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New Cricket Trivia - 'SJS format'
- Thread starter JASON
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Q 16 Yes.SJS said:
Congratulations !!
January 1976
A Christmas to remember
Geoff Allen talks to Hal Hooker, one half (60% to be precise) of the astonishing last-wicket partnership of 307
Alan Kippax (left) and Hal Hooker resume their partnership at the MCG, December 1928. They added a record 307 for the last New South Wales wicket (Click here for larger picture) © The Cricketer
After the New South Wales No. 11, Halford Hooker, had taken centre, Victorian chatterbox wicketkeeper Jack Ellis made a cheery remark that he was to rue for the rest of his life: `Have a go, Hal, the bowling's easy.'
It was Christmas Eve 1928. The scene was the Melbourne Cricket Ground and in the needle match of the Sheffield Shield series NSW were in a parlous plight at 113 for 9 facing a Victorian first innings of 376.Alas Jack Ellis, a poor disciple of Stephen Potter! Hooker did not `have a go', but after a breezy start in which he scored 18 in a short time before lunch he batted so resolutely that he helped his captain Alan Kippax add 307 for the last wicket - a stand that won the match for his side and was a world record for the last wicket that has not been and may never be broken.
The 6ft 2in Hooker had gone to the wicket with no thought of victory for his side. He just wanted to `hang around a while', as he now puts it, concentrating on getting behind the ball and allowing his graceful skipper Kippax to get some runs. Kippax had been chosen in the Australian team for the forthcoming third Test against England at Melbourne but following four low scores his selection had been hotly challenged especially by the vocal Victorians, who wanted one of their own batsmen in. Rivalry between the two top cricket States of the era was often bitter.
From lunch to tea that day Hooker added a mere four runs against the bowling of a'Beckett, Ebeling, Ironmonger and Hendry - that despite the fact that he faced more of the bowling than his celebrated batting partner. Throughout the partnership Hooker faced 4.8 balls an over and Kippax 3.2. Victorian captain Jack Ryder packed his fieldsmen around Hooker's bat so closely that they could have picked the batsman's pockets. At one stage during the grim fight Kippax walked down the pitch to the bluff but superbly confident Hal and asked, `Aren't you worried about the close fieldsmen? Do you want to appeal to the umpires?' Kippax roared with laughter when Hooker replied, `The thing that amazes me is that the bowlers can get the ball through the fieldsmen without touching them.'
The Victorians were getting worried. When he found that his tough partner was set, Kippax would cheekily start an over with a two, four and single and let Hooker face the last five balls of the eight-ball over. By stumps the partnership had put on 254 and NSW were nine runs short of Victoria's total.
As they walked out to the wicket on Christmas Day, Kippax said, `She's right, son. We've got all day.' The runs were soon made and NSW were in front. The strain gone, Hooker was later caught by Ryder. Hooker's part in the world-record last- wicket stand was 62 in five hours four minutes, with three boundaries. Kippax hit 30 fours and scored at an average rate of 40 an hour in his 260 not out.
A week after his 260 not out, Kippax electrified the Melbourne crowd by hooking three fours in one of Harold Larwood's fastest overs during his first Test century. A fast-medium bowler who relied on swerve and change of pace, Hooker was claimed by his contemporaries to be the best bowler never to gain full Australian XI status, although he represented an Australian XI. Former Australian Test star Bill O'Reilly says that Hooker would have been a tremendous success on English wickets if he had been chosen to tour England. Hooker represented NSW in Sheffield Shield and international matches from 1924-32. He took 58 wickets, average 26.32 in the Shield games and scored 364 runs at an average of 24.26, and headed the NSW bowling averages in the 1924-25 season. In the return match against Victoria after his great stand with Kippax, Hooker captured four wickets in successive balls.
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biased indian
International Coach
is it an allrounder performance???
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
This player can claim to have one of the most outstanding performance in entire first class cricket history. Even today, when your hear of it, the mind boggles !!
Who is the player and whats the performance ?
Q 1 Is it a batting record ?........NO
Q 2 Does it relate to a performance/achievement in a game ?....YES
Q 3 is it an allrounder performance???.....NO
Who is the player and whats the performance ?
Q 1 Is it a batting record ?........NO
Q 2 Does it relate to a performance/achievement in a game ?....YES
Q 3 is it an allrounder performance???.....NO
biased indian
International Coach
was this performance in sub continent or Africa???
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
This player can claim to have one of the most outstanding performance in entire first class cricket history. Even today, when your hear of it, the mind boggles !!
Who is the player and whats the performance ?
Q 1 Is it a batting record ?........NO
Q 2 Does it relate to a performance/achievement in a game ?....YES
Q 3 is it an allrounder performance???.....NO
Q 4 Is it a bowling record ?.....YES
Q 5 Was it achieved in a Test Match ?.....NO
Q 6 was this performance in sub continent or Africa?......NO
Who is the player and whats the performance ?
Q 1 Is it a batting record ?........NO
Q 2 Does it relate to a performance/achievement in a game ?....YES
Q 3 is it an allrounder performance???.....NO
Q 4 Is it a bowling record ?.....YES
Q 5 Was it achieved in a Test Match ?.....NO
Q 6 was this performance in sub continent or Africa?......NO
biased indian
International Coach
has it got any thing to do with runs conceded in a match???