Comic Relief 1991
1991 Grand Floodlit Dwyle Flunking Match
Thursday 14th March
At the Cambridge Blue, Gwydir St.
Rules
Apparel
Players should wear suitable fancy dress.
Sides
A side consists of twelve players.
Flunking-off (or start of play)
The captains of each side toss to choose whether to bat or field first.
The fielding side forms a circle (or girter) around a
single member of the batting side (the batsman or flunker)
who stands next to a centrally-placed vessel containing stale beer (the ullager).
The flunker places a beer-soaked cloth (or dwyle) on the end of a pole (or swadger).
The referee then shouts "hear y" and "t'gether", the flunker cries
"dwyles away", the musicians start to play, the girter
rotates in a clockwise direction, and the flunker moves anticlockwise.
The flunker must stay within one swadger's length of the ullager; the penalty
for straying will be determined by the referee and will depend upon the severity of the offence.
When the music stops, the flunker must propel (or flunk) the dwyle
towards a member of the rotating girter; this
should be done without hesitation.
Runs may be scored in the following ways:
- A hit on the head (a wanton) = 3;
- A hit on a limb (a ripper) = 2.
- A body hit (a merther) = 1;
Failure to score any runs results in the flunker being potted:
a pint of fresh beer must be consumed during the time it takes the
girter to pass the dwyle from hand to hand.
The fielding side chants "pot, pot" during this part of the proceedings.
If the flunker is unable to drink the ale in the time available, the opposition is awarded 2 runs.
A member of the girter who is hit in the face must consume one pint of beer in sixty seconds.
Each batsman flunks in turn and the score for the batting side is added up.
The other side then flunks.
A game consists of two innings per side.
And lastly, everyone should have stonking good time!
These rules were based on the 1981 Mepal Beer Festival ones
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