Australian All-Time Test Team Draft
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bundybullz08
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Re: Australian All-Time Test Team Draft
I've lost track of players now,whose been picked and who hasn't.
So my bad if Max Walker has already been chosen.
Will write up later along with Norm O'Neill (my previous pick)
I've lost track of players now,whose been picked and who hasn't.
So my bad if Max Walker has already been chosen.
Will write up later along with Norm O'Neill (my previous pick)
el-capitano
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I'll complete my bowling lineup with a leftie for some variation.
Bruce Reid!
I'll complete my bowling lineup with a leftie for some variation.
Bruce Reid!
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Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 27 42 6244 2784 113 7/51 13/148 24.63 2.67 55.2 11 5 2
eddiesmith
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Getting tough now, left the middle order untill last and not much left, had 2 players slotted in at 5 and 6 and with only 1 remaining I better take him
Bob Cowper
Australia
Full name Robert Maskew Cowper
Born October 5, 1940, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 68 years 225 days
Major teams Australia, Marylebone Cricket Club, Victoria, Western Australia
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
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Relations Brother - DR Cowper
Played just the 27 tests for Australia
Made 2061 runs @ 46.84 with 5 centuries and 10 half centuries
Highest score was 307
Also had a trundle taking 36 wickets @ 31.63
Best bowling was 4/48 and took 3 four wicket hauls
Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Bob Cowper
Getting tough now, left the middle order untill last and not much left, had 2 players slotted in at 5 and 6 and with only 1 remaining I better take him
Bob Cowper
Australia
Full name Robert Maskew Cowper
Born October 5, 1940, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria
Current age 68 years 225 days
Major teams Australia, Marylebone Cricket Club, Victoria, Western Australia
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Other Referee
Relations Brother - DR Cowper
Played just the 27 tests for Australia
Made 2061 runs @ 46.84 with 5 centuries and 10 half centuries
Highest score was 307
Also had a trundle taking 36 wickets @ 31.63
Best bowling was 4/48 and took 3 four wicket hauls
Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Bob Cowper
eddiesmith
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Re: Australian All-Time Test Team Draft
Woodfull, Redpath, Ponting, Jones, Cowper, ???, Reiffel, Hughes, Blackham, Grimmet, McGrath
Strong top order and a fine bowling attack, would beat any side
It is a coincidence that other than Ponting and McGrath the rest are Victorians
Woodfull, Redpath, Ponting, Jones, Cowper, ???, Reiffel, Hughes, Blackham, Grimmet, McGrath
Strong top order and a fine bowling attack, would beat any side
It is a coincidence that other than Ponting and McGrath the rest are Victorians
Caesar
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Hey, hey, hey... Grimmett was a Kiwi. You can't claim him.eddiesmith;348943 said:Woodfull, Redpath, Ponting, Jones, Cowper, ???, Reiffel, Hughes, Blackham, Grimmet, McGrath
Strong top order and a fine bowling attack, would beat any side
It is a coincidence that other than Ponting and McGrath the rest are Victorians
Re: Australian All-Time Test Team Draft
Alright, sorry guys. Stupid work keeps getting in the way of that which is more important.
If no one already has him, I'll take Geoff Lawson on the condition that we play all our matches against England.
If he's gone, then I'll probably have to take Henry Lawson, the poet, journo and author and bat him at about 4.
Alright, sorry guys. Stupid work keeps getting in the way of that which is more important.
If no one already has him, I'll take Geoff Lawson on the condition that we play all our matches against England.
If he's gone, then I'll probably have to take Henry Lawson, the poet, journo and author and bat him at about 4.
A.B De Villiers
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alright lads I'm going to have just announce and run. i will give the full wrap later on. essays are rather frustrating.
right I'm drafting Ken MacKay, a middle order bat and medium pace bowler.. a nice addition to number 6
alright lads I'm going to have just announce and run. i will give the full wrap later on. essays are rather frustrating.
right I'm drafting Ken MacKay, a middle order bat and medium pace bowler.. a nice addition to number 6
Re: Australian All-Time Test Team Draft
I'm just waiting for you to pick Brad Hodge.
eddiesmith;348943 said:Woodfull, Redpath, Ponting, Jones, Cowper, ???, Reiffel, Hughes, Blackham, Grimmet, McGrath
Strong top order and a fine bowling attack, would beat any side
It is a coincidence that other than Ponting and McGrath the rest are Victorians
I'm just waiting for you to pick Brad Hodge.
hattrick
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This pick has been the toughest to date.. I hope no one has drafted my choice.
Full name Ian William Geddes Johnson Born 8 December 1917(1917-12-08)
North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Died 9 October 1998 (aged 80)
Albert Park, Victoria, Australia Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Batting style Right-hand Bowling style Right-arm off-spinTeams Victoria
Ian William Geddes Johnson CBE (8 December 1917 – 9 October 1998) was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109 Test wickets at an average of 29.19 runs per wicket and as a lower order batsman made 1,000 runs at an average of 22.92 runs per dismissal. He captained the Australian team in 17 Tests, winning seven and losing five, with a further five drawn. Despite this record, he is better known as the captain who lost consecutive Ashes series against England. Urbane, well-spoken and popular with his opponents and the public, he was seen by his team mates as a disciplinarian and his natural optimism was often seen as naive.
Aged 17, Johnson made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria in the 1935–36 season but did not establish a permanent place in the team until 1939–40. His career was interrupted by the Second World War; he served with the Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot and later as a flight instructor. He returned to cricket after his discharge and was selected to tour New Zealand with the Australian team, making his Test debut. Johnson was part of Don Bradman's Invincibles team; undefeated on tour in England in 1948. He was a regular member of the national side until poor form saw him left out of the Australian squad for the 1953 tour of England.
Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Ian Johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Johnson_(cricketer)
This pick has been the toughest to date.. I hope no one has drafted my choice.
Full name Ian William Geddes Johnson Born 8 December 1917(1917-12-08)
North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Died 9 October 1998 (aged 80)
Albert Park, Victoria, Australia Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Batting style Right-hand Bowling style Right-arm off-spinTeams Victoria
Ian William Geddes Johnson CBE (8 December 1917 – 9 October 1998) was an Australian cricketer who played 45 Test matches as a slow off-break bowler between 1946 and 1956. Johnson captured 109 Test wickets at an average of 29.19 runs per wicket and as a lower order batsman made 1,000 runs at an average of 22.92 runs per dismissal. He captained the Australian team in 17 Tests, winning seven and losing five, with a further five drawn. Despite this record, he is better known as the captain who lost consecutive Ashes series against England. Urbane, well-spoken and popular with his opponents and the public, he was seen by his team mates as a disciplinarian and his natural optimism was often seen as naive.
Aged 17, Johnson made his first-class cricket debut for Victoria in the 1935–36 season but did not establish a permanent place in the team until 1939–40. His career was interrupted by the Second World War; he served with the Royal Australian Air Force as a pilot and later as a flight instructor. He returned to cricket after his discharge and was selected to tour New Zealand with the Australian team, making his Test debut. Johnson was part of Don Bradman's Invincibles team; undefeated on tour in England in 1948. He was a regular member of the national side until poor form saw him left out of the Australian squad for the 1953 tour of England.
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Competition [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_cricket"]Tests[/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-class_cricket"]FC[/URL] Matches 45 189 Runs scored 1000 4905 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average"]Batting average[/URL] 18.51 22.92 100s/50s 0/6 2/21 Top score 77 132* [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivery_%28cricket%29"]Balls[/URL] bowled 8780 35968 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicket"]Wickets[/URL] 109 619 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_average"]Bowling average[/URL] 29.19 22.92 5 wickets in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innings"]innings[/URL] 3 27 10 wickets in match 0 4 Best bowling 7/44 7/42 Catches/[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stump_%28cricket%29#Manner_of_dismissing_a_batsman"]stumpings[/URL] 30/0 137/0Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Ian Johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Johnson_(cricketer)
ants14
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Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor was such a masterful opening batsman, slip fielder and captain for Australia that he was looked upon as an allrounder. A heavily built left-hander who played classically late, Taylor made 839 Test runs on his first England tour (1989) and for most of his 104 Tests remained reassuringly solid. He was equally dependable at first slip, where he cradled most of his world-record 157 catches. After he inherited the captaincy from Allan Border in 1994-95 he began with a pair, but soon added such acute tactical vibrancy that the following year Australia toppled West Indies in the Caribbean to become unofficial world champions. Taylor's leadership and diplomacy marked him out as one of Australia's greatest captains, and saved his place during an 18-month batting slump that ended with a memorable century at Edgbaston in 1997. The following year he made an unbeaten 334 at Peshawar to match Don Bradman's highest score for Australia, then declared. Six months later, still only 34, but with the Ashes again safe and his timing as sound as ever, he retired to the commentary box.
Mark Taylor
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Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 104 186 13 7525 334* 43.49 18140 41.48 19 40 727 9 157 0
ODIs 113 110 1 3514 105 32.23 5909 59.46 1 28 273 7 56 0
First-class 253 435 20 17415 334* 41.96 41 97 350 0
List A 178 175 2 5463 105 31.57 1 47 98 0Mark Taylor was such a masterful opening batsman, slip fielder and captain for Australia that he was looked upon as an allrounder. A heavily built left-hander who played classically late, Taylor made 839 Test runs on his first England tour (1989) and for most of his 104 Tests remained reassuringly solid. He was equally dependable at first slip, where he cradled most of his world-record 157 catches. After he inherited the captaincy from Allan Border in 1994-95 he began with a pair, but soon added such acute tactical vibrancy that the following year Australia toppled West Indies in the Caribbean to become unofficial world champions. Taylor's leadership and diplomacy marked him out as one of Australia's greatest captains, and saved his place during an 18-month batting slump that ended with a memorable century at Edgbaston in 1997. The following year he made an unbeaten 334 at Peshawar to match Don Bradman's highest score for Australia, then declared. Six months later, still only 34, but with the Ashes again safe and his timing as sound as ever, he retired to the commentary box.
ants14
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Brad Haddin
Brad Haddin displayed impressive courage during his opening Test series in the West Indies when he played through the pain of a broken finger and by the end of his first year was one of the national team's most important assets. He was indispensable, shuffling around the one-day order, proving himself as a productive Test run-maker and slowly improving on his glovework. There were even a couple of Twenty20 captaincy engagements when Ponting, Clarke and Hussey were rested. The only serious break Haddin got in that time was to his finger.
Having waited seven years for an opening after gaining one-day international status in 2001, he was not going to return the chance to stamp himself as Adam Gilchrist's long-term replacement. The fracture to his right ring finger occurred in his debut Test, but he played through the final two games despite being in further discomfort when an infection developed. He eventually succumbed during the one-day series and went home with 16 Test catches and 151 runs at 30.20, including a confident double of 33 and 45 not out in the third contest.
Brad Haddin
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Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Tests 15 26 2 901 169 37.54 1694 53.18 1 2 108 14 55 1
ODIs 53 49 3 1490 109 32.39 1793 83.10 1 9 127 37 59 5
T20Is 8 7 3 71 24 17.75 77 92.20 0 0 4 1 4 0
First-class 107 177 18 6457 169 40.61 11 34 325 26
List A 150 143 11 4455 138* 33.75 4897 90.97 7 26 194 42
Twenty20 19 18 3 290 54 19.33 265 109.43 0 2 20 7 13 7Brad Haddin displayed impressive courage during his opening Test series in the West Indies when he played through the pain of a broken finger and by the end of his first year was one of the national team's most important assets. He was indispensable, shuffling around the one-day order, proving himself as a productive Test run-maker and slowly improving on his glovework. There were even a couple of Twenty20 captaincy engagements when Ponting, Clarke and Hussey were rested. The only serious break Haddin got in that time was to his finger.
Having waited seven years for an opening after gaining one-day international status in 2001, he was not going to return the chance to stamp himself as Adam Gilchrist's long-term replacement. The fracture to his right ring finger occurred in his debut Test, but he played through the final two games despite being in further discomfort when an infection developed. He eventually succumbed during the one-day series and went home with 16 Test catches and 151 runs at 30.20, including a confident double of 33 and 45 not out in the third contest.
ants14
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Charles McCartney
Charles George Macartney, who died in Sydney on September 9, aged 72, was one of the most brilliant and attractive right-handed batsmen in the history of Australian cricket. Daring and confident, he possessed a quickness of eye, hand and foot, a perfection of timing which made him a menace to the best of bowlers. Sydney H. Pardon, then Editor of Wisden, wrote of him in 1921 as a law to himself--an individual genius, but not in any way to be copied. He constantly did things that would be quite wrong for an ordinary batsman, but by success justified all his audacities. Except Victor Trumper at his best, no Australian batsman has ever demoralised our bowlers to the same extent.
Of medium height and stocky build, The Governor-General, as MacArtney came to be known, was specially good in cutting and hitting to leg, though there was no stroke, orthodox or unorthodox, of which he did not show himself master. Intolerant of batsmen who did not treat bowling upon its merits, he was quoted as giving, not long before his death, as the reason why he had ceased to be a regular cricket spectator: I can't bear watching luscious half-volleys being nudged gently back to bowlers. Yet in regard to his own achievements this man with the Napoleonic features could not have been more modest; he had no regard at all for records or averages, nor was he ever known to complain about an umpire's decision.
Charles McCartney
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Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 6s Ct St
Tests 35 55 4 2131 170 41.78 7 9 3 17 0
First-class 249 360 32 15019 345 45.78 49 53 102 0
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Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 35 45 3561 1240 45 7/58 11/85 27.55 2.08 79.1 1 2 1
First-class 249 24228 8782 419 7/58 20.95 2.17 57.8 17 1Charles George Macartney, who died in Sydney on September 9, aged 72, was one of the most brilliant and attractive right-handed batsmen in the history of Australian cricket. Daring and confident, he possessed a quickness of eye, hand and foot, a perfection of timing which made him a menace to the best of bowlers. Sydney H. Pardon, then Editor of Wisden, wrote of him in 1921 as a law to himself--an individual genius, but not in any way to be copied. He constantly did things that would be quite wrong for an ordinary batsman, but by success justified all his audacities. Except Victor Trumper at his best, no Australian batsman has ever demoralised our bowlers to the same extent.
Of medium height and stocky build, The Governor-General, as MacArtney came to be known, was specially good in cutting and hitting to leg, though there was no stroke, orthodox or unorthodox, of which he did not show himself master. Intolerant of batsmen who did not treat bowling upon its merits, he was quoted as giving, not long before his death, as the reason why he had ceased to be a regular cricket spectator: I can't bear watching luscious half-volleys being nudged gently back to bowlers. Yet in regard to his own achievements this man with the Napoleonic features could not have been more modest; he had no regard at all for records or averages, nor was he ever known to complain about an umpire's decision.
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Jack Gregory
Jack Morrison Gregory, of a famous Australian cricket family, had a comparatively brief Test match career, for although he played in twenty-four representative games, his skill and his power were as unpredictable as a thunderstorm or a nuclear explosion. He was known mainly as a fearsome right-arm fast bowler but, also, in Test matches he scored 1146 runs, averaging 36.96 with two centuries. He batted left-handed and gloveless.
As a fast bowler, people of today who never saw him will get a fair idea of his presence and method if they have seen Wes Hall, the West Indian. Gregory, a giant of superb physique, ran some twenty yards to release the ball with a high step at gallop, then, at the moment of delivery, a huge leap, a great wave of energy breaking at the crest, and a follow-through nearly to the batsman's doorstep.
Jack Gregory
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Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 6s Ct St
Tests 24 34 3 1146 119 36.96 2 7 3 37 0
First-class 129 173 18 5659 152 36.50 13 27 195 0
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Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 24 42 5582 2648 85 7/69 8/101 31.15 2.84 65.6 3 4 0
First-class 129 22014 10580 504 9/32 20.99 2.88 43.6 33 8Jack Morrison Gregory, of a famous Australian cricket family, had a comparatively brief Test match career, for although he played in twenty-four representative games, his skill and his power were as unpredictable as a thunderstorm or a nuclear explosion. He was known mainly as a fearsome right-arm fast bowler but, also, in Test matches he scored 1146 runs, averaging 36.96 with two centuries. He batted left-handed and gloveless.
As a fast bowler, people of today who never saw him will get a fair idea of his presence and method if they have seen Wes Hall, the West Indian. Gregory, a giant of superb physique, ran some twenty yards to release the ball with a high step at gallop, then, at the moment of delivery, a huge leap, a great wave of energy breaking at the crest, and a follow-through nearly to the batsman's doorstep.
ants14
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So the last four were all catch up ones that I'd already picked. Now for my 11th member of my squad, and keeping with what I set out to do at the start, I've got another man who can roll the arm of when required. Slotting into number six in my batting order..
Jack Ryder
Competing with a number of great players, he was merely a good one, whose place was never quite secure and who fell below the incredibly high standards of his contemporaries in fielding. In his first season for Victoria, 1912-13, he took thirty wickets at 15.40 and it seemed that a new star had arisen. He also had a batting average of 33. Bowling fastish right-hand, he ran the ball away and could also make it lift. In the next season his wickets cost more, but he did one outstanding all-round performance, taking seven for 88 in the first innings against South Australia and scoring 36 not out and 105. In 1914-15 his batting average rose to 85, but his eight wickets cost him 28.62 runs each.
When cricket was resumed after the war, it was clear that his bowling promise was not going to be fulfilled. Thenceforward, he was only a change, used on his tours in England to relieve the leading bowlers in the lesser matches: in Tests against England his thirteen wickets cost 48.66 apiece. Nevertheless he played in all five Tests against Douglas's side in 1920-21, though his highest score was only 52 not out and his average 18.85. Doubtless his innings of 54 and 105 in the second match for Victoria against the Englishmen kept him his place in the last two Tests. But it must have been a disappointment when in England that summer he did not get a place in a single Test.
Against Arthur Gilligan's side in 1924-25 a bad back put him out of consideration for the first two Tests, but in the third, coming in at 119 for six, he made 201 in six and a half hours, a remarkable effort of concentration for one who was primarily an attacker, and followed it with 88 in the second innings. In fairness it must be said that the English bowling was gravely depleted: Tate, Gilligan and later Freeman were off the field and Woolley was handicapped by a weak knee. Freeman, as tough a little man as ever stepped on to a cricket field, fainted with pain when one of Ryder's on-drives which he was attempting to catch hit him on the wrist.
In England in 1926 Ryder was again a disappointment: he had a respectable record for the whole tour, but did little in the Tests. Nevertheless in 1928-29 he was made captain against Chapman's side. Few men can have had a more difficult assignment. Collins, Bardsley, Macartney, Taylor and Mailey had retired, Arthur Richardson was in England and Gregory and Kelleway broke down in the first Test and played no more. Under the circumstances the surprise was not that Australia should lose the series 4-1 to a strong side, but that they should recover so quickly as to regain the Ashes in England in 1930. For their failure in Australia no blame could attach to Ryder. He simply had not the material nor was he well served by the selectors: he himself made 492 runs with an average of 54.66, including a century in the third Test. After this considerable surprise and some resentment was caused when he was omitted from the 1930 team for England. No doubt his co-selectors (he was himself now a selector) felt that, if he went, he must be captain and that for that Woodfull was the better choice.
Ryder continued to play for Victoria until 1931-32, captained an unofficial Australian side on a tour of India in 1935-36 and was a selector again from 1946 to 1970. He also did much to help young players. Standing over six foot, he was almost entirely a front-of-the-wicket player with an immensely powerful drive. He was certainly more effective in Australia than in England. His highest score was 295 against New South Wales in 1926 when Victoria compiled the record total of 1107.
So the last four were all catch up ones that I'd already picked. Now for my 11th member of my squad, and keeping with what I set out to do at the start, I've got another man who can roll the arm of when required. Slotting into number six in my batting order..
Jack Ryder
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Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 6s Ct St
Tests 20 32 5 1394 201* 51.62 3 9 3 17 0
First-class 177 274 37 10501 295 44.30 24 55 133 0
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Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 20 28 1897 743 17 2/20 2/29 43.70 2.35 111.5 0 0 0
First-class 177 15444 7064 238 7/53 29.68 2.74 64.8 9 1Competing with a number of great players, he was merely a good one, whose place was never quite secure and who fell below the incredibly high standards of his contemporaries in fielding. In his first season for Victoria, 1912-13, he took thirty wickets at 15.40 and it seemed that a new star had arisen. He also had a batting average of 33. Bowling fastish right-hand, he ran the ball away and could also make it lift. In the next season his wickets cost more, but he did one outstanding all-round performance, taking seven for 88 in the first innings against South Australia and scoring 36 not out and 105. In 1914-15 his batting average rose to 85, but his eight wickets cost him 28.62 runs each.
When cricket was resumed after the war, it was clear that his bowling promise was not going to be fulfilled. Thenceforward, he was only a change, used on his tours in England to relieve the leading bowlers in the lesser matches: in Tests against England his thirteen wickets cost 48.66 apiece. Nevertheless he played in all five Tests against Douglas's side in 1920-21, though his highest score was only 52 not out and his average 18.85. Doubtless his innings of 54 and 105 in the second match for Victoria against the Englishmen kept him his place in the last two Tests. But it must have been a disappointment when in England that summer he did not get a place in a single Test.
Against Arthur Gilligan's side in 1924-25 a bad back put him out of consideration for the first two Tests, but in the third, coming in at 119 for six, he made 201 in six and a half hours, a remarkable effort of concentration for one who was primarily an attacker, and followed it with 88 in the second innings. In fairness it must be said that the English bowling was gravely depleted: Tate, Gilligan and later Freeman were off the field and Woolley was handicapped by a weak knee. Freeman, as tough a little man as ever stepped on to a cricket field, fainted with pain when one of Ryder's on-drives which he was attempting to catch hit him on the wrist.
In England in 1926 Ryder was again a disappointment: he had a respectable record for the whole tour, but did little in the Tests. Nevertheless in 1928-29 he was made captain against Chapman's side. Few men can have had a more difficult assignment. Collins, Bardsley, Macartney, Taylor and Mailey had retired, Arthur Richardson was in England and Gregory and Kelleway broke down in the first Test and played no more. Under the circumstances the surprise was not that Australia should lose the series 4-1 to a strong side, but that they should recover so quickly as to regain the Ashes in England in 1930. For their failure in Australia no blame could attach to Ryder. He simply had not the material nor was he well served by the selectors: he himself made 492 runs with an average of 54.66, including a century in the third Test. After this considerable surprise and some resentment was caused when he was omitted from the 1930 team for England. No doubt his co-selectors (he was himself now a selector) felt that, if he went, he must be captain and that for that Woodfull was the better choice.
Ryder continued to play for Victoria until 1931-32, captained an unofficial Australian side on a tour of India in 1935-36 and was a selector again from 1946 to 1970. He also did much to help young players. Standing over six foot, he was almost entirely a front-of-the-wicket player with an immensely powerful drive. He was certainly more effective in Australia than in England. His highest score was 295 against New South Wales in 1926 when Victoria compiled the record total of 1107.
A.B De Villiers
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Decent XI that, nice work
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Decent XI that, nice work
el-capitano
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Ryder was my last choice too
Ryder was my last choice too