Sporting Disasters

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Sporting Disasters!!!
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And the answer of course is

• A fielder threw the ball from the boundary and
  hit him on the head and he was knocked out
• Atherton ran into the bowler and was run out
• Atherton slipped and fell over and was run out
• Atherton feinted in the heat of the day and was
  carried off retired hurt

Michael Atherton scored 16 centuries for England
but never scored a century at lords the home of
English cricket. In 1993 he was 97 not out. He
hit a fine shot towards the boundary and set off
to run three to get to his century. He ran two
successfully but what happened next?
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And the answer of course is
Dennis Taylor

• Ronnie O Sullivan
• Alex Hurrican Higgins
• Ray Reardon
• Dennis Taylor

Steve Davies needed just the black to win the
World Snooker Championship in 1985 with the
frames tied at 17 each. Davies missed a sitter
but who potted the black to win?
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And the answer of course is

• Red Rum
• Devon Loch
• Shergar
• Numbersixvalverde

In 1956, a horse owned by the Queen Mother was
just yards from the winning post when it
inexplicable stumbled and did the splits. What
was the name of this famous horse?
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Possibly the best batsman ever was Don Bradman of
Australia. In 1948 Bradman played his last ever
Test innings and needed just 4 runs to have a
career test average of 100. How many did he score
in his last ever innings?

• 4
• 0
• 3.5
• 100

And the answer of course is
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Liverpool F.C. won the 2001 UEFA Cup Final with a
thrilling Golden Goal which meant the game ended
the moment a goal was scored in extra time.
Tragically for Alaves the goal was an OWN GOAL so
who went down in history as the man who gifted
the Cup to Liverpool?

• Geli
• I. Screamy
• Tapas
• Al Fresco

And the answer of course is
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And the answer of course is

• An eagle
• An albatross
• A double bogie
• A bogie

In the 2006 US. Open golf competition, Colin
Montgomerie of Scotland just needed to hit a par
on the last hole to win his first ever Golf
Major. Sadly he hit a two over par and lost. What
is a two over par called on a gold course?
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And the answer of course is
Jim Peters
In 1956, the leading runner in the Melbourne
Commonwealth Games Marathon race entered the
Stadium 15 minutes ahead of the second place
runner. Just 200 yards from the line he fell over
deeply exhausted. Members of the audience helped
him to his feet and he crossed the line first but
was disqualified for receiving assistance. Who
was he?