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Wisden obit - a good one for batting style. -- Mattinbgn\ talk 07:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
When watching Hobbs break his record for the most runs in Test cricket at Headingley in 1926, it was Hobbs' wife sitting nearby who had to remind Hill that the record was previously his.[4]
Hobbs improved on Hill's record for most runs in Ashes in that Test (See Hobbs' stats v Australia, Hill's aggregate had been 2660). Can't really blame Hill not noticing that :-) Tintin 13:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Given this, do we want to correct the article and include a note to clarify the incorrect claim of the source? -- Mattinbgn\ talk 08:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)"[quoting Mrs Hobbs] 'You should know if anyone does, he had broken your record of most runs in Test matches.' Hill's total was 3412 in 49 Tests."
As a matter of pure curiosity, so I haven't added it to the main article: when the Old Trafford surface was taken up in August 2008, I worked out where Hill perhaps took his famous catch in front of the pavilion in 1902 - well, two possible spots! - and, as was being allowed, took up the turves. They are being relocated at Whalley Range Cricket Club, in the pavilion garden lawns, as is the patch of turf where Fred Tate dropped so infamously a vital catch in the same game on the other side of the ground. More-expert research preceded this identification. Archie MacLaren, the England captain, was born in Whalley Range, athough there is no evidence he played for us; his brothers may have done. We also took the bits where players stepped down from the amateur and professional gates onto the pitch, and are placing them where all our players walk out from the garden to the field of play. We hope to interest them, especially the juniors, that they are succeeding to such immortal 19C-20C-21C steps. Given the autumn battering the area takes (Bonfire Night etc), the sods are all currently thriving away on my own lawn, but will soon be moving to their new home. If New Soutn Wales and/or Lancashire and/or Sussex ever want a portion of these relics, the Range accepts that is is mere custodian of them, but we'd like to be allowed to keep a cultivatable remainder. Just to round off, we did think of Laker's 1956 run-up, but apparently he actually bowled from both ends, and both round and over. We'd have needed a JCB to bring it all home. We are going to put a modest framed explanation and location-map on the pavilion lounge wall, so that these nondescript patches of grass won't be forgotten when we are. 19 December 2008 —Preceding
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So sorry for the delay - totally slipped my mind :|
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This is a GA. It is, in my opinion, very nearly a FA. I'll do the paperwork to pass this for GA tomorrow, because the above is all minor. I look forward to seeing this at FAC, and my sincerest apologies once again for the ridiculous delay. Cheers, Daniel ( talk) 10:09, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
So, when's FAC coming? I'd be happy to copyedit when you want to take the plunge. dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 07:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I have (with some trepidation!) made several detailed edits to an article which is already excellent. I haven't (as above) given detailed reasons, but hope most will be obvious. (In case you wonder, I'd describe myself as a cricket-lover & supporter of Yorkshire & England, in that order). If some of the edits are too nit-picking for your liking, please revert them without asking for my reasons. I, too, sometimes get more excited than I should about the likes of commas and hyphens. Hill's 99-98-97 sequence is mentioned twice (under both "Consolidation" & "Style and personality"), but I've left both in. I imagine that the Islington referred to is the one in SA - not that it matters much. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 13:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
This is very much a matter of opinion, but it seems to me that at four substantial paragraphs the lead-in is much too long, and that most of the more detailed stuff should only be in the body of the article. JH ( talk page) 11:05, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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Wisden obit - a good one for batting style. -- Mattinbgn\ talk 07:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
When watching Hobbs break his record for the most runs in Test cricket at Headingley in 1926, it was Hobbs' wife sitting nearby who had to remind Hill that the record was previously his.[4]
Hobbs improved on Hill's record for most runs in Ashes in that Test (See Hobbs' stats v Australia, Hill's aggregate had been 2660). Can't really blame Hill not noticing that :-) Tintin 13:36, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Given this, do we want to correct the article and include a note to clarify the incorrect claim of the source? -- Mattinbgn\ talk 08:34, 12 May 2008 (UTC)"[quoting Mrs Hobbs] 'You should know if anyone does, he had broken your record of most runs in Test matches.' Hill's total was 3412 in 49 Tests."
As a matter of pure curiosity, so I haven't added it to the main article: when the Old Trafford surface was taken up in August 2008, I worked out where Hill perhaps took his famous catch in front of the pavilion in 1902 - well, two possible spots! - and, as was being allowed, took up the turves. They are being relocated at Whalley Range Cricket Club, in the pavilion garden lawns, as is the patch of turf where Fred Tate dropped so infamously a vital catch in the same game on the other side of the ground. More-expert research preceded this identification. Archie MacLaren, the England captain, was born in Whalley Range, athough there is no evidence he played for us; his brothers may have done. We also took the bits where players stepped down from the amateur and professional gates onto the pitch, and are placing them where all our players walk out from the garden to the field of play. We hope to interest them, especially the juniors, that they are succeeding to such immortal 19C-20C-21C steps. Given the autumn battering the area takes (Bonfire Night etc), the sods are all currently thriving away on my own lawn, but will soon be moving to their new home. If New Soutn Wales and/or Lancashire and/or Sussex ever want a portion of these relics, the Range accepts that is is mere custodian of them, but we'd like to be allowed to keep a cultivatable remainder. Just to round off, we did think of Laker's 1956 run-up, but apparently he actually bowled from both ends, and both round and over. We'd have needed a JCB to bring it all home. We are going to put a modest framed explanation and location-map on the pavilion lounge wall, so that these nondescript patches of grass won't be forgotten when we are. 19 December 2008 —Preceding
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21:37, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
So sorry for the delay - totally slipped my mind :|
Please note that these are all suggestions, and many are in fact questions - they're not a "do this" or "do that". However, due to the fact that I won't be using full sentences, reading them straight-out may give this impression. Please insert the friendly missing words ("possibly", "a suggestion", etc.) mentally :)
This is a GA. It is, in my opinion, very nearly a FA. I'll do the paperwork to pass this for GA tomorrow, because the above is all minor. I look forward to seeing this at FAC, and my sincerest apologies once again for the ridiculous delay. Cheers, Daniel ( talk) 10:09, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
So, when's FAC coming? I'd be happy to copyedit when you want to take the plunge. dihydrogen monoxide ( H2O) 07:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
I have (with some trepidation!) made several detailed edits to an article which is already excellent. I haven't (as above) given detailed reasons, but hope most will be obvious. (In case you wonder, I'd describe myself as a cricket-lover & supporter of Yorkshire & England, in that order). If some of the edits are too nit-picking for your liking, please revert them without asking for my reasons. I, too, sometimes get more excited than I should about the likes of commas and hyphens. Hill's 99-98-97 sequence is mentioned twice (under both "Consolidation" & "Style and personality"), but I've left both in. I imagine that the Islington referred to is the one in SA - not that it matters much. NinetyCharacters ( talk) 13:34, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
This is very much a matter of opinion, but it seems to me that at four substantial paragraphs the lead-in is much too long, and that most of the more detailed stuff should only be in the body of the article. JH ( talk page) 11:05, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
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