Here is part one of Big Perce's Winter Warmer Quiz.

You have until 23:59 on Monday 16th November to respond to this part of the quiz.

Please send your answers to gedladd@hotmail.co.uk

The winner of this part will win a miniscule prize.

The winner at the end of the winter once all of the parts are published will win a maxiscule prize, so there's potential reward for endurance too.

Good luck everyone.

1.Nicknames. Who are/were:-

a. The Croucher

b. Nugget

c. Plank

d. Binga

e. Mad Jack

f. Ramble

g. Wal

h. What was Lord Harris' nickname?

i. How did Shaggy acquire his nickname?

j. ......and, of course, The Boil.

2. Schools

a. With which schools are the following associated?

 i.     Andrew Strauss

 ii.    Nick Compton

 iii.   Ed Smith

 iv.   Ben Hutton

 v.    Ben Hutton's dad

 vi.   Mike Brearley

 vii.  Mike Gatting

 viii. Fred Titmus

 ix.   Denis Compton

 x.    Vyell Walker

b. For which English Schools Cricket Association county did Toby Radford play?

c. In which year did the Eton v Harrow match become an annual fixture?

d. What is Victor Fuller-Eberle's claim to 'infamy'?

e. He played where there was a 'Close' and his name is recorded on the Menin Gate, his remains never having been recovered following his death at Ypres on the 11th November, 1914. Perhaps the most famous schoolboy cricketer, who is he?

3.  Grounds.

a. In which city was the first international cricket match played?

b. Which English county was the first to host a test match?

c. At which ground would you find the Vance Stand end?

d. This Middlesex ground, with a military connection, has never hosted a Middlesex county championship match, has been in use in the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st centuries and in a match in September, 2009, James Foster made the highest score of the match. What is the ground's name?

e. Two English grounds share this name. One is better known for another sport, while the other stages second eleven cricket matches. The name is more famous for a battle. What is the name?

f. The first match played on this ground was in 1787 and the first First Class match on the ground was in 1801. The lowest recorded score on the ground was six. What, apart from the obvious, was unusual about the team that scored the six runs?

g. In Q2f above, what is the full title of the ground?

4. Lord's

a. Which team traditionally plays matches at Lord's in September and October?

b. Who was the architect who designed the Lord's pavilion?

c. Who laid the pavilion foundation stone in 1889?

d. What match was staged at Lord's in 1916?

e. 1935 was the 'season of the leather jackets'. Who or what were the 'leather jackets' and what became of the Lord's 'leather jackets'?  (One point for each of the two answers)

f. what caused the fall of Father Time?

g.Who or what did Sir Pelham Warner once describe as  the height of , " a tall man in a top hat"?

Once again, good luck everyone.

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