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Is it worth mentioning his part in the fat pizza movie?--Skydivemayday 10:21, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does M.H. have th eworld record for the cans of beer drunk on the london to sydney flight?

The great Boonie still holds the record. Tintin 05:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:46, 27 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What a man

"Big Merv was a notorious consumer of alcohol and food"!! This is possibly the best line on all of Wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.49.158.84 (talk) 04:49, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

moustache

this is notable enough for cricinfo to mention "a moustache of incredible proportions", but i'm having trouble fitting it in anywhere--Mongreilf (talk) 02:14, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong ODI Batting Average

It's 11.11.88.134.63.121 (talk) 11:38, 30 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mention in Doctor Who

Merv Hughes, along with another Australian cricketer I believe, were briefly mentioned in a Doctor Who novel. I tried posting to the talk page a while ago, but I keep doing something wrong, and nothing gets posted. Fingers crossed this time. If it works, I can supply always more information later. 120.20.159.175 (talk) 08:23, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, so it did work this time! The novel in question is Goth Opera by Paul Cornell and the very-brief cameo references are on pages 234 and 236 of the actual paperback. However, there is a publicly-accessible online ebook version available on Internet Archive, with the references stated on pages 119 and 120. The link is below:

https://archive.org/details/Doctor_Who_-_Missing_Adventures_01_-_Goth_Opera

One of the extracts are as follows:

‘You know, Merv,’ the Doctor grinned, shielding his eyes from the Tasmanian sunshine, ‘I’m surprised that the tournament’s overrun so much.’

Merv twitched his moustache. ‘Bad light.’ He got up from his seat and wandered back inside the pavilion to get another tinny.

Anybody think this is anywhere notable enough to be included? 120.20.159.175 (talk) 09:11, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]