BoyBrumby
Englishman
Ok, this battle has started in "the battle of the cricketers" thread, but a couple of posters have suggested it's being missed by people, so I'm now starting a thread of its very own.
Briefly, 32 players who have appeared for England in Tests and/or ODIs have been nominated (sorry if you missed out; but you snooze, you lose ) & drawn at random to face each other. You then vote on who you think is the superior player & (maybe) give your reasons for doing so. After 24 hours we have a winner. Simple, but beautiful I'm sure you'll agree.
The 32 players to make the cut are:
1) WG Grace
2) CB Fry
3) KS Ranjitsinjhi
4) SF Barnes
5) Wifred Rhodes
6) Jack Hobbs
7) Herbert Sutcliffe
8) Douglas Jardine
9) Wally Hammond
10) Harold Larwood
11) Les Ames
12) Sir Leonard Hutton
13) Denis Compton
14) Alec Bedser
15) Jim Laker
16) Frank Tyson
17) Brian Statham
18) Ken Barrington
19) Fred Trueman
20) Colin Cowdrey
21) Ted Dexter
22) Geoffrey Boycott
23) Derek Underwood
24) Alan Knott
25) Bob Willis
26) Graham Gooch
27) Allan Lamb
28) Ian Botham
29) David Gower
30) Nasser Hussain
31) Darren Gough
32) Andrew Flintoff
The first battle has already begun in the other thread, but here again for your convenience are the combatants:
Battle of the Englishmen: Round1, Battle 1
CB Fry
26 tests, 1223 runs @ 32.18 (2 centuries, 7 half-centuries)
vs
Sir Alec Bedser
51 tests, 714 runs @ 12.75 (1 half-century), 236 wickets @ 24.89 (5 wickets in an innings 15 times, 10 wickets in a match 5 times)
EDIT: currently 3-2 to Bedser.
Briefly, 32 players who have appeared for England in Tests and/or ODIs have been nominated (sorry if you missed out; but you snooze, you lose ) & drawn at random to face each other. You then vote on who you think is the superior player & (maybe) give your reasons for doing so. After 24 hours we have a winner. Simple, but beautiful I'm sure you'll agree.
The 32 players to make the cut are:
1) WG Grace
2) CB Fry
3) KS Ranjitsinjhi
4) SF Barnes
5) Wifred Rhodes
6) Jack Hobbs
7) Herbert Sutcliffe
8) Douglas Jardine
9) Wally Hammond
10) Harold Larwood
11) Les Ames
12) Sir Leonard Hutton
13) Denis Compton
14) Alec Bedser
15) Jim Laker
16) Frank Tyson
17) Brian Statham
18) Ken Barrington
19) Fred Trueman
20) Colin Cowdrey
21) Ted Dexter
22) Geoffrey Boycott
23) Derek Underwood
24) Alan Knott
25) Bob Willis
26) Graham Gooch
27) Allan Lamb
28) Ian Botham
29) David Gower
30) Nasser Hussain
31) Darren Gough
32) Andrew Flintoff
The first battle has already begun in the other thread, but here again for your convenience are the combatants:
Battle of the Englishmen: Round1, Battle 1
CB Fry
26 tests, 1223 runs @ 32.18 (2 centuries, 7 half-centuries)
vs
Sir Alec Bedser
51 tests, 714 runs @ 12.75 (1 half-century), 236 wickets @ 24.89 (5 wickets in an innings 15 times, 10 wickets in a match 5 times)
EDIT: currently 3-2 to Bedser.
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