Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ric, actually the game is just incidental. The purpose is the defeat of the English ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ric Carter Sent: Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:42 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Cricket images MCG Who's on first, What's on second, and I Don't Know's on third. I got it now, right? ;^) ric On Jan 2, 2007, at 5:22 AM, GeeBee wrote: > From: "Alastair Firkin" <firkin@ncable.net.au> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Cricket images MCG > > >> >> On 02/01/2007, at 10:23, Ric Carter wrote: >> >>> Hey, guys, can one of you recommend an online synopsis of the >>> game for the unwashed? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------- > > You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man > that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in > and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the > side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out > and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still > in and not out. > > When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him > out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out > and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the > time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both > sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides > have been out twice after all the men have been in, including > those who are not out, that is the end of the game. > > Thanks to Steve Gould <http://www.ssdd.uce.ac.uk/learner/whoweare/ > steve.htm ) for this object lesson in clarity :-) > > --Graham > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information