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1. Former Australian test batsman David Hookes died at the age of 48 in January 2004 - how did he die?
2. All round sportsman Maurice Turnbull played 9 Tests for England between 1930 and 1936, but how did he meet his untimely death in 1944?
3. From a famous cricketing family, New Zealander Mark Parker was just making his way in the cricket world having made 3 appearances for Otago, when his life was bought to a tragically premature end in 2002. How did he die?
4. Hansie Cronje was an extremely successful South African cricket captain whose career was brought to a sudden and dramatic close after he was found guilty in 2000 of match fixing, and subsequently banned for life. Eighteen months later he was dead - how did he die?
5. Ben Hollioake died tragically young in a car crash in Perth, Australia in 2002. Who is his older brother, who also represented England at cricket?
6. Claude Tozer only played 7 first class cricket matches before his life was bought to a tragic end in 1920. What was his professional relationship with the person who was found guilty of killing him?
7. The happy go lucky Ashley Harvey-Walker was called "Ashley Hearty-Whacker" in his Derbyshire playing days by the famous commentator, John Arlott. This summed up Harvey-Walker's wholehearted and cheerful approach to the game. But how did he meet his death in 1997 in much darker circumstances, at the age of 52 in Johannesburg?
8. Donald Eligon had just made his way into the Trinidad team when he died in 1937 at the tragically young age of 28. His sudden death was directly related to cricket. How did Donald Eligon die?
9. Montague Druitt was found drowned in the River Thames at the age of 31 in 1888. A keen cricketer representing Winchester College, and the Morden Cricket Club of Blackheath, Druitt is regarded in many quarters to have an alter ego. Who is Montague Druitt suspected to be?
10. Which cricketing death was announced in an Obituary Notice in The Times newspaper in August 1882?
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