Classic Cricket Quiz

Question: Which of these English cricketers, whose first-class cricket career spanned the years 1865 to 1908, was considered the greatest player in Victorian England?

Answer: William Gilbert Gracewas considered the greatest cricketer in Victorian England. Although he practiced medicine, cricket was his life to the extent that a 1957 biography by A.A. Thomson is entitled simply Great Cricketer.

Question: What is the name of the cricket Test match series between the national teams of England and Australia?

Answer: The Ashesis the name of the usually biennial cricket Test match series between the national teams of England and Australia. The name originated in an epitaph published in 1882 after the Australian team had won its first victory over England in England; it lamented that English cricket was dead and that its body would be cremated and the ashes sent to Australia. The next year an urn containing the ashes of a wicket bail was presented to the captain of the touring English team in Australia.

Question: Which of these cricketers, often judged to be the greatest batsman of the 20th century, scored 6,996 runs for Australia in international matches and set a record with his average of 99.94 runs before retiring in 1949?

Answer: Australian cricketer Don Bradman scored 6,996 runs for Australia in International Test matches and set a record with his average of 99.94 runs. He retired from first-class cricket in 1949 and was knighted in the same year.

Question: Which cricket ground, headquarters of the Marylebone Cricket Club, is known around the world as the “home” of cricket?

Answer: Lord’s Cricket Ground in London, known around the world as the “home” of cricket, is headquarters and home ground of the Marylebone Cricket Club, long the world’s foremost cricket organization.

Question: Which player in cricket begins play by propelling the ball toward the batsman?

Answer: The bowler begins play in cricket by propelling the ball towards the batsman.

Question: What was the name of the first women’s cricket club in England?

Answer: Women first played cricket in England in the 18th century. In 1887 the first women’s cricket club, White Heather, was formed.

Question: Who is often considered the most gifted all-around cricket player of all time, having established a scoring record for Test matches in 1958 that lasted 36 years?

Answer: West Indian cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers (commonly known as Gary Sobers) is considered by many authorities the most gifted all-around player of all time. As a batsman, he established a record for Test matches by scoring 365 runs, “not out,” in a single innings.