Australian History

[Ramjet]

I got Bradman and O'Reilly. Having probs trying to find the meeting in a country game.
They had a bit of controversy.
After O'Reilly passed away, Bradman said he was the best bowler he ever faced.

 

[DrDuck]

That's the right two cricketers. The country game is pretty well documented. Think about where they came from!

 

[the duck]

During a vacation, O'Reilly caught the train from Sydney back to Wingello, which stopped at Bowral mid-journey. There, Wingello were playing the host town in a cricket match, and O'Reilly was persuaded to interrupt his journey to help his teammates. This match marked his first meeting with Bowral's 17-year-old Don Bradman, later to become his Test captain. O'Reilly himself later described thus:
How was I to know that I was about to cross swords with the greatest cricketer that ever set foot on a cricket field ? ... by the close of play, 17-year-old Don Bradman was 234 not out. The match resumed a week later, according to the local custom ... I bowled him first ball with a leg-break which came from the leg stump to hit the off bail. Suddenly cricket was the best game in the whole wide world.

 

[DrDuck]

That's close enough, Duck. The whole story is that Don Bradman walked out to bat at 16 years old, with the pads seemingly up to his waist, and was dropped in slips as the captain of the Wingello side was lighting his pipe when Bradman snicked an O'Reilly leg break. Bradman was dropped again at 30, again by the captain, as the ball was obscured by the clouds of smoke from his pipe. Bradman went on to score 234, but was out to O'Reilly's first ball the next week. The story is in O'Reilly's autobiography and also on the Wikipedia O'Reilly page.

And I have been privileged to play 2 games of first grade cricket at Bradman Oval at Bowral in my 40's. I was never a regular first grader, but got the odd run to make up the numbers. I did hit a six there once, but not in a grade match.

Your turn.

 

[the duck]

What criteria did you need to have to be the first twelve policeman in australia

 

[DrDuck]

By memory you had to be a convict to be member of the night watch.

And also you had to be a best behaved convict, although I thought there were 8 of them, not 12, when Governor Phillip set up the night watch in 1788.

 

[the duck]

Correct it was you had to be the best behaved convict

Your go

 

[DrDuck]

Which NSW Cricketer made his first class debut at age 50?

 

[Ramjet]

George Moore (18 April 1820 29 September 1916) was an Australian cricketer who played three first-class matches for New South Wales during the early 1870s. Born in Bedfordshire, England, he emigrated to Maitland, New South Wales, aged 32, and first played cricket for the colony during the 186162 English tour of Australia led by H. H. Stephenson. A round-arm bowler, Moore's first match at first-class level came when he was almost 51 years old, and he played two more matches over the following two seasons, finishing with 15 first-class wickets. He continued his involvement in cricket well into old age, and died at his home in Maitland aged 96. Many members of Moore's family also played cricket at high levels, most notably his grandson Charlie Macartney, who went on to play Test cricket for Australia.

 

[DrDuck]

You got it , RJ,

Your turn!

 

[Ramjet]

Easy one today. Where in Botany Bay did Cook plant the flag and claim Australia for King and Country?

 

[Pr2cv]

Kurnell

 

[Ramjet]

Not kurnell

 

[Pr2cv]

Possession island in the Torres Strate

 

[Ramjet]

Possession island in the Torres Strate

You got it Pete. Trick question

After sailing the east coast it seemed almost an afterthought to plant the flag, not on the mainland but on possession island.

Your turn Pete

 

[Pr2cv]

What was David Syme, gold miner' s claim to fame?

 

[Ramjet]

Protectionism
Syme felt that manufacturing industries should be established in Victoria and that this could only be done by bringing in trade protection. Syme persuaded able men like Sir James McCulloch and Sir Graham Berry and protectionism became the settled economic policy of the colony; consequently many factories were established.

 

[Pr2cv]

More info, he was in partnership in a business that he was not interested in but the partner died giving him total ownership of this company ,which he continued reluctantly to manage for the rest of his working life.

 

[Ramjet]

The Age Newspaper.

 

[Pr2cv]

Your turn Rod