The "Not Taken In a Recent Draft" Draft

[watson]

Don't think we've Alfred Mynn before. Must admit I like his style;

Alfred Mynn - the "Lion of Kent" - was to the first half of the 19th century what WG Grace was to the second half. Physically he was a giant as well, standing over six feet and weighing in excess of 18 stone, but has tremendous stamina and was not unduly incapacitated by his size, except perhaps towards the end of his career. If he had a weakness, it was against top-quality slow bowling, but it was a tiny chink in his fearsome armour. He was also a fast round-arm bowler who generated fearsome pace off a four- or five-pace run-up. In 1836 he scored a hundred for South v North at Leicester but a badly injured leg necessitated him returning to London laid out on the top of a stagecoach and for a time it was feared his leg might have to be amputated. He recovered, and returned to his dominant best. In 1838 he beat James Dearman in a single-wicket competition for the unofficial Championship of England, and eight years later he defeated Fuller Pilch for the same title in what is considered to be the last of the great single-wicket matches. Off the field he was immensely popular, had an iron constitution (as befitted a hop a farmer) and ate heartily. He used to take a tankard of beer with him to bed to drink overnight, explaining that "beef and beer are the things to play cricket on". He suffered throughout his life from financial problems - he was in name an amateur but in reality an out-and-out professional.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17144.html

 

[Prince EWS]

The whole reason I joined this draft was so I had an excuse to go Full Mynn. I saved him until now because I was pretty sure no-one else would pick him any earlier than this, but if anyone had I would have raged so much.

 

[fredfertang]

didn't know jbmac was your dad

We must be brothers, surely not both our fathers rate Wally Grout the best?

You two may have hit on something here - I shall have to have words with my mother

 

[Pratters]

The whole reason I joined this draft was so I had an excuse to go Full Mynn. I saved him until now because I was pretty sure no-one else would pick him any earlier than this, but if anyone had I would have raged so much.

Wish people understood what a giant of the game Mynn was.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I'm being told it's my turn. I thought I was waiting on Cam. Anyhow I'll take Bob Cowper. Get a bit more bowling with him too

Jimmy Cook
Stewie Dempster
Bob Cowper
Vijay Hazare
Mike Hussey
Lee Irvine+
CB Llewellyn
-
Fanie De Villiers
Peter Heine
Sonny Ramadhin

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wish people understood what a giant of the game Mynn was.

Oh he was a giant all right. A giant match fixer. Funny how that part rarely gets a mention when people write about Mynn.

 

[kingkallis]

AZH timed out, Howe can pick

 

[watson]

See post 272 by Vimes.


Round 10 (Reverse order of Round 9)
fertang - Don Tallon
OS - Ken Farnes
Red Hill - Timed Out
Prince EWS - Alfred Mynn
schearzie - Bob Cowper
Vimes - Patsy Hendren
AZH - Bert Oldfield
watson - Bert Sutcliffe
Howe - Bill Brown
KingKallis -
Camo -
Mr Mister -
JC -

Vimes times out. AZH to pick.

 

[fredfertang]

Oh he was a giant all right. A giant match fixer. Funny how that part rarely gets a mention when people write about Mynn.

Possibly because there is no evidence and just tittle tattle

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Bert Oldfield

 

[watson]

01. John Edrich
02. Bert Sutcliffe
03. Jimmy Amarnath
04. Aravinda de Silva
05.
06. John R Reid
07. Ian Healy
08. Mitchell Johnson
09. Johnny Wardle
10. Darren Gough
11. Shoaib Akhtar

 

[Howe_zat]

Noted Invincible WA Brown

1. Conrad Hunte
2. Bill Brown
3. Zaheer Abbas
4. Mohammed Yousuf
5. Ross Taylor
6.
7. Gilbert Jessop
8. Bob Taylor
9. Johnny Briggs
10. Stuart Broad
11. Bill Bowes

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Patsy Hendren

silly name, solid first class average

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Possibly because there is no evidence and just tittle tattle

I wasn't aware of it, but a few sources seem to think its the case.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Patsy Hendren

silly name, solid first class average

Round 10 of second draft and still so many great players left. Amazing.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Possibly because there is no evidence and just tittle tattle

I've read of a particular fc game where the accusations were said to be conclusive beyond any doubt.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Patsy Hendren

silly name, solid first class average

Sheesh, another one who slipped by my radar. Like Leyland, I somehow assumed he had been picked.

 

[watson]

KingKallis -
Camo -
Mr Mister -
JC -

 

[fredfertang]

I've read of a particular fc game where the accusations were said to be conclusive beyond any doubt.

So have I, but I've never seen any evidence to support that assertion

 

[kingkallis]

01. John Edrich
02. Bert Sutcliffe
03. Jimmy Amarnath
04. Aravinda de Silva
05.
06. John R Reid
07. Ian Healy
08. Mitchell Johnson
09. Johnny Wardle
10. Darren Gough
11. Shoaib Akhtar

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