A 19-year-old umpire was allegedly mobbed by fielders and hit with the stumps after giving a batsman not out, newspapers reported.
Matthew Lowson was allegedly attacked during a game between Sheffield
Alliance Cricket Club and Bradford Shimla in the Quaid E Azam Sunday Cricket
League in Yorkshire, northern England.
Shimla players appealed for a catch, which Lowson gave not out, sparking the controversy, newspapers said.
"Players from the opposition team had to intervene and use themselves as human shields to protect the innocent young umpire from been severely injured," the Yorkshire Post regional newspaper quoted a spectator as saying.
"I could see the players surrounding the umpire, repeatedly hitting him with fists, kicks and stumps. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The opposition team ran towards their vehicle and fled."
HA HA run away run away, it must have been some beating they were dishing out, for that reaction from FANS, some of whom were stumped by what they saw, no doubt.
Shimla team organiser Waleed Ditta -- who said the only contact between one of his players and the umpire was an accidental collision with a bowler --claimed they had 17 decisions go against them. Accidental?
OK so this is quite a contrasting account of events, although I can almost feel the animosity from Waleed when he claimed that 17 decisions had gone against his team.
"We said to the umpire 'this is embarrassing' and he said 'I have done a course in umpiring'," he told the Sheffield Star newspaper.
"One of their batsmen was clean bowled... and the umpire said: 'I can't give that out because I didn't see it'. It was a joke. We said 'look, we have had enough, we are walking off'."
Not before taking out the stump and beating the ump to the ground, you didn’t Waleed.
Legendary umpire: Dicky Bird said: "Cricket is a civilised sport played by gentlemen. What is the game coming to?" Indeed Dicky.
Matthew Lowson was allegedly attacked during a game between Sheffield
Alliance Cricket Club and Bradford Shimla in the Quaid E Azam Sunday Cricket
League in Yorkshire, northern England.
Shimla players appealed for a catch, which Lowson gave not out, sparking the controversy, newspapers said.
"Players from the opposition team had to intervene and use themselves as human shields to protect the innocent young umpire from been severely injured," the Yorkshire Post regional newspaper quoted a spectator as saying.
"I could see the players surrounding the umpire, repeatedly hitting him with fists, kicks and stumps. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. The opposition team ran towards their vehicle and fled."
HA HA run away run away, it must have been some beating they were dishing out, for that reaction from FANS, some of whom were stumped by what they saw, no doubt.
Shimla team organiser Waleed Ditta -- who said the only contact between one of his players and the umpire was an accidental collision with a bowler --claimed they had 17 decisions go against them. Accidental?
OK so this is quite a contrasting account of events, although I can almost feel the animosity from Waleed when he claimed that 17 decisions had gone against his team.
"We said to the umpire 'this is embarrassing' and he said 'I have done a course in umpiring'," he told the Sheffield Star newspaper.
"One of their batsmen was clean bowled... and the umpire said: 'I can't give that out because I didn't see it'. It was a joke. We said 'look, we have had enough, we are walking off'."
Not before taking out the stump and beating the ump to the ground, you didn’t Waleed.
Legendary umpire: Dicky Bird said: "Cricket is a civilised sport played by gentlemen. What is the game coming to?" Indeed Dicky.
I can think of a few other sports where umpires, judges, linesman etc might think twice before taking a beating with various props… Javelin throwing?
There is nothing like a discus in the face to ruin your smile. Fencing?
Glad to see your new job is keeping you busy!
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