Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz/archive32

Q621
What do Kepler Wessels, Michael Kasprowicz, David Hemp and Jacques Kallis (amongst others) have in common? KingStrato 17:32, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Played for two countries including Wales? WillE 21:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Almost got it, but not quite (I'll accept it anyway). The answer was that they have all played for more than one country. Although I may be proved wrong if you have an example of Wessels playing for Wales. KingStrato 06:49, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Q622
One played cricket well into his old age, taking 100 wickets when aged 80, and the other died a long and painful death a long way from where he played his county cricket. Sounds similar? WillE 22:04, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Charles Absolon and Charlie Absolom? Johnlp 22:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

6 Minutes? 6 Minutes????!!! *Hands over the baton and goes into the corner to sulk* WillE 09:19, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thought you might have made the (tasteless) joke about Absolom coming to a sticky end... Johnlp 09:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Q623
"Many like to talk of what a player X might have been. It is better to remember how great he often was." Who's X? And who's the writer? Johnlp 09:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * If it wasn't for the past tense, it sounds like a pretty ideal description of Graeme Hick. Barry Richards perhaps? Richie Benaud as the writer? Complete stabs in the dark here. --Travisbasevi 12:43, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No, none of these. Further back. Johnlp 13:53, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Collie Smith?, Tony Cozier the writer? --Jpeeling 15:32, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No, though you're right to think in terms of a degree of tragedy. Despite this, the player actually outlived the writer by many years. Johnlp 16:12, 16 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Colin Blythe? Travisbasevi (talk) 17:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Colin Milburn? Can't think of the writer though, perhaps John Arlott? -- Rprpsych (talk) 18:23, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Frank Chester and Neville Cardus? -- WillE (talk) 19:12, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No, none of these. -- Johnlp (talk) 19:42, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Fred Bakewell ?. Tintin 02:00, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

You're right. But of course, as it's you, I really do want the writer as well! ;-) Johnlp (talk) 02:28, 17 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Robertson-Glasgow ? Tintin 03:19, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes indeed. Well done. Your go. Johnlp (talk) 11:20, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Q624
Bakewell scored 241* in his last first class innings before a car accident ended his career. Who scored a double century in his last first class innings, the final of the domestic first class competition in his country ? Tintin 14:01, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * This probably doesn't fit part b of the question, but Norman Callaway scored 207 in his last first-class innings. This was notable in the fact that it was his only first-class innings. Sadly, he too was tragically killed, this time in action in France in 1917.
 * No, it wasn't a Shield match. This person was a Test cricketer. He had retired from first class cricket for one or two years, but made a brief comeback as his team was struggling, and scored a hundred and a double in his two matches. Tintin 03:11, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Must be Roy Fredericks. WillE (talk) 13:07, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct. Fredericks had retired and become a minister (of sports ?) in Guyana in the interim period. Tintin 15:17, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Too busy to think of a question at the moment - first one in can have a go. WillE (talk) 17:21, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Q625
Okay then; Walt Disney was, for a while, a keen, if not overly skilful, cricketer, as can be seen by the fact his highest score was four, comprised entirely from an edge through the slips. Name the unlucky bowler and, for bonus points, the slips cordon that let the ball go between them. --Roisterer (talk) 22:08, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Bowler Hat Guy, with Dopey, Goofy and Daffy Duck in the slips. -- UdayS 04:54, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Not quite but you are correct in guessing that the people are not known for their cricketing ability. Obviously think where Disney would have played his cricket and therefore the sort of people he would have played against. --Roisterer (talk) 11:35, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hollywood Cricket Club - Aubrey Smith (Bowler?), Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Cary Grant and co. --Jpeeling (talk) 12:01, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * One of the people you mentioned was the bowler. --Roisterer (talk) 21:45, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I'll only guess once and I'll go for youngest of the trio, David Niven. --Jpeeling (talk) 21:48, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Not Niven. --Roisterer (talk) 21:58, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I hadn't realised that when given a choice of three possible people (Olivier, Niven and Grant) and told that Niven wasn't an option, that the answer would prove so elusive. --Roisterer (talk) 10:29, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I think everyone would feel too guilty to take such a "gimme" after Jpeeling did the hard yards. --Travisbasevi (talk) 10:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I think Jpeeling should get it. Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The crowd has spoken; Jpeeling gets it. For the record, Cary Grant was the unlucky bowler who watched Disney edge a ball through the slips cordon of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. --Roisterer (talk) 11:02, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * What a nice bunch you are. --Jpeeling (talk) 11:52, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Q626
What record did Alan Ratcliffe hold for a day? --Jpeeling (talk) 11:52, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Highest score in the University match. Pataudi Sr boasted that he would break the record and kept his word the next day. Tintin 11:56, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I need some harder questions. This is the match, Ratcliffe was the first cricketer to score a double century in the Varsity match. Your turn Tintin. --Jpeeling (talk) 11:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Q627
According to his Wisden obituary, which Test cricketer had a son named Ashcock ? Tintin 12:07, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Vinoo Mankad --Jpeeling (talk) 12:18, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It is, "Ashcock" being his son Ashok Mankad Tintin 12:19, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Q628
Who despite being chairman of selectors was selected to play a Ashes Test? --Jpeeling (talk) 12:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Cyril Washbrook ? Tintin 12:57, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, no. Gubby Allen was the CoS then. Tintin 12:58, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * A stab here in the dark here - Lord Harris would no doubt have had a high enough opinion of himself to say "I'm playing..." 164.36.38.240 (talk) 13:09, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Freddie Brown in 1953 according to his Wisden obit. --Travisbasevi (talk) 13:55, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Brown was the man I was looking for. Travisbasevi your turn. --Jpeeling (talk) 16:31, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Q629
Ronnie Irani retired this year with the frankly stunning First-Class record of 13472 runs at 41.58, and 339 wickets at 29.51. For a qualification of 2000 runs and 100 wickets, who was the last English player to average over 40 when batting and under 30 when bowling? --Travisbasevi (talk) 16:43, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ted Dexter?Johnlp (talk) 16:59, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * He did it, yes, but there's two more recent players other than Irani (although one is adopted English, complete with a CBE). --Travisbasevi (talk) 17:49, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, Mr Gatting is one... but I'm struggling on the other. Johnlp (talk) 18:08, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Must be Basil D'Oliveira. Johnlp (talk) 18:11, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, 100% (or 200%?), Dolly and Gatting are the other two, even though I only needed Gatting for the most recent answer. Seriously though, everyone stare at Gatting's stats for a couple of minutes... 158 wickets at 29.76! Certifiably bonkers. But well done, Johnlp, I expected this one to last a couple of days at least. --Travisbasevi (talk) 02:11, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Q630
Going back in some respects to the theme of Q625... Who was Denis Pastry and what connection did he have to Harold Macmillan? Johnlp (talk) 14:37, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Was that Dennis Compton batting a second time in a charity game having been blobbed by SuperMac? WillE (talk) 14:51, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

OK, I think that's pretty much it. Politicians vs The Stage, 1955, with ringers on each side (DCS Compton, GHG Doggart, JJ Warr etc). Macmillan was out hit wicket for two to Richard Hearne, a "comedy entertainer" whose alter ego was a confused hirsute character called Mr Pastry. When the Stage team batted, Compton was out second ball to an occasional Sussex player called Cogger. He reappeared further down the innings, made up to look like Hearne's character and announced as Denis Pastry - and then got bowled by Hubert Doggart. Over to you, WillE. Johnlp (talk) 15:02, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Q631
Who on debut had Boycs as his first victim and shared in the partnership that removed the last sub 100 record wicket stand for (the then) first class counties?WillE (talk) 20:22, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Martin Jean-Jacques --Jpeeling (talk) 20:26, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Too easy - my only excuse being that I have no reference books to hand at the moment... WillE (talk) 20:57, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Q632
What's the lowest Test team total to include a century? --Jpeeling (talk) 21:21, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * 159? Johnlp (talk) 21:34, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

That's the lowest in a completed innings but there is a smaller total. --Jpeeling (talk) 21:52, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Ahh..that would be this match here &mdash; Wattmaster (talk) 01:57, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

That's the one, your turn Wattmaster. --Jpeeling (talk) 09:11, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Q633
In 1986, in a county match, 2 batsman set a f-c record that stands to this day. Please name the Players and the record I seek ? &mdash; Wattmaster (talk) 16:14, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * A clue, I think. WillE (talk) 18:26, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Clue: It involves an opening pair &mdash; Wattmaster (talk) 11:00, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Can I go for Greenidge and Terry at Hampshire? Not sure what the record is though.  KingStrato (talk) 22:00, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Their opening partnership was enough to win them a game-? KingStrato (talk) 22:03, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Mr Pastry and Sherlock were dismissed by the first and second balls of both innings, so the score read 0-2 after 2 balls in both innings, thereby setting the lowest aggregate for the first two wickets in two innings of a county championship match. No? Another clue, then I think! 164.36.38.240 (talk) 17:46, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * another Clue: The record involved covers more than one match. &mdash; Wattmaster (talk) 23:04, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It's been a week now, can we please get into the spirit of the quiz? --Travisbasevi (talk) 01:04, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Andy Moles and Paul Smith for Wawickshire in 1986 had 8 consecutive opening stands of 50. first in, jump in for the next question. &mdash; Wattmaster 23:41, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Such a simple answer, to a quite simple question. Well done for finding an innocuous q that had us stumped! –MDCollins (talk) 00:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If that fact can be sourced, perhaps it is worthy of inclusion in their articles. WillE 11:53, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

Q634
OK, I'll jump in.

Why is the number 31 beyond the limit of human endurance? WillE 10:48, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Wilfred Rhodes had the longest Test career which lasted 30 years 315 days. --Jpeeling 17:06, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice try, but not what I'm looking for. An absence from the Capital is revealing... WillE 22:37, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
 * This involves a maiden over. 164.36.38.240 13:01, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * A bell is ringing in my head that someone bowled that many maidens in a row (or maybe 30 in a row based on the phrasing of your question), although I'm damned if I can work out who it was. --Travisbasevi 15:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Would that be Bapu Nadkarni? He was notorious for things like that.. Not that, the record for maidens was only 21, though it was Nadkarni who did it in Tests.Rprpsych 19:07, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2 Random guesses, 5 days play in a Test, 6 hours per day. You can't bat for more than 30 hours?  Or there are limits on how many overs young players can bowl, for one age group, I believe that it's 5 overs or 30 balls.  KingStrato 19:20, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * John or Roger? Johnlp 21:14, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see it is John. He bowled a 30-ball maiden over for MCC v New Zealand at Dunedin in 1935-36. Johnlp 21:22, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Correct! WillE 23:06, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Q635
Who refused to play after lunch on the first day because the crowd were "insulting"? Johnlp 08:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * George Gunn? WillE 18:23, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

No, not him. This chap made something of a habit of irascibility. Johnlp 18:53, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * WG? KingStrato 18:55, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

No (though the incident happened in one of WG's great years). Johnlp 20:01, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Lord Harris? WillE (talk) 22:00, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Still no. This chap had had a similar fit of pique over a different issue two years earlier, which ended his county cricket career. Johnlp (talk) 22:16, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Sydney Barnes in the second Test of the 1911/12 Ashes ? Tintin 01:07, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

'Fraid not. The cricketer in question was captain of his team at the time and was allowed to be replaced, by Spofforth. Johnlp (talk) 08:22, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Billy Murdoch? &mdash;Moondyne 08:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Not him either. This was Spofforth in his English gentleman days... As a further clue, this cricketer is still (I think) the holder of an English first-class county partnership record, 115 years on from when it was set. Johnlp (talk) 10:10, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * C. B. Fry perhaps in the final test of the triangular tournament in 1912? The-Pope (talk) 13:18, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Samuel Richardson? Preceded Spoff as captain of Derbyshire. &mdash;Moondyne 14:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * or AE Stoddart? &mdash;Moondyne 14:46, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

No, no, no! What a splendid and splenetic team your answers would have made! A further clue in an hour (or when I think of one!). Johnlp (talk) 16:16, 5 December 2007 (UTC) The partnership that is still a county record put on 346 runs. Johnlp (talk) 16:42, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Herbie Hewett. Sorry for stepping in late. --Jpeeling (talk) 17:26, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Phew. I'd run out of clues. Herbie Hewett, the angry young man of his time. I'll expand the story in the article later when I'm not "at work". ;-) Johnlp (talk) 17:39, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Q636
What is unusual/unique in this scorecard? --Jpeeling (talk) 17:48, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Ten different catchers? Johnlp (talk) 18:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Spot on, I pass the baton back to you. --Jpeeling (talk) 18:29, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Q637
Who scored a century in the final when Pakistan won the World Cup for the second time? Johnlp (talk) 20:59, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Noor Qureshi? --Travisbasevi (talk) 21:33, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
 * That's what I have. KingStrato (talk) 21:38, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

And both of you are right. But to Travis alone goes the next question. Johnlp (talk) 21:46, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Q638
What is the next number in this sequence? 9, 18, 56, 525, ... --Travisbasevi (talk) 23:24, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

557, 587, 597, 598,.. Innings scores that have yet to happen in Test cricket - Roberry (talk) 00:35, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

And that makes you the next questioner in the sequence... --Travisbasevi (talk) 01:58, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Q639
What similar records are held by Bill Voce and Douglas Hondo? --Roberry (talk) 12:03, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

A clue: Voce set his record in this game. Hondo set his in this game --Roberry (talk) 14:06, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Was Voce the number 11 to go in at the highest score for the fall of the ninth wicket in test cricket? No idea about Dougie, though. WillE (talk) 19:05, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

That is a nice answer - I hadn't realised the significance of the Voce match. Unfotunately this is not the answer (I did just check to make sure that nothing similar happened with Hondo just in case you chanced onto an alternate answer).

Try looking at the composition of the teams - --Roberry (talk) 19:38, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Youngest player in the Oldest XI, Oldest player in the Youngest XI. --Jpeeling (talk) 19:55, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * That's what I was looking for - next question is yours--Roberry (talk) 20:42, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Q640
What unusual event happened in this match? --Jpeeling (talk) 20:56, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Is it the limiting of the match to 100 overs per innings? Or Clive Lloyd scoring more than the opposition managed in 2 innings?  KingStrato (talk) 21:36, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Afraid not. The limiting of innings was a rule during that season at least and the Lloyd feat is unusual but not what I'm after. I think it's best to say the scorecard to this match is a red herring. --Jpeeling (talk) 21:43, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
 * It snowed........and led to Q403. WillE (talk) 23:48, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Extract from the Telegraph: It's the only time in the history of first-class cricket that snow has stopped play. [Keith] Stevenson, [Geoff] Miller and Bob Taylor tried their hand on the bowling green next door but were frustrated when their woods grew to the size of snowmen after rolling a few feet... [The next day] play began and the ball did exactly as it pleased. Derbyshire were pinged out for 42 and 87 to record their heaviest defeat of the 20th century. Not since Yorkshire put on 554 for the first wicket in 1898 had they been so cruelly exposed. Bird had the shock of his life when Ashley Harvey-Walker came out to bat first time round. "He took out his false teeth, wrapped them in a handkerchief and asked me to look after them. He said not to worry because he wouldn't be in for long. I'm glad to say he collected his teeth two overs later." Apologises for copying a previous question, WillE it's your turn. --Jpeeling (talk) 10:16, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Not copying in my view - just another slant on a uniquely British stoppage of play... WillE (talk) 11:19, 8 December 2007 (UTC)