Geoff Toyne was an umpire who hated any form of time-wasting, or anything that delayed the speedy progression of the match.
He had a distinctive voice, and his catchphrase was: "Man in, gentlemen!" He uttered this EVERY time a wicket fell and the fielders congregated to congratulate the successful bowler.
Another Geoff favourite was: "Hold your bat up straight!" delivered to batsmen taking guard.
He would have been very unimpressed with some of today's games where the over-rate falls to 14 an hour.
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Ha ha ha....I remember Geoff umpiring.
ReplyDeleteHe always wore his white coat, carefully knotted at the bottom like a 70's disco star.
A cross between Dickie Bird and Olivia Newton John (in a non sexual way)
If you didn't do what Geoff wanted, he would quickly lose patience with the fielding team. Meaning that you were not going to be getting any lbw decisions that afternoon.
Aaaagh great memories of a real Lincolnshire character.