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a fine double teapot and an old hat down at third man down at third man skip to content home a fine double teapot and an old hat a fine double teapot and an old hat that s third man up there on the banner the one with an old top hat and a double teapot the squire don t trust him no more and he s right to he sees two balls now instead of one his last innings like his first was a golden duck between that first ball and the last he has become quite familiar with those two imposters triumph and disaster why third man because that s where they put him now that they ve run out of other places to hide him third man comes to us all but it s a good place from which to contemplate the game in no other activity are utter humiliation and indescribable joy so close together if you know what third man is going on about he hopes there s some interest to be found here and plenty of room for partnerships to build what s all this stuff about time travel third man was born some when in the second quarter of the c18th in the village of whirld s end a short ride from the cradle of cricket hambledon showing an early aptitude for that game tm was taken into service by the squire and fanatical sportsman the 2 nd duke of ______ his grace as a man of science and member of the royal society dedicates many hours in the village smithy to constructing machines that enable travel back through time the present model undergoing development is the type iii one of third man s many off field duties is to act as test pilot time travel readers will be aware delays the aging process and accounts for the longevity of both the squire and third man share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook like loading 3 responses to a fine double teapot and an old hat pompeypop march 23 2010 at 8 20 pm shack will do for me thanks first match i saw was in 1959 between surrey and hampshire portsmouth they d finished first and second in the previous season the first incident was shack trapping john edrich for a duck and for the next 10 years i saw him take many more wickets and bowl many maidens years later i got to know him a little and he was a lovely man and a great county cricketer dave allen hon curator hampshire cricket reply ben november 3 2011 at 2 42 pm i recently came across your excellent blog and was hoping to promote it on my site do you have an email contact that i can send more information to thanks ben reply chrisps october 17 2014 at 6 25 pm i would be delighted if tm would take part in the cricket blogger survey that i m hosting it won t rid the game of andy flower but may provide some short minutes of interest thanks chris the cricket blogger survey reply leave a comment cancel reply δ hideaway in austria get away from it all including the cricket retreat to the mountains to ski or to chill to roam or mountain bike flights from stansted to graz or klaggenfurt a 45 minute drive to a place the austrians keep secretly to themselves quiet slopes 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