The game had been hard fought ! Both teams had given it their all, and with only 10 minutes left, the competition was fierce. Arthur Bostock, the number 15, had just punted the ball up the field in a beautifully executed looping kick. A line out was called, and the teams assumed the positions. With the scoreboard level, the next points were sure to be the winning points. Jeremy Macspatula wiped the ball with the towel, the towel emblazoned with the name of the sponsor - "Hughie's Tatties ... smoother than a babies bum", and stepped to the line. The play was called and Jeremy raised the ball above his head, determined that this throw would secure victory. The throw was good ... straight between the lines of players. Up into the air they shot, all straining to take control of the fast moving, now only slightly grubby, ball. One hand reached a fraction further than the others, though, and, with one victorious jab of his chubby wee fingers, Dave 'The Diver' Williams sent the ball soaring through the air towards his team mates, and the chase was on!
Sadly, for Dave 'The Diver' Williams and his chubby wee fingers, though, the chase was most definitely NOT on. On his way back to earth from his triumphant fat-fingered jab at the ball, he was upended, and came down head first.
The gravity of the situation was immediately apparent ... Dave lay there, surrounded by some very concerned looking team-mates, as still as a sack of Hughie's "smoother than a baby's bum" Tatties, while officials poured onto the field. The whistle was blown, play stopped ... the spectators fell into silence ... and all the while Dave lay there ... still.