Probably an urban myth, but the story goes:
One F. S. Trueman is doing his National Service as an LAC in the Sports Store at RAF Hemswell.
During the summer, his prime task is to open the bowling for the Combined Services. If they didn't have a fixture, he was available for the RAF team.
If they didn't have a fixture, he played for the Bomber Command team, and so on.
If all else failed he spent his Wednesday afternoon playing for the RAF Hemswell station team.
On one such occasion, they were playing an away match where the opposing Staish fancied himself as an opening batsman. The umpire was the SWO!
Freddie's 1st ball takes a very thick edge, and is caught at 2nd slip, the SWO says Not Out.
Freddie gets steamed up and his 2nd ball get the Staish firmly on the pads, dead inline and appeals for LBW. The SWO says again, Not Out.
Freddie's 3rd ball, bowls the Staish all ends up, the stumps spread all over the pitch, the bails nearly at the boundary, he turns round to the SWO/Umpire and says, "I nearly got 'im that time, didn't I?"