Remarkable Rs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chris Rogers

Chris Rogers played county cricket for Northamptonshire, Derbyshire and Middlesex, as well as Australian domestic cricket. As mentioned, he took the test opportunity when it finally arrived.
Of the wrong answers Robertson and Richardson had respectable test records, while Robinson played only once at that level. Only Richardson of the three was left handed.

Answer: Barry Richards

Barry Richards scored 508 runs at 72.57 in the only test series he got to play in before Apartheid South Africa were barred from the test arena. He was also among the leading run scorers in Kerry packer's World Series Cricket in the late 1970s, and scored huge numbers of runs in domestic cricket in England, Australia and his native South Africa.
Of the three wrong answers only Jack Richards was a cricketer at all, and he was a keeper/ bagtter for Surrey and England in the 1980s. The other two were both Olympic athletes of the long past, Bob a pole vaulter and Tom a marathon runner.

Answer: Viv Richards

Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, always known by 'Viv', a diminutive form of his second given name, could be terrifying when in top form. In England in 1976 he scored 829 runs in the series even though he missed a match due to injury. Almost a decade later, on his home ground, he smashed a century in the fifth and final match of that series from just 56 balls.

He scored over 8,000 test runs in all at an average over 50. He also played county cricket for Somerset and Glamorgan, which helped him to achieve the career landmark of 100 first class hundreds. Of the three wrong answers Richardson and Robinson were both front line batters, though neither were of the very highest class, and Tom Rogers is a contemporary bowling all rounder who plays mainly limited overs cricket.

Answer: Joe Root

Joe Root has amassed over 14,000 test runs, and has scored big runs in every country in which he has played. He has a 262 against Pakistan, and has also scored double centuries in both India and Sri Lanka.
Of the wrong answers Billy is Joe Root's brother, Henry is an author of joke letters and Fred was a bowler for first Derbyshire and then Worcestershire many years ago.

Answer: KS Ranjitsinhji

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji scored 216 runs for once out on test debut in 1896, and also topped the 150 mark in his first test innings in Australia. In all first class cricket, mainly for Susses in the county championship, he averaged 56.48. He was friends with the much older WG Grace, a friendship rooted in mutual respect for one another's abilities. He was also author of "The Jubilee Book of Cricket".
Raman Subba Row was also an Indian born England cricketer, but his prime years were in the 1950s

Answer: Walter Robins

Walter Robins scored almost 14,000 first class runs at an average just better than 26 and took 969 wickets at 23.30. Denis Compton, one of the stars of the Middlesex sides of his day, rated Robins the best captain he ever played under.
William Robins was Walter's much less successful younger brother, Christopher Robin is the boy in the Winnie the Pooh stories, and Mark Robins is a former professional footballer now doing well as a football club manager.

Answer: Robert Charles 'Jack' Russell

Robert Charles 'Jack' Russell scored almost 1,900 test runs at 27, and made 165 dismissals behind the stumps. In all first class cricket he scored almost 17,000 runs at an average of 31 and made 1,320 dismissals.
A hallmark of his batting, especially at international level, was determination, In 1989 he scored his maiden test century, 128 not out, after the top order had been blown away, leaving England 59-6. He would later bat most of a day in Barbados, resisting stoutly as a rampant Curtly Ambrose tore through the England batting. Later still at Johannesburg he and Mike Atherton batted through two complete sessions together that saved a match that looked lost.
After he retired from playing cricket he forged a successful second career as an artist.
The other 'Jack' Russell was an opening batter who played just after WWI and fared well, but was a casualty of the emergence of the Hobbs/ Sutcliffe partnership. Phil Russell played for Derbyshire and Eric Russell for Middlesex and briefly and unsuccessfully for England.

Answer: Andy Roberts

Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts took 202 test wickets at 25 a piece. He played county cricket for Leicestershire and Hampshire. He topped the 50 mark three times in test cricket.
Fred Roberts was a left arm pacer for Gloucestershire in the 1890s and 1900s, Dave Roberts was the England team physio at one point, and Andrew Roberts was a Northamptonshire leg spinner of limited achievement.

Answer: Kagiso Rabada

Kagiso Rabada takes his test wickets at a rate of almost five per match and at a cost of just 22 a piece. The world test championship win was especially important because South Africa had a habit of doing well but not actually winning the big tournaments.
Rumesh Ratnayake was a Sri Lankan pacer of the late 1980s and 1990s.

Answer: Wilfred Rhodes

Wilfred Rhodes had an extraordinary five-phase career, starting as a specialist left arm spinner, becoming an all rounder, then playing as a specialist batter, before becoming an all rounder again, and then ending back where he had started as a specialist bowler. On 23 separate occasions he took 100 or more wickets in a first class season.

As late as 1926, at the age of 49, he took 4-44 in the final innings of the final test to help England win that year's Ashes. His last test bow came in April 1930 at the age of 52 years 165 days, and he retired from first class cricket at the end of that season. The other Rhodeses all played first class cricket, but none were spinners and none had careers that came close to comparing to his.

Answer: Tom Richardson

Tom Richardson took 88 wickets in 14 test appearances. For Surrey in county cricket he achieved amazing things. It took him just 134 first class appearances to reach 1,000 wickets at that level, and only 327 to reach 2,000. In one four year spell, 1894-97 inclusive, he took 1,005 first class wickets.
Samuel Richardson played for Derbyshire in 1870s, until he was caught with his finger in the till, and vanished, becoming court tailor to the King of Spain.
Alan Richardson played for various English counties without ever threatening to achieve higher things.
Arthur Richardson was an Australian all rounder whose bowling stock in trade was off spin.

Answer: Clive Rice

Clive Rice averaged 41 with bat and 21 with the ball in first class cricket, including a long association with Nottinghamshire. Almost the whole of his career was played while South Africa were barred from international cricket, so there is no way fo knowing what he would have done at that level.

Answer: Richie Richardson

Richie Richardson scored almost 6,000 test runs at an average of 44, most of them while wearing a wide brimmed maroon sunhat in preference to a helmet.

Answer: Jack Ryder

Jack Ryder averaged over 50 at test level, helped by that double century. In first class cricket he scored over 10,000 runs at 44. In test cricket he managed on 17 wickets as a bowler, but at first class level he took his wickets at under 30 a piece. In 1926 he was part of an absurd total of 1,107 all out, for Victoria against New South Wales, his own share being 295 in 245 minutes, his highest first class score.
Jesse Ryder who played for New Zealand in the 2000s and 2010s was a good enough batter to average 40 at test level, and had limited success as a medium pace bowler as well.

Answer: Wasim Raja

Wasim Raja averaged 36 with the bat in test cricket, and took his wickets at slightly less than that, though there were only 51 of them in 57 test matches. He batted left handed and liked to play his strokes, but his technique was sound enough that he was sometimes used as an opener.
Ramiz Raja is a brother of his, who played as a specialist opener, recording an average in the low 30s at test level.
Rumman Raees is a left arm seam bowler, and Ravi Ratnayeke was a Sri Lankan all rounder of the 1980s.

Answer: Mushfiqur Rahim

Mushfiqur Rahim has been a stalwart of Bangladesh cricket for many years, and his scores for them include double centuries. He also has a fine record as a keeper, though he is not the equal of Russell in this department. His test runs, almost 7,000 of them, have come at an average of close to 40 per innings.
Mustafizur Rahman is a left arm seamer, very effective at limited overs cricket but with an ordinary record in long form matches.
Abdul Razzak is a minor Bangladeshi player.
Abdul Razzaq was a Pakistan all rounder, very effective in limited overs, less so in long form cricket.

Answer: Oliver Edward Robinson

Oliver Edward Robinson, bowling at no great pace but with great accuracy, proved too good for the visiting Pakistan team of 2026, taking cheap wickets that left them unable to compete with their hosts. He had in previous years struggled with injuries and had some problems relating to his personal conduct, but in 2026 he made it clear that he belongs in elite company.
Oliver George Robinson is a keeper batter who has played for Kent and Durham, and done well for both counties.
Mark Robinson is a former seam bowler turned coach.
Tim Robinson was an opening batter of the 1980s, good but not great.

Answer: Sonny Ramadhin

Even with the damage done in that Edgbaston 1957 innings Sonny Ramadhin's 158 wickets at test level cost him less than 29 a piece. His spin partner on the 1950 tour of England when he first came to prominence was Alf Valentine.
Andrew Roberts was a leg spinner for Northamptonshire in the 1990s and 2000s.

Answer: Jack Robertson

Jack Robertson scored 12 centuries in the golden summer of 1947, often setting the stage for Compton and Edrich to do their thing. He only got to make 11 test appearances, scoring two centuries and averaging 46. His highest first class score was 331 not out.
The three wrong answers were all regular openers in their day.

Answer: Frederick Roberts

Frederick Roberts took 970 first class wickets in 261 first class matches. Gloucestershire were a struggling side when he joined them, but had some good seasons in the 1890s.