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Q1161
Team A Innings 1: 90/1 Team B Innings 1: 83/4 Team A Innings 2: 158/4 Team B Innings 2: 114/6

Winners: TeamA. So question is just tell me why TeamA were declared winners or point me to the match in question .It was not an international match.Sumant81 (talk) 04:54, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Team B had four players retired/absent hurt? Ovshake (talk) 07:30, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope.That is not the case.The match took place in 1994. Sumant81 (talk) 08:18, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Run rate? Somehow? Ovshake (talk) 10:03, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, was this a two-innings limited overs match? Like the one we had played in New Zealand in 2001-02? Ovshake (talk) 10:12, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * And that is correct,these are the broken up scores of the List A match Western Australia v England at Perth in 1994 .They were not really called innings,but quarters and I had to reframe it as innings to not give away the answer.So far the only instance in ListA matches of 2 innings each.Sumant81 (talk) 10:26, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Q1162
Who never drove the same car as his chauffeur did on the grounds that he was an amateur and his chauffeur was a professional? Ovshake (talk) 19:42, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * That sounds like the joke that was made about Jim Swanton, that he was such a snob that he wasn't willing to travel in the same car as his chaffeur. JH (talk page) 21:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

You're spot on, but is it really a joke? Ovshake (talk) 05:55, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I think so. The job of a chauffeur is to drive his employer, so there wouldn't be a job if the employer refused to be driven. JH (talk page) 10:10, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Q1163
Keeping up the Swanton theme, of which famous English player did he write: "least of anyone is he in danger of forgetting that cricket is a game to be enjoyed"? It's a quotation that for some reason has stuck in my mind, which is why I chose it. JH (talk page) 10:59, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Denis Compton? Johnlp (talk) 12:34, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Correct. I thought it shouldn't be too difficult, but hoped it might last a little longer than that. It comes from Denis Compton: A Sketch, which I found anthologised in The Cricketer's Companion edited by Alan Ross, first published in 1960. Over to you. JH (talk page) 18:25, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah. It was a guess. Johnlp (talk) 19:12, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Q1164
Whose Test career of more than five (but less than 10) matches had as many wickets in the first game as he managed runs in all matches? Johnlp (talk) 19:12, 20 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Alf Hall . Mohammad Zahid (5 Tests) is another interesting case. LenMutton364 (talk) 19:27, 20 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Correct. And welcome back. Over to you. Johnlp (talk) 19:35, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Q1165
Whose autobiography begins thus: "I've been called a few things in my time - mostly by disgruntled bowlers who have taken a lashing. They have labelled me Mr Wrong, the guy who gets away with murder. Well, who cares. Perhaps I do shock the purists with a few of my unorthodox shots like the sweep and the hook but the ball rattles the boundary fence more times than it rattles the stumps. And after all that's what the game is all about, isn't it?" LenMutton364 (talk) 17:42, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

David Hookes ?? Sumant81 (talk) 18:32, 22 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Nope. Wrong country. And the author played before Hooksie's time. LenMutton364 (talk) 18:39, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * How about Bob Barber? WillE (talk) 18:44, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Nope again. There is a big clue embedded in the question. LenMutton364 (talk) 18:50, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Learie Constantine? WillE (talk) 23:14, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Rohan Kanhai ?Sumant81 (talk) 01:36, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Viv Richards? Just a guess. Dont know if he really wrote an autobiography. Sonix768 (talk) 04:34, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Alvin Kallicharran? MC Rocks (talk) 04:45, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Sumant81 gets it. It's Rohan Kanhai writing in 'Blasting for Runs'. The clue was in the unorthodox hook and sweep. Over to you. LenMutton364 (talk) 05:31, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Perhaps, time for Rule#3? Sonix768 (talk) 04:04, 25 February 2010 (UTC)

Q1166
i will jump in for rule three.

Which test cricketer used to play trumpet ? Nil einne 117.97.152.237 (talk) 17:29, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Bryce McGain plays the trumpet. But the phrasing of your question indicates that the cricketer is either dead or doesn't play the trumpet anymore. LenMutton364 (talk) 18:32, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Panky Alleyne? WillE (talk) 18:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

D'oh! Test Cricketer... Bev Congdon. WillE (talk) 20:37, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

you are right, congdon it is. 117.97.139.171 (talk) 05:02, 2 March 2010 (UTC) Nil ennie

Q1167
Whose autobiography was entitled "Carrying Drinks Can Be Fun"? Allegedly... WillE (talk) 18:14, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Vic Wilson? Johnlp (talk) 23:10, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No, later than that. WillE (talk) 08:29, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The player concerned was a county stalwart and close to permanent selection for England around the time WCM was first produced. WillE (talk) 17:02, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Alan Jones ? Sumant81 (talk) 03:15, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No, not AJ. Part of a comedic band who were the team of the last seventies and early eighties. WillE (talk) 18:16, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Must be my Essex based questions. WillE (talk) 18:15, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * ABCDEFGHI  JKL  MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Johnlp (talk) 18:26, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hurrah. The title of JKL's 'auto biography' was depicted in an early issue of WCM. (Might have been as early as number 3.) It was a LONG time before I saw the joke! WillE (talk) 19:25, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1168
Who was offered a five- to 10-year coaching contract at 4000 pounds sterling a year, plus a house and a car? And what was the precondition for taking the contract up? Johnlp (talk) 21:01, 9 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not sure about the cricketer ,may be Paul Smith ,but is the precondition no drug use? Sumant81 (talk) 13:01, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No, not him. This was more in the nature of an overseas assignment, though for the cricketer in question it would also have been a homecoming. He didn't take up the post as it was offered. Johnlp (talk) 14:48, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Basil D'Oliveira, if he had made himself unavailable for the 1968 tour to South Africa. OrangeKnight (talk) 20:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's pretty much it. The offer was "from Johannesburg" to D'Oliveira to coach "coloured cricketers" in South Africa with the proviso that he make himself unavailable for MCC tours in general. Well done and over to you. Johnlp (talk) 20:35, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1169
I'm looking for an international cricketer, whose parents have been discribed by his own daughter as "born in Essex" (for the mother) and "born in Lancashire from Welsh parents" (for the father), whereas some (most?) historians claim that one of this two descriptions is false. Who is he? OrangeKnight (talk) 20:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Are we talking Charlie Llewellyn? --Roisterer (talk) 23:09, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sure! Johnlp question made me think about that one. When an article was published in the 1970s about the fact that LLwellyn was the only non-white test cricketer for South Africa in pre-isolation era, his daughter denied the fact that his mother was from Saint Helenia. Over to you! OrangeKnight (talk) 06:09, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I was helped by the fact I wrote most of the article on LLewellyn. --Roisterer (talk) 02:54, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1170
Which Test cricketer once had an audience with The Conquering Lion of Judah, during which the cricketer presented a cricket bat to the Emperor on behalf of the cricketer's Prime Minister? --Roisterer (talk) 02:54, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Viv Richards ? Sumant81 (talk) 10:17, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not the Master Blaster. Would it help if I mentioned that the PM in question once served as President of Kent CCC? --Roisterer (talk) 12:11, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Time for a clue then? Ummm, well the cricket was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, if that helps. And his wikipedia article is surprisingly meagre, particularly considering his unfortunate role in one of the most memorable moments in cricketing history. --Roisterer (talk) 13:14, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Bert Oldfield ? OrangeKnight (talk) 13:56, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Excellent bit of deducing there, squire. Bert Oldfield was invited to Ethiopia in the 1960s to provide coaching for some schools. The Emperor took an interest in the sport and asked for a meeting with Oldfield, during which they chatted amiably. I'm not sure whether Oldfield mentioned his blow to the temple from Larwood, though. --Roisterer (talk) 00:31, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1171
Talking about African head of states, which former cricketer was involved in an organization with the (future) first President of a country and sat up a committee to help another future first president of another country? OrangeKnight (talk) 20:51, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Time for some clues. These two future presidents lived in Britain when the former (Test) cricketer was in contact with them. However, he's not English. OrangeKnight (talk) 06:06, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Learie Constantine? --Roisterer (talk) 06:21, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Connie it is. He was active in the League of Coloured People, as was Hastings Banda (Malawi). And he sat up a committee to support Seretse Khama (Botswana) during his exile in Britain. Over to you! OrangeKnight (talk) 18:59, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1172
Which Test cricketer was forced to have the little finger of his right hand amputated after it was broken while fielding and gangrene set in? --Roisterer (talk) 14:24, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Stuart Williams [] --Roberry (talk) 16:39, 17 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I didn't even look whether it was mentioned in his article but yes, Williams is the man. --Roisterer (talk) 09:39, 18 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1173
In what way did Alastair Cook emulate the previous 2 England Test captains in this match [], and what record did he beat that was set by the previous captain? --Roberry (talk) 13:07, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Cook, Strauss and Pietersen all scored a century on their captaincy debut? and is 173 the record?/or most runs in the match (213)?&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 13:25, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Close - you have part of the answer but there is more to it than a century on captaincy debut - the 2nd part is correct though (for an England captain) --Roberry (talk) 17:19, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Cook and Strauss scored centuries on full debut too, but KP didn't :-( Running out of ideas.&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 00:20, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Almost there - KP did not get a century on Test debut but how much did he score in that game? Get that bit and I'll give you the points --Roberry (talk) 03:11, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Fifties in both innings on debut? Sumant81 (talk) 03:29, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That looks like it, half century in both innings of Test debut, and a century on captaincy debut.&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 09:45, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If correct,obviously points and the next question hosting rights to MDCollins Sumant81 (talk) 10:05, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Hadn't even noticed the 2 fifties on debut - I was only looking for 100 runs in full and captaincy debuts (because Pietersen did not get a century on debut). Your answer is better. Congrats to MDCollins --Roberry (talk) 21:33, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks guys, you could have had a steal there Sumant!&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 22:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1174
Keeping it moving swiftly on, what is special about this match?&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 22:49, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Bruce Taylor making a century and taking a five for on test debut? Schumi  555  00:15, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

That's it, the only occurrence to date.&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 11:27, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1175
What occured for the first time in Test history in India's inaugural home Test? Schumi 555  14:48, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Wild guess, Rustomji Jamshedji effected two caught & bowled dismissals in one innings; it was also his debut (in fact only Test) if that helps too!&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 23:35, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * True, but not what I'm looking for I'm afraid. I'll give a clue in the morning if no one has the answer. Schumi  555  00:33, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Lala Amarnath top scored in each innings on debut; is that it? Ovshake (talk) 16:51, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, not that either. The thing I am looking for occurs in just about every Test match today. Schumi  555  17:19, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * There was play on a Sunday. Johnlp (talk) 22:50, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Absolutely, well done. Over to you Johnlp. Schumi  555  08:48, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1176
In the first edition of a now-annual publication, the "outside interests" of this former scrum-half were described as: "All sports. Stamp collecting. Enjoys his beer." Who he? Johnlp (talk) 09:41, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I can guess the publication (The Cricketers' Who's Who), but that doesn't help a great deal. The reference to beer makes me wonder if it could be Ian Botham. JH (talk page) 21:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * No, not Botham. But, as with Botham, you wouldn't necessarily have thought this chap would have been a scrum half. The family business possibly helped develop one of the interests. Johnlp (talk) 23:15, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * M. J. K. Smith?&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 23:44, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Not him either. This chap never played in Test cricket as such, though he was extremely well-known in the game. Johnlp (talk) 23:59, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, it's Shep isn't it? Retired to his brother's post office?&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 00:07, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That's right. Well done. The next clue would have been that the same article in the 1980 Cricketers' Who's Who identified him as the "burliest first-class cricketer". Over to you. Johnlp (talk) 08:26, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1177
XYZ please.&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 10:22, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * JBH, DGB, x, y, z, SRW, MLH, RTP
 * Really confused regarding JBH's identity. REALLY. Ovshake (talk) 11:05, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Stupid me. Ovshake (talk) 14:36, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * I wasn't going to say anything...&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 23:32, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Bill Lawry,Greg Chappell,Allan Border ?? Sumant81 (talk) 19:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Sumant has it. Over to you - care to enlighten Ovshake on the connection?&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 23:32, 23 March 2010 (UTC)
 * More than 1000 runs at MCG Sumant81 (talk) 04:49, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, with 8 players, the MCG has the most batsman to score over 1000 runs.&mdash;MDCollins (talk) 22:18, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1178
What connects John Barclay,George Lohmann,Ivo Bligh,E. W. Swanton,Ross Gregory and possibly Kim Hughes ? Sumant81 (talk) 07:24, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * They've all been used as clues for obscure answers to Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Quiz questions? Coat! WillE (talk) 23:37, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Think Books. Sumant81 (talk) 01:49, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Am not sure how to give a clue without giving it away..but books about them form the key.Because of a certain partnership in the last 2 years ,these books are now significant as well.? Sumant81 (talk) 16:06, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Somewhat clueless. The books on them are on their Wikipedia pages, but I simply cannot connect the names of the books, the authors, the publishers or even the ISBNs. F1!! Ovshake (talk) 19:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The respective years you would associate with the books are 2008,2007,2006,2004,2003 .2005 would associate itself with a team and not an individual.. Sumant81 (talk) 03:46, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award Wikimaze (talk) 05:34, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That is correct,The MCC joined hands with the cricket society to start awarding the best cricket book of the year couple of years back.These are all the people who are featured as part of the winner selections.Next month,the award for the year is set to be announced. Christian Ryan's excellent book Golden Boy -about Kim Hughes is in the running for it.For the list of winners see here Sumant81 (talk) 13:23, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

Q1179
Thought I'd jump in with an easy question: Which Test player got his nickname due to his bowling action looking like a rat running up a drainpipe? --Roisterer (talk) 22:38, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
 * DKL? WillE (talk) 14:22, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

A bit far-fetched, but if you've seen Kapila Wijegunawardene bowl you'd know that it won't be more appropriate for anyone else. Ovshake (talk) 07:08, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * No to both. The player in question was more a part time bowler. --Roisterer (talk) 08:54, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps a clue. Kerry O'Keefe (a team mate) mentions the nickname and its origin in his autobiography and I'm currently looking at an old ABC Cricket Annual with said player on the cover. --Roisterer (talk) 13:46, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Doug Walters? MC Rocks 00:07, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Not quite as well known as Dougie. This player made his name while Dougie (and a few others) were otherwise engaged. --Roisterer (talk) 03:35, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Allan Border? Ovshake (talk) 08:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Not AB either. The player in question became one of the highest profile non-WSC players of the period but he didn't kick on. --Roisterer (talk) 10:29, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Graham Yallop? Ovshake (talk) 16:36, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Yallop made a Test double hundred post-WSC, so not him. But basically Australia's leading Test batsman during the WSC period is who we are after. --Roisterer (talk) 13:13, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Well, if we assume 16th December 1977 to 10th April 1979 as the range, AB had the highest average and Yallop the maximum runs and hundreds. Since it's neither, and Graeme Wood and Peter Toohey seldom bowled, it has to be Bob Simpson. Ovshake (talk) 14:03, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Actually, it's Peter "Rats" Toohey is the answer but I'll give it to you for trying. --Roisterer (talk) 14:26, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Q1180
"I kept wicket for fifteen years after the war to all the great bowlers - Lindwall, Laker, Lock, Trueman, Miller, Bedser - you think of anyone, I kept wicket to them. Great fun for me, not much fun for them!" - Said who? Ovshake (talk) 14:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Not really a test cricketer, but definitely one of the most celebrated names in the game. Ovshake (talk) 05:39, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Henry Blofeld? Promising wicket keeper before serious injury in 1957 Bedders (talk) 12:25, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

No, but you're closer than you think. Way closer, I suppose. Ovshake (talk) 17:15, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Johnners? ISTR that he was a keeper. Presumably he might have played with some of the great Test stars in Sunday charity matches. JH (talk page) 19:52, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Hm, it was him. Over to you. Ovshake (talk) 06:05, 8 April 2010 (UTC)