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[Biffen 12,944]

I don't post much either: I find all the negativity a bit concerning. On Sunday night I was thinking of posting that the Grimes and Pederson injuries were obviously the fault of David Misson, as were all the other injuries according to some of the desperadoes who post their tears and fears here.

I spent Sunday afternoon and evening and most of the night in the emergency department of Box Hill Hospital with an ailment not many medicos seem to have a handle on. I was expecting the worst about my team - my team since 1958 when I was 8 - and when I dared to check the score on my iphone I nearly fell out of my seat. The guy next door had it on his ipad but it was delayed, Hawkins was lining up and missing a goal at that stage.

It felt good. Most of all I felt good for the players, those poor bastards who have done it so hard since the Daniher days. The next day I watched the replays which made my recovery extra sweet, especially when I recalled opening the bowling for Sunshine Cricket club in 1967 and being called for throwing at the same ground. I'd made 16 not out, driving sweetly through the covers, and I knew the ball I was called for was legit. I threw the next ball, the umpire let it go and I stood at the end of my run up and asked the square leg why he hadn't called that ball. That's the one I threw, I said, not the previous ball.

That's life, I guess.

So you're a cheat, a German and most likely a war criminal.

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Edited June 25, 2015 by Biffen

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,859]

This might also sound incredulous to some, but I rate Bernie Vince waay above Laurie Fowler!

Too many summers spent in the sun at TH King for you Mr Fence.

[dieter 3,325]

So you're a cheat, a German and most likely a war criminal.

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That's not very nice, Mr Biffen. I thought I'd made it clear that the square Leg umpire had no idea what he was about when I DID throw one and he let it go.

I might have fancied bowling to you, you know, I was quick. There are still men who reckon I was the fastest bowler they faced.

To the other two categories I plead guilty. German and proud of it. Born in 1950, therefore a posthumous war criminal.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,242]

That's not very nice, Mr Biffen. I thought I'd made it clear that the square Leg umpire had no idea what he was about when I DID throw one and he let it go.

I might have fancied bowling to you, you know, I was quick. There are still men who reckon I was the fastest bowler they faced.

To the other two categories I plead guilty. German and proud of it. Born in 1950, therefore a posthumous war criminal.

Good for you dieter! Biffen can be a malicious and vindictive fellow. He certainly seems to have it in for you krauts. He claims a link to aristocracy you know and I suspect his vindictiveness goes back to some perceived Hapsburg sleight to his Bohemian forebears.

[dieter 3,325]

Good for you dieter! Biffen can be a malicious and vindictive fellow. He certainly seems to have it in for you krauts. He claims a link to aristocracy you know and I suspect his vindictiveness goes back to some perceived Hapsburg sleight to his Bohemian forebears.

Apart from being the unfortunate witness to Peter Hudson kicking about 15 goals on Ray Biffen - thankfully Hudson fell across Barry Bourke's leg and had to be carted off on a stretcher, otherwise Fred Fanning's record was gone - I always rated Ray Biffen as a player, especially when he lined up at full forward: he probably reckoned he'd learned a thing or two when Peter Hudson slaughtered him.

Pity his namesake is such a beastly chap. ( If he is of Slavic descent - I have a bit myself, on my father's mother's side - he probably is descended from royalty. All Slavs were, you ask them they'll tell you.)

Edited June 26, 2015 by dieter

[daisycutter 29,622]

..... witness to Peter Hudson kicking about 15 goals on Ray Biffen .......

ouch, dieter. schlagfertigkeit repartee. gut gemacht

[dieter 3,325]

ouch, dieter. schlagfertigkeit repartee. gut gemacht

Sehr dank, mein freund.

[Uncle Fester 2,848]

'Achtung! Spitfire!'

'Schweinhund Englander!'

That's it I'm afraid. 44 years of watching war movies and that is the only German I know.

[Biffen 12,944]

They're invading!!

I'm off to my bomb shelter.

[dieter 3,325]

They're invading!!

I'm off to my bomb shelter.

Relax, boys, I was just the greatest living cricketer at the time, no need for alarm, I've retired.

Let's get back to positive dialogue about the Demons.

[BAMF 4,357]

I spent Sunday afternoon and evening and most of the night in the emergency department of Box Hill Hospital with an ailment not many medicos seem to have a handle on. I was expecting the worst about my team

In hospital. No cure. Worried about the demons.

Yep. You're one of us.

[chook fowler 19,459]

Sehr dank, mein freund.

Schtaker ze dogs!

[picket fence 17,178]

Too many summers spent in the sun at TH King for you Mr Fence.

Hnmm "Quenbeyan" As in Canberra

TH King?? I've just Googled it, Ah I see! Yes, I believe I have been there in Summer in fact!!

Quenbeyan is a long way from TH King

A lot of cricket was played there!

In fact if memory serves me correctly I think I might have played there!

Fancy that eh??

[Bitter but optimistic 22,242]

Hnmm "Quenbeyan As in Canberra I believe!

TH King?? I've just Googled it, Ah I see! Yes, I believe I have been there in Summer in fact!!

A lot of cricket was played there!

In fact if memory serves me correctly I think I might have played there!

Fancy that eh??

picket, I read all your posts (and quite enjoy them) however, I can only conclude that you are a serious drug user.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,242]

dieter my advice to you would be to get off this site while you still have your morality.

Look at at the [censored] wits who have engaged you in conversation.

Chook Fowler - known pervert

dc - known pervert and abuser of bluerinsers.

Utah - not certain but probably a pervert.

Biffen. Procurer of women and drug dealer - FMD.

[Moonshadow 17,676]

dieter my advice to you would be to get off this site while you still have your morality.

Look at at the [censored] wits who have engaged you in conversation.

Chook Fowler - known pervert

dc - known pervert and abuser of bluerinsers.

Utah - not certain but probably a pervert.

Biffen. Procurer of women and drug dealer - FMD.

And now you: the Prince of Perversion

[Queanbeyan Demon 6,859]

picket, I read all your posts (and quite enjoy them) however, I can only conclude that you are a serious drug user.

Either that, or he's been drinking too much Gardiners Creek water.

[picket fence 17,178]

Vat 69 preferred! in fact any 96 preferred!!

[bjDee 1,249]

Played at Th King myself and collected a few bags on my day in the 70s. Also watched my brother lose a GF by 4 runs when no. 10 bat was bowled in the last over of the match while he was up the other end. Between that following the Dees he has been scarred for life.

[dieter 3,325]

Played at Th King myself and collected a few bags on my day in the 70s. Also watched my brother lose a GF by 4 runs when no. 10 bat was bowled in the last over of the match while he was up the other end. Between that following the Dees he has been scarred for life.

Hey, bjDee. Th.King, please enlighten. Is it the same ground, or what?

[dieter 3,325]

picket, I read all your posts (and quite enjoy them) however, I can only conclude that you are a serious drug user.

dieter my advice to you would be to get off this site while you still have your morality.

Look at at the [censored] wits who have engaged you in conversation.

Chook Fowler - known pervert

dc - known pervert and abuser of bluerinsers.

Utah - not certain but probably a pervert.

Biffen. Procurer of women and drug dealer - FMD.

What morality? At my age I'm more interested in mortality.

[Biffen 12,944]

What morality? At my age I'm more interested in mortality.

You are in select company on here Dieter.

Most of the baby boomers here focus on tax dodging,restricting the housing market for the rest of us and comfortable bowel movements.

Issues such as morality are considered merely as a punch line.

As you are both a fast bowler and a war criminal after the fact, you have no need for it here.

[bjDee 1,249]

Hey, bjDee. Th.King, please enlighten. Is it the same ground, or what?

Unfortunately i I don't think It is. Although arguably much better now. It is still in the same parkland precinct but it was all relocated and overhauled during the Monash / Sth East freeway construction. In fact the ground where I got my first hat trick just up the road was obliterated by the same freeway.

TH King is now home ground for St Kevins I understand. Ride past it on the bike path and it looks magnificent.

[dieter 3,325]

You are in select company on here Dieter.

Most of the baby boomers here focus on tax dodging,restricting the housing market for the rest of us and comfortable bowel movements.

Issues such as morality are considered merely as a punch line.

As you are both a fast bowler and a war criminal after the fact, you have no need for it here.

Agree entirely. How are your BM's?

[Biffen 12,944]

Agree entirely. How are your BM's?

Gaining frequency with every post you write Dieter.

Thank you for your concern.