Mean-machine

[Owen Meany 589]

 

https://www.news24.com/sport/cricket/remembered-purring-precision-of-transvaal-mean-machine-20200605-2

[J1M1 1,241]

THOSE were the days!!

[vlagman 1,554]

4 hours ago, J1M1 said:

THOSE were the days!!

Indeed. 

[taipan 2,561]

Watched many of their games at Wanderers

 

[J1M1 1,241]

we took paid leave to watch provincial games......

[Owen Meany 589]

On 6/11/2020 at 10:13 AM, J1M1 said:

THOSE were the days!!

Die dae toe die manne van Pretoria vir Noord-Transvaal ondersteun het in rugby en Transvaal in krieket. 

[taipan 2,561]

Can’t remember one Pretorianer in the mean machine.

[Owen Meany 589]

Ek verwys na die ondersteuners.

[J1M1 1,241]

the king of that mean machine.......i've heard that batsmen were genuinely scared of facing Sylvester - gone way too soon!!

[WeDaFaKaWe 795]

We never had TV back in those days, always used to listen Charles Fortune on the English service. As he described it, you felt like you were at the Wanderers.

Those were certainly the days.

[taipan 2,561]

On 12/1/2020 at 12:33 PM, J1M1 said:

the king of that mean machine.......i've heard that batsmen were genuinely scared of facing Sylvester - gone way too soon!!

Had probably the best bouncer I have seen.