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The earliest sporting club to adopt distinctive colours is generally supposed to be a "wandering cricket club,formed in 1845 in London. What is the name of this

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:50 PM on November 28, 2008

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I Zingari. I Zingari (i.e. "the gypsies"), are presumably so called because they had no home ground. Their colours are black, red and gold. They are traditionally associated with country-house and festival cricket. Today they play about 20 one-innings games a season: their opponents are typically from public (i.e. English private) schools and the armed forces, or teams selected by cricket-loving landed gentry.

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The earliest English cricket festival was established in 1842 at which town in Kent?

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:49 PM on November 28, 2008

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Canterbury. Changes in the first-class schedule have now reduced "Canterbury Week" to a single county match. The St. Lawrence ground at Canterbury (which opened in 1847 and is thus younger than the festival), is generally reckoned to be one of the most attractive grounds in England, and is famous for the lime tree which stood on the field of play until it was blown down in a storm in January 2005.

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On Jul 7 to 9,1806,a match was played at Lord's which was in due course to become an annual fixture&an imp event in the Engl sporting&social calendar.game name?

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:48 PM on November 28, 2008

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Gentlemen v Players. The Gentlemen were amateurs, the Players were professionals. From 1829 onwards, the game was played at Lord's annually, usually in July. Gentlemen v Players matches were also played at other venues, including the Oval and notably (in later years), at the Scarborough Festival. The last game was at Scarborough in 1962: after that the distinction between professionals and amateurs was abandoned. The Oxford v Cambridge match (first played in 1827), and the Eton v Harrow match (first played in 1805 with Lord Byron in the Harrow team), can still be seen every year at Lord's, though the latter is now a one-day limited-overs affair. North v South matches at Lord's and elsewhere were major fixtures in the mid-nineteenth century, but declined in favour as regular county cricket gained ground.

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John Willes, a Kentish cricketer in the early nineteenth century, is traditionally associated with which development in the game?

Asked by Sarita . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:48 PM on November 28, 2008

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Round-arm bowling. The old story is that Willes practised his game in his barn during the winter, getting his sister to bowl to him and his dog to retrieve the ball. His sister's wide hooped skirt prevented her from bowling conventional underarm balls: she had to raise her arm sideways, and Willes saw the advantages of this bowling action. Unfortunately there's no real evidence to support this tale.

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A village in Hampshire had a famous cricket club,which was prepared to take on all-comers &could boast of beating "all England" more than once. Village name?

Asked by Kamaljit . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:41 PM on November 28, 2008

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Hambledon. Of course, Hambledon wasn't exactly what we would now call a village club, nor were the "All England" sides the equivalent of modern Test teams, but Hambledon was undoubtedly a great club for a while. David Underdown's book "Start of Play" gives an excellent account of the club and of the changing society in which it rose and fell.

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Which London cricket ground was first opened in 1787?

Asked by Kamaljit . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:42 PM on November 28, 2008

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Lord's. Thomas Lord, a property developer from Yorkshire, opened his first ground where Dorset Square (off Gloucester Place) now stands in 2003. He moved to North Bank in 1811, and from there to the present site in 1814. The Marylebone Cricket Club was closely associated with the ground from the outset: it finally acquired the freehold in the 1860s.

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How many first class wickets did Devon Malcolm take (including tests), and for which county team was he playing when he retired?

Asked by Kamaljit . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:38 PM on November 28, 2008

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1054 and Leicestershire. A terrifying prospect, Malcolm will always be remembered for his lightning spell of 9-57 against South Africa at the Oval in 1994, which he bowled after being hit on the head while batting and replying "You guys are history". An enigma, but one that was always respected as having genuine pace, and on his day, Malcolm was devastating.

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In 1990, Lancashire and Surrey played a match in which Surrey made 707-9. What did Lancashire make?

Asked by Pravat .. in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:36 PM on November 28, 2008

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863. Lancashire pulled off a massive score, in the same match that Surrey compiled a huge 707-9 at the Oval. It was a fantastic batting wicket.

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West Indian fast bowlers Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose played for which county teams, respectively?

Asked by Kamaljit . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:38 PM on November 28, 2008

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Gloucestershire and Northamptonshire. Both extremely intimidating prospects at any stage of their career, Walsh and Ambrose had limited careers in county cricket. Between them, they managed 924 test wickets, though!

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The oldest surviving written version of the Laws of Cricket dates from which year?

Asked by Kamaljit . in Cricket & Other Sports at 8:39 PM on November 28, 2008

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1744. The code of 1744, was compiled by the "noblemen and gentlemen" of the London Club, which played at the Artillery Ground in Finsbury. Before this, individual "articles of agreement" were usually drawn up for major matches. Features that survive from the 1744 code include the length of the pitch (22 yards), the toss for choice of innings, and most of the ways of dismissing a batsman. The laws were revised in 1755 and 1774. The first l.b.w. law is found in the 1774 code: this code also fixed the present weight of the ball (5½ to 5¾ ounces), and the maximum width of the bat (4¼ inches). The Marylebone Cricket Club, formed in 1787, seems to have been immediately recognized as an authority, and issued its first laws in 1788.

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