.... is a little like asking "are soccer players left handed?".

A better analogy might be the question "are soccer players footballers?"

Some would want to argue that they are footballers, by definition, because they play a form of football.

Some might even want to argue that they are the only true footballers, as witnessed by the fact that more people around the world play soccer than any other game.

Some would say that they may be footballers, but it depends whether they really play the game properly, or just fool around, or even belong to the club for social and business reasons, or to get to the post- match booze ups.

Others would say that the only true football is aussie rules, so soccer players are excluded because they refuse to obey rule 2:38 (hold the ball firmly in both hands, and refrain from kissing at all times on the field).

Then of course, there are those who believe that the only true footballers are the Tasmanian water polo team...... or those who say that soccer players are 'false footballer scum' because they have three referees instead of just one...

I could go on, but of course as an Anglican I'm only interested in cricket.

Cheers

Nigel B. Mitchell <>