The following questions are part three of Big Perce's Winter Warmer Quiz.   Fear not if you didn't enter the first two parts; each part stands alone and there is a miniscule prize up for grabs just for this part of the quiz. 

Also, everyone is still in with a chance of winning the Tour de Wath Main.  The way the scoring system works, with points awarded for winning or getting placed in any part of the quiz, you could still win the overall prize even if you didn't enter (or didn't get placed) in the first two parts.

Part Three comprises multi-part questions 9 to 12.

You have until 23:59 on Tuesday 23rd February to submit your answers, to gedladd@hotmail.co.uk

Good luck, everyone. 

9. Dress and equipment.

a. What is the minimum weight of a cricket ball used in adult matches?

b. What is the maximum width of a cricket bat?

c. If a fielder deliberately  stops the  ball with his cap how many penalty runs are awarded?

d. What are the Middlesex club colours ( not T20 or OD)?

e. Bat handles are now sprung with rubber, but of which material was the spring originally made?

f. How are MCC's colours often described?

10. Cricket and  railways.

a. Who began his working life at Mirfield locomotive depot?

b. What is the connection between cricket  and the Severn railway tunnel?

c. During this tour England played three tests. Approaching a frontier, their train was stopped and they were required to pay customs duty on their bats, which was subsequently refunded. Who levied this duty?

d. What railway connection have Murali Kartik and Nari Contractor?

e. Which club won the North Stafodshire senior A league in 1961?

11. Records.

a. Who is the last player who, in four consecutive innings, two batting and two in the field, scored a century in each innings and took five wickets in each innings?

b. What is the highest losing score made in the fourth innings of a test match  at Lord's ?

c. Who was bowling when Lara broke the world record for the highest individual test innings for the first time?

d. Who has made the most first class centuries for Middlesex?

e. Who are/were the brothers who between them scored 66,094 first class runs, took 1574 first class wickets, scored 118 first class hundreds and held 1,168 first class catches?  (One point for each)

f. What feats did JT Hearne and A Richardson secure for Middlesex in matches that were 104 years apart?

g. What is the highest individual score in a T20 match?

h. Who has made the highest individual score for Middlesex in a T20 match?

i. Which Middlesex player has scored the most runs in Youth Test Matches?

12. The naughty boys.

a. Which team was out late at night in Grenada in the 2006/7 World Cup when an irate fan ordered them at gunpoint to return to their hotel?

b.Which England captain wrote of which other England captain with no obvious irony, 'He  was liable to set your hair on fire on boring plane journeys. He was a captain's dream'? (One point for each)

c. Which incident caused suggestions that the team in question should play its next match in short trousers and that they required the services of a child minder?

d. In 'Fredalo' which two members of the England 'backroom' staff were fined? (One point for each)

e. Which present county captain has been banned by a local cricket league for violence while playing in that league.

f. Who was sacked by his county for being drunk on the field of play, although not selected for the match, and for bowling at a sight screen to try to demonstrate his sobriety?

g. Who was sacked by his county in 1958 for unauthirised newspaper articles and subsequently was removed from the Ashes tour party?

h. Which England opening batsman refused to leave his wicket when given out and only departed after lengthy itervention by his batting partner?
 

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