You the umpire

[Lemming]

Originally Posted by Mongoose

The catch to Clarke should stand...

Oh, should it now?

Originally Posted by Mongoose

...The rest is just for show.

Oh, is it now?

Keep trying Mongoose, you'll realise the full solution eventually!

[Kirsty Harris]

My poor old brain is too worn out today, Lemming

I feel as though I should be able to figure it out, but no - I'll try again tomorrow evening!!

[Lemming]

Originally Posted by Kirsty Harris

My poor old brian is too worn out today, Lemming

I feel as though I should be able to figure it out, but no - I'll try again tomorrow evening!!

Well you tell your poor old Brian to have a cup of Cocoa and get himself off to bed. Maybe tomorrow he'll feel a little bit better.

I might give a little hint later this evening if no one is making much progress!

[Kirsty Harris]

Originally Posted by Lemming

Well you tell your poor old Brian to have a cup of Cocoa and get himself off to bed. Maybe tomorrow he'll feel a little bit better.

My dyslexia strikes again!!!

That's because my Step Dad is called Brian, but when I am writing his name, I always want to put the 'i' and the 'a' the wrong way round, so I have schooled myself so hard to get it right, that when I actually DO want to write brain I write brian. Strange thing, the human mind!!

I have actually sent my Step Dad birthday cards saying 'Dear Brain' in the past!

[Lemming]

I have that very same problem when I write "form" instead of [Lemming concentrates hards] "from". I'm getting better, but when I wrote my final report for my degree I had to go through it finding "form" and seeing if I had to replace it with - now concentrate, Lemming - "from"!

Strange!

[Kirsty Harris]

The day they devise a spell check that highlights words like that somehow, the better off I'll be

[Lemming]

HINT: Why might Clarke's catch be disallowed?

[Aussie-Yank]

Originally Posted by Lemming

HINT: Why might Clarke's catch be disallowed?

Thats my dispute, under the laws I would say that the catch would stand. He must have had full control of the ball and the fact that it fell into his pocket is of no consiquence as the law states that the ball can accidently be caught in the fielders clothing.

The deflection from the player after hiting the guard and going into the air and hitting the umpire would still make the ball alive to catch.

So what ever you come up with, it will be a contentious point.

[Lemming]

Originally Posted by Aussie-Yank

...He must have had full control of the ball and the fact that it fell into his pocket is of no consiquence as the law states that the ball can accidently be caught in the fielders clothing.

A fair catch may still be taken after falling into a fielder's clothing!

Originally Posted by Aussie-Yank

The deflection from the player after hitting the guard and going into the air and hitting the umpire would still make the ball alive to catch.

The ball has not hit the ground. A fair catch may still be taken after hitting a player's shin whether he is wearing shin-guards or not. A fair catch may still be taken after striking an umpire!

Originally Posted by Aussie-Yank

So what ever you come up with, it will be a contentious point.

It won't be! I promise!

[Mongoose]

Originally Posted by Lemming

Keep trying Mongoose, you'll realise the full solution eventually!

I'll send it to Bearders before I work it out for myself.