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Final TWO bowlers for the 1877-1940 Test XI

Choose TWO final bowlers for the 1877-1940 Test XI

  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .
oz_fan

oz_fan

International Regular
This is a poll to decide the final TWO bowlers for the 1877-1940 Test XI. The contenders are listed below and are either allrounders or bowlers.

Allrounders
All Rounder Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50 W BB BowlAv 5w
Wilfred Rhodes - 47 1965 179 32.21 2 10 105 8/68 24.90 6

Bowlers
Bowler mat wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 5w 10w Wkt/Test
Harold Larwood - 21 78 6/32 10/124 28.35 2.67 63.7 4 1 3.715
Bill Voce - 24 97 7/70 11/149 26.04 2.58 60.3 3 2 4.042
Clarrie Grimmett - 37 216 7/40 14/199 24.21 2.16 67.1 21 7 5.84
Bill O'Reilly - 26 136 7/54 11/129 23.68 1.95 72.8 10 3 5.231
George Lohmann - 18 112 9/28 15/45 10.75 1.89 34.11 9 5 6.222
 
oz_fan

oz_fan

International Regular
O'Reilly comfortably takes one spot. For me the other spot was harder to choose and could have gone to either Grimmett or Lohmann. I eventually decided to give my vote to Lohmann but either would make great additions to the team
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
oz_fan said:
This is a poll to decide the final TWO bowlers for the 1877-1940 Test XI. The contenders are listed below and are either allrounders or bowlers.

Allrounders
All Rounder Mat Runs HS BatAv 100 50 W BB BowlAv 5w
Wilfred Rhodes - 47 1965 179 32.21 2 10 105 8/68 24.90 6

Bowlers
Bowler mat wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 5w 10w Wkt/Test
Harold Larwood - 21 78 6/32 10/124 28.35 2.67 63.7 4 1 3.715
Bill Voce - 24 97 7/70 11/149 26.04 2.58 60.3 3 2 4.042
Clarrie Grimmett - 37 216 7/40 14/199 24.21 2.16 67.1 21 7 5.84
Bill O'Reilly - 26 136 7/54 11/129 23.68 1.95 72.8 10 3 5.231
George Lohmann - 18 112 9/28 15/45 10.75 1.89 34.11 9 5 6.222
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If ever there was a bowler whose stats completely fail to do him justice, it was Larwood. One has to just read accounts of his bowling by all his contemporaries and thats clear. I have always found that most modern fans tend to discount this great bowler's merits purely on the basis of his stats.
 
cover drive man

cover drive man

International Captain
Lar wood and Reily. Larwood was a great bowler the master of the bouncer and also good at getting men out. As for Reily he was the Warne of Yesteryear.
 
JBH001

JBH001

International Regular
Well, I would like to vote O'Reilly and Larwood but I think I will wait until the all-rounder poll is completed - in which case, if things stay as they are, I would vote for Lohmann and Rhodes.
 
JBH001

JBH001

International Regular
Did Maurice Tate not make the cut?

(Non selection in the 1919 - 1939 side maybe? :blink: Oh man...)

I would have voted him in over anyone on this list bar O'Reilly.
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
oz_fan said:
O'Reilly comfortably takes one spot. For me the other spot was harder to choose and could have gone to either Grimmett or Lohmann. I eventually decided to give my vote to Lohmann but either would make great additions to the team
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What he said.
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
SJS said:
Yes and so was WG Grace. Just imagine a test batting average barely above 32 and even in first class cricket a batting average below 40. Champion indeed . Hah. Navjot Siddhu is better. :sleep:
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Numbers aren't everything, and I don't think the numbers are the reason that WG Grace was called the father of cricket either.
 
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