Trivia time!

[The_Reaper]

Not Allan Border, but Border played a fair bit against him. A clue would be that this player played his 100th Test in Australia and scored his 100th 100 in the game prior to his 100th Test.

Viv Richards?

 

[worbod]

Correct answer. Merry Christmas, young fella.

 

[Wallaby]

According to legend, which Australian Test Captain scored a century against England while strongly under the affluence of incohol?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

According to legend, which Australian Test Captain scored a century against England while strongly under the affluence of incohol?

Thinking it'd be in the ol' days...Warrick Armstrong or Jack Ryder?

 

[Wallaby]

Correct. The Big Ship. The story was, after he was made captain (in 1920), the Board absolutely hated his guts. There were considerable rumblings about his behavior (not deferential enough to the powers-that-be etc), and he was going to be dropped after the 4th Test in the 1920/21 series and someone else (probably Collins) put in. Armstrong supposedly heard about the plot and had a quiet 'morale booster' before going out to bat. It turned into several 'morale boosters', and some of the MCC members noticed he seemed 'affected while going out to bat'.

Armstrong made 123*. In the 5th test in Sydney he was spotted having drinks with some acquaintances in the bar during the match, and raised his glass to the ACB officials. He went to England as captain, retained the Ashes comfortably, and quit at the end of the series to take up a job in the Whisky industry.

 

[worbod]

Which cricketer's first Test wicket was that of somebody who eventually wrote a biography about the cricketer?

 

[Wallaby]

That would be Garry Sobers dismissing Trevor Bailey.

 

[worbod]

Who were the last two Australians to achieve 500 wickets plus 5000 runs at first class level?

 

[TassieEagle]

Who were the last two Australians to achieve 500 wickets plus 5000 runs at first class level?

Warne and someone else?

 

[worbod]

Yes, Warne and someone else. You're half way there.

 

[Belnakor]

Who were the last two Australians to achieve 500 wickets plus 5000 runs at first class level?

andy bichel

 

[worbod]

Correct, sir.

 

[Belnakor]

i thought Bichel was in with a chance, but he took nearly 800 FC wickets. Fair effort. Only two Australians above 1000 FC wickets afaik

 

[danger_to_walker]

3 off the top of my head:

Giffen
Grimmett (unless you count him as a Kiwi)
Warne

 

[Wallaby]

Garth McKenzie could be close.

Bill Alley.

Bruce Dooland.

Ok - checked them out. Alley didn't, but the other 2 did. Need players who had a decent county career - or thoise players from the 1800s who made multiple tours of England. Albert Trott (yes), Jack Ferris (no), Tony Dodemaide (no), Ted McDonald (yes). Charles Turner toured England 4 times - but only got 993 wickets.

There's probably a couple of others. Up to 7 so far with 1000+. (Warne, Giffen, Grimmett, Trott, McDonald, McKemzie, Dooland).

 

[worbod]

With Albert Trott's name being mentioned above, did Trott become an English citizen in order to play Tests for England? Did he become an English citizen at any stage after he left Australia?

 

[The_Reaper]

With Albert Trott's name being mentioned above, did Trott become an English citizen in order to play Tests for England? Did he become an English citizen at any stage after he left Australia?

Back in those days there wasn't a difference.

 

[Wallaby]

Billy Midwinter played for Australia vs England in 1877, for England vs Australia in 1881-82, and Australia vs England in 1883-84.

 

[Gough]

Which former Test captain made one unofficial appearance for his country's football team against Man Utd?

 

[worbod]

I think we're going to need some sort of clue, perhaps the era when this happened. I would presume this former Test captain did not play the soccer game against Man United for India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh? I don't think soccer is overly popular over there.

 

[Woodson]

Ten years to this day..

On the night of 18 January 2004, Hookes went to the Beaconsfield Hotel in St Kilda, Melbourne, with members of the Victoria and South Australia cricket teams, to celebrate a win by the former over the latter in a one-day match. Shortly after midnight, the party was asked to leave the hotel, though there are conflicting stories as to the reason. It is also unclear whether the party left voluntarily or were forced to leave.
The security staff continued following the party for a short distance outside the hotel. In the altercation that followed one of the bouncers, Zdravko Mićević, punched Hookes. He fell to the ground, hitting his head in the process, and went into cardiac arrest. He was revived by paramedics but did not regain consciousness. He was taken to Melbourne's Alfred Hospital and placed on life support. The following evening, after family and friends had said their goodbyes, Hookes was taken off life support and died shortly afterwards. Hookes was an organ donor and ten people received transplanted organs.
A memorial service was held on Adelaide Oval on 27 January 2004, attended by all members of the Australian, South Australia and Victoria cricket teams, as well as the Premier of Victoria, Steve Bracks. Total attendance was estimated at 10,000. His estranged wife Robyn declined to participate in his memorial service, but sat in one of the outer grandstands.
As for Mićević he was charged with manslaughter, but during the course of the trial the witnesses gave highly conflicting testimony of what occurred and who started the fight. Former test batsman Darren Lehmann in particular told the court that he couldn't recall anything about the night of the incident, aside from how much alcohol he had consumed and telephoning the ambulance. When pressed by Terry Forrest QC, Mićević's lawyer, he continued pleading ignorance and that he believed Hookes wasn't intoxicated, even though tests showed the deceased had a blood-alcohol reading of 0.14. Lehmann's testimony led to accusations by Mr. Forrest that he and others conspired with each other to make false statements about the incident to the police.[13]
Based on the evidence presented in the Victorian Supreme Court the jury was convinced of bouncer's claim that Hookes had punched him first, without provocation. As a result Mićević was acquitted.

 

[The_Reaper]

Which former Test captain made one unofficial appearance for his country's football team against Man Utd?

I suspect he's South African for some reason

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Which former Test captain made one unofficial appearance for his country's football team against Man Utd?

Viv Richards?

 

[Gough]

He captained his side in the 1970s.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

Mark Burgess - New Zealand