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The search is on for the missing third player in the first team, yes I was in the Shepherds last Friday night when I enquired about Graham Knowles comments in the Rossendale Free Press, were he said.
"We relied on three players down there at Rawtenstall"
So I asked Bomber Riley who he thought Linford was talking about?
"Well Bob after tonight I would have thought that was quite obvious, its Kes and ME"
He was obviously talking about our success in the bowl out against Haslingden that took us into the 20/20 semi finals.
I was in the Shepherds spying for D.D, he needed some snippets for his news starved website, but unfortunately everyone was getting shirty or should I say shirtless, even the chairman was snapping at me when I asked him,
"Is your shirt inside out mate?"
"No its not ,its fashion you tool"
"Oh fashion is it"
"Yes you'll not know anything about it, because you won't get anything fashionable to fit fat gits"
"So wash separately and don't boil wash are fashion labels these days are they?"
"If you put that in your blog I'll f *****g kill you" said the reversible shirted Chairman.
Once again I was working at the weekend so the reports of the games will be brief and from hear say. The first team once again lost to bogey team Todmorden, and the young classy batsman Chris Cook Martin who is rapidly becoming the most sought after scalp of all Lancs League bowlers once again scored a century only to finish on the losing side .Meanwhile back at Bacup Road the seconds recorded the first win for thirteen games,
I happened to bump into Tod player Ted Whitehead at Fielden Factors so I asked him for a quick report of the game.
"Well it was the worst batting performance by any Tod side I've ever played in ,having said that Holmsey but for that left hander we would have probably won"
"Oh did Matt Hanson score runs against you again?"
"No it was the young classy left hander, Kershaw I think"
By Sunday teatime I still had no news for D.D . but I'd heard a rumour that Nutts and Bolts were in the Lion, I'd have my work cut out getting any info out of these two cagey characters, but I tried non the less, in fact it got quite heated and they began to get rather vociferous, so not being one for a argument I retired to the vault. Billy Wise was laughing and asked ,
"What's been going on in yon?"
" Not much Billy, but Nutts and Bolts started to get a bit loud"
"Well Bob an old fellow once told me don't raise your voice in a argument, raise the content of the argument"
"Exactly BILLY"
I did manage to obtain a snippet of news but I got it by deception and drink so I'll keep it under wraps for now ,it would be un fair to divulge ,plus I should get a few pints out of this one Nutts.
Finally back to the Shepherds on Friday night two more Rawtenstall members had their shirts off and were singing and dancing to SCISSOR SISTERS in the middle of Hassy Road. I wasn't one of them but when I asked one of the older regulars what he thought of the spectacle he just shook his head and said
"Av not sin as much meat on the hoof since charge of light Brigade."