2023-201 Which Lancashire batsman scored his highest total against Somerset at Bath in 1984? | 2023-A201 Steve O’Shaughnessy with 184* |
2023-202 What other record does he hold? | 2023-A202 On September 11, 1983, against joke bowling from Leicester-shire, he equalled the fastest hundred (35 minutes) established by Percy Fender against Northamptonshire in 1920. |
2023-203 With which county was Paul Roebuck connected? | 2023-A203 Gloucestershire. |
2023-204 Who has the second-biggest benefit for Somerset? | 2023-A204 Brian Rose with £71,863. |
2023-205 Can you name the Somerset cricketer of the 1980’s whose father played for Yorkshire and England? | 2023-A205 Nick Taylor (tather Ken). |
2023-206 Who was the Securicor salesman who took six for 36 for Surrey against Somerset in 1984? | 2023-A206 Dave Thomas |
2023-207 Who was the son of Illtyd who took five for 56 against Somerset at Cardiff, also in 1984? | 2023-A207 The other Thomas, Greg. |
2023-208 What was Brian Rose’s best-ever bowling return? | 2023-A208 Three for nine against Gloucestershire at Taunton in 1975. |
2023-209 What was unusual about Murray Turner’s bowling? | 2023-A209 He bowled right-arm fast medium and left-arm spin. |
2023-210 Who is the player who has played his highest innings against the county that his father skippered? | 2023-A210 Tim Tremlett (father Maurice) who made 102* against Somerset at Taunton in 1985. |
2023-211 Why did Somerset fail to achieve the double against Glamorgan in the County Championship of 1912? | 2023-A211 Glamorgan did not join the County Championship until 1921. |
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Give the Christian names of these relatives or namesakes who played together in a Somerset side. |
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2023-212 The Lees. | 2023-A212 Frank and Jack. |
2023-213 The Atkinsons. | 2023-A213 Colin and Graham. |
2023-214 The Palairets. | 2023-A214 Lionel and Richard. |
2023-215 The Palmers. | 2023-A215 Ken and Roy. |
2023-216 The Roses. | 2023-A216 Brian and Graham. |
2023-217 What do Mike Denness, Brian Hardie and K. G. McLeod have in common in a Somerset connection? | 2023-A217 They are Scots who have scored first-class centuries in matches against Somerset. |
2023-218 For how many seasons did Somerset suspend operations during the Second World War? | 2023-A218 The years from 1940-45, inclusive, were totally lost to first-class cricket. |
2023-219 Who was the Somerset player who scored a century against England at Old Trafford in the summer of 1959? | 2023-A219Abbas Ali Baig who scored 112 in the Indian second innings during the Manchester Test. |
2023-220 What was especially noteworthy about the century? | 2023-A220 It was Baig’s debut against England. |