Decade of Death Draft

[a massive zebra]

The idea of this draft suggestion is to select a team of 11 deceased cricketers, every one of which passed away in a different decade. An example of an eligible team, should you be so lucky, would be;

01. Jack Hobbs (1963) - 1960s
02. Victor Trumper (1915) - 1910s
03. George Headley (1983) - 1980s
04. Clem Hill (1945) - 1940s
05. Douglas Jardine (1958) - 1950s
06. Aubrey Faulkner (1930) - 1930s
07. Keith Miller (2007) - 2000s
08. Malcolm Marshall (1999) 1990s
09. George Lohmann (1901) - 1900s
10. Abdul Qadir (2019) - 2010s
11. Herbert Strudwick (1970) - 1970s

Each participant has 12 hours to pick their player for the first round, then 8 hours from round two onwards. If a participant misses 2 consecutive rounds then the next participant in the order can make their pick straight away without waiting the 8 hours.

As usual, NO Bradman. Non Test players are eligible.

The talent pool is pretty huge, so it would be nice to get between 12 and 14 participants.

Feel free to join in.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

My oh my...after a hiatus in drafts, sign me up!

 

[mr_mister]

In

 

[trundler]

In

 

[Michaelf7777777]

In

 

[morgieb]

In

 

[Red]

In.

 

[Teuton]

In

 

[Test_Fan_Only]

In

Can we please make a rule that if someone dies after the start of the draft they are ineligible to be picked.

 

[trundler]

Well hopefully the need won't arise.

 

[a massive zebra]

In

Can we please make a rule that if someone dies after the start of the draft they are ineligible to be picked.

Yes, that is fine.

 

[AndrewB]

In

 

[a massive zebra]

As we now have ten participants, I guess we can get started. If anyone else would like to join, please post a message in here before the conclusion of round 1 and I will add you to the end of the Round 1 draw. The draw for the first two rounds is as follows:

Round 1:

SillyCowCorner1*
Michaelf7777777*
Red Hill
trundler
morgieb
Teuton
a massive zebra
mr_mister
Test_Fan_Only
Andrew B
MrPrez

Round 2:

MrPrez
Andrew B
Test_Fan_Only
mr_mister
a massive zebra
Teuton
morgieb
trundler
Red Hill
Michaelf7777777*
SillyCowCorner1*

SillyCowCorner's 12 hours starts now.

Good luck!

 

[Teuton]

Just spent a while researching death dates. Not many unexpected ones which was some relief. This is going to be interesting and probably a bit more challenging than I thought at first..
.... If we ever get started

 

[MrPrez]

Keen.

 

[a massive zebra]

Keen.

Sure, I'll add you to the bottom of round 1. Thanks for joining!

 

[a massive zebra]

SillyCowCorner1 times out so Michaelf7777777 can get us started.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

George Headley- 1980s

 

[Michaelf7777777]

W. G. Grace (1910's) will be my first selection please

Charter 77 so Far

W. G. Grace

 

[Red]

Malcolm Marshall - 1990s