Pre-War Cricket Draft

[Flyonthewall]

Allan Steel. Provides the quality all-round option that my team has been searching for, with averages of 35 with the bat and 20 with the ball.

Team Morbo's Disciples
1. Stewart Dempster
2.
3.
4. Stan McCabe
5. Eddie Paynter
6. Allan Steel
7.
8. Bert Oldfield
9. Harold Larwood
10. Clarrie Grimmett
11. Ken Farnes

 

[zaremba]

I've just realised I need to disqualify my last pick, Bart King, on the basis that he didn't play Test cricket.

So I will replace him, if I may, with Gubby Allen

Fists of Zaremba

1. Bill Woodfull (c)
2.
3. Archie Jackson
4. Frank Woolley
5. Alan Kippax
6. Gilbert Jessop
7.
8. Maurice Tate
9. Gubby Allen
10. SF Barnes
11.

 

[Flyonthewall]

I've just realised I need to disqualify my last pick, Bart King, on the basis that he didn't play Test cricket.

So I will replace him, if I may, with Gubby Allen

Fists of Zaremba

1. Bill Woodfull (c)
2.
3. Archie Jackson
4. Frank Woolley
5. Alan Kippax
6. Gilbert Jessop
7.
8. Maurice Tate
9. Gubby Allen
10. SF Barnes
11.

Haha, feel slightly guilty now that my rules have disqualified one of the great pioneering bowlers.

Still, that's a quality pick at such a late stage. And means that you've got a guy with a test 100 coming in at No.9. Great depth!

 

[Somerset]

Joe Hardstaff Jnr


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KS Ranjitsinjhi
Archie Maclaren
Herbie Taylor
Joe Hardstaff Jnr
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Johnny Briggs
Charlie Turner
George Lohmann
JJ Ferris

 

[Himannv]

George Ulyett

 

[Flyonthewall]

Round 1 Picks
Blakus - WG Grace
Zaremba - SF Barnes
Fredfertang - Wally Hammond
Aussie - JJ Kotze
Himmanv - Bill O'Reilly
Michaelf7777777 - Jack Hobbs
Flyonthewall - Clarrie Grimmett
Marcuss - Les Ames
Pasag - Victor Trumper
Somerset - George Lohmann

Round 2 Picks
Somerset - KS Ranjitsinjhi
Pasag - Herbert Sutcliffe
Marcuss - Aubrey Faulkner
Flyonthewall - Harold Larwood
Michaelf7777777 - George Headley
Himmanv - Fred Spofforth
Aussie - Charles Macartney
Fredfertang - Stanley Jackson
Zaremba - Maurice Tate
Blakus - Monty Noble

Round 3 Picks
Zaremba - Wilfred Rhodes
Michaelf7777777 - Frank Woolley
Aussie - Tibby Cotter
Fredfertang - Douglas Jardine
Flyonthewall - Stan McCabe
Somerset - Charlie Turner
Blakus - Hugh Trumble
Himmanv - Hedley Verity
Marcuss - Bill Voce
Pasag - Clement Hill

Round 4 Picks
Pasag - CB Fry
Marcuss - Bill Ponsford
Himmanv - KS Duleepshinji
Blakus - Patsy Hendren
Somerset - JJ Ferris
Flyonthewall - Stewart Dempster
Fredfertang - Tom Richardson
Aussie - Jock Cameron
Michaelf7777777 - Jack Gregory
Zaremba - Archie Jackson

Round 5 Picks
Flyonthewall - Bert Oldfield
Blakus - Billy Murdoch
Michaelf7777777 - George Giffen
Pasag - Learie Constantine
Somerset - Archie Maclaren
Zaremba - Gilbert Jessop
Marcuss - Bruce Mitchell
Fredfertang - Maurice Leyland
Himmanv - Arthur Shrewsbury
Aussie - Tich Freeman

Round 6 Picks
Aussie - Jack Ryder
Himmanv - Phil Mead
Fredfertang - Ted McDonald
Marcuss - Bill Bowes
Zaremba - Bill Woodfull
Somerset - Herbie Taylor
Pasag/Matt79 - Warwick Armstrong
Michaelf7777777 - Bill Lockwood
Blakus - Vijay Merchant
Flyonthewall - Eddie Paynter

Round 7 Picks
Himmanv - Jack Blackham
Somerset - Johnny Briggs
Flyonthewall - Ken Farnes
Aussie - John Gunn
Fredfertang - Frank Foster
Zaremba - Alan Kippax
Marcuss - Ernest Tyldesley
Blakus - Bobby Peel
Pasag/Matt79 - Billy Bates
Michaelf7777777 - Bobby Abel

Round 8 Picks
Michaelf7777777 - Warren Bardsley
Pasag/Matt79 - Billy Barnes
Blakus - George Hirst
Marcuss - Colin Blythe
Zaremba - Gubby Allen
Fredfertang - Jack Russell
Aussie - Arthur Richardson
Flyonthewall - Allan Steel
Somerset - Joe Hardstaff Jr.
Himmanv - George Ulyett

Round 9 Picks
Fredfertang -
Aussie -
Himmanv -
Somerset -
Blakus -
Zaremba -
Marcuss -
Pasag/Matt79 -
Michaelf7777777 -
Flyonthewall -

 

[fredfertang]

I'm going to end up with a bit of a tail here but then we are dealing with the pre war era when that was almost de rigeur

Jack Russell
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Douglas Jardine
Walter Hammond
Maurice Leyland
Stanley Jackson
Frank Foster
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Arthur Mailey
Tom Richardson
Ted McDonald

 

[Matt79]

Joe Hardstaff

Snigger

 

[zaremba]

Aussie up next

 

[aussie]

Jack Sharp

 

[Himannv]

Cyril Walters

 

[Somerset]

I realise this means my side has a long tail but with a quality bowling attack I feel we need a quality wicket keeper, and George Duckworth fits the bill.

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KS Ranjitsinjhi
Archie Maclaren
Herbie Taylor
Joe Hardstaff Jnr
Johnny Briggs
George Duckworth
Charlie Turner
George Lohmann
JJ Ferris

 

[Matt79]

Duckworth fits the bill

Snigger

 

[Blakus]

Bill Brown.

1.Vijay Merchant 859 runs @ 47.72
2.Bill Brown 1592 runs @ 46.82
3.W.G.Grace 1098 runs @ 32.29 , 9 wickets @ 26.22
4.Patsy Hendren 3525 runs @ 47.63
5.
6.Monty Noble* 1997 runs @ 30.25 , 121 wickets @ 25
7.Billy Murdoch+ 908 runs @ 31.31 , 14 catches 1 stumping
8.George Hirst 790 runs @ 22.57 , 59 wickets @ 30
9.Hugh Trumble 851 runs @ 19.79 , 141 wickets @ 21.78
10.Bobby Peel 471 runs @ 14.72 , 101 wickets @ 16.98
11.

Have an excellent balance between bat and ball so far.

 

[zaremba]

Fists of Zaremba

1. Bill Woodfull (c)
2.
3. Archie Jackson
4. Frank Woolley
5. Alan Kippax
6. Gilbert Jessop
7. Dick Lilley (w)
8. Maurice Tate
9. Gubby Allen
10. SF Barnes
11.

The keeper has been the position that's given me the most headaches. I had a last-minute change of heart and went for Lilley because I like a keeper who can hold a bat, even though there are obviously one or two more illustrious names (as pure keepers) still available.

 

[Matt79]

Think it's Marcuss up?

 

[Matt79]

Alright, that's well over 24 hours, so I'll go and Marcuss can jump in when he's next on.

I'll round out my bowling attack with the left-arm fast medium swing bowling Bill Whitty. Quite a few Bill/Billy's in my team now.

Victor Trumper
Herbert Sutcliffe
Clem Hill
C.B. Fry
Warwick Armstrong
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Leary Constantine
Billy Barnes
Billy Bates
Bill Whitty
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[Michaelf7777777]

Herbie Collins for my next pick please - Good opener, good captain and his uncanny ability to win the toss should prove useful

Charter 77 So Far

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Herbie Collins (*)
3. George Headley
4. Bobby Abel
5. Warren Bardsley
6. Wilfred Rhodes
7. Jack Gregory
8. George Giffen
9. Bill Lockwood
10.
11.

 

[Matt79]

Bugger, he was my next choice.

 

[Jarquis]

Balls. Am off to training now as well.