Sports Pub Chat Question

shaking shaking Joined: 05/04/2008 Posts: 1097 Favourite Category: Quizzes & Puzzles

in what year did these sporting events take place

Wed 09/04/08 18:25

1. Up to the neck in it at Wembley
2. Gold for 6th liner
3. Flannelled fool gets ton of tons
4. One for every day of the year except one
5. First Open win for Ganton footballer
6. Wells nets Olympic Gold
7. Sounds as if this British Motor Grand Prix winner came out on top
8. .T wins World Snooker Championship
9. Much was written about in this F.A. CupFinal

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Hammond Egg Hammond Egg Joined: 10/12/2005 Posts: 955 Favourite Category: Football

Wed 09/04/08 22:35

3 - 1977. Geoff Boycott's 100th first class century
4 - 1938 - Len Hutton scored 364 for England against Australia at The Oval

SeaJayPea SeaJayPea Joined: 28/03/2005 Posts: 1182 Favourite Category: Other Sports

Thurs 10/04/08 10:44

6 - 1980 Allan Wells won the 100m at the Moscow Olympics

Hammond Egg Hammond Egg Joined: 10/12/2005 Posts: 955 Favourite Category: Football

Thurs 10/04/08 13:38

It strikes me that No. 3 could be about any cricketer who scored 100 first class centuries - Dennis Amiss, Graeme Hick and Glenn Turner have all achieved it since Boycott, but his was the most high profile.

No. 9 could refer to 1937 and George Mutch

SeaJayPea SeaJayPea Joined: 28/03/2005 Posts: 1182 Favourite Category: Other Sports

Thurs 10/04/08 14:02

Good one Hammond, except it was 1938. He scored a penalty in the last minute of extra time to win the match for Preston 1-0 v Huddersfield

Could 7 be Lauda, do you think?

SeaJayPea SeaJayPea Joined: 28/03/2005 Posts: 1182 Favourite Category: Other Sports

Thurs 10/04/08 14:08

8 - Dennis Taylor is the only person whose name begins with T who has ever won the World Championship

SeaJayPea SeaJayPea Joined: 28/03/2005 Posts: 1182 Favourite Category: Other Sports

Thurs 10/04/08 14:09

Sorry, that was in 1985

Steve.5 Steve.5 Joined: 06/10/2007 Posts: 2185 Favourite Category: ChatterBank

Thurs 10/04/08 15:22

could No 1 be 1970 Big Jack Charlton scored in the FA cup final ?

mightyWBA mightyWBA Joined: 22/07/2005 Posts: 2663 Favourite Category: Football

Thurs 10/04/08 19:36

8 is Graeme Dott in 2006.
Note the crafty "dot" in front of the "T" in the question.

badlad badlad Joined: 31/08/2004 Posts: 386 Favourite Category: Quizzes & Puzzles

Thurs 10/04/08 19:37

1 could be 1956, the year Bert Trautmann broke his neck in the F A Cup final.

mightyWBA mightyWBA Joined: 22/07/2005 Posts: 2663 Favourite Category: Football

Thurs 10/04/08 20:01

5. The answer is 1896.
Harry Vardon won his first open golf championship in 1896.He played centre forward and goalkeeper for Ganton village F.C. in North Yorkshire.

Steve.5 Steve.5 Joined: 06/10/2007 Posts: 2185 Favourite Category: ChatterBank

Sat 12/04/08 20:54

No 2 could be 1971 when Princess Anne won Gold @ Burghley for equestrianism while she was 6th in line to the throne

Could No1 be 1923 with the horse emerged in the cup final crowd

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