OhmygodI'msoboredsogere'sanothertriviaquiz!

[Teatime FatCat]

I'm really bored at the moment, and I want some fun posts to play with, so here's 3 questions for someone to answer.
(First to answer all three gets to ask the next three)


1) Who are these mixed up cricketers - Acorn Snowman , Hangnail Vomit, Yells Geisha

2) Which tubby eighties cricketer attributed his weightloss and fitness regime to eating jam sandwiches

3) Name an England cricketer who took a wicket with his first ball in Test Cricket

[Zainub]

3) Ray Illlingworth

[Teatime FatCat]

Sorry Zainub, that's incorrect my friend.

[Pabs]

Hangnail Vomit = Gavin Hamilton

[Andy Mellon]

2) Eddie Hemmings?
3) Richard Johnson? Or was that just his first over? Martin Saggers got one off the first ball of his first test in England I think, but he'd already played one in Bangladesh I think...

[Pabs]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

3) Ray Illlingworth

Richard Illingworth. Unlucky, ZR!

[Zainub]

That can't be, only a few days ago some one asked me who the last Englishman to take a wicket with his first ball in test cricket was? I said Kabir Ali but I was told the correct answer was Ray Illingworth, and I have verified from cricket info here

[Pabs]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

That can't be, only a few days ago some one asked me who the last Englishman to take a wicket with his first ball in test cricket was? I said Kabir Ali but I was told the correct answer was Ray Illingworth, and I have verified from cricket info here

Verify away, old chap.

[Andy Mellon]

Originally Posted by Zainub Razvi

That can't be, only a few days ago some one asked me who the last Englishman to take a wicket with his first ball in test cricket was? I said Kabir Ali but I was told the correct answer was Ray Illingworth, and I have verified from cricket info here

Try opening your link. You'll find the profile is of Richard Illingworth, not Raymond Illingworth. Two different players. Ray Illingworth was the opinionated, self-centred manager of England in the mid-nineties and a useful, opinionated, self centred player in the 60s. Richard Illingworth was a run-of-the-mill English spinner of the 80s and 90s who was not really good enough to play for England, but due to the paucity of decent spinners at that time, he got a few caps before England resorted to John Emburey (again), Ian Salisbury and Tuffers.

[Zainub]

Silly me...I feel so dumb right now I can barely type.