Talk:Mandy Mitchell-Innes/GA2

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Reviewer: Wizardman (talk · contribs) 15:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give this a review shortly. Wizardman 15:18, 1 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Here's what I found:

Perhaps a dumb question, but where did the nickname Mandy come from? If it is a modified version of Norman then disregard, though I can't say I've seen that before.
- One of the obituaries described his nickname as "inexplicable", so I don't think it is commonly known. Harrias ^talk 11:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"He achieved the landmark scored for Oxford" landmark score for, though maybe 'highest' would sound better here.
- It wasn't his highest score, simply that he had scored 100 runs or more, which is considered a decent achievement. If you think it sounds odd though, I can rephrase it. Harrias ^talk 11:18, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  - That makes sense, though I would prefer a rephrase just because that does imply something a little different. Wizardman 23:10, 8 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
    - Rephrased to "He achieved two further centuries for Oxford that year..." Harrias ^talk 10:46, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

About halfway through, will do the other half at a later time. Wizardman 21:04, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Here's what I found for the rest:

"they finished the season twelfth of seventeen after" should be 12th of 17 (MOSNUM allows either way, but in this instance it reads better to me)
"he played his final match in May 1949, against Hampshire." rm comma
- Done both. Harrias ^talk 21:01, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Not an issue with the article, but just to satiate my own curiosity, was it common to have part-time cricketers back then, or was Innes a special case, given both his day job and his ability?
- Historically, a lot of cricketers were (technically) unpaid amateurs, and made their money outside of cricket (or just had family money). In Mitchell-Innes' time, this could still be a pretty big problem: the reason that Somerset had three captains in one year was because all three had other commitments: Seamer was also in the SPS, while Woodhouse ran a brewery company. Harrias ^talk 21:01, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'll put the article on hold and will pass when fixed. Wizardman 19:51, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review! Harrias ^talk 21:01, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense, I've seen that pop up frequently enough in 19th century baseball so that doesn't surprise me. Anyway, everything looks good so I'll pass the article. Wizardman 23:44, 9 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]