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On 16/11/2024 5:16 am, miked wrote:
On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 9:45:30 +0000, John Hall wrote:
In message <1465023e1120a0c722257a4df0b8b3ff@www.novabbs.com>, miked
<mike@library.net> writes
On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 20:16:15 +0000, John Hall wrote:
With the exception of Western Province, most of the South African
domestic f-c sides seem to have fairly daft names nowadays, but this is >>>> surely the daftest: Garden Route Badgers.
I agree as i remarked on this myself last year!
https://groups.google.com/g/uk.sport.cricket/c/PLezBUuxihc/m/BepKu6ziCgAJ >>>
This african badger is not a friendly animal.
There used to be a windian team called the Harpy Eagles [a kind of
vulture].
mike
So not women with wings and taloned feet then. (Wings would be useful if
a batter hit a ball that was going way over a fielder's head.)
def not. Its the mens team. I think Hetmeyer plays for them. The womens
team is called the amazon warriors i believe.
On another forum indian supporters often refer to their team as the
tigers. Now england are always lions in footy, rugby and cricket, but i
wasnt sure what the oz cricket team animal is because crick oz has both
a kangeroo and an emu. So are they the emus? I remember the footy team
was called the socceroos and the rugby the wallabies. Of course it
doesnt have to be an animal since RSA are named after a plant and NZ
after a flightless bird.
mike
FYI, the Australian Coat of Arms features the Kangaroo and the Emu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Australia
I'm not sure I've ever heard the Australian Cricket Team being called
after an animal.
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Daniel70
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