Do You Know West Indies Cricket
History?
TAKE THE QUIZ
QUESTIONS
1a In what year was the first intercolonial (modern day Shell
Shield, Red Stripes series) match played?
1b Where was the first intercolonial match played?
1c Name the two teams that played?
2a The first international tour by West Indian cricketers was
made in what year?
2b Where did they go?
3 The West Indies toured England for the first time in (a) 1900
(b) 1902 (c) 1899?
4 The West Indies cricket team was elevated to play Test matches
and played its first Test match in (a) 1930 (b) 1923 (c) 1928?
5a The first tie match in the history of Test matches was played
between Australia and the West Indies in Australia. Who was the West
Indies Cricket captain?
5b In what year was this history making Test played?
6 In what year did the West Indies gain its first Test victory in
England?
7 Name the famous West Indies cricketer who was born in Panama
and lived in Cuba until he was ten years old?
8 Who wrote the famous cricket book, Beyond the Boundary?
9 Three famous cricketers were known as the 3W’s. Name them?
10 When did Garfield Sobers play his first Test match and where
was this Test played?
11 One of the West Indies great captains, Clive Lloyd, was born
and raised where?
12 Who was the first Antiguan to play in a Test match?
13 Which team won the first World Cup?
14 Where was the first World Cup tournament played?
15 Who wrote the book, A History of West Indian Cricket?
16 Jeffrey Stollmeyer and Learie Constantine, two West Indies
stars, were (a) Jamaicans (b) Barbadians (c) Trinidadians (d)
Guyanese?
17 Who sang the famous calypso, Rally ‘Round The West Indies?
18 The West Indies Test team toured which country in 1930-31?
19 In what country did Brian Lara shatter Sir Garfield Sobers
record of 365 runs in a Test inning?
20 Name the king who attended the Test match when the West Indies
for the first time defeated England in England? |
