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

[FredLeDeux]

Nice! Could maybe slot in Butcher for Paynter.

I also found Bob Barber from England.

Dudley Nourse

 

[BronCrow]

Dudley Nourse

Or Ashley Nurse?


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[PhatBoy]

Dudley Nourse

Seymour Nurse

 

[Tonga Bob]

Seymour Nurse

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[PhatBoy]

Simpsons XI


1. Bob Simpson (c)
2. Jacques Ru’Dolph’
3. Herschelle Gibbs
4. Karl Hooper
5. Seymour Nurse
6. Shubman Gill
7. Abraham de Villiers (wk)
8. Rakheem ‘Jimbo’ Cornwall
9. Anil Gumble
10. ‘inanimate carbon Rod’ney Hogg
11. Bleeding Gums Murphy S’ua

12th: Marvin Attapattu

Coach: John Ned Flanders Buchanan

 

[Tonga Bob]

Simpsons XI


1. Bob Simpson (c)
2. Jacques Ru’Dolph’
3. Herschelle Gibbs
4. Karl Hooper
5. Seymour Nurse
6. Shubman Gill
7. Abraham de Villiers (wk)
8. Rakheem ‘Jimbo’ Cornwall
9. Anil Gumble
10. ‘inanimate carbon Rod’ney Hogg
11. Bleeding Gums Murphy S’ua

12th: Marvin Attapattu

Coach: John Ned Flanders Buchanan

No room for Reggie Duff?

 

[PhatBoy]

No room for Reggie Duff?

Chris Kwik-e-Martin

 

[Randall Stevens]

This is the sort of thread that I'm absolutely here for, thank you eth-dog!!

Here goes...

The Double Entendre First XI:

1) Craig Cumming (NZ)
2) Julien Wiener (AUS)
3) Joe Root (ENG)
4) Salman Butt (PAK)
5) Michael Hussey (AUS)
6) Jesse Ryder (NZ)
7) Dick Pilling + (ENG)
8) Patrick Cummins (AUS) c
9) Heath Streak (ZIM)
10) Peter Willey (ENG)
11) Pat Symcox (SA)

The Double Entendre Second XI:

1) Jack Badcock (AUS)
2) Ashley Woodcock (AUS)
3) Charles Studd (ENG)
4) Joe Hardstaff Jr (ENG)
5) Travis Head (AUS)
6) Ted Badcock (NZ)
7) Dick Spooner + (ENG)
8) Jack Ryder (AUS)
9) Graeme Cremer (ZIM) c
10) Sandy Bell (SA) - Fun fact: he scored a total of 69 runs in Tests
11) Ryan Sidebottom (ENG)

Stiff to miss (pun intended): Pat Pocock, Joe Cox, Joe Hardstaff Snr, Des Hoare, David Sincock & Hammy Love.

The Alternative Professions According To Their Surnames First XI:

1) Alistair Cook (ENG)
2) Mark Taylor (AUS)
3) Eddie Paynter (ENG)
4) Ross Taylor (NZ)
5) Ollie Pope (ENG)
6) Farokh Engineer (IND)
7) Brendan Taylor + (ZIM)
8) Keith Miller (AUS)
9) Ian Bishop (WI)
10) Jofra Archer (ENG)
11) Terry Alderman (AUS)

Shortlisted were Bert Ironmonger, Colin Miller, Simon Cook, Alan Butcher, Lionel Baker, Morris Candlestickmaker*, Peter Taylor, Nari Contractor & Barry Shepherd.

I'll do more throughout the week.


























* Not an actual person.

New Zealand bowler Bob Cunis a good name for the entendre XI. Only reason I have heard of him is that a commentator allegedly described his bowling as “like his name, neither one thing nor the other”. Seems to fit this theme rather well!

 

[Tonga Bob]

Chris Kwik-e-Martin

If Monty Noble married Joe Burns I hope he takes his surname.

 

[PhatBoy]

If Monty Noble married Joe Burns I hope he takes his surname.

Monty Noble f*** me dead how did I miss that one I kept getting stuck on legendary country rock singer Waylon Jennings and wondering if he ever played cricket

 

[Tonga Bob]

Monty Noble f*** me dead how did I miss that one I kept getting stuck on legendary country rock singer Waylon Jennings and wondering if he ever played cricket

There must have been a Waylon that played for the Windies???

 

[PhatBoy]

There must have been a Waylon that played for the Windies???

That’s what I was racking my brain over but there are none that come to mind

 

[worbod]

I have had a fraction too much spare time on my hands during the New Year break.

The Paul McCartney Tribute Eleven:


Leonard Hutton

Mudassar Nazar
Donald Bradman

Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Mohinder Amarnath
Daryll Cullinan
Romesh Kaluwitharana (w/k)

Richie Benaud
Sarfraz Nawaz
Nathan Lyon
Allan Donald


(HEY JUDE!)

 

[PhatBoy]

I have had a fraction too much spare time on my hands during the New Year break.

The Paul McCartney Tribute Eleven:


Leonard Hutton

Mudassar Nazar
Donald Bradman

Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Mohinder Amarnath
Daryll Cullinan
Romesh Kaluwitharana (w/k)

Richie Benaud
Sarfraz Nawaz
Nathan Lyon
Allan Donald


(HEY JUDE!)

This is utter gold.

Well done

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

This is the sort of thread that I'm absolutely here for, thank you eth-dog!!

Here goes...

The Double Entendre First XI:

1) Craig Cumming (NZ)
2) Julien Wiener (AUS)
3) Joe Root (ENG)
4) Salman Butt (PAK)
5) Michael Hussey (AUS)
6) Jesse Ryder (NZ)
7) Dick Pilling + (ENG)
8) Patrick Cummins (AUS) c
9) Heath Streak (ZIM)
10) Peter Willey (ENG)
11) Pat Symcox (SA)

The Double Entendre Second XI:

1) Jack Badcock (AUS)
2) Ashley Woodcock (AUS)
3) Charles Studd (ENG)
4) Joe Hardstaff Jr (ENG)
5) Travis Head (AUS)
6) Ted Badcock (NZ)
7) Dick Spooner + (ENG)
8) Jack Ryder (AUS)
9) Graeme Cremer (ZIM) c
10) Sandy Bell (SA) - Fun fact: he scored a total of 69 runs in Tests
11) Ryan Sidebottom (ENG)

Stiff to miss (pun intended): Pat Pocock, Joe Cox, Joe Hardstaff Snr, Des Hoare, David Sincock & Hammy Love.

de Kock very stiff to miss out.

 

[Tonga Bob]

The Ornithological First XI:

1) Aaron Finch (AUS) +
2) Robin Smith (ENG)
3) Martin Crowe (NZ) c
4) Graeme Fowler (ENG)
5) Jeff Crowe (NZ)
6) Neil Hawke (AUS)
7) Robin Pietersen (SA)
8) Graeme Swann (ENG)
9) Joe Partridge (SA/ZIM)
10) Jackson Bird (AUS)
11) Joel Garner

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(WI)

12th man) Hunter 'Stork' Hendry (AUS)

Coach) Lord Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke

Flew the coop and weren't selected: Robin Jackman (ENG), Robin Hobbs (ENG), Morice Bird (ENG), Ernest Bock (Bock Bock) (SA), Robin Singh (IND), Robin Bynoe (WI), Gul Mohammad (PAK), Vasbert Drakes (WI) & George Duckworth (ENG - not to be confused with the Duckworth-Lewis Duckworth).

 

[Gough]

Coach) Lord Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke

Obscure fact rather than obscure XI
Until a couple of years ago when they started using the Bay Oval as an alternative to Adelaide Oval the only time a first class game was played away from there was when Lord Hawke's XI played South Australia at Unley (now Peter Motley) Oval in 1902/03 because the AO was being used for bike racing.

 

[PhatBoy]

The Ornithological First XI:

1) Aaron Finch (AUS) +
2) Robin Smith (ENG)
3) Martin Crowe (NZ) c
4) Graeme Fowler (ENG)
5) Jeff Crowe (NZ)
6) Neil Hawke (AUS)
7) Robin Pietersen (SA)
8) Graeme Swann (ENG)
9) Joe Partridge (SA/ZIM)
10) Jackson Bird (AUS)
11) Joel Garner (WI)

12th man) Hunter 'Stork' Hendry (AUS)

Coach) Lord Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke

Flew the coop and weren't selected: Robin Jackman (ENG), Robin Hobbs (ENG), Morice Bird (ENG), Ernest Bock (Bock Bock) (SA), Robin Singh (IND), Robin Bynoe (WI), Gul Mohammad (PAK), Vasbert Drakes (WI) & George Duckworth (ENG - not to be confused with the Duckworth-Lewis Duckworth).

Might be stretching the friendship but must have been hard to overlook Ost-Richie Ost-Richardson, Beau Cass(owary)on, Ka-geese-o Rabada, Fred Titmus, and umpire Col (Budger)Egar

 

[Tonga Bob]

Might be stretching the friendship but must have been hard to overlook Ost-Richie Ost-Richardson, Beau Cass(owary)on, Ka-geese-o Rabada, Fred Titmus, and umpire Col (Budger)Egar

Yeah there were a few that I could have bludgeoned in. H-emu Adhikari & Godfrey La-wren-ce come to mind

 

[Tonga Bob]

de Kock very stiff to miss out.

I also missed Rishabh Pant & Jasprit Bumrah.

 

[FredLeDeux]

I also missed Rishabh Pant & Jasprit Bumrah.

What about one of the originals, Dick-A-Dick?

 

[TubbsFarquhar]

The Ornithological First XI:

1) Aaron Finch (AUS) +
2) Robin Smith (ENG)
3) Martin Crowe (NZ) c
4) Graeme Fowler (ENG)
5) Jeff Crowe (NZ)
6) Neil Hawke (AUS)
7) Robin Pietersen (SA)
8) Graeme Swann (ENG)
9) Joe Partridge (SA/ZIM)
10) Jackson Bird (AUS)
11) Joel Garner (WI)

12th man) Hunter 'Stork' Hendry (AUS)

Coach) Lord Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke

Flew the coop and weren't selected: Robin Jackman (ENG), Robin Hobbs (ENG), Morice Bird (ENG), Ernest Bock (Bock Bock) (SA), Robin Singh (IND), Robin Bynoe (WI), Gul Mohammad (PAK), Vasbert Drakes (WI) & George Duckworth (ENG - not to be confused with the Duckworth-Lewis Duckworth).

Nice list, but I probably would have Chris Martin in over Jackson Bird. The cricinfo profile of him by Brydon Coverdale (better known as The Shark from The Chase) is a hilarious read, he described his batting as "outrageously feeble" and that getting him out was as difficult as making a cup of tea and often took less time. Despite his batting, he was a decent seamer with 71 tests and nearly 250 wickets.

Also, no Shane Warne (tit)?

 

[Tonga Bob]

What about one of the originals, Dick-A-Dick?

Wait what????

 

[FredLeDeux]

Wait what????

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick-a-Dick

 

[PhatBoy]

Wait what????

From the Aboriginal side that toured England