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The Butcher
My next pick Bill Brown
Stats||Matches||Runs||HS||
Ave||100s/50s
First-Class | |189| |13,838| |265*| |51.44| |39/66
Test | |22| |1,592| |206*| |46.82| |4/9
A bit about him from cricinfo:
"WA (Bill) Brown was an outstanding opening batsman and excellent fieldsman for Australia on either side of the Second World War, his achievements perhaps overshadowed by his more lauded contemporaries. He averaged nearly 47 in Tests, and over fifty in first-class cricket, making 39 first-class hundreds. He would have undoubtedly played more Test cricket if it were not for the war. An unspectacular bat, he was a superb glancer, and deft placer of the ball. He had a full range of shots, however, and was hard to tie down."
A bit about him from theguardian.com:
"Brown made a century in his first Test at Lord's in 1934, and a double-century there four years later. The latter, an unbeaten 206 in 375 minutes out of 422, came when Australia were under the cosh, chasing England's 494, and secured a draw that underwrote a successful Ashes defence. He was on the field from the start of the match until 5pm on the fourth day.
Brown was then just 25 and at his peak. He made 1,057 runs in 11 innings of the subsequent home summer - more even than Bradman. But thanks to the war, during which he served as a pilot officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, he would be 33 when next he toured, leading Australia to New Zealand and won only five more caps at irregular intervals over the next two and a half years before his retirement."
Ave||100s/50sFirst-Class | |189| |13,838| |265*| |51.44| |39/66
Test | |22| |1,592| |206*| |46.82| |4/9
A bit about him from wiki:
William Alfred Brown was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Test matches between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partnership with Jack Fingleton in the 1930s is regarded as one of the finest in Australian Test history. After the interruption of World War II, Brown was a member of the team dubbed "The Invincibles", who toured England in 1948 without defeat under the leadership of Don Bradman.
William Alfred Brown was an Australian cricketer who played 22 Test matches between 1934 and 1948, captaining his country in one Test. A right-handed opening batsman, his partnership with Jack Fingleton in the 1930s is regarded as one of the finest in Australian Test history. After the interruption of World War II, Brown was a member of the team dubbed "The Invincibles", who toured England in 1948 without defeat under the leadership of Don Bradman.
A bit about him from cricinfo:
"WA (Bill) Brown was an outstanding opening batsman and excellent fieldsman for Australia on either side of the Second World War, his achievements perhaps overshadowed by his more lauded contemporaries. He averaged nearly 47 in Tests, and over fifty in first-class cricket, making 39 first-class hundreds. He would have undoubtedly played more Test cricket if it were not for the war. An unspectacular bat, he was a superb glancer, and deft placer of the ball. He had a full range of shots, however, and was hard to tie down."
A bit about him from theguardian.com:
"Brown made a century in his first Test at Lord's in 1934, and a double-century there four years later. The latter, an unbeaten 206 in 375 minutes out of 422, came when Australia were under the cosh, chasing England's 494, and secured a draw that underwrote a successful Ashes defence. He was on the field from the start of the match until 5pm on the fourth day.
Brown was then just 25 and at his peak. He made 1,057 runs in 11 innings of the subsequent home summer - more even than Bradman. But thanks to the war, during which he served as a pilot officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, he would be 33 when next he toured, leading Australia to New Zealand and won only five more caps at irregular intervals over the next two and a half years before his retirement."
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