Re: The 2011 Trivia Thread (III)

[skully]

Aye x 4.

Team passing 500 in 3 consecutive Test innings:
674 Aus v Ind Adelaide 1947-48 Only Inn
575-8d v Ind Melbourne(5) 1947-48 Only Inn
509 v Eng Nottingham 1948 1st Inn

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610-6d SL v Ind Colombo(SSC) 2001-02 Only Inn
555-5d v BD Colombo(SSC) 2001-02 Only Inn
590-9d v WI Galle 2001-02 Only Inn

529-5d Eng v SL Lords 2002 2nd Inn
545 v SL Edgbaston 2002 Only Inn
512 v SL Old Trafford 2002 1st Inn

526 Ind v BD Dhaka 2004-05 Only Inn
540 v BD Chittagong 2004-05 Only Inn
516 v Pak Mohali 2004-05 1st Inn

636-8d Pak v Eng Lahore 2005-06 Only Inn
679-7d v Ind Lahore 2005-06 Only Inn
588 v Ind Faisalabad 2005-06 1st Inn

[PeterCS]

Do you have Jaffas in England?

Only in cake form.

And over here, ticks are related to crabs and spiders. .... they are a sort of mite.

Pedantic pedantry doesn't suit you, Pete. Cryptic clues are loose as a goose. "Crab-like mite in a vehicle" is not the way of these things.

Stick to the puns.

Lecturing again, Skulls?


The serious grumble was that it can lead to a bit of a fruitless wild goose chase, if you get a false scent in a quiz. (btw: I have been bitten by a tick, and I know from bitter experience it weren't no insect!)

My view, however pedantic (or lecturing?) ya want to call it, is that however cryptic a clue wants to be, it shouldn't go so far as being - in a word - wrong.

It could be "mite", "bloodsucker", "parasite", or "pest", and would jab at the answer a bit more helpfully.

FWIW, that was the serious grain in my Danny-style "play of outrage" last night.

[Allan D]

Point taken, PCS. I shall endeavour to be more careful in future. Don't worry about being outraged I would have made exactly the same point in your place.

I'm more ashamed of muddling up "etymology" (study of the origin of words) with "entomology" (study of insects). That was really unforgivable.

[PeterCS]

Don't worry about any of that, AD.

It was a good quiz, ... up to that last pint *jab, jab*.

Do another. Skully needs some competition to keep him sharp

[Allan D]

I think I'll get another PC first. Either that or the Forum was behaving extremely oddly yesterday as I was constantly being "timed out" when I tried to log back in or click on to the latest thread posting in the thread which was the reason I was so slow to respond and missed a couple of your answers. I need to acquire more of Skully's professional polish as a quizmeister first.

However I'm sure I'm right and Skully's wrong about the placing of the Karthik-Jaffer stand (irrespective of the cryptic clue!) in the India-BD match. When I got up this morning I remembered a record that proved my point and no doubt I shall enlarge upon that later but not until I've found the missing answer in Skully's latest quiz question (or somebody else does!).

Btw, sorry for mistaking you for Skulls last night. It was very late and I was feeling very rough!

[PeterCS]

Hey, no worries mate (< Slats voice)

[JGK]

skully - when are we going to get "3 different double centurions in a series" triv?

[Allan D]

When his present question has been answered. It took a bit of ferreting out and refers to a period when the position as regards to the two current Test-playing nations was almost perfectly reversed, both as regards venues and ability. The missing answer is:

560-6dec India v. Eng, Madras (Chennai) February 1993
591 v. Eng. Mumbai, February 1993
536-7dec v. Zim, Delhi, March 1993

Curious that the Windies does not feature in this list.

[Allan D]

Just referring back to my question the next on the list outside the cut of 50 I imposed is not Hutton & Washbrook but this one:

46 - P.J.Hughes & S.M.Katich (184/1) v. SA (138), Durban, March 2009

That is the land of lost content,
I see it shining plain,
The happy highways where I went
And cannot come again.

[PeterCS]

Was that from Phil H's Elegy to his Test Career?

[Allan D]

It ought to have been but it's from Housman's A Shropshire Lad so it's Minor Counties, I'm afraid. However it should be dedicated to all Oz supporters.

Here's some Housman for Banny supporters:

Ensanguining the skies
How heavily it dies
Into the west away;
Past touch and sight and sound
Not further to be found,
How hopeless under ground
Falls the remorseful day.

[skully]

AD finishes it off, And adding England's effort in the current Test.

Team passing 500 in 3 consecutive Test innings:
674 Aus v Ind Adelaide 1947-48 Only Inn
575-8d v Ind Melbourne(5) 1947-48 Only Inn
509 v Eng Nottingham 1948 1st Inn

560-6d Ind v Eng Madras 1992-93 Only Inn
591 v Eng Bombay 1992-93 Only Inn
536-7d v Zim Delhi 1992-93 Only Inn

610-6d SL v Ind Colombo(SSC) 2001-02 Only Inn
555-5d v BD Colombo(SSC) 2001-02 Only Inn
590-9d v WI Galle 2001-02 Only Inn

529-5d Eng v SL Lords 2002 2nd Inn
545 v SL Edgbaston 2002 Only Inn
512 v SL Old Trafford 2002 1st Inn

526 Ind v BD Dhaka 2004-05 Only Inn
540 v BD Chittagong 2004-05 Only Inn
516 v Pak Mohali 2004-05 1st Inn

636-8d Pak v Eng Lahore 2005-06 Only Inn
679-7d v Ind Lahore 2005-06 Only Inn
588 v Ind Faisalabad 2005-06 1st Inn

544 Eng v Ind Trent Bridge 2nd Inn
710-7d v Ind Edgbaston Only Inn
591-6d v Ind The Oval Only Inn

[skully]

skully - when are we going to get "3 different double centurions in a series" triv?

How about now.

England has managed 3 different double centurions in the current series v India in England (Pietersen 202, Cook 294 and Bell 235). Instances of 3 different centurions in a series have occurred over a dozen times in Tests, however series featuring 4 or more double centuries AND 3 different double centurions are much rarer. Can you name 5 series where this has been achieved?

4 or more double centuries AND 3 different double centurions in a series:
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[JGK]

Do you mean on both sides?

[skully]

Yes.

[skully]

Bumping the Q.

England has managed 3 different double centurions in the current series v India in England (Pietersen 202, Cook 294 and Bell 235). Instances of 3 different centurions in a series have occurred over a dozen times in Tests, however series featuring 4 or more double centuries AND 3 different double centurions are much rarer. Can you name 5 series where this has been achieved?

4 or more double centuries AND 3 different double centurions in a series:
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[JGK]

1938 Ashes.

[skully]

Aye.

4 or more double centuries AND 3 different double centurions in a series:
(5) Eng v Aus 1938
364 L Hutton (Eng) The Oval
240 WR Hammond (Eng) Lords
232 SJ McCabe (Aus) Trent Bridge
216 E Paynter (Eng) Trent Bridge
206 WA Brown (Aus) Lords

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[WideWally]

1938 ?

[JGK]

And obviously Tugga's last series.

[skully]

Yes.

4 or more double centuries AND 3 different double centurions in a series:
(5) Eng v Aus 1938
364 L Hutton (Eng) The Oval
240 WR Hammond (Eng) Lords
232 SJ McCabe (Aus) Trent Bridge
216 E Paynter (Eng) Trent Bridge
206 WA Brown (Aus) Lords

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(3) Aus v Ind 2003-04
257 RT Ponting (Aus) Melbourne
242 RT Ponting (Aus) Adelaide
241 SR Tendulkar (Ind) Sydney
233 R Dravid (Ind) Adelaide


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[JGK]

Sandham's series.

[skully]

Yes.

4 or more double centuries AND 3 different double centurions in a series:
(5) Eng v Aus 1938
364 L Hutton (Eng) The Oval
240 WR Hammond (Eng) Lords
232 SJ McCabe (Aus) Trent Bridge
216 E Paynter (Eng) Trent Bridge
206 WA Brown (Aus) Lords

(4) WI v Eng 1929-30
325 A Sandham (Eng) Kingston
223 GA Headley (WI) Kingston
209 CA Roach (WI) Georgetown
205* EH Hendren (Eng) Port-of-Spain

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(3) Aus v Ind 2003-04
257 RT Ponting (Aus) Melbourne
242 RT Ponting (Aus) Adelaide
241 SR Tendulkar (Ind) Sydney
233 R Dravid (Ind) Adelaide


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[lardbucket]

Did they get there in the 1971-72 WI v NZ series?

[skully]

Nup.

3 doubles and 2 double centurions, Rowe and Turner (2)

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