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1. Name the counties known as the "Big Six"

2. Which county outside the "Big Six" first won the County Championship?

3. Which county has gone for  the longest without winning the County 
Championship since it last won it? (Include matches from the traditional 
starting date of the CC, not its official  starting date).

4. Which county has the longest period between winning two County 
Championships?

5. Durham were admitted to the CC in 1992. Which county and on what date 
was the previous entrant admitted?

6. At what date was the County Championship officially instigated?

7. Which county has won the Championship the soonest after being 
admitted into the competition?  (Use the traditional not the official 
date for the starting of the Championship).

8. What is the highest number of matches played in a County Championship 
season by any team?

9. What is the longest period a county has gone in the CC without a win?

10. What is the highest number of wins by a county in a Championship 
season?


RH
-- 
Robert Henderson
Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/ blairscandal/
Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 at 15:26:06, Robert Henderson 
 wrote in uk.sport.cricket :

>1. Name the counties known as the "Big Six"
>
<Snip>

Hi Robert,

Been away on hols, or just caught by Demon's newsserver problems?

You missed my last couple of CC stats posts, plus my 2008 county by 
county summary. I can repost them if you want.

I'll be doing my usual 2008 CC player averages soon too, if you're 
interested.
-- 
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham (change 'invalid83261' to 'blueyonder' to email me)

In article <mfMeyCm+bj4IFwPI@anywhere.demon.co.uk>,
 Robert Henderson  writes:
>1. Name the counties known as the "Big Six"

Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Kent and Middlesex.

>
>2. Which county outside the "Big Six" first won the County Championship?

Warwickshire in 1911. (That depends a little on when one considers the
Championship as having begun. If you accept "unofficial" titles prior to
1890, then you can argue that it was Gloucestershire. But at the period
that Gloucestershire won it, had anyone thought of drawing up a Big Six
they would surely have been part of it.)
>
>3. Which county has gone for  the longest without winning the County
>Championship since it last won it? (Include matches from the
>traditional starting date of the CC, not its official  starting date).

The official starting date of 1890 is well-defined, but the
"traditional" date much less so. Some authorities take it as 1873, some
1864, some even earlier. But whether you take 1873, 1864 or some earlier
date, the answer is Gloucestershire.
>
>4. Which county has the longest period between winning two County
>Championships?

Nottinghamshire?
>
>5. Durham were admitted to the CC in 1992. Which county and on what
>date was the previous entrant admitted?

Glamorgan in 1921.
>
>6. At what date was the County Championship officially instigated?

1890.
>
>7. Which county has won the Championship the soonest after being
>admitted into the competition?  (Use the traditional not the official
>date for the starting of the Championship).

That must be Gloucestershire.
>
>8. What is the highest number of matches played in a County
>Championship season by any team?

32, playing every other county (when there were 17 in all) both home and
away.
>
>9. What is the longest period a county has gone in the CC without a win?

I take it you mean of a match rather than of the title, since otherwise
this would duplicate an earlier question. I think that the county would
be Northamptonshire in the 1930s, though without looking it up I can't
say just how many years it was.
>
>10. What is the highest number of wins by a county in a Championship
>season?
>
Without looking it up, I'll have to guess that it might be Surrey, who
in 1955 had 23 losses, 5 defeats and - incredibly - no draws.
-- 
John Hall
          "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
           sit next to me."
                                 Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

In message , Paul Hyett 
 writes
>On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 at 15:26:06, Robert Henderson 
> wrote in uk.sport.cricket :
>
>>1. Name the counties known as the "Big Six"
>>
><Snip>
>
>Hi Robert,
>
>Been away on hols, or just caught by Demon's newsserver problems?


The latter. What really teed me off is that they would give no 
explanation of what was happening. As it  was ten days without news this 
was pretty poor. RH
>
>You missed my last couple of CC stats posts, plus my 2008 county by 
>county summary. I can repost them if you want.
>

OK. RH


>I'll be doing my usual 2008 CC player averages soon too, if you're 
>interested.


Yes. RH
-- 
Robert Henderson
Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/ blairscandal/
Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:02:21 +0100, Robert Henderson
 wrote:

>In message , Paul Hyett 
> writes
>>On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 at 15:26:06, Robert Henderson 
>> wrote in uk.sport.cricket :
>>
>>>1. Name the counties known as the "Big Six"
>>>
>><Snip>
>>
>>Hi Robert,
>>
>>Been away on hols, or just caught by Demon's newsserver problems?
>
>
>The latter. What really teed me off is that they would give no 
>explanation of what was happening. As it  was ten days without news this 
>was pretty poor. RH

Some big telehouse was robbed in London, and then robbed again a
couple of weeks later (I think they stole the replacement parts for
the first robbery). There was a big panic and a noticable difference
in usenet propagation.

max.it

>>
>>You missed my last couple of CC stats posts, plus my 2008 county by 
>>county summary. I can repost them if you want.
>>
>
>OK. RH
>
>
>>I'll be doing my usual 2008 CC player averages soon too, if you're 
>>interested.
>
>
>Yes. RH
>-- 
>Robert Henderson
>Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/ blairscandal/
>Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk

In article ,
 ?@?.?.invalid writes:
>Some big telehouse was robbed in London, and then robbed again a
>couple of weeks later (I think they stole the replacement parts for
>the first robbery). There was a big panic and a noticable difference
>in usenet propagation.

That's very interesting. If that's the Telehouse building in London that
most major ISPs, including Demon, share space in, then it's supposed to
be very secure against natural disasters, terrorism and the like. In
fact that was the main reason for setting it up, AIUI. If it could be so
easily (apparently) robbed, then there are going to be some very red
faces.

Can you give a URL for where you found the story (assuming that it was
online), as I'd like to read more about it?
-- 
John Hall
          "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
           sit next to me."
                                 Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:12:59 +0100, John Hall
 wrote:

>In article ,
> ?@?.?.invalid writes:
>>Some big telehouse was robbed in London, and then robbed again a
>>couple of weeks later (I think they stole the replacement parts for
>>the first robbery). There was a big panic and a noticable difference
>>in usenet propagation.
>
>That's very interesting. If that's the Telehouse building in London that
>most major ISPs, including Demon, share space in, then it's supposed to
>be very secure against natural disasters, terrorism and the like. In
>fact that was the main reason for setting it up, AIUI. If it could be so
>easily (apparently) robbed, then there are going to be some very red
>faces.
>
>Can you give a URL for where you found the story (assuming that it was
>online), as I'd like to read more about it?

My bungle It was the Mayfair exchange not telehouse.
Downed around 4000 broadband customers all the same.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/11/bt_mayfair_robbery/

There was a follow up about another robbery but I can't find it.

max.it

>-- 
>John Hall
>          "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
>           sit next to me."
>                                 Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

In message , ?@?.?.invalid writes
>>>Been away on hols, or just caught by Demon's newsserver problems?
>>
>>
>>The latter. What really teed me off is that they would give no
>>explanation of what was happening. As it  was ten days without news this
>>was pretty poor. RH
>
>Some big telehouse was robbed in London, and then robbed again a couple 
>of weeks later (I think they stole the replacement parts for the first 
>robbery). There was a big panic and a noticable difference in usenet 
>propagation.
>

Ah, they probably had the security services breathing down their neck 
telling them to keep mum. RH

>max.it

-- 
Robert Henderson
Blair Scandal website: http://www.geocities.com/ blairscandal/
Personal website: http://www.anywhere.demon.co.uk

>>10. What is the highest number of wins by a county in a Championship
>>season?
>>
> Without looking it up, I'll have to guess that it might be Surrey, who
> in 1955 had 23 losses, 5 defeats and - incredibly - no draws.
> -- 


Think there is a typo. It should be 23 wins, other wise your answer doesn't 
make sense.

In article ,
 ?@?.?.invalid writes:
>My bungle It was the Mayfair exchange not telehouse.
>Downed around 4000 broadband customers all the same.
>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/11/bt_mayfair_robbery/
>
>There was a follow up about another robbery but I can't find it.
>

Thanks. That Mayfair robbery looks to have been a week or two too early
to have been a factor in the Demon news server problem.
-- 
John Hall
          "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
           sit next to me."
                                 Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

In article <XpGEk.2172$sc2.1553@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
 Cicero  writes:
>
>>>10. What is the highest number of wins by a county in a Championship
>>>season?
>>>
>> Without looking it up, I'll have to guess that it might be Surrey, who
>> in 1955 had 23 losses, 5 defeats and - incredibly - no draws.
>
>
>Think there is a typo. It should be 23 wins, other wise your answer
>doesn't make sense.

It should indeed have been 23 wins. I must have been subconsciously
influenced by their 2008 debacle. :)
-- 
John Hall
          "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come
           sit next to me."
                                 Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)

"John Hall"  wrote in message 
news:HIhZWyBq+l4IFwLx@jhall.demon.co.uk.invalid...
> In article <mfMeyCm+bj4IFwPI@anywhere.demon.co.uk>,
> Robert Henderson  writes:

>>7. Which county has won the Championship the soonest after being
>>admitted into the competition?  (Use the traditional not the official
>>date for the starting of the Championship).
>
> That must be Gloucestershire.

If the starting date is taken as 1864, then the pedantic answer must be 
Surrey. Also, while Gloucestershire won in 1873 according to John Lillywhite 
(and shared the title according to most other sources), three years after 
their first matches, Derbyshire matched them the following season according 
to Rev R S Holmes's list, having first played in 1871.
-- 
David North