Quote Quiz

[archie mac]

Ok. Here is another set.

1. Of whom was it written :
"Easy to watch, difficult to bowl to and impossible to write about. When you bowled to him there werent enough fielders, when you wrote about him, there weren't enough words"

A bonus for telling who wrote this.

2. Of who was it written
"There was an extraordinary negligence about his batting, as though his thoughts were elsewhere; but what terrible things he did to bowlers"

Bonus : by whom

3. Of who was it written
His cricket is compounded of soft airs and flavours. And the very brevity of summer is in it.......The brevity in (his) batting is a thing of pulse and spirit, not to be checked by clocks but only to be apprehended by imagination.

By whom. Thats easy I think

4. Which English Captain said this
Fast bowlers are bully boys. They dish it out but they cant take it

1. Botham

2.I thought Gower for sure, but maybe Mark Waugh? Or the man who played 99 Test Matches?

3. Cardus on Wolley or Trumper or Spooner?

4. Jardine or Mike B.?

 

[Perm]

Or the man who played 99 Test Matches?

Azharuddin?

 

[archie mac]

Azharuddin?

Well done, I did not want to look up the spelling

 

[Perm]

Well done, I did not want to look up the spelling

Haha fair enough, not sure whether I got it right or not.

 

[archie mac]

Haha fair enough, not sure whether I got it right or not.

SJS will know, and I can blame you if it is wrong

 

[Trigger_Tiger]

.....

1. R.C. Robertson-Glasgow on Frank Woolley
2. Mark Waugh?
3. Neville Cardus on Frank Woolley first in a commentary of his and then on one of his
famous essays.
4. Mike Brearley

 

[SJS]

Okay it is Woolley for the first three (did someone say Woolley AND Mark Wagh??).

1. Robertson Glasgow - Correct
2. Michael Meyer in Summer days No one got that.
3. Neville Cardus is correct. Its from Autobiography

The last one was a former England captain but none of those named.

Anyone wants to still give it a try.

 

[wpdavid]

Okay it is Woolley for the first three (did someone say Woolley AND Mark Wagh??).

1. Robertson Glasgow - Correct
2. Michael Meyer in Summer days No one got that.
3. Neville Cardus is correct. Its from Autobiography

The last one was a former England captain but none of those named.

Anyone wants to still give it a try.

Doesn't narrow it down very much

Maybe Peter May or Ted Dexter?

 

[SJS]

Doesn't narrow it down very much

Maybe Peter May or Ted Dexter?

Okay, its real tough guy....and there havent been real tough guys in Englands entire history as a nation have there ??

 

[archie mac]

Close

 

[Trigger_Tiger]

.....

Okay, its real tough guy....and there havent been real tough guys in Englands entire history as a nation have there ??

Sure it's not Douglas Jardine?

 

[SJS]

Close

Correct !

 

[SJS]

There is a possibility that your ability as a player maybe analysed by a future generation on your one day statistics. Thats the day I dread the most.

Which test captain said this?

 

[Trigger_Tiger]

.....

There is a possibility that your ability as a player maybe analysed by a future generation on your one day statistics. Thats the day I dread the most.

Which test captain said this?

Allan Border !

 

[SJS]

Allan Border !

Well done.

 

[SJS]

1. Its hard to tell where MCC ends and Church of England begins.

2. How many companies of 43 employees have a board of 20?


Which two gentlemen came out with these gems about the MCC.

 

[honestbharani]

1. Its hard to tell where MCC ends and Church of England begins.

2. How many companies of 43 employees have a board of 20?


Which two gentlemen came out with these gems about the MCC.

Geoffrey Boycott?

 

[SJS]

Geoffrey Boycott?

No.

BTW these are two different persons.

 

[wpdavid]

1. Its hard to tell where MCC ends and Church of England begins.

2. How many companies of 43 employees have a board of 20?


Which two gentlemen came out with these gems about the MCC.

J B Priestley said number 1.

 

[archie mac]

Just a complete guess for No2 Mike Brearley