A prickly question
Can't recall any hedgehog-related cricket incidents (though I'd be interested to hear of any - if there are enough it would make a cracking book).
But when Lincoln City played Hartlepool at football at Sincil Bank in 1996, how did a hedgehog cause the kick-off to be delayed?
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I dont know but I know their heat beats 300 times a minute.
I dont know this one, but their heart beats at 300 times a minute.
I am reluctant to enter this one after being cruely denied my prize due to some small print I failed to adhere to!
He'd forgotten his boots, and Hartlepool kindly agreed to delay kick-off until he could take his rightful place as Lincoln's striker.
Talking of prickley issues. Has anyone noticed how one sided the FPT has been this season. Watching a hedgehog cross the pitch may be more interesting than the actula denouemant itself.
Including Sundays games 35 Games have had a result. Only a couple have been close. 43% games were won by a margin of over 7 wickets or 100 runs !!! only 0.5 % of games were close(ish) - less than 20 runs or 3 or less wickets. Nearly as exciting as a Saturday watching the championship at Edgbaston these days...........
I wounder if todays round of matches will improve that 0.5% - so far a quick analysis shows:
Less than 20 runs = 2 games
More than 20 runs More than 25 runs More than 50 runs More than 75 runs More than 100 runs = 5
Less than 3 wickets = 0 games
More than 3 More than 5 More than 7 Wickets = 10
FPT= Dull?
............ and that dull little table didn't format well - a hedgehog moment? :-o
Jane - always read the small print.
Bozza - as the great Roy Walker would say, a good effort but not right.
Warleybear - Interesting. I'm not sure the ratios in T20 would be that different. A lot of them seem to peter out.
I wonder if one-day cricket was always thus. Memories of the dear old John Player League tend to be of last-over thrillers watched by big crowds on sunny afternoons but perhaps, in reality, games like that came along once in a blue moon.
here is a hedgehog and cricket incident
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCq8ofNCu0k
Ugh, but it could have been so so much worse.
How about....
Hedgehog, in search of peace and quiet and a litle relaxation in the sun, wandered onto the Sincil Bank pitch in the penalty area which Lincoln were attacking, which, as normal, was bereft of people.
However, rather unexpectedly, Lincoln launched an attack. Hedgehog, rather startled, undertook standard defensive procedure and rolled into a ball. This confused the Lincoln attacker who firstly hoofed the hedgehog into the net, and then the ball. Referee awarded a goal but before play could be restarted the local RSPCA Inspector strode onto the pitch to make a citizen's arrest of the Lincoln striker, thus delaying kick-off.
Alternatively...
It was probably when the poor thing was just having a kip in the goalpost socket when said post was inserted. The inbalance in the depth of the lefthand post compared to the righthand post causing the crossbar to slope alarmingly.
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Believe that you'll believe anything!
Was the referee wearing one as a wig and just as he blew the whistle to start the game it fell off and hurt itself and they had to call the RSPCA?
Thanks littlepete. Nice to see a hedgehog on top - they're so often the victims aren't they? Can't help feeling a bit sorry for the cricket though!
Well done Bozza. Twas indeed under a goalpost. That memorable day remains one of the highlights of my journalistic career. Imagine the excitement as the news swept round the stadium!
Thats so sad squashing him under a goal post, well done Bozza but dont expect a prize.
Thanks Jane. No one enters Brian's competitions expecting to get a prize though do they? It's a bit like travelling by British Rail (British Rail, who are they?) and expecting to be served with a decent cup of coffee. Bound to end in disappointment!