The Battle of the Englishmen

[BoyBrumby]

Barrington v Trueman - sudden death

Ok, time is upon us & the voting is tied at 8-8. To avoid any controversy the votes have been cast as follows:

Barrington: Matteh, Perm, Sanz, a massive zebra, JBH001, steds, grecian, superkingdave

Trueman: Goughy, marc71178, aussie, oz_fan, GeraintIsMyHero, honestbharani, Jungle Jumbo, Bob Bamber

Next vote in the next hour (from someone who hasn't voted) will win it; if no-one votes I'll cast mine to decide....

 

[Goughy]

BB, you never did answer my question from an earlier post. Is the photo of Fred from his fat end of career spell at Derbyshire? If it is, could you not have found a picture of him in his prime?

PS my wife votes for Trueman, does that count?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Fiery Fred

 

[BoyBrumby]

BB, you never did answer my question from an earlier post. Is the photo of Fred from his fat end of career spell at Derbyshire? If it is, could you not have found a picture of him in his prime?

PS my wife votes for Trueman, does that count?

I honestly don't know. Blame Google images! I actually doubt it tho, 'cos here's one of Fred looking distinctly plump which is presumably from later on:

 

[BoyBrumby]

Vimesy carries the day for Frederick Sewards & he marches on into the second round 9-8.

Next up, two tykes who seem have little in common save 58 tests apiece & their county of origin.

Battle of the Englishmen: Round1, Battle 10

Darren Gough
58 tests, 855 runs @ 12.57 (2 half-centuries), 229 wickets @ 28.39 (5 wicket innings: 9)
157 ODIs (as of 18/8/06), 590 runs @ 12.55, SR 63.50, 235 wickets @ 26.11, ER 4.38 (4 wicket matches: 10, 5 wicket matches: 2)

vs

Wifred Rhodes
58 tests, 2325 runs @ 30.19 (2 centuries, 11 half-centuries), 127 wickets @ 26.96 (5 wicket innings: 6, 10 wicket matches: 1)

 

[oz_fan]

Wilfred Rhodes

 

[aussie]

The Dazzler Darren Gough, my favourite England player along with Freddie & Pietersen.

 

[a massive zebra]

No contest at all, the legendary Wilfred Rhodes by miles.

 

[cameeel]

Gough

 

[Perm]

Wilfred Rhodes

 

[Dasa]

Rhodes.

 

[steds]

Don't really give a crap.

 

[superkingdave]

Rhodes

 

[Goughy]

Even if Rhodes had never played a Test match I would still vote for him here.

Rhodes

 

[shaka]

Gough

 

[Matteh]

Gough. Sometimes it's about more than just the stats.

 

[Sanz]

Rhodes

 

[grecian]

Rhodes by a couple of universes.

Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave 100 50 6s ct st
Tests 58 98 21 2325 179 30.19 2 11 1 60 0
First-class 1110 1534 237 39969 267* 30.81 58 198 765 0

Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 58 8225 3425 127 8/68 15/124 26.96 2.49 64.76 6 6 1
First-class 1110 185799 70322 4204 9/24 16.72 2.27 44.19 287 68


We are talking about the man who took more First-class wickets then anyone else, also nearly scoring 40,000 runs as well.

Against that podgy, poncey dancer from Barnsley.

 

[a massive zebra]

Sometimes it's about more than just the stats.

Which is really an excuse for the "I couldn't give a **** about the history of the game and only interested in players I have seen first hand" attitude. Rhodes was in a completely different league not only as a batsman and bowler, but also as a personality. Indeed, the image of the archytypical Yorkshireman was to no small extent based on Rhodes.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Indeed, the image of the archytypical Yorkshireman was to no small extent based on Rhodes.

Eek! Gough, then.