New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[Jarquis]

Go me.
I have no trivia so post another if you so wish Josef.

 

[stumpski]

OK I'll plug the gap with an easy(ish) one. Can you name the batsman who scored his country's first three hundreds in Tests?

 

[fredfertang]

South African?

 

[stumpski]

You're well on the way.

 

[fredfertang]

Without looking it up I know Jimmy Sinclair got one in 1899 - did he get the first three then?

 

[stumpski]

Yes it was Sinclair; it was South Africa's 14th Test in March 1906 before the splendidly named Maitland Hathorn broke Sinclair's monopoly. Sinclair never managed another hundred despite playing for five more years, and he died in 1913. Wisden's obituary included the rather dismissive comment "as a batsman, he was little more than a big hitter."

 

[fredfertang]

A little harsh looking at his record - OK this one should exercise your grey matter

Harry Foster of Worcestershire, Punter Humphreys of Kent, Edward Barrett of Hampshire, Denis Smith of Derbyshire and England and the mighty Graham Gooch of Essex and England are the only players ever to achieve this batting feat - what is it that they all did?

 

[stumpski]

Is it an all-rounder's record?

 

[fredfertang]

Is it an all-rounder's record?

No

 

[Flyonthewall]

Iis it a feat they each achieved over the course of a season?

 

[fredfertang]

Iis it a feat they each achieved over the course of a season?

No

 

[stumpski]

So is it something that they each did in a single match?

 

[fredfertang]

So is it something that they each did in a single match?

Yes

 

[stumpski]

Could this feat have been achieved outside England?

 

[fredfertang]

Could this feat have been achieved outside England?

Yes

 

[Flyonthewall]

Does it involve repetition in some way? (i.e.the same thing happening to them in each innings)

 

[fredfertang]

Does it involve repetition in some way? (i.e.the same thing happening to them in each innings)

No

 

[archie mac]

A record to be proud of?

 

[zaremba]

Is it about the number of runs scored?

 

[fredfertang]

A record to be proud of?

Yes