New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[JASON]

Is it a list of players who scored most runs after their 40th birthday and of players who took most wickets after their 40th birthday ?

 

[SJS]

Is it a list of players who scored most runs after their 40th birthday and of players who took most wickets after their 40th birthday ?

NO

 

[SJS]

1 Allen Gubby
2 Blackie
3 Close Brian
4 Grace WG
5 Grimmett
6 Gunn George
7 Hendren
8 Ironmonger
9 Nourse AW
10 Rhodes Wilfred
11 Woolley Frank

This is a very interesting and competent test side (if you get Woolley to keep wickets).

I have put them in alphabatic order. If you put them in a particular batting order they contribute to what is surely an unbeatable world record.

1. What is that order ?
2. What is that unbeatable record ?

Q1. This is the list of the oldest players to play Tests.....NO
Q2. Is the order anything to do with scoring centuries?.....NO
Q3. Is it to do with the length of their FC careers?....NO
Q4. Is it a list of players who scored most runs after their 40th birthday and of players who took most wickets after their 40th birthday ?....NO

 

[Pratters]

Is it a list of 'first' some thing?

 

[SJS]

Q5. Is it a list of 'first' some thing?.....NO

 

[Tapioca]

6. Something about doing something at a particular age (for eg, HS at the age of 52, 51 etc) ?

 

[JASON]

Is it the list of oldest player at each batting position to do some thing (ie a century or take five wickets) perhaps ?

 

[SJS]

6. Something about doing something at a particular age (for eg, HS at the age of 52, 51 etc) ?

YES...Kind of

 

[SJS]

Is it the list of oldest player at each batting position to do some thing (ie a century or take five wickets) perhaps ?

NO...Not exactly Sorry I cant be more specific without giving away the answer

 

[JASON]

I cant think of anything so I just made this up

1 Allen Gubby
2 Blackie
3 Close Brian
4 Grace WG
5 Grimmett
6 Gunn George
7 Hendren
8 Ironmonger
9 Nourse AW
10 Rhodes Wilfred
11 Woolley Frank

This is a very interesting and competent test side (if you get Woolley to keep wickets).

I have put them in alphabatic order. If you put them in a particular batting order they contribute to what is surely an unbeatable world record.

1. What is that order ?
2. What is that unbeatable record ?

PS : Its pretty simple but I am not able to think of anything else

All I have is that Rhodes at 53 is the only Test cricketer to have played in his 53rd year and thus holds the record for the best bowling and batting in his 53rd year.
"Dainty" Ironmonger has the best bowling at age 51, 50 and 49 , Don Blackie at age 47, Clarrie Grimmet Aged 44, 45 and Frank Wolley at age 43 .
In terms of batting the aforementioned Wilfred Rhodes was the only player to play in his 53rd year.
No one played Test cricket in their 52 nd year. George Gunn has the best batting performance at age 51 while Dainty Ironmonger at age 50, Wifred Rhodes(again) at age 49 and Frank Wolley at age 45 . (46-48 Sir JB Hobbs -who is not on this list !! )

Unable to put these all together . Can any one ?

 

[SJS]

Okay here is the batting order

1 Gunn
2 Grace
3 Frank Woolley
4 Close
5 Nourse
6 Gubby Allen
7 Hendren
8 Grimmett
9 Blackie
10 Rhodes
11 Ironmonger

The record lies in this order !

 

[archie mac]

Okay here is the batting order

1 Gunn
2 Grace
3 Frank Woolley
4 Close
5 Nourse
6 Gubby Allen
7 Hendren
8 Grimmett
9 Blackie
10 Rhodes
11 Ironmonger

The record lies in this order !

Is it the oldest player to bat in each position, in a Test Match?

 

[SJS]

Is it the oldest player to bat in each position, in a Test Match?

YESSS !!

Player Years Days
1 Gunn G 50 294
2 WG 50 318
3 Woolley 47 83
4 Nourse 46 202
5 Close 45 113
6 Allen Gubby 45 240
7 Hendren 46 37
8 Grimmett 44 65
9 Blackie 46 254
10 Rhodes 52 156
11 Ironmonger 50 322
TOTAL 526 259

Nearly 48 years on average. These players played at these position and the age given is their age when they played in that position.

Except Close and Blackie, all of them were playing their last match so it was the oldest age at which they played tests. Close was older by 21 days and Blackie by 48 days when they played their last test but not in the same batting position.

BTW, like most stat based questions I ask, I worked this one out myself.

I was surprised to see Gubby Allen and Grimmett as high as six and eight and Hendren as low as seven.

Your turn.

 

[archie mac]

Good question that SJS, but when ever you say easy, I become very worried


Another conversation, I want you to name the two people having it, one is a Test cricketer the other; well I think, his identity is easy to work out

'look here' said Blank 'I've got an idea. What about me slipping a carbon paper into my copy today for you and you can do the same for me tomorrow. We both write the same sort of stuff'.

I think it is true to say that that was the only time I have seen Blank stumped for a word.

 

[JASON]

? Max Walker

 

[JASON]

If not then did this conversation happen pre 70s or post 70s ?

 

[archie mac]

? Max Walker No not Max


If not then did this conversation happen pre 70s or post 70s ? Pre

I thought reference to the use of carbon paper might help. Though not sure why

 

[Burpey]

What is carbon paper by the way ?

 

[Dasa]

What is carbon paper by the way ?

It's used to copy documents and stuff...you put it in between the original sheet and the blank sheet to copy onto, and then go over the original which then transfers to the blank sheet underneath.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_paper explains it better.

 

[JASON]

Arthur Mailey ?