CW chooses the second greatest batsman ever redux, 100 men from 5 eras whittled to 1

[Coronis]

Sutcliffe
Hammond
Ponsford
Mitchell
Headley

 

[AndrewB]

That's 13 votes each for Sutcliffe, Hammond and Headley; 10 for Ponsford; 9 for Mitchell; 2 each for Leyland, Dempster and Paynter; 1 for Woodfull; 0 for Duleep - I thought the first three were shoo-ins but I wasn't expecting it to be that clear-cut for the other two.

 

[Prince EWS]

Can someone confirm for me whether this is meant to be Test only? People kind of talked about it a bit but no-one changed the title or seemingly made it official before it started.

 

[mr_mister]

yes it is, I've put that in each new heat post

 

[Prince EWS]

I think that makes it less fun, but I'm bored enough to play anyway:

George Headley
Wally Hammond
Bruce Mitchell
Bert Sutcliffe
Bill Woodfull

 

[mr_mister]

I agree but that was the consensus of opinion before I started

 

[Zinzan]

Sutcliffe
Hammond
Ponsford
Dempster
Headley

 

[mr_mister]

Round 1 Heat 3

bold indicates qualified for Round 2

Herb Sutcliffe (15 votes)
Wally Hammond (15 votes)
George Headley (15 votes)
Bill Ponsford (11 votes)
Bruce Mitchell (10 votes)
Stewie Dempster (3 votes)
Maurice Leyland (2 votes)
Eddie Paynter (2 votes)
Bill Woodfull (2 votes)
KS Duleep (0 votes)


Round 1, Heat 4:

Stan McCabe
Vijay Merchant
Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Vijay Hazare
Denis Compton
Martin Donnelly
Lindsy Hassett
Arthur Morris
Frank Worrell

 

[Prince EWS]

Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Frank Worrell
Denis Compton
Lindsay Hassett

 

[morgieb]

Stan McCabe
Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Denis Compton
Frank Worrell

 

[OverratedSanity]

Very surprised by how easily Ponsford won out over Leyland and Dempster.

 

[Prince EWS]

Very surprised by how easily Ponsford won out over Leyland and Dempster.

Yeah I'm surprised he ended up beating Mitchell.

 

[Noble One]

Nourse
Compton
Hutton
Morris
Worrell

 

[Red]

Duleep not getting a vote is a travesty.

 

[viriya]

Stan McCabe
Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Lindsy Hassett
Denis Compton

 

[Red]

Stan McCabe
Vijay Merchant
Dudley Nourse
Len Hutton
Vijay Hazare
Denis Compton
Martin Donnelly
Lindsy Hassett
Arthur Morris
Frank Worrell

 

[viriya]

Yeah I'm surprised he ended up beating Mitchell.

I think people just go with names they've heard before, and unique names like Ponsford are remembered more than Mitchell.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Hutton
Nourse
Worrell
Compton
Hassett

 

[watson]

Hazare - big impact on Indian cricket and probably a better batsman than Merchant



Stan McCabe
Len Hutton
Vijay Hazare
Denis Compton
Frank Worrell

 

[Coronis]

Nourse
Hutton
Compton
Worrell
Morris