Generation Draft

[marc71178]

Worst draw of anyone to date I reckon.

Warren Bardsley and Herbie Taylor

 

[ankitj]

Jack Saunders

 

[Himannv]

Archie MacLaren

 

[smash84]

Bad draw this

Worst draw of anyone to date I reckon.

Who says it is a bad draw. I got SF Barnes na na ni na na

 

[Blakus]

Will take Ted Mcdonald to recreate one of Australia's most famous bowling duos.

 

[Furball]

Burgey

 

[Cevno]

Who says it is a bad draw. I got SF Barnes na na ni na na

Will see if you are still saying that by the time your next turn comes.

 

[Howe_zat]

Burgey

Titter titter.

Stuck between two English allrounders of the 1900s - but will take Gilbert Jessop.

 

[Himannv]

Archie MacLaren
CB Fry
Charles Bannerman
Hugh Trumble

Needless to say, the team is shaping up to be quite old school.

 

[marc71178]

Burgey

GF wins draft.

 

[Furball]

Herbie Collins

 

[zaremba]

Not enough Nazi sympathisers in my team, so AER Gilligan.

 

[Howe_zat]

[B][U]Round 1 (1877 - 1899)[/U][/B]
 
1. zaremba - [B]WG Grace[/B]
2. Noble One - [B]George Lohmann[/B]
3. 8ankitj - [B]Fred Spofforth[/B]
4. Blakus - [B]Ranjitsinhji[/B]
5. GingerFurball - [B]Johnny Briggs[/B]
6. Howe_zat - [B]Bobby Peel[/B]
7. smalishah84 - [B]Charlie Turner[/B]
8. Himannv - [B]Hugh Trumble[/B]
9. fredfertang - [B]Stanley Jackson[/B]
10. honestbharani - [B]Billy Bates[/B]
11. weldone - [B]Jack Blackham[/B]
12. Pothas - [B]Arthur Shrewsbury[/B]
13. marc71178 - [B]Joe Darling[/B]
14. Cevno - [B]Billy Barnes[/B]
15. centurymaker - [B]Andrew Stoddart[/B]
16. morgieb - [B]George Giffen[/B]
 
[U][B]Round 2[/B][/U] (1877-1899)
 
1. morgieb - [B]JJ Ferris[/B]
2. centurymaker - [B]Bobby Abel[/B]
3. Cevno - [B]Allan Steel[/B]
4. marc71178 - [B]Frank Iredale[/B]
5. Pothas - [B]Albert Trott[/B]
6. weldone - [B]George Ulyett[/B]
7. honestbharani - [B]Joey Palmer[/B]
8. fredfertang - [B]Tom Richardson[/B]
9. Himannv - [B]Charles Bannerman[/B]
10. smalishah84 - [B]Dick Barlow[/B]
11. Howe_zat - [B]Harry Trott[/B]
12. GingerFurball - [B]Albert Ward[/B]
13. Blakus - [B]Billy Murdoch[/B]
14. 8ankitj - [B]Walter Read[/B]
15. Noble One - [B]Tom Garrett[/B]
16. zaremba - [B]Bill Lockwood[/B]
 
[U][B]Round 3[/B] [/U](1900-1927)
 
1. honestbharani - [B]Jack Hobbs[/B]
2. smalishah84 - [B]Sydney Barnes[/B]
3. Cevno - [B]Aubrey Faulkner[/B]
4. fredfertang - [B]Victor Trumper[/B]
5. morgieb - [B]Charlie Blythe[/B]
6. Pothas - [B]Charles Macartney[/B]
7. centurymaker
8. Noble One - [B]Monty Noble[/B]
9. weldone - [B]Clem Hill[/B]
10. zaremba - [B]Wilfred Rhodes[/B]
11. GingerFurball -[B] Warwick Armstrong[/B]
12. Howe_zat - [B]Frank Woolley[/B]
13. Blakus - [B]Jack Gregory[/B]
14. Himannv - [B]C.B. Fry[/B]
15. 8ankitj - [B]Phil Mead[/B]
16. marc71178 - [B]Warren Beardsley[/B]
 
[U][B]Round 4[/B] [/U](1900-1927)
 
1. marc71178 - [B]Herbie Taylor[/B]
2. 8ankitj - [B]Jack Saunders[/B]
3. Himannv - [B]Archie MacLaren[/B]
4. Blakus - [B]Ted McDonald[/B]
5. Howe_zat - [B]Gilbert Jessop[/B]
6. GingerFurball -[B] Herbie Collins[/B]
7. zaremba - [B]AER Gilligan[/B]
8. weldone - [B]Bert Vogler[/B]
9. Noble One
10. centurymaker
11. Pothas
12. morgieb
13. fredfertang
14. Cevno
15. smalishah84
16. honestbharani

 

[ankitj]

Interesting that MacLaren and McDonald got picked immediately after my pick. I considered them both but didn't like their test averages. I am a stats man

 

[weldone]

Bert Vogler

 

[Howe_zat]

MacLaren's Test average looks pretty solid to me...?

 

[ankitj]

MacLaren's Test average looks pretty solid to me...?

Yes actually, not bad. Don't know why I gave him a miss then. Most likely I didn't want two batsmen from same era (having already picked Phil Mead) specially when I was so low down in the draft order.

 

[smash84]

Will see if you are still saying that by the time your next turn comes.

at least I will have one ATG player in any case

 

[Blakus]

Mcdonald was a rather easy pick for me actually.
He was held in high esteem by his contemporaries, his first class performances and limited test appearances suggest that he was much better than his test average, and he was one half (the other being Gregory) of the first great fast bowling duo from Australia.
Although I'm expecting him to be my 12th man, I wouldn't be dissatisfied if he made it to my first XI.

 

[weldone]

Weldone XI so far:
Clem Hill
George Ulyett
Jack Blackham+
Bert Vogler

I'm pretty happy with Blackham and Hill, two absolute champions. Ulyett will be an useful allrounder. Vogler was probably the best bowler in the first famous spin triplet. But in all honesty, one among Ulyett and Vogler will probably be sitting out as the 12th man.