It should not be difficult to distinguish between a Premiership rugby match and a game of county cricket: one, full of nuance and subtlety, lasts four days if it goes the distance; the other, full of sound and fury, drags on for a lifetime, thanks to injury stoppages, collapsed scrums and Television Match Officials who are congenitally incapable of putting a sock in it.
Still, there were good reasons to confuse the two sports last weekend, when Northampton and Northamptonshire had simultaneous business with Gloucester and Gloucestershire. As the score came through, it seemed only right and p...