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[LongHopCassidy]

Andrew Symonds?

Is Andrew Symonds of Chinese descent? He appeared to me as having Aboriginal ancestry.

 

[bryce]

it's definately chee quee, andrew symonds? isn't he english

 

[benchmark00]

it's definately chee quee, andrew symonds? isn't he english

damnit, beat me too it! i had to register first,lol... yeah im pretty sure its richard chee quee too.... symonds is part greek i think

 

[bryce]

nah Dasa beat me, he's been in form of late

 

[Deja moo]

Symonds is part Black .

 

[benchmark00]

yeah im pretty confident that he was bron in england to at least one greek parent, he was on the tv 'Greeks on the roof' lol.... which for all of you non aussies is (or was) a show in australia... i was suprised

 

[BoyBrumby]

Sorry guys, it's not Andrew Symonds or Richard Chee Quee.

Time for a clue?

 

[benchmark00]

haha yes please..... couldve swore it was chee que,lol

 

[benchmark00]

hmmmm it wasnt Ellis Achong was it? i know he played for the west indies but im just wondering if he played SS? i know he came up with the googly i think... hmmm i could be sounding stupid here lol

 

[BoyBrumby]

It wasn't Achong, no. I dunno if he played SS or not.

My first clue is:

he was a leg-spinner.

 

[benchmark00]

no idea

Look, in all honesty i have no idea, lol.... and i dont wanna google it cause thatd be cheating,lol... i know achong played in the 30's for west indies (still not sure if he played SS) so by your reaction was it prior to the 1930's? perhaps early 1900's? if not was it sorta recently? like maybe still playing? stuart macgill has a middle name of like glyndwr or something,lol.... that sounds sorta chinese? haha im clutching at straws here..... another clue maybe? lol

 

[BoyBrumby]

Fair play, BM00!

Ok, two more clues:

2) He was born in NSW, but played SS for Queensland

3) He played against DRJ's all-conquering English tourists (although not necessarily for QLD

 

[benchmark00]

all-conquering English!? hhahaha must've be a while ago..... hehe.... any excuse to fire up an england Vs Australia debate... lol

 

[BoyBrumby]

all-conquering English!? hhahaha must've be a while ago..... hehe.... any excuse to fire up an england Vs Australia debate... lol

72 years ago to be precise! About the last time we held The Ashes, or so it seems!

 

[benchmark00]

haha if i wanted to a smart **** i could say that the answer would have to be an Aboriginal because i read somewhere that all aboriginals are distant descendants of the chinese.... haha god i sound like an idiot

 

[benchmark00]

ok the only chance im gonna get this is if you give me another clue.... lol.... did he play for Australia against jardine's team? or did he ever play for Australia? or maybe he played for another country?

 

[bryce]

same with islanders too apparently

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ok, more clues:

4) He played against The MCC for a Queensland Country XII in a non-FC tour match;

5) His first-class career (a brief one) ended 7 years previously.

 

[benchmark00]

*has obsolutely no idea*

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ok, 2 more clues:

6) The 32/33 tour match he featured in was played on February 1st & 2nd 1933;

7) His figures in the 1st MCC innings were 2 for 123 off only 15 overs, but included Hebert Sutcliffe stumped by a then 16 year old Don Tallon (Bradman's favourite keeper, apparently).