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New Zealand Test Cricket Trivia Quiz

This is a (hopefully) challenging quiz about the history of New Zealand Test Cricket.

A multiple-choice quiz by Dalgleish. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Dalgleish

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
74,187

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1123

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was New Zealand's first Test captain? Hint

Walter Hadlee

Jack Cowie

Stu Dempster

Tom Lowry

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Question 2 of 10

2. We all know that Richard Hadlee was knighted in 1990, but he was the 2nd New Zealand cricketer to be knitghted. Who was New Zealand's first cricketing knight? Hint

Martin Donnelly

Jack Newman

Bert Sutcliffe

John Reid

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Question 3 of 10

3. A great all-rounder of the 1950s and 1960s, and a top class batsman of the 1980s, share the same name. What is it?

Answer: (Two words, or just surname)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which of these players did NOT captain New Zealand? Hint

Ian Smith

Richard Hadlee

John Parker

John Wright

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Question 5 of 10

5. When Richard Hadlee set the record for the most wickets taken by a New Zealander in a Test series (33 wickets), how many tests did he play in the series? Hint

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Question 6 of 10

6. New Zealand has a great history of cricketing families, but which of these are NOT related? Hint

John and Danny Morrison

Geoff and Hedley Howarth

John and Murray Parker

John and Brendan Bracewell

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these players has not scored a double century for NZ in Test cricket? Hint

Bert Sutcliffe

Martin Crowe

Bevan Congdon

Stephen Fleming

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Question 8 of 10

8. In the 1974-75 series against England, a NZ player was struck in the head by English bowler Peter Lever, and actually 'died' for a short time. Who was it? Hint

Richard Collinge

Ewan Chatfield

Geoff Howarth

Ken Wadsworth

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was unusual about the appointment of Lee Germon as NZ captain in 1995? Hint

He was the only Muslim in the team.

He was 42 years old.

He had never captained a First Class team.

He had never played Test Cricket before.

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Question 10 of 10

10. How many Tests did NZ play before recording their first victory? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was New Zealand's first Test captain?

Answer: Tom Lowry

Lowry captained against England in 1929-30.

2. We all know that Richard Hadlee was knighted in 1990, but he was the 2nd New Zealand cricketer to be knitghted. Who was New Zealand's first cricketing knight?

Answer: Jack Newman

Sir Jack Newman only played 3 Tests for New Zealand (1931 to 1933), so it's safe to assume he was knighted for services OFF the field! He was knighted in 1978 for services to business: he was a pioneer transport operator expanded Nelson-based TNL group (later Newmans) to become a national company.

3. A great all-rounder of the 1950s and 1960s, and a top class batsman of the 1980s, share the same name. What is it?

Answer: John Reid

John R. Reid played 58 tests for NZ, John F. Reid played 19.

4. Which of these players did NOT captain New Zealand?

Answer: Richard Hadlee

Wright captained 14 times, Smith and Parker one each. Perhaps the selectors figured that Hadlee had enough to do already?

5. When Richard Hadlee set the record for the most wickets taken by a New Zealander in a Test series (33 wickets), how many tests did he play in the series?

Answer: 3

This was against Australia in 1985-86. It was the first series win for NZ over Australia.

6. New Zealand has a great history of cricketing families, but which of these are NOT related?

Answer: John and Danny Morrison

7. Which of these players has not scored a double century for NZ in Test cricket?

Answer: Bevan Congdon

Congdon scored 176 and 175 in the 1973 series against England, but never made it to 200.

8. In the 1974-75 series against England, a NZ player was struck in the head by English bowler Peter Lever, and actually 'died' for a short time. Who was it?

Answer: Ewan Chatfield

Ewan Chatfield was in his first test, and didn't play again for NZ for a few years after this. Ken Wadsworth, a great wicketkeeper-batsman, unfortunately died the following year at the age of 29, of cancer.

9. What was unusual about the appointment of Lee Germon as NZ captain in 1995?

Answer: He had never played Test Cricket before.

NZ selectors had a clean-out of the Test team after a couple of disastrous years, and a less-than-savoury tour of South Africa. The old captain, Ken Rutherford, was axed, along with wicketkeeper Tony Blain and quite a few others. Germon had a very good domestic captaincy record, and was given the job of turning things around - a job which has been continued successfully by Stephen Fleming. And no, he wasn't really 42yo (sorry Lee, if you're reading this)!

10. How many Tests did NZ play before recording their first victory?

Answer: 44

They went from 1929-30 until 1955-56 without a win, and then managed to beat West Indies under the captaincy of John Reid.

Source: Author Dalgleish

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