Let's get Quizzical Part 1

Here's the first in a series of winter quizzes devised by Middlesex Infinitum.   Some of these questions are tough but is a bit of fun. I will keep cummalitive scores as we go on. The deadline is 13th December so plenty of time. PM Middlesex Infinitum with answers or send to mtwdadmin@googlemail.com>

NOVEMBER

All statistics were correct when the quiz was completed on 29/10/2015.

Unless otherwise stated, all players referenced in the quiz have appeared for Middlesex in a first team game be it a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match.

1. In a County Championship match at Lord’s, which opposition player was run out after collapsing in agony attempting a quick single, having torn the Achilles tendon in his left leg?

2. Who was Middlesex’s first professional captain?

3. In what year did Middlesex lose to Herefordshire in the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy?

4.Norman Featherstone & Will Slack are the only players in the club’s history to register what feat?

5. During which first-class match did Middlesex use three wicket-keepers in one afternoon?

6. On two separate occasions in his Test career, who took eight wickets in one innings but failed to take ten wickets in the match?

7. Which pair put on a 150 run partnership for the first wicket, in a first-class match for Middlesex, three times within a fortnight?

8.When did Middlesex last lose to a University side in a first-class match and who were the opposition?

9.In List A cricket who took a six wicket haul for Middlesex and two years later took another six wicket haul against the same opposition, on the same ground?

 10. What was Middlesex’s inaugural first team match at Brunton Memorial Ground, Radlett?

 11.  How many Middlesex cricketers have played in a World Cup Final? (1pt)

Can you name them? (3pts for correctly naming every player)

(Total: 4pts)

  12. In what Gillette Cup match was John Price nominated as man of the match by the adjudicator (C.J.Barnett), for his fine fielding on the boundary?

 13. Who is the only player to score a hundred and take five wickets in each innings of a first-class match for Middlesex?

14 Which Middlesex players won a solitary Test cap for England during their careers, making them ill-fated members of England’s ‘One Test Wonders’ club? (6pts)

15. In List A matches who took four 5 wicket hauls for Middlesex in one season?

16. Who accepted an invitation to captain Middlesex eleven years after his previous appearance for the club?

17. Who was given out by seven different methods of dismissal over the course of his Test career? (1pt)

Can you correctly name them all? (1pt)

(Total: 2pts)

18 Who was the first Middlesex cricketer to play an ODI for England?

19 In which County Championship match did Middlesex declare their first innings after a single ball?

 20Who scored his maiden first-class century for Middlesex in his 152nd match and 243rd innings for the club?

 21. In what match did Garry Sobers score his first century for Nottinghamshire, only to be dismissed next ball, this being the first of 18 deliveries from John Price which brought him four for seven and closed Nottinghamshire’s innings?

22. Who scored 132* on Test debut?

 23. How many times have Middlesex failed to win a County Championship match at Lord’s in a season? (1pt)

Can you list the years when this occurred? (2pts)

(Total: 3pts)

 24. Who was the first Middlesex player to score a Test match fifty for England?

25. After what match did Fred Titmus announce his resignation from the Middlesex captaincy?

26. Who was dismissed LBW in both innings of a Test match six times in his career?

27 In an infamous County Championship Match at Lord’s, the visiting county’s captain refused to play on the third and final day.

 In what County Championship match did this occur? (1pt)

Who was the captain who refused to play beyond the second day? (1pt) 

What explanation did he provide for his decision? (1pt) 

(Total: 3pts)

 28. Who scored 88 & 38 on Test debut?

 29. Who was the last player to take a 100+ first-class wickets for Middlesex in a season?

30. Who scored centuries in the second innings of his first two matches in first-class cricket?

Total Points: 44.