A. E. J. Collins is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on August 23, 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Why is there a description of the game of cricket in the early part of this article? Since this duplicates material only a click away in the 'pedia I would have said it was completely unneccessary. -- Ngb 23:08, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Just a note to say that Wisden said of the match:
"A Junior house match at Clifton College, begun on Thursday, June 22, 1899, and completed on the following Wednesday, is noteworthy for having produced the greatest score known to have been made by a single player in a game of any description. The hero of the occasion, A. E. J. Collins, was batting for six hours and fifty minutes, his innings being continued in unequal instalments during five days. His hits included a 6, four 5s, thirty-one 4s, thirty-three 3s and 146 2s. The previous best score was that of A. E. Stoddart, who made 485 for the Hampstead Club against the Stoics in 1886. It is remarkable that it was in a Clifton College game that E. F. S. Tylecote made his score of 404 in 1868."
Wisden then gave the scorecard (without bowling analysis).
I'm not sure that this adds anything to what's in the article (clearly the writer of the Wisden Cricinfo article would have been aware of what Wisden said). However, if you do want to use it, the reference is "Wisden Anthology 1864-1900, edited by Benny Green ISBN-0-356-10732-9". Kind regards, jguk 08:00, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I am not much bothered either way, but I thought the wikipedia convention on people's intials was to write A. E. J. Collins, rather than AEJ Collins. See: Initials in names should each be followed by a period and a space; for example: H. G. Wells., Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) cheers, -- Monk Bretton 13:06, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
========================= LinkFix Dump A. E. J. Collins 2005-08-22.16-18-44 ========================= 4 [[Officer]] -> DISAMBIG 4 [[Killed in action]] -> [[KIA]] 9 [[Rackets]] -> [[Racket]] 14 [[Boundary]] -> DISAMBIG 14 [[Boundary]] -> DISAMBIG 22 [[Fielding]] -> DISAMBIG 24 [[All rounder]] -> [[All-rounder]] 36 [[Second lieutenant]] -> [[Second Lieutenant]] 36 [[Lord's]] -> [[Lord's Cricket Ground]] 38 [[Mentioned in dispatches]] -> [[Mentioned in Dispatches]] 41 [[Cricket terminology]] -> [[List of cricket terms]] 48 [[Clifton College Register]] -> [[Clifton College]] # DONE
— Ambush Commander( Talk) 20:26, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Just wanted to note numerous spelling/grammar errors in the main section. Can't someone proof a featured article better than this?
It does seem very odd for the opening sentence to refer to AEJ Collins as Captain Collins, considering that he is notable for a feat done when he was 13. The cricket sites don't; in fact, they don't even mention his final promotion. Is the date findable? Was it when he left for France? in the field? I moved it to the military paragraph. Septentrionalis 16:35, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
With all respect to the speaker who obviously tried his best, the quality of the spoken audio file is rather poor. Lots of distortion in the background. Perhaps someone with better recording equipment can give this another try. -- Peripatetic 18:17, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
I have reverted the anon editor's name change - until it is verified - I was at Clifton College last week and saw nothing to suggest that the name has been changed. Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 14:52, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Re this edit, according to the scorecard only one Fuller-Eberle played in the match. His first name was Victor according to his (Eberle's) Wisden obit and the Tim Rice article. Tintin ( talk) 05:01, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Have a look at this report. Worthy of an article? 84.13.136.168 16:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Is this really necessary? He is hardly famous for his military exploits. -- ALoan (Talk) 21:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
This reference is marked "[WP]" at [3]. [4] says this means that it was copied from Wikipedia, probably this article. PrimeHunter ( talk) 14:46, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Per the Hindustan Times, ESPN and the Beeb, Collins's record no longer stands as of 4 January 2016. A 15-year-old from Mumbai called Pranav Dhanawade hit 652 not out off 199 balls that day for KC Gandhi School against Arya Gurukul School, then continued his innings the next day to finish with 1,009 runs from 323 balls. (His team declared on 1,465.) Poor Collins and poor Clifton College. — Cliftonian (talk) 09:05, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:A. E. J. Collins/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
needs inline citations -- plange 22:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC) |
Last edited at 22:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 06:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on A. E. J. Collins. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{
Sourcecheck}}
).
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 18 January 2022).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 19:45, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
A. E. J. Collins is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on August 23, 2005. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
This article is rated FA-class on Wikipedia's
content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Why is there a description of the game of cricket in the early part of this article? Since this duplicates material only a click away in the 'pedia I would have said it was completely unneccessary. -- Ngb 23:08, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Just a note to say that Wisden said of the match:
"A Junior house match at Clifton College, begun on Thursday, June 22, 1899, and completed on the following Wednesday, is noteworthy for having produced the greatest score known to have been made by a single player in a game of any description. The hero of the occasion, A. E. J. Collins, was batting for six hours and fifty minutes, his innings being continued in unequal instalments during five days. His hits included a 6, four 5s, thirty-one 4s, thirty-three 3s and 146 2s. The previous best score was that of A. E. Stoddart, who made 485 for the Hampstead Club against the Stoics in 1886. It is remarkable that it was in a Clifton College game that E. F. S. Tylecote made his score of 404 in 1868."
Wisden then gave the scorecard (without bowling analysis).
I'm not sure that this adds anything to what's in the article (clearly the writer of the Wisden Cricinfo article would have been aware of what Wisden said). However, if you do want to use it, the reference is "Wisden Anthology 1864-1900, edited by Benny Green ISBN-0-356-10732-9". Kind regards, jguk 08:00, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I am not much bothered either way, but I thought the wikipedia convention on people's intials was to write A. E. J. Collins, rather than AEJ Collins. See: Initials in names should each be followed by a period and a space; for example: H. G. Wells., Wikipedia:Naming conventions (common names) cheers, -- Monk Bretton 13:06, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)
========================= LinkFix Dump A. E. J. Collins 2005-08-22.16-18-44 ========================= 4 [[Officer]] -> DISAMBIG 4 [[Killed in action]] -> [[KIA]] 9 [[Rackets]] -> [[Racket]] 14 [[Boundary]] -> DISAMBIG 14 [[Boundary]] -> DISAMBIG 22 [[Fielding]] -> DISAMBIG 24 [[All rounder]] -> [[All-rounder]] 36 [[Second lieutenant]] -> [[Second Lieutenant]] 36 [[Lord's]] -> [[Lord's Cricket Ground]] 38 [[Mentioned in dispatches]] -> [[Mentioned in Dispatches]] 41 [[Cricket terminology]] -> [[List of cricket terms]] 48 [[Clifton College Register]] -> [[Clifton College]] # DONE
— Ambush Commander( Talk) 20:26, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Just wanted to note numerous spelling/grammar errors in the main section. Can't someone proof a featured article better than this?
It does seem very odd for the opening sentence to refer to AEJ Collins as Captain Collins, considering that he is notable for a feat done when he was 13. The cricket sites don't; in fact, they don't even mention his final promotion. Is the date findable? Was it when he left for France? in the field? I moved it to the military paragraph. Septentrionalis 16:35, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
With all respect to the speaker who obviously tried his best, the quality of the spoken audio file is rather poor. Lots of distortion in the background. Perhaps someone with better recording equipment can give this another try. -- Peripatetic 18:17, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
I have reverted the anon editor's name change - until it is verified - I was at Clifton College last week and saw nothing to suggest that the name has been changed. Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! (Whisper...) 14:52, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
Re this edit, according to the scorecard only one Fuller-Eberle played in the match. His first name was Victor according to his (Eberle's) Wisden obit and the Tim Rice article. Tintin ( talk) 05:01, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Have a look at this report. Worthy of an article? 84.13.136.168 16:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Is this really necessary? He is hardly famous for his military exploits. -- ALoan (Talk) 21:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
This reference is marked "[WP]" at [3]. [4] says this means that it was copied from Wikipedia, probably this article. PrimeHunter ( talk) 14:46, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Per the Hindustan Times, ESPN and the Beeb, Collins's record no longer stands as of 4 January 2016. A 15-year-old from Mumbai called Pranav Dhanawade hit 652 not out off 199 balls that day for KC Gandhi School against Arya Gurukul School, then continued his innings the next day to finish with 1,009 runs from 323 balls. (His team declared on 1,465.) Poor Collins and poor Clifton College. — Cliftonian (talk) 09:05, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
The comment(s) below were originally left at Talk:A. E. J. Collins/Comments, and are posted here for posterity. Following several discussions in past years, these subpages are now deprecated. The comments may be irrelevant or outdated; if so, please feel free to remove this section.
needs inline citations -- plange 22:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC) |
Last edited at 22:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC). Substituted at 06:22, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on A. E. J. Collins. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{
Sourcecheck}}
).
This message was posted before February 2018.
After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than
regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors
have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the
RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{
source check}}
(last update: 18 January 2022).
Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot ( Report bug) 19:45, 30 September 2016 (UTC)