 Spirit of Cricket is alive and well at Gordon
James Ryan gets recognition from umpires
It is not often that under 16 year old cricketers get to play matches with Pura Cup umpires, and that occurred for the Gordon Green Shield team in their match earlier this season against Bankstown when Darren Goodger was one of the umpires at Beauchamp.
(James Ryan pulls off a great stumping against Bankstown)
After the match the umpires spoke with our captain and club officials to congratulate the team on their spirit of cricket during the game.
In their match report submitted to the SCA, the umps made the following comments…
“In the 18th over of the Gordon innings, batsman James Ryan had the opportunity to take overthrow runs. He was called to do so by his partner at the crease, but declined as the ball had touched the toe of his bat after it had been thrown at the bowler’s end wicket by a member of the Bankstwon side. James’s partner did not realise this had occurred. This was a fine piece of sportsmanship on James’s part as the ball only just brushed his bat and there was no obvious deflection. His action epitomised the game’s true spirit, ahead of his team’s fortunes, as the opportunity was there to take at least two runs as overthrows”
Also numerous members of the Gordon side applauded and congratulated Daniel Sams (Bankstown) on a fine innings immediately after he was dismissed” (end of quote)
Well done James on you fine attitude and we look forward to your involvement next season in both club teams and the Academy.
PS. Gordon won the match by one run...
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