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Quick trivia question

Postby westozfalcon » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:03 pm

Which two players with the same name made their Test debuts for Australia as opening batsmen (at different times) at the WACA ground in Perth ?
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Postby rod_rooster » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:04 pm

Wayne Philips
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Postby westozfalcon » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:18 pm

rod_rooster wrote:Wayne Philips


Yep

Was that the only Test the Victorian Phillips played. He replaced the dropped Geoff Marsh (popular choice with the Perth crowd too!!) ? I think he only scored 8 or thereabouts in 1st innings.

Bit different to South Australian Plillips who knocked up 159 - I was there to see that!
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Postby Dogwatcher » Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:45 pm

Too easy Westozfalcon...too easy!

Pity i didn't get here early enough to answer it. lol
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Postby Aerie » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:55 pm

Quick trivia question and an even quicker trivia answer. 1 minute! Well done!
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Postby Adelaide Hawk » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:33 am

WB Phillips (Flipper) was the first one, and WN Phillips was the second. When WN Phillips was selected, Flipper rang the ACB asking what time they wanted him to fly over. He was joking, but the ACB thought he was serious and tried to break to news gently.
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Postby Dogwatcher » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:54 am

That's a great story AH!
Very funny -typical of Flipper. And probly why administrators weren't fans off his work...
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