New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[SJS]

just wait, let me try

 

[SJS]

In 1931 in his 63rd year, he scored 183 (opening the innings) against Warwickshire. An inings in which his son son George Gunn Jr (GV Gunn) also scored a hundred.

I dont know if that is some weird kind of record but I doubt it.

 

[SJS]

It was also his son's first century in first class cricket.

 

[fredfertang]

Not what I had in mind - the date is what is significant

 

[SJS]

He scored the first century after the first world war ended in May 1919 in the very first match played after the war - Middlesex versus Nottinghamshire at Lord's.

 

[fredfertang]

That's right - beat Kelleway of the AIF XI by a short head

 

[stumpski]

In 1931 in his 63rd year, he scored 183 (opening the innings) against Warwickshire. An inings in which his son son George Gunn Jr (GV Gunn) also scored a hundred.

I don't know if that is some weird kind of record but I doubt it.

I had to check that, and he was in his 53rd year actually, venerable enough though. Someone will know who the oldest man to make a first-class hundred is - WG Grace made one for London County v MCC in a match that started on his 56th birthday, and the only older that I know of is another WG, Willie Quaife in his final match in 1928.

 

[SJS]

I had to check that, and he was in his 53rd year actually, venerable enough though. Someone will know who the oldest man to make a first-class hundred is - WG Grace made one for London County v MCC in a match that started on his 56th birthday, and the only older that I know of is another WG, Willie Quaife in his final match in 1928.

Just a typographical error.

 

[SJS]

Okay here goes the next.

The two of us played two innings which are very similar in some respects but they are also unique. No one has done this (the unique aspect of those two innings), in about a hundred years, and it is unlikely that anyone will do it again.

Who are we, which are these two innings and what was unique about them ?

 

[bryce]

Are the two of you related?

 

[SJS]

Q1. Are the two of you related?......NO
But we had the same first name

(Doubt if you can tell much from that though)

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Were the innings in the same match?

 

[SJS]

Q2. Were the innings in the same match? ........ NO but its uncanny how much the two matches are alike !!

 

[fredfertang]

Are the innings test innings?

 

[SJS]

Q3. Are the innings test innings? ......NO

 

[SJS]

This seems to have got bogged down so I presume it is not allowing any chance to seek an entry for asking question. What do we know so far.

The two of us played two innings which are very similar in some respects but they are also unique. No one has done this (the unique aspect of those two innings), in about a hundred years, and it is unlikely that anyone will do it again.

Who are we, which are these two innings and what was unique about them ?

Q1. Are the two of you related?......NO
Q2. Were the innings in the same match? ........ NO
Q3. Are the innings test innings? ......NO

In addition we have been told that
- the two of us had the same first name
- that the matches were uncannily similar.

Let me add to that.

- Both innings were centuries.
- Both innings were against the same side.

 

[bryce]

Were the two innings in the same season?

 

[SJS]

Q4. Were the two innings in the same season? ........NO But here is the next similarity, they were exactly one year apart - plus/minus 24 hours !!

 

[fredfertang]

Were the innings played in England?

 

[SJS]

Q5. Were the innings played in England? ..... YES