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? | | | |