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The cutoff at 20 is Max Walkers 143 runs. Jason Krejza took 8/215. He didn't make the top 20.
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Name the three people who played Test Cricket, VFL footy and were also named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
What VFL team did they play for and how did one player's Wisden differ from the other two.
What VFL team did they play for and how did one player's Wisden differ from the other two.
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Warwick Armstrong - South Melbourne
Ted McDonald - Essendon
Keith Miller - St Kilda
Not sure what you mean with the other
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Well you've got me on Ted McDonald. I wasn't even aware of him. There is another one that you have missed. His Wisden is different to the three you have identified.
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It's not Warne, is it? Cricketer of the Century. But he only played reserves for St Kilda.
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No it isn't him. This person played more than 50 VFL games.
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Well there's another one. He apparently played 4 games for Essendon. Not him either. There is another one who won his Wisden in different circumstances to the other 4.
Up to 5 players so far, all these years I thought there were only 3.
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There's one who got his Wisden playing for a county side rather than for Australia. Can't for the life of me remember who it was, though.
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You're correct so far.
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It’s not related to Laurie Nash is it
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No, not Laurie.
Bill Alley got his playing for Somerset in 1961 when the other four cricketers of the year were Richie Benaud, Norm O'Neill, Alan Davidson and Bill Lawry.
Is the cricketer who has different Wisden circumstances a player who received a copy of Wisden but it wasn't leather-bound? I would imagine cricketers of the year receiving leather-bound Wisdens is something which Wisden did not do from the very beginning.
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No, neither suggestion is correct. big_e is correct in his answer about how the Wisden was won making it different because all the others were for Test match performances. This person probably played against Alley.
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Bruce Dooland?
EDIT: Probably not, his second sport was baseball, at which he represented SA and Aus. He was also a genuine war hero.
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No not Dooland. Dooland did replace him in a Test and he then replaced Dooland later in the series. They would have definitely played against each other a number of times. Very similar in many aspects.
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Yes that's him. He was a terrific person, small in size and always up for a chat.
George was no longer playing Test Cricket when he was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He won 8 years after his last Test and was living in England and playing County Cricket for Northamptonshire. He performed the double (1,000 run s and 100 wickets) 7 times. Only a small man he kicked 80 goals in 66 games with Footscray up to when he moved to England. As a footballer his ability around goal was once described as, “like smoke through a keyhole”.
Left arm unorthodox bowler who bowled the flipper really well. He was told by opposition County players they could tell when he bowled his flipper because they could hear the noise his fingers made when he bowled it. He didn’t believe that he made any noise, but said nothing and practiced snapping his fingers with his right hand when he delivered the ball and then very effectively used this new skill to thoroughly confuse batsmen. How do I know all this, George was one of my coaches. After his death, I found out that the wife of one of my close friends of 55 years was his granddaughter.
He was a wonderful, helpful and very knowledgeable man.
George was no longer playing Test Cricket when he was named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He won 8 years after his last Test and was living in England and playing County Cricket for Northamptonshire. He performed the double (1,000 run s and 100 wickets) 7 times. Only a small man he kicked 80 goals in 66 games with Footscray up to when he moved to England. As a footballer his ability around goal was once described as, “like smoke through a keyhole”.
Left arm unorthodox bowler who bowled the flipper really well. He was told by opposition County players they could tell when he bowled his flipper because they could hear the noise his fingers made when he bowled it. He didn’t believe that he made any noise, but said nothing and practiced snapping his fingers with his right hand when he delivered the ball and then very effectively used this new skill to thoroughly confuse batsmen. How do I know all this, George was one of my coaches. After his death, I found out that the wife of one of my close friends of 55 years was his granddaughter.
He was a wonderful, helpful and very knowledgeable man.
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How is the famous science fiction writer H. G. Wells connected to a cricketing first?
How is the famous science fiction writer H. G. Wells connected to a cricketing first?
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My immediate response is to suggest that he is related to former England ODI carbon blob Vince Wells but I’m guessing that’s wrong
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First ever first class double hat trick. 4 in 4
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Well done. Correct, his father Joseph Wells playing for Kent was the first bowler to take four wickets in four balls in a first-class cricket match.
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Round 4:
Who was the Test Captain whose great-grandson Captained a VFL Club?
Who was the great-grandson and for which club was he Captain?
Who was the Test Captain whose great-grandson Captained a VFL Club?
Who was the great-grandson and for which club was he Captain?
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