About this episode
Our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. Today: Rob Quiney, healer of seagulls, was there anything he couldn't do? How are 229 and 257 the first and second record holders in two completely different categories? What kind of player took completism to unrivalled levels? Plenty of Tony Greig, for some reason, and Percy Holmes, for others. The most fun you can have at the Brabourne Stadium for 17 days. And why, why, how, do some teams possibly get first-class status? Plus some very important Winnie news off the top. Your new Nerd Pledge numbers: 4.22 – Richard Jones & David Smith 2.50 – Maureen McCord 4.54 – Jack Firth & Ian Bounds 1.47 – Geoff Price 2.77 – Billy Frendo & Rory Seymour 2.42 – Pushkar Godbole 2.16 – Samuel Therkelsen & Jayaprakash Plus plenty more revisits and confirmations. Send us a Nerd Pledge at patreon.com/thefinalword Find previous episodes at finalwordcricket.com Check out the Lord's Taverners programs to help kids at lordstaverners.org CBUS Super is at cbussuper.com.au/thefinalword Get Geoff’s new book The Comeback Summer The Final Word is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network Title track by Urthboy Support the show: https://patreon.com/thefinalword See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices