Talk:Merv Hughes
Latest comment: 4 months ago by 120.20.159.175 in topic Mention in Doctor Who
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Is it worth mentioning his part in the fat pizza movie?--Skydivemayday 10:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Does M.H. have th eworld record for the cans of beer drunk on the london to sydney flight?
- The great Boonie still holds the record. Tintin 05:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:46, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
What a man edit
"Big Merv was a notorious consumer of alcohol and food"!! This is possibly the best line on all of Wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.49.158.84 (talk) 04:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
moustache edit
this is notable enough for cricinfo to mention "a moustache of incredible proportions", but i'm having trouble fitting it in anywhere--Mongreilf (talk) 02:14, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Wrong ODI Batting Average edit
It's 11.11.88.134.63.121 (talk) 11:38, 30 January 2011 (UTC)
Mention in Doctor Who edit
Merv Hughes, along with another Australian cricketer I believe, were briefly mentioned in a Doctor Who novel. I tried posting to the talk page a while ago, but I keep doing something wrong, and nothing gets posted. Fingers crossed this time. If it works, I can supply always more information later. 120.20.159.175 (talk) 08:23, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- Okay, so it did work this time! The novel in question is Goth Opera by Paul Cornell and the very-brief cameo references are on pages 234 and 236 of the actual paperback. However, there is a publicly-accessible online ebook version available on Internet Archive, with the references stated on pages 119 and 120. The link is below:
- https://archive.org/details/Doctor_Who_-_Missing_Adventures_01_-_Goth_Opera
- One of the extracts are as follows:
- ‘You know, Merv,’ the Doctor grinned, shielding his eyes from the Tasmanian sunshine, ‘I’m surprised that the tournament’s overrun so much.’
- Merv twitched his moustache. ‘Bad light.’ He got up from his seat and wandered back inside the pavilion to get another tinny.
- Anybody think this is anywhere notable enough to be included? 120.20.159.175 (talk) 09:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)