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Good articleE. W. Bastard has been listed as one of the Sports and recreation good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
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April 25, 2011Good article nomineeListed
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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that a Bastard at Oxford University once dismissed Australian cricket captain Billy Murdoch?

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Reviewer: Sarastro1 (talk) 20:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A good piece of work. I've done a quick copy-edit and cleared up a few points. Also, I cut a few phrases I thought were unnecessary. Anything you aren't happy with, feel free to revert. Just a few questions before I pass:

  • "often said to be the university's best ever": Said by who?
  • This is a difficult one, because Bolton says that it is often said.. but I seem to recall something in Altham and Swanton.
  • "placed him among the 20 most prolific bowlers in the country": In terms of average or number of wickets?
  • Wickets: I tend to figure that "prolific" signifies quantity, but I can see that it's still ambiguous, I'll clean up.
  • I'd say plural; they came from different sources at different times.
  • The matches against OUCC first team: were they trial games or practice games?
  • No idea, I only have the CricketArchive scorecards for them; they aren't mentioned in Bolton.
  • Bolton blamed the weather for the loss: did it rain? If so, maybe mention the sticky wicket.
  • "in 1884 as part of the team which has often been described as Oxford's best ever.": Described by who?
  • As above.
  • "scored 52 runs in "quick time"" Attribution in text is needed.
  • "Bastard "bowled with great skill on the last morning"" Again, needs attribution.
  • "Somerset could only field nine men in the fixture": How did that happen? (Sorry, I've got to ask!)
  • I can't give you a cited answer. I guess slightly more than I probably should in the Somerset County Cricket Club in 1885 article: I think probably a combination of their poor form, and bad luck.
  • Everything else checks out.

I won't bother to put this on hold unless you haven't been able to get to it before tomorrow evening. --Sarastro1 (talk) 20:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've offered a few quick replies, and will fix what I can in a bit. Harrias talk 20:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
All fine now, good to go. --Sarastro1 (talk) 21:03, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]