(Not-very-seasonal) Cricket Cartoon/Painting Quiz
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(Not-very-seasonal) Cricket Cartoon/Painting Quiz
by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:46
I have my doubts if this will fly 
But in any case, it's a sort of gallery to an almost lost art.
All that's missing from the gallery are a few blanked-out names and captions (see questions).
Ten pictures/strips, 20 questions in all.
If you are at a loose end for a few minutes over Christmas - or like ground-level art and/or pictorial satire with a cricket relevance - please have a go at some of them. You have nothing to lose but your inhibitions.
But please use a SPOILER, if you do.
First prize is a season ticket to the Flaming Bails.
Second prize is ..... yep, you've guessed it: two season tickets.
Feedback on answers may be a bit patchy, I can't promise anything immediate. (In any case, google will probably do it all for you.) ~ Good luck!
But in any case, it's a sort of gallery to an almost lost art.
All that's missing from the gallery are a few blanked-out names and captions (see questions).
Ten pictures/strips, 20 questions in all.
If you are at a loose end for a few minutes over Christmas - or like ground-level art and/or pictorial satire with a cricket relevance - please have a go at some of them. You have nothing to lose but your inhibitions.
But please use a SPOILER, if you do.
First prize is a season ticket to the Flaming Bails.
Second prize is ..... yep, you've guessed it: two season tickets.
Feedback on answers may be a bit patchy, I can't promise anything immediate. (In any case, google will probably do it all for you.) ~ Good luck!
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Re: (Not-very-seasonal) Cricket Cartoon/Painting Quiz
by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:48
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1. What year does this cartoon come from?
2, 3. Identify the two players (one in silhouette only).
1. What year does this cartoon come from?
2, 3. Identify the two players (one in silhouette only).
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:49
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4. What year?
5, 6. Name the two players whose names are blanked out (see Frame 7 and the last frame of the cartoon).
4. What year?
5, 6. Name the two players whose names are blanked out (see Frame 7 and the last frame of the cartoon).
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:50
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7. Year?
Name:
8. the bowler (in the first two frames), and
9. the batsman whose name is blanked out in Frame 7.
7. Year?
Name:
8. the bowler (in the first two frames), and
9. the batsman whose name is blanked out in Frame 7.
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:51
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Undue pressure on umpires may well be a timeless theme. But:
10. What year was this painting done? (You can have the point if you're within 3 years).
Undue pressure on umpires may well be a timeless theme. But:
10. What year was this painting done? (You can have the point if you're within 3 years).
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:52
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This is a later (retrospective) painting by ex-miner Joe Scarborough (b. 1938) of a historic scene at Bramall Lane, Sheffield.
11. Who is being cheered all the way to the wicket?
12. In the (English) summer of which year?
This is a later (retrospective) painting by ex-miner Joe Scarborough (b. 1938) of a historic scene at Bramall Lane, Sheffield.
11. Who is being cheered all the way to the wicket?
12. In the (English) summer of which year?
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:54
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This one is typical of Ralph Steadman (although he's always a bit bloodyhysterical like Gerald Scarfe.)
13. Who's the bowler?
14. What year? (Again, you can have three years either way.)
This one is typical of Ralph Steadman (although he's always a bit bloodyhysterical like Gerald Scarfe.)
13. Who's the bowler?
14. What year? (Again, you can have three years either way.)
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:56
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This dates right back to 1921.
15. Who's the cartoonist?
16. What poor unfortunate is being satirised here?
This dates right back to 1921.
15. Who's the cartoonist?
16. What poor unfortunate is being satirised here?
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 22:57
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This is a 1920 picture story by H.M. Bateman - famous for satirical cartoons in Punch entitled "The man who ...", depicting someone committing some cringe-inducing social gaffe of the day.
But here the last two frames of a longer tale have been left out.
17. Guess what happens in the penultimate frame. (Approximate correctness = 1 point.)
18. ... and in the final frame of the cartoon? (Again, near enough = 1 point).
This is a 1920 picture story by H.M. Bateman - famous for satirical cartoons in Punch entitled "The man who ...", depicting someone committing some cringe-inducing social gaffe of the day.
But here the last two frames of a longer tale have been left out.
17. Guess what happens in the penultimate frame. (Approximate correctness = 1 point.)
18. ... and in the final frame of the cartoon? (Again, near enough = 1 point).
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 23:00
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19. Bateman again. Guess the caption here.
(As before: close enough, on topic, wins the point.)
19. Bateman again. Guess the caption here.
(As before: close enough, on topic, wins the point.)
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 23:02
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Unlike I, this is more a tie-breaker than a toe-breaker ....
Again Punch, this time by Leonard Raven-Hill - usually a political cartoonist. But here, in 1921, he can't help commenting on the national cricket team's abject demise down under.
The original caption began:
British Lion: "Well, I must keep my tail up. But ..."
20. Can you complete the caption to match the original dig?
(Again, close enough wins the point.)
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Unlike I, this is more a tie-breaker than a toe-breaker ....
Again Punch, this time by Leonard Raven-Hill - usually a political cartoonist. But here, in 1921, he can't help commenting on the national cricket team's abject demise down under.
The original caption began:
British Lion: "Well, I must keep my tail up. But ..."
20. Can you complete the caption to match the original dig?
(Again, close enough wins the point.)
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by horace Tue 10 Dec 2013, 23:02
have my suspicions about one...but writing only to thank you Pete for digging this stuff up...it made me have a squizz at some old Mailey drawings...what a damned talent he was
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by PeterCS Tue 10 Dec 2013, 23:07
It's a pleasure, Horace.
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Re: (Not-very-seasonal) Cricket Cartoon/Painting Quiz
by tricycle Wed 11 Dec 2013, 05:40
- Spoiler:
- B first day of the bodyline series?
Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald
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by tricycle Wed 11 Dec 2013, 05:50
- Spoiler:
- C
Same illustrator as B. Well, either him or, considering the Yorkshire fetish, it is Horrie. So I'm guessing '34 or '38, works for both artists.
I see that they've named Bill Bowes. The duck that hurt England most would of course be Hammond.
Bowler, Grimmett or O'Reilly?
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by PeterCS Wed 11 Dec 2013, 09:45
tricycle wrote:
- Spoiler:
Jack Gregory and Ted McDonald
- On B:
- Yes indeed. 1932, in other words.
And yes. Good answers!
Back story:
The cartoon suggests (which is true) that "fast leg theory" was introduced from the very start of the series, not only in the Third Test (Adelaide) as is often thought. The intermittent method was devised to quell Bradman, but the leg trap brought up and body bombardment even in his absence - serious 'overkill' from the original concept, you might say. The rather cumbersome Woodfull was the first to feel the pain.
The cartoon does however also suggest the ploy still seemed "innocent" in its opening salvos - "in the tradition". As a subject for relatively light jesting. Not yet seen as warfare, with cricketing and diplomatic repercussions. The succeeding flashpoints in the series are no doubt why "Bodyline" is now often (wrongly) dated to Adelaide.
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by PeterCS Wed 11 Dec 2013, 09:51
tricycle wrote:
- Spoiler:
Same illustrator as B. Well, either him or, considering the Yorkshire fetish, it is Horrie. So I'm guessing '34 or '38, works for both artists.
I see that they've named Bill Bowes. The duck that hurt England most would of course be Hammond.
Bowler, Grimmett or O'Reilly?
- On C:
- Yes, the great Tom Webster again. (As indeed is A.)
I'm glad you spotted Bill Bowes, the duck in the specs. And, of course, you have identified England's star batsman (though in this case a duck) correctly.
As to which year, and which bowler is illustrated, maybe I'll leave those open a while longer, for others to work out - in case they should peek here! But if you had seen pictures of Grum and Tiger, Trike, you wouldn't be wondering for too long which one that is!
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by tricycle Thu 12 Dec 2013, 11:54
PeterCS wrote:J
Unlike I, this is more a tie-breaker than a toe-breaker ....
Again Punch, this time by Leonard Raven-Hill - usually a political cartoonist. But here, in 1921, he can't help commenting on the national cricket team's abject demise down under.
The original caption began:
British Lion: "Well, I must keep my tail up. But ..."
20. Can you complete the caption to match the original dig?
(Again, close enough wins the point.)
- Spoiler:
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by PeterCS Thu 12 Dec 2013, 12:05
Not really. It's a pun on that word "tail"! (Notice the deliberately unnatural depiction of the Lion's anatomy!!)
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by Bradman Sat 14 Dec 2013, 00:42
PeterCS wrote:Not really. It's a pun on that word "tail"! (Notice the deliberately unnatural depiction of the Lion's anatomy!!)
Amonst my eclectic collection of collectibles there are old Punch annuals.
Found this. And after a day with a magnifying glass I can only identify a couple of the words of the caption.
"I must try and ... .. tail(s)(maybe).....?" The second line is totally indecipherable.
Please put me out of my misery.
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by PeterCS Sun 15 Dec 2013, 15:19
Since Bradders asked so nicely, here is the definitive answer to one of the questions. The last cartoon. And perhaps the hardest task.
- It's Cartoon J (please try it before you look!):
"Well, I must keep my tail up. But it's very difficult: it seems to be getting longer every match."
Sadly, still a not unfamiliar tale, if you are an England cricket supporter ...
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by tricycle Mon 16 Dec 2013, 03:35
And they were complaining of a long tail then....
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by tricycle Mon 16 Dec 2013, 03:40
PeterCS wrote:H
This is a 1920 picture story by H.M. Bateman - famous for satirical cartoons in Punch entitled "The man who ...", depicting someone committing some cringe-inducing social gaffe of the day.
But here the last two frames of a longer tale have been left out.
17. Guess what happens in the penultimate frame. (Approximate correctness = 1 point.)
18. ... and in the final frame of the cartoon? (Again, near enough = 1 point).
- Spoiler:
- He lets out a fart and gets bowled first ball? At least that's how I look when I'm suffering from excessive flatulence.
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by PeterCS Mon 16 Dec 2013, 09:58
Half right, though in the wrong order.
I think the relative size is the puffing-up of a peacock rather than the downward flatulence of a windbag in the case of the batsman in this cartoon, however. ~ "Size" (imagined status) being exactly the point of the cartoon's last frame.
So here we go - for Trike or anyone else interested. ... But have a think about it first, everyone ....
I think the relative size is the puffing-up of a peacock rather than the downward flatulence of a windbag in the case of the batsman in this cartoon, however. ~ "Size" (imagined status) being exactly the point of the cartoon's last frame.
So here we go - for Trike or anyone else interested. ... But have a think about it first, everyone ....
- Cartoon H ends this way::
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by tricycle Mon 16 Dec 2013, 11:03
That makes a bit more sense....
PeterCS wrote:G
This dates right back to 1921.
15. Who's the cartoonist?
16. What poor unfortunate is being satirised here?
- Spoiler:
- No idea who the cartoonist is. But is it a caricature of Warwick Armstrong?
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