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by **John Hal** » Sat, 18 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

> Here is a list of players (not necessarily Test players or players with a
>touring Test side) from the Test-playing nations who made a double-century on
>their first-class debuts abroad.

>English players:
>228 AC MacLaren AE Stoddart's XI v Victoria Melbourne 1894-95
>223* EH Hendren MCC v Barbados Bridgetown 1929-30

But Hendren had previously toured Australia in 1920-1, 1924-5 and
1928-9, so it wasn't his debut abroad as I would understand the
expression. By "debut abroad" do you mean "debut in the country abroad
in which the match was played"? I guess that must be the case, in fact,
given that Lambert appears twice in the list for the West Indies.

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by **Aslam Siddiq** » Sat, 18 Jul 1998 04:00:00

On Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:52:55 +0100, John Hall

Quote:

>> Here is a list of players (not necessarily Test players or players with a
>>touring Test side) from the Test-playing nations who made a double-century on
>>their first-class debuts abroad.

>>English players:
>>228 AC MacLaren AE Stoddart's XI v Victoria Melbourne 1894-95
>>223* EH Hendren MCC v Barbados Bridgetown 1929-30

>But Hendren had previously toured Australia in 1920-1, 1924-5 and
>1928-9, so it wasn't his debut abroad as I would understand the
>expression. By "debut abroad" do you mean "debut in the country abroad
>in which the match was played"? I guess that must be the case, in fact,
>given that Lambert appears twice in the list for the West Indies.

>[Remainder of interesting list snipped]
>--
>John Hall

You are right; I should have made it more clear. It *is* supposed to
be debut in the country abroad in which the match was being played.
Thanks for pointing out the ambiguity.

aslam

by **Mike Holman** » Sat, 18 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>On Fri, 17 Jul 1998 20:52:55 +0100, John Hall

>>> Here is a list of players (not necessarily Test players or players with a
>>>touring Test side) from the Test-playing nations who made a double-century on
>>>their first-class debuts abroad.

>>>English players:
>>>228 AC MacLaren AE Stoddart's XI v Victoria Melbourne 1894-95
>>>223* EH Hendren MCC v Barbados Bridgetown 1929-30

>>But Hendren had previously toured Australia in 1920-1, 1924-5 and
>>1928-9, so it wasn't his debut abroad as I would understand the
>>expression. By "debut abroad" do you mean "debut in the country abroad
>>in which the match was played"? I guess that must be the case, in fact,
>>given that Lambert appears twice in the list for the West Indies.

>>[Remainder of interesting list snipped]
>>--
>>John Hall

>You are right; I should have made it more clear. It *is* supposed to
>be debut in the country abroad in which the match was being played.
>Thanks for pointing out the ambiguity.

I'm glad of that. You had Brearley getting a double ton abroad in 1976,
when I knew he'd scored a triple in 1966-67. But the double was in Pune,
and the triple was in Peshawar. I was getting worried that you were
going to include a deliberate error in every post to see who was
reading. Phew!

Cheers,

Mike

--
"Erm." - C Weston

by **KSiddi12** » Sun, 19 Jul 1998 04:00:00

Quote:

>Here is a list of players (not necessarily Test players or players with a

touring Test side) from the Test-playing nations who made a double-century on
their first-class debuts abroad.
<snip>

Aslam,

I am not clear what you mean by "debut abroad". Do you mean "debut abroad
against a particular country"? At least some of these players had played abroad
against some other countries before scoring a double century against a
particular country.

Khalid

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