New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'

[stumpski]

Sort of ... he wasn't actually dismissed though.

 

[zaremba]

Was he absent from the ground for some reason?

 

[stumpski]

Yes.

I think Martin knows this one, but he's left it for someone else to work out.

 

[zaremba]

Was his absence for cricket-related reasons?

 

[stumpski]

It wasn't, no ...

Identifying the bowler might help you.

 

[stumpski]

Didn't phrase that very clearly, did I ... I meant the English player (who was a bowler, a leg-spinner as has been established).

I thought this one was quite well known tbh.

 

[Jarquis]

Tich Freeman?

 

[stumpski]

Not Tich, although he was on the same tour. Opposite end of the age spectrum.

 

[Jarquis]

Ian Peebles?

 

[Flyonthewall]

Wasn't Peebles recorded out as being "absent sunbathing" or something like that? Certainly rings a bell.

 

[stumpski]

You're almost there, I'm going to give it to you as I'm going out soon. He went for a swim at the start of the MCC innings in one of the minor matches, and found on his return that his side was all out, and he'd been recorded as 'absent bathing.'

I think the regime was rather more relaxed in those days.

 

[Flyonthewall]

Cheers Stumpski. Thought I was on the right lines with my answer.

I have discovered, that a suitably tricky question is extremyl difficult to find, especially after 824 pages. So I shall plump for this one.

What is the largest gap in innings scores made by the same side, against the same opponents, in the same season, when was it and who were the two teams involved?

 

[fredfertang]

Was it a County Championship match?

 

[Flyonthewall]

No...and I apologise, I should have made it clear, it's not limited to one match. Just the same season.

 

[Jarquis]

Are Vicotria one of the sides?

 

[Flyonthewall]

They may well be if you spell it correctly, Marcuss.

 

[Jarquis]

Apologies.

Against New South Wales?

 

[Flyonthewall]

Yes. The two sides are named-1/3 of the way there.

 

[Jarquis]

1926/27 season.

I know Victoria made 1107 as the highest score.

 

[Flyonthewall]

Yes-I might as well give it to you, as you have all except the one detail. It was indeed in the 1926-27 season, and the two matches involved Victoria and New South Wales...in the first match Victoria made their epic all-time record 1107, however in the return match one month later they were all out for 35, making a difference of 1072 runs. In the latter innings, Victoria survived for less than 1/10 of the time that they did when making 1107.