In this quiz, you have to answer fifteen questions on cricket’s connections to tennis.
At Lord’s in 1870, Conrad Wallroth of Harrow had stepped out of the non-striker’s end before the ball was bowled. Noticing this, Eton captain George Harris (later Lord Harris, the Kent and England captain) took off the bails and appealed. Wallroth was rightly ruled run out.
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In a monologue titled Cricket at Harrow, an observer noted that Harris “put himself on to bowl (quite rightly, to my mind), and, pretending to bowl, caught Wallroth tripping, and he paid the penalty”. This observer, Spencer Gore, went on to become the first man to win the Wimbledon.
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The paths of cricket and tennis have crossed many times. Take our quiz to test your knowledge on the connections between the two sports.
The ultimate quiz on cricket’s connections to tennis
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