THE Home Office have been accused of “weasel words” and “thinly veiled threats” in their behaviour towards Frinton CC and their Australian player Blake Reed.
An appeals tribunal has upheld a decision to deduct Frinton 36 points for playing Reed in a Two Counties Division One match against Malden five weeks ago.
Frinton disputed the decision on the grounds that 22-year-old Blake was an amateur. But using contentious Home Office definitions of “amateur” and “professional”, the tribunal ruled that Blake, who formerly played for Weste...