DEREK
Simple cricketers rhyming slang, a Derek is a term used for a single (one run).
The name is derived from Derek Pringle, the Essex and England all rounder who played his first class cricket between 1978 -1993.
Derek Pringle ... single. Simple!
So, if you ever hear Tigers skipper Chris Grain shout, 'Up on the Derek then Tigers' it means he wants the fielders to come in close enough to the wicket to stop the batsman pushing a quick Derek.
The lads from Witney RFC are all up on the Derek for Tigers batsman Robbie Mills
And Steve Dobson and Tim Lowe go for a quick Derek in the Tigers' last league game against Swinbrook
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