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Post by byased on Jul 23, 2024 19:05:03 GMT
Having acquired a few bits of memorabilia from an auction, the contents prompted me to test you all with a little quiz. maybe just answer one or two each to begin with,
1 1946 Who were the official tourists to England in 1946 as advertised in the series programme? ALL INDIA
2 1946 The programme remembered five cricketers who had died during the war. Hedley Verity was one, name the other four, 2 played for England and 2 for MCC. ECKERSLEY, CHALK, FARNES, TURNBULL
3 1953 Who was described in the programme as 22 year old stalwart, the only player to perform the "double" in his first season, and to be capped by his country before being capped by his county? CLOSE
4 1953 who was the youngest member of the Australia squad, aged 17, who went on to be captain in later years. CRAIG
5 1953 Which company advertised "Skittle out those headaches with ........" and claimed over 6million tablets were taken daily ? ASPRO
6 1953 which company advertised "the autograph", "the cannon", "the impregnable", "the non jar", and the "girton" ? GUNN AND MOORE
7 1953 Four ex England cricketers, Arnold, Fishlock, Voce, and Hallows advertised their coaching services, working for which company? BUTLINS
8 1969 Five members of the West Indian tour party were already playing county cricket, can you name them and their counties? SOBERS, GIBBS, SHEPHERD, LLOYD,HOLDER
9 1976 who came in as nightwatchman on the first day of the third test of the series at Old Trafford POCOCK
10 1980 What was the prize money to be shared amongst the series winning team in the England v West Indies test series sponsored by Cornhill in 1980? £2300
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Post by newby on Jul 23, 2024 20:42:58 GMT
6. Gunn and Moore, cricket bats surely, though I can't think where 'Girton' fits in.
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Post by byased on Jul 23, 2024 21:17:27 GMT
Yes, Gunn and Moore. The Girton was a women's bat apparently. A bit of googling reveals a girls college in Cambridge, which could possibly have given rise to the name?
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Post by davemorton on Jul 23, 2024 22:17:41 GMT
Girton was certainly a women's college at Cambridge, one of two, the other being Newnham. I think there were about 20 men's colleges. I imagine many of them are now co-ed, though I am guessing. Some of them might even have installed plumbing since I was there. A college servant (gyp) used to bring a bowl of warm water to your room in the morning.
3 is obviously the great DB Close, and 4 I remember as Ian Craig.
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Post by Capybara on Jul 24, 2024 7:07:04 GMT
Flip. I was also going to answer number 3. Yes, DB CLose.
So I'll have a go at number 8 and I've got 6 names so at least one of them must be wrong:
DL Murray - Notts
Sobers -Notts
Kanhai - Warwickshire
CB Lloyd Lancs
Vanburn Holder - Worcestershire
Lance Gibbs - Warwickshire
I should know number 9 as I was at the game, albeit on the third day. Mike Selvey?
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Post by Capybara on Jul 24, 2024 7:49:33 GMT
CH Lloyd, not CB Lloyd.
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Post by newby on Jul 24, 2024 7:53:38 GMT
5. 1953 is a long time ago but I'll guess at 'Aspro' that used to be my mum's go to for a headache. Anadin perhaps as a back-up.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jul 24, 2024 8:23:40 GMT
I can remember 1976. the summer of drought, a parched outfield and Richards scoring double centuries for fun. Close and Edrich the 2 oldies opening the innings against a rampant Holding running in from behind the sightscreen as elegantly as a cheetah running through the African plains, with Roberts and Daniel providing no respite at the other end.
And Pat Pocock coming in as nightwatchman after David Steele was dismissed.... it was if England had somehow got the scheduling wrong and decided to play a Veterans over 40s team.
In 1969 I would guess Lloyd (Lancs), Gibbs, (Warks) Holder (Worcts), Shepherd (Kent) and Sobers (Notts) although would check to see if Boyce (Essex) also around
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Post by byased on Jul 24, 2024 8:51:38 GMT
Yes, some spot on answers
3 Brian Close of course, I thought the term "stalwart" a bit odd for a then 22 year old, but he certainly became one
4 Ian Craig correct, never saw him play, I think he ended up with quite a short career
5 Aspro is correct. I remember at school, a mate of mine used to recite the advert at the time, "For coughs and for colds take aspro". The "for coughs" bit could easily be interpreted as something else, and would then get a teacher asking exactly what he was saying.
8 it was Sobers, Gibbs, Lloyd, Shepherd and Holder at the counties stated. No Kanhai, Murray or Boyce on that tour. I thought Murray was keeper for years, but he must have had a break
9 Pat Pocock correct, not Mike Selvey. Yes, looking at the team now it seems an odd selection process with the batting. The programme shows that the same West Indies team had just come off a 5-1 beating in a 6 test series in Australia, which seems hard to imagine.
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Post by Capybara on Jul 24, 2024 8:56:00 GMT
8 it was Sobers, Gibbs, Lloyd, Shepherd and Holder at the counties stated. No Kanhai, Murray or Boyce on that tour. I thought Murray was keeper for years, but he must have had a break According to Wiki: |
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jul 24, 2024 9:40:58 GMT
I never knew Murray played for Notts before Warwicks. I presume he must have had to move due to the presence of other overseas players like Sobers, but surely it was well before the days of Hadlee and Rice?
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Post by byased on Jul 24, 2024 10:03:40 GMT
Not sure what limits there were in the early days. I think Warwickshire had Kanhai, Gibbs and Murray on the books at the same time.
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Post by byased on Jul 24, 2024 10:32:20 GMT
I can see in one championship game in 1972 Warwick had Kanhai, Kallicharran, Murray and Gibbs all playing at the same time. No limits there then
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Post by slowleftarmer on Jul 24, 2024 11:16:14 GMT
and you wonder why YCCC with its Yorkshire born policy struggled after the 60s..... although it was of course all Boycotts fault apparently
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Post by donnylad on Jul 24, 2024 12:58:18 GMT
"The Girton was a women's bat apparently. A bit of googling reveals a girls college in Cambridge, which could possibly have given rise to the name?"
"Girton was certainly a women's college at Cambridge, one of two, the other being Newnham."
A very dear and many years passed colleague of mine - Mary C - once joined in a staff room cricket chat at school.
Our resident 'northern men' were airing their views.
A meticulous administrator and excellent researcher, Mary taught Classics and Latin (yep, with success in Bog Standard Comp), office practice, oh and history as well as RE and general studies and was a Head of Year.
When challenged about he knowledge of cricket as a "mere woman and a Latin teacher" she responded by explaining that she had played cricket, for Girton College and Cambridge University sides and had a half blue in cricket and another for lacrosse.
Several gobby Barnsley Blokes were completely stuffed when she explained the no-ball law (at the time) to the Head of Languages.
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