Bruce Bott has been cutting grass around Cohuna, Barham and Kerang townships – probably should really say that he is mowing lawns. He is also doing a bit of gardening and is busier than a one-armed brick layer.
Still breeding a few dogs, too.
Great to see the young fella, who played some good footy in his day.
Murrabit A Grade cricket team has struggled the past couple of weeks, being dismissed cheaply and then their runs being chased down in minimal overs.
One opposition player asked how come they were short? It’s because life goes on.
No matter how much you commit to a sport, there are days when you are unable to play, and the thing is Murrabit have had that happen to more than one player over the last couple of weeks.
They are still fielding three senior cricket teams – one of only three teams in the Swan Hill competition to do so.
Congratulations to all concerned out at Murrabit, keep up the good work.
In the match above, there was one bloke who played a nice shot to gully but was brilliantly snapped up. Of course the question was asked as to whether the catch carried.
After consulting with the umpire, the square leg umpire confirmed the ball did carry, so the batsman was out.
The square leg ump was the son of the batsman dismissed. Good job to the square leg ump in question. Very admirable.
He may have had to do further chores on the farm that week, but still a creditable decision.
The Pommy keeper, Bairstow, was complaining about a DRS decision for LBW. It was umpire’s call as the ball was less than half hitting the stumps.
Problem here is there’s a clear set of rules governing the use of DRS. So why complain and shake your head in a sign of disdain at DRS when given out? Just walk off. Australia’s Smith did the same thing early last series.
A few new AFL rules are to be introduced.
Attempting to smother and leaving the ground. Maynard tucked up (to protect himself maybe) and that should have got him a week. The problem last season was the tribunal didn’t have enough courage to put their credibility on the line. Because he tucked up and hit him high, that would make it a charge, wouldn’t it?
The run-down tackle. Thirty years ago, if you took possession of the ball, you had a responsibility to get rid of it. That no longer exists so the bloke who holds the ball too long gets caught, gets hurt and the chaser gets penalised. Can’t see why that should happen.
Why is it the chaser’s responsibility to ensure that the bloke who should have disposed of the ball earlier doesn’t hit his head when he gets tackled, so long as he is not pushed in the back, driven into the ground or slung. Chasing from behind was always difficult to not push a player in the back.
The sub rule pretty much remains with five on the bench and three emergency players, but then the sub being named one hour prior to the match from that five (I assume).
When a player strikes another it will be called intentional – See, they aren’t that silly. It took them a while, though.
Straight arm blocks are permitted in the ruck contest. Simon Madden took that to the nth degree and then the rule was changed. Hopefully a high block will be considered illegal.
An early guilty plea can bypass the tribunal. Logical and already in local footy – about time they caught up.
Something about in-finals rankings which grades teams from third down to eighth following finals. Irrelevant. If you finish fifth or seventh, you didn’t win it.
And no whistling from the interchange bench. Interchange stewards will be using different-sounding klaxons to get players’ attention – nothing saying you can’t do that. This could be a rule that is quite liquid throughout the year.
AFL are taking a simple sport and complicating the heck out of it, making it harder to umpire.
It seems that the power lines that will be going through the area are causing a bit of concern.
One affected farmer said the company concerned came and asked the farmer’s thoughts, then basically ignored any requests and the plans indicate the power lines will be put close to houses and over prime ag land anyway.
