In this quiz, you have to answer ten questions on cricketers named after non-cricketers.
The greatest cricketing legacy of Garry Lyon, former captain of the Melbourne Football Club, lay in being the inspiration behind the iconic nickname of Nathan Lyon, with whom he shares surname. Before Lyon, there was fast bowler Geoff Lawson, who became Henry after legendary author and poet Henry Lawson.
The inspirations need not be real human beings. Bill Lawry, for example, was named Phantom, while Graham McKenzie was called Garth after the comic book characters. Derek Randall, a livewire on the field, got the nickname Arkle after the Irish thoroughbred racehorse.
How well do you know the cricketers whose nicknames were derived from characters who never played cricket? Take our quiz and find out.
