How good was Patsy Hendren?

[Archer6K]

How good was he?

 

[Coronis]

How good was he?

When I was a kid and first reading about him, I thought his name was Pasty for a long time.

 

[capt_Luffy]

How good was he?

Well.... It's really hard to say. Cricket back then is so different from now. He wasn't a world leading batsman like Jack Hobbs or Victor Trumper; but he does have the most FC runs after Hobbs and Frank Woolley and his 170 centuries only second to Hobbs. I think considering the period he played in and the longevity of his career (both in years and matches) and the average he maintained over that period that he was a pretty good batsman. In my top 100 for sure.

 

[ataraxia]

Someone who gets forgotten. McCabe-level.

 

[peterhrt]

A good player rather than a great one. Benefitted from favourable conditions in a high-scoring era.

Exposed by Gregory and McDonald in 1921 and dropped after a couple of matches. Subsequent Test caps boosted by being based at Lord's. One of the best outfielders of his day.

 

[mr_mister]

I lump him in with Phil Mead, who I think is also difficult to rate

 

[Yeoman]

Worth bearing in mind when looking at his record that he was a late developer who didn’t become established in the test side until he was 35.

It is true that he was perhaps not rated as highly by his contemporaries as he might have been for one with his statistical record. This seems to have been because his style of play was not the most attractive. The same applies to Mead, also mentioned above.

 

[peterhrt]

It is true that he was perhaps not rated as highly by his contemporaries as he might have been for one with his statistical record. This seems to have been because his style of play was not the most attractive. The same applies to Mead, also mentioned above.

Certainly true about Mead. Fidgeting and shuffling around the crease every ball. Rival left-hander Woolley made everything look uncomplicated and easy. Mead was also a reluctant bowler and rarely bothered chasing after the ball in the field if he could avoid it.

 

[Coronis]

Certainly true about Mead. Fidgeting and shuffling around the crease every ball. Rival left-hander Woolley made everything look uncomplicated and easy. Mead was also a reluctant bowler and rarely bothered chasing after the ball in the field if he could avoid it.

I hate blokes like that.

 

[AndrewB]

When I was a kid and first reading about him, I thought his name was Pasty for a long time.

There was Mike ‘Pasty’ Harris who played for Notts in the 70s - so-called because he was born in Cornwall IIRC.