Answer: Chappell-Hadlee Trophy
Ian Chappell (Australia) and Richard Hadlee (NZ) were both champion cricketers and both captained their countries in the 1970 and 80s.
The Ashes is the Test match trophy contested between the old enemies, Australia and England, and the Freedom Trophy is the prize in South Africa and India fixtures.
The ICC Champions Trophy is a tournament involving all Test playing countries.
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From Quiz: The Trans-Tasman Sporting Rivalry
Answer: Betty Cuthbert
As an 18 year old at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics Betty Cuthbert won gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. The 1960 Olympics in Rome turned out to be a disaster for her but in a comeback she captured gold in the 400m at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. Marjorie Jackson won gold in the 100m and 200m at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics which helped to start a new generation of female athletes in Australia. Dawn Fraser was Australia's " Golden Girl" of the pool from 1956-1964 winning the 100m freestyle at 3 consecutive Olympics. Shirley Strickland (1925-2004) won 7 Olympic medals from 1948 - 1956 including 3 gold. An interesting fact is that Shirley's father, Dave Strickland, won the professional foot race, the Stawell Gift in 1900.
From Quiz: Golden Era of Australian Sport: 1950s
Answer: John Ferris
John Ferris played 8 Tests for Australia and in 1889 was named as one of the first Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He moved to England in 1890 and played in a Test for his adopted country against South Africa (1891 -92). In 9 tests he took 61 wickets at an average of 12.70. It was during the Boer War in South Africa that he died in Durban in 1900.
Albert "Tibby" Cotter (fast bowler) was killed in WWI at Beersheba with the Australian 12th Light Horse Regiment. He played 21 Tests and was considered the fastest bowler of the first decade of the 20th Century. Ross Gregory (batsman) was in the RAAF as a pilot officer and was killed in action during WWII in East Bengal (now Bangladesh) and played in two Tests. John Cotter (Tibby's elder brother) did not play Test cricket but sadly he was killed in France just two weeks before Tibby.
From Quiz: Australian Sporting Mixture
Answer: The Tour Down Under
The Tour Down Under was started in 1999, and attracted mainly Australian cycling teams. In 2008 it joined the UCI World Tour and became an international event, with the world's leading teams all taking part. It is a week-long tour held in Adelaide and the surrounding countryside.
From Quiz: International Sports Down Under
Answer: Newcastle
The Newcastle Knights were formed in 1988, and play their home games at Hunter Stadium. In 1997, they defeated Manly-Warringah in the Grand Final to win their first Premiership. A second title followed in 2001, with Parramatta being their victims in the final.
From Quiz: Sport Down Under
Answer: National Rugby League (NRL)
The NRL as it is known today is a professional Rugby League competition consisting of teams from Australia and New Zealand. The competition has gone through some name changes over the years, but has been running since 1908.
From Quiz: Australian Sport
Answer: Joe Bugner
Born in Hungary in 1950, Joe Bugner's family fled to England in 1956 after the Soviet invasion. Bugner held the British and British Commonwealth Titles twice and the European Heavyweight Title three times. He fought many of the great champions in thriller matches in his professional career, going the distance with both Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, before moving to Australia to live on his retirement in 1977. Over the next two decades however he made periodic comebacks with some success, winning the Australian Heavyweight Title in 1995 and, aged 49, the WBF Heavyweight Title. His professional career record was 69-13-1 and this included 41 knockout wins. Joe has recently began to carve a new career in the movie industry.
From Quiz: Aussie Sports
Answer: Steven Bradbury
Bradbury was virtually handed the gold for the 1,000 metres short-track on a platter. After scraping into the quarterfinals, and again into the semis, he was regarded by the pundits as being the rank outsider. In the final, all four of his opponents crashed out on the final turn, leaving him as the only one standing. The look on his face as he crossed the line, and glanced over his shoulder at the carnage behind him, was priceless.
Zali Steggall won a bronze in 1998 in the Alpine Skiing event, and the Australian Ice Hockey team is usually hopelessly outclassed by northern hemisphere countries.
Colin Coates represented Australia at a record six games, but did not win any medals.
From Quiz: Mixed Aussie Sport
Answer: 6-7
Depending what division you are in, there are 6 or 7 from the following - March, Clubs, Freearm, Rods, Aesthetics, Rhythmic, Stage Medley, Spectacular, Song and Dance, Folk Dance and Action song.
From Quiz: Calisthenics: Australia's Artistic Sport
Answer: Mark Skaife / Jim Richards
Skaife/Richards were declared the winners even though their car had been involved in a major accident on the lap the race was red flagged, rendering their car almost un-drivable. The officials took the result on the last completed lap.
From Quiz: Unusual Moments In Australian Sport
Answer: Greg Childs
In a television interview, Childs broke into tears as he explained that his children would go to school and tell their classmates that "Daddy rides the best horse in the world" for morning talk. Sunline also won the Hong Kong Mile in 2000.
From Quiz: Aussie Sports [2]
Answer: Empire Rose
Natski's tail went of the finish line before Rosey's, but the giant New Zealand mare's nose reached it first. Kensei and Tawrrific won the cup in 1987 and 1989 respectively.
From Quiz: Aussie Sports [1]
Answer: John Dyson
England won by 18 runs after following on in the first innings. Ian Botham scored 50 and 149 not out and Bob Willis took 8 wickets in the second innings.
From Quiz: Aussie Sporting Disasters II
Answer: 2-2
It was a 2-2 draw and thus ended our dream on the away-goals rule. We were robbed! November 1997 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground will be remembered for a long, long time. The devastation at the full-time whistle was indescribable: Stan Lazaradis fell to the ground at full-time and did not move for 20 minutes until a policeman came over and helped him off the ground. In attempting to qualify for the 3 World Cups (1990, 1994 and 1998), Australia has lost just one game (0-1 away to Argentina in the 94 qualifiers) and yet did not qualify for any of these 3 final series. There are many of us down under who reckon that the qualification system and the hurdles placed in front of Oceania qualifiers is unfair!
From Quiz: Aussie Sporting Disasters
Answer: Jack Dyer
The Richmond champion said this when describing Carlton ruckman Justin Madden's arms.
From Quiz: AFL and Cricket Quotables
Answer: 05
Generally regarded as the greatest ever driver at Bathurst, winning the race 9 times.
From Quiz: Australian Sports
Answer: Sharelle McMahon
In my opinion, THE greatest and most exciting moment in Aussie sport.
From Quiz: Great Moments in Aussie Sport
Answer: 99.94
'The Don' only need 4 runs to end with 7000 runs and an average of 100.
From Quiz: Aussie Sport Lovers
Answer: South Sydney
Souths had won 20, go the Bunnies!
From Quiz: Australian Sports Records
Answer: Field Hockey
Field Hockey, called hockey in Australia (since we don't have ice to skate on), is another great rivalry between the 'Big Island' and the 'Small Islands'. The Trans-Tasman Challenge has been held every year since its inception in 2012 and is fiercely fought between the Black Sticks and the Kookaburras (Men's competition) and the Black Sticks Women against the Hockeyroos (Women's competition).
Phoenix Rising's Red Crew member leith90 scooped up this question and was promptly sent to the penalty corner for dangerous play.
From Quiz: The Trans-Tasman Sporting Rivalry
Answer: Russell Mockridge
Russell Mockridge (1928-1958) won both the amateur and professional Paris Sprints in July 1952 but rode both races as a amateur. His humiliation of the
professionals, as an amateur, resulted in amateurs being banned from competing against professionals for many years. At the 1952 Olympics he won gold in the 1000m Time Trial and the Tandem event with Lionel Cox. He won a number of six-day events in Europe and in 1955 started and finished in the Tour de France over 22 days and 4,495 kms. This was an amazing achievement for a man considered to be a sprinter. Sadly he was killed in a cycling accident in 1958 at the age of 30. Sid Patterson (1927-1999) won 4 World titles as an amateur and professional from 1949-1955. He competed in the 1948 Olympics without success and turned professional in 1951. His last year of track racing was in 1967 at the ripe old age of 40. Danny Clark competed as a professional from 1974-1997 and won 5 World Championships.
From Quiz: Golden Era of Australian Sport: 1950s
Answer: Mats Willander
The Australian Open is the first Grand Slam of the year and is played in Melbourne. It was the first Grand Slam to have stadiums with retractable roofs to enable play in wet conditions. The roof is also closed in times of extreme heat.
From Quiz: International Sports Down Under
Answer: Dawn Fraser
Fraser, from Balmain, won the 100 m freestyle at Melbourne in 1956, Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964. She also won a relay gold medal at Melbourne and four silver medals over the course of her career. Her 1964 triumph made her the first swimmer of either sex to win the same event at three consecutive games.
From Quiz: Sport Down Under
Answer: Netball
They of course are all members of the national team called the Diamonds.
From Quiz: Australian Sport
Answer: Darrell Hair
Hair called Muralitharan seven times in three overs in this match, and it was some time before it was realised he was making the calls based on Muralitharan's elbow action rather than on his foot. It was ultimately concluded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) following a subsequent bio-mechanical investigation that year, that Muralitharan had a congenital elbow deformity, clearing him of any wrong play and leading to the ICC raising the elbow extension to 15 degrees for all bowlers.
From Quiz: Aussie Sports
Answer: American Samoa
Striker Archie Thompson set a new individual World Cup scoring record by slotting 13 goals past the hapless goalkeeper. They had also flogged Tonga a few days beforehand, 22-0.
Unfortunately, Australia was beaten by Uruguay in the Intercontinental Playoffs, and did not make the 32-team field.
From Quiz: Mixed Aussie Sport
Answer: Calisthenic Revue
In all Senior and Junior divisions, the new item called Calisthenic Review was introduced. This item allows a great amount of choice as to what is presented, and choices between dancing, singing and freearm movements are selective; not imposed. There is also an entertainment value on the item.
From Quiz: Calisthenics: Australia's Artistic Sport
Answer: Andrew Hilditch
Andrew Hilditch picked up a throw from mid-on and passed it the Pakistan's Safraz Narwaz who appealed and was awarded the dismissal.
From Quiz: Unusual Moments In Australian Sport
Answer: Four
They played in an amazing seven straight grand finals from 1983 to 1989. They defeated Essendon in 1983, then lost to an unstoppable burst from Essendon in the final quarter of 1984. 1985 started with a giant brawl (again against Essendon) and finished with the Hawks going down by 78 points. They defeated Carlton in 1986, but the Blues had their measure a year later in 1987. 1988 saw the Hawks thump Melbourne, and then in 1989 a brave Hawthorn (with many injured players) held off a fast finishing Geelong to win an epic contest by six points.
From Quiz: Aussie Sports [2]
Answer: Collingwood
It was the middle year of three straight Grand Final losses for the Magpies. They lost to Carlton in the 1979 and 1981 Grand Finals.
From Quiz: Aussie Sports [1]
Answer: Australia 27-9
Australia won 27 Davis Cups in the first hundred years (its 27th was in 1999). Australia competed as Australasia in the early years of the competition, together with New Zealand. Great Britain won four consecutive Davis Cups in the early years, as the British Isles 1903-04-05-06, but then faded somewhat, winning their 9th Davis Cup back in 1936.
From Quiz: Aussie Sporting Victories over England
Answer: Kookaburra III
After 132 years we finally took the Cup away from the Americans only to lose it four years later 4-0 to Dennis Conner's 'Stars and Stripes'.
From Quiz: Aussie Sporting Disasters II
Answer: Sheffield Shield
Finally, Queensland won cricket's main prize.
From Quiz: Aussie Sporting Disasters
Answer: Bill Lawry
This was on Channel 9's Wide World of Sports' cricket coverage (I'm sure when though) when Lawry and Tony Greig had yet another argument on an LBW decision.
From Quiz: AFL and Cricket Quotables
Answer: 1981- 83, 1986
Parramatta were the form side of the eighties. At one stage they had six of the seven backs in the Australian team. 1981 was the club's first ever premiership.
From Quiz: Australian Sports
Answer: Darren Lehmann
From Quiz: All Aussie Sports
Answer: All wore the same number
They all wore the no. 44
From Quiz: Aussie Sports
Answer: Wayne Gardner
From Quiz: Australian Sports Records
