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Bill Ponsford, an Uncommon card
William Harold Ponsford MBE was an Australian cricketer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 181
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 181 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Bill Ponsford quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bill Ponsford card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
Ponsford holds the Australian record for a partnership in Test cricket, set in ____ in combination with Don Bradman, the man who broke many of Ponsford's other individual records.
Answer
1930s. Ponsford holds the Australian record for a partnership in Test cricket, set in 1934 in combination with Don Bradman, the man who broke many of Ponsford's other individual records. From the Bill Ponsford article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Benny Leonard. Benny Leonard 94 · Uberlândia 87 · Green Line E branch 84 · Bill Ponsford 81 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Uberlândia. Uberlândia 31,000 · Kuala Terengganu 24,000 · Bill Ponsford 15,000 · Green Line E branch 12,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Usually playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain.
- Ponsford is the only player to twice break the world record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, Ponsford and Brian Lara are the only cricketers to twice score 400 runs in an innings.
- Ponsford holds the Australian record for a partnership in Test cricket, set in 1934 in combination with Don Bradman, the man who broke many of Ponsford's other individual records.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bill Ponsford article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Bill Ponsford
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bill Ponsford (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
