Reverse Puma

Nominee: Dwane Hall
Age: 31 (Old enough to know better)
Nominated by: Peter McKell
Seconded by: Matthew Wheatley


On a warm sunny day in early November, Darty decided to grace us with his presence on the cricket field for his first outing of the season. All was travelling well with a brisk jog around the perimeter of the boundary followed by a light stretch and a succession of gentle catches to warm the hands up for the action that lay ahead...

The coin fell correctly for fill in skipper and well known tosser Matt McGann (See. Brown Jacket winner season '98/99') and we decided to put ANU in for a stick, Dwanes first day in the field was spent aclimatising to the rough patches in the point region and rolling the arm over with deceptive pace off a short run..

After the break Dwane was scheduled to bat in the stroke makers role at number 5. On resumption of putting on the pads on for the first time in over half a year Dwane known for his witty humour but also a general vagueness, realised the the required protection for his genitals was no longer in its allocated spot. As panic and then reality set in Darts decided that improvisation was his only saviour... Upon inspection of the remainer of his cricket gear he spotted in the deep dark depths of his cricket coffin a stray, sweaty but most importantly lonesome glove..

He applied the glove to the appropriate area in what now known as the 'reverse puma' postion, which requires the badge of the glove pointing forwards with the leather palm cupped towards the body and the pre-curved fingers pointing down and then shaping upwards for a comfortable nestling resting point.

At the fall of the 3rd wicket, dwane applied the velcro to his helmet and all 3 gloves and made his way out to the middle in reasonable comfort... his comfort was short lasting however when in pursuit of a sharp single to get himself off the mark caught him by suprise when errant middle finger protection made its way into what is supposed to be a one way crevace..

After a quick relocation of the glove and refastening of the velcro Darty continued with his innings mostly unaffected.

He also believes with a little redesign the new protection could prove a real advantage, especially for those who enjoys the comfort of leather on flesh!!

Brown Jacket Candidate #2