1. E M Grace outraged the cricketing world in the 1860s by introducing a 
new shot. What was  it?

A. The pull. He developed it in response to overarm bowling.
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2. Ranji was noted for one shot in particular - he may even have 
invented it . What was the shot?

A. The leg  glance, that is the glance played with a deliberate turn of 
the bat.

3.  CJC Rowe of Kent  (1970s) bowled in three  different styles in FC 
cricket. Name them.

A. LBG, ROB and Left arm wrist spin.

4.  In the 1870s a new bowling tactic was developed which was thought to 
be leading to the death of cricket because of its negative effect on the 
game - the Gloucester SLA bowler R F Miles  was a prime exponent. What 
was the tactic?

A. Off_theory - bowling wide of the off stump.

5. Fred Spofforth is credited with  being the first great exponent of 
what bowling innovation?

A. Disguised change of pace.

6. The early Australian Test player Harry Boyle is credited with 
inventing what fielding position?

A. Short leg.

7.  What was bodyline bowling officially  known as before it became 
known as bodyline?

A. Fast leg theory - something called leg theory had existed before with 
notable exponents such as Fred Root, but that was simply a tactic of 
bowling at the legs to0 a packed leg-side field.

8.  Richie Benaud invented a new delivery. What was it?

A. The flipper. Richie described this as ball coming in form the off - a 
variation of the googly  which skidded through rather than bouncing 
excessively - but in recent years it seems to have been used to describe 
a variation on the top spinner.

9.E Achong was responsible for the naming of a form of bowling. What was 
that form?

A. Of Chinese extraction, he gave his name to the Chinaman, a ball, 
depending on  your view,  either equivalent  to the right arm bowler's 
leg break or to his googly. It was used to describe the left arm wrist 
spinners equivalent ball to the leg break during Achong's time and I 
think that is the correct usage.

10. When the restriction on leg side fielders was introduced in the 
1950s, what did opponents of the change argue?

A. they argued that it was a negative measure which  would diminish the 
attacking qualities of off-spinners and inswing bowlers, especially the 
former without giving any proportionate balancing  advantage to those 
moving the ball away from the bat.


RH
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