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QUESTIONS

QUICK and delicious

It’s 29 all out supper. Serves: 2.

for England

Compiled by Charles Legge

TODAY’S RECIPE: Chorizo

& chilli pepper pasta

Method

QUESTION

What is the
highest number
of cricketers selected by England in a
single series?

During the 1989 home Ashes tour, the
England cricket team called on 29 players.
However, it ushered in an era of Australian
domination that was to last 16 years.
The Aussies, led by Allan Border, had
been famously dubbed ‘the worst team
ever to leave Australia’. They had lost
three of the last four Ashes and had just
one series win in five-and-a-half years.
There was much optimism about
England’s chances: big beasts ian
Botham and Mike gatting were back in
the team; and the new regime was led by
great cricketing buccaneers, David
gower and chairman of selectors Ted
Dexter. it was billed as English style
against Aussie grit.
Even the Aussies didn’t fancy their
team. Fast bowler Jeff Thomson put his
own spin on the Castlemaine XXXX
slogan popular at the time: ‘i wouldn’t
give you a XXXX for Australia’s chances
of regaining the Ashes.’
However, England’s recent record was
poor — they had won only one of their
past 19 Tests and been thrashed 4-0 by
the West indies. Australian captain Allan
Border, smarting from back-to-back
Ashes defeats, was determined a loss
wouldn’t happen again under his watch.
grit won out and Australia thrashed
England 4-0. England were lucky —
without rain, it would probably have been
6-0. The only contest England won was
musical chairs: picking 29 players to
Australia’s 12 in the series.
The England players were: David gower,
Mike Atherton, Kim Barnett, ian Botham,
Chris Broad, David Capel, nick Cook,
Tim Curtis, Phillip DeFreitas, graham
Dilley, John Emburey, neil Foster, Angus
Fraser, Mike gatting, graham gooch,
Eddie Hemmings, Alan igglesden, Paul
Jarvis, Allan Lamb, Devon Malcolm,
Martyn Moxon, Phil newport, Derek
Pringle, Tim robinson, Jack russell,
gladstone Small, robin Smith, John
Stephenson and Chris Tavare.
Stand-out performances from the
Aussies with the bat came from Steve
Waugh, averaging 127; Mark Taylor, 84;

Allan Border, 74; and Dean Jones, 71. Terry

Alderman was devastating with the ball,

taking 41 wickets at just 17.36.

England didn’t learn their lesson

— they used 24 players in the

next home Ashes, including

seven debutants, and were

thumped 4-1. Australia

introduced Shane Warne —

with inevitable results.

Owen Robyns, Pembroke.

QUESTION

How

did

Hornchurch in Essex get

its name?

THE name Hornchurch is

first recorded in 1163. its

origin is uncertain.

There is a rather

salacious belief,

though it is

unfounded, that

the town was

built by a

female convert

to expiate her

former sins.

it was called Hor-church until

Henry ii, passing that way,

nicknamed it Hornchurch and

ordered a pair of ox’s horns to

be fixed to the church.

The 17th-century antiquary

and philosopher John Audrey was of the

opinion that Hornchurch got its name

from the horns of a hart that happened to

be killed by the King’s dog, near the

church as it was being built. The horns

were put in the walls.

Another explanation is that Hornchurch

means the church of Horn, referring to a

man of that name.

One more theory is that Hornchurch

owes its name to the currying industry,

the sign of which was a pair of cow horns.

Currying is the process by which leather

is stretched and burnished to produce a

uniform thickness and suppleness.

A more mundane explanation is that

Hornchurch is a contraction of Havering

— the local borough — Church. The

interchangeable nature of the vowels ‘a’

and ‘o’ might explain the contraction.

Edward Cumings, Brentwood, Essex.

QUESTION

The 12th-century

chronicler Gerald

of Wales claimed there was a

drowned city under Lough Neagh in

Northern Ireland. Is there evidence

for this?

in HiS book Topographia Hibernia

(Topography of ireland), gerald of Wales

mentions a city that was flooded as a

punishment for the residents’

sinfulness. its location is given

as Lough neagh.

An ancient legend said that if you

drew water from a well and left it

uncovered, it would flood out and

inundate the land. This is how

Lough neagh is said to have

been formed.

gerald also said fishermen claimed

to see buildings in the water. However,

the flooding would have occurred

before the 5th-century arrival of

Christian clergy in ireland. Before this

time, buildings were made of wood and

mud, which would not have lasted long

under water.

The story was revived in the 19th

century by irish songwriter Thomas

Moore, who used it in a verse in Let Erin

remember The Days Of Old:

On Lough Neagh’s bank as the

fisherman strays,

When the clear, cold eve’s declining,

He sees the round towers of

other days

In the wave beneath him shining.

More scientifically, water flows in to

Lough neagh from the rivers Bann and

Blackwater, and flows out through the

Lower Bann. it was most likely formed at

the end of the ice Age 30,000 years ago,

at the same time as ireland became

physically separated from Britain.

retreating ice scoured a depression

that was filled by melted ice and then by

the rivers. The loch takes its name from

Eochaid, the fabled son of a king of

Munster. it is 19 miles at its longest and

nine miles at its widest, covering 151 sq

miles. The loch is shallow, with an average

depth of 30ft and a maximum of 98ft.

gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambrensis)

was a norman/Welsh monk and historian.

He travelled throughout Britain and

ireland recording folk tales, and visited

rome. He had hoped to become Bishop

of St David’s, but had to settle for being

Archdeacon of Brecon.

Bob Cubitt, Northampton.

: What happened to singer Diane

Solomon after starring in her own

BBC TV series in the mid-Seventies?

John Rutherford, Sevenoaks, Kent.

: Why is a rich person called a

tycoon or magnate?

Tim Pickering, Cirencester, Glos.

: There is a famous picture of Hitler

shaking the hand of a young boy in

SS uniform in the final days of the

war. Who was the boy?

Sheila Dawson, Wigan, Lancs.

Q

Q

Q

Ingredients

200g penne

½ tbsp olive oil

100g chorizo,

skin removed,

cut into chunks

400g can cherry

tomatoes

2-3 chilli peppers,

sliced on an angle

½ small pack basil,

leaves picked and

roughly torn

To serve: Parmesan,

grated

1. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.
   Add pasta, give it a good stir, then cook for
   one minute less than pack instructions.


2. Heat oil in a saute pan over a high heat. Add
   chorizo and cook for a couple of minutes until
   oils have been released, then add tomatoes,
   pinch of sugar and seasoning. Bubble away for
   five minutes, then drain pasta, toss it through
   sauce and stir in peppers and basil. Serve with
   parmesan scattered over.
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