Pedigree : Use of the Word

71.5

Wagner to Compton, FOUR, pitched up a touch, wide of the stumps but not a half volley, it's on the up when Compton's blade

comes arcing down and crunches the ball through a gap in the covers 

- back-to-back Test hundreds for Nick Compton !  8)

I notice the Incorrect use of the word to describe Cricketers on Forums.....

especially Caribbean players .

It makes my skin crawl  :'(

Nick Compton comes from a Lineage of Batsmen ....

His father Richard and Denis Compton , his Grandfather !

Nick Compton has just scored centuries in successive Test innings.

Did his grandfather ever manage that ?

Nick Compton followed his maiden Test century - 117 in the second innings in Dunedin -

with a round 100 in the first innings of the second Test in Wellington.

He's got to go one better to equal his grandfather, though -  ......( ketchim note that Nick is on 12 *at stumps day 2 ,3rd Test )

Denis Compton once scored three successive centuries, against South Africa during his :

record-breaking 1947 summer.

He made 163 at Trent Bridge,

208 at Lord's

115 at Old Trafford.

Earlier in 1947, Compton had also made 147 and 103 not out against Australia

in Adelaide........

ped·i·gree  (pd-gr) noun.

1.a. A line of ancestors; a lineage.

1.b. A list of ancestors; a family tree.


2. A chart of an individual's ancestors used in human genetics to analyze Mendelian inheritance

of certain traits, especially of familial diseases.

3. A list of the ancestors of a purebred animal.

Pedigree only aplies to canine, feline , bovine , equine etc not humans

27.6
Southee to Compton, huge shout for lbw, two sounds, umpire Reiffel says no,

New Zealand will have a review, and Compton is in trouble,

NRD Compton lbw b Southee  13.........................touche ! 

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He's got to go one better to equal his grandfather, though -  ......( ketchim note that Nick is on 12 *at stumps day 2 ,3rd Test )
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Nick Compton and Jonny Bairstow !  8)

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Pedigree only aplies to canine, feline , bovine , equine etc not humans
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