The Battle of the Englishmen

[a massive zebra]

Underwood for me.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Underwood

 

[steds]

Underwood

 

[BoyBrumby]

Just shy of 24 hours & it seems to be pretty conlusive, so I'll gonna call it: 9-2 to Deadly. A suprisingly straightforward win for mine, but that might just be the frustrated seamer in me!

Next up, another real battle of two big guns of English cricket; our best post-war seamer v our best (give or take the odd Boycott) post-war defensive batter.

Battle of the Englishmen: Round1, Battle 9

Ken Barrington
82 tests, 6806 runs @ 58.67 (20 centuries, 35 half-centuries); 29 wickets @ 44.82.

vs

Fred Trueman
67 tests, 981 runs @ 13.81, 307 wickets @ 21.57 (5 wicket innings: 17, 10 wicket matches: 3)

 

[Matteh]

Averging 58 is pretty special.

Barrington

 

[Goughy]

I love the Ken but this is not even close.

FST

PS BB, Isnt that photo of Fred from his Derbyshire twilight? Could you not have found a pic from his Yorkshire days?

 

[marc71178]

Trueman here - best English quick ever?

 

[aussie]

Fred, can't look past England best ever fast-bowler.

 

[Perm]

Ken Barrington

 

[Sanz]

Barrington

 

[oz_fan]

Trueman

 

[GIMH]

Trueman

 

[a massive zebra]

Barrington

 

[JBH001]

Barrington - the man in a crisis.

 

[honestbharani]

Trueman

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Tricky one, but Trueman was probably our best ever fast bowler.

 

[steds]

Barrington.

 

[grecian]

Tough one this, but I'll go for Barrington, both true greats, and deserve to be in the second round, but thats the luck of the draw I guess.

 

[superkingdave]

Barrington

 

[Bob Bamber]

Trueman