The obscure XI's you've always wanted to make but never found the appropriate place thread

[PhatBoy]

First class crickers who played senior state league football XI.

Geoff Marsh (WA & Aus, South Fremantle)
Graeme Wood (WA & Aus, East Fremantle)
Jamie Siddons (SA, Sydney)
Nick Jewell (Vic, Richmond)
Vic Richardson (SA, Sturt)(The Chappell brothers granddad)
Simon O'Donnell (Vic & Aus, St.Kilda)
Keith Miller (Vic, NSW & Aus, St.Kilda)
Tim Zoehrer (WA & Aus, East Fremantle)
Ian Brayshaw (WA, Claremont)(James Brayshaws dad)
Mick Malone (WA & Aus, Subiaco)
Max Walker (Vic & Aus, Melbourne)

Laurie Nash

 

[Gough]

Vic Richardson was a freak.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Presumably the team is selected on FC cricket performance rather than football; hence the omission of Bradley, Peter Bedford, John Scholes, etc. and the inclusion of, eg, Jewell and O'Donnell.

Fair point. If I could be arsed, I'd do the obverse side, the great footballers who incidentally played first class cricket.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Vic Richardson was a freak.

And he HATED Bradman.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Fair point. If I could be arsed, I'd do the obverse side, the great footballers who incidentally played first class cricket.

Some of the work may be done for you, there's a thread somewhere here about blokes who played both.

 

[Gough]

Fair point. If I could be arsed, I'd do the obverse side, the great footballers who incidentally played first class cricket.

Geoff Hurst scored three less for Essex in his only first class game than he did in England’s finest two hours. Dennis Compton would have been a dual international but for the war too.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Geoff Hurst scored three less for Essex in his only first class game than he did in England’s finest two hours. Dennis Compton would have been a dual international but for the war too.

Football, Gough, not bloody soccer.

 

[Gough]

Football, Gough, not bloody soccer.

Broadening the remit. Brian Booth and Charlesworth both played Olympic hockey, Jonty Rhodes also made the Sprinbok squad for the 92 Olympics.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Geoff Hurst scored three less for Essex in his only first class game than he did in England’s finest two hours. Dennis Compton would have been a dual international but for the war too.

As it stands, he is both an Ashes winner and an FA Cup winner.

 

[eth-dog]

I'd be curious to see an XI of players who could have played Golf professionally. Ricky Ponting immediately springs to mind.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Broadening the remit. Brian Booth and Charlesworth both played Olympic hockey, Jonty Rhodes also made the Sprinbok squad for the 92 Olympics.

Some Australian baseballers also played FC cricket, notably John Swanson, our greatest ever outfielder.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Broadening the remit. Brian Booth and Charlesworth both played Olympic hockey, Jonty Rhodes also made the Sprinbok squad for the 92 Olympics.

Brian McKechnie, the recipient of the underarm ball, was also an All-Black.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Some Australian baseballers also played FC cricket, notably John Swanson, our greatest ever outfielder.

Norm O'Neill signed a contract with the Yankees, but pulled out and decided to concentrate on cricket.

 

[Gough]

First class crickers who played senior state league football XI.

Geoff Marsh (WA & Aus, South Fremantle)
Graeme Wood (WA & Aus, East Fremantle)
Jamie Siddons (SA, Sydney)
Nick Jewell (Vic, Richmond)
Vic Richardson (SA, Sturt)(The Chappell brothers granddad)
Simon O'Donnell (Vic & Aus, St.Kilda)
Keith Miller (Vic, NSW & Aus, St.Kilda)
Tim Zoehrer (WA & Aus, East Fremantle)
Ian Brayshaw (WA, Claremont)(James Brayshaws dad)
Mick Malone (WA & Aus, Subiaco)
Max Walker (Vic & Aus, Melbourne)

You could have Gil Langley instead of Zoehrer as keeper.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Norm O'Neill signed a contract with the Yankees, but pulled out and decided to concentrate on cricket.

Ray Harvey, one of Neil's brothers was a FC cricketer and All-Australian baseballer.

 

[Gough]

Ray Harvey, one of Neill's brothers was a FC cricketer and All-Australian baseballer.

Ian Chappell captained South Australia to a Claxton Shield.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Ian Chappell captained South Australia to a Claxton Shield.

Robert Rowan was another Australian rep.
Graham Hole was selected to play Claxton Shield for SA, but missed out because of residency requirements.

 

[Gough]

Robert Rowan was another Australian rep.
Graham Hole was selected to play Claxton Shield for SA, but missed out because of residency requirements.

I've got a copy of Gavin Steven's biography signed by him and Graham Hole.

 

[FredLeDeux]

I've got a copy of Gavin Steven's biography signed by him and Graham Hole.

And back to the Old Dart, Essex fast bowler Ian Pont had trials as a pitcher with six Major League Baseball teams (including the Yankees and the Phillies).

 

[Gough]

Eric Freeman stepped off the plane from the 68 Ashes and straight into Port's team for the finals.

 

[PhatBoy]

Not sure if it was mentioned but Ray Lindwall played in a NSWRL grand final with st George

 

[STFU Donnie]

On the baseball front, I'd loved to have seen Mickey Mantle play cricket. He was a true natural at bat and ball sports.

 

[STFU Donnie]

Not sure if it was mentioned but Ray Lindwall played in a NSWRL grand final with st George

And Keith Miller played multiple seasons with St. Kilda. No grand finals, but!

 

[sandeano]

The not-sending-a-Christmas-card-to-Ian-Chappell Eleven

Geoff Boycott
Ed Cowan
Donald Bradman (C)
Steve Waugh
Kim Hughes
Kate Fitzpatrick
Ian Botham
Tony Greig
Ray Jordan (WK)
Max Walker
Sam Loxton

Piers Morgan (12th Man)

John Buchanan (Coach)

 

[Walt Kowalski]

What's the story with Max Walker and Chappelli?