Subscriptions
| Life Vice-President (one-off payment) |
£75.00
|
| Vice-President |
£25.00 |
| Playing Member |
£50.00 |
| Non-Playing Member |
£15.00 |
| Family (First junior plus £25 per sibling)** |
*£55.00 |
| Student in full time education |
*£15.00 |
| Gateholder |
*£30.00 |
Subscriptions are due by 31st May 2008 - Prompt payment of all subscriptions would be very much appreciated
* Non-voting category
** Please note that Family Membership subscriptions are due at the Junior Registration Evening.
Attention All Players
- Players are not insured by the Club if their subscriptions are unpaid after 30th April 2008.
- The Senior Selection Committee will meet at 7:30pm on Tuesday of each week. Each player must take responsibility for advising the Selection Committee of his availability. Players should complete the availability chart on the wall adjacent to the bar.
- The Selection Committees may choose not to pick any player whose subscription is overdue.
- Junior Selection will take place after each practice.
- Senior players are encouraged to take part in club practice sessions, which are held on Thursday evenings at 6:00pm. Any senior player with First XI aspiration is encouraged to to attend Thursday practices.
- All players are reminded that wickets should be respected at all times, including practice evenings. Please consult the Groundsman, Captain or Club Captain if you are unsure which wicket may be used.
- Under 11, 13 and 15 Junior Practice will be Friday evenings at 6:00pm
- For home matches, players must be at the Victoria Ground at least 45 minutes before the start of the play (30 minutes for U15, U13 and U11).
- For away matches, all players are requested to note meeting times, displayed on the notice board and in Friday night's Echo, and report to the Victoria Ground promptly. If you intent to travel direct to away games, notify the Captain of the day.
- If play is doubtful, players are advised to ring the Captain of the day.
- Players are reminded that sponsors' shirts and sweaters should be worn on match days. Al members are reminded of the availability of Club ties.
The Laws Of Cricket, 2000 Code - The Preamble
The Spirit Of Cricket
Cricket is a game that owes much of its unique appeal to the fact that it should be played not only within its Laws, but also within the Spirit of the Game. Any action which is seen to abuse this spirit causes injury to the game itself. The major responsibility of ensuring the spirit of fair play rests with the captains.
1. There are two Laws which place the responsibility for the teams' conduct firmly on the Captain.
Responsibility Of Captains
The Captains are responsible at all times for ensuring that play is conducted within the Spirit of the Game as well as the Laws.
Player's Conduct
In the event of a player failing to comply with instruction by an umpire, or criticising by word or action the decisions of an umpire, or showing dissent, or generally behaving in a manner which might bring the game into disrepute, the umpire concerned shall in the first place report the matter to the other umpire and to the player's captain, and instruct the latter to take action.
2. Fair and Unfair Play
According to the laws the umpires are the sole judge of fair and unfair play. The umpires may intervene at any time and it is the responsibility of the captain to take action where required.
3. The Umpires are Authorised to Intervene in Cases of:
- Time wasting
- Damaging the pitch
- Dangerous or unfair bowling
- Tampering with the ball
- Any other action that they consider to be unfair
4. The Spirit of the Game involves respect for:
- Your opponents
- Your own Captain and team
- The role of the umpires
- The game's traditional values
5. It is Against the Spirit of the Game:
- To dispute an umpire's decisions by word, action or gesture
- To direct abusive language towards an opponent or umpire
- To indulge in cheating or any sharp practice, for instance:
- to appeal knowing the batsman is not out
- to advance toward an umpire in an aggressive manner when appealing
- to seek to distract an opponent either verbally or by harassment with persistent clapping or unnecessary noise under the guise of enthusiasm and motivation of one's side.
6. Violence
There is no place for any act of violence on the field of play.
7. Players
Captains and umpires together set the tone for the conduct of a cricket match. Every player is expected to make an important contribution to this.
The players, umpires and scorers in a game of cricket may be of either gender and the Laws apply equally to both. The use, throughout this text, of pronouns indicating the male gender is purely for brevity. Except where specifically stated otherwise, every provision of the Laws is to be read as applying to women and girls equally as to men and boys.
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