I have quite a few of those too. 
They do. Or we call it French Cricket, they probably think weâre taking the piss.
Itâs a jungle out there. 
Shew! Iâm glad you were not seriously hurt realspeed:-)
I recall when I visited France, I struggled with the language.
This one old Frenchman said to me âyou English, you stupid, canât speak Franciqueâ or something like that âŚ
Donât we all
He doesnât actually look like the part. In his sixties and not exactly skinny. But he does the job - actually he has taken several double marathons.
bonjour messieursâŚ
poor old bugger donât get out much.
Thatâs really impressive Visitor:-)
Well l could swim 1â˘5 lengths of the swimming pool underwater ,
Threw the cricket ball 80 Yards and could drink a pint of bitter
in 3 seconds without spilling any . And thatâs about it really ?
Donkeyman!Thatâs more than enough DK.
I played cricket for Takapuna Grammar and the Auckland Secondary Schoolâs team and I came 2nd in the discus, 3rd in the high jump at 5ft 3in. We didnât have a bouncy castle to land in! Just sand so you couldnât land on your head. Our Phys Ed teacher said he had never seen a shot putter high jump before! The jumping style was then called âthe straddleâ , before the Fosberry Flop era!
I came first and broke the school record in the shot put.
Nice Ciderman! Just look at that action shot
My sporting story:
Wakey, wakey Bruce
At Junior School I scored third place in the egg and spoon raceâŚcertificate shows thatâŚwent on to being a sprinter and came third again, but this time in the whole of the county of SurreyâŚwell chuffedâŚoverall loved playing netball as a Chief ShooterâŚSchool teams but also joined the over 40âs group and played serious stuff for a few yearsâŚ
I played AFL in school and i was never a star. I was described by my peers as a âuseful utility playerâ Jack of all position, master of none. I did kick the winning goal in one interdisrict final though. I love cricket but i was only good at close in fieldingâŚslips, gully, short leg and other short spots. Surfing was my main love and i came second in an under 16s competition in Perth. Thats it.
Glad you appreciate cricket Keezoy! Itâs my favourite sport of all time. To me itâs like chess on grass!
This bloke isnât real but I wrote it for my school magazine back in 1957.
In Praise of Blenkinsop.
Here was a man who played bad cricket.
Bowled short wides, neâer took a wicket.
Dropped slip catches, always a âduckâ
Never an âeyeâ so he trusted luck.
Now his playing days are gone,
Struck by a drive at Silly Mid On,
Caught it with his senseless head,
And fell upon the pitch- Quite dead!
Blenkinsopâs life had come to an end.
He left directions in care of a friend,
Long and involved , but the basis of which-
âTo be buried at âLordsâ in the centre of pitch.
To be lowered by men, all of whom shall love cricket,
So that I can assist to grow grass on the wicketâ
Well, Iâm not so sure about my natural athletic ability nor about being an allrounder. As a boy I tended not to be that athletic tbh. My mum noticed that and encouraged me and my twin brother to do some sport. Because sheâd liked it as a girl she suggested swimming. So we joined that local club. After two years it turned out that we could reasonably swim the four strokes but didnât get better at a certain point. So there was a push and a pull to leave the training centre and start looking elsewhere. Since there was a tennis club near our home my mother again suggested joining that because sheâd always wanted to play it herself. It was one of the best decisions in my life and an eye-opener in many respects. I played in different regional leagues and tournaments but never won one.
At the age of 15 I had realised that a good physical condition would be helpful but that was something that didnât seem to develop naturally. So I bought myself an expander (there were no health clubs back then in the late 60s, early 70s, were there?) and exercised daily and I also took up running. Within a year my PE teacher noticed improvements and so did I. I could walk on my hands and do a proper handstand and other things which prompted my PE teacher to invite me to a gym team but I declined and stuck to tennis.
Have been jogging ever since I was 15 (no more than 10km and mostly between 3 and 5km) but regularly as clockwork at least once or twice a week until today no matter what the circumstances were or where I was . As a retiree I do sports almost every day.
I was very fast over the first 15 metres but after that I had to stand and fight! I got into gymnastics and even had a girlfriend who was into it,
I remember egg and spoon race 
Di. That made me smile.
In Netball, I played two positions. Main - Assist/help scorer and Centre was a backup position. Iâm very short but I managed to waggle my way around the tall girls.