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

PeterCS wrote:Team 1 - who chose it?

(Clue: "The only basis on which I can pick a World XI is selecting from those who I played with and against in Test cricket - with the exception of Warne.")

1. S Gavaskar
2. G Greenidge
3. V Richards
4 J Miandad
5 G Chappell
6 A Border
7 A Gilchrist
8 W Akram
9 S Warne
10 J Garner
11 D Lillee

So the choser played with or against Lillee (last Test March 1983) and Gilchrist (1st Test Nov 1999)? That's a long career!! Non of the Paksters that played against Lillee played against Gilchrist, nor any of the Lankans, NZers or Windies. I think only Salim Malik, but he didn't play against Gilchrist but did play against Warne, retiring early in 1999, and Arjuna Ranatunga, he also didn't play against Gilchrist, come close. Both played against Warne.

Or did the choser forget to add "Gilchrist" to his "with the exception of" statement?

I think he must have.

"Before the emergence of Gilchrist I would have plumped for Alan Knott", he says to explain his choice of keeper. Perhaps his brain was going from the cumulative effect of all his exploits.


Danny was clearly right on 3).

Does #4 rhyme with life dasher?

Not unless that's an embee type of nick (i.e. almost impenetrable).

Look at the County bias.

PeterCS wrote:More difficult ...

Team 5 - Who chose it?

1 S Gavaskar
2 C Hunte
3 D Bradman
4 G Headley
5 G Sobers
6 F Worrell * ("The greatest captain of all time, and not a bad player either")
7 W Grout ("The best wicketkeeper I have ever seen")
8 A Roberts ("Together with Denis Lillee he transformed fast bowling to include the subtlety and guile previously only associated with spin bowling")
9 S Warne
10 D Lillee
11 L Gibbs

Wes Hall?

holding?

PeterCS wrote:Team 2 - who chose it?

(Clue 1: "Don Bradman's omission is due to the fact that I never saw him ... I am sticking to my policy of only picking those I saw during my era.")

1. B Richards
2. G Boycott
3. E Dexter
4 G Chappell
5 G Sobers
6 C Lloyd
7 M Procter
8 A Knott
9 G McKenzie (clue 2: "I played against him in three series and he bowled superbly in all of them")
10 D Underwood
11 D Lillee

Tiger Pataudi?

PeterCS wrote:More difficult ...

Team 5 - Who chose it?

1 S Gavaskar
2 C Hunte
3 D Bradman
4 G Headley
5 G Sobers
6 F Worrell * ("The greatest captain of all time, and not a bad player either")
7 W Grout ("The best wicketkeeper I have ever seen")
8 A Roberts ("Together with Denis Lillee he transformed fast bowling to include the subtlety and guile previously only associated with spin bowling")
9 S Warne
10 D Lillee
11 L Gibbs

Two spinners and lots of West Indians
Richie??

PeterCS wrote:Not unless that's an embee type of nick (i.e. almost impenetrable).

Look at the County bias.

I think RD was looking at the County bias.

Although if it is the player I think RD is thinking of, I am surprised that his Nan didn't make the side.

JGK wrote:

PeterCS wrote:More difficult ...

Team 5 - Who chose it?

1 S Gavaskar
2 C Hunte
3 D Bradman
4 G Headley
5 G Sobers
6 F Worrell * ("The greatest captain of all time, and not a bad player either")
7 W Grout ("The best wicketkeeper I have ever seen")
8 A Roberts ("Together with Denis Lillee he transformed fast bowling to include the subtlety and guile previously only associated with spin bowling")
9 S Warne
10 D Lillee
11 L Gibbs

Wes Hall?

Horace wrote: "Holding?"

Right country (as the proliferation of WIndians might suggest!), and JGK right era, but not a bowler.

JGK wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Team 2 - who chose it?

(Clue 1: "Don Bradman's omission is due to the fact that I never saw him ... I am sticking to my policy of only picking those I saw during my era.")

1. B Richards
2. G Boycott
3. E Dexter
4 G Chappell
5 G Sobers
6 C Lloyd
7 M Procter
8 A Knott
9 G McKenzie (clue 2: "I played against him in three series and he bowled superbly in all of them")
10 D Underwood
11 D Lillee

Tiger Pataudi?

Wrong country, wrong way round, two eyes, but the right era. Look at the choice of A/Rs and openers.

JGK wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Not unless that's an embee type of nick (i.e. almost impenetrable).

Look at the County bias.

I think RD was looking at the County bias.

Although if it is the player I think RD is thinking of, I am surprised that his Nan didn't make the side.

I didn't get that player from Woody's word puzzle.

Maybe I need a course at Embee School.

But I think you have it. If you are including the celery-like fruit as well. (Or is it a fruit?)

PeterCS wrote:

JGK wrote:

PeterCS wrote:More difficult ...

Team 5 - Who chose it?

1 S Gavaskar
2 C Hunte
3 D Bradman
4 G Headley
5 G Sobers
6 F Worrell * ("The greatest captain of all time, and not a bad player either")
7 W Grout ("The best wicketkeeper I have ever seen")
8 A Roberts ("Together with Denis Lillee he transformed fast bowling to include the subtlety and guile previously only associated with spin bowling")
9 S Warne
10 D Lillee
11 L Gibbs

Wes Hall?

Horace wrote: "Holding?"

Right country (as the proliferation of WIndians might suggest!), and JGK right era, but not a bowler.

Walcott?

PeterCS wrote:

JGK wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Not unless that's an embee type of nick (i.e. almost impenetrable).

Look at the County bias.

I think RD was looking at the County bias.

Although if it is the player I think RD is thinking of, I am surprised that his Nan didn't make the side.

I didn't get that player from Woody's word puzzle.

Maybe I need a course at Embee School.

But I think you have it. If you are including the celery-like fruit as well. (Or is it a fruit?)

From Wiki:

In 1996, Boycott assaulted Margaret Moore, a former lover. Boycott denied the charges, claiming she had fallen over and injured herself.

Ah! Got it.


On the other one (Team 5) - no, not a batsman either. And a couple of years later than Clyde.

PeterCS wrote:

JGK wrote:

PeterCS wrote:Team 2 - who chose it?

(Clue 1: "Don Bradman's omission is due to the fact that I never saw him ... I am sticking to my policy of only picking those I saw during my era.")

1. B Richards
2. G Boycott
3. E Dexter
4 G Chappell
5 G Sobers
6 C Lloyd
7 M Procter
8 A Knott
9 G McKenzie (clue 2: "I played against him in three series and he bowled superbly in all of them")
10 D Underwood
11 D Lillee

Tiger Pataudi?

Wrong country, wrong way round, two eyes, but the right era. Look at the choice of A/Rs and openers.

MCC?

No, by "wrong way round", I meant batting stance. (And still wrong country!)

Pollock then but hard to see that quote being attributed to a Saffie I have to say.

But it is.

So, still to be guessed, Teams 1 and 5.

No way. That's not Boycott's team!!!

BOYCOTT’S XI: Jack Hobbs (ENG), Len Hutton (ENG), Donald Bradman (AUS), George Headley (WIS), Viv Richards (WIS), Garry Sobers (WIS), Alan Knott (ENG), Sydney Barnes (ENG), Malcolm Marshall (WIS), Shane Warne (AUS), Dennis Lillee (AUS).

Hmmmm.

The problem is Boycott's longevity, and his preparedness to offer opinions at every turn. I am sure he will have changed his team a bit over the years. And published it on a number of occasions, too.

I am not sure which years the two "teams" might have emerged from, but the variance is well within Boycott's range of opinion proliferation.

All I can say is that the team reproduced above yours is a genuine Boycott product.

I thought #4 would be Boycott's but didn't have a guess because I found that team online - from 2011. Never mind, I wasn't going to win a prize anyway.

Well, that sort of petered out in the end ....

Remaining answers:

L@@K:

Let's have another go at images.


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Whose name have I blanked out in this cartoon?

(I love the cartoon, btw/FWIW - a small work of genius.)