JBMAC
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ThanksWe only did Test players in Richard's project JB so I haven't done those guys, but I'll put them on the "to do" list
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JBMAC
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Been thinking about what you said here. When did the word "Tests" become the "word"? I would have thought the indigenous tour of England should be classed as Tests. Your thoughts please.We only did Test players in Richard's project JB so I haven't done those guys, but I'll put them on the "to do" list
fredfertang
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Pretty sure that none of the games were even First Class, and I don't think they played any county sides, not the major ones anywayBeen thinking about what you said here. When did the word "Tests" become the "word"? I would have thought the indigenous tour of England should be classed as Tests. Your thoughts please.
chasingthedon
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It's quite prevalent in baseball too, what with the DiMaggio family, Alou, Bonds, Boone, Griffey, Alomar etc. Maybe it's something to do with sports involving bats?
chasingthedon
International Regular
Eddie Paynter
One to please Martin (I will leave him to post his favourite quote of Paynter's, should he so desire):-
Eddie Paynter
Eddie Paynter's story has elements of almost unbelievable heroism, and he is undoubtedly the most successful Ashes batsman ever, averaging a staggering 84.42 against Australia. He was a late bloomer - born in Lancashire in 1901, he did not make his county debut until age 24 and was not a regular first-team member until four years later. He did not make a century until his 48th match, when he was already 29, giving no real sign of the greatness which was to come. He was selected to play against New Zealand that year, but did not excel in a rain-shortened Test, making just three in his only innings.
His batting ascended to the next level in 1932, when he scored more than 2,000 runs with five centuries, one of them 152 against Yorkshire which will have doubtless endeared him forever to his fellow Lancastrians. After making a fifty against India that summer, he was selected to go to Australia with Jardine's party on the "Bodyline" tour. His legend was forged forever at Adelaide - falling ill on the first day, he was diagnosed with tonsilitis and hospitalised that night. Visited by Bill Voce, who was injured, he heard of the dilemma facing England and left his hospital bed, still in his pyjamas, taking the field at 216 for six. With judicious shot selection in order to minimise running between the wickets, he managed to fend off the Aussie attack sufficiently to be not out at the end of the day. He returned to his hospital bed, yet came back the next day to complete his innings with a magnificent 83 in around four hours. The story was complete when, in England's second innings, he struck the six which won the game. Wisden described his performance as "certainly one of the greatest examples of pluck and fortitude in the history of Test cricket".
The next three years were average domestically, when he struggled to average 40, but a strong showing in 1936 came just too late to earn selection to tour Australia that winter as the team was already selected. The following year Paynter proved unstoppable, scoring almost 3,000 runs and earning Test selection once again against New Zealand that summer, when he managed a 74. Further strong performances the following year, including a magnificent 291 against Hampshire (described by Wisden as "flawless"), earned him selection to face the touring Australians that summer, where he again excelled. He averaged 101.75 in six innings, including what was a then-record 216* at Nottingham in the First Test.
Another succesful tour, in South Africa that winter, saw him hit five centuries and four fifties in only 14 innings, including his best in Tests, a score of 243 in the third Test at Durban. He surely would have added to his 20 Tests had not the war intervened, but at the end of it he was by then 44 and his career was effectively over. What makes his story all the more remarkable is that, in his youth he lost the tops of two fingers of his right hand in an accident! Eddie Paynter died in 1979.
One to please Martin (I will leave him to post his favourite quote of Paynter's, should he so desire):-
Eddie Paynter
Eddie Paynter's story has elements of almost unbelievable heroism, and he is undoubtedly the most successful Ashes batsman ever, averaging a staggering 84.42 against Australia. He was a late bloomer - born in Lancashire in 1901, he did not make his county debut until age 24 and was not a regular first-team member until four years later. He did not make a century until his 48th match, when he was already 29, giving no real sign of the greatness which was to come. He was selected to play against New Zealand that year, but did not excel in a rain-shortened Test, making just three in his only innings.
His batting ascended to the next level in 1932, when he scored more than 2,000 runs with five centuries, one of them 152 against Yorkshire which will have doubtless endeared him forever to his fellow Lancastrians. After making a fifty against India that summer, he was selected to go to Australia with Jardine's party on the "Bodyline" tour. His legend was forged forever at Adelaide - falling ill on the first day, he was diagnosed with tonsilitis and hospitalised that night. Visited by Bill Voce, who was injured, he heard of the dilemma facing England and left his hospital bed, still in his pyjamas, taking the field at 216 for six. With judicious shot selection in order to minimise running between the wickets, he managed to fend off the Aussie attack sufficiently to be not out at the end of the day. He returned to his hospital bed, yet came back the next day to complete his innings with a magnificent 83 in around four hours. The story was complete when, in England's second innings, he struck the six which won the game. Wisden described his performance as "certainly one of the greatest examples of pluck and fortitude in the history of Test cricket".
The next three years were average domestically, when he struggled to average 40, but a strong showing in 1936 came just too late to earn selection to tour Australia that winter as the team was already selected. The following year Paynter proved unstoppable, scoring almost 3,000 runs and earning Test selection once again against New Zealand that summer, when he managed a 74. Further strong performances the following year, including a magnificent 291 against Hampshire (described by Wisden as "flawless"), earned him selection to face the touring Australians that summer, where he again excelled. He averaged 101.75 in six innings, including what was a then-record 216* at Nottingham in the First Test.
Another succesful tour, in South Africa that winter, saw him hit five centuries and four fifties in only 14 innings, including his best in Tests, a score of 243 in the third Test at Durban. He surely would have added to his 20 Tests had not the war intervened, but at the end of it he was by then 44 and his career was effectively over. What makes his story all the more remarkable is that, in his youth he lost the tops of two fingers of his right hand in an accident! Eddie Paynter died in 1979.
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Quaggas
State Captain
19. shag 3 up, 1 down
Collect balls. During volleyball, to make sure we had enough balls on hand, we would tell the kids that they had to "shag" their own balls. Thus, after they hit their ball, they would go and get the same ball and return it to the coach or to the person next in line.
Shag your own balls.
Collect balls. During volleyball, to make sure we had enough balls on hand, we would tell the kids that they had to "shag" their own balls. Thus, after they hit their ball, they would go and get the same ball and return it to the coach or to the person next in line.
Shag your own balls.
JBMAC
State Captain
Good watch that Burgey....doesn't do the tour full justice though I don't feel
Burgey
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I can only imagine how amazing that series would have been. Just thrilling stuff almost every match, and played between two teams who became firm friends.
fredfertang
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I thought we'd done him but I can't find it - I did do his old man though
A W NOURSE
“Dave” Nourse was known, affectionately, as the Grand Old Man of South African Cricket. His first class career extended over fully 40 seasons and his Test career, which consisted of 45 consecutive matches, lasted from 1902 to 1924.
Nourse’s reputation was made as a batsman. He was a left hander who averaged almost 43 over his long career and even at the advanced age of 54 he was still good enough to score a double century in a Currie Cup game in 1931/32.
In addition to his main role as a batsman Nourse was also a useful orthodox slow left armer who took more than 300 wickets in his career at the respectable average of 23 apiece.
At Test level Nourse’s overall record was disappointing, his batting average being fractionally less than 30 with only one century, and that being recorded as late as 1921 against Australia. His bowling was also relatively ineffective at the highest level his 41 wickets costing more than 37 apiece.
Dave Nourse tried his hand at many occupations at various times being a soldier, railway guard, billiard marker, saloon keeper, commercial traveller, manager of an athletic outfitters and finally coach to Cape Town University. He was also an all round sportsman representing Natal at rugby union and soccer. His son Dudley was, at his peak just after the Second World War, briefly one of the finest batsman in the world. Dave Nourse died, aged 70, in Port Elizabeth in 1948.
Quaggas
State Captain
Tsk, tsk Fred....
Norbert Wiener, striding across campus, is accosted by a student. After the brief conversation is over, he asks the student, "In what direction was I walking when you stopped me?" The student replies, "Well, you were coming from there..." To which Wiener says, "Oh, good, then I've had lunch!"
Norbert Wiener, striding across campus, is accosted by a student. After the brief conversation is over, he asks the student, "In what direction was I walking when you stopped me?" The student replies, "Well, you were coming from there..." To which Wiener says, "Oh, good, then I've had lunch!"
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I knew I'd forgotten something