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I'm hoping that Rushy is still 'on the beer'. The season where he went 'dry' for charity was perhaps the worst he's had in a Durham shirt. The article mentions him taking 50 wickets 4 times in 6 years with one season on 47. I'll bet you that the remaining season was that dry one

Durhamfootman wrote:I'm hoping that Rushy is still 'on the beer'. The season where he went 'dry' for charity was perhaps the worst he's had in a Durham shirt. The article mentions him taking 50 wickets 4 times in 6 years with one season on 47. I'll bet you that the remaining season was that dry one

I'm sure it will have been!

Durhamfootman wrote:I'm hoping that Rushy is still 'on the beer'. The season where he went 'dry' for charity was perhaps the worst he's had in a Durham shirt. The article mentions him taking 50 wickets 4 times in 6 years with one season on 47. I'll bet you that the remaining season was that dry one

Colonel had one of those but he was only 7 year old at the time

westoelad wrote:

Durhamfootman wrote:I'm hoping that Rushy is still 'on the beer'. The season where he went 'dry' for charity was perhaps the worst he's had in a Durham shirt. The article mentions him taking 50 wickets 4 times in 6 years with one season on 47. I'll bet you that the remaining season was that dry one

Colonel had one of those but he was only 7 year old at the time

westoelad wrote:Colonel had one of those but he was only 7 year old at the time

in fairness he probably only hit the beer when he gave up the fags

Durhamfootman wrote:

westoelad wrote:Colonel had one of those but he was only 7 year old at the time

in fairness he probably only hit the beer when he gave up the fags

Aye and had heavy losses on the horses.

Totally forgot about Meet the Players last night. Anyone there and anything to report?

westoelad wrote:Totally forgot about Meet the Players last night. Anyone there and anything to report?

I couldn't make it unfortunately.

me neither. 700 mile round trip didn't seem worth it

Durhamfootman wrote:me neither. 700 mile round trip didn't seem worth it

There was a line from Franklin im the yearbook, haven't got it to hand right now but it was something to the effect of not needing world class players to have a top class team. I knew what he meant but ...!

Compensation payments
for clubs who have players' poached on the agenda https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/47790149

westoelad wrote:Compensation payments
for clubs who have players' poached on the agenda https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/47790149

About time something like this was brought in. Just a shame it's happened too late for us to benefit!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/ ... -drugs-ban
We'd expect Burnham to say all the right things but I get the impression that his comments are heartfelt. There's no reason why he shouldn't be able to put his troubles behind him and have a fine career. Although if he does do well this year he'll probably end up at Notts next year!

There's a little bit in today's Times about the compensation payments introduced from next year. Apparently the sums of money involved will be fairly small with a maximum amount of £48,000. It works out as £6,000 for every year a player was at the initial county between the ages of 15-23 but minus £6,000 for every year after the age of 25.

Stuart Rayner has Sir Ian's response to critics of Bancroft as captain " They can go polish their halos somewhere else."