New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[zaremba]

Did he on either ocassion score more than the rest of his side combined?

Yes, twice, but that's not the answer

 

[fredfertang]

Is it an integral part of the feats or either of them that a double century is involved ?

or ditto a single century?

 

[zaremba]

Is it an integral part of the feats or either of them that a double century is involved ?

No

or ditto a single century?

Yes

 

[zaremba]

What two unusual feats did CB Fry achieve against Middlesex in 1898?

1. Batting feats? Yes

2. Do the feats relate to weight of runs scored? Yes

3. Does the answer involve the home and away fixtures combined? Yes: one feat was at home, the other away

4. Does it involve him doing the same thing in each of the two matches?: No

5. Did he on either ocassion score more than the rest of his side combined?: Yes

6. Is it an integral part of the feats or either of them that a double century is involved? No

7. Is it an integral part of the feats or either of them that a century is involved? Yes

 

[fredfertang]

Did he get a century in each innings in both matches?

 

[zaremba]

Did he get a century in each innings in both matches?

He got a century in both innings in the away fixture, which was the second (and perhaps less remarkable) of the two events.

One down, one to go.

 

[fredfertang]

Did he score one century in the other match?

If so was it in the first innings?

 

[zaremba]

Yes
Yes

You're nearly there but there are two more important aspects about his innings in that match

 

[zaremba]

Correction - he got the twin hundreds at Hove

 

[fredfertang]

Was that his fourth consecutive century?

 

[zaremba]

No (I don't think so)

 

[Pothas]

Yes
Yes

You're nearly there but there are two more important aspects about his innings in that match

Is it something to do with the time taken to score his runs?

 

[zaremba]

No

 

[fredfertang]

Is the precise number of runs he scored of any relevance?

 

[zaremba]

In part, yes.

 

[zaremba]

Okay a little clue. In the home fixture, he was as consistent as you could get. Away from home, rather less so...

 

[fredfertang]

OK - so on the basis I've already established he got a ton in the first innings was it a primary club job in the second?

 

[zaremba]

Indeed.

In fact he went one better, and carried his bat with a century. And was then out first ball in the second innings. I'm pretty sure that's unique.

And then 2 weeks later he got twin hundreds in the away fixture.

His level of achievement in cricket and other spheres really is gobsmacking.

Well done Fred. At least it kept you guessing for longer than my previous effort (batsmen who cleared the St Lawrence lime) which occupied you for, if memory serves, two questions

 

[Hurricane]

I am new to this game but will try to post a question.

I once tried a unique style of preparation before a game.
Who am I
What was my outcome during the game
What was the preparation

 

[fredfertang]

Were you born before 1914?