Trivia Question

[Ghostwriter]

I reckon the Aussie is Kim Hughes, batting on all five days of the 1980 Centenary Test due to the number of stops and starts the game had because of the Pommy weather.

Yeah the Aussie is Kim Hughes, Andy Flintoff has achieved it as well.

 

[Wallaby]

Which opening batsman was last dismissed in each innings of a single test match?

 

[Marklar_33]

Which opening batsman was last dismissed in each innings of a single test match?

Lol. The wording is ambiguous! Are you looking for an opening batsman who was the tenth wicket to fall twice in one match?

 

[Wallaby]

Lol. The wording is ambiguous! Are you looking for an opening batsman who was the tenth wicket to fall twice in one match?

Yes that's it. I should have specifed completed innings.

 

[Marklar_33]

Yes that's it. I should have specifed completed innings.

No worries. It took me a couple of reads to decipher, but I've been drinking in the sun all day...

 

[worbod]

Desmond Haynes in the first Test versus New Zealand in 1979-80.

 

[Wallaby]

Desmond Haynes in the first Test versus New Zealand in 1979-80.

You win a pick of the FameGame Board.

 

[worbod]

Which cricketing feat has been achieved by only Gary Gilmour and Joel Garner?

 

[Zach Package]

I always associate Gilmour with getting his hand caught in a ceiling fan, no idea on the question though

 

[Stig O'Hara]

Apart from missing a Test because he had gout, reckon Gus is most famous for getting 6 for v England in a World Cup match, so I'd guess Garner got a 6 for v England, in England as well.

Pretty sure Big Bird never got gout.

 

[worbod]

Garner never took a 6 for in one day internationals, but you're in the right area by looking at their limited overs bowling achievements.

 

[Marklar_33]

5 for on debut? ODI

 

[worbod]

No, sorry.

Gilmour did it first, then Garner did it four years later. Nobody has managed it since.

 

[sherb]

No, sorry.

Gilmour did it first, then Garner did it four years later. Nobody has managed it since.

Five wickets in a World Cup final.

 

[worbod]

Correct. You learn quickly, grasshopper.

 

[Wallaby]

I'm pretty sure a lot of you already know this, but.....

Which Australian Test cricketer won the South Australian Squash Championship?

 

[worbod]

Mr D. Bradman in 1939. This made me curious to discover the score of the game, and I found it in my copy of "The A-Z of Bradman". Bradman was playing a guy named Don Turnbull, a tennis player who had won two men's doubles Aussie Open titles in 1936 and 1937 with Adrian Quist. Turnbull swamped Bradman in the first set 9-0, and then won the second with a 9-4 scoreline. Bradman was down 1-5 in the third before coming back to win 10-8. After winning the fourth set 9-3, Bradman was down 2-7 in the final set, but pulled off another comeback to win 10-8 and take the title. The book states it was an hour-long battle.

 

[worbod]

Which Test cricket record does Paul Collingwood share with former Indian batsman Woorkeri Raman?

 

[worbod]

This would be a record probably neither of them realises they hold. Second on the list is Roger Harper. The joint leading Aussies on the list are Matthew Hayden, Kim Hughes and Brad Hodge, with three instances each. Don Bradman is also on the list, but so is Jim Higgs.

 

[Marklar_33]

Wow. I'm stumped! Trying to focus on Hodge and Woorkeri, seeing as Hodge did it 3 times in 6 Tests and Woorkeri at least 5 in 11!

 

[worbod]

Woorkeri Raman and Collingwood lead the list with 8 occurrences, and Roger Harper achieved 7. Bradman and Higgs managed 1 each.

 

[Stig O'Hara]

I give in, even resorted to cheating on the intramanet.

Sherb, save us!!!!

 

[big_e]

Having a guess here. Is that the number of times they were dropped and came back into the side?

 

[sherb]

My guess would be either -
1. Tests in which they were 12th man or
2. Catches taken as a sub in tests

 

[Wallaby]

We'll it can't be 12th man - since that isn't an official position. In plenty of matches teams don't even name an 'official' 12th man. It's probably not bowling, as Brad Hodge bowled 2 overs in his test career (leg-side long-hops maybe?). It's probably not batting since I can't imagine Jim Higgs holding any sort of batting record (except perhaps forgetting which end of the bat to get hold of).

I suspect fielding. I checked up quite a few, but couldn't find anything. But since Roger Harper and Collingwood both played many tests as subs because they were fantastic fielders, I'm leaning towards Sherb's #2. A quick check of my 1929 Wisden reveals Bradman did take a catch in the one test he was sub, so I'll go with that (not claiming any credit for it). If Peter Cantrell is on the list, that would confirm it.