Quote Quiz

[SJS]

Swanton, Arlott or Bannister ?

NO

 

[archie mac]

Englishman?

 

[SJS]

Englishman?

YES

 

[archie mac]

Brown Bread?

 

[archie mac]

Pycroft? (spelling may be wrong)

 

[Engle]

Cardus ?

 

[SJS]

Who wrote this beautiful piece?

The bowler has ten aides in the field, but they are helpless to act until that swift cut and thrust, that intensely private moment between the batsman and the bowler, is done. This numerical advantage of the bowling side, however, creates a situation which is almost unique to cricket. It makes batting, consequently the scoring of runs, an act of defiance by one man against a vastly superior force who control the ball all the times, except in that split second when it touches the bat.​

1. Ronald Mason?....NO
2. AA Thomson?.....NO
3. Alan Ross?.........NO
4. Bob Willis?..........NO
5. Is it lifted from a cricket book?.......Yes. From a famous cricket book.
6. Is he on this list - James. Fry, Nyren? .....NO
7. Art of Batting?......NO
8. Swanton, Arlott or Bannister ?.....NO
9. Englishman?......YES
10. Brown Bread?....NO
11. Pycroft?....NO
12. Cardus ?....NO

Early Hint : He was a journalist who wrote a beautiful book which covered one English season !

Hint No. 2 :- That book had 14 chapters, each covering on of 14 matches he covered that season in England

 

[archie mac]

This one is starting to annoy me

Did he play Test cricket?

If no did he play FC cricket?

 

[SJS]

This one is starting to annoy me

Did he play Test cricket?

If no did he play FC cricket?

No and no.

Sorry Sean. I can understand your irritation. I thought you would get it quickly once I gave the hints on the book. Here are some more details of the book and its writer.

1. The book covers 14 cricket matches of different kind - test match, Eton and Harrow game, Gillette Cup Final, a village championship game, a minor county game and so on and so on.

2. His style was influenced by Cardus and he also worked for the Manchester Guardian like Sir Neville.

3. To the best of my knowledge he wrote only one cricket book but several other very good ones and won literary acclaim.

4. He went on a fabulous adventure and nearly came to terrible grief.

Come on Sean. Thats a hell of a lot of hints.

 

[archie mac]

No and no.

Sorry Sean. I can understand your irritation. I thought you would get it quickly once I gave the hints on the book. Here are some more details of the book and its writer.

1. The book covers 14 cricket matches of different kind - test match, Eton and Harrow game, Gillette Cup Final, a village championship game, a minor county game and so on and so on.

2. His style was influenced by Cardus and he also worked for the Manchester Guardian like Sir Neville.

3. To the best of my knowledge he wrote only one cricket book but several other very good ones and won literary acclaim.

4. He went on a fabulous adventure and nearly came to terrible grief.

Come on Sean. Thats a hell of a lot of hints.

Blunden, Edmund?

 

[SJS]

Blunden, Edmund?

No.

 

[SJS]

Who wrote this beautiful piece?

The bowler has ten aides in the field, but they are helpless to act until that swift cut and thrust, that intensely private moment between the batsman and the bowler, is done. This numerical advantage of the bowling side, however, creates a situation which is almost unique to cricket. It makes batting, consequently the scoring of runs, an act of defiance by one man against a vastly superior force who control the ball all the times, except in that split second when it touches the bat.​

1. Ronald Mason?....NO
2. AA Thomson?.....NO
3. Alan Ross?.........NO
4. Bob Willis?..........NO
5. Is it lifted from a cricket book?.......Yes. From a famous cricket book.
6. Is he on this list - James. Fry, Nyren? .....NO
7. Art of Batting?......NO
8. Swanton, Arlott or Bannister ?.....NO
9. Englishman?......YES
10. Brown Bread?....NO
11. Pycroft?....NO
12. Cardus ?....NO

Early Hint : He was a journalist who wrote a beautiful book which covered one English season !

Hint No. 2 :- That book had 14 chapters, each covering on of 14 matches he covered that season in England

13. Did he play Test cricket?.....NO
14. If no did he play FC cricket?.....NO​

Four more hints !
1. The book covers 14 cricket matches of different kind - test match, Eton and Harrow game, Gillette Cup Final, a village championship game, a minor county game and so on.
2. His style was influenced by Cardus and he also worked for the Manchester Guardian like Sir Neville.
3. To the best of my knowledge he wrote only one cricket book but several other very good ones and won literary acclaim.
4. He went on a fabulous adventure and nearly came to terrible grief.

15. Blunden, Edmund?.....NO​

 

[SJS]

I am really surprised.

Here are some more hints before I tell the answer.

• To the best of my knowledge he wrote about 40 books.
• Besides the book on the 14 cricket matches in England in 1978, he also wrote a book on the 'Mecca' of cricket.
• In addition he wrote a book on another of Australia's much loved sports.
• He wrote several books on several great cities across the globe including
  
  [*]two books on one of Australia's big cities (also a test centre),
  [*]a book each on two of USA's major cities (for one of which he won the Thomas Cook award),
  [*]a book on one of Eastern Europe's great cities,
  [*]a great book on a Turkish city (which won him critical acclaim
  [*]a book on one of India's most famous cities​
• At least two books on monastries/monks and another on the Church.
• at least two other books on India and
• a book on one of the great rivers of the world

Come on Sean and all you other voracious readers. This shouldn't be beyond you

 

[neville cardus]

Okay here is a long one.
Who wrote this beautiful piece?

The bowler has ten aides in the field, but they are helpless to act until that swift cut and thrust, that intensely private moment between the batsman and the bowler, is done. This numerical advantage of the bowling side, however, creates a situation which is almost unique to cricket. It makes batting, consequently the scoring of runs, an act of defiance by one man against a vastly superior force who control the ball all the times, except in that split second when it touches the bat.​

Geoffrey Moorhouse.

 

[neville cardus]

I am really surprised.
Here are some more hints before I tell the answer.

• To the best of my knowledge he wrote about 40 books.
• Besides the book on the 14 cricket matches in England in 1978, he also wrote a book on the 'Mecca' of cricket.
• In addition he wrote a book on another of Australia's much loved sports.
• He wrote several books on several great cities across the globe including
  
  [*]two books on one of Australia's big cities (also a test centre),
  [*]a book each on two of USA's major cities (for one of which he won the Thomas Cook award),
  [*]a book on one of Eastern Europe's great cities,
  [*]a great book on a Turkish city (which won him critical acclaim
  [*]a book on one of India's most famous cities​
• At least two books on monastries/monks and another on the Church.
• at least two other books on India and
• a book on one of the great rivers of the world

Come on Sean and all you other voracious readers. This shouldn't be beyond you

Having viewed all of that, I am one-hundred per cent confident: it is definitely Moorhouse.

 

[neville cardus]

<awaiting confirmation from SJS>

 

[SJS]

Having viewed all of that, I am one-hundred per cent confident: it is definitely Moorhouse.

Sorry folks. I have been away.

Yes it was Moorhouse.

 

[neville cardus]

I take it that I am now meant to provide a quote?

 

[archie mac]

I take it that I am now meant to provide a quote?

Jardine?

 

[pasag]

I don't think that was a quote Archie If I can push ahead of Nev -

What is being referred to here:

"...the best Christmas present Australia ever received from that country."