Posted by Jenna on June 21, 1999 at 14:32:22 from cp16.telemedia.ca:
In Reply to: The Big Six posted by Tim Johns on June 21, 1999 at 10:51:17:
A Canadian probably can't be much help here, but I was really surprised to find a reference to "Big Six" in the encyclopaedia!! It was a turn-of-the-century term for the top teams in county cricket: Nottinghamshire, Surrey, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Kent and Middlesex. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with detectives but maybe Agatha Christie borrowed the term?