Generation Draft

[Himannv]

Team so far:

1.
2. Archie MacLaren
3. George Headley
4.
5. CB Fry
6. Charles Bannerman
7.
8. Mike Proctor
9. Hugh Trumble
10. Alec Bedser
11. Frank Tyson

 

[Howe_zat]

John Snow.

[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 -[B] Frank Laver[/B]
10. centurymaker
11. Pothas - [B]Frank Foster[/B]
12. morgieb - [B]Charles Kellaway[/B]
13. fredfertang - [B]Ranji Hordern[/B]
14. Cevno - [B]Jack Russel[/B]
15. smalishah84 - [B]George Gunn[/B]
16. honestbharani - [B]Bill Whitty[/B]

[B][U]Round 5[/U][/B] - (1928-1950)

1. marc71178 - [B]Wally Hammond[/B]
2. Howe_zat - [B]Len Hutton [/B]
3. Pothas - [B]Bill O'Reilly [/B]
4. Himannv - [B]George Headley[/B]
5. Blakus - [B]Herbert Sutcliffe[/B]
6. morgieb - [B]Les Ames[/B]
7. Noble One - [B]Clarrie Grimmet[/B]
8. Cevno - [B]Harold Larwood[/B]
9. 8ankitj - [B]Dudley Nourse[/B]
10. honestbharani - [B]Stan McCabe[/B]
11. smalishah84 - [B]Douglas Jardine[/B]
12. GingerFurball - [B]Bill Voce[/B]
13. fredfertang - [B]Hedley Verity[/B]
14. zaremba - [B]Maurice Tate[/B]
15. weldone - [B]Bruce Mitchell[/B]

[B][U]Round 6[/U][/B] - (1928-1950)

1. weldone - [B]Patsy Hendren[/B]
2. zaremba - [B]Archie Jackson[/B]
3. fredfertang - [B]Eddie Paynter[/B]
4. GingerFurball - [B]Bill Bowes[/B]
5. smalishah84 - [B]Joe Hardstaff[/B]
6. honestbharani - [B]Bill Ponsford[/B]
7. 8ankitj - [B]Vijay Merchant[/B]
8. Cevno - [B]Lindsay Hasset[/B]
9. Noble One - [B]Sid Barnes[/B]
10. morgieb - [B]Maurice Leyland[/B]
11. Blakus - [B]Duleepsinjhi[/B]
12. Himannv - [B]Alec Bedser[/B]
13. Pothas - [B]Bill Woodfull[/B]
14. Howe_zat - [B]Don Tallon[/B]
15. marc71178 - [B]Ernie Toshack [/B]

[B][U]Round 7[/U][/B] - (1951-1970)

1. fredfertang - [B]Garry Sobers[/B]
2. GingerFurball - [B]Keith Miller[/B]
3. Pothas - [B]Fred Trueman[/B]
4. weldone - [B]Alan Davidson[/B]
5. smalishah84 - [B]Ken Barrington[/B]
6. Cevno - [B]Clyde Walcott[/B]
7. Howe_zat - [B]Neil Harvey[/B]
8. Himannv - [B]Frank Tyson[/B]
9. Blakus - [B]Graeme Pollock[/B]
10. honestbharani - [B]Everton Weekes[/B]
11. 8ankitj - [B]Barry Richards[/B]
12. marc71178 - [B]Denis Compton[/B]
13. Noble One - [B]Ray Lindwall[/B]
14. zaremba - [B]Jim Laker[/B]
15. morgieb - [B]Richie Benaud[/B]

[B][U]Round 8[/U][/B] - (1951-1970)

1. morgieb - [B]Bob Simpson[/B]
2. zaremba - [B]Frank Worrel[/B]
3. Noble One - [B]Ted Dexter[/B]
4. marc71178 - [B]Trevor Goddard[/B]
5. 8ankitj - [B]Denis Lindsay[/B]
6. honestbharani -[B] Eddie Barlow[/B]
7. Blakus - [B]Peter Pollock[/B]
8. Himannv - [B]Mike Procter[/B]
9. Howe_zat - [B]John Snow[/B]
10. Cevno
11. smalishah84
12. weldone
13. Pothas
14. GingerFurball
15. fredfertang

 

[Himannv]

Awesome round this. So many good players still left to pick.

 

[smash84]

can you name any two Himann?

 

[Himannv]

I'd rather not.

 

[Blakus]

Really, there's no excuse for not getting 2 fantastic cricketers this round. Like Himannv said, there are so many good players left.

 

[honestbharani]

Weekes and Barlow are a great pair to get off a single generation but generally I m happy with every pick of mine...

 

[Cevno]

Brian Statham

 

[zaremba]

Starting to think we might have been better with one pick each from the first generation (I'm happy with mine thanks) and three from this one. Interesting to see how things pan out from 1971 onwards.

 

[Prince EWS]

Starting to think we might have been better with one pick each from the first generation (I'm happy with mine thanks) and three from this one. Interesting to see how things pan out from 1971 onwards.

Yeah. As more teams are introduced into Test cricket, the top 5% or whatever of cricketers in the era is going to encompass a larger number of players, so it'll be progressively easier to pick up good players at the bottom of the draft order as the draft progresses.

 

[Noble One]

I like the balance of two from each generation.

Most drafts result in everyone picking the greatest players of the past thirty years, plus the occasional legend from the past. This draft forces you into studying new players and it makes selection interesting when comparing DK Lillee to a slow medium from the 1890's with a bowling average in the teens.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah agree, normally I try and get my bowlers as quickly as possible but in this had to go about things a little differently.

 

[ankitj]

Smiley not able to think of a pick?

 

[smash84]

oh shoot. I had totally forgotten about this.....gimme a few mins

 

[smash84]

Fazal Mahmood

 

[weldone]

Peter May

 

[Pothas]

Rohan Kanhai

 

[Furball]

Hanif Mohammad

 

[Himannv]

Fertang to finish the round.

 

[fredfertang]

What a selection - no room for Colin Cowdrey, Tom Graveney or Hugh Tayfield - Wes Hall sorely exercised my mind and doubtless there are others but in the end I took the view there will be plenty of decent quicks to come but I may not get another opportunity to pick a batter as good as

Vijay Hazare