Selected Pictures from the 2005 Chemical Physical Society Sports Day
Main event: The Annual Cricket Match - Staff versus Students
The highly demanding deck-chair event - everyone an expert
Crisp score-keeping helped keep the game on track
The new ball is called for after just two leg overs
An expert eye cast over the score sheet
The warm-up
Nice try, Doctor - but it's still only the warm up
A confident start by the student team
Good shot, sir!
Here she comes.....
...and there she goes
"Which ball have I caught then?"
An excellent demonstration of the Hampster Dance (click
here for the real thing)
Despite this impressive performance by the Students, the Staff gave them a sound thrashing, beating them as they did 200 for 7 to 140 runs all out.
And just off scene an interesting addition to the day. Not everyone has a sports ground with their own private aricraft and stud farm:
I'm looking a gift-horse in the nose?? |
The place was infested with mosquitoes |
more aircraft than one needs in their back yard |