Fletchsmile mentioned cricket in the tread on this day in history and it jogged my memory concerning a little known fact taht once came up as a question many a year back when competing in some pub quiz in a team I was in.

For some reason I knew the answer because at school even further back in time a teacher had revealed this fact to us.

So here below is what to my mind is a very little known but interesting and odd cricket fact,

Enjoy the read and your edification too.

www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/141170.html