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| 04 May 2008 09:53:15 |
| Robert Henderson |
| Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
1. How many non-Englishmen did Surrey use during their 7 year Championship winning run? A. Subba Row (53/54) and John MacMahon (52/53). 2. What is the next best run of Championship wins after Surrey's 7? A. 4 by Yorkshire twice: 1922-5, 1937-46. 3. Three England Test centurions started their county career with Surrey then moved to another county before they first played for England. Name them. A. Subba Row and Phil Mead. Interestingly, both left handers. Another notable Surrey centurian emigre is Len Braund, so the total is three. 4. Which was the last county to win the Championship three years in succession? A. Yorkshire 1966-68. 5.. Which counties have still to win the Championship? A. Durham, Northants, Somerset. 6. Only four of the foreigners who have played for England have scored 1,000 Test runs at an average of 40 or better. Name them. A. D'Oliveira, Greig, Robin Smith, Pietersen 7. When did Yorkshire first allow non-Yorkshiremen, ie, those not born in Yorkshire, to play for Yorkshire? A. Contrary to popular opinion it was never an absolute rule. Lord Hawke is a famous exception and Geoffrey Keighley played just after the second world war when Yorkshire were looking for an amateur to succeed Yardley. However, between about 1890 and the point in (from memory) the `1990s when they gave up the Yorkshire-born rule, very few not born in Yorkshire played. An interesting curiosity is the town of Todmorden which has the Lancs/Yorkshire border running down the middle of its high street. You are a red or white rose depending on which side of the street you are born. 8. Which SA batsman played for Australia before he played for SA? A. Kepler Wessels. 9. Who was the last white man to play for the West Indies? A. Geoffrey Greenidge in 1975. 10. Name the only British PM to play FC cricket. A. Alec Douglas-Hume who played a couple of games as Lord Dunglass when at Oxford. Middle order bat and MF swing bowler. Quite a decent player by all accounts. RH -- Robert Henderson Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk |
| 04 May 2008 06:44:43 |
| Re: Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
On May 4, 6:53 pm, Robert Henderson <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk > wrote: > > 9. Who was the last white man to play for the West Indies? > > A. Geoffrey Greenidge in 1975. Sorry, but that answer is not correct. GA Greenidge played his last Test in April 1973 (vs Australia). He was still playing FC cricket in West Indies in 1976. Ross |
| 04 May 2008 06:53:46 |
| Jack Bauer |
| Re: Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
On May 4, 11:44=A0pm, jessop...@email.com wrote: > On May 4, 6:53 pm, Robert Henderson <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> > wrote: > > > > > 9. Who was the last white man to play for the West Indies? > > > A. Geoffrey Greenidge in 1975. > > Sorry, but that answer is not correct. > > GA Greenidge played his last Test in April 1973 (vs Australia). > He was still playing FC cricket in West Indies in 1976. > > Ross Is that Gordon ? |
| 04 May 2008 07:03:57 |
| Re: Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
On May 4, 11:53 pm, Jack Bauer <themthathi...@gmail.com > wrote: > On May 4, 11:44 pm, jessop...@email.com wrote: > > > On May 4, 6:53 pm, Robert Henderson <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> > > wrote: > > > > 9. Who was the last white man to play for the West Indies? > > > > A. Geoffrey Greenidge in 1975. > > > Sorry, but that answer is not correct. > > > GA Greenidge played his last Test in April 1973 (vs Australia). > > He was still playing FC cricket in West Indies in 1976. > > > Ross > > Is that Gordon ? No, Gordon is CG Greenidge. |
| 04 May 2008 20:12:23 |
| Robt P |
| Re: Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
On 4 May, 09:53, Robert Henderson <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk > wrote: ...An interesting curiosity is the =A0town of Todmorden > which has the Lancs/Yorkshire border running down the middle of its high > street. You are a red or white rose depending on which side of the > street you are born. The recently deceased Derek Shackleton being their most famous cricketing son... Cheers Robt P. |
| 05 May 2008 05:24:54 |
| Robert Henderson |
| Re: Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
In message <394b0e5f-f367-433f-ab68-24b232d3fcb3@m45g2000hsb.googlegroups.com >, Robt P <robert.pollard2@ntlworld.com > writes >On 4 May, 09:53, Robert Henderson <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > ...An interesting curiosity is the town of Todmorden >> which has the Lancs/Yorkshire border running down the middle of its high >> street. You are a red or white rose depending on which side of the >> street you are born. > >The recently deceased Derek Shackleton Born on the Yorks side. RH > being their most famous >cricketing son... Followed probably by Peter Lever who was born on the Lancs side. RH . RH >Cheers >Robt P. > > -- Robert Henderson Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk |
| 05 May 2008 12:06:01 |
| Mike Holmans |
| Re: Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
On Sun, 4 May 2008 20:12:23 -0700 (PDT), Robt P <robert.pollard2@ntlworld.com > wrote: >On 4 May, 09:53, Robert Henderson <phi...@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > ...An interesting curiosity is the town of Todmorden >> which has the Lancs/Yorkshire border running down the middle of its high >> street. You are a red or white rose depending on which side of the >> street you are born. > >The recently deceased Derek Shackleton being their most famous >cricketing son... As is only to be expected from someone who went to a tertiary educational institution which was younger than he was rather than a university with an established academic reputation, RH's description of Tod is not really all that accurate. The Lancashire/Yorkshire border no longer runs through Tod, which is wholly within West Yorkshire now. The ancient border ran through the town hall, but since the town hall stands at the y-shaped intersection of Halifax Rd, Burnley Rd and Rochdale Rd, trying to describe rhe border as "running down the middle of the town's high street" is doomed to failure, since you would first have to decide which the high street was. Anyone visiting the town today and trying to work out where the border ran from RH's pathetic description would almost certainly guess that it ran down the middle of Halifax Rd, which is entirely within the old Yorkshire borders. On the other hand, Centre Vale Park, where Yorkshire plays a Second XI match each year and Todmorden CC plays in the Lancashire League, may be in the old Lancashire but it is probably the most beautiful ground in England, being a miniature version of Newlands. The hills above Tod don't quite match Table Mountain, but you don't have to fly to get there. And 'twas ever thus: Fred Root, who finished his playing career as the professional at Tod, was of much the same opinion in his book "A Cricket Pro's Lot". Cheers, Mike |
| 05 May 2008 13:57:59 |
| Robert Henderson |
| Re: Cricket quiz May 2008 - answers |
In message <f4ot14hntldbv5mdm9tuoakj7onor77oso@4ax.com >, Mike Holmans <mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk > writes >>cricketing son... > >As is only to be expected from someone who went to a tertiary >educational institution which was younger than he was rather than a >university with an established academic reputation, RH's description of >Tod is not really all that accurate. Thankfully I went to a university which required one to think. RH > >The Lancashire/Yorkshire border no longer runs through Tod, It does in the minds of everyone who rejects the infamous Heathian "boundary reforms" . Yorkshire continued to use the old county boundaries for their born in "Yorks qualification" after the blasted heath had acted in the service of his EU masters. RH >which is wholly within West Yorkshire now. The ancient border ran >through the town hall, but since the town hall stands at the y-shaped >intersection of Halifax Rd, Burnley Rd and Rochdale Rd, trying to >describe rhe border as "running down the middle of the town's high >street" is doomed to failure, since you would first have to decide >which the high street was Sigh. The people l who lived in Todmorden would know which it was, as would the local registrar of births and deaths. . RH -- Robert Henderson Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/blairscandal/ Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk |