Best Cricket Joke Ever!

(Incident described in "From the Pavilion End" by
Harold "Dickie" Bird)

"Bomber" Wells, a spin bowler and great character,
played for Glocuestershire and Nottinghamshire. He
used to bat at No.11 since one
couldn't bat any lower. Of him, they used to
paraphrase Compton's famous words describing an
equally inept runner; "When he shouts 'YES' for a run,
it is merely the basis for further negotiations!"
Incidentally, Compton was no better.

John Warr said, of Compton "He was the only person who
would call you for a run and wish you luck at the same
time." Anyway, when Wells played for Gloucs, he had an
equally horrendous runner as the No.10. During a
county match, horror of horrors.......both got
injured.

Both opted for runners when it was their turn to
bat.

Bomber played a ball on the off, called for a run,
forgot he had a runner and ran himself. Ditto at the
other end. In the melee, someone decided that a second
run was on. Now we had all four running. Due to the
confusion and constant shouts of "YES" "NO",
eventually, *all* of them ran to the same end.

Note - at this point in time, the entire ground is
rolling on the floor laughing their behinds out. One
of the fielders - brave lad - stops laughing for a
minute, picks the ball and throws down the wicket at
the other end. Umpire Alec Skelding looks very
seriously at the four and calmly informs them "One of
you buggers is out. I don't know which. You decide
and inform the bloody scorers!".