Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[JASON]

Hunter Poon

 

[benchmark00]

ok im spent, i have gone through the list of every Cricketer ever to play SS for Queensland and i cant find one which was a leg spinner and ended his First class Career in 1926... lol maybe im not looking hard enough

 

[benchmark00]

Didnt Queensland enter SS in 1926/27? hmm im confused

 

[benchmark00]

i think we have a winner

 

[JASON]

Didnt Queensland enter SS in 1926/27? hmm im confused

You are right.
But States not playing Sheffield Shield were playing First class matches with one or other of the States as one off in the years preceding entry into Sheffield Shield. For instance Tassie V Vic is the first ever recorded FC match in Australia (played at Launceston) in 1851!!
Hunter Poon is said to have been of three quarter Chinese descent and it appears only played one FC match for Queensland v Vic in 1924 .(The MCC V Queensland Country XII match played at Toowoomba, before the 4th Test of the Body line series was a draw, but not considered a FC match !!)

 

[benchmark00]

ahhhh yeah i knew that (good thinking by the way). Its just when he said Sheffield shield i assumed it was 1926+... my bad, i guess.... technicality,lol

 

[BoyBrumby]

Hunter Poon

Yes! Hooray! I knew I could rely on Jason the oracle!

Sorry for the delay, been watching us v SA, then comp has funny turn.

Over to you...

 

[JASON]

Thanks for the compliments, Mate !!

Question -

Which is the first known instance of a bowler refusing to bowl in a Test Match because of a disagreement with his Captain ? (The bowler in question was the leading wicket taker on tour. Thus helping his opposition win the Test!!)

 

[bryce]

Was it Sydney Francis Barnes who refused to play in the 5th Test of the 1913/14 tour to South Africa?

 

[JASON]

Was it Sydney Francis Barnes who refused to play in the 5th Test of the 1913/14 tour to South Africa?

Bryce you have got the name right!! But not Syd and was years earlier !!

This chap played but refused to bowl because of disagreement with his skipper even though he was the leading wicket taker on tour as well as being a brilliant all rounder !!

(Try a different Barnes )

 

[bryce]

hmmm Bill Barnes?

 

[bryce]

real name is William Barnes actually

 

[JASON]

hmmm Bill Barnes?

Correct. Despite being a brilliant all rounder and leading wicket taker, Bill Barnes refused to bowl in the third Test Of the 1884/5 series in Sydney,because of disagreement with his captain Arthur Shrewsbury !!

Australia won the Test by 6 runs.

Barnes had scored 134 and 28 not out and taken 3/51 in the first Test win in Adelaide by 8 wickets, 58 and 3/50 and 6/31 in the second Test win by 10 wickets in Melbourne, but in the third (when he refused to bowl) scored 0 and 5 in the 6 run loss in Sydney.

In the fourth Test at Sydney he scored 50 and 20 and took 4/61 and 1/15 in an 8 wicket loss to Australia, and 2/47 and 74 in the final series clinching victory at the MCG which England won by an innings and 98 runs .

Your turn !!

 

[bryce]

Who is the only person in the entire history of First Class cricket to score a double century in each innings?

 

[BoyBrumby]

I know this one! Saw it on Beeb website a while ago.

Arthur Fagg.

 

[marc71178]

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

For a brief time he was, then he decided he wasn't

 

[SJS]

I know this one! Saw it on Beeb website a while ago.

Arthur Fagg.

Yes. I can confirm you are right. He scored 244 and 202 not out against Essex in 1938.

Your turn to ask.

 

[bryce]

eh em i will confirm

Correct BoyBrumby. Your turn

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ok, apologies for delay. The necessity for sleep!

In his editorial for The Cricketer magazine dated May 20 1933 Plum Warner described a well-known test player as being,

"particularly well endowed in the lower part of his anatomy"

Who was this lucky chap?

 

[benchmark00]

lol i know its off topic but i read that its boybrumby's birthday today! haha.. happy birthday quizmaster!... stop asking impossible questions! lol