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The Battle of the Englishmen
- Thread starter BoyBrumby
- Start date
pietersenrocks
U19 Vice-Captain
Sutcliffe
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Hobbs
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Grace
Pedro Delgado
International Debutant
LongHopCassidy
International Captain
Grace can be credited with the existence of this forum. He brought his character to cricket and dragged it into the limelight for the first time.
Hobbs? Very good batsman.
Hobbs? Very good batsman.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Hobbs.
Grace was past his best by the start of Test cricket, and its hard to ascertain how great he was before then.
Grace was past his best by the start of Test cricket, and its hard to ascertain how great he was before then.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
A surprisingly comprehensive victory for The Master as he ousts the good doctor 11-6. You can set a bucolic English past-time on the way to being a major international sport, but that doesn't make you its best exponent.
In the final semi a prince of India does battle with the prince of bowlers:
Battle of the Englishmen: Semi-Final 2
KS Ranjitsinhji
15 tests, 989 runs @ 44.95 (2 centuries, 6 half-centuries), 1 wicket @ 39.00
307 FC matches, 24,692 runs @ 56.37 (72 centuries, 109 half-centuries), 133 wickets @ 34.59 (5 wicket innings: 4)
vs
Sydney Barnes
27 tests, 242 runs @ 8.06, 189 wickets @ 16.43 (5 wicket innings: 24, 10 wicket matches: 7)
133 FC matches, 1573 runs @ 12.78 (2 half-centuries), 719 wickets @ 17.09 (5 wicket innings: 68, 10 wicket matches: 18)
In the final semi a prince of India does battle with the prince of bowlers:
Battle of the Englishmen: Semi-Final 2
KS Ranjitsinhji
15 tests, 989 runs @ 44.95 (2 centuries, 6 half-centuries), 1 wicket @ 39.00
307 FC matches, 24,692 runs @ 56.37 (72 centuries, 109 half-centuries), 133 wickets @ 34.59 (5 wicket innings: 4)
vs
Sydney Barnes
27 tests, 242 runs @ 8.06, 189 wickets @ 16.43 (5 wicket innings: 24, 10 wicket matches: 7)
133 FC matches, 1573 runs @ 12.78 (2 half-centuries), 719 wickets @ 17.09 (5 wicket innings: 68, 10 wicket matches: 18)
superkingdave
Hall of Fame Member
Barnes