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[horselady]

1d (9) Basil - - - - - - - - - English test cricketer who scored 158 against Australia at the oval in 1968. I thought it was d'olivera but it doesn't fit, am i spelling it wrong or have I got the wrong person completely?

[shaneystar2]

D'Oliveira

[horselady]

Thanks shaneystar2

[MAD BUTCHER]

I find your question a little baffling. Just how can someone using a computer NOT be able to check the spelling?

[horselady]

Of course I checked, and all the sites I looked at gave his name spelling as d'olivera, which as I said, did not fit. Shaney was kind enough to give me an alternative spelling of his name which is obviously sometimes used.

[MAD BUTCHER]

horselady - please do not think I was being objectional. I am not computer literate and like to learn things.
Now, I have just put "Basil - English cricketer" into Google and it gives Doliveira AND ALSO Doliviera ! Try it. But when you put Dolivera in, as you thought it was spelled it gives it as Dolivera. I have found in the past that if I put a name into Google as I thought it was spelled (as I suspect you did) for verification, it give all the information but keeps MY spelling. Now I try not to put a suspect word in. I do not know if this is the normal google, because when I tried to explain it to others they just didn`t understand.