Talk:Michael Ainsworth

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The article states that Ainsworth's last game, in 1964, was "Free Foresters' penultimate first-class game of all." But there is still a Free Foresters website, which appears to contradct the claim that they played only one subsequent game. I hesitate to say that the author is one of those who uses the word "penultimate" to mean "insert impressive-sounding word here," but the apparent contradiction should be clarified or corrected. GMcGath 10:53, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Free Foresters have played many subsequent games. But according to cricketarchive.com, they only played one subsequent first class game four years later in 1968. If you know of any other first class matches they played after 1964, please specify the fixture. It's worth mentioning here that many first class teams have played many games, sometimes even against other first class teams, which did not have first class status (e.g. because they lasted < 3 days). I have removed the "accuracy disputed" tag as there is no evidence to support your claim. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.217.84.147 (talk • contribs).

Thanks for the clarification. A couple of points, though: (1) It's customary to "sign" messages with four tildes (~~~~) to indicate when and by whom your comment was made. (2) When something is flagged, it's usually an indication that the original wording was unclear, and it's worth thinking about how to make it clearer. I've made use of a condensed version of your comment to clarify the point in the article. GMcGath 18:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I've added the {{unsigned}} template to the comment above yours, which makes things a little clearer. Thanks too for the addition to the article, which I wrote originally. Personally I don't think it's really necessary as first-class has been linked to earlier in the article for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know its meaning, but I'm not going to change your edit now. I'd also like to reassure you and any other readers that I know perfectly well what "penultimate" means - and even "antepenultimate" come to that, though as yet I believe I've resisted the temptation to use the latter in these articles! Loganberry (Talk) 06:08, 25 June 2006 (UTC)