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Men In Green Issue #4

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Chapman In a spot of bother

CreepWarringah Cricket Club secretary Paul Chapman is at the centreof a controversial spot fixing scandal, set to rock the foundationsof the club. It is alleged that Chapman was involved in tamperingwith scorebooks in order to further his own financial gain throughsports betting agencies.

BettingSports betting is now a global phenomenon, where punters canhave a wager on just about anything. This year the Sydney Shirescompetition launched a joint venture with TAB Sportsbet Shiresbet, whereby punters can bet on a wide variety of marketsrelating to the Shires matches. Fixed odds markets are available

for standard betting options such as match results, scores andwinning margins. There are also special betting options forindividual scores and milestones. It was these special bettingoptions which caught the attention of Chapman.

SpooningEarlier in the season the Warringah second grade side played in a one day fixture against North-WestSydney in which the PWCs prevailed by the narrowest of margins. Opening the batting, Chapmanwas dismissed for a meagre one run, losing his wicket by spooning a simple catch to mid-off. No onethought anything of this until after the match when instead of sitting quietly in the losing dressingroom, Chapman was parading round in celebratory fashion.

It was clear to keeper Nick Burrows that something was up.

We were all pretty dejected having just lost the game in pretty poor fashion and theres Chappogrinning like a madman! He even started singing the first few lines of the victory song before Rory had

to ask him to stop.

InvestigationThe strange behaviour of Chapman after the North-West game was noted by Shiresbet corruptioninvestigator Nick McQueef.

Looking back at the odds for the Warringah vs North-West Sydney match I noticed that Chapmanwas paying $2.50 for a score of 6 or more, however for a score of 5 and under Chapman was paying$8. We received two large bets on the morning of the match for $25,000 and another soon after atanother outlet for $50,000. We contacted both outlets who both provided matching descriptions. Thegambler was described in both accounts as a man wearing a Mac Uni club shirt who looked a lot like

J esus Christ. McQueef stated.

Spot fixing allegations rock WCCBy Nigel Jobsman


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Under the Shirebet laws, it is illegal for players to bet on matches that their club takes part in and thusat that stage nothing could be pinned on Chapman.

SeethingFast forward to last week when Warringah were playing Burwood in a crucial club championshipshowdown. Second grade bowled first in searing heat and did well to restrict the Briars to 228 fromtheir 50 overs. Stand in skipper Gordon Tomlinson demoted Chapman to 7 in order to boost thescoring rate early on, when the giant noticed something funny about Chapmans demeanour.

Chappo was seriously pissed about the demotion, I mean Im skip for one game and try to do thebest for the team by getting him down the order and the guy loses it! Tomlinson noted.

When he was waiting on the sideline padded up the guy looked more nervous than Ive ever seenhim! Sweaty palms galore.

Sweaty palms galore indeed.

When Chapman strode to the crease Warringah were in a spot of bother at 5/40. Chapman lookedconfident but was unfortunately dismissed LBW for 8 runs. Walking off the field, his team matesnoticed Chapman seemed relieved, odd considering that his team were almost certain of losing thegame. But when he came off the field a quick look into the scorebook saw his mood change instantly.Keeper Nick Burrows was the first to cop the abuse.

As soon as he got out Chappo ran over to have a look in the book and noticed his score, he kepttelling us that he scored 9 not 8 and we mustve missed the over throw for the extra run. Burrowsexplained.

I told Chappo not to worry about it since we were losing badly and the books added up but he kept

on about it for ages. Finally when I was done scoring he put his hand up to take over quicker than youcan say Chaka Khan

As any cricketer knows, scoring is a laborious task and one which no one wants to do out of goodwill so I knew something was up

Chapman immediately changed his score in both books andcorrected the bowling figures to reflect the one run addition whichhad him sitting pretty on 9 runs.

Queefed

After the match Nick McQueef, who had had his eyes onChapman for weeks following the North-West incident, ran hiseyes over the books. In conjunction with eye-witness evidencefrom several MIG players it was found that Chapman was paying$1.80 for a score of 8 runs or less while for a score of 9+ his pricewas a whopping $11.

When questioned as to why his price was so high for a 9+ scoreShiresbet mentioned that Chapman had been having a lean runwith the bat this year. He did score 62 not out against SouthernDistricts but that was not taken into consideration due to their

kamie nature.

J esus Christ somethings up


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Investigation revealed that the same J esus lookalike had placed more large bets on Chapman toscore 9+ runs in the match, totalling $375,000 over a series of 8 bets at agencies across NSW.Shiresbet have expressed interest in speaking with one Alex Gibson, Chapmans long time friendfrom the Mac Uni days.

FingeredThese revelations have rocked the very foundations of Warringah Cricket Club. President RoryWightley offered this statement.

As of this point forward Paul Chapman has been stood down from administrative and playing dutiesfor WCC until investigations by Shiresbet are complete. It is a tough time for all involved at the club.

In a possibly related incident Wightley was noticed to accidentally step on Chapmans hand whilewalking to his bag at training on Wednesday night. Chapman left in disgust.

NSW Cricket Operations Officer Roy Formica was quizzed on the scandal and offered this statementIt would be foolish of me to comment on a possibly defamatory story about a lawyer, but I can say I

had a beakload on 0-8 for Chappo last week and Im not happy.

Congrats Gravies!!!

Well done to our first grade speedster GuyGravies Davies who was selected to play inthe Shires vs Grade match at the SCG lastFriday. Gravies scored a few not out andpicked up a wicket or two. He was even

applauded by a few Grade supporters forbowling a couple of ripping deliveries. Alsowell done for sitting there during the Shires

batting innings and putting up with the PWCsparticularly the Mac Uni keeper, now knownas FIGJ AM who wouldnt stop talking abouthimself and his deep love of Gary Sheen all

day.

Chafe of the Week!!!

Tommy Kelly enjoyed a welcome return tofirst grade with some first class chafing. After

running around in the field all day and adecent stint out in the centre for the MIG

innings TKs thighs were red raw. By the time

he had to head out to bat in the second digTK walked out as if he had a full grown

pumpkin shoved up his clacker!


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Thankyou to all of our sponsors!!!

SEPARATED AT BIRTH!!!e all know that the MIG has 2 identical twin jobbies in

enny and Phlenny, but further investigation hasevealed two more sets of identical twins!!!

WLr

1. Jame ons Trickey Ben Falconer 2. Blake Scheffers Matt Anders


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Trickeys Guide to Successful acebookin

As most of you know, I am a very experienced facebooker. Not a minutegoes by when Im not on there scoping things out and seeing what

ople are up to. As I play with a few old farts at Warringah who dontpereally know what facebook is all about I thought I would write this article

try and inform them of the best tips and tricks for facebook and also aossary of commonly used terms which you might see on my wall.

Enjoy! lol

Trickeys Top Tips1) Check everyones wall at least every 5 minutes so that you can

comment on and like peoples status updates2) Keep your profile varied, change your profile pic every few hours so that people dont get

bored and keep coming back to check your profile out3) Put lots of cool pics on your profile, sporting shots and ones with animals are cool and will get

the ladies to come running!!4) Put a funny movie quote as your status update every dayer groy

7) If any of your facebook friends spam your page or are acting like douchebags on facebook

it for them to replytion after the girl has said

er family members, LAME!

Term Meaning

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5) Dont put when you do a poo or some oth ss bodily function as your status update6) Make sure you check in at least once a da

delete them and friends and brush em8) Start a Poke war with any hot chicks that you are trying to bone9) Use chat sparingly with the ladies, say hi but then play it cool and always wa

before typing another message. Make sure you leave the conversathe last thing, not you, or you seem desperate

10) Never be facebook friends with your mum, dad or any other old

Facebook Glossary

LOL Louie On Lauren

ROFL Roger Only Farts Loudly

PMSL Pymble Mated Seven Ladies


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MIG has been stalking a few fellow men in green to see whatthey have been up to, with scandalous results!!!


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This Sunday Bourkeys boys take on Lindfield in the big GF atAlan Davidson Oval, South Sydney (PWCville).

Game starts at 10am so be there to help support the boys andbring Frank back to his rightful home! Lets all get down thereto cheer on our MIGs and get them over the line!!!

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