Tim Bresnan

Quote: mel plenderleith "I posted on here in the first place to say that according to the papers Bresnan was from Ponty and not Cas as some of them on here were wanting to jump on the bandwagon and say he was from Cas for some reason, you in your wisdom decided to intervene by putting on a post which was at best stupid, I commented on it and on reflection thought I had been a bit harsh as most of speedies posts are silly and offensive anyway, so I thought I would lighten the mood by saying that I did not mean ny offence, not really bothered either way take it how you want.'"

OK. Tim Bresnan is "from" Cas (ie he has lived in the environs of Cas all his life, was schooled in Cas, played his club cricket for Cas-based teams). He was born in Pontefract General Infirmary Maternity department quite simply because there is no maternity hospital in Cas any more. If you believe that makes him "from" Pontefract, then Colin Cowdrey is from India and Derek Pringle is from Nairobi and Michael Vaughan is from Manchester. None of those people would say that they were "from" those places. They just happened to be born there.

The "Barnsley" joke was a little topical throwaway gag - as Wakefield looking at playing their games at Oakwell in Barnsley. I was trying to show how idiotic it is to try to tell someone where they're from. You certainly picked up on that bit (that it's an idiotic statement to make) but didn't make the connection. Sorry if I was being too subtle for you.

There, now. Was that patronising enough.