Vic Trumper........................dashing opening batsman, some say better than Bradman
+Billy Murdoch...................strokemaker and occasional keeper
Charlie McCartney..............strokemaker and handy medium pace
George Giffen.....................Aust's version of WG Grace
Monty Noble......................quality batsman and handy spinner
George Bonner...................very inconsistent slogger who could hit the ball miles
*Warwick Armstrong...........Inzi like physique, good allrounder, much admired captain
Jack Gregory......................the Flintoff of his day; quick bowler, loved to slog
Charlie Turner.....................Pace bowling allrounder whose test batting record is very poor
Clarrie Grimmett.................crafty wrist-spinner who took lots of wickets and kept it tight
Fred Spofforth.....................the demon. cricket's first superstar bowler
all these guys played test cricket for Australia prior to Bradman and would be close to the best combination available in a best of over that period (* for a best test team-Clem Hill would open and replace Bonner, Jack Blackham would keep and replace one of the middle order bats)