Smoko 1/7/2012
A burly backman from the club I played junior footy at in the 60s would guzzle from a flagon of sweet sherry at three-quarter time if the day was wet and cold. Imagine the shrieks from the permanently outraged if such practices occurred today. So I chuckled at viewing this pic from ex-Geelong Westie Sam Mitchell of a team-mate from Byron Bay Magpies having a break and a durrie during the game. Hmmmm, Byron Bay – I presume it was a cigarette.
I will always remember Doug Walters walking to the players gate at the WACA to go out to bat with a bat in one hand and a durrie in the other, then handing the cig to the gate attendant with instructions to “hang onto this for me, I shouldn’t be long”. As I recall he went on to make about 50 runs that day.
There would be a major meltdown in the media these days.
At boarding school one of the day rats dad would supply stones green ginger
never a shortage of players
haha
One of the most famous Sports Illustrated covers. Growing up, our house took SI, Newsweek, and Life (until it died.) I remember when this issue of SI came out. Of course the next months letters to the editor were full of outrage.
http://www.northtonorth.com/images/baseball.jpg
My dad (now 82), tells of going to see Carlton when he was a boy. In those days you could go on the ground at quarter and three quarter time and listen to the coach address the players. He recalls it was common to see the players share a couple of bottles of beer and have a smoke at three quarter time. Like you said, what would happen now?
We do indeed live in a nanny state.