User talk:Johnnybriggs

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Somewhat appropriately, I noticed your edits to Johnny Briggs (cricketer). Keep up the good work. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:18, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi - I removed the other names from the Johnny Briggs article, since they're not really relevant to his performance. Sam Vimes | Address me 22:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Well...to a non-cricket fan the names will mean nothing, and a cricket fan will know what it means to take 100 Test wickets. Also, he should really be compared with those who took 100, not those who took 500. Take a look at what I've done now tho? Sam Vimes | Address me 22:58, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

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Kevin Maxwell
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Abraham Lincoln and bankruptcy
Hi Johnny. I reverted your edit to Abraham Lincoln whereby you added him to Category:People who declared bankruptcy. This is because I couldn't find any evidence via Google that Lincoln had declared himself bankrupt. If you have a source for that, could you reinstate the category and provide a reference? Cheers, --A bit iffy 07:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree See my discussion his talk page. A business that Lincoln was a partner in failed and he was liable for the debt. A sheriff seized his goods and Lincoln spent some time paying his debts back. Although plenty of sources claim he was bankrupt I can't find a good one or proof of legal bky.

John Crossland
Hello, Boy Briggs. Love your work. I was wondering if you could provide a source for your claim in this entry that W.G. tried to get Crossland selected for the Test side. From what little I have read in the Old Man's reminiscences, he seems to have been rather cold towards the Lancastrian chucker. If indeed Grace did do as you say, what year was it? My bet would be 1882. Faithfully, Robertson-Glasgow (talk) 11:09, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

I'll see what i can do, my guess is it would be in The Fast Men by David Frith. I do know that Grace played against Crossland (at least three times in 1883) when others refused and i understood that was because he fancied playing him against Australia. Johnnybriggs (talk) 20:45, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

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