Sports Your favourite pieces of sports commentary

[Kram]

List them here, some more obscure ones would be good as well.

"If Ronnie Burns was building a house, he would start with the roof." Dennis Cometti on his unconventional style of play.

"And look at the draft he's providing for Duncan Armstrong! Armstrong sailing on the wake!" Yank caller noticing him moving up and sitting up on Matt Biondi.

"Look.. I don't know the bloke.. but I bet he just loves batting against the bowling machine. Sitting there all day smashing the ball back down the V.." This one is paraphrased but David 'Bumble' Lloyd on Shane Watson cheekily taking the piss out of him and his suspect Test batting technique.

 

[PT Bar None]

Dennis has had plenty of good ones

"He snuck up behind him like a librarian!"

"Someone ordered red wine with the fish" - when a brawl erupted on the wing

 

[Gough]

John Arlott described an iffy shot by New Zealand cricketer Bob Cunis as "Being like his name, neither one thing or the other."

 

[Caesar]

 

[Moonwatcher]

List them here, some more obscure ones would be good as well.

"If Ronnie Burns was building a house, he would start with the roof." Dennis Cometti on his unconventional style of play.

"And look at the draft he's providing for Duncan Armstrong! Armstrong sailing on the wake!" Yank caller noticing him moving up and sitting up on Matt Biondi.

"Look.. I don't know the bloke.. but I bet he just loves batting against the bowling machine. Sitting there all day smashing the ball back down the V.." This one is paraphrased but David 'Bumble' Lloyd on Shane Watson cheekily taking the piss out of him and his suspect Test batting technique.

Cometti is going to feature prominently in this thread.

 

[raskolnikov]

Zaharakis!! Zaharakis has kicked a goal. The Bombers are in front at the G!



Melksham! Monfries! Bombers!!

 

[Chameleon75]

Michael Holding discussing how Brian Lara named his daughter Sydney, after his best innings.

“It’s a good thing he didn’t score those runs in Lahore”.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

I remember Bruce's commentary of Ben Johnson at 1988 Olympics as being inspiring at the time, but it subsequently lost its gloss after Johnson was done for doping.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

I can remember a certain piece of Richie Benaud's commentary, circa 1983....can't remember exactly how it went. But went something like " Greg Chappell's got it....there is the record".

Im thinking it was a bowling record for Lillee, but upon reflection, it may have been a record amount of catches for Chappell?

 

[Kram]

I remember Bruce's commentary of Ben Johnson at 1988 Olympics as being inspiring at the time, but it subsequently lost its gloss after Johnson was done for doping.

Tbf it's quite likely everyone in that race was on drugs.

 

[daniologist]

Roy and HG doing the gymnastics. Hands down the best piece of commentary ever.

The battered sav, the crazy date, the hello boys, the flatbag...

 

[Plugger35]

Tony Greig was great value, not sure he'd be getting a gig these days though in the #metoo era.

 

[Channels]

I remember Bruce's commentary of Ben Johnson at 1988 Olympics as being inspiring at the time, but it subsequently lost its gloss after Johnson was done for doping.

Known as the dirtiest race in history.

The dirtiest race in history Olympic 100m final, 1988

April 18: Carl Lewis was allowed to compete in the 1988 Olympics despite testing positive for banned performance-enhancing drugs because it would have been a disaster otherwise for the American team, according to his former team-mate Roger Kingdom.

www.theguardian.com

 

[chickenonachain]

Geelong v Collingwood G Ablett go’s for the mark ball spills ends up kicking a goal from about 50 and Sandy Roberts commentary “what more can you say”

 

[rank and file]

When Super Impose won the Cox Plate.
Immortalized in the greatest horse racing song ever,"The 1992 WS Cox Plate".
The lyrics are samples of the commentary from this epic race.

 

[Engimal v3]

 

[Shell]

"Centre passes to wing, wing passes to centre, centre holds it... hooooolds it!"

 

[burge13]

Dwayne Russell - "last roll of the dice!". Said every quarter, of every week before the other team inevitably gets a roll or 2 themselves.

 

[Caesar]

"Centre passes to wing, wing passes to centre, centre holds it... hooooolds it!"

I once had a girlfriend who, upon watching a match with a lot of lateral passes, remarked that ‘Sideways’ seemed to be a great player

 

[Gough]

Some people are running on the pitch they think it's all over, it is now. Kenneth Wolstenholme as Geoff Hurst put his third past the Hun and West Ham become the first club side to win the World Cup.

 

[Scotland]

There are many reasons that make commentary memorable, whether it's clever, funny, iconic etc.

'Got him, yes! Gone! Piss off you're out! That's ****ed his average Tony.'
- Bill Lawry, definitely in real life and not on a 12th Man tape

'Goalkeeper's come, hasn't got there. Harry Kewell... and then poked home by Tim Cay-hill. Australia have done it!
'Aloisi. Cay-hill, Cay-hilllll, Tim Cay-hill has done it again! What a goal by Tim Cay-hill. 2-1 Australia, it's a wonderful moment in Kaiserslautern'
- Simon Hill, 2006 WC

'Across to Heady. Delicate little chip to the run of Matera, suddenly the Eagles are alive. Matera sets sail for home, and the Eagles - have hit the front!'
- Sandy Roberts, 1992 AFL GF

I did enjoy this:

 

[Suspense]

 

[74561347]

"Centre passes to wing, wing passes to centre, centre holds it... hooooolds it!"

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

 

[Moonwatcher]

Voss can thank his lucky stars he wasn't DMac-ed!