Pre-War Cricket Draft

[Himannv]

Zaremba up next is it?

 

[ankitj]

I have been peeking into this thread once in a while, and interesting how good the teams look. I had initially thought there would be very little choice available from pre-war cricketers (though there are a few that I hadn't heard of before. Good to learn about them too).

 

[Matt79]

Z dragging this out to the hour one fancies

 

[zaremba]

Sorry for the delay - it's been a long night


1. Bill Woodfull (c)
2.
3. Archie Jackson
4. Frank Woolley
5. Alan Kippax
6. Gilbert Jessop
7.
8. Maurice Tate
9.
10. SF Barnes
11.

Something of a dream middle-order that

 

[Matt79]

Team shaping up very nicely.

 

[Jarquis]

1. Bill Ponsford
2. Bruce Mitchell
3. Ernest Tyldesley
4.
5.
6. Aubrey Faulkner
7. Les Ames
8.
9.
10. Bill Voce
11. Bill Bowes

 

[Himannv]

Nourse doesn't qualify. Played more games post war.

 

[Blakus]

Bobby Peel


1.W.G.Grace
2.Vijay Merchant
3.Patsy Hendren
4.
5.
6.Monty Noble
7.Billy Murdoch
8.Hugh Trumble
9.Bobby Peel
10.
11.

 

[Matt79]

Was thinking about Bobby Peel for next round, but will take Billy Bates for now. Was on course to be a great when he stopped a full blooded lofted drive with his face, and suffered permanent eye damage. Took 14 wickets and scored a 50 in a single match vs Australia.

Trumper
Sutcliffe
Hill
Fry
Armstrong
-
Constantine
Bates
-
-
-

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Bobby Abel and Warren Bardsley for my next two picks please

Charter 77 So Far

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Warren Bardsley
3. George Headley
4. Bobby Abel
5.
6. Wilfred Rhodes
7. Jack Gregory
8. George Giffen
9. Bill Lockwood
10.
11.

 

[Matt79]

Another Billy for me please - Billy Barnes. Sure, he was an alco who missed a test after breaking his hand punching a wall, in an attempt to punch the Australian captain, and sure, in another match he had the ****s with Shrewsbury so refused to bowl at all. But he was a quality allrounder.

Trumper
Sutcliffe
Hill
Fry
Armstrong
-
Constantine
Barnes
Bates
-
-

 

[JBMAC]

What about Harry Graham??

 

[marc71178]

Another Billy for me please - Billy Barnes. Sure, he was an alco who missed a test after breaking his hand punching a wall, in an attempt to punch the Australian captain, and sure, in another match he had the ****s with Shrewsbury so refused to bowl at all. But he was a quality allrounder.

The Jesse Ryder of his time?!

 

[Himannv]

Blakus up again I think.

 

[Blakus]

George Hirst. Any player with over 36000 first class runs and 2700 wickets is worth having.

1.W.G.Grace
2.Vijay Merchant
3.Patsy Hendren
4.
5.
6.Monty Noble
7.Billy Murdoch
8.George Hirst
9.Hugh Trumble
10.Bobby Peel
11.

 

[Jarquis]

1. Bill Ponsford
2. Bruce Mitchell
3. Ernest Tyldesley
4.
5.
6. Aubrey Faulkner
7. Les Ames
8.
9. Bill Voce
10. Bill Bowes
11. Charlie Blythe

 

[Flyonthewall]

Round 1 Picks
Blakus - WG Grace
Zaremba - SF Barnes
Fredfertang - Wally Hammond
Aussie - JJ Kotze
Himmanv - Bill O'Reilly
Michaelf7777777 - Jack Hobbs
Flyonthewall - Clarrie Grimmett
Marcuss - Les Ames
Pasag - Victor Trumper
Somerset - George Lohmann

Round 2 Picks
Somerset - KS Ranjitsinjhi
Pasag - Herbert Sutcliffe
Marcuss - Aubrey Faulkner
Flyonthewall - Harold Larwood
Michaelf7777777 - George Headley
Himmanv - Fred Spofforth
Aussie - Charles Macartney
Fredfertang - Stanley Jackson
Zaremba - Maurice Tate
Blakus - Monty Noble

Round 3 Picks
Zaremba - Wilfred Rhodes
Michaelf7777777 - Frank Woolley
Aussie - Tibby Cotter
Fredfertang - Douglas Jardine
Flyonthewall - Stan McCabe
Somerset - Charlie Turner
Blakus - Hugh Trumble
Himmanv - Hedley Verity
Marcuss - Bill Voce
Pasag - Clement Hill

Round 4 Picks
Pasag - CB Fry
Marcuss - Bill Ponsford
Himmanv - KS Duleepshinji
Blakus - Patsy Hendren
Somerset - JJ Ferris
Flyonthewall - Stewart Dempster
Fredfertang - Tom Richardson
Aussie - Jock Cameron
Michaelf7777777 - Jack Gregory
Zaremba - Archie Jackson

Round 5 Picks
Flyonthewall - Bert Oldfield
Blakus - Billy Murdoch
Michaelf7777777 - George Giffen
Pasag - Learie Constantine
Somerset - Archie Maclaren
Zaremba - Gilbert Jessop
Marcuss - Bruce Mitchell
Fredfertang - Maurice Leyland
Himmanv - Arthur Shrewsbury
Aussie - Tich Freeman

Round 6 Picks
Aussie - Jack Ryder
Himmanv - Phil Mead
Fredfertang - Ted McDonald
Marcuss - Bill Bowes
Zaremba - Bill Woodfull
Somerset - Herbie Taylor
Pasag/Matt79 - Warwick Armstrong
Michaelf7777777 - Bill Lockwood
Blakus - Vijay Merchant
Flyonthewall - Eddie Paynter

Round 7 Picks
Himmanv - Jack Blackham
Somerset - Johnny Briggs
Flyonthewall - Ken Farnes
Aussie - John Gunn
Fredfertang - Frank Foster
Zaremba - Alan Kippax
Marcuss - Ernest Tyldesley
Blakus - Bobby Peel
Pasag/Matt79 - Billy Bates
Michaelf7777777 - Bobby Abel

Round 8 Picks
Michaelf7777777 - Warren Bardsley
Pasag/Matt79 - Billy Barnes
Blakus - George Hirst
Marcuss - Colin Blythe
Zaremba - Gubby Allen
Fredfertang - Jack Russell
Aussie - Arthur Richardson
Flyonthewall - Allan Steel
Somerset -
Himmanv -

 

[zaremba]

1. Bill Woodfull (c)
2.
3. Archie Jackson
4. Frank Woolley
5. Alan Kippax
6. Gilbert Jessop
7.
8. Maurice Tate
9. Bart King
10. SF Barnes
11.

 

[fredfertang]

Jack Russell
-
Douglas Jardine
Walter Hammond
Maurice Leyland
Stanley Jackson
Frank Foster
-
-
Tom Richardson
Ted McDonald

 

[aussie]

Arthur Richardson