Fearful of change, Mike Brearley and his English side not only baulked at innovations such as the new limited overs fielding restrictions, but refused to don the new "pyjamas".
But just when all appeared to be plain sailing for the Grade/Thompson "Big BBC" vision the government has baulked at the cost.
The last of the Saints' veterans to have debuted in the 1990s, Hayes goose-stepped, baulked, dinked and tackled his way into the hearts of St Kilda supporters and his loss gives finality to an era now finished.
We seem to be at a curious juncture: in many ways the Reagan/Thatcher "settlement" of the 1980s is unravelling; yet in the Conservative party of David Cameron, George Osborne and Lord Freud we witness policies at which even Margaret Thatcher might have baulked.
But few will follow, for the same reason users have baulked at Windows 8 its different way of doing things.
The incidents listed included acts of vandalism or desecration against Christian churches; the failure of Christian health workers (doctors, nurses, pharmacists) to obtain opt-outs of conscience when asked to participate in abortions or sell abortifacients; and the similar fate of Christian marriage registrars, relationship counsellors or hoteliers who baulked at same-sex unions.
Some Republicans including John Boehner, the House speaker, and Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader have baulked over funding this scheme, arguing that free trade creates enough new jobs by expanding overseas markets for American goods that such payments are unnecessary.
The airlines have baulked at such a monumental task because of the cost.
Although Americans told pollsters that they wanted health-care reform, when presented with the chance of change, they baulked.
That's why the name was chosen in 1992 by a devoutly religious family that set up a bakery which now has six outlets in Northern Ireland.But there was one delicacy which these God-fearing bakers baulked at providing for earthly masters.
Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, has baulked at introducing a similar change in the law south of the border.In recent parliamentary by-elections in Glasgow Anniesland and Falkirk East, the Labour Party held off strong SNP challenges, which seems to suggest that Scottish voters approve.
