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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 9

Questions 161-180 (and answers here)

2023-161 For which first-class overseas team has Nigel Felton played?
2023-162 Who in his first match for Yorkshire had as his first victim in county cricket, Sunny Gavankar, then with Somerset?
2023-163 That bowler has a famous cricketing uncle. Who is he?
2023-164 Which eight Somerset brothers, including a capped county player, played with the same club side in Somerset?
2023-165 Who was the former Durham University captain who scored 153 runs against Somerset in 1986 for Worcestershire?
2023-166 Who is Dougal and why would he remember the match against Somerset at Taunton in 1977
2023-167 On which ground did Simon Dennis record his best bowling performance for Yorkshire – five for 35 against Somerset in 1981?
2023-168 With which Football League reserve side did Colin Dredge play?
2023-169 Richard Coombes best bowling performance for Somerset was recorded on his debut. Who were the opposition and what were his figures?
2023-170 Which former Somerset player coached at Harringay sports centre?
2023-171 Which of the Somerset staff lists rearing pheasants as one of his recreations?
2023-172 Name the England captain whose highest score has been recorded against Somerset at Bath.
2023-173 On which current Somerset player did Roy Marshall have a profound coaching influence?
2023-174 Trevor Gard’s best batting performance for Somerset has been against a touring side. Can you give details?
2023-175 Has Joel Garner ever scored a first-class century in England?
2023-176 What size of boots did Joel Garner wear?
2023-177 What was Trevor Gard’s job outside cricket?
2023-178 And that of Joel Garner?
2023-179 Which former Somerset player has turned out for Durban Pirates in South Africa?
2023-180 What is the name of the debilitating tropical disease from which he suffered for six years?
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Wrington Cricket Club – Club History

Cricket has been played at the North Somerset Village of Wrington since the beginning of the 19th century. For years the Club Fixture Card stated the club was formed in 1817 but although there are records of games organised by The Chapel, Farmers matches and even Ladies V The Gentlemen it is more likely that the actual club was formed in 1870 and 1817 was a printing typo.

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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 8

Questions 141-160 plus 1 extra (and Answers here)

2023-141 Who comes second to Brian Langford in first-class matches played for the county?
2023-142 What is the lowest total that Somerset have recorded against another county?
2023-143 And the lowest total for which they have dismissed another county?
2023-144 At the end of 1986 only two counties had always recorded three-figure totals against Somerset in county match. Who were they?
2023-145 Who has the best Somerset bowling analysis in the Sunday League?
2023-146 From which county did reserve wicket-keeper R. J. Blitz come?
2023-147 How many first-class victims had he with Somerset?
2023-148 How much did Ian Botham’s benefit realise?
2023-149 In which country and for what side has Neil Burns played overseas cricket?
2023-150 What was Ian Botham’s soccer club as a player in the Football League?
2023-151 Who is the West Ham United supporter on the Somerset staff?
2023-152 Who follows Tottenham Hotspur?
2023-153 And Hull Rugby League Club?
2023-154 Of which town is Ian Botham a freeman?
2023-155 The holder of the amateur batting record in the Central Lancashire League scored 132 against Somerset at Old Trafford in 1985. Who was he?
2023-156 Who was best man at Viv Richards’ wedding?
2023-157 What book did Ian Botham pick to take with him to his desert island on the programme Desert Island Discs?
2023-158 For which county did one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of1986 take nine for 56 against Somerset in 1981?
2023-159 What unusual non-cricketing feat did Ian Botham perform on a May afternoon in 1982?
2023-160 Which England slow bowler had recorded, at the start of the 1987 season, both his best batting and bowling performances against Somerset?
And an extra contribution from our Curator David Wood. Can you name 6 England Captains whose surname began and ended with the same letter?
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 7

Questions 121-140 (and Answers here)

2023-121 Name the three players who have twice scored 2000 runs in a season entirely for Somerset.
2023-122 Four players have scored 1000 runs ten times or more. Name them.
2023-123 What have Brian Close, Bill Alley, Viv Richards, Colin McCool and Greg Chappell in common?
2023-124 Two other players have done this. Who were they?
2023-125 Harold Gimblett leads the Somerset centurions with 40 100s’ then comes Viv Richards with 47. Who comes nexf?
2023-126 How many first-class centuries did M. M. Walford make for Somerset?
2023-127 And Sunil Gavaskar?
2023-128 Who is the oldest man to have made a century for Somerset?
2023-129 Who is the oldest man to have done the double?
2023-130 Who is the oldest man to have made his debut for Somerset?
2023-131 He had previously played one first-class match for another county. When was this and what was the county?
2023-132 Which amateur (of 1910 vintage) had the longest name of any Somerset player?
2023-133 Only three players have ever achieved the double twice in Somerset matches only. Who are they?
2023-134 Who is the Yorkshire player who against Somerset recorded the only instance of a player scoring a century in each innings and taking five wickets in each innings?
2023-135 Who is the player who in four separate matches against Somerset scored a century and took ten wickets?
2023-136 Six times in Somerset matches a bowler has taken all ten wickets in an innings, twice for and four against. Name the bowlers.
2023-137 What is the best bowling analysis against Somerset by a member of a touring side?
2023-138 How many wickets did Brian Langford take in the three matches of the Bath Festival of  1953 which marked his first-class debut?
2023-139 How many Somerset bowlers have been called for throwing?
2023-140 Only one player has made more than 500 first-class appearances for Somerset. Who is he?
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 4 (and Answers)

2023-61Who was the Yorkshire player who took Martin Crowe apart during a Sunday League match at Middlesbrough in 1984?2023-A61 Graham Stevenson who hit him for seven sixes, Crowes final analysis being 6-0-70-0.
2023-62 Who dismissed Jack Hobbs in the only match he himself played for Somerset?2023-A62 N. E. “Granny” Alston at The Oval in 1933.
2023-63 Name the Surrey batsman, known as “The Guv’nor”, who scored 357* against Somerset at The Oval in 1899?2023-A63 Bobby Abel.
2023-64 What was the Surrey total in that match?2023-A64 811.
2023-65 On which ground did Bill Alley score his 3000th run in September 1961?2023-A65 At Hastings, playing for a Commonwealth XI against an England XI.
2023-66 Name the Keynsham batsman of the 1980s whose highest score for Somerset was 99*?2023-A66 Richard Ollis.
2023-67 For what other sport is Clarence Park used?2023-A67 Hockey.
2023-68 And Bath?2023-A68 Rugby Union football.
2023-69:For what other sport has the county ground at Taunton been used?2023-A69 For greyhound racing.
2023-70 Can you name the Somerset skipper who was capped by Scotland in a Boys’ International golf match?2023-A70 N. S. Mitchell-Innes at Killermont, Glasgow, in 1931.
2023-71 Who was the John Player League record holder (first to 2000 runs and 200 wickets) who recorded his highest first-class score against Somerset?2023-A71 Stuart Turner of Essex with 121 at Taunton in 1970.
2023-72 He started his first-class career in the year when England won the soccer World Cup and he hit 227 for Northants against Somerset in 1976. Who is he and where was it?2023-A72 Peter Willey (who went to Leicestershire) at Northampton in 1976.
2023-73 What record did he set that day and who helped him to it?2023-A73 With Roy Virgin, formerly of Somerset, Willey put on 370 for the fourth wicket to establish a new county record.
2023-74 What is Julian Wyatt’s highest score in first-class cricket?2023-A74 145 against Oxford University in 1985.
With which public schools do you connect the following Somerset players, either as pupils, teachers or coaches:
2023-75 R. J. O. Meyer?2023-A75 Millfield.
2023-76 M. M. Walford?2023-A76 Sherborne.
2023-77 Harold Gimblett?2023-A77 Millfield (as coach).
2023-78 H. Watts?2023-A78 Downside.
2023-79 Colin Atkinson?2023-A79 Millfield (as head).
2023-80 Denis Silk?2023-A80 Christ’s Hospital as pupil, Marlborough as teacher, Radley as headmaster.
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 3 (and Answers)

Questions 41-60

2023-41 What was Somerset’s initial reaction to the Gillette Cup?2023-A41 They voted against participation in it.
2023-42 What took place at Taunton for the first time on December 8,1961?2023-A42 Greyhound racing.
2023-43 For which Birmingham League side did Fred Rumsey play?2023-A43 Kidderminster.
2023-44 Who was the Oxford University pace bowler registered by Somerset in 1962?2023-A44 J.D. Martin.
2023-45 Which Lancashire League club attempted to sign Bill Alley to succeed Garfield Sobers as their professional in 1962?2023-A45 Radcliffe.
2023-46 Who was Harold Stephenson’s 1000th first-class victim in first-class cricket?2023-A46 Bomber Wells, caught off Rumsey v. Nottinghamshire, May 8, 1963.
2023-47 When did Harold Stephenson retire?2023-A47 1964.
2023-48 Bertie Buse’s benefit match against Lancashire in 1953 was over in a day. Can you name another cricketer whose benefit against Somerset lasted a similarly brief period?2023-A48 Flower of Middlesex whose benefit match began and ended on May 23, 1899.
2023-49 In 1963 a Somerset player’s benefit realised a record sum. Who was he and who was the previous record beneficiary?2023-A49 Peter Wight whose benefit raised £5000. Previously Harold Stephenson with £4040.
2023-50 On May 27, 1964, Somerset at 215 for nine defeated Nottinghamshire 215 all out in a Gillette Cup match. Who was Man of the Match?2023-A50 Maurice Hill of Notts. with an innings of 107.
2023-51 Which Somerset wicket keeper was born at Billingham?2023-A51 Harold Stephenson.
2023-52 Which Football League side did he play with?2023-A52 He was on the books of Darlington during the Second World War.
2023-53 What representative honours came the way of Harold Stephenson?2023-A53 He was a member of the M.C.C. A Team Tour to Pakistan 1955-56.
2023-54 For which club did he play league cricket before coming to Somerset? (He played in Durham).2023-A54 Stockton C.C.
2023-55 What is the highest score ever made in first-class cricket on the Glastonbury ground?2023-A55 187* by Alan Jones of Glamorgan who in the same match made 105 in his other innings.
2023-56 An opening batsman of the late 60s and early 70s, he came from Killinghall in Yorkshire. Who was he?2023-A56 Tony Clarkson.
2023-57 How old was Ian Botham when he achieved the Test double and how many matches did it take him?2023-A57 23 years of-age, 21 Test matches.
2023-58 Which Somerset amateur of the 20s and 30s was known as “Box”?2023-A58 C. C. C. Case.
2023-59 Which cricketer born at Wellington played for Somerset although it turned out to be Wellington, New Zealand?2023-A59 T. C. Lowry, the New Zealand Test player.
2023-60 Who was known as “The Colonel”?2023-A60 Somerset’s first captain in first-class cricket, H. T. Hewlett.
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No.2 (and Answers)

2023-21What Somerset pace bowler was in his youth an avid attender of “the Proms” in the Albert Hall?2023-A21 Fred Rumsey.
2023-22 Where was he born?2023-A22 Stepney in London.
2023-23 How many wickets did he take in his two seasons with Worcestershire?2023-A23 Eleven.
2023-24 And how many in his first season with Somerset?2023-A24 102.
2023-25 What was his memorable performance when opening the bowling against New Zealand at Lord’s in 1965?2023-A25 He took the first four wickets for seven runs in 46 balls.
2023-26 What happened to Peter Robinson’s batting in 196792023-A26 Promoted from number nine in the order to number one he responded by scoring 917 runs.
2023-27 Who top-scored for Somerset in their first-ever Gillette Cup Final against Kent in 1967?2023-A27 Peter Robinson with 48 runs.
2023-28 At which sport did M. M. Walford represent Great Britain in the Olympic Games of 1948?2023-A28 Hockey.
2023-29 When W. T. Greswell was in the Repton side of 1908 which famous cricket historian was his captain?2023-A29 Harry Altham.
2023-30 Which Somerset player while touring India in 1926-27 took part in a sixth-wicket stand of 140 in 90 minutes against Hindus at Bombay?2023-A30 G. F. Earle.
2023-31 Who was his partner?2023-A31 Maurice Tate of Sussex.
2023-32 Who led the tour?2023-A32 A. E. R. Gilligan, also of Sussex.
2023-33 For which club did slow left armer John McMahon play for in the Central Lancashire League?2023-A33 Castleton Moor.
2023-34 Who was the Somerset bowler who went to West Hartlepool in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League?2023-A34 Ken Biddulph.
2023-35 For which other county was J. G. Lomax capped?2023-A35 Lancashire.
2023-36 Somerset had another Lomax playing for them at the same time. Who was he and what was his background?2023-A36 I. R. Lomax of Eton Ramblers and Wiltshire.
2023-37 In which year was Bill Alley voted Cricketer of the Year by his fellow professionals?2023-A37 In1962.
2023-38 Who was the South African bowler that Somerset tried to sign in 1962?2023-A38 Cuan McCarthy.
2023-39 For which Minor County was he playing at the time?2023-A39 He was currently with Dorset.
2023-40 Which side was Bill Alley to be found coaching in April 1962?2023-A40 Cambridge University.
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 6

Questions 101 – 120 (and Answers here)

2023-101 Which Somerset player is being described here by John Arlott? “With his precise manner, high forehead, dignified step and trim moustache he looked completely unlike the Bath Rugby full-back and natural games player that he was”
2023-102 Who once took a wicket for Somerset in a first-class match wearing evening-dress shoes?
2023-103 Did C. R. M. Atkinson ever score 1000 runs in a season for Somerset?
2023-104 Who was the second-eleven bowler called up to play against Sussex in the Gillette tie of 1964 at Taunton who became Man of the Match?
2023-105 Only two of the Somerset Gillette Cup final side of 1967 had played in every match for the county since the competition started in 1963. Who were they?
2023-106 Viv Richards with 4745 runs is the John Player League highest aggregate scorer for Somerset. Who comes second?
2023-107 What other players have scored more than 3000 runs in the John Player League, now Refuge Assurance League?
2023-108 How many times have Somerset reached the semi-finals of the One Day knock-out competition, i.c. Gillette and Nat West?
2023-109 At the beginning of season 1988 what is their overall record in matches won and lost in this competition since 1963?
2023-110 A Somerset cricketer, still playing (in 1988) first-class cricket has scored over 1000 runs for the county in this competition. Who is it?
2023-111 Of the current staff (1988) who has the highest average in this competition (qualification – having played 5 matches or more?
2023-112 At the end of 1986 only one bowler on the staff had taken half as many wickets as Ian Botham in the Gillette and Nat. West competitions. Who was it?
2023-113 Who holds the Somerset record for carrying his bat through a completed innings?
2023-114 Which Somerset captain made a century on his debut for the county?
2023-115 Who made five first-class centuries before lunch in 1901?
2023-116 On how many occasions did Viv Richards score a century before lunch?
2023-117 Name the two players who made centuries against touring teams on their debut for the County?
2023-118 How many times did Ian Botham hit 10 or more sixes in an innings for Somerset in a county match?
2023-119 Who has recorded the fastest-ever hundred for Somerset?
2023-120 Who has scored the fastest double century?
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 5

Questions 81 – 100 (and Answers here)

2023-81 Who was the early Somerset professional who had a melodrama produced on the London stage?
2023-82 With what county had the writer played as an amateur?
2023-83 Why was he allowed to leave Gloucestershire?
2023-84 In which game at Taunton did the opposition’s last man come to the wicket in a blue pin-striped suit?
2023-85 Who used to turn up for matches in the 1920s dressed in top hat and morning coat?
2023-86 How  did he spend his Sundays?
2023-87 At which match (post-World War Two did the Somerset pros hire a donkey and cart, borrow sombreros and pretend to be visiting South Americans?
2023-88 Who was denied a collection at a home game after scoring 310 runs because “that’s what he’s paid to do”?
2023-89 Which two Kent players conspired to give Wally Luckes his only first-class century?
2023-90 Which county captain, enquiring of his partner if he should appeal against the light at Weston-super-Mare, received from him the reply “I can hear you m’lord, but I can’t see you.”?
2023-91 In which match was an angel (almost) caught fiddling?
2023-92 Whose remedy for cramp in the legs was to rub them with whisky?
2023-93 When Jack Hobbs broke W. G. Grace’s record of centuries at Taunton in August 1925 was he compiling his 83rd, 127th or 141st?
2023-94 How many centuries had he previously made that season?
2023-95 What Somerset batsman scored a century in that same match?
2023-96 Who succeeded Jack White as captain of Somerset?
2023-97 Which Somerset cricketer was a one-time bouncer in a Sydney dance hall?
2023-98 What do H. Gimblett, K. Palmer, Arthur Wellard, Maurice Tremlett, Harold Stephenson and L. C. H. Palairet all have in common?
2023-99 In 1946 Somerset recorded three successive scores of 500 or over. Who were the opponents in these three matches?
2023-100 Who did Somerset defeat in the 1967 Gillette Cup semi-final?
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 4

Questions 61 – 80 (and Answers here)

2023-61Who was the Yorkshire player who took Martin Crowe apart during a Sunday League match at Middlesbrough in 1984?
2023-62 Who dismissed Jack Hobbs in the only match he himself played for Somerset?
2023-63 Name the Surrey batsman, known as “The Guv’nor”, who scored 357* against Somerset at The Oval in 1899?
2023-64 What was the Surrey total in that match?
2023-65 On which ground did Bill Alley score his 3000th run in September 1961?
2023-66 Name the Keynsham batsman of the 1980s whose highest score for Somerset was 99*?
2023-67 For what other sport is Clarence Park used?
2023-68 And Bath?
2023-69:For what other sport has the county ground at Taunton been used?
2023-70 Can you name the Somerset skipper who was capped by Scotland in a Boys’ International golf match?
2023-71 Who was the John Player League record holder (first to 2000 runs and 200 wickets) who recorded his highest first-class score against Somerset?
2023-72 He started his first-class career in the year when England won the soccer World Cup and he hit 227 for Northants against Somerset in 1976. Who is he and where was it?
2023-73 What record did he set that day and who helped him to it?
2023-74 What is Julian Wyatt’s highest score in first-class cricket?
With which public schools do you connect the following Somerset players, either as pupils, teachers or coaches:
2023-75 R. J. O. Meyer?
2023-76 M. M. Walford?
2023-77 Harold Gimblett?
2023-78 H. Watts?
2023-79 Colin Atkinson?
2023-80 Denis Silk?
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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 1 Answers

2023-1 Why was M. M. Walford unavailable for selection by Somerset in the summer of 1950?2023-A1 He was a member of the M.C.C. tour to Canada.
2023-2 Who was the Somerset player whose father conducted the enquiry into public safety at Association Football grounds?2023-A2 Nigel Popplewell (Mr. Justice Popplewell).
2023-3 Who asked for “four more gerania, Crusoe”, and why?2023-A3 John Daniell, in asking Robertson-Glasgow to bowl four more deliberate wides into a geranium bed at Bath against Yorkshire in the 1920s. Owing to a quirk in the points allocation, Yorkshire were deliberately trying to avoid taking first-innings lead in a rain-shortened match.
2023-4 In the Gillette Cup of 1965 against Berkshire one of the Minor County’s players was Man of the Match. Which one?2023-A4 D. J. Mordaunt who made 60 of Berkshire’s 137, Somerset winning with 139 for five.
2023 -5 Who was the Scottish rugby international (asked to play for his country at age 16 and 17) who scored 100 in 63 minutes for Lancashire v. Somerset at Bath shortly before the First World War?2023-A5 K. G. McLeod.
2023-6 Which two Somerset captains have captained England?2023-A6 J. C. White and I. T. Botham.
2023-7 Which Somerset player took part in the famous “Fowler’s match” between Eton and Harrow in 1910?2023-A7 G. F. Earle. The match is so-called because Fowler top-scored in the Eton second innings then with Harrow needing 55 to win he took eight for 23, Eton winning by nine runs.
2023-8 Which South African batsman did Somerset try to sign in 1965?2023-A8 Graeme Pollock.
2023-9 For which club (not first-class) did Chris Greetham play after being released by Somerset in 1965?2023-A9 He was pro. with Torquay.
2023-10 What was unusual about the Somerset v. Notts. Gillette Cup match at Taunton in May 1965?2023-A10 It was the first match in the competition to use all three allotted days.
2023-11 As the result of these postponements, the original adjudicator was unable to make the presentations, only being available for the first two days. Who was he?2023-A11 F. R. Brown of England, Surrey and Northants.
2023-12 When Yorkshire dismissed Somerset for 63 in the following round of the competition what was Fred Truman’s analysis?2023-A12 Six for 15.
2023-13 Who was the Somerset wicket keeper who in the Gents. v. Players match at Lord’s stood up to the two fastest bowlers in England, N. A. Knox and Walter Brearley?2023-A13 H. Martyn.
2023-14 Somerset awarded one county cap in 1965. Who was the recipient?2023-A14 Wicket-keeper Geoff Clayton.
2023-15 Who were the two Yorkshire bowlers who recorded “the ton” when Somerset scored 630 runs against them at Leeds in 1901?2023-A15 George Hirst whose figures were 37-1-189-1 and Wilfred Rhodes 46.5-12-145-6.
2023-16 Name the three Somerset players, a batsman, a pace bowler and a wicket keeper who retired in 1965?2023-A16 Batsman Peter Wight, pace bowler Geoff Hall and wicketkeeper Peter Eele.
2023-17 What milestone did Brian Langford reach in the match against Northants. at Weston-super-Mare in 1965?2023-A17 He took his 1000th wicket in first-class cricket.
2023-18 At the same festival who took his first hat-trick in first-class cricket after 17 years in the game?2023-A18 Fred Titmus.
2023-19 On Somerset’s northern tour that year (1965) who scored 118 and took seven for 56 against Lancashire, following it with seven for 59 against Derbyshire?2023-A19 Ken Palmer.
2023-20 When did Ken Palmer make his debut for Somerset and in what year was he capped?2023-A20 He first played in 1955 and was capped in 1958.
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Barrow Gurney Cricket Club – Club History

Barrow Gurney Cricket club was founded in 1874 in the North Somerset village, by a group of local people. Copies of the founding documents are displayed in our pavilion.

Initially cricket was played in a field just off the main road in Barrow Gurney village but in the 1930s the club arrived at its current ground in Hobbs Lane, leasing the land from the local landowners, the Gibbs family.

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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 3

Questions 41-60 (and Answers here)

2023-41 What was Somerset’s initial reaction to the Gillette Cup?

2023-42 What took place at Taunton for the first time on December 8, 1961?

2023-43 For which Birmingham League side did Fred Rumsey play?

2023-44 Who was the Oxford University pace bowler registered by Somerset in 1962?

2023-45 Which Lancashire League club attempted to sign Bill Alley to succeed Garfield Sobers as their professional in 1962?

2023-46 Who was Harold Stephenson’s 1000th first-class victim in first-class cricket?

2023-47 When did Harold Stephenson retire?

2023-48 Bertie Buse’s benefit match against Lancashire in 1953 was over in a day. Can you name another cricketer whose benefit against Somerset lasted a similarly brief period?

2023-49 In 1963 a Somerset player’s benefit realised a record sum. Who was he and who was the previous record beneficiary?

2023-50 On May 27, 1964, Somerset at 215 for nine defeated Nottinghamshire 215 all out in a Gillette Cup match. Who was Man of the Match?

2023-51 Which Somerset wicket-keeper was born at Billingham?

2023-52 Which Football League side did he play with?

2023-53 What representative honours came the way of Harold Stephenson?

2023-54 For which club did he play league cricket before coming to Somerset? (He played in Durham).

2023-55 What is the highest score ever made in first-class cricket on the Glastonbury ground?

2023-56 An opening batsman of the late 60s and early 70s, he came from Killinghall in Yorkshire. Who was he?

2023-57 How old was Ian Botham when he achieved the Test double and how many matches did it take him?

2023-58 Which Somerset amateur of the 20s and 30s was known as “BOX”?

2023-59 Which cricketer born at Wellington played for Somerset although it turned out to be Wellington, New Zealand?

2023-60 Who was known as “The Colonel”?

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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No.2

Questions 21-40 (and Answers here)

2023-21What Somerset pace bowler was in his youth an avid attender of “the Proms” in the Albert Hall?

2023-22 Where was he born?

2023-23 How many wickets did he take in his two seasons with Worcestershire?

2023-24 And how many in his first season with Somerset?

2023-25 What was his memorable performance when opening the bowling against New Zealand at Lord’s in 1965?

2023-26 What happened to Peter Robinson’s batting in 19679

2023-27 Who top-scored for Somerset in their first-ever Gillette Cup Final against Kent in 1967?

2023-28 At which sport did M. M. Walford represent Great Britain in the Olympic Games of 1948?

2023-29 When W. T. Greswell was in the Repton side of 1908 which famous cricket historian was his captain?

2023-30 Which Somerset player while touring India in 1926-27 took part in a sixth-wicket stand of 140 in 90 minutes against Hindus at Bombay?

2023-31 Who was his partner?

2023-32 Who led the tour?

2023-33 For which club did slow left armer John McMahon play for in the Central Lancashire League?

2023-34 Who was the Somerset bowler who went to West Hartlepool in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League?

2023-35 For which other county was J. G. Lomax capped?

2023-36 Somerset had another Lomax playing for them at the same time. Who was he and what was his background?

2023-37 In which year was Bill Alley voted Cricketer of the Year by his fellow professionals?

2023-38 Who was the South African bowler that Somerset tried to sign in 1962?

2023-39 For which Minor County was he playing at the time?

2023-40 Which side was Bill Alley to be found coaching in April 1962?

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Somerset Women’s Quiz – 2023

Women’s Cricket in Somerset in 2023

Q1 – Who was appointed as captain of Somerset Women in 2023?

Q2 – Somerset Women were scheduled to play 8 matches in the 2023 Women’s County T20 competition – how many actually went ahead?

Q3 – Which two players scored half-centuries as Somerset Women beat Wiltshire in a 50-over match in August 2023?

Q4 – Who was Western Storm’s leading wicket-taker in the 2023 regional season?

Q5 – The final match of the 2023 Women’s Ashes series was played at the County Ground, Taunton. Who scored a century for England during that match?

Somerset Women – History

Q6 – When did Somerset first form as a County Association within the Women’s Cricket Association?

Q7 – Somerset hold the record for the highest score in English women’s T20 cricket, scored against Wales in 2013 – what is that score?

Q8 – Who is Somerset Women’s leading wicket-taker across all formats?

Q9 – How many times have Somerset won Division Two of the Women’s County Championship?

Q10 – Which home ground have Somerset Women played at the most times in their history (in the Women’s County Championship or Women’s County T20)?

Somerset Women – Players

Q11 – Which Somerset Women player hailed from the Czech Republic?

Q12 – Four players who played for Somerset Women in their first ever Women’s County Championship game made their England debut in the same match, against the Netherlands in July 1999 – can you name them?

Q13 – Which Somerset Women player made her England debut in 2023?

Q14 – Who holds the record for the highest List A score by a Somerset Women player, with 138* against Wales in 2015?

Q15 – Name the four players who have played for Somerset Women and have also won a Women’s Cricket World Cup

Women’s Cricket at the County Ground, Taunton

Q16 – How many matches have Western Storm played at the County Ground, Taunton (during the Kia Super League, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and Charlotte Edwards Cup)?

Q17 – Western Storm played their first match at the County Ground, Taunton in 2016 against Lancashire Thunder. Who took four wickets for Storm during that match?

Q18 – England played their first international match at the County Ground, Taunton in 1997. Who were their opponents?

Q19 – Name either of the two players who scored a century at the County Ground, Taunton during the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup.

Q20 – The first recorded women’s cricket match at the County Ground, Taunton, took place in 1953 between a Women’s Cricket Association XI and the South. How much did it cost for an adult to gain admission to the match? I

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Somerset Cricket Quiz 2023 – No. 1

Questions 1-20 and Answers here
2023-1 Why was M. M. Walford unavailable for selection by Somerset in the summer of 1950?
2023-2 Who was the Somerset player whose father conducted the enquiry into public safety at Association Football grounds?
2023-3 Who asked for “four more gerania, Crusoe”, and why?
2023-4 In the Gillette Cup of 1965 against Berkshire one of the Minor County’s players was Man of the Match. Which one?
2023 -5 Who was the Scottish rugby international (asked to play for his country at age 16 and 17) who scored 100 in 63 minutes for Lancashire v. Somerset at Bath shortly before the First World War?
2023-6 Which two Somerset captains have captained England?
2023-7 Which Somerset player took part in the famous “Fowler’s match” between Eton and Harrow in 1910?
2023-8 Which South African batsman did Somerset try to sign in 1965?
2023-9 For which club (not first-class) did Chris Greetham play after being released by Somerset in 1965?
2023-10 What was unusual about the Somerset v. Notts. Gillette Cup match at Taunton in May 1965?
2023-11 As the result of these postponements, the original adjudicator was unable to make the presentations, only being available for the first two days. Who was he?
2023-12 When Yorkshire dismissed Somerset for 63 in the following round of the competition what was Fred Truman’s analysis?
2023-13 Who was the Somerset wicket keeper who in the Gents. v. Players match at Lord’s stood up to the two fastest bowlers in England, N. A. Knox and Walter Brearley?
2023-14 Somerset awarded one county cap in 1965. Who was the recipient?
2023-15 Who were the two Yorkshire bowlers who recorded “the ton” when Somerset scored 630 runs against them at Leeds in 1901?
2023-16 Name the three Somerset players, a batsman, a pace bowler and a wicket keeper who retired in 1965?
2023-17 What milestone did Brian Langford reach in the match against Northants. at Weston-super-Mare in 1965?
2023-18 At the same festival who took his first hat-trick in first-class cricket after 17 years in the game?
2023-19 On Somerset’s northern tour that year (1965) who scored 118 and took seven for 56 against Lancashire, following it with seven for 59 against Derbyshire?
2023-20 When did Ken Palmer make his debut for Somerset and in what year was he capped?
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Mark Cricket Club – Club History

Mark Cricket Club was established as a part of village life in 1885, with a cricket match at the annual Mark Village Festival which also incorporated a village tea in the afternoon and dance in the evening. In 1894, the evening’s entertainment was supplied by the Weston-Super-Mare Band. The annual village festival is believed to have been the forerunner of the now renowned Mark Harvest Home. The club’s original home ground, and that of the annual festival was the field on the corner of the Causeway opposite the White Horse Inn which was later to become popularly known as the Harvest Home Ground.

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News Item – Visit of Susann Savidge to the Museum

A busy morning in the Somerset Cricket Museum (31/10/2023). Today we welcomed Mustafa Shaikh, from the Somerset Cricket Foundation and his guest, Susann Savidge from the Somerset African Caribbean Network (SACN).

Susann was investigating how greater networking links can be made within Somerset. The Museum visit was followed by a walk around the ground looking at the West Indian players featured in the Hall of Fame and the two gates dedicated to Viv and Joel.

Mustafa and Susann are seen holding Viv’s autographed bat and one autographed by the West Indian test team

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Recent Addition – Memorabilia from the 1967 Gillette Cup Final v Kent

We are very grateful to Mr. Ian Keitch, who brought these items of memorabilia into the Museum today. The items belonged to his father, Geoff Keitch, a Somerset CCC member, who had recently died. Thank you Ian for the booklet, programme, ticket and scorecard.

They will certainly complement the article on the website, The Forgotten Final, by Richard Walsh.

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Burnham on Sea Cricket Club – Club History

Burnham-on-Sea cricket club was established in 1861 and has played continuously since then, although this date seems to be at variance with other reports. It has been stated both as 1861 (which appears to be supported by contemporary newspaper reports) and 1857, in articles from the same source (H.G. Wheeler), the latter statement leading to a centenary celebration in 1957.

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The Out-Grounds in Yeovil

Somerset County Cricket Club was first formed in August 1875 and originally the idea of those who had formed the County Club was not to have a home ground, but to take their matches to different grounds around Somerset and the photograph below shows the field off West Hendford, at the time a simple track beyond Beer Street, between the allotments and the Westland factory complex, which was the Somerset County Cricket ground for five First-class matches between 1935 and 1939. Cricket had clearly been played on this field for decades since in the 1901 census West Hendford was referred to as Cricket Lane. 

Both Johnson Park and Westland Sports Club were later used as out-grounds, the former for twelve First-class matches played between 1951 and 1957 and two List A matches in 1969 and 1970 and the latter for eight List A Sunday League matches between 1971 and 1978.

Reference and photograph courtesy of Yeovilhistory.info

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West Women’s Cricket

An article contributed by Matthew Kingdom.

Early Years (1930-1946)

In the early 20th century, domestic women’s cricket in England was organised regionally. In the 1930s, five “Territories” were defined by the Women’s Cricket Association (WCA): North, Midlands, South, East and West. West Women (sometimes referred to as West of England or Western Counties Women), played their first recorded match on 23rdJune 1930, against Midlands Women at Bournville Cricket Ground in Birmingham – the match was drawn after “deluges of rain delayed the start”. 

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The Past and Future of Women’s Cricket in Somerset

Reflections from interviews with Kieran Peters and Jan Godman – article contributed by Matt Kingdom

An audio version of this article is added here

In September 2023, I sat down with Kieran Peters and Jan Godman to discuss the history and state of the Somerset Women’s cricket team, and the wider themes of their careers and cricket in the South West.

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Uphill Castle Cricket Club – Club History

The Somerset Cricket Museum is very grateful to Mr Richard Twort for the donation of the book 100 Years of Uphill Castle Cricket Club and for permission to publish extracts from the book in the following article, also to Mr Ade Gardener for the photographs.

Uphill Castle Cricket Club has been inextricably linked with the Graves-Knyfton family ever since its first tenuous steps in 1893.

It was a great social occasion when the family took up residence in the Uphill Manor a year earlier in 1892 and they celebrated their arrival by inviting the whole village including 150 children to a tea and concert at the Castle.

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Visits of the Walkers and Talkers Groups

Over the last six months we have been pleased to welcome the Walkers and Talkers to the Museum along with their special guests – this video records the visit of the group in July 2023 along with their guest speaker Vic Marks, who has donated three of his international blazers to the Museum (seen in this video).

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Chilcompton Sports Cricket Club – Club History

Stratton on the Fosse CC was founded in the early part of the 1900s and played at Downside School until 2015. The 1913 Midsomer Norton CC Fixture list below shows fixtures between both Stratton on the Fosse and the original Chilcompton club. The Club also hosted a County match between  Somerset and Glamorgan in 1934.

The Club played friendly cricket until the late 80s when it joined the North Somerset League, and won several divisional titles in the late eighties and early nineties.

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Taunton – The Home of Women’s Cricket

Article contributed by Matthew Kingdom

An audio version of this article has been added here

On 29th August 2006, on Day 1 of the England v India Women’s Test match at the County Ground, Taunton, it was announced that Taunton would become the new “Home of England Women’s Cricket”, with the aim of hosting at least one women’s international match at the ground each year, as well as key domestic matches and training camps.

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Somerset Women

Article contributed by Matthew Kingdom

An audio version of this article has been added here

Women’s cricket in England developed throughout the 20thcentury under the auspices of the Women’s Cricket Association (WCA). In the 1930s, the first “County Associations” were formed, each affiliating to one of five Territorial Associations: North, Midlands, South, East and West.

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Western Storm

Article contributed by Matthew Kingdom


The Kia Super League era (2016-2019)

In 2016, the Kia Super League (KSL) was created, a semi-professional T20 league consisting of six teams, reflecting the increasing popularity of women’s cricket and aiming to drive up standards in the women’s game. Somerset CCC partnered with Gloucestershire CCC and the University of Exeter to form Western Storm, representing the South West of England and led by England captain Heather Knight. Sophie Luff, Anya Shrubsole and overseas player Lizelle Lee were the three [Somerset] representatives in the squad alongside former players Izzy Westbury and Fran Wilson.

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Recent additions – Three England Touring Blazers from Vic Marks

We are very grateful to former England and Somerset bowler and cricket commentator Vic Marks, for donating three of his England Touring Blazers to the Museum during the monthly Walkers and Talkers Group event, today July 4th 2023.

Vic also spoke for two or three minutes on his memories of each tour.