CW chooses the second greatest batsman ever redux, 100 men from 5 eras whittled to 1

[mr_mister]

I know I said I'd give this 24 hours but 19 votes is about all we ever get in these so without further adieu, on to round 2!!!


Round 1, Heat 11:

Williamson (19 votes)
Amla (19 votes)
De Villiers (17 votes)
Smith (13 votes)
Cook (12 votes)
Root (9 votes)
Taylor (2 votes)
Rahane (2 votes)
Kohli (1 vote)
Warner (0 votes)



So down to 55 batsmen for round 2. The top 6 out of these 5 heats of 11 guys advance onward which will give us a final 30 for round 3(from then 10 groups of 3 is nice and convenient) So um... vote for your top 6 now, not your top 5


Round 2: Heat 1

vote for your top 6

WG Grace
FS Jackson
KS Ranji
Clem Hill
Victor Trumper
Charlie Macartney
Herbie Taylor
Phil Mead
Jack Hobbs
Patsy Hendren
Herb Sutcliffe

 

[morgieb]

Jack Hobbs
Herb Sutcliffe
Victor Trumper
Charlie Macartney
Herbie Taylor
WG Grace

 

[harsh.ag]

Round 2: Heat 1

WG Grace
FS Jackson
KS Ranji
Clem Hill
Victor Trumper
Charlie Macartney
Herbie Taylor
Phil Mead
Jack Hobbs
Patsy Hendren
Herb Sutcliffe

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hill
Trumper
Macartney
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Taylor

 

[Noble One]

Charlie Macartney
Victor Trumper
Herbie Taylor
Jack Hobbs
Patsy Hendren
Herb Sutcliffe

 

[mr_mister]

Hill
Hobbs
Sutcliffe
Trumper
Taylor
Macartney

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Trumper
Ranji
Grace
Hill
Hobbs
Sutcliffe

 

[viriya]

Jack Hobbs
Herb Sutcliffe
Clem Hill
Herbie Taylor
Charlie Macartney
Patsy Hendren


Are people really voting for WG Grace based on his Test record though?

 

[mr_mister]

Swhy I didn't vote for him. But **** it I enjoy the chaos

 

[Coronis]

Ranji
Hill
Trumper
Macartney
Hobbs
Sutcliffe

 

[Zinzan]

Round 1, Heat 11:

Williamson (19 votes)
Amla (19 votes)
De Villiers (17 votes)
Smith (13 votes)
Cook (12 votes)
Root (9 votes)
Taylor (2 votes)
Rahane (2 votes)
Kohli (1 vote)
Warner (0 votes)

I assume this also doubles as CW's vote of who's the best out of the big 3, KW, Smith, Root & Kohli... glad that's settled then

Presumably it was Warne or Howsie responsible for Kohli's lone vote.

 

[Zinzan]

Jack Hobbs
Patsy Hendren
Victor Trumper
W G Grace
Herb Sutcliffe
Clem Hill

Patsy Hendren continues to be underrated...

 

[AndrewB]

FS Jackson, Ranji, Hill, Trumper, Hobbs, Sutcliffe

 

[watson]

Round 2: Heat 1

vote for your top 6

WG Grace
KS Ranji
Victor Trumper
Charlie Macartney
Jack Hobbs
Herb Sutcliffe

 

[Red]

WG Grace
FS Jackson
KS Ranji
Clem Hill
Victor Trumper
Charlie Macartney
Herbie Taylor
Phil Mead
Jack Hobbs
Patsy Hendren
Herb Sutcliffe

 

[jimmy101]

WG Grace
KS Ranji
Victor Trumper
Charlie Macartney
Jack Hobbs
Herb Sutcliffe

 

[honestbharani]

WG Grace
KS Ranji
Victor Trumper
Jack Hobbs
Patsy Hendren
Herb Sutcliffe

 

[ankitj]

WG Grace
KS Ranji
Victor Trumper
Jack Hobbs
Patsy Hendren
Herb Sutcliffe

+1

 

[mr_mister]

Bloody tight finish.

Round 2, Heat 1:

bolded qualify for round 3

Hobbs (15 votes)
Sutcliffe (15 votes)
Trumper (14 votes)
Grace (9 votes)
Ranji (9 votes)
Macartney (8 votes)
Hill (7 votes)
Hendren (6 votes)
Taylor (6 votes)
Jackson (1 vote)
Mead (0 votes)

Round 2, Heat 2:


vote for the top 6

Wally Hammond
Bill Ponsford
Bruce Mitchell
Stan McCabe
George Headley
Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Denis Compton
Frank Worrell
Clyde Walcott
Everton Weekes

 

[Zinzan]

**** me this is a tough round, intuitively I thought that all the 3 Ws would go through, but at a closer look, Hammond, Headley, Hutton & Compton are musts...so,

Hammond
Headley
Hutton
Compton
Worrell
Walcott

It may well be Weekes was a better pure batsman than Worrell, but I just can't leave out Frank Worrell so early.