by Lady Grey

The Q
That's lovely, I'm involved in Sailability, I'm waiting for sailing season to start up again in September, there will be kilts.... Pirate skull kilts!
Once it's time for bed I listen to the BBC radio coverage of the Ashes, it's delightful.

Sailing Season? sailing, like kilts, are for all year round,
Snowflake sailing club for the Winter
Horning sailing club for the Summer, Whose annual Regatta week starts on the 1st of August club member and open from the 3rd.

http://www.horningsc.co.uk/
Up to 100 boats starting from the club you can see in the picture, in 10 to 20 boat starts every 5 minutes sailing off to the right of the picture and back. The river doesn't get any wider!!

and it's not closed to the tourists on their first trip helming a hired 40ft motorboat

Boats range from optimists up to Broads cruisers (30+feet) all at the same time!.
4 race series per day + 4 special races per day depending on what you qualify for. (Ladies, Service and ex-service men and women, people who make their living on the river, juniors helming big keelboats(trusting owners) etc etc

**Lady Grey** · 19th July 15, 04:02 PM

Aussies beat the Poms by 405Runs!!!!
I'll stop gloating and go back to sewing now, until the next match!

Ian are you heading to Kilt Kamp?
Q I will put myself in the 'fair weather' sailor group and I'm happily a special snowflake! A snowflake in a kilt!

**Grizzled Ian** · 20th July 15, 03:36 PM

Hi LG,

Yes, I'm making my way across the continent heading for Clinton NY. Denver today, tomorrow fly to Chicago, then a couple of days in east Pennsylvania, and Saturday to Syracuse and ground transport to Clinton.

405 eh? Sounds like an old model Peugeot, not the margin in a Test match!

**The Q** · 20th July 15, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Lady Grey

Aussies beat the Poms by 405Runs!!!!
I'll stop gloating and go back to sewing now, until the next match!

Sometimes I'm glad I am just to busy to watch

At least my mothers suprise 80th birthday party went well, all descendants were there except for two, one grandson has just moved to Canada, the granddaughter had a long organised wedding in Inverness to attend.
I was the best dressed there fully Kilted up with black Argyll etc and my mother ( and father) were very pleased and suprised.

**Lady Grey** · 30th July 15, 01:45 PM

The Aussies are playing so badly it's put me off kilt making.... I have a lovely cammo on the table that I'm RevK pleating and it's just sitting there. I'm so disgusted in the play I went and read a book!