Pub Quiz thread
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yorkshirehornet
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yorkshirehornet
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Which well known author played cricket for MCC and took just one wicket, that of W.G. Grace?
One would have to ask the world’s most famous consulting detective, ofh. Conan Doyle.
I am so relieved that I did not answer with this, intuitive guess as it would have been!
This player, having played a considerable number of games for the Hornets, left for Fulham. Who is he?
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yorkshirehornet
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That looks a bit like Tommy Harmer in the background, do you think? Foreground, no.
Yes, it is Maurice Cook. The first scorer of a goal in the League Cup. That was to be my next hint. Maurice Cook’s wife was my grandmother’s carer towards the end of her life. Dad enjoyed many a conversation with her.
Over to you, yorkie.
As soon as I re-read the question I realised I was wrong - Tommy went to Spuds, not Flam...
yorkshirehornet
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Yes, it is Maurice Cook. The first scorer of a goal in the League Cup. That was to be my next hint. Maurice Cook’s wife was my grandmother’s carer towards the end of her life. Dad enjoyed many a conversation with her.
Over to you, yorkie.
I grow up when these guys all played.. not sure who I saw or who i just had heard of etc....
OK where is this?
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yorkshirehornet
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No....This is Turfmoor:
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the staidum concerned is a bigger stadium...... in the North...