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?