* The Oxford Don Rev. WA Spooner, that is! As promised, Too-Much-Time-On-Your-Hands-Puzzle-Nerds😉

This team would be considerably more competitive than the VFL/AFL team he named. At least in the current series...

1. Swamp-ed Spanish fishing boat?     2. Crumbs?!     3. She pretends to go up the hill?     4. Tapestry shop?    5. Artist Ken's 'Denim Period'?     6. That man waits in line.     7. Rustle, saying, '______ ___  stones...'     8. Cheese off market?     9. Trick type.     10. Surround Shirley     11. Hay, gathered then cropped!     12th man. 10 marks for German?

I wish you the opposite of what William Archibald, quoting me, might appear to wish you: 'Crappy hacking!'

5.  Dean Jones / Done Jeans

10.  Bob Massie / Mob Bassey.

Hitting boundaries @Demonstone! (0.1 of a mark off for 'Done Jeans', though: it's 'Jean Dones'😁)

Ten to go.

6. Kim Hughes. Him Queues.

9. Bruce Reid. Ruse Breed.

I'll leave some for WCW and MR.

 

 

Edited January 13, 20223 yr by mo64

Geez, Tim. These aren’t easy!

Is no. 1 Josh Lalor?

No. 6: Kim Hughes

whoops, just noticed mo already got that one. 

Edited January 13, 20223 yr by WalkingCivilWar

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Geez, Tim. These aren’t easy!

Is no. 1 Josh Lalor?

We're in trouble if he's bowling for Australia.😁

2 minutes ago, mo64 said:

We're in trouble if he's bowling for Australia.😁

With omicron, not beyond the realm of possibility. 😬

C'mon WCW. No.4 is a gimme.

Also hitting boundaries, @mo64! And generously rotating the strike 👍

@WalkingCivilWar, you can have @Demonstone's forfeited 0.1 mark for your No.6

 

At first glance, I thought No. 4 was Mitch Starc / Stitch Mart but that doesn't quite work.

 

Just now, Demonstone said:

At first glance, I thought No. 4 was Mitch Starc / Stitch Mart but that doesn't quite work.

I'm afraid so.

@mo64 has decided to score the odd mental run standing at the non-strikers end. He has this one

3.  Phil Jaques / Jill Fakes

Seems I’m having a touch of the Haseeb Hameeds right now. Ie, barely getting off the mark. 😄

Mother of god these are hard! Maybe it’s just me (?)

 

Your You're not on your own WCW. I'm racking my brain with the rest. 

Oops. I better edit before Stone reads it.

Edited January 13, 20223 yr by mo64

 No. 4: Steve Waugh? Weave store

1 minute ago, mo64 said:

Your not on your own WCW. I'm racking my brain with the rest. 

Yeah but at least you’ve got your eye in. 

Is no. 1 Brad Hogg?

No. 7: Steve Rixon???

3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

No. 7: Steve Rixon???

Nice one. Thieve / Sticks and Stones. I knew it was Steve, but could only think of Waugh and Smith.

2 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Nice one. Thieve / Sticks and Stones. I knew it was Steve, but could only think of Waugh and Smith.

I actually thought it was gonna be the surname Dixon. I made an already hard puzzle even harder by providing my own red herring. 😆

12th man = Terry Jenner (Jerry Tenner)?