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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:52, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

Bill Roe (cricketer)[edit]

  • ... that Bill Roe made the highest score in cricket at the time, when he scored 415 runs during his time at Cambridge University? Source: "So it was not WG who broke Tylecote's record but the far more obscure WN Roe, a promising schoolboy batsman who had gone up to Cambridge" ... "At the end of the day, he'd passed Tylecote's record by 11 runs - 415* in four hours 55 minutes." (ESPNcricinfo)

5x expanded by Harrias (talk). Self-nominated at 17:01, 10 January 2017 (UTC).

  • @Harrias: Article is long enough, uses in-line citations, is neutrally written and was nominated the same day as being expanded fivefold. Spot-checking does not find issues with plagiarism, copyvio, or unduly close paraphrasing. QPQ is complete. Hook is short enough, neutral, cited and interesting. Good to go. Great job! Cheers – Ianblair23 (talk) 05:27, 11 January 2017 (UTC)