Self-surgery tale just doesn't cut it
December 30, 2020 — 9.00pm
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The tale of Leonid Rogozov removing his own appendix (C8) is an urban myth, if Geoffrey Naughton of Newtown is to be believed: "As a previous Antarctic expeditioner (Casey 1977), I can attest to the fact that expeditioners do not have to have their appendix removed. I don’t have the scar to prove it."
Cricket tragics would no doubt welcome a distraction from the carnage at the MCG this week and for that, we thank William Williams (C8) and his question on novel scoreboard combinations. That said, about 90 per cent of replies refer to "Lillee caught Willey bowled Dilley" from the Perth Ashes Test of 1979. Still, some others are pretty great too. Owen Dally of Orange recalls that in 1980s grade cricket "Manly-Warringah had two first grade openers named Bush and Tuckerman. They were the best pair by a country mile." The offering from Pat Rodgers of Gladesville is also food-related: "In a match in South Africa in 1980, Allan Lamb was caught Alan Kourie bowled Clive Rice. [Better still, the competition was the Currie Cup - Granny] Lamb caught Kourie bowled Rice became an iconic culinary scoreboard entry perhaps only surpassed by Cook caught Mustard bowled Onions when Kent played Durham in 2007."