Talk:Worcestershire v Somerset, 1979

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May 30, 2017	Good article nominee	Listed
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GA Review[edit]

This review is transcluded from Talk:Worcestershire v Somerset, 1979/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 11:46, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comments - really interesing article, thanks.

Link "over" first time in the lead.

Done. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And maybe "strike-rate".

Done. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

" rules of the game" are you being tournament specific, if not it's really the Laws of the game (and could be linked to Laws of cricket).

Done. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"of 17 to one." MOSNUM would say "17 to 1" to "seventeen to one". See "Reaction and aftermath" section too.

Done and done. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Link Somerset first time in Background.

Done. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"each of the three" picky but "the three" needs context, e.g. in English County Cricket...

Done. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a link to run rate?

Already there. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"suffered in 1976, when" that's a bit Easter eggy for me.

Expanded link. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

" international stars such as" bit POV, would just say "international players such as..."

Good points. I blame the source material! Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should note that it's a one-day competition in the lead.

Added. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

" no rule against declaring in one-day cricket" see above comment re:laws.

Left it as rule in this case, as there was both no Law and no competition rule, so the more generic term fits here, I feel. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Rose won the toss for Somerset, and chose to bat first. Rose himself opened the batting for Somerset, alongside Peter Denning. Worcestershire's West Indian bowler, Vanburn Holder, bowled the first over. Holder bowled seven deliveries—six donated a normal over, but he had to bowl one extra due to a no ball—all to Rose. Rose did not pla..." Three consecutive sentences begin with "Rose" and one pair end and start... "... Rose. Rose ..."

Tidied this a bit, I think. Harrias ^talk 08:36, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Did the Worcs players know about this in advance? If so we should be told. If not, I would have expected some on-field reaction to a declaration of such a nature.

There's nothing in any of the source material (of course, most of what I've got is pretty Somerset-centric). This is something I'm hoping to be able to find more on should I take this onto FA at some point. But I need to get hold of more newspaper sources if I'm going to do that. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Economy rate (cricket) can be linked.

Done. Incidentally, any idea why it's at Economy rate (cricket), while Economy rate redirects to that. Doesn't make any sense to me... Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

" over 150 miles" convert to km.

Done. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"His paper blamed" newspaper.

Oops, slapped wrist for that one. Expanded. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

" his suggestions was" singular suggestion.

Fixed. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"Kerslake, the chairman offered" comma missing.

Added. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Last sentence of last section needs a reference.

Done at DYK request. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ref 10 - en-dash in date range in title please.
Same for ref 12.

Both added. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Could add Category:Cricket controversies, Category:Sports scandals in England, Category:1979 controversies, Category:Controversies in England.

Added all except as clarified by Bencherlite below. Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing major, a few things to mull over, so I'll put it on hold. The Rambling Man (talk) 12:23, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, TRM, Controversies in England is a grandparent category of Sports scandals in England, so it should only go in the latter, not both. But I agree that this is essentially of GA-standard already - an interesting story that I'd never heard of until reading this article. Bencherlite ^Talk 12:46, 17 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. I've done all but the Rose repetition, which is going to need a bit more work in terms of rephrasing pretty much that whole bit, so it'll have to wait until after work! Harrias ^talk 07:48, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, ping me when you're done. The Rambling Man (talk) 07:50, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Harrias how's it going? The Rambling Man (talk) 09:32, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@The Rambling Man: Thanks for your patience - how is it now? Harrias ^talk 08:36, 29 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I made a small tweak ("for Somerset" was repeated unnecessarily), but otherwise I'm happy, so I'll promote. More of the same please! The Rambling Man (talk) 06:34, 30 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Man of the Match adjudicator[edit]

The man of the match adjudicator is stated as "Charles Burnett", based on a Cricinfo article - it's actually Charlie Barnett, the Gloucs & England cricketer, as shown on this scorecard[1] - I can't find any citeable online or printed source which gives the correct name though.--Bcp67 (talk) 20:15, 24 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]