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| The
day begins in Wetherspoons at Baker Street station |
Chapman,
being the glory hunter that he is, had decided to make his first barmy
army bow of the season, and celebrates by eating a muffin |
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| Wright
had recieved a 'signed' copy of Sven Goran Erikssons book |
Jones
tucks into his breakfast |
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| Lloyd
was enjoying the largest breakfast on the menu |
The
sight of a spaceship denoted that we had arrived at Lords |
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| Some
spiel from Monty Panesar |
The
grand stand |
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| The
Pavilion |
Lords
was now complete with floodlights |
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| Shane
Warne was on commentary duties thanks to Hampshire links |
The
umpires make their way onto the pitch |
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| Chapman,
Lloyd and Jones look forward to the days cricket |
Chapman
was still living in the 90s judging by his mobile |
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| Ed
Joyce goes |
Hampshire
celebrate the early wicket |
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| Things
weren't going well for Sussex, so to cheer the situation up the dragon
was busted out early on |
Wright
does his usual preparation duties to excellent effect |
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| Witham
somehow managed to eat straight through the stone in his fruit |
McCarthy
had bread, crumbled ham and smoked Swiss cheese - all you ever need to
make the perfect sandwich |
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| Sussex
were not doing particularly well |
Mendoza
had bought along the luxurious Sharon fruit |
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| Potter
gets a bit of Sharons juice on him |
Witham
tucks into a baguette |
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| Jones
hand looks scarily frog like in this photo |
McCarthy
celebrates a boundary by giving the Slade salute |
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| Potter
whips out a banana as Dwayne Smith enters the fray |
Smith
takes strike |
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| Witham
soon busts out his bottle of wine |
This
sign summed up Dominic Cork well |
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| Disaster
for Sean Ervine as he picks up an inury |
Lloyd
was eating healthily as he busted out the pasts |
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| Rory
Hamilton-Brown takes strike, and was almost certainly not out in Oceana
the previous night |
Dominic
Cork was having the game of his life. Bastard. |
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| McCarthy
decides to try and cheer himself up at the interval with a ludicrously
strong rum purchase |
The
beach ball was back as Wright began the inflation process |
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| McCarthy
is delighted with the fun that could be had |
Potter
enjoys a pork pie |
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| Robin
Martin-Jenkins wanders the field |
The
beach ball soon ends up on the pitch and as such is confiscated |
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| This
steward takes it away |
Sid
the Sharks mask are busted out following his scandalous banning |
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| Witham
and McCarthy enjoy the second innings despite Sussex collapse |
Luke
Wright looking particularly fine in the field |
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| Lords
is enjoying a fine day |
Hampshire
are easy to victory |
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| McCarthy
and Wright move onto the JD and coke |
Chapman
produced his best pedophilic grin |
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| Game
over - Hampshire win the 2009 Friends Provident Trophy |
We
board a bus headed for a pub near Euston in order to drown our sorrows |
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| The
dragon fruit is awarded the fruit of the day accoldade as Oaf poses for
the photo |
Simon
Valder, a long standing advocate of the dragon, soon gets involved |
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| After
match drinks are begun, and Jones looks shocked with Chapmans choice of
coke |
Lloyd
looks disgusted with McCarthy in this image |
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| Chapman
poses in a very childish way |
Oaf
is soon busting out the poses |
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| Chapman
enjoys his childish drink of coke |
Alcohol
appears to be taking its toll on Jones |
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| We
bid The Bree Louise a fond farewell |
Potter
and McCarthy partake in a traditional pieces of street urination |
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| Lloyd
is disgusted and appears to storm off |
Jones
and McCarthy decide to finish off the ham on the tube |
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| Wright
has other ideas though, as he places a piece that McCarthy lobbed at
Potters head into the heating duct |
Joy
turns to confussion as McCarthy falls over on exit from the tube |
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| This
wet floor sign was acquired from London Victoria tube station |
McCarthy
soon made friends with some young Polish girls on the train |
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| This
Polish goal had green hair and a delightful set of shoes |
McCarthy's
attempts to offer fellow passengers biscuits were unsuccessful, despite
reassuring them no rohypnol was present |
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| This
German chap was called Florian, but he did not support Hansa Rostock FC |
The
evening ends with an unfortunate trolley accident involving McCarthy and
Jones, with both men recieving injuries to round off a pretty poor
sporting 12 hours |
