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Started by Robert Henderson
Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:59
Cricket quiz December 2006
Author: Robert Henderson
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:59
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:59
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1. When was the first drawn Test between E and A in Australia? 2. Who was the first batsman to score two centuries in an Ashes Test? 3. Who was the first bowler to take 15 wickets in an Ashes Test? 4. Who scored the first double century in Ashes Tests? 5. When did England first win four matches in a Test series in Australia? 6. Who has scored the most Test hundreds for England against Australia? 7. Which bowler has the lowest bowling average for fifty or more wickets in Ashes Tests? 8. Two batsmen have scored more than 900 runs in an Ashes series. Who are they? 9. Who took the first hat trick in Ashes Tests? 10. Before Laker's 9-37 at Manchester in 1956, what were the best innings bowling figures in an Ashes' Test? RH -- Robert Henderson Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/ blairscandal/ Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk
Re: Cricket quiz December 2006
Author: "Graybags"
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:36
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:36
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"Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:t9dgbaS6K9bFFwgH@anywhere.demon.co.uk... > 1. When was the first drawn Test between E and A in Australia? > > 2. Who was the first batsman to score two centuries in an Ashes Test? W Bardsley 136 and 130, Oval 1909 > > 3. Who was the first bowler to take 15 wickets in an Ashes Test? W Rhodes 1903 MCG > > 4. Who scored the first double century in Ashes Tests? Billy Murdoch , Oval 1884 > > 5. When did England first win four matches in a Test series in Australia? > > 6. Who has scored the most Test hundreds for England against Australia? Hammond 12 > > 7. Which bowler has the lowest bowling average for fifty or more wickets > in Ashes Tests? > > 8. Two batsmen have scored more than 900 runs in an Ashes series. Who are > they? > > 9. Who took the first hat trick in Ashes Tests? Fred Spofforth MCG 1879 > > 10. Before Laker's 9-37 at Manchester in 1956, what were the best innings > bowling figures in an Ashes' Test? A A Mailey 9-121 1920 > > RH > -- > Robert Henderson > Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/ blairscandal/ > Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk
Re: Cricket quiz December 2006
Author: "Brian Lawrence"
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:37
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:37
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"Robert Henderson" <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> wrote: > 1. When was the first drawn Test between E and A in Australia? 5th Test at Melbourne 1881-82 (Jan 4, 1882) > 2. Who was the first batsman to score two centuries in an Ashes Test? Bardsley > 3. Who was the first bowler to take 15 wickets in an Ashes Test? Rhodes > 4. Who scored the first double century in Ashes Tests? Murdoch > 5. When did England first win four matches in a Test series in Australia? 1911-12 > 6. Who has scored the most Test hundreds for England against Australia? Jack Hobbs 12 > 7. Which bowler has the lowest bowling average for fifty or more wickets in Ashes > Tests? Bobby Peel 16.98 > 8. Two batsmen have scored more than 900 runs in an Ashes series. Who are they? Hammond 905 in Australia 1928-29 Bradman 974 in England 1930 > 9. Who took the first hat trick in Ashes Tests? Spofforth 1878-79 > 10. Before Laker's 9-37 at Manchester in 1956, what were the best innings bowling > figures in an Ashes' Test? Arthur Mailey 9-121 MCG 1920-21 -- Brian W Lawrence Wantage, Oxfordshire, UK Brian_W_Lawrence@msn.com
Re: Cricket quiz December 2006
Author: John Hall
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:36
Date: Fri, 01 Dec 2006 10:36
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In article <t9dgbaS6K9bFFwgH@anywhere.demon.co.uk>,
Robert Henderson <philip@anywhere.demon.co.uk> writes:
>1. When was the first drawn Test between E and A in Australia?
They were all "timeless" before WW2, so I think it was probably in
1946-7.
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>2. Who was the first batsman to score two centuries in an Ashes Test?
Denis Compton? I know he did it on that 1946-7 tour.
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>3. Who was the first bowler to take 15 wickets in an Ashes Test?
Hedley Verity did so in the Lord's Test of 1934. I don't know if anyone
had done so previously.
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>4. Who scored the first double century in Ashes Tests?
I remember that the score was 211. I think it was by Syd Gregory.
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>5. When did England first win four matches in a Test series in
>Australia?
1911-2?
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>6. Who has scored the most Test hundreds for England against Australia?
Hobbs.
>
>7. Which bowler has the lowest bowling average for fifty or more
>wickets in Ashes Tests?
"Terror" Turner?
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>8. Two batsmen have scored more than 900 runs in an Ashes series. Who
>are they?
Hammond (1928-9) and Bradman (1930).
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>9. Who took the first hat trick in Ashes Tests?
Spofforth.
>
>10. Before Laker's 9-37 at Manchester in 1956, what were the best
>innings bowling figures in an Ashes' Test?
Can't recall.
--
John Hall
"Madam, you have between your legs an instrument capable
of giving pleasure to thousands and all you can do is scratch it."
Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) to a lady cellist
Re: Cricket quiz December 2006
Author: "Andrew B."
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:14
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:14
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Robert Henderson wrote: > 7. Which bowler has the lowest bowling average for fifty or more wickets > in Ashes Tests? George Lohmann (77 @ 13.01). Turner and Peel (mentioned elsewhere) are comfortably the best with 100+ wickets.
Re: Cricket quiz December 2006
Author: "Andrew B."
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:15
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 08:15
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Robert Henderson wrote: > 7. Which bowler has the lowest bowling average for fifty or more wickets > in Ashes Tests? George Lohmann (77 @ 13.01). Turner and Peel (mentioned elsewhere) are comfortably the best with 100+ wickets.
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