One umpire gets no thanks

[peterg]

I umpired a home counties league 2nd XI match yesterday. I was with the away side and the home side did not have an umpire. There was no apology from the home captain, merely a rather brusque request that I stand at both ends. I did so, for 100 overs, in difficult conditions that included rain, wind, and fading light. At the end of the match not one member of the home side, including the captain, thanked me. And I even had to ask one of the home players to help me carry off the stumps.

This was a substantial suburban club with extensive facilities and an impressive club house. What if anything would fellow umpires do in this situation?

[swerveman]

I would only have carried the stumps from my end, and I would have suggested that a fielder carried the other set. It should happen automatically, of course, but they do sometimes need a reminder.

Lack of thanks can't be excused, but it might make it easier to bear if you consider that we don't actually perform this service for thanks, but for the good of Cricket.

What you do about it actually depends on how you feel personally. If you're able to put up with it on this occasion, then you should probably do nothing. If you want something done, however, then you need to talk to whoever asked you to stand in the game, either the panel organiser or your club secretary, explain what happened, and ask that it be made known to the executive of the home side.

I do hope this is an isolated instance.