I am really sorry to be boring about this but can I just go back to this post?

April Game
From: Bunnahabhain - PM
Date: 28 Apr 05 - 12:23 PM

"Stovolds Mornington Crescent Almanac" published 2001 by Orion, ISBN 0-75284-729-5 clearly states (p. 92)

At the Annual Peculiar Rule Changing Committee Meeting 2001 Season, Rule 147.22a (For those of you not familiar with the rules of MC this refers to the Angle of the Diagonal) "The Angle of the Diagonal is to be no less than 45 degrees and no more than 53 degrees within Permimeter Buildings"

It goes on to say.....

"When playing the contract version people may prefer to use Stovold's Original Ruling (itself derived from Warburton) which states "The Angle of The Diagonal is 48 degrees and that's all there is to it"".

There is a new simplified wording that says "The Angle of the Diagonal (hereinafter the angle) shall be agreed to be any angle agreed to be an angle agreed to be betwen the angles of 1 Degree and 359 Degrees". (For any newcomers that is Celsius of course and not Fahrenheit).

There is even an illustration showing this to clarify matters on p. 93 but that naturally is a straight line.

Remember in MC the Diagonal is that which is deemed to be that line which is not monagonal, polyagonal or hemiagonal and is one part removed from linear conjunctions of stations.

It seems to me therefore that unless anyone was actually holding Tadge then that was a winning move.

Of course this is open to interpretation and I am happy to be corrected on this point under the Duckworth-Lewis Method.

Best regards,

Dave Eyre