Can you beat for the cricket guru title?

[JASON]

i thought the clue was too easy ... sorry about the hard question fellas

Your clue could've been a bit subtle , Mate.

Once your clue was posted I did not want to answer it (since it was obvious) since I had asked you for the clue !!

 

[SJS]

i thought the clue was too easy ... sorry about the hard question fellas

Want to ask another one ?

 

[Burpey]

Want to ask another one ?

Nah, I can't ... someone else can post one

 

[biased indian]

an easy one

who is the The first cricketer to be knighted??

 

[JASON]

an easy one

who is the The first cricketer to be knighted??

Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (I think pips Sir Charles Aubrey Smith who was knighted not for cricket but for Anglo-american friendship and contribution to Hollywood )

 

[Somerset]

Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (I think pips Sir Charles Aubrey Smith who was knighted not for cricket but for Anglo-american friendship and contribution to Hollywood )

You seem fairly confident with that answer Jason, you going to post another question?

 

[biased indian]

Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (I think pips Sir Charles Aubrey Smith who was knighted not for cricket but for Anglo-american friendship and contribution to Hollywood )

thats not the one i have will check and verify u r answer soon

 

[biased indian]

Sir Francis Stanley Jackson (I think pips Sir Charles Aubrey Smith who was knighted not for cricket but for Anglo-american friendship and contribution to Hollywood )

u r wrong as far as i know jason

 

[Burpey]

sir pelham warner

 

[JASON]

sir pelham warner

Pelham Warner was knighted in 1937 and I think Aubrey Smith 1944 and Stanley Jackson was knighted before that !!

 

[Burpey]

Pelham Warner was knighted in 1937 and I think Aubrey Smith 1944 and Stanley Jackson was knighted before that !!

so am i right?

 

[biased indian]

So my Question still Stand

Who was the First Crickter To Be Knighted???

 

[JASON]

I think this is one of the trick questions ?

 

[biased indian]

so am i right?

thats what sources i got the question say!!!

 

[JASON]

Was it Vizzy (Maharajah of Vizhianagram) ?

Vizzy was knighted in 1936 before Pelham Warner in 1937 !! Here's Cricinfo excerpt -

When he captained India on their disastrous 1936 tour of England, he was knighted, and so became Sir Gajapatairaj Vijaya Ananda, the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram.

But I am sure Stanley Jackson was knighted before that .

 

[Burpey]

sir pelham warner

i am sure this is correct ... i'm stumped

 

[biased indian]

I think this is one of the trick questions ?

if u can give proof to ur answer u may go next Jason

 

[biased indian]

lets clear the confusion man

the answer from burkey is what i wanted ,if any one else feel that iam wrong sorry

 

[JASON]

if u can give proof to ur answer u may go next Jason

see previous page !!

 

[SJS]

if u can give proof to ur answer u may go next Jason

JASON is correct as always (almost always)

Cricketing Knights
Persons awarded knighthoods for services to cricket:

Sir Francis Lacey
1926

Sir Frederick Toone
1929

Sir Vijaya Ananda (The Rajkumar of Vizianagram)
1936

Sir Pelham Warner
1937

Sir Donald Bradman
1949

Sir Henry Leveson-Gower
1953

Sir Jack Hobbs
1953

Sir Leonard Hutton
1956

Sir Frank Worrell
1964

Sir Neville Cardus
1967

Sir Garfield Sobers
1975

Sir George Allen
1986

Sir Richard Hadlee
1990

Sir Colin Cowdrey
1992

Sir Clyde Walcott
1994

Sir Everton Weekes
1995

Sir Alec Bedser
1997

Sir Conrad Hunte
1998

Sir Vivian Richards
1999