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Ha, one of my housemates at uni did this. He invented a philosopher called JT Fantom and quoted him in an essay. Sadly for him, our lecturer wasn't to be fooled.

It's actually Gwill-an (and that's a _ll pronounced the English way, not the Welsh one!)

Did you ever go into the Victor Chandler in Viaduct Rd? My dad worked there from the mid-60s till the mid-70s. The tales he used to tell about blokes who'd blow their week's wages and burst into tears ensured that I never became a serious gambler.

Correct. All three are/were married to test cricketers - the only three such male/female couples (of course, Katherine Brunt and Nat Sciver could be added to this)

I'm from a Welsh family and Gwylan is Welsh for seagull. Simples (as I believe the young folk say)

Correct. That's all three. Well done. Here's another question. Roger Prideaux is one of a unique trio of test cricketers (Mitchell Starc and Sri Lanka's Guy de Alwis are the other two). What's the common factor between them (not shared by any other test player)? EDIT: Before some smartarse...

No. My question was a bit misleading BTW, the one I'm thinking about was the last GvP match at Lord's - there was another one a few months later but that's not the one in the question

David Sheppard is another but not Robin Marlar One to go. A clue: he wasn't playing for Sussex at the time

Good guess but no

That's one - two to go

While we wait for the next cricketing action, a quick trivia question for you. In the last ever Gentlemen v Players match in 1962, there were three players (using the term generally, ie not 'Players') taking part in the match who turned out for Sussex. Can you, without Googling, name them?

Maybe they can get Orr back, he's not been a roaring success at Hants, been playing in the seconds at the end of the season (and not scoring heavily there, although he did a ton in his last innings). He has a rocky relationship with Farbrace though, so that may be a non-starter.

I think the ECB will definitely want Archer to play: he wants to play test cricket, England want him to play test cricket but as he hasn't played a FC for a few years, the ECB will need to check his fitness. Robinson will clearly play the whole season, he's lost his central contract and he's...

Hope you enjoy your visit Twinny. I was at uni in Bradford so City became my second team - I've even seen them at away games when I couldn't be arsed/couldn't afford to watch Brighton away. Haven't been to Bradford for a few years now. Only had a few hours there but did manage to fit in a curry...

TBF, we've had years where the weather at the end of Sep/ beginning of Oct has been gorgeous

Play abandoned for the day. Good luck to Middlesex trying to get a win with big bonus points in two days

The real question is why nous keeps on being spelled as nouse. It's a word that's been in existence for centuries but, for some reason, it seems that suddenly no-one can spell it.

Found out tonight that Joe is an ex Hove player. They're pretty delighted with his appointment and are set to have his photo on the wall at the club.

And Yorkshire's off as well. I think we'd probably need fewer than that. Looking around at today's scores, I can't see Yorkshire getting maximum batting points

I booked a day's annual leave to watch cricket today - I should have known better