The Infamous Club for all Cricketers Regardless of Ability
The Primary Club is one of those slightly odd, very English, institutions that happened almost by accident. The Club was started at Beckenham Cricket Club, Kent, in 1955 by four slightly inebriated young bachelors, depressed by their own performance with the bat. They vowed to support F R Brown's Fund for Blind Cricketers. Membership was initially limited to those out first ball in matches for or against Beckenham and in nine years, the Club raised £45. As it became increasingly apparent that there could be a real role for The Primary Club, what began almost as a joke became a serious, if idiosyncratic, charity which grew rapidly. In 1973 the BBC's Test Match Special team, in particular the late Brian Johnston, started to talk about the Club on the radio and members were recruited from cricket-playing countries all over the world. There are now just under 10,000 members who have donated £1,778,673 to the Club. In 2004, The Primary Club made grants in excess of £180,000 to clubs and schools for the blind throughout the United Kingdom. Originally all Club donations went to Dorton House School, run by the Royal London Society for the Blind. In recent years the Club has given considerable support to British Blind Sport and provided funds for sporting and recreational facilities to over 40 schools and clubs for the visually impaired all over the UK. In 1997 Derek Underwood MBE, one of England's finest cricketers, who began his cricket career in Beckenham, became Patron of the Club. In short this is an excellent way of having a laugh at someone elses expense, whilst raising monies for a good cause.
As our season goes on you will find a list of members who have joined this club and their excuses for their Golden Duck.
Expect such gems like: " It seamed a mile!!! " " I always play that shot " " That was the quickest ball I've faced all season " " The fielder was never there last ball " and never: " I played a bad shot "
Tom Monks 2006 Season 31st January v Temple Grafton (Indoor League)
"After speaking to my coaching team and inspecting the playing surface, we have concluded that the ball pitched and approached my stumps in such a way that I was unable to do anything about it, this was due to the fault with the playing pitch, I would also like to add that the team had been let down by the dismisal of Andy Green prior to my own and I was therefore under pressure to score runs as a result of Mr. Greens poor performance. I have nothing more to say on the matter"
Re-arrrange the following words: Buck Passing The!!!