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date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:49:45 +0000,    group: uk.sport.cricket        back       
Cricket quiz November 2009 - E v SA special   
1. When did SA first play a Test in England?

2. Who was the Yorkshireman who captained SA in the Triangular 
Tournament of 1912?

3. Which SA fast bowler had a Test record of  4 Tests (all against 
England)  with 25 wickets ave 18.76 ?

4. Who scored SA's first Test century?

5. Who  first took 10 or more wickets in a Test for SA?

6. Who scored the first double century in E v SA matches?

7. What is the highest number of wickets taken by a bowler in an E v SA 
Test? .

8. The cheapest ever 30 or more wickets in a Test series  owas taken in 
E V SA matches. Who was the bowler?

9. When SA returned to Test cricket in 1992 which country did they first 
play?

10. On the first tour of England which included Test matches the SA 
bowling was primarily based on no less than four LBG  bowlers who often 
played in the same Test team. Name them.

RH
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date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:49:45 +0000   author:   Robert Henderson

Re: Cricket quiz November 2009 - E v SA special   
In article ,
 Robert Henderson  writes:
>
>1. When did SA first play a Test in England?

1907.
>
>2. Who was the Yorkshireman who captained SA in the Triangular
>Tournament of 1912?

Sherwell?
>
>3. Which SA fast bowler had a Test record of  4 Tests (all against
>England)  with 25 wickets ave 18.76 ?

Kotze?

>
>4. Who scored SA's first Test century?
>
>5. Who  first took 10 or more wickets in a Test for SA?
>
>6. Who scored the first double century in E v SA matches?

Bill Edrich?
>
>7. What is the highest number of wickets taken by a bowler in an E v SA
>Test? .
>
>8. The cheapest ever 30 or more wickets in a Test series  owas taken in
>E V SA matches. Who was the bowler?

SF Barnes.

>
>9. When SA returned to Test cricket in 1992 which country did they
>first play?
>
>10. On the first tour of England which included Test matches the SA
>bowling was primarily based on no less than four LBG  bowlers who often
>played in the same Test team. Name them.

Vogler, Schwartz, Faulkner and the other one whose name escapes me at
the moment.
>
>RH

-- 
John Hall  "[It was] so steep that at intervals the street broke into steps,
            like a person breaking into giggles or hiccups, and then resumed
            its sober climb, until it had another fit of steps."
                                      Ursula K Le Guin "The Beginning Place"
date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:31:40 +0000   author:   John Hall

Re: Cricket quiz November 2009 - E v SA special   
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:31:40 +0000, John Hall
 wrote:

>In article ,
> Robert Henderson  writes:
>>
>>1. When did SA first play a Test in England?
>
>1907.
>>
>>2. Who was the Yorkshireman who captained SA in the Triangular
>>Tournament of 1912?
>
>Sherwell?
>>
>>3. Which SA fast bowler had a Test record of  4 Tests (all against
>>England)  with 25 wickets ave 18.76 ?
>
>Kotze?
>
>>
>>4. Who scored SA's first Test century?
>>
>>5. Who  first took 10 or more wickets in a Test for SA?
>>
>>6. Who scored the first double century in E v SA matches?
>
>Bill Edrich?
>>
>>7. What is the highest number of wickets taken by a bowler in an E v SA
>>Test? .

17 by Sid Barnes I think
>>
>>8. The cheapest ever 30 or more wickets in a Test series  owas taken in
>>E V SA matches. Who was the bowler?
>
>SF Barnes.
>
>>
>>9. When SA returned to Test cricket in 1992 which country did they
>>first play?

India
>>
>>10. On the first tour of England which included Test matches the SA
>>bowling was primarily based on no less than four LBG  bowlers who often
>>played in the same Test team. Name them.
>
>Vogler, Schwartz, Faulkner and the other one whose name escapes me at
>the moment.

White. However as I understand it Schwartz didn't bowl leggies, just
googlies.
-- 
"Hope is replaced by fear and dreams by survival, most of us get by."
Stuart Adamson 1958-2001

Mad Hamish
Hamish Laws
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date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:45:44 +1100   author:   Mad Hamish

Re: Cricket quiz November 2009 - E v SA special   
On 31 Oct, 17:31, John Hall  wrote:
> In article ,
>  Robert Henderson  writes:

> >4. Who scored SA's first Test century?

Sinclair.

> >7. What is the highest number of wickets taken by a bowler in an E v SA
> >Test? .

17(-159, SF Barnes)

> >8. The cheapest ever 30 or more wickets in a Test series  owas taken in
> >E V SA matches. Who was the bowler?
>
> SF Barnes.

Lohmann (35 @ 5.8 or so)

> >9. When SA returned to Test cricket in 1992 which country did they
> >first play?

WI
date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 02:57:50 -0800 (PST)   author:   Andrew B.

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