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By Ged
February 7 2005

9) Who reputedly was the first batsman to wear a protective helmet at the crease

a) Mike Brearley

b) Patsey Hendren

c) W.G. Grace

d) Mike Gatting

 

10) Which Prime Minister played for Middlesex?

a) Lord Liverpool

b) Lord Salbury

c) Lord Balfour

d) Lord Home

 

11) Name the Prime Minister who had a son play for Middlesex?

a) David Lloyd George

b) Lord Rosebery

c) Winston Churchill

d) Ramsey McDonald

 

12) Name the last three Etonian England Captains (two of them were Middlesex players)

a) Mike Brearley, Mike Gatting and Michael Atherton

b) George Mann, Gubby Allen and Arthur Carr

c) Mike Brearley, Ted Dexter and George Mann

d) Ted Dexter, Peter May, Douglas Jardine

 

13) When Bill Edrich scored 12 and Denis Compton scored 1 how many did Len Hutton score

a) 0

b) 1

c) 364

d) 375

 

14) What distinguished the Middlesex side of 1981?

a) Won the Benson and Hedges Cup

b) Came bottom of the County Championship

c) Boasted 11 players with test caps to their names

d) All of the above

 

15) Name the only Nobel Laureate to have played first class cricket

a) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

b) Samuel Beckett

c) Albert Camus

d) Viv Richards

 

And the tie breaker; Between the 2nd of February 2003 and the 1st of February 2005, how many posts were made on the message board?

 

Answers should be submitted to david.slater@middx.tk no later than 16th February 2005.