"They've come here to see me bat, not you bowl"

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

McVeigh? Yes or No?

[PurpleCanary 6,381]

There is a similar quote also attributed to the Doctor, after being given out:"They''ve come to see me bat, not you umpire."Perhaps we should have a football-adapted version ready for the next time Andy D''Urso is the referee...

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

forgive me you are correct. the memory is a bit sketchy it being 110+ years ago. By the way please imagine my words being spoken in the style of a young Brian Blessed

[PurpleCanary 6,381]

[quote user="Dr. William Gilbert Grace"]forgive me you are correct. the memory is a bit sketchy it being 110+ years ago. By the way please imagine my words being spoken in the style of a young Brian Blessed[/quote]Not bad for a young ''un! I think he is supposed to said both!

[PurpleCanary 6,381]

...to have said both...

[plan b 0]

...oops, sorry, thought this was a cricket thread, didn''t realise it was some youg lad who googled a few quotes because the ashes was on.but in answer to your original question... yes, lets give him a go.

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

shhh young t-shirt child

[plan b 0]

[quote user="Dr. William Gilbert Grace"]shhh young t-shirt child[/quote]well done son, thats probably the first thing you have written on this message board which you didn''t have to google.i take it you are determined to fill up this entire message board tonight with meaningless pointless posts consisting entirely of cricket quotes, nice one, carry on. i''m going to enjoy this...

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

calm down my dear, they''ve come to see me post, not you.

[singing canary 0]

a fine swing and the ball goes into the crowd..!!!

paul mcveigh sign him up .

i have a feeling this man is going to be a key player for us and surprise many .

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

[quote user="singing canary"]a fine swing and the ball goes into the crowd..!!! paul mcveigh sign him up . i have a feeling this man is going to be a key player for us and surprise many .[/quote]

thats what they said about my good self after my test debut:

	EM Grace	c Alexander b Bannerman	36	81	94	4	0	38.29
	WG Grace	b Palmer	152	251	294	12	0	51.70
	AP Lucas	b Bannerman	55	109	121	5	0	45.45
	W Barnes	b Alexander	28	50	67	1	0	41.79
	Lord Harris*	c Bonnor b Alexander	52	90	97	7	0	53.60
	F Penn	b Bannerman	23	35	45	3	0	51.11
	AG Steel	c Boyle b Moule	42	50	66	5	0	63.63
	Hon.A Lyttelton†	not out	11	21	32	1	0	34.37
	GF Grace	c Bannerman b Moule	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	A Shaw	b Moule	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
	F Morley	run out	2	5	9	0	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 8, lb 11)	19
	Total	(all out; 210.3 overs)	420

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

Of course i only let Palmer bowl me out after receiving an order from cityangel. I duly shoulders arms a straight one. Oh, the noise, a terrible terrible noise of ball on stump. Kerplunktik! I WAS GONE, BUT I WOULD RETURN, AND IN GREATER NUMBER.....

[Canary02 III 0]

[quote user="Dr. William Gilbert Grace"]

[quote user="singing canary"]a fine swing and the ball goes into the crowd..!!! paul mcveigh sign him up . i have a feeling this man is going to be a key player for us and surprise many .[/quote]

thats what they said about my good self after my test debut:

	EM Grace	c Alexander b Bannerman	36	81	94	4	0	38.29
	WG Grace	b Palmer	152	251	294	12	0	51.70
	AP Lucas	b Bannerman	55	109	121	5	0	45.45
	W Barnes	b Alexander	28	50	67	1	0	41.79
	Lord Harris*	c Bonnor b Alexander	52	90	97	7	0	53.60
	F Penn	b Bannerman	23	35	45	3	0	51.11
	AG Steel	c Boyle b Moule	42	50	66	5	0	63.63
	Hon.A Lyttelton†	not out	11	21	32	1	0	34.37
	GF Grace	c Bannerman b Moule	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
	A Shaw	b Moule	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
	F Morley	run out	2	5	9	0	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 8, lb 11)	19
	Total	(all out; 210.3 overs)	420

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Bet you had to google that [;)]

[PurpleCanary 6,381]

WG, I don''t have a moment''s doubt, of course, that you are who you say you are. But, just to check for those of little faith, I have this impressive photograph of heavily-bearded you coming out on to the field at Lakenham as captain of London County on August 3rd, 1903 (12 years before you were erroneously said to have died!!!).So, to confirm your identity, who is the wicket-keeper striding out along side you???

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

Jack Russell

[Dr. William Gilbert Grace 0]

or it could have been Farooq Engineer, my memory is hazy

[PurpleCanary 6,381]

[quote user="Dr. William Gilbert Grace"]or it could have been Farooq Engineer, my memory is hazy[/quote]I''d go with Engineer. One heck of a player, and YOUR kind of player.