http://www.pleasantdinners.com/rss.xmlThe Pleasant Dinners Cricket Club, bringing you real cricket news since 1997!Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMTinfo@pleasantdinners.comen-gbThu, 09 Sep 2010 18:41:28 GMTCopyright: (C) Pleasant Dinners Cricket Club (PDCC), see http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Legal for terms and conditions of reuse.10Derbyshire Times cricket writer Nosher McQuelland is well known for his hard hitting reports from the Chesterfield and District League. But he's equally at home steering his beloved barge along one of Derbyshire's many scenic canals and waterways. McQuelland was the guest speaker at the Chesterfield Transport Society's annual dinner , where his talk on the joys of barge holidays was eagerly anticipated. Members poured into the town's Royal Hotel to get the best seats for the lecture and accompanying slide show. However , an unfortunate mix-up led to the evening descending into scenes of chaos. The talk, entitled '' Canal Pleasures '' , had been advertised on a board in the hotel lobby but it is believed that someone deliberately removed the ' C ' - thus causing some consternation amongst those guests not aware of the Transport Society's perfectly innocent meeting in an upstairs conference room.. Police were called to the hotel and confiscated McQuelland's slide projector just minutes into his presentation. This is not the first time that The Royal Hotel has been in the headlines for problems relating to its front - of - house signs. In 1984 a concert by The Grateful Dead was cancelled due to poor ticket sales after a missing ' e' erroneously renamed them as The Grateful Dad.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/On_This_Day_In_Cricket/September/9Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMTOn This Day In CricketThe Cricket Crimes Team work tirelessly to apprehend crooks and con-men all over the country. It's a long and thankless task - but you can help. Take a close look at these 11 faces - they are Britain's most wanted cricket criminals, and you can be the one who finally puts them behind bars.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Crickets_Ten_Most_Wanted_Criminals_plus_1Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTNewsIn a brand new regular feature Hoggshire league umpire Sid Byes writes about the life of an ordinary everyday official at the very heart of local grassroots cricket.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Features/A_Hoggshire_DiarySun, 08 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMTFeaturesEdgar "Turf" Turpin, Britain's last hippy groundsman and student of the controversial "Peat Poet" Todd Manning, has died aged 80.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Obituary_Turf_Turpin_Britains_last_hippy_groundsmanFri, 16 Jul 2010 14:00:00 GMTNewsAt least 50 members of the Marylebone Cricket Club submitted membership proposals for television personalities, notorious prisoners, and trade union officials, after falling under the hypnotic control of Ralph Robbins, 67, an umpire who until his recent capture was better known as the 'MCC Mesmeriser'.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Features/The_strange_case_of_umpire_BillowsMon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMTFeaturesThe inside story of The Metropolitan Police's 'Cricket Crimes Team' - the infamous 'Test Squad' - and the case that nearly broke them: The Umpire Ripper.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Features/Youve_nicked_it_sonFri, 30 Apr 2010 18:00:00 GMTFeatures24 hours with Detective Sergeant Chris Hogg of the Cricket Crimes Team. It's another action packed day for DS Chris Hogg as he and his tireless team of officers fight cricket crime on the mean streets of London. Here, in his own words, he tells PDCC of the relentless battle against the people who think nothing of abusing the great game.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Features/Life_in_a_Day_Cricket_Crimes_TeamFri, 30 Apr 2010 16:00:00 GMTFeaturesTony Grieg is cricket's Mr Been-There-Done-That, but if there's one thing that has kept him going all these years, it's his love for a nice hot savoury. Here he tells PDCC about his favourite mouth-watering moments.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/Features/The_Lowdown_Greigs_PastysFri, 30 Apr 2010 14:00:00 GMTFeaturesForty three years ago, rogue rockers the Bowling Stones unsettled the umpiring establishment by releasing Cecil Peppers Only Umpires Band. Tame by today's standards, the record is best remembered for representing the first artistic stone thrown in the direction of the cosseted world of cricket umpires.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Cecil_Peppers_Only_Umpires_BandFri, 30 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMTNewsThe fitness of veteran umpire Mervin Murphy, 70, is set to decline further thanks to a directive from the West Country Umpires and Scorers Association which prevents him playing music from 1970s pop duo the Pipkins at cricket grounds.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Dangerous_dancing_umpire_faces_forced_retirementFri, 30 Apr 2010 10:00:00 GMTNewsThe long awaited rock-opera, The Magical Mystery Score attracted mixed reviews from those attending last night's premiere screening at the West End Odeon in London.http://www.pleasantdinners.com/News/Cricket_whodunit_attracts_mixed_reviewsFri, 30 Apr 2010 08:00:00 GMTNews