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Post by captainbob on Jan 24, 2016 18:34:53 GMT
Can anyone help me solve a puzzle? I attended a collectors’ fair today and bought this small Slazenger SXi bat. Presumably, it was used as a promotional device by the well-known and large London lawyer firm ‘Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw’. My question being: Who does the original signature on the bat belong to? The company had dealings with Surrey CCC during the mid 2000s when they legally oversaw the naming rights deal with Brit Insurance. Could this be the signature of a former Surrey player or an International cricketer from a Test match at 'The Oval'? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  A very good Shane Warne . . ., |
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 24, 2016 21:06:18 GMT
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 24, 2016 21:07:27 GMT
Captain Bob,
When I first read your post I said to my partner, "Shane Warne?!?!? I'll eat my hat if it is!"
Guess what, I've just taken a chomp out of a straw boater with added ketchup because
you're absolutely right. Comparing it to other Warne signatures on the web it's almost exact.
Thank you for your guidance. This has made my day.
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 24, 2016 21:11:16 GMT
Captain Bob, When I first read your post I said to my partner, "Shane Warne?!?!? I'll eat my hat if it is!" Guess what, I've just taken a chomp out of a straw boater with added tomato ketchup because you're absolutely right. Comparing it to other Warne signatures on the web it's almost exact. Thank you for your guidance. This has made my day. The beauty of it is , though very stylish, it bears no resemblance to the letters S H A N E W A R N E! |
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Post by fraudster on Jan 24, 2016 22:50:11 GMT
The one on the bat looks like dinner loud and the other one looks like f**k loud. Both pretty apt, probably.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 27, 2016 13:47:37 GMT
Wednesday June 1st is a must date to place in your cricketing diary as a gale force storm is due to strike Hove. Somerset CCC have pulled off a coup by re-signing ‘PC bad boy’ Chris Gayle for the ‘Natwest Blast’ this season and the first T20 match he plays for the club is against us!  www.somersetcountycc.co.uk/2016/01/another-gayle-force-warning-for-somerset/We watched David Willey make mincemeat of the Sussex bowlers in the T20 QFs last season and now there is a possibility Gayle might do the same. There may be no adjacent river to thrash the ball in to but a broken window to one of the flats in ‘Cromwell Court’ is a distinct possibility. Sussex supporters are privileged as four of the 6 matches Gayle has signed up to are at home with Gloucestershire the only other away game. Gayle’s twitter is awash with happy tweets from Somerset supporters who can’t wait to see him in action again at Taunton. twitter.com/henrygayleThe West Indian ‘cool maaaan’ made a MASSIVE impact on the club and the tournament last year. Here are some of his highlights. www.bathchronicle.co.uk/VIDEO-Chris-Gayle-smashes-15-sixes-Somerset/story-26611299-detail/story.htmlAnd remember that Somerset supporter, Martin Bullock, who dived into the river Tone to retrieve a Gayle 6 ball only for the great man to then sign it later. A true Gent although female Aussie reporter Mel McLaughlin may not agree. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cricket/article-3105976/Somerset-fan-dives-river-ball-Chris-Gayle-smashed-six-150.htmlCan’t wait for the epic day - a guaranteed 5,000 Hove sell out - so buy your tickets before it’s too late. For as our former club CEO reminded me today, it's a triple bargain evening when you add Luke Wright and Ross Taylor to the mix. |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 28, 2016 18:37:08 GMT
Journalism is on the way back after the bruising humiliation of the phone-hacking scandal. A mighty rap across the knuckles by the establishment elite - some of whom were exacting revenge for their brethren caught up in previous gutter press tactics by a journalistic minority - so, where better to begin this renaissance but sport as scandal after scandal has brought governing authorities to their corrupt knees led by some excellent and inspiring investigative journalism. Enter, oh what a mouthful, the ‘Sports Journalists’ Association’s British Sports Journalism Awards’. “In the shortlists for the 15 categories, there are many familiar names but, happily, there are almost as many new ones,” Chairman of the Judges panel Tom Clarke says. “There has been a record response of 219 entries – which means more than a thousand pieces of work, in print, online and in the packages which combine written and spoken words with still and moving pictures. “Active sports journalists from every national newspaper are among the judges, along with journalists from other areas of the media and sports people who are the subjects and consumers of what we write.” The winners and highly commended entries in all of the categories will be announced at the SJA ‘Gala Awards Dinner’ at the ‘Lancaster London’ on February 22nd. There are the usual cricketing suspects including Michael Atherton, Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult. Although, good to see our Forum and Twitter friend, Tim Wigmore, appear in the ‘Young Sports Writer’ section - still pumped and proud after winning the ECB ‘Young Cricket Journalist Award’ last December. Tim Wigmore - a youngster with the mind of an elder statesman One hopes those mentioned in the ‘Investigative Sports Reporter’ section will gain special mention of which Ed Hawkins must be a favourite given the stalwart work done for cricket. Special mention also for Jonathan Calvert, George Arbuthnot and David Collins of the ‘Sunday Times Insight Team’ for helping uncover the Athletics doping scandal, whilst not forgetting Martin Ziegler for his rottweiler tenacity in bringing FIFA to account. One feels proud to be a journalist again. www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/awards-news/new-faces-old-names-and-surprises-on-our-shortlists/ |
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Post by leedsgull on Jan 29, 2016 8:55:59 GMT
Is this forum's favourite journalist George Dobell not on the short list for an award? Most contrived stories written perhaps?
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 29, 2016 10:54:31 GMT
Lg,
It is interesting 'Cricinfo' doesn't get a mention in these awards, although it appears they are primarily aimed at national and
regional newspapers, where a mentioned on-line version is merely an appendage. It is a different story with the ECB Awards
where 'Cricinfo' has come out top or in the mix for a number of years. Whether this is political is uncertain.
To be fair with GD, he is employed to write so many features a month and is designated so much on-line space to fill, so you've
got to come up with the goods. And as cricket is such a niche market in the UK, proper news stories can be far and few between.
Creating a 'contrivance' is often a need, speculation and innuendo a requirement. What else do you fill the space with? Primary
school scribblings from KP? No thank you.
GD has the cricket journalist job of a lifetime. A position most would chop off a leg for (need your hands for typing!) So the guy must
feel insecure all the time when there are 1,000s of hopefuls breathing down his neck. Therefore, filling that online space is a necessity
and a must and if contrivance does the job, so be it.
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 29, 2016 18:37:14 GMT
I received an email today from a spokeswoman for 'Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw' offering the background to the Shane Warne signature.
She writes: "My colleague has just emailed me with an update on this intriguing story.
"I understand Shane Warne had lunch with Mayer Brown partners back in 2005 having been spontaneously invited to do so by one of our partners who met him during the Oval Ashes Test.
"The lunch was extremely short notice but Shane attended and hosted a Q&A with partners and few clients at the firm’s former Pilgrim office. Whilst there he posed for photos and signed bats. Mayer Brown has a box at the Oval and I am told one of the bats that he signed is on display there."
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Post by hhsussex on Jan 30, 2016 8:45:54 GMT
I received an email today from a spokeswoman for 'Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw' offering the background to the Shane Warne signature. She writes: "My colleague has just emailed me with an update on this intriguing story. "I understand Shane Warne had lunch with Mayer Brown partners back in 2005 having been spontaneously invited to do so by one of our partners who met him during the Oval Ashes Test. "The lunch was extremely short notice but Shane attended and hosted a Q&A with partners and few clients at the firm’s former Pilgrim office. Whilst there he posed for photos and signed bats. Mayer Brown has a box at the Oval and I am told one of the bats that he signed is on display there." One of the bats he signed? Sounds a bit like the line in Notting Hill where Hugh Grant tells Julia Roberts that if she can find an un-signed copy of the book she wants to buy it would be worth a fortune as they couldn't stop the author from signing everything.  |
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Post by leedsgull on Jan 30, 2016 9:49:12 GMT
Dickie Bird is "notorious" for signing everything that moves and unsigned copies of his numerous tomes are considered rare up here.  |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Jan 30, 2016 9:50:53 GMT
Hhs, At least we know the signature is genuine but god alone knows how many are out there. As you say Warne has a trigger hand ready to offer his swashbuckling autograph to all and asunder at a moment's notice - a mark with no bearing to his name. I bought a photo recently of the three main youngsters with their signatures from the first 'Harry Potter' film. The vendor swore blind they were genuine giving me this longwinded story of how her daughter was a schoolfriend of Hermione Granger and she had been invited on to the set etc.. It was cheap and cheerful and I bought the item in a basic wooden frame more because of the efforts made by the vendor. Does anyone believe the autographs are original? Nah, of course not! |
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Post by Wicked Cricket on Feb 1, 2016 11:19:44 GMT
'Sussex Supporters Club'
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The Sussex Supporters Club (SSC) are holding their AGM on Saturday February 6th in the Spen Cama Pavilion ‘Long Room’. Start time is 10.30am. There will be refreshments available alongside a bookstall, raffle and an introductory talk by Sussex CCC Vice-Chairman, Bob Warren. Anyone who is a Sussex Member is automatically now part of the SSC. The Supporters Club is a noble institution found within most county clubs. It allows followers to become more involved with the team they support by raising money for all kinds of cricketing endeavours. The Electronic Scoreboard paid for by SSC It was Spen Cama during the late 1970s who first originated the idea at Sussex CCC and over the last 35 years the SSC has donated over £330,000 to help the club purchase a wide variety of important items. Noteworthy examples include the present groundstaff blotter, the new electronic scoreboard and a recently purchased tractor. Other donations include indoor school bowling machines, contributions towards the cost of the 'Centenary Memorial Plaque', museum, ground staffs’ uniforms and communications equipment as well as monies to help young players go overseas to improve their cricketing skills. In 2014 alone, the SSC donated the princely sum of £37,500. A majority of their charitable money comes from the annual fireworks display alongside coffee mornings, raffles, lunches and donations. During 2015 the SSC raised £4,500 to allow head groundsman, Andy Mackay, to purchase a new tractor-mounted sprayer. His old one is now being used at the ‘Blackstone Academy’ ground. While, county cricket finances have dramatically increased in recent years with the annual £2m gained from the ECB alongside increasing major contributions from ‘Sport England’, the SSC still has an important role to play and represents the heart of the county club.  If you are interested in making a donation to the Sussex Supporters Club click on the link below. www.sussexcricket.co.uk/supporters-clubFor further information contact the Supporters Club Secretary Barbara Eagles on 01273 778988.
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Post by hhsussex on Feb 2, 2016 8:24:01 GMT
Just as a rider to fluffy's excellent post on the Supporters Club, they - and by extension Sussex Cricket - are to be the recipients of money from Waitrose through their green token scheme in the Hove store all through February www.sussexcricket.co.uk/news-1/supporters-club-help-sussex-cricket-at-waitrose-in-hoveThis donation scheme is classed as Community Matters, and customers can choose between things such as mental health charities , orphanages, sunshine buses and so on. I'm glad to see Sussex finding imaginative methods for fundraising, but I hope that they can demonstrate that the money raised through this will be ring-fenced to benefit the community in some material way, rather than just to pad out the salary bill. Altruistic shoppers might not feel that paying off the club's electricity bill for the quarter is quite as benevolent an object of charity as , say, funding a hospice. |
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