Sussex CCC quiz

[The Large One]

Misery relief is at hand...

Batsmen...

Jim Parks Jr
Bill Athey

Bowler...

James Kirtley

 

[Gwylan]

Alan, which two of the batsmen were wrong?

Here's a question: before Alan Wells' appearance in 1995, who was the last Sussex-born player to play for an England test team?

 

[Marc]

Including practice wickets, how many wickets are there on the Main Square? (at Hove)

 

[Cheshire Cat]

15?

 

[Marc]

15?

nope

 

[Mackenzie]

11?

 

[Marc]

11?

much colder

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Tony Pigott bowling
Tony Greig batting

 

[8ace]

Don't think either of them was born in Sussex.
Jim Parks would be my guess.

 

[The Large One]

Alan, which two of the batsmen were wrong?

From your answer, Dexter & Shepherd.

 

[The Large One]

Don't think either of them was born in Sussex.
Jim Parks would be my guess.

I'd go for Jim Parks Jr too - 1968.

 

[The Large One]

Tony Pigott bowling
Tony Greig batting

Pigott born in London
Greig born in South Africa

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Alan, which two of the batsmen were wrong?

Here's a question: before Alan Wells' appearance in 1995, who was the last Sussex-born player to play for an England test team?

Alan Oakman? I'm a distant relation (well - I remember my dad telling me this) and believe he was born in Hastings.

 

[Gwylan]

Parks wrong
Oakman wrong

Clue: the player concerned wasn't playing for Sussex

Parks jr was, unbelievably, the last Sussex-born Sussex player to get a cap before Wells managed it (a gap of 28 years).

 

[The Large One]

Mark Benson

 

[Gwylan]

Well done Al, Benson it was

 

[tewksburygull]

Ok, because I don't feel like acknowledging the football season this evening how about:-

6 Sussex cricketers to have opened the bowling for England since 1960

Rules:- Test matches only; must have been the "nominated" opening new ball bowler; must have been registered with/playing for Sussex at the time

 

[Mackenzie]

Ok, because I don't feel like acknowledging the football season this evening how about:-

6 Sussex cricketers to have opened the bowling for England since 1960

Rules:- Test matches only; must have been the "nominated" opening new ball bowler; must have been registered with/playing for Sussex at the time

John Snow must be one of them.
Tony Greig?
James Kirtley?
Ed Giddins?

 

[The Large One]

Ian Thomson
John Snow, surely.
Tony Pigott
James Kirtley

 

[Gwylan]

Ian Thomson
John Snow, surely.
Tony Pigott
James Kirtley

Pigott didn't open the bowling in his one test

The others strike me as right

Tony Greig
And I have an idea that Ted Dexter opened the bowling in one match