New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[stumpski]

Very good! I was wondering how you were going to get it if you didn't know he was South African - hence the final clue.

Over to you sir.

 

[fredfertang]

Two of my hundreds were firsts. But first what? And who the hell am I?

Englishman from a cricketing family

 

[SJS]

Two of my hundreds were firsts. But first what? And who the hell am I?

Englishman from a cricketing family

Are these Test hundreds?

Are you from England?

Did you make your debut before WW2?

 

[fredfertang]

Are these Test hundreds?

Are you from England?

Did you make your debut before WW2?

No Yes and Yes

 

[stumpski]

Were they the first hundreds (a) for a particular team or (b) at a particular venue?

 

[fredfertang]

No and No

 

[stumpski]

Did this player's career end before World War One?

 

[SJS]

Did you play Test cricket?

If yes, did you make your Test debut before WW1?

 

[fredfertang]

Did this player's career end before World War One?

No

 

[fredfertang]

Did you play Test cricket?

If yes, did you make your Test debut before WW1?

yes and yes

 

[SJS]

yes and yes

Did you score five or more Test hundreds?

 

[Precambrian]

Did you play test cricket post WW1?

 

[fredfertang]

Did you score five or more Test hundreds?

No

 

[fredfertang]

Did you play test cricket post WW1?

Yes

And before as well

 

[Precambrian]

Can't go beyond Wilfred Rhodes and at sea as to what these 2 100s were!!!

 

[archie mac]

Mead?

 

[fredfertang]

Neither Rhodes nor Mead - the second 100 is a tad artificial so I will give that as a clue - he is the only man, and therefore the first, to have scored a first class century on his 50th birthday

 

[Precambrian]

George Gunn - ?

http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13489.html

 

[fredfertang]

Well done - just the other "first" to go!

 

[Precambrian]

He made a test 100 on debut. But we aren't talking about test hundreds, are we? Give up.