More players than a rugby team

Our 2nd Grade side for this coming match against Bective East has 16 players named, add to this the Scorer/manager and that makes 17 ready to take the field. More than enough for  a Rugby team.

Mark Fisher 0402931783, Dave Smith (1st week)/Jacob Hawley (2nd week), John Miskle (1st week)/ Tom Fitzgerald (2nd week), Rod Pryor, Dan Rogers, Glen Ryan (1st week)/ Lachlan Cooke (2nd week), Josh Bennie, Pat Dwyer, Simon Bellamy, James Fisk(1st week)/ Terry Kampe (2nd week), Jinto Joseph, Jake Philp. Scorer/Manager Pillip Hood

 It reminds me of a true story, told to me.

A cricket umpire died and went to heaven, sporting a stump in his chest. Stopped by St Peter at the gates he was told that only brave people who had performed heroic deeds and had the courage of their convictions could enter. If the umpire could describe a situation in his life where he had shown these characteristics, he would be allowed in.
“Well,” said the umpire, “I was umpiring a match between the Bective Bulls and City Rebels at TREC. The Bective team only needed one wicket, while the City Rebels side only needed two runs for victory. When the ball was hit high in the air the batsmen crossed but the catch was taken. City Rebels were clearly the better side all game, they played in the right spirit of the game and deserved that win, I ruled it a NO-BALL and awarded the match to the City Rebels.”
“OK, that was very brave and noble of you, but I will have to check it in the book.” says Peter, and disappears to look it up. When he comes back he says “Sorry, there is no record of this. Can you help me to trace it? When did all this happen?”
The Umpire looked at his watch and replied “45 seconds ago.”
GOOOOOOOO may your chapter of the story told of this match be a telling one CITY