Re: Trivia & Quizzia 2013 (an occasional series, by whoever wishes)

by Allan D Tue 05 Mar 2013, 22:44

Jessop didn't play in the Oval Tests in 1912. Think it may be the Headingley Test against South Africa in July when all three played:

Eng. v. SA, Headingley, 8-10 July 1912

by PeterCS Tue 05 Mar 2013, 23:36

That certainly makes sense.

Might also be Lord's ...

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8712.html

by PeterCS Tue 05 Mar 2013, 23:53

One for AD, if still around .....

Who are the two characters on the right of this photo - and what's their poetic link?

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Here's one of them again:

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by horace Tue 05 Mar 2013, 23:55

when was the last time Phil Hughes scored a run against a spin bowler?

by Allan D Tue 05 Mar 2013, 23:55

PeterCS wrote:That certainly makes sense.

Might also be Lord's ...

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8712.html

Indeed but brick pavilion looks more like Headingley.

by Allan D Wed 06 Mar 2013, 00:02

PeterCS wrote:One for AD, if still around .....

Who are the two characters on the right of this photo - and what's their poetic link?

Here's one of them again:

Hornby & Barlow - Lancashire and England opening pair (of both bowling and batting) in 1880s - referred to in Francis Warner's poem At Lord's - famously written about a match he didn't go to and describing his youthful memories of Old Trafford instead. Dick Barlow's the one with the beard, I think. Arthur Hornby, who also captained England, is one in single photograph below.

by PeterCS Wed 06 Mar 2013, 00:04

horace wrote:when was the last time Phil Hughes scored a run against a spin bowler?

I think he got a streaky French cut off Herath at Sydney, didn't he?

Seriously, he is at his worst in Indian conditions. I am not sure he is a reliable Test match player in any conditions though, until/unless he knuckles down and learns.

by PeterCS Wed 06 Mar 2013, 00:10

Allan D wrote:
PeterCS wrote:One for AD, if still around .....

Who are the two characters on the right of this photo - and what's their poetic link?

Here's one of them again:

Hornby & Barlow - Lancashire and England opening pair (of both bowling and batting) in 1880s - referred to in Francis Warner's poem At Lord's - famously written about a match he didn't go to and describing his youthful memories of Old Trafford instead. Dick Barlow's the one with the beard, I think. Arthur Hornby, who also captained England, is one in single photograph below.

Correct on both counts.

With Pilling (the Test keeper Rev Dick from Beds, not Little Harry from Ashton-under-Lyme) and the imported Lanarkshire bowler Alexander Watson, to complete the tableau. Four of Lancashire's finest from Grace's era.

by PeterCS Wed 06 Mar 2013, 00:15

Barlow was one of the umpires on the famous Trent Bridge England team photo of 1899.

Grace's last, Trumper and Rhodes' first, I think. And Trent Bridge's first Test.

by Allan D Wed 06 Mar 2013, 00:42

PeterCS wrote:Barlow was one of the umpires on the famous Trent Bridge England team photo of 1899.

Grace's last, Trumper and Rhodes' first, I think. And Trent Bridge's first Test.

Yes, Grace, who had not played Test cricket for 3 years, was a stand-in captain for Archie MacLaren who was unfit. Grace was due to captain the next Test at Lord's but stood down when told MacLaren was fit, assuming he would only play as captain. MacLaren later said he would have been happy to play under Grace's captaincy.

by PeterCS Fri 08 Mar 2013, 17:53

Questions below ...
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1. Where is this?
2. Who is playing, and which year?
3. Who took the picture?

by PeterCS Fri 08 Mar 2013, 18:07

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1. Which ground?
2. Who was playing, and which year?
3. What is significant in the picture?

by Allan D Sat 09 Mar 2013, 05:47

2nd picture:

1.Lord's
2. England v. Australia 1938
3. A camera can be seen on the roof of the stand - the first televised Test Match.

by PeterCS Sat 09 Mar 2013, 11:04

As Magnus Magnusson used to say:

C'rect!

by PeterCS Sat 09 Mar 2013, 11:35

Anyone for the pic four posts up?

by WR Hammond Sat 09 Mar 2013, 18:07

Re the colour picture:

1. I think it is the New Wanderers ground, Johannesburg
2 / 3. These answers (guesses!) are dependent on each other. As it is a painting, I shall go for Jack Russell as the artist; that would mean it is the SA v England Test of 1995/96.

Am I right?

by PeterCS Sat 09 Mar 2013, 19:17

Right in every detail - congratulations! Smile

He called the picture "The Great Escape" - from a Brit, doubly pertinent, you might say! (I can hear that perkily whistled cheeky-patriotic march as I write this.)

An unusual case of Jack including himself in his painting. You can check the "Lefties" thread (2, pic 31) for photographic evidence of the same occasion, 2nd Test, last day, 1995: the same highly concentrated, deeply-bent forward-defensive stance of the left-hander, desperately keeping the opposition at bay.

I'm not sure it looks entirely like Atherton at the other end, but many of the fielders look rather like giants. Perhaps painterly licence, depicting how it felt at the time.

If you look closely at the scoreboard, and squint a bit, you can see the score, and which two teams are playing.

I like Russell's use and distribution of colour. To judge by his strengths, he should be a semi-abstract artist (in the lineages of Kandinsky, Marc, Heckel, Klee, Miro, even a bit of Pollock - Jackson, not Shaun, Peter or Graeme).

by PeterCS Mon 11 Mar 2013, 16:09

What the ace and deuce, in the name of all that's righteous, is going on here?

(Players, teams, location, year, .... scorecard entry if you can)

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by WideWally Mon 11 Mar 2013, 21:54

Spoiler:

by PeterCS Tue 12 Mar 2013, 00:37

Very good!

It didn't do the home side a lot of good on that occasion. Thanks in no little part to another genius called SMcC.

But gradually the difference evened out ....

by PeterCS Tue 12 Mar 2013, 01:13

There is a broader international significance to those events, too.

Spoiler:

by PeterCS Wed 13 Mar 2013, 01:50

1. Who's doing the passion here?
2. Who's safely at the other end?
3. Year, location?

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by WideWally Wed 13 Mar 2013, 04:38

Spoiler:

by PeterCS Wed 13 Mar 2013, 16:30

All correct!

Surprisingly, he went on (after recovery from the deflection into his face) to have a good series.

by skully Sun 28 Apr 2013, 03:01

How about some triv to boot things along? The plethora of IPL trash hasn't been conducive to triv, but Bredan Taylor's effort in T1 v Bangers last week is.

Taylor became the 8th player in history to make more than 30% of all of the runs made in a decided Test match. He made 273 (171 & 102*) out of 897 (Zim 389 & 7d-227 v BD 134 & 147).

Can you name the 7 previous achievers of this feat?

One batsman making 30+% of total match run aggregate in a decided Test:

1. ?

2. ?

3. ?

4. ?

5. ?

6. ?

7. ?

8. 30.43% - BRM Taylor (Zim) 171 & 102* - Zim (389 & 227-7d) v BD (134 & 147), Harare, 2012-13

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