A Question of Sport Annual 1989 - Quiz

[Randall]

2. Which test match venue in England ranks third behind Lord's and The Oval in the number of tests it has staged?

I don't know but headingley seems a decent guess

No.

Trent bridge

[Rogg]

2. Which test match venue in England ranks third behind Lord's and The Oval in the number of tests it has staged?

I don't know but headingley seems a decent guess

No.

Trent bridge

Also no.

[Dfc180]

Old Trafford

[ChrisW]

Edgbaston.

[Rogg]

Old Trafford

is correct! and in 2025 it's apparently still true: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_T ... et_grounds


147 Lord's
107 The Oval
85 Old Trafford
81 Headingley

[Randall]

0/2 so far then

[Rogg]

0/2 so far then

would you like question 3 now?

[Randall]

0/2 so far then

would you like question 3 now?

Gwaan

[Rogg]

3. Who is the only English Batsman to twice average over 100 in different domestic seasons?

[Randall]

3. Who is the only English Batsman to twice average over 100 in different domestic seasons?

In first class cricket?

[Randall]

Gooch was my 1st thought but that would have been in 1990
Hick in 88?

[Rogg]

3. Who is the only English Batsman to twice average over 100 in different domestic seasons?

In first class cricket?

I don't know. That's just how the question is written. It could be a mistake.

[Rogg]

No it's correct. In first class cricket.

[Randall]

No it's correct. In first class cricket.

Is it hick?
The 405 can't have hurt

[Rogg]

No it's correct. In first class cricket.

Is it hick?
The 405 can't have hurt

No not Hick.

[Randall]

A 100 average across 1st class and tests for a whole season is remarkable.
I'm guessing its a plodder given the consistency required
Boycott?

[Rogg]

A 100 average across 1st class and tests for a whole season is remarkable.
I'm guessing its a plodder given the consistency required
Boycott?

I had to read the question a few times as it sounds mad.

Boycott is correct!

100.12 in 1971
102.53 in 1979

[Randall]

A 100 average across 1st class and tests for a whole season is remarkable.
I'm guessing its a plodder given the consistency required
Boycott?

I had to read the question a few times as it sounds mad.

Boycott is correct!

100.12 in 1971
102.53 in 1979

Incredible
Wonder if anyone has done it since

[Rogg]

Funny you should ask that.

For an unofficial bonus point, one other English batsman has since achieved the same.

[Randall]

Funny you should ask that.

For an unofficial bonus point, one other English batsman has since achieved the same.

Gooch in 1990 was godlike?