Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz/archive16

Q301
Which teams competed for the K.A. Auty Trophy? Johnlp 20:37, 14 October 2006 (UTC)


 * US of A and Canada. Tintin (talk) 20:39, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Gosh, do you never sleep? It's all yours. ;-) Johnlp 21:20, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Q302
Sorry about stalling the proceedings yet again. Which two brothers started their Test career ten years apart with identical bowling figures (in an innings) on their debut ? Tintin (talk) 12:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Good to have you back. Cracker of a question. --Dweller 12:22, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Tony and Ian Greig both took 4/53 on their respective debuts, 1972 and 82 Eusebius12 13:06, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Welldone. Your turn.Tintin (talk) 13:13, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Q303
Who scored the most runs in the first tour of England by Australian players? Eusebius12 13:20, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, Johnny Mullagh scored 1,698 runs on the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England. -- ALoan (Talk) 13:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Correct! Eusebius12 14:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Q304
Protests at umpiring decisions that do not go your way are nothing new.

Which Test series included:
 * a bowler kicking out the stumps
 * a team that was 12 minutes late taking the field
 * another bowler swearing at the umpire, then knocking the bails off, and then (deliberately?) barging into the umpire in making his next delivery, and then the captain refusing to move from his slip fielding position to speak to the umpires about these infractions

And which bowlers and captain were involved in the first and third of these incidents? -- ALoan (Talk) 15:54, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Any chance of knowing the year this was? King fish erswift  15:56, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I remember that it was at around 10 am on a weekend morning that I added this in the History of the West Indian cricket team :-) West Indies v NZ 1979-80, Michael Holding, Colin Croft, and Clive Lloyd Tintin (talk) 16:16, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The image of Michael Holding kicking out the stumps is surely the most graceful example of angry athleticism. It's kinda difficult to think badly of him for it!WillE 21:48, 19 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, NZ at home against visiting WI, but yes, well done. And the umpire was New Zealander Fred Goodall. -- ALoan (Talk) 22:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Q305
Which Pakistani umpire had the misfortune of having ice-cold water poured on his head by players of a touring England team apparently because of the decisions that he gave against them ? Tintin (talk) 03:09, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Idris Baig? Eusebius12 06:44, 20 October 2006 (UTC)


 * It is. MCC in Pakistan 1955-56. The name is also spelled as Idrees, Begh or Beg. Tintin (talk) 09:25, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Q306
Okay. Which Tasmanian fast bowler also played in the Victorian Football League?
 * Laurie Nash? --Bedders 13:28, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

I'll have to make these questions harder! You are correct. Eusebius12 13:40, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Q307
Sorry for the delay - What connects a test cricketer to a baseball stadium? --Bedders 09:54, 22 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Ed Smith's adventures? WillE 12:10, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yep, Ed Smith & Ed Smith Stadium, over to you --Bedders 12:57, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Q308
Which cricketer was known as the pioneer of Mink Farming in the UK? WillE 16:39, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

AJ (Jack) Holmes? Eusebius12 16:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Yep. Correct. Over to you.WillE 17:06, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Q309
Which two Harrovians became famous leaders, one being a cricketer, and the other being the cricketer's fag at Harrow? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Eusebius12 (talk • contribs) 08:22, 23 October 2006 (UTC).
 * Ranjitsinhji and Archie MacLaren. Blnguyen | BLabberiNg 08:28, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I think it was Stanley Jackson and Winston Churchill. Stephen Turner (Talk) 08:52, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Not quite, for both of you! Eusebius12 09:00, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Winston Churchill fagged for Stanley Jackson and Archie MacLaren at Harrow. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:30, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, Steven Turner looks like he gave 'a' correct answer, even if it wasn't the one I was looking for. Obviously A Loan gave the more complete answer; because of my mistake, I think Steven Turner does deserve it. But then, what do the powers that be say, if 'they' have a role here? Eusebius12 11:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Which answer were you looking for? If it was Jackson, MacLaren and Churchill, then ALoan gets it. If Turner's answer was what you wanted, he gets it. Technically he is right, if not completely right! If what you were looking for was MacLaren and Churchill, ALoan should probably get it. Mdcollins1984 11:31, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure who these "powers that be" are, but I think it's up to the questioner whether to accept any correct answer, or only the answer he was thinking of. Stephen Turner (Talk) 11:47, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Okay. ALoan gave me the answer I was looking for, so he gets the baton. Sorry Stephen. Eusebius12 12:08, 23 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh, sorry - I have been wikibreaking for a few days and clean forgot to check back before I went. Apologies. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:43, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Q310
ALoan seems busy on other more important matters, so as per the rules, I will ask another question:

Who wrote The Corridors of Power, and which country did his brother represent in cricket? Eusebius12 14:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

C.P. Snow and his brother represent England. Rakuten06 17:43, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

No, CP Snow's brother represented another country. Eusebius12 05:31, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Philip Snow, who played for Fiji? --Roisterer 07:13, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * If Roisterer is right, who will get the next question since I answered the half of the question right?? Rakuten06 13:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm afraid the person who finishes off the question is traditionally awarded the next question, unless the first person got, like, 95% of it. Stephen Turner (Talk) 13:27, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I once got 98% of the answer and still didn't get the point :) Not that I'm bitter... --Bedders 13:54, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oops, that was my question too. :-) Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:33, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I forgive you... now, I won't forget though :D --Bedders 15:25, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Let's get back to the question, now where is Eusebius12?? Rakuten06 15:26, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I had some tech problems. Roisterer is the winner, garlands and laurels to him! Your turn, Roisterer, and bad luck Rakuten06 Eusebius12 16:43, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * For those interested, Philip Snow wrote the 1949 tome Cricket in the Fiji Islands (introduction by Plum Warner). A highly recommended read for anyone who can get hold of it, with mentions of the Australian tour of the early twentieth century and the like, as well as Snow's insistance that, in 1949, Fiji was the 7th best cricketing nation in the world (ie. behind only Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, England, South Africa and India).  --Roisterer 00:40, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Q311
Which former test cricketer made a cameo performance in a 1990s film, proving to be the highlight of said film when he declared that, due to the actions of the lead character, all poverty, social injustice and crime had been eliminated? --Roisterer 00:48, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Not quite sure if it fits as he may yet return to test cricket, but how about that well known backer of films, Sourav Ganguly? WillE 13:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Not Ganguly. The player in question retired over twenty years ago.  --Roisterer 13:29, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Allan Lamb is credited as appearing in a movie called What Rats Won't Do in 1998. QazPlm 05:04, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Sunil Gavaskar (made a cameo in a Hindi movie called Maalaamal about a small-time cricketer who inherits a fortune). UdayS 19:16, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Neither Lamb, nor Gavaskar, is the man.  Can I say that the cricketer in question is Australian?  --Roisterer 02:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * In that case, its not Max Walker in Reckless Kelly is it? QazPlm 03:45, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * In that case, you are right. Max Walker played a tv news presenter who reported that, thanks to the "rob from the rich and give to the poor" actions of Reckless Kelly (played by Yahoo Serious]], all poverty and social injustice had been eradicated.  As mentioned, Walker's appearance was by far the highlight of the film.  --Roisterer 05:19, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks Roisterer! Must have been a lousy film :-) Question to follow. QazPlm 00:09, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Q312
Of the Test cricketers to score a century on debut, two have had incredibly short Test careers. Who are they, and how many Tests did they play? QazPlm 01:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Roger Hartigan of Australia (2 Tests) and Billy Griffith of England (3 Tests) Rakuten06 02:41, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Rodney Redmond of New Zealand and Andy Ganteaume of West Indies both played just the one test. --Roisterer 06:27, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Correct! You're up again, Roisterer! QazPlm 06:57, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Q313
Who scored the 100000th test run for Australia against England? For bonus points, name the batsman and the bowler inlvolved, when it happened and where it happened. --Roisterer 08:03, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

I'll have a guess and say Neil Harvey. Eusebius12 15:29, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * It was probably Extras, he seems to have scored a fair few over the years. Stephen Turner (Talk) 16:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I've narrowed it down to two. If my calculations are correct, it was the 200th run of the second innings of the first Test in 1974–75, at Brisbane. That makes it either Doug Walters or Rodney Marsh. So may I have two guesses?


 * England reached 100,000 runs one match earlier, at The Oval in the last Test of 1972. But they're being outscored 151,528 to 149,444 now.


 * Stephen Turner (Talk) 17:13, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Doug Walters at Brisbane in 74/75 is right. Well done, I just hope you didn't have to sit down and manually work it out.  Bob Willis was the bowler.  --Roisterer 00:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Q314
Apologies for the delay; thanks for prompting me, Roisterer.

Which famous fictional character is said to have been named after a 19th-century Nottinghamshire cricketer?

Stephen Turner (Talk) 14:30, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Sherlock Holmes. Tintin (talk) 14:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh, that didn't last long, did it? It's obviously better known than I thought. Sherlock Holmes is said to be named after Frank Shacklock, or possibly Mordecai Sherwin and Shacklock. Stephen Turner (Talk) 15:20, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Can you incorporate that in to the Sherlock Holmes article? I've had a look, it says he was named after a cricketer named Sherlock but has no specifics... Mdcollins1984 16:39, 9 November 2006 (UTC)


 * The very detailed, two volume "The Annotated Sherlock Holmes" says a slightly different story. Please see that version here (a post in rsc based on my mail). Tintin (talk) 17:09, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Q315
Who is (almost certainly) the only Oscar winner to have played at Lord's ? Tintin (talk) 18:08, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I thought about people like John Mills (a founder of the Lord's Taverners) and Tim Rice, and the University Match and the School Match, but I think the answer is that famous village cricketer (and occasional film director) Sam Mendes, of Shipton-under-Wychwood CC and Hollywood, who played in the 1997 final of the Village Championship at Lord's. They lost to Caldy by 56 runs on the day when Diana, Princess of Wales died.  -- ALoan (Talk) 19:24, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * It is. Well done. Tintin (talk) 19:28, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Q316
Bradman had moderate success against Bodyline bowling by backing away to the leg side to cut the ball through the empty off side. This is not necessarily the tactic to employ against a fast bowler with a more conventional field, who might be aiming at the stumps.

A short leg fielder complained to a batsman that he could not see the bowler because the batsman was backing away to the leg side to escape from the fiery bowling. Who were the three Test cricketers involved.

(This will go in about one minute.) -- ALoan (Talk) 19:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh come on. :) --ALoan (Talk) 19:53, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Douglas Jardine, Harold Larwood, and Bill Voce Rakuten06 19:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Really? When?  (This is not the one I was thinking of, but I would be interested in the anecdote.) -- ALoan (Talk) 20:01, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Before 1932-1933 Tour of Australia by England. It was in the articles of Bodyline in Wikipedia Rakuten06 20:11, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, I can't see it in Bodyline. Do you have a citation? Surely the fast bowlers' union would have stopped that sort of thing in a county match.  Besides which, Voce and Larwood both played for Notts and England. -- ALoan (Talk) 20:13, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

It was in the subtitle of "Genesis of Bodyline" but I would accept it as a wrong answer anyway... Rakuten06 20:19, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry, while I see mention of Jardine, Larwood and Voce in that section, I see nothing about a short leg fielder asking a batsman to stop backing away. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Polly Umrigar, Fred Trueman and Tony Lock. Tintin (talk) 20:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Indeed, yes - although not necessarily in that order. -- ALoan (Talk) 20:13, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Trueman dismissed [Umrigar] four times in the four-match series, three times hitting stumps that no longer had a batsman in front of them. "I say, Polly," remarked Tony Lock at short leg, "do you mind going back? I can't see the bowler when you stand there."  -- ALoan (Talk) 20:15, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * The quote has been there in our article for a few months now, note 7 in Polly Umrigar. Tintin (talk) 20:23, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Q317
Between Denis Compton in 1947 and Graham Gooch in 1990, only one English player scored four Test hundreds in the same season in England. Who was it ? Tintin (talk) 17:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I have to make a guess, Colin Cowdrey?? Rakuten06 18:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * No Tintin (talk) 18:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Allan Lamb in 1984. Johnlp 18:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Lamb it is. Three against WI and one v Sri Lanka. Tintin (talk) 19:06, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Q318
In a rather cantankerous Test match with a disputed run-out, which bowler was no-balled because the short-leg fielder moved just as he was about to deliver? And who was the fielder? Johnlp 20:15, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Shoaib Akhtar was the bowler; Rashid Latif was the fielder. Rakuten06 21:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

This isn't the one I wasn't thinking of, so if it fits the other criterion (about the run-out) I think you ought to cite the actual Test match. Johnlp 21:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)


 * 2001-2002 Series (1st Test) between Pakistan and Windies, Campell (Windies) got hurt during the second inning but also he run out, but the videos concludes that he may cross the crease or not, so that what I think. Rakuten06 22:14, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, but Rashid Latif was the wicketkeeper in the match you mention, not fielding at short leg, so this can't be correct. The fielder I'm thinking of was something of a short-leg specialist, if that helps. Johnlp 22:26, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't know the term of short-leg specialist, but I will guess the answer, Inzamam-ul-Haq is the fielder. Rakuten06 23:24, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I think you misunderstand: it's a different match that I am looking for – the only one (as far as I know) where a no-ball was called for a short leg fielder who moved as the bowler delivered the ball. To help identify the match, there was also a controversial run-out in a different innings of the same match (and it was controversial for the method of running out, not for the closeness of the decision). Johnlp 23:42, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I give up, I don't know the answer. Rakuten06 00:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Was it this 1987 Test between England and Pakistan at Faisalabad where Mike Gatting famously argued with umpire Shakoor Rana? The run out involved Broad and the fielder was David Capel  &mdash; Moondyne 01:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No, though there are similarities. Capel, though, was moved up from square leg by Gatting (his captain), whereas the fielder I'm thinking of just moved himself about a bit, not as a field placing, but because he was a fairly restless character. Also in the Gatting/Shakoor match, there were no run-outs. Johnlp 02:02, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Sorry. Broad was involved in a disputed lbw decison in the Gatting-Rana match, not a run out.  And to complete my incorrect answer, the bowler was Eddie Hemmings. &mdash; Moondyne 02:07, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Sounds like it might be the test where Alan Hurst Mankaded Sikander Bakht, so the hyper active player might be Miandad; if so then the bowler might be Sarfraz. (Who would have be very irked by the no-balling!) But, I'm guessing...... WillE 15:37, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

No, though you have the right kind of run-out. Would it help if I said who the umpire was? Johnlp 16:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it would help us guessing. Rakuten06 16:21, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay. It was Fred Goodall but, as a further hint, the Test match in question was not in the series that makes up the greater part of his Wikipedia article. Johnlp 16:29, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

I guess the Test Match is the First Test between New Zealand and Australia in Christchurch, 1977, Chatfield was the bowler, RJ Hadlee was the fielder. Rakuten06 16:43, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

You're getting warmer. Venue is right, but wrong series. Chatfield was involved in the run-out, not the no-ball. Johnlp 16:58, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

England v. New Zealand 1977-78, 2nd Test- Collinge was the bowler, Howarth is the fielder. Rakuten06 17:03, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

All right, you've reached the correct Test match. But you're in the wrong innings. Johnlp 18:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Hadlee was the bowler and Wright was the fielder. Rakuten06 18:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Nope, still in the wrong innings. By a process of elimination you're going to get there in the end. But of course, there's the danger that someone else will guess faster... or know the answer! ;-) Johnlp 19:00, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Okay, Chatfield was the bowler, and Burgress was the fielder Rakuten06 19:01, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Still no. Why do you assume the New Zealanders were bowling? Johnlp 19:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Because a run-out occured during New Zealanders's bowling, all right, so here's my English answer: Edmonds was the bowler and Roope was the fielder. Rakuten06 19:12, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Ah, well I never said the run-out was in the same innings as the no-ball, which was indeed Chatfield's running out of Randall for backing up too far. You are getting closer, in that you have one of the correct names for the bowler-fielder combination, but it's in the wrong place. You certainly deserve to get this one for your persistence! Johnlp 19:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

That was a tougher so I have to say that Willis is the bowler, Edmonds is the fielder. Rakuten06 19:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

And you are correct! Very well done. It's as much of a relief to me as I imagine it is to you! The next question is yours and persistence has its reward. Johnlp 19:37, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, It's a good two days for me to figure that out, now my first question... Rakuten06 19:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Q319
When Matthew Hayden scored a then-world record 380 against Zimbabwe, who is the coach of Zimbabwe there?? Rakuten06 19:45, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Geoff Marsh? QazPlm 00:09, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Right! I enjoyed my three hours of rest, it's your turn, QazPlm. Rakuten06 11:59, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks Rakuten06! QazPlm 23:44, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Q320
Who was the fiery fast bowler whose final Test in a certain country included a fifteen-ball over, including nine no-balls? QazPlm 00:09, 15 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Curtly Ambrose in the 5th Test at Perth in 1996-97? -- ALoan (Talk) 00:13, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Wasim Akram?? Rakuten06 00:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC) (Hey! You deleted my answer!!))


 * Oh, sorry about that - I didn't get an edit conflict. -- ALoan (Talk) 12:22, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow, four minutes. Oh well. Curtly Ambrose is the correct answer - the over read: 1, nb, nb, 0, nb, nb, 3nb, nb, 3, 0, nb, nb, 1, 4nb, 0. 19 runs in total. You're turn, ALoan. QazPlm 00:58, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

ALoan is apparently taking a Wikibreak until November 20. Should I enact Rule 3? QazPlm 22:39, 16 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, go ahead. Stephen Turner (Talk) 23:28, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, sorry - this was one of the many things I failed to do before I was away. Apologies. -- ALoan (Talk) 14:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)