The period of Darling's captaincy saw the emergence of outstanding Australian players such as Trumper, Warwick Armstrong, James Kelly, Monty Noble, Clem Hill, Hugh Trumble and Ernie Jones.

Australian captain Bill Woodfull ( left ) with Monty Noble ( centre ) and Tim Wall ( right )

* Most wickets – Monty Noble 37 @ 20. 64 ( BB 6 – 91 )

* Wisden Five Cricketers of the Season – Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Arthur Jones, Monty Noble, Robert Poore

The so-called ' Golden Age ' of Australian test cricket occurred around the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, with the team under the captaincy of Joe Darling, Monty Noble and Clem Hill winning eight of ten tours it participated in between the 1897 – 98 English tour of Australia and the 1910 – 11 South African tour of Australia.

Outstanding batsman such as Joe Darling, Clem Hill, Reggie Duff, Syd Gregory, Warren Bardsley and Victor Trumper, brilliant all-rounders including Monty Noble, George Giffen, Harry Trott and Warwick Armstrong and excellent bowlers including Ernie Jones, Hugh Trumble, Tibby Cotter, Bill Howell, Jack Saunders and Bill Whitty, all helped Australia to become the dominant cricketing nation for most of this period.

Noble Stand ' after the great Australian captain Monty Noble.

Monty Noble trumped Barnes ' effort with 7 – 17 and 6 – 60.

Trott's penchant for the spectacular did not fail him: he became the first ( and to this day the only ) batsman to hit a ball over the current Lord's Pavilion, bludgeoning Monty Noble out of the ground on 31 July 1899 .< ref >

The periodical Cricket described him as "‘ one of the most jovial personalities imaginable ", while former Australian Test captain Monty Noble wrote that he was the " type of man who, in the most unostentatious way, can do more than all the politicians and statesmen to cement the relations between the Homeland and the Dominions ".

The former Australian captain Monty Noble believed Chapman could be a good batsman if he curbed his aggression but The Cricketer considered his technique to be faulty.

Armstrong, along with Monty Noble, Tibby Cotter and Bert Hopkins returned home via Sri Lanka ( then Ceylon ), Penang and Singapore, where they were lavishly entertained and comfortably billeted by the elite of the Colony.

Rhodes opened the English bowling and took four wickets for 58 in an Australian total of 252 ; his first Test wicket was Monty Noble ( whose wicket he took again in the second innings ).

In the second Test Rhodes took one wicket, his 100th in Test matches, and completed the double of 1, 000 runs and 100 wickets in Tests ; the first England player to do so, he was only the third player to reach the double after Australians George Giffen and Monty Noble.

Monty Noble, a former Australian captain, writing in the Sydney Sun described one innings of 59 runs as " sensational " and one of the best played in Australia since the war.

Former players, including his former Waverley captain, the influential Monty Noble, publicly criticised Collins ' captaincy.

In return Monty Noble and Jack Saunders bowled England out for 145 and Australia led by 49 runs on the first innings.

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Trumble took 8 wickets in the match and in partnership with Monty Noble bowled the English out for 150 runs in the second innings.

His action was described by his team-mate and bowling partner, Monty Noble, as " sidelong and insinuating, with his neck craned like a gigantic bird ".

The team included players of the calibre of Trumper, Hill, Armstrong, Trumble and Monty Noble ; all of whom would be later included in the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

In his absence, Monty Noble captained the Australian team against the touring English in 1903 – 04.

After a period of some instability and ill discipline in Australian cricket, he was the first in a succession of assertive Australian captains that included Joe Darling, Monty Noble and Clem Hill, who restored the prestige of the Test team.

His ability to answer questions on many varied subjects led to an offhand reference in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus where one character states that " He knows everything.

That version, titled Journey Into Your Imagination, was a completely new experience in which Dr. Nigel Channing ( Eric Idle of Monty Python fame ) led a tour of the fictional Imagination Institute.

The unpopularity of the Bill Eckert character led to ABC's firing Monty, killing off Bill, and bringing Luke and Laura back, played by Geary and Francis.

In 1998 he set up the Roundhouse Trust and led its redevelopment, with a board of trustees which included musicians Bob Geldof and Suggs, and Monty Python writer Terry Gilliam.

* Cliffhangers: Dr Montana " Monty " Jones, his father Dr North Dakota Jones, and grandfather Minnesota Jones, together with the ever-useful Sallah, find lost treasures and battle Nazis, primarily Colonel Haken and his loyal assistant Erwin, who are led by Hitler's brain in a jar.

Nabarro's distinctive appearance led to his picture being frequently used by the Monty Python team.

Re-released in 1997, its success also led to a major label deal with BMG's Parousia sub-label and the establishment of True Playaz, a Hype led DJ and production unit also including DJ Zinc, Pascal, and Rude Bwoy Monty.

With O ' Byrne, Monty directed summer stock productions and led acting and speech workshops at The New School in New York City, where her pupils included Marlon Brando, Demi Moore and Tony Curtis.

This final sketch led to Praline singing the song " Eric The Half-A-Bee " on the Monty Python's Previous Record album.

In 1946 Yusuf and Monty led the Indian Passive Resistance Campaign against the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Bill, which continued until 1948 but did not succeed in having any of the legislation it opposed repealed.

Although frequently compared to Monty Python's Flying Circus, the Aunty Jack character in fact made her appearance well before Python was screened in Australia, although the two teams evidently shared the same love of surreal humour.

The song " Cows with Guns " made Richard Glover's Funny Peculiar CD in Australia at track 7, along with the likes of Monty Python and Bernard Cribbins.

An example of this would be the first test in the 2009 Ashes series, in which England bowlers James Anderson and Monty Panesar were able to remain at the crease for 11. 3 overs, denying Australia the chance to win the match.

He was prematurely congratulated by Jack Nicklaus who said " Congratulations on your first U. S. Open victory " to Monty after he finished the 18th hole on Sunday.

He set an AL record by driving in six runs in the first inning with a grand slam and a double off White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton on August 29, 1937 ; then, in an 8 – 3 victory over the St. Louis Browns on June 12, 1938, he drove in all the runs with three home runs and a single.

The British victory was complete Monty Holbein ( 27h 52m 15s ) came in second, with Edge, nearly three hours away, third, and Bates fourth.

The sketch was revived as part of the Monty Python stage show and on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album ( both without Feldman ).

Examples of recurring characters include Mr. Gumby from Monty Python's Flying Circus ; Ted and Ralph from The Fast Show ; the Head Crusher from The Kids in the Hall ; Martin Short's Ed Grimley, a recurring character from both SCTV and Saturday Night Live ; and Kevin and Perry from Harry Enfield and Chums.

The screenplay removes any depiction of a sexual relationship ( which would have been both incest and infidelity ) between Monty and his stepdaughter, Veda.

One of the most influential sketch shows was Monty Python's Flying Circus, a comedy from the late 1960s and early 1970s that introduced both British and American audiences to such luminaries as John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam.

While showing some influence from Monty Python's Flying Circus and Saturday Night Live, SCTV eschewed both the live television format and even filming before a live studio audience.

Monty crashes the yacht into a fishing boat, tossing both Betty Lou and Adela into the water.

Also, as the show was seen in both Canada and the United States, cash prizes were offered in the form of " Monty Dollars " or " Let's Make a Deal Money ", and traders could accept the amount in either U. S. or Canadian currency.

The Monty Hall problem, in its usual interpretation, is mathematically equivalent to the earlier Three Prisoners problem, and both bear some similarity to the much older Bertrand's box paradox.

Bob Hilton filled in for him on occasion on all three versions, Johnny Olson ( also announcing the pilots and while at the same time announcing on The Price Is Right and Match Game, both for CBS ), Jack Narz ( who also announced on Monty Hall's version of Beat the Clock ), Jay Stewart ( while at the same time announcing game shows for Barry & Enright Productions, and Charlie O ' Donnell ( who went on to succeed Stewart at Barry & Enright Productions ) also filled in for him on the NBC version, and O ' Donnell, Johnny Gilbert ( while at the same time announcing on Jeopardy!

Its first steps included naming entrepreneur Monty Sarhan as both CEO and publisher.

Screen testing began in late 1967 and soon both Monty Berman and Spooner agreed the trio would make an ideal casting and the three were soon confirmed in the major roles.

Delivering both, the friend tells Monty that Simon doesn't want to see him, but gives Monty his location at a church shelter.

To further confuse the listener, both sides of the LP are labelled " FREE RECORD Given away with the Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief-Side 2 "-only the matrix numbers identify which are the first and second sides.

In the late 1970s, Hyman married her manager Larry Alexander ( who is the brother of Jamaican pianist and melodica player Monty Alexander ), but both the personal and professional associations ended in divorce.

The film is also notable for its many cameo appearances by both British and American comiedians, including Monty Python, Saturday Night Live and Rutland Weekend Television.

Monty Python's Flying Circus is the first album produced by the Monty Python troupe, released in both the UK and US in 1970, with the US version featuring a back cover slightly different from the original UK version.

Terry Jones and Michael Palin, both later to become members of Monty Python's Flying Circus, wrote jokes for the show.

He started at the BBC as an announcer and he also presented many classical music programmes on both television and radio, including for many years the annual live broadcast from the Last Night of the Proms, and made cameo appearances in episodes 30 and 33 of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

In England, the Royal Horticultural Society has described both Alan Titchmarsh and Monty Don as celebrity gardeners.

The voice used by the supposedly actual Adolf Hitler in the educational video shown to Cartman is based on Monty Python alum John Cleese's Hitler impression, which both Parker and Stone particularly praised.

Spinners Monty Panesar and Jason Brown both got five wickets each in the match.