Dogwatcher wrote:Until Jamie Siddons, Queensland's Sam Trimble was regarded as the best player never to have played Tests.
In some quarters, KG Cunningham was regarded as unlucky.
Ian McLachlan was also regarded as unlucky by many in SA.
by RB » Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:55 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:Until Jamie Siddons, Queensland's Sam Trimble was regarded as the best player never to have played Tests.
In some quarters, KG Cunningham was regarded as unlucky.
by amber_fluid » Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:09 pm
whufc wrote:James Brayshaw is statistically unlucky
His first class career would have him in the side no problems these days.
by Dogwatcher » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:23 pm
by Dogwatcher » Tue Apr 03, 2018 2:20 pm
by David Brent » Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:16 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:List edited to remove Pat Cummins, who's obviously played a fair bit more than one Test now, and Hilton Cartwright, who has played two Tests.
Callum Ferguson and Joe Mennie remain asterixed, as they are still playing Shield cricket and could still get selected - although very unlikely.
Chadd Sayers has been added...
by Booney » Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:21 pm
by Dogwatcher » Tue Apr 03, 2018 7:54 pm
David Brent wrote:Dogwatcher wrote:List edited to remove Pat Cummins, who's obviously played a fair bit more than one Test now, and Hilton Cartwright, who has played two Tests.
Callum Ferguson and Joe Mennie remain asterixed, as they are still playing Shield cricket and could still get selected - although very unlikely.
Chadd Sayers has been added...
If Sayers doesn't get another go & neither of those two above are selected ever again does that make it the last 5 players picked from SA have all only played the one game?
I'm not sure if Tait was before or after Manou on that Ashes tour.
by nowerman » Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:23 pm
by robranisgod » Sun Dec 16, 2018 11:54 am
Grahaml wrote:Not sure of the accuracy, but I did once hear that of all the blokes in history to average 50 at first class level, D. Hussey is the only one to not play test cricket.
by am Bays » Sun Dec 16, 2018 12:21 pm
robranisgod wrote:I just found this post. David Hussey must be absolutely spewing given the standard of player representing Australia now, but he isn't the only bloke to average 50 and not play in a test match.
robranisgod wrote:Percy Beames who represented Victoria on 18 occasions between 1933 and 1946, scoring 1186 runs at 51.56. To some of us he is better known as the Melbourne Age's footy and cricket correspondent as we were growing up. He also played in Melbourne's 3 premierships in a row in 1939-41. There is a Percy Beames bar at the MCG.
by Lightning McQueen » Mon Dec 17, 2018 10:25 am
am Bays wrote:robranisgod wrote:I just found this post. David Hussey must be absolutely spewing given the standard of player representing Australia now, but he isn't the only bloke to average 50 and not play in a test match.
Character vs Performance?
by robranisgod » Mon Dec 17, 2018 12:13 pm
am Bays wrote:robranisgod wrote:Percy Beames who represented Victoria on 18 occasions between 1933 and 1946, scoring 1186 runs at 51.56. To some of us he is better known as the Melbourne Age's footy and cricket correspondent as we were growing up. He also played in Melbourne's 3 premierships in a row in 1939-41. There is a Percy Beames bar at the MCG.
Was hard to squeeze into a Test XI of the 30s that includes: Bradman, McCabe, Barnes, Hassett, Richardson (33-36) Fingleton etc
Bit like the 90s early 00s in Australia
by Hondo » Wed Aug 21, 2019 2:53 pm
robranisgod wrote:There is virtually no one alive now who can comment on these selection quirks but I guess people in 60 years time will ponder how Mike Veletta played 8 tests when there were so many talented players waiting in the wings at that time.
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