Quote Quiz

[neville cardus]

Jardine?

Oh, you absolute beaut!

 

[neville cardus]

I don't think that was a quote Archie If I can push ahead of Nev -

<grumbles moodily>

What is being referred to here:
"...the best Christmas present Australia ever received from that country."

Clarrie Grimmett of New Zealand.

 

[pasag]

<grumbles moodily>



Clarrie Grimmett of New Zealand.

Yeah, I thought it was a hardish one but then saw it on his Cricinfo profile page

Your turn.

 

[neville cardus]

Of whom was the following epitaph written?

Now run out for nought in the innings of life
By the grave of the good he is sleeping;
Yet sad are his comrades, though reckon they well
How safe is their mate in our keeping.​

 

[archie mac]

Of whom was the following epitaph written?

Now run out for nought in the innings of life
By the grave of the good he is sleeping;
Yet sad are his comrades, though reckon they well
How safe is their mate in our keeping.​

Mynn?

 

[neville cardus]

I thought that I might get that response. You are thinking of Prowse's immortal verse:

With his tall and stately presence, with his nobly moulded form,
His broad hand was ever open, his brave heart was ever warm;
All were proud of him, all loved him. As the changing seasons pass,
As our champion lies a-sleeping underneath the Kentish grass,
Proudly, sadly will we name him -- to forget him were a sin.
Lightly lie the turf upon thee, kind and manly Alfred Mynn! ​

The individual of whom I and the author of the epitaph I provided were thinking came shortly after Mynn.

 

[archie mac]

I thought that I might get that response. You are thinking of Prowse's immortal verse:

With his tall and stately presence, with his nobly moulded form,
His broad hand was ever open, his brave heart was ever warm;
All were proud of him, all loved him. As the changing seasons pass,
As our champion lies a-sleeping underneath the Kentish grass,
Proudly, sadly will we name him -- to forget him were a sin.
Lightly lie the turf upon thee, kind and manly Alfred Mynn! ​

The individual of whom I and the author of the epitaph I provided were thinking came shortly after Mynn.

Yes that is the one I was thinking

Was he a member of the All England XI?

Maybe Parr?

 

[neville cardus]

No, he wasn't an A.E.E. member -- that was really before his time --, which is a clue in itself.

 

[archie mac]

No, he wasn't an A.E.E. member -- that was really before his time --, which is a clue in itself.

Silver Billy?

 

[neville cardus]

Silver Billy?

No! Billy was before the A.E.E.'s time.

 

[archie mac]

No! Billy was before the A.E.E.'s time.

Ah misunderstood the clue

Alfred Shaw?

 

[neville cardus]

You have the era right, but it was not Shaw (who, significantly, never played against the subject of the poem).

 

[archie mac]

You have the era right, but it was not Shaw (who, significantly, never played against the subject of the poem).

Does that mean he played with?

 

[neville cardus]

Good thinking, but no. I do not believe that they ever met at all.

 

[archie mac]

Good thinking, but no. I do not believe that they ever met at all.

Did he play Test cricket?

 

[neville cardus]

No, but you are warm.

 

[archie mac]

No, but you are warm.

Pooley?

 

[SJS]

Since NC is missing for 4 days will someone else want to post a fresh quiz ?

 

[Engle]

Ok, this may be very easy....

Who communicated the following to whom ?

" You are our only hope "

 

[SJS]

Ok, this may be very easy....

Who communicated the following to whom ?

" You are our only hope "

Pakistani captain Kardar to Mohammad Hanif after he was batting overnight against West Indies at Bridgetown. Kardar left a note by Hanif's bedside. Hanif went on to score a magnificent triple century spread over three days and 999 minutes.