28.3.10
CityQuiz
Thanks you one and all for a fun diversion. Congratulations to Deb Batley, who will be presented with her prize - a voucher for the State of Mind Melody & Lyrics Store, courtsey of the Quizmaster - at the Presentation Night on 17th April.
CityQuiz 53
Who are the four Test cricketers who have scored a double century and taken more than 200 wickets?
Wasim Akram, Ian Botham, Jason Gillespie & Gary Sobers
Wasim Akram, Ian Botham, Jason Gillespie & Gary Sobers
27.3.10
CityQuiz 52
Who is is the only non-Australian to hold the record for the highest Test score on an Australian ground and why is it most unusual?
RE Foster 287 at the SCG. He was on debut and ... (a point still available if you can complete what I need)
Okay, I'll take the other point. Foster's 287 is the highest score on debut in Test cricket.
RE Foster 287 at the SCG. He was on debut and ... (a point still available if you can complete what I need)
Okay, I'll take the other point. Foster's 287 is the highest score on debut in Test cricket.
CityQuiz 51
Who was the first bowler to take five wickets in an innings in a one-day international?
Dennis Lillee
Dennis Lillee
CityQuiz 50
Who is the only Australian bowler to take a “pfeiffer” in his only Test match?
Mick Malone
Mick Malone
CityQuiz49
(That's the biggest lead anyone has had in CityQuiz. Still plenty of time)
Which leg spin bowler has the highest Test batting average (minimum 30 Test innings)?
Don Bradman
Which leg spin bowler has the highest Test batting average (minimum 30 Test innings)?
Don Bradman
26.3.10
CityQuiz 48
Apart from the fact he is the only Sri Lankan to achieve the feat, was else is unique about Demuni Zoysa's Test hatrick?
Zoysa's hatrick came with the first three deliveries of the Test against Zimbabwe
Zoysa's hatrick came with the first three deliveries of the Test against Zimbabwe
CityQuiz47
Everton Weekes holds the record for hundreds in consecutive Test innings – five. Who is the Australian batsman who scored four?
Jack Fingleton
Jack Fingleton
CityQuiz45
Where and when was the first ball bowled in first-class cricket in Australia? (I’ll accept the year but must have an exact ground)
NTCA Ground, Launceston, 11th February, 1851, Tas vs Vic
NTCA Ground, Launceston, 11th February, 1851, Tas vs Vic
CityQuiz44
Of overseas Test players (players who played their Test cricket for countries other than Australia), who took the most career Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup wickets?
Tony Lock
Tony Lock
25.3.10
CityQuiz43
Which left arm Australian bowler is in the top ten list of all time best economy rates in one-day internationals (min of 2000 deliveries)?
Mike Whitney
Mike Whitney
City Quiz42
Which Australian cricketer has been 12th man the most times without ever playing a Test?
Jack Potter - 3 times
Jack Potter - 3 times
23.3.10
CityQuiz41
In 2005, Inside Sport and the Channel 9 Cricket Commentary Team selected the best six catches in one day internationals played in Australia since 1977. Who was the only overseas player in their selection?
Hint(23/3) 21:30: The Australians were Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh, Dean Jones & Andrew Symonds.
Further Hint(24/3) 17:00: It's a player from the sub-continent
Last Hint (24/3) 20:30: He's an Indian
CLOSING THIS ONE WHEN I GO TO BED.
The name you needed (and Rod had at a second attempt) was Rahul Dravid. It was a very sharp catch near the umpire at square leg. I'm for bed ... more tomorrow.
Hint(23/3) 21:30: The Australians were Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh, Dean Jones & Andrew Symonds.
Further Hint(24/3) 17:00: It's a player from the sub-continent
Last Hint (24/3) 20:30: He's an Indian
CLOSING THIS ONE WHEN I GO TO BED.
The name you needed (and Rod had at a second attempt) was Rahul Dravid. It was a very sharp catch near the umpire at square leg. I'm for bed ... more tomorrow.
21.3.10
CityQuiz40
What do John Dyson, James Franklin, Wayne Larkins, Stuart MacGill and Andy Roberts have in common?
Hint: Andrew Hilditch
Further Hint: Glen McGrath & Norm O'Neill
Last Hint (23/3): You are looking for somewhere these guys all played (not at once!)
The question shuts at noon today.
I'm surprised someone did score on this one ... they all played for Sutherland DCC in the Sydney 1st Grade competition. 1 point to the Quizmaster again!
Hint: Andrew Hilditch
Further Hint: Glen McGrath & Norm O'Neill
Last Hint (23/3): You are looking for somewhere these guys all played (not at once!)
The question shuts at noon today.
I'm surprised someone did score on this one ... they all played for Sutherland DCC in the Sydney 1st Grade competition. 1 point to the Quizmaster again!
20.3.10
CityQuiz39
Bradman famously scored two triple centuries at Headingley, Leeds. Which left-hander has the next highest score of any cricketer representing Australia at the highest level possible on this ground?
Karen Rolton, 209 v England in 2001. It's all in the wording.
Karen Rolton, 209 v England in 2001. It's all in the wording.
CityQuiz38
Who created this famous cartoon comment on the plight of the 1974-75 English touring team in Australia?
Paul Rigby
19.3.10
CityQuiz37
In the season of reunification 1979-80, Australia flogged England but the Poms refused to play for the Ashes. In the Perth match, three unusual things happened: one controversial, one twice as unlucky as normal and one a harmonic dismissal which commentators might wait a career for, yet miss. Name all three things.
Lillee batted with an aluminium bat; Boycott and Hughes both scored 99; Lillee c Willey, b Dilley.
Lillee batted with an aluminium bat; Boycott and Hughes both scored 99; Lillee c Willey, b Dilley.
City Quiz36
Which team won the first Australian domestic limited overs one-day competition?
New Zealand
New Zealand
CityQuiz35
Which is the only nation to host Test matches without ever playing a Test (excluding the nations of the West Indies)?
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
17.3.10
CityQuiz34 - This question will close tomorrow at noon.
Of current Test bowlers, what two significant things do the two bowlers who have taken the most Test wickets against Australia have in common?
18/3/10 Hint - what is the chink in Warne's bowling record?
19/3/10 8:30am - Rod Pryor has found the right answer, so it's possible. The point is still available.
Okay, so the stunning and significant remaining thing Harbajan and Murali have in common is their failure to be successful in Australia. Both have stunning records whose sore thumb is Australia (just as Warne was a failure on the subcontinent). Well done Rod, who eventually worked it out. Not every question will be a simple Google job! I win a point for the first time.
18/3/10 Hint - what is the chink in Warne's bowling record?
19/3/10 8:30am - Rod Pryor has found the right answer, so it's possible. The point is still available.
Okay, so the stunning and significant remaining thing Harbajan and Murali have in common is their failure to be successful in Australia. Both have stunning records whose sore thumb is Australia (just as Warne was a failure on the subcontinent). Well done Rod, who eventually worked it out. Not every question will be a simple Google job! I win a point for the first time.
CityQuiz33
Which keeper holds the record for the most career stumpings in Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup matches?
Charlie Walker
Charlie Walker
16.3.10
CityQuiz32
(Click to play)
Who is speaking and who is he speaking about? Harold "Dickie" Bird talking about Geoff Boycott
Who is speaking and who is he speaking about? Harold "Dickie" Bird talking about Geoff Boycott
15.3.10
CityQuiz31
Who said, early in 1980 … “playing against a team with Ian Chappell as a captain turns a cricket match into gang warfare” … and what is strange about his statement? (answer both parts for the point)
The quote was from Mike Brearley. The unusual thing about it is that Brearley never played a Test match against a side captained by Ian Chappell.
The quote was from Mike Brearley. The unusual thing about it is that Brearley never played a Test match against a side captained by Ian Chappell.
City Quiz30
Which batsman, who in a long career was the best of his generation with the bat in all forms of cricket except Tests, had a first class batting average double his Test average but had a Test bowling average (one which is better than Alec Bedser, Shane Warne and Courtney Walsh) half his first class average and included match winning figures of 10fa?
Michael Bevan
Michael Bevan
CityQuiz29
What Chappelli era batsman was told he was dropped during a Test match and blazed a second inning century after Chappelli promoted him up the order and told him to "go out there and show the bastards."?
John Benaud - brother of Richie - who blazed 142 in the second innings of the 2nd Test against Pakistan at Melbourne in 1972-3 ... a kid from Bankstown by the name of Thomson debuted in the same game, took 0-110 and the press marked him "never play again".
John Benaud - brother of Richie - who blazed 142 in the second innings of the 2nd Test against Pakistan at Melbourne in 1972-3 ... a kid from Bankstown by the name of Thomson debuted in the same game, took 0-110 and the press marked him "never play again".
CityQuiz28
Who was the Australian first class batsman who averaged 207.00 in first class cricket but was never selected for Austrlalia?
Norm Calloway, who played one game for NSW before enlisting in the First World War and being killed in action.
Norm Calloway, who played one game for NSW before enlisting in the First World War and being killed in action.
CityQuiz27
Who wrote, in 1947, of the recent ill feeling in the Ashes series of 1946-47 ...
"He was a good and shrewd leader but not a generous one. He could have made one or two gestures, particularly he should have ordered his fast men, Lindwall and Miller, to cut down the big crop of bumpers. It semed to me, however, that Bradman, when confronted by an MCC cap, could neither forget or forgive the bodyline tour."
Jack Fingleton
"He was a good and shrewd leader but not a generous one. He could have made one or two gestures, particularly he should have ordered his fast men, Lindwall and Miller, to cut down the big crop of bumpers. It semed to me, however, that Bradman, when confronted by an MCC cap, could neither forget or forgive the bodyline tour."
Jack Fingleton
CityQuiz26
Three parts to this question, each worth a point and I'll accept part answers.
1. Name the five players pictured in this touring side who during their careers captained Australia (name all five for the point);
2. Name the touring side (destination & season)
3. What was the controversy surrounding this touring side?
Click on the picture to enlarge.
1. Benaud, Harvey, Jarman, Craig, Simpson
2. 1957-58 Tour of South Africa
3. Many thought that Neil Harvey should have been selected as captain over the younger and less experienced Ian Craig. Harvey missed out again twelve months later when Benaud got the job.
14.3.10
CityQuiz25
Langers is batting to save the first grade final against Norths at No.1 Oval. He goes to cut a ball from a spinner, gets a top edge and the ball goes straight up in the air. Just as the wicketkeeper is about to take the catch, he takes a second strike at the ball, hits it to point, where a fielder takes the catch. The fielder throws the ball in the air and a general appeal goes up.
What's the umpires decision and why?
The batsman on strike is out obstructing the field by preventing the keeper from taking the catch.
What's the umpires decision and why?
The batsman on strike is out obstructing the field by preventing the keeper from taking the catch.
13.3.10
CityQuiz23
Who was the first man to take 8 or more wickets in an innings of Test match?
George Lohmann 8-35, Aust v England 1987.
George Lohmann 8-35, Aust v England 1987.
12.3.10
CityQuiz22
Who did Don Bradman pick to bat at No.3, when asked in the 1990's to select his greatest World XI of all time?
Don Bradman
We have a new leader - better get back in the game Cory. No more restrictions.
Don Bradman
We have a new leader - better get back in the game Cory. No more restrictions.
11.3.10
CityQuiz 21
Who is this Australian player who played his only Test match in the 1970's?
Former South Australian opener, Ashley Woodcook.
10.3.10
9.3.10
City Juniors
City United juniors capped a great season in junior club cricket and junior representative cricket with a well attended presentation night held at the Longyard Hotel on Saturday night. Hamish Batley, Pat Dwyer, Daniel Lawrence, Ryan Hansen, Simon Bellamy & Leo Steyn all attended, as well as Simon Hood who was the U/12 rep team coach.
Hamish Batley was runner up in the rep player of the year, taking 23 wickets @8.48 and scoring 281 runs @ 31.22 in the U/14 team. Daniel Lawrence took the bowling aggregate and average for the Under 16s and finished 4th in the rep player of the year award. Rep players earn points on the basis of runs scored and wickets and catches taken.
Thanks to Deb Batley for the information and to Nikki Hanson for the photos.
Hamish Batley was runner up in the rep player of the year, taking 23 wickets @8.48 and scoring 281 runs @ 31.22 in the U/14 team. Daniel Lawrence took the bowling aggregate and average for the Under 16s and finished 4th in the rep player of the year award. Rep players earn points on the basis of runs scored and wickets and catches taken.
Thanks to Deb Batley for the information and to Nikki Hanson for the photos.
CityQuiz19
What two unique records does leg spinner Jimmy Matthews hold?
The only bowler to take a hatrick in both innings of the same match and the only bowler to take two hatricks on the same day of a Test.
The only bowler to take a hatrick in both innings of the same match and the only bowler to take two hatricks on the same day of a Test.
6.3.10
CityQuiz18
Who (fieldsman - non wicketkeeper) has taken the most catches in a Test match on debut?
YAJURVINDRA SINGH (India) - 7 catches v England 1977
YAJURVINDRA SINGH (India) - 7 catches v England 1977
5.3.10
CityQuiz17
Who is the only player in world cricket to have a batting average more than 50 in Test and ODI cricket?
MIKE HUSSEY
MIKE HUSSEY
4.3.10
CityQuiz16
Which international cricketer who has played cricket for two countries and first class cricket on three continents, retired from first class cricket having never played a Test so that he could further his career in international T20 and ODI cricket?
DIRK NANNES
DIRK NANNES
3.3.10
CityQuiz15
It's the 1st Grade Final, 2011/12. City have made 243 on the Saturday and the Bective reply is at 9-242 as stumps approaches on the Sunday.
The second last over before stumps has been a tense one with Jones playing and missing several times. With the last delivery of the over, Jones takes a big swing, sends the ball high and wide to midwicket. The ball goes so high that the batsmen cross twice and are on their third run before City skipper Callcott takes the catch. The City boys immediate reaction to the catch is to celebrate, running round in circles and patting and hugging each other, ignoring everyone, including the umpires. Umpire Steve Lalor waits for several seconds and then calls "over"and moves to square leg.
After the call of "over", Jones and Everingham have punched gloves and raised their fists and run toward the gate at No.1, passing the celebrating City players and causing them to look back toward the umpires. Callcott calls to umpire Lalor, "howzat!".
Who fins the final, why and under what Law of cricket?
The second last over before stumps has been a tense one with Jones playing and missing several times. With the last delivery of the over, Jones takes a big swing, sends the ball high and wide to midwicket. The ball goes so high that the batsmen cross twice and are on their third run before City skipper Callcott takes the catch. The City boys immediate reaction to the catch is to celebrate, running round in circles and patting and hugging each other, ignoring everyone, including the umpires. Umpire Steve Lalor waits for several seconds and then calls "over"and moves to square leg.
After the call of "over", Jones and Everingham have punched gloves and raised their fists and run toward the gate at No.1, passing the celebrating City players and causing them to look back toward the umpires. Callcott calls to umpire Lalor, "howzat!".
Who fins the final, why and under what Law of cricket?
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