The perfect cricket family?

[Perm]

Anyone for the Bracewell clan?

John, Brendon, Mark and Douglas.

Excellence found in all four.... Maybe.

Michael's a handy young wicket-keeper for the Under 19's too, and a top notch first five eight/fullback for the Kavanagh High School 1st XV. I beleive he's John's nephew.

 

[andruid]

The Obuya brothers, Collins, Kennedy and David

 

[Smudge]

Michael's a handy young wicket-keeper for the Under 19's too, and a top notch first five eight/fullback for the Kavanagh High School 1st XV. I beleive he's John's nephew.

Since he's Mark's son, I think that's how it works, yes.

 

[Perm]

Since he's Mark's son, I think that's how it works, yes.

I wasn't sure who his father was, I'm not up to date with the Bracewell genealogy.

 

[neville cardus]

Bannermans IMO.

I wish you'd tell us more about them, being in the unique position you are.

 

[neville cardus]

Alec Bannerman, once took 3 days to score his highest Test score of 94 Or at least how the story goes or what I've read.

Al takes undue flack. He didn't have to come out all guns blazing when he had opening partners like Hugh Massie and J.J. Lyons smashing 'em to all parts at the other end. He was more than capable of turning it on when necessity dictated.

 

[neville cardus]

Charles > Alec.

That's debatable. I think that Alec (or is it "Alick"? ) was far more valuable to the Aussie teams of the 1870s and 'eighties than his cavalier boetie was.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I wasn't sure who his father was, I'm not up to date with the Bracewell genealogy.

I'm surprised Perm. Are you the only one without the Bracewell Family Tree up on your wall?

 

[Captain Cricket]

The Rackemanns were good in FC Cricket.

 

[neville cardus]

I think the original idea was that it should be a family with some level of achievement at the highest level of the game, which is the same reason that the Are You Being Served? clan weren't mentioned earlier.

Read his post properly. He was joining "the original cricketing family" sub-debate.

 

[neville cardus]

Sir Nev's ill-considered order of merit:

The Ulyates
The Graces
The Pollocks
The Gregories
The Chappells
Fostershire
The Lillywhites
The Waughs
The Hearnes
The Mohammads
The Khans
The Walkers
The Lytteltons
The 'sinhjis
The Flowers
The Studds
The Crowes
The Headlies
The Cairnses
The Rowans
The Amarnaths
The Pataudis
The Tyldeslies
The Cowdries
The Edriches
The Palwankars
The Van der Bijls
The Gunns
The Bannermen
The Hardstaffs
The Archers
The Hadlees
The Manjrekars
The Townsends
The Grants
The Bedsers
The Hills
The Harvies
The Giffens
The Benauds
The Tates
The Trotts
The Ranatungas
The Mankads
The Nayudus
The Trumpers
The Lees
The Gilligans
The Massies
The Horans
The Jarvises
The Hollioakes

A few others spring to mind, but I'm far too tired to bother now.

 

[Mister Wright]

Cairns father and son pairing weren't too shabby.

 

[Captain Cricket]

Sir Nev's ill-considered order of merit:

The Ulyates
The Graces
The Pollocks
The Gregories
The Chappells
Fostershire
The Lillywhites
The Waughs
The Hearnes
The Mohammads
The Khans
The Walkers
The Lytteltons
The 'sinhjis
The Flowers
The Studds
The Crowes
The Headlies
The Cairnses
The Rowans
The Amarnaths
The Pataudis
The Tyldeslies
The Cowdries
The Edriches
The Palwankars
The Van der Bijls
The Gunns
The Bannermen
The Hardstaffs
The Archers
The Hadlees
The Manjrekars
The Townsends
The Grants
The Bedsers
The Hills
The Harvies
The Giffens
The Benauds
The Tates
The Trotts
The Ranatungas
The Mankads
The Nayudus
The Trumpers
The Lees
The Gilligans
The Massies
The Horans
The Jarvises
The Hollioakes

A few others spring to mind, but I'm far too tired to bother now.

The Hollioakes last? I'm sure at least one was good

He's playing beach cricket now.

 

[Craig]

Sir Nev's ill-considered order of merit:

The Ulyates
The Graces
The Pollocks
The Gregories
The Chappells
Fostershire
The Lillywhites
The Waughs
The Hearnes
The Mohammads
The Khans
The Walkers
The Lytteltons
The 'sinhjis
The Flowers
The Studds
The Crowes
The Headlies
The Cairnses
The Rowans
The Amarnaths
The Pataudis
The Tyldeslies
The Cowdries
The Edriches
The Palwankars
The Van der Bijls
The Gunns
The Bannermen
The Hardstaffs
The Archers
The Hadlees
The Manjrekars
The Townsends
The Grants
The Bedsers
The Hills
The Harvies
The Giffens
The Benauds
The Tates
The Trotts
The Ranatungas
The Mankads
The Nayudus
The Trumpers
The Lees
The Gilligans
The Massies
The Horans
The Jarvises
The Hollioakes

A few others spring to mind, but I'm far too tired to bother now.

With a list like that, I'm not surprised

 

[Engle]

Oh how can I forget about the Headley's (George 2nd to Bradman IMO), the only Grandfather-Father-Son combination ever. Dean Headley, another decent bowler robbed of injury. In an OT kind of way, I find it staggering how many decent bowlers England and New Zealand have lost to injury or have their potential severly reduced.

Dr.Jehangir Khan, Majid Khan, Bazid Khan is the other G-F-S combination, tho just barely (Bazid 1 Test)

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Read his post properly. He was joining "the original cricketing family" sub-debate.

I know he was and I admit my reply didn't make sense after I'd changed the post. Originally it was multiquote post with Post Number 15 which wondered how so many posts had accumulated without mentioning the Grace's. Hence my reply of "I think the original idea was that it should be a family with some level of achievement at the highest level of the game, which is the same reason that the Are You Being Served? clan weren't mentioned earlier." I removed Post 15 from the quote to remove the possibility of another endless loop of pointless prattle. I should have removed the whole post and not bothered, but it gave Uncle Nev another chance to pose........so everyone's a winner.

 

[Craig]

Dr.Jehangir Khan, Majid Khan, Bazid Khan is the other G-F-S combination, tho just barely (Bazid 1 Test)

Well played sir

I guess at the time I read that article Bazid Khan hadn't played Test cricket. I got it from the book Famous Cricketing Families which I used to have and I got it in 2001. The Khan (Imran being the most famous cousin) - Burki (Javed was another cousin) clan was/is pretty impressive considering they all played Test cricket.

Here's another one, Greg and Ian Chappell both captained Australia, and Jeff and Martin Crowe both captained New Zealand, how many other brothers captained their countries? Cricket historian Neville Cardus should know this

 

[33/3from3.3]

Sir Nev's ill-considered order of merit:

The Ulyates
The Graces
The Pollocks
The Gregories
The Chappells
Fostershire
The Lillywhites
The Waughs
The Hearnes
The Mohammads
The Khans
The Walkers
The Lytteltons
The 'sinhjis
The Flowers
The Studds
The Crowes
The Headlies
The Cairnses
The Rowans
The Amarnaths
The Pataudis
The Tyldeslies
The Cowdries
The Edriches
The Palwankars
The Van der Bijls
The Gunns
The Bannermen
The Hardstaffs
The Archers
The Hadlees
The Manjrekars
The Townsends
The Grants
The Bedsers
The Hills
The Harvies
The Giffens
The Benauds
The Tates
The Trotts
The Ranatungas
The Mankads
The Nayudus
The Trumpers
The Lees
The Gilligans
The Massies
The Horans
The Jarvises
The Hollioakes

A few others spring to mind, but I'm far too tired to bother now.

Should be first IMO.

 

[DJellett]

The Waughs? Brilliant batsman and handy bowlers.

Not forgetting other brothers Dean and Danny, Dean played Sheild for NSW and Danny ODD for South Australia, IIRC.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Waughs. Dean, what a star.