1.   The ball their bowlers used in the morning session was sensationally taken from them at lunch by match referee Deryck Murray.

2.   No less a celebrity than Francis Ouimet was the match referee.

3.   Ramprakash is only the fourth England player to appear before the ICC match referee.

4.   Ranatunga will appear before match referee Peter van der Merwe on Tuesday over his clash with Emerson.

5.   After waiting until tea time for the drizzle to let up, match referee Hanumant Singh finally called it a day.

6.   After two inspections by the match referee and the two umpires Srini Venkataraghavan and B.C.Cooray it was decided to use a helicopter to dry the ground.

7.   An amateur rugby player who was paralyzed when a scrum collapsed on him, Friday won an historic court ruling against the match referee.

8.   An amateur rugby player who was paralyzed when a scrum collapsed on him Friday won an historic court ruling against the match referee.

9.   Because match referee Dave Pearson took action, Saracens cannot cite Johnson, but the RFU could charge him with bringing the game into disrepute.

10.   Because match referee Dave Pearson took action, Saracens cannot cite Johnson, but the Rugby Football Union can choose to charge him with bringing the game into disrepute.