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Cricket at the Oval Multi-Cache

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Mad Max the vicker of Mawgan: Too dificult to control at arms length so it is reluctance that I archive this cache
Mad Max the vicker of Mawgan

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Hidden : 10/23/2007
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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The above co ord is for parking and not the final cache. You will probably be asked at the gate to sign in. I have cleared it with the office and no problems should be encountered when walking around the ground to collect the clues My thanks to DIEPIENAARS for maintaing this cache

The Diamond Jubilee Cricket Pavilion started life in the late 1800's P.F.Payn laid the stone on the 22 June 1897. It was then opened by Mayor T.W.Woodhouse on the 24th May 1898. Further upgrading was done in 1998 and was opened on 30th August by Mayor Gwala.
On the roof you can see the Jonty Rhodes weather vane commemorating his great achievment to sport and was unveiled on the 24th Jan 2003
The pavillion is now a listed building.
Note the tree within the boundary this unique feature is shared with St Lawrence cricket club in Kent UK.Regretably their 200 year old Lime tree was blown over in 2005 but a replacement was planted by Colin Cowdrey.

To locate the cache you will have to answer a number of questions that may be found around the boundary

1/ Jonty Rhodes planted a tree. The number of runs he scored for Natal Use the second digit = A
The first and third digit added together = B

2/Denis Compton planted a tree. Use the third digit of the year he didso =C

3/ R.A. McLean scored in the triple figures while playing for Natal against OFS in 1954 The middle diigit =D

4 A.D.Norse made 143 for Natal vs EP in January of which year ? The last two digits = EE

5 Vince van der Bijl bowled for Natal vs WP in January 1972 how many wickets for 35 runs did he take =F

6 Gary Kirsten had an incredible opening partnership with Herschelle Gibbs against Pakistan in January 2003 The first digit of their score =G The cache is located at S29-AB-CCD and E-030-EE-FGG This cache is kindly mainained by Coldwatch for which many thanks

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hc n thz gerr????

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)