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Douglas Jardine, an Uncommon card
Douglas Robert Jardine was a cricketer who played 22 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 15 of those matches between 1931 and 1934.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 44,000
Power 185 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 95 % of WikiCards cards.
Douglas Jardine quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Douglas Jardine card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
As captain, Jardine was the person responsible for the ______ of Bodyline.
Answer
implementation. As captain, Jardine was the person responsible for the implementation of Bodyline. From the Douglas Jardine article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
A right-handed batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during their successful ____–33 Ashes tour of Australia.
Answer
1930s. A right-handed batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during their successful 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia. From the Douglas Jardine article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
2019 Trump–Ukraine scandal. 2019 Trump–Ukraine scandal 74,000 · May Revolution 56,000 · Douglas Jardine 44,000 · Mike Enzi 35,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A right-handed batsman, he is best known for captaining the English team during their successful 1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia.
- During that series, England employed "Bodyline" tactics against the Australian batsmen, headed by Donald Bradman, wherein bowlers pitched the ball short on the line of leg stump to rise towards the bodies of the batsmen in a manner that some contemporary players and critics viewed as intimidatory and physically dangerous.
- As captain, Jardine was the person responsible for the implementation of Bodyline.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Douglas Jardine article was read about 44,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Douglas Jardine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
