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Howzat! Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/14/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


To celebrate the end of the Cricket World Cup (a bit of a dull affair) and the beginning of the 2007 county season, with Yorkshire CCC showing plenty of optimism for a successful campaign, we bring you news of two up and coming bowlers – well actually one on the way up and the other definitely ‘over the hill’. Here is a recent match report from a pre-season friendly.

Between them they bowled 66 overs, with 13 maidens and took 8 wickets. Andy (too much time on google and not enough practising googlies) took wickets at an average of 109, but with his off-breaks Matt managed an average of 5. The younger Matt took 2 more wickets than Andy and bowled 3 more maidens. In fact so accurate was Matt that more than 50% of his overs failed to yield a run and he conceded at less than 2 runs an over.

Calculate the statistics for each bowler to reveal the co-ordinates. You are looking for a 35mm film container. The published co-ordinates are for Bramhope Cricket ground and parking is available here (N53.53.140, W1.37.805), but if a match is in progress and this is full you can park a little further away in the public car park behind the pub (N53.53.131, W1.37.490). The cache is approx 0.33 miles from the published co-ordinates.

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Onfr bs ohfu/gerr. Abg ybat rabhtu gb znxr n ong !

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)