harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Nov 27, 2017 13:26:17 GMT
Quiz time. Name the England cricketer on tour in Australia who is related to a fomer Bristol Rovers centre forward ?
Who is the cricketer and who is the Rovers player and how many goals did he score for Rovers?
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Nov 27, 2017 16:09:51 GMT
Is it Anderson?
Jimmy and Ijah!?!
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Post by pirate49 on Nov 27, 2017 16:36:18 GMT
Long time since we had a centre forward!!
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harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Nov 27, 2017 17:00:48 GMT
Long time since we had a centre forward!! Not Anderson
The particular Rovers Centre forward scored 20 goals in 57 appearances and previously played for Coventry City.
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Post by jets4 on Nov 27, 2017 17:23:52 GMT
The footballer is George Davison.
Not sure about the cricketer, but, Davison was born in the north east of England.
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Post by pirate49 on Nov 27, 2017 18:09:43 GMT
Mark Stoneman was also born in Newcastle.....?
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Post by GasPanic! on Nov 27, 2017 19:23:34 GMT
The suspense is killing us Mike.
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harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Nov 27, 2017 19:38:05 GMT
Name the current England cricketer on tour in Australia who is related to a former Bristol Rovers centre forward ?
Answer is England Captain Joe Root who is the great, great grandson of George Davison who played for Rovers between 1914-20.
The biography of GEORGE ALEXANDER ANTHONY DAVISON
born AMJ 1890 Tynemouth died AMJ 1962 Co Durham
Rovers Début: 5.9.14 v Crystal Palace
Career: Swalwell; Blyth Spartans; 9.5.13 Coventry City; 28.4.14 Bristol Rovers; 21.7.20 West Stanley.
Centre-forward George Davison completed a hat-trick against Watford in his penultimate Blyth Spartans game and drew the attention of Coventry, for whom he was top scorer in 1913-14, with eighteen goals in 38 matches as they finished at the foot of the Southern League table. This tally included a goal at Eastville, as Rovers defeated City 3-2 in February 1914 and a hat-trick two months later as Watford were defeated 3-1 at Highfield Road. He scored on his Rovers début and contributed twenty goals in 57 Southern League matches either side of World War One; the club’s top scorer in 1914-15, he scored his last goal for the club on Good Friday 1920 against Exeter City. That he was able to play at all was perhaps due to a 1915 penny in his trouser pocket for, struck by a bullet at The Somme whilst serving in the Durham Light Infantry, the coin ended up with a hole in the middle and George Davison walked free. Brought up at 12 Stoney Row, Wallsend, he was the eldest child of a carpenter William Albert Davison and Mary Eleanor Archer, whilst his cousin Joe Watson also played for Blyth Spartans. George Davison’s great-great-grandsons are celebrated cricketers, Joe Root being selected as England’s Test match captain in 2017 and on the Ashes tour to Australia, and his brother Billy playing with the MCC.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 21:12:11 GMT
This tally included a goal at Eastville, as Rovers defeated City 3-2 in February 1914... That'd do it; fair play, Sir. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 23:24:37 GMT
Chewy and Bamber know ..they know everything Every day Harry I'm struck by just how little I know, and this is part of the fun, to try to meet new people and learn new things. I've spent the last couple of hours looking at the effect on Laos of Chinese hydroelectric dam projects, fascinating and more than a little worrying. What do you reckon we should try to learn about tomorrow? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2017 23:41:48 GMT
Chewy and Bamber know ..they know everything Every day Harry I'm struck by just how little I know, and this is part of the fun, to try to meet new people and learn new things. I've spent the last couple of hours looking at the effect on Laos of Chinese hydroelectric dam projects, fascinating and more than a little worrying. What do you reckon we should try to learn about tomorrow? Here’s another little known fact Bamber. Joe Roots partners Father was Mike Turl’s guest in hospitality at the Sheffield United game earlier this year. Knowledge is the bomb. 😂😂😂🙌🙌 Edited for accuracy 😂😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 0:05:54 GMT
Every day Harry I'm struck by just how little I know, and this is part of the fun, to try to meet new people and learn new things. I've spent the last couple of hours looking at the effect on Laos of Chinese hydroelectric dam projects, fascinating and more than a little worrying. What do you reckon we should try to learn about tomorrow? Here’s another little known fact Bamber. Joe Roots partners Father was Mike Turl’s guest in hospitality at the Sheffield United game earlier this season. Knowledge is the bomb. 😂😂😂🙌🙌 I see your Cricketer's Partner's Father and raise you this, the part number for a late 1970s Concorde WRS460 central heating boiler thermostat is 003209, production discontinued in 2015, so best to stock up now whilst there's still some stock sitting on shelves. |
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Post by dido on Nov 28, 2017 9:57:21 GMT
"...the Sheffield United game earlier this season..."
Damn. Another game I missed.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 10:49:09 GMT
"...the Sheffield United game earlier this season..." Damn. Another game I missed. More of a loss than watching the game would have been a chance to stand quietly and listen to Mike Turl, a very wise man. Even more so if Colin Williams was there as well. |
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Post by The Concept on Nov 28, 2017 12:23:05 GMT
Moeen Ali and Ali Gibb?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 16:04:12 GMT
"...the Sheffield United game earlier this season..." Damn. Another game I missed. More of a loss than watching the game would have been a chance to stand quietly and listen to Mike Turl, a very wise man. Even more so if Colin Williams was there as well. Colin was there later in the evening. Only me there lowering the tone. 😂 |
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harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on Nov 28, 2017 16:31:06 GMT
Quiz time 2. Name five cricketers to have played professional football for Bristol Rovers ?
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Post by pirate49 on Nov 28, 2017 16:44:46 GMT
Nicholls, Meyer, Jarman for starters..............
..................and add Wally Hammond.
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Post by kingswood Polak on Nov 28, 2017 16:51:51 GMT
"...the Sheffield United game earlier this season..." Damn. Another game I missed. More of a loss than watching the game would have been a chance to stand quietly and listen to Mike Turl, a very wise man. Even more so if Colin Williams was there as well. I used to play snooker against Colin, in the early 90’s. Really decent bloke and we would certainly sink a few ales. We knew it was time to quit when I’d miss the balls from the D on a long shot |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2017 17:31:16 GMT
Nicholls, Meyer, Jarman for starters.............. ..................and add Wally Hammond. Phil Purnell. |
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