Questions 141-160
| 2023-141 Who comes second to Brian Langford in first-class matches played for the county? | 2023-A141 Harold Stephenson. |
| 2023-142 What is the lowest total that Somerset have recorded against another county? | 2023-A142 25 against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 1947. |
| 2023-143 And the lowest total for which they have dismissed another county? | 2023-A143 Also against Gloucestershire in 1920. |
| 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-A144 Oddly enough Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. |
| 2023-145 Who has the best Somerset bowling analysis in the Sunday League? | 2023-A145 Viv Richards with six for 24 against Lancashire at Old Trafford in 1983. |
| 2023-146 From which county did reserve wicket-keeper R. J. Blitz come? | 2023-A146 From Essex 2nd Xl in 1985. |
| 2023-147 How many first-class victims had he with Somerset? | 2023-A147 Eight, all caught. |
| 2023-148 How much did Ian Botham’s benefit realise? | 2023-A148 £90,822. |
| 2023-149 In which country and for what side has Neil Burns played overseas cricket? | 2023-A149 Western Province B in South Africa. |
| 2023-150 What was Ian Botham’s soccer club as a player in the Football League? | 2023-A150 Scunthorpe United. |
| 2023-151 Who is the West Ham United supporter on the Somerset staff? | 2023-A151 Neil Burns. |
| 2023-152 Who follows Tottenham Hotspur? | 2023-A152 Graham Rose. |
| 2023-153 And Hull Rugby League Club? | 2023-A153 Neil Mallender. |
| 2023-154 Of which town is Ian Botham a freeman? | 2023-A154 Yeovil, where he went to school. |
| 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-A155 M. R. Chadwick. |
| 2023-156 Who was best man at Viv Richards’ wedding? | 2023-A156 Ian Botham. |
| 2023-157 What book did Ian Botham pick to take with him to his desert island on the programme Desert Island Discs? | 2023-A157 The Immortal Victor Trumper by Jack Fingleton. |
| 2023-158 For which county did one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of1986 take nine for 56 against Somerset in 1981? | 2023-A158 John Childs (who moved to Essex) for Gloucestershire at Bristol. |
| 2023-159 What unusual non-cricketing feat did Ian Botham perform on a May afternoon in 1982? | 2023-A159 He wrote off two sports cars in successive 100 m.p.h. crashes. |
| 2023-160 Which England slow bowler had recorded, at the start of the 1987 season, both his best batting and bowling performances against Somerset? | 2023-A160 Nick Cook of Northants who, while with Leicestershire, scored 75 against Somerset at Taunton in 1980 and two years later on the same ground took seven for 63. |
| And an extra contribution from our Curator David Wood. Can you name 6 England Captains whose surname began and ended with the same letter? | Flintoff, Greig, Gatting, Strauss, Stokes and Yardley, all amazingly recently, except perhaps Greig |