Pre WW1 all time xi selection

[fredfertang]

Trumper
Ranji
Fry

Blackham

 

[trundler]

Trumper
Ranji
Fry

Blackham

Curious about Fry. He never once played outside England whereas Hill played some of the finest Ashes knocks both at home and away.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Trumper
Armstrong
Hill

Blackham

 

[bagapath]

Hill
Ranji
Jackson

Blackham

 

[Bitmap]

Hill
Ranji
Trumper

Blackham

 

[ataraxia]

We've got a great selection of ARs coming, in Faulkner/Noble/Steel; it seems inevitable that Steel won't get in, despite being a gun.

 

[AndrewB]

Curious about Fry. He never once played outside England whereas Hill played some of the finest Ashes knocks both at home and away.

He did play a couple of Tests in South Africa.

 

[steve132]

Trumper
Ranji
Shrewsbury

Blackham

 

[Line and Length]

Trumper
Ranji
Jackson

Lilley

 

[HookShot]

Hill
Ranji
Trumper

Lilley

 

[HookShot]

Interesting recollection from CB Fry….

‘In Life Worth Living CB Fry wrote, “When Arthur Shrewsbury got to that end, having watched the first two balls, he deliberately tipped the next into the hands of second slip, and before the catch was held had folded his bat under his right arm-pit and marched off. Then the six feet three inches of William Gunn walked delicately to the wicket. The first ball from Jones whizzed past where his head had just been. William withdrew from the line of the next ball and deliberately tipped it into the slips and he too had pouched his bat and was stepping off to the pavilion before the catch was surely caught.”

Fry was not above exaggerating accounts more than just a wee bit. However, both Shrewsbury and Gunn were dropped from the team for the first Test.’

Ernie Jones - the man who bowled through the beard of WG Grace — CricketMash

Ernie Jones , born September 30, 1869, was one of the fastest bowlers in the game and has become immortal after sending a ball through WG Grace ’s beard. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man who was the first cricketer to be called for chucking

cricmash.com

 

[AndrewB]

Interesting recollection from CB Fry….

‘In Life Worth Living CB Fry wrote, “When Arthur Shrewsbury got to that end, having watched the first two balls, he deliberately tipped the next into the hands of second slip, and before the catch was held had folded his bat under his right arm-pit and marched off. Then the six feet three inches of William Gunn walked delicately to the wicket. The first ball from Jones whizzed past where his head had just been. William withdrew from the line of the next ball and deliberately tipped it into the slips and he too had pouched his bat and was stepping off to the pavilion before the catch was surely caught.”

Fry was not above exaggerating accounts more than just a wee bit. However, both Shrewsbury and Gunn were dropped from the team for the first Test.’

Ernie Jones - the man who bowled through the beard of WG Grace — CricketMash

Ernie Jones , born September 30, 1869, was one of the fastest bowlers in the game and has become immortal after sending a ball through WG Grace ’s beard. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man who was the first cricketer to be called for chucking

cricmash.com

Speaking of exaggerating a wee bit… Gunn played in the first Test…

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Hill,Ranji,Trumper are #3,#4,#5
Blackham is the keeper
First xi
Hobbs
Grace
Hill
Ranji
Trumper
-
-
Blackham(wk)
-
Spofforth
Barnes

Next selections-
Choose next 3,#6,#7 and #8 or #9 (depending on whether blackham should bat #8 or #9)to complete the 11

 

[ataraxia]

Faulkner
Noble
Steel

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Faulkner
Noble
Lohmann

 

[trundler]

Faulkner
Noble
Lohmann

 

[Bitmap]

Faulkner
Noble
Lohmann

 

[Days of Grace]

Faulkner
Rhodes
Lohmann

Tom Richardson very unlucky to miss out.

 

[fredfertang]

Faulkner, Noble and Jackson

unless we're playing T20, in which case Jessop for Noble

 

[Coronis]

Faulkner
Rhodes
Turner