silentstriker Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I thought this would be an interesting excercise...this is my all time pre-WWII team: Jack Hobbs Herbert Sutcliffe Don Bradman George Headley Wally Hammond Victor Trumper Les Ames Harold Larwood Fred Spofforth Bill O'Reilly Sydney Barnes 12th man: Ranji What is yours? Link to comment
Lurker Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 I thought this would be an interesting excercise...this is my all time pre-WWII team: Jack Hobbs Herbert Sutcliffe Don Bradman George Headley Wally Hammond Victor Trumper Les Ames Harold Larwood Fred Spofforth Bill O'Reilly Sydney Barnes12th man: Ranji What is yours? Darn man thats a mighty XI..impossible to top it really. Here is my XI: Jack Hobbs Herbert Sutcliff Bradman George Headley Wally Hammond Aubrey Faulkner Wally Grout(wk) Larwood Demon Spofforth Syd Barnes Clarrie Grimett. XII man Learie Constantine. xxx Link to comment
CC1981 Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Chuck out Trumper and put in Ranji. Hammond goes for the DOCTOR - W. Grace ! A pre-WWII team will have the good doctor before it has Bradman in it ! Bowling i am happy with what you have. Link to comment
silentstriker Posted June 8, 2007 Author Share Posted June 8, 2007 WG Grace was well past his prime when Tests started. Otherwise, he would undoubtedly be in there. It was a tough choice between Trumper and Ranji and I could go either way really. Link to comment
Holysmoke Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Absolutely no idea. Bradman would be there tho..:tounge_smile: Link to comment
CC1981 Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 WG Grace was well past his prime when Tests started. Otherwise' date=' he would undoubtedly be in there. It was a tough choice between Trumper and Ranji and I could go either way really.[/quote'] Doesnt matter if he was past his prime or not- almost all players in the pre-WWII era formed their careers on the back of their FC standing and not test standings- in many series players preffered playing FC cricket over Tests. So Grace is a shoo-in. Grace was the best player of the pre-WWII era by a light year. He cannot be overlooked. Trumper and Ranji is not even remotely a close thing- Trumper was the Carl Hooper of his era - looked majetic while batting and sometimes essayed majestic knocks on terrible pitches like Hooper did but overall, was far more style than substance. Link to comment
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