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brmtaylor.com admin wrote:Where was the location of Rhodesia's first cricket match?
I need: the town, and where exactly the game was played at.

Trying to update your history page?
Fort Victoria (Masvingo), August 16 1890. I've never been able to track down the precise location / name of a ground - I suspect that, that far back, it was just a randomly cleared patch of land...

maehara wrote:

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:Where was the location of Rhodesia's first cricket match?
I need: the town, and where exactly the game was played at.

Trying to update your history page?
Fort Victoria (Masvingo), August 16 1890. I've never been able to track down the precise location / name of a ground - I suspect that, that far back, it was just a randomly cleared patch of land...

I do in fact know the exact location, but it would have been too easy to find if it was on my history page
I'll give you a clue - the letter "P" is quite prominent.

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:I'll give you a clue - the letter "P" is quite prominent.

I'd take a stab at Providential Pass, then - location where the Pioneer Column reportedly founded Fort Vic when they arrived there.

maehara wrote:

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:I'll give you a clue - the letter "P" is quite prominent.

I'd take a stab at Providential Pass, then - location where the Pioneer Column reportedly founded Fort Vic when they arrived there.

Spot on

You're up!

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:Spot on

You're up!

Should be a fairly easy one: former Zimbabwean captain, but his main legacy to the country wasn't in his playing (although he was involved in a famous win for the side) - instead, it's visible everywhere you go in Zimbabwe: the country's car registration numbering system. The man responsible was...?

is it duncan fletcher

andy wrote:is it duncan fletcher

I never knew that before - you are right: http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,865 ... 12,00.html

DEVISES Zimbabwe's car registration system in work outside cricket.

maehara, do you know any more about what happened?

Andy, you are up

which Zimbabwean has scored the most first class runs. Hint. only has to b born in Zimbabwe

Murray Goodwin?

brmtaylor.com admin wrote:maehara, do you know any more about what happened?

I believe he's a former civil servant (back in the days when Zim cricket was generally amateur), and it was just done in the normal course of his work. It's an interesting little bit of trivia, though...