MERTON HERITAGE: CRICKET QUIZ

Merton has strong links the history of English cricket, from players and clubs

to historic grounds and charity matches.

One of the oldest surviving cricket grounds is located in Mitcham, where the game is

said to have been played since the seventeenth century.

How much do you know about this sport and its local connections ?

Find out by trying this quiz, designed by Merton Heritage Service

to keep you entertained in the absence of regular match play.

Most of the questions are multiple choice, so everyone has an equal chance

of guessing the correct answers.

Test your knowledge of local history and perhaps learn a bit more about

our borough’s colourful past at the same time.

The answer sheet can be found on the same webpage. Happy quizzing!

merton.gov.uk/heritage

QUESTION 1:

Which important cricket official was based on the balcony of the original

Cricketers Inn during the Victorian era?

A) The umpire B) The team captain C) The match scorer

QUESTION 2:

Which famous Mitcham and Surrey cricketer was commemorated by the

naming of a local pub?

B……….. B………………..

QUESTION 3:

Match the Cricket Club to its location:

Church Rd

Wimbledon John Innes

Recreation Ground

Poplar Rd

Merton Park Lower Morden

Lane

A) Old Rutlishians B) Wimbledon C) Morden D) Merton

QUESTION 4:

Which of the following clubs was the first to be founded?

A) Wimbledon B) Merton C) Morden D) Old Rutlishians

QUESTION 5:

Which local cricket club is located close to the All England Lawn Tennis Club?

A) Wimbledon Corinthians B) Wimbledon Utd Cricket Club

C) Wimbledon Cricket Club

QUESTION 6:

Wimbledon, Merton, Morden and the Old Rutlishians cricket clubs are

associated with which county cricket club?

A) Sussex B) Middlesex C) Surrey

QUESTION 7:

Mitcham Cricket Club was founded in 1685.

For how many years has cricket been played on Cricket Green?

For …………. Years.

QUESTION 8:

Mitcham Cricket Green is surrounded by 3 roads - can you name them?

L……………. R……….. , C……………. G…………. and

M……………. R

QUESTION 9:

What is unusual about the position of Mitcham Cricket Pavilion?

A) It is on the top floor of a pub

B) It stands on a traffic island surrounded by roads

C) It is across a busy road from the cricket pitch

QUESTION 10:

Which former English cricketer carried the Jubilee baton to a match between

Mitcham and Hambledon celebrating the Queen’s Golden Jubilee?

Sir I……….. B………………...

QUESTION 11:

During the 19th century, which overseas team visited Mitcham Cricket Club?

A) New Zealand B) West Indies C) Australia D) India

QUESTION 12:

How many teams now play for Mitcham Cricket Club?

A ) 1 B) 3 C) 5 D) 7

QUESTION 13:

These famous people have played, or watched matches on the Cricket Green.

Can you name them?

A) L………….. N…………………… (Admiral of the British Fleet)

B) Sir A…………… C………………. D………….. (Wrote “Sherlock Holmes”)

C) A……….. S…………………. Surrey and England wicket-keeper and batsman)

D) M………… R…………………... (Middlesex , Surrey and England batsman)

E) Sir J………. H……………(Greatest English batsman of the early 20th century)

QUESTION 14: Fill in the gaps about the memorial

on Mitcham Cricket Green.

We have jumbled the words below:

A memorial stone was erected on the

……… …….. corner of the Green by

…… ………. The inscription says

refer to the ………………. of ………..

which has been played here since the

……………… ……………

Two famous cricketers who played for

the club were …………… ………. And

………………. ………………. - both were

from

…………………… Tom Ruff eighteenth century

Jamaica south-west Eaton Swaby

Birthplace of Cricket Dennis Marriott