The CricketEurope team is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2005 Christmas Quiz is Olaf van den Hoven (The Netherlands). He will be sent a copy of the 2006 Wisden as soon as it is published.

CricketEurope wishes to thank all those who submitted entries Ð the standard was remarkably high! For the correct answers, see below.

In 2005

1. Who was the professional at Bangor, Northern Ireland? Regan West
2. Which clubs played off for the Danish championship? Skanderborg and Svanholm
3. Which of the following clubs beat Dutch champions VRA: HCC, HBS, VOC? HBS and VOC
4. Who made the highest individual score at the European AffiliatesÕ championship? Shahbaz Butt (Norway, 131 not out)
5. Who won the Italian championship? Gallicano

In 1955

6. Who took six for 17 for Scotland against Ireland? J.M. (Jimmy) Allan
7. Which German-born batsman made 1438 County Championship runs for Derbyshire? D.B. (Donald) Carr
8. Who scored a century in each innings twice in the same series for West Indies against Australia? C.L. (Clyde) Walcott
9. Who won the Dutch championship? HCC II
10. Which Ceylonese bowler took six for 83 for the Gentlemen against the Players? G. (Gamini) Goonesena

In 1905

11. Which English cricket club made its second visit to The Netherlands? St Lawrence CC
12. Who captained the Australian side in England? Joe Darling
13. Who won the Scottish Western Union championship? Ferguslie
14. Who made 341 for Yorkshire against Leicestershire? G.H. (George) Hirst
15. Who won the Northern Cricket Union Cup in Ireland for the second time but has never won it again? Holywood

European cricket

Knotty ties

21. Where was the first ever tied Test played? Brisbane (1960)
22. Who twice threw the wicket down to help ensure the tie? Joe Solomon
23. Which country has been involved in both tied matches in the World Cup? South Africa
24. Who bowled the final over in the first of them? Damien Fleming
25. What is the highest total made to tie a first-class match, and who made it? 453, Somerset (v West Indies A at Taunton, 2002)

In which year

26. was the first surviving code of the Laws of Cricket written? 1744 (there was a revision by the MCC in 1788, but the London club had written a code 44 years earlier)
27. did the first citizen of a Continental European country appear in English county cricket? 1983 (Ole Mortensen)
[A viewer has pointed out that there was a precedent for Ole Mortensen's appearance, and that the correct answer to this question is 1903. In that year Carstjan Posthuma played five matches for London County, taking 23 wickets at an average of 15.04. Although London County did not take part in the County Championship their matches were first-class, and they did play against county sides. So given the phrasing of the question, Posthuma's appearance counts!]
28. did France, Belgium, The Netherlands and the MCC play a quadrangular tournament in Brussels? 1910, during the World Exhibition
29. was the first Paris Cricket Club formed? 1863
30. was the first Scotland-Ireland match played? 1888

ICC Trophy

31. Which country has won most ICC Trophy matches? The Netherlands
32. In which year did Scotland first take part? 1997
33. Who were the defeated finalists in the first Trophy competition, in 1979? Canada
34. What is the lowest completed innings total in the TrophyÕs history? 26 (East and Central Africa vs. The Netherlands, 1997)
35. Who has taken most wickets in Trophy matches? Roland Lefebvre, 71

Grounds for divorce: In which cities are the following grounds situated?

36. Gaddafi Stadium - Lahore
37. Maarschalkeweerd - Utrecht
38. Pukekura Park - New Plymouth
39. Hamilton Crescent - Glasgow
40. Mardyke - Cork

Citizens of the world: Which England cricket captain was born in

. . . and finally, some stocking fillers

46. Who took the other wicket when Jim Laker took 19 against Australia? Tony Lock
47. Who is the only player to have taken all 10 wickets in an innings in a first-class match in the United States? JB King, 10-53 for Philadelphia vs. Ireland, at Haverford PA, 1909
48. What is the largest number of runs scored off an eight-ball over? 34, R.M. Edwards, off M.C. Carew, for Governor-GeneralÕs XI vs. West Indians, Auckland, 1968-69
49. Who was the first player to record a first-class triple hundred? W.G. Grace, 318 not out for Gloucestershire vs. Yorkshire at Cheltenham, 1876
50. What is the distinction that links Derek Crookes, Ian Harvey, Dinesh Mongia, Chris Nevin, Vikram Solanki and Roger Telemachus? The specific point is that they have all played more than 30 ODIs but have never played in a Test.