It's Story Time, our weekly walk through cricket history via your listener quiz challenges. This week, Geoff and Bharat put their Serious Historian hats on to go trawling through Victorian public records from the 1800s. There's a literal giant of the sport who had a lasting influence on Association football, an Australian spinner who played at the top level with the oval ball, and a Victorian visit to Gloucestershire. And as ever, a lot of love for Clarence Victor Grimmett.

Your Nerd Pledge numbers this week:

3.39 - Pat Rodgers

7.60 - Richard Jansz-Moore

10.00 - Chris Byrne

3.57 - Alan Simpson & Paul Harmer

2.16 - Matt Cuttress & Duncan Davies

2.05 - Simon Trafford

Revisits

1.36 - Alex Brown

2.08 - Sam Ashworth

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