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Can you beat for the cricket guru title?
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archie mac
International Coach
Well done SJS, would you have solved it, without the big bertha hint?SJS said:
Your turn
archie mac
International Coach
Always one of my favorites old 'pony' I saw him interviewed late in life. They could not coax him to say anthing about his great career, he was just to modest. I wonder how he would fit in today?SJS said:
Question -
Read the following and name the cricketer concerned.
After being over looked by selectors for A test, he asked to be twelfth man for the next FC game .
" There he came out with the drinks steward, attired in a grey suit with red carnation, carrying a tray with a scent spray, a portable radio and cigars which he offered to the players and umpires. He received a mixed reception from the crowd."
"In a match in England in 1948 after a strong appeal had been turned down by A. Skelding, the umpire, a dog ran on to the field. He captured the animal and carried it to Skelding with the caustic comment: Now all you want is a white stick."
Read the following and name the cricketer concerned.
After being over looked by selectors for A test, he asked to be twelfth man for the next FC game .
" There he came out with the drinks steward, attired in a grey suit with red carnation, carrying a tray with a scent spray, a portable radio and cigars which he offered to the players and umpires. He received a mixed reception from the crowd."
"In a match in England in 1948 after a strong appeal had been turned down by A. Skelding, the umpire, a dog ran on to the field. He captured the animal and carried it to Skelding with the caustic comment: Now all you want is a white stick."
Burpey
Cricketer Of The Year
Sid Barnes ?JASON said:Question -
Read the following and name the cricketer concerned.
After being over looked by selectors for A test, he asked to be twelfth man for the next FC game .
" There he came out with the drinks steward, attired in a grey suit with red carnation, carrying a tray with a scent spray, a portable radio and cigars which he offered to the players and umpires. He received a mixed reception from the crowd."
"In a match in England in 1948 after a strong appeal had been turned down by A. Skelding, the umpire, a dog ran on to the field. He captured the animal and carried it to Skelding with the caustic comment: Now all you want is a white stick."
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Sid Barnes is correct.burkey_1988 said:
Next season, having been passed over by the Selectors for a Test against South Africa, Barnes asked to be twelfth man for New South Wales at Adelaide. There he came out with the drinks steward, attired in a grey suit with red carnation, carrying a tray with a scent spray, a portable radio and cigars which he offered to the players and umpires. He received a mixed reception from the crowd. After that season he again took to the Press Box.
In a match in England in 1948 after a strong appeal had been turned down by A. Skelding, the umpire, a dog ran on to the field. Barnes captured the animal and carried it to Skelding with the caustic comment: Now all you want is a white stick.
He had a brief spell with Burnley, the Lancashire League club, in 1947, but the contract was ended by mutual consent before the season ended.
Gideon Haigh, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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