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New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'
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SJS
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Many stories have come up on this not so old story. Ram Chandra Guha, called a cricket historian wrote in an article in 2001 in The Hindu ...
This team had within its ranks Wesley Hall, one of the greatest of new-ball bowlers, and Roy Gilchrist, faster and more furious still. A pair that could have carried all before it for years to come was to be prematurely broken. Halfway through the tour, the West Indies were down to play the North Zone in Amritsar. One of the local side's openers, Swaranjit Singh, liked to wear huge and gaily coloured turbans. Gilchrist bounced the batsman, hitting him on the head. The fast bowler later claimed that he was challenged by Singh's taunt, issued via public loudspeakers before the match, that he would "tame" Gilchrist. Others think that the bowler was provoked by the size and colour of the headgear. Anyway, his captain Gerry Alexander asked him to pitch the ball up. But Gilly bounced the opener again, and again. That was the last day of play he saw on tour, or ever again as a West Indies player, for Alexander had him sent home for "insubordination". Gilchrist was to spend the rest of his cricketing life in the Lancashire Leagues, a rebel till the end. He would appear for every league match with a white girl on his arm, not always the same one. As one would expect, the English were infuriated.
Possibly the most salient fact in the episode that ended Gilchrist's Test career is that Swaranjit and Alexander had once played at Lord's together, for Cambridge University, no less. The ties of class would, in this case, over-ride the bonds of nationality.
The factual errors in Guha's account maybe minor, like the match was not in the middle but at the fag end of the tour, Swaranjit was not the opening batsman but was batting at number four in this match but thye make me doubt his claim that Alexander's reaction had anything to do with the "ties of class" he shared with the Indian. But this is one of the much less fantastic stories that have sprouted out of this episode. Swaranjit clearly had difficulty living down this incident.
This team had within its ranks Wesley Hall, one of the greatest of new-ball bowlers, and Roy Gilchrist, faster and more furious still. A pair that could have carried all before it for years to come was to be prematurely broken. Halfway through the tour, the West Indies were down to play the North Zone in Amritsar. One of the local side's openers, Swaranjit Singh, liked to wear huge and gaily coloured turbans. Gilchrist bounced the batsman, hitting him on the head. The fast bowler later claimed that he was challenged by Singh's taunt, issued via public loudspeakers before the match, that he would "tame" Gilchrist. Others think that the bowler was provoked by the size and colour of the headgear. Anyway, his captain Gerry Alexander asked him to pitch the ball up. But Gilly bounced the opener again, and again. That was the last day of play he saw on tour, or ever again as a West Indies player, for Alexander had him sent home for "insubordination". Gilchrist was to spend the rest of his cricketing life in the Lancashire Leagues, a rebel till the end. He would appear for every league match with a white girl on his arm, not always the same one. As one would expect, the English were infuriated.
Possibly the most salient fact in the episode that ended Gilchrist's Test career is that Swaranjit and Alexander had once played at Lord's together, for Cambridge University, no less. The ties of class would, in this case, over-ride the bonds of nationality.
The factual errors in Guha's account maybe minor, like the match was not in the middle but at the fag end of the tour, Swaranjit was not the opening batsman but was batting at number four in this match but thye make me doubt his claim that Alexander's reaction had anything to do with the "ties of class" he shared with the Indian. But this is one of the much less fantastic stories that have sprouted out of this episode. Swaranjit clearly had difficulty living down this incident.
I had posted a question on Saturday (five posts above this). Looks like it did not get noticed :
Four batsmen who are connected by a similar record -
1. An early Indian cricketer
2. A South African
3. A post war Englishman
4. An Indian batsman
Who and what is/are the record(s) ?
Four batsmen who are connected by a similar record -
1. An early Indian cricketer
2. A South African
3. A post war Englishman
4. An Indian batsman
Who and what is/are the record(s) ?
archie mac
International Coach
Is it a record to be proud of?
Did the Englishman play Test cricket?
Did the Englishman play Test cricket?
archie mac
International Coach
Did the Englshman play Ashes cricket?
If yes did he captain England in an Ashes Test?
If yes did he captain England in an Ashes Test?
archie mac
International Coach
Did he captain against Australia before 1970?
If yes did he captain against Aust. before 1960?
I assume you were talking about WWll?
If yes did he captain against Aust. before 1960?
I assume you were talking about WWll?
9. Did he captain against Australia before 1970? Yes
10. If yes did he captain against Aust. before 1960? No
Q I assume you were talking about WWll?
I didn't say anything about WWII. All I have said so far is that the first guy was an early Indian (Test) cricketer.
10. If yes did he captain against Aust. before 1960? No
Q I assume you were talking about WWll?
I didn't say anything about WWII. All I have said so far is that the first guy was an early Indian (Test) cricketer.
archie mac
International Coach
I figured a post war Englishman was in reference to WWll?Tapioca said:
Is the Englishman Lord Ted Dexter?
