Post Line-ups Cricket at the 1948 Olympics | Match 12 - What on earth happened back there?!

[CerealKiller]

Paris 8

Australia

Wrong flag

 

[VC the slogger]

Wrong flag

Not really. Australia used the Union Jack as their national flag before adopting the current Blue Ensign sometime in 1903 or 1904.

 

[Aislabie]

Olympic Bowling Record - Progressive Holders
FOR BATTING RECORD, SEE HERE​

Bart King - 8-0-22-3 vs Australia - Athens 1896
In the very first Olympic cricket match, it was the bowling of John Barton King which stood out head and shoulders above the rest. He dismissed the Australian opening pair of Alec Bannerman and Joe Darling before returning to dismiss tail-ender Ernie Jones for a third victim.

Tom Richardson - 7.1-0-15-4 vs Canada - Athens 1896
Tom Richardson, already well known for dismissing entire teams on his day, found a perfect line and length in his country's first Olympic match against Canada. That said, his four victims (Wallace Jones, Rein Wadsworth, Hal McGiverin and Frank Grew) were hardly world-class batsmen.

George Patterson - 9.2-0-20-5 vs Canada - Athens 1896
Mere days after falling victim to Tom Richardson, the Canadians fell victim to another spell of tidy seam bowling. This time, it was the accurate American George Patterson who took on the role of destroyer-in-chief, as he claimed five wickets: four catches behind the wicket and an LBW.

Tom Richardson - 5.1-1-11-7 vs France - Paris 1900
When the French team tried to face up to the world-class British bowlers, it was never going to be a fair contest. Tom Richardson ensured that this would be hauntingly true as he claimed no fewer than seven amateur French wickets. Observers of the time agreed that this was unbeatable.

Bart King - 5-0-11-8 vs Netherlands - Stockholm 1912
Much like Tom Richardson more than a decade before, Bart King proved himself to be simply too good for rank amateurs to face up to. In this case, the amateurs were Dutch, and like Richardson's Frenchmen, they simply didn't stand a chance against such a sublime display of fast bowling. This record has now stood for two decades.

 

[CerealKiller]

@VC the slogger will you continue the league?

 

[VC the slogger]

@VC the slogger will you continue the league?

Yeah, I reckon I will. For now I have set my sights on getting it to Berlin 1936 which was the last Olympics before the outbreak of World War II. Can't quite guarantee whether I'll be able to continue it even further from there, though I'd love to.

 

[VC the slogger]

1932 & 1936 are on my agenda, but for now let's go back in time to the Golden Age and finish this. Until recently, I was not aware of this tournament's existence, or I would have started it right after finishing 1904.

Cricket at the Intercalated Games - Athens 1906​

The 1904 Olympic Games in St Louis were mostly overshadowed by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, much like the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris during the time of the Exposition Universelle. Both Games stretched over long periods and were far from the standards set by the original 1896 Olympic Games in Athens. The Olympic Movement is currently not in good shape and desperately needs to recapture the spirit of 1896. It needs to do so quickly, as to all those who did not participate in St. Louis, Rome 1908 will mean an 8-year gap. As a compromise, the first Intercalated Games have been scheduled to start in 1906 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of a new schedule, where every four years, in between the internationally organized games, there will be intermediate games held in Athens. The IOC as a whole have given the Greek NOC full support for the organisation of the event.

Ten different nations have offered their support for cricket to be included as an event at the venue where it proved so successful ten years previously in 1896, when the United States stunned the world to win a Gold medal ahead of their Test-playing peers from Australia and Great Britain. The teams participating (in alphabetical order) are

Australia,

Belgium,

Canada,

Egypt,

France,

Great Britain,

Netherlands,

South Africa,

United States and the

West Indies. The iconic Panathinaiko Stadium will once again play host to cricket matches, and the ten participating teams will be evenly distributed across two groups of five each for the tournament which is set to be in the round-robin format.


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Below is a list of incumbent managers. If you're interested in continuing, please skip straight to posting your lineups for your respective matches so we can get this underway. Your squads have been put up on the index. Please also note that that the Bronze and Sapphire/Crystal rarities have been switched with each other, effectively putting Bronze players above Sapphire/Crystal players from here on.

Australia - @CerealKiller

Belgium - @Markkkkk

Canada - Vacant

Egypt - @zwarrior

France - @Na Maloom Afraad

Great Britain - @Saroj padhy

Netherlands - @themusketeer

South Africa - @Sodium/@HawkAussie

United States - @The Author

West Indies - @Asham & @Samuels

Signups are open for

Canada.


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Round 1 fixtures

Canada v

United States at

Athens

- Pitch: Damp/Sticky
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Lineup restrictions/quotas: None

Egypt v

West Indies at

Athens

- Pitch: Damp/Sticky
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Lineup restrictions/quotas: None

France v

South Africa at

Athens

- Pitch: Damp/Sticky
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Lineup restrictions/quotas: None

Great Britain v

Netherlands at

Athens

- Pitch: Damp/Sticky
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Lineup restrictions/quotas: None

Australia &

Belgium have byes in this round.


Lineup rules

1) A proper wicket-keeper (/) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 6 players marked to bowl.
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) Lineup restrictions/quotas as mentioned in the match details must be followed.

Player rarities

In each squad, players have been marked with these icons to give you a fair idea of their playing skills and overall usefulness to your team.

- Legend. Used for the players that are undoubtedly the best of the lot.
- Gold. Used for players with a high level of consistency and ability to deliver during key moments.
- Ruby. Used for players that are extremely talented and can play in a way no one else can replicate.
- Silver. Used for players that aren't as talented as their Gold/Ruby/Legend contemporaries, but still capable of holding their own against the best in business.
- Bronze. Used for players that are a level below Silver. They are more likely to put in good performances than players from the Sapphire/Crystal category.
- Sapphire/Crystal. Used for players that are inexperienced or with a lower skill set compared to those from a higher category. They could either put in good performances or fail miserably.

Standings

||Team||Pld||Won||Lost||NR/T||Pts

| | Australia | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | Canada | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | Egypt | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | West Indies | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | United States | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

||Team||Pld||Won||Lost||NR/T||Pts

| | Belgium | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | France | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | Great Britain | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | Netherlands | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

| | South Africa | | - | | - | | - | | - | | 0

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Statistics

To be updated later.

Explanation on pitch types

Damp/Sticky - Massively in favor of bowlers and an absolute nightmare to bat on, unless you're Victor Trumper.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Green - A lot of movement on offer, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Quite regular to find in most European countries.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way.
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.​

 

[Saroj padhy]

Archie MacLaren

CB Fry

Johnny Tyldesley

George Hirst

Wilfred Rhodes

Gilbert Jessop

Reggie Spooner

Dick Lilley

Arthur Fielder

Walter Lees

Colin Blythe

 

[Targaryen]

William Shalders

Louis Tancred

Dave Nourse

Maitland Hathorn

Jimmy Sinclair

Aubrey Faulkner

Percy Sherwell

Tip Snooke

Reggie Schwarz

Johannes Kotze

James Whitehead[DOUBLEPOST=1480303828][/DOUBLEPOST]The flag of South Africa is incorrect.

 

[VC the slogger]

The flag of South Africa is incorrect.

'Tis not. The Red Ensign wasn't adopted until 1910.

 

[zwarrior]

Egypt-

Humphrey Bircham

Robert Buxton

William Evans

John Burrough

Nicholas Udal

Richard More

Herbert Carver

Francis Postlethwaite

Geoffrey MacLaren

Ralph Crake

Albert Mustard

 

[Samuels]

Do I stand a chance of getting a working, proper co?

 

[VC the slogger]

Do I stand a chance of getting a working, proper co?

Sure, if you're able to find one yourself. But I doubt it's really necessary in a simple league such as this where all one has to do is occasionally pop up and post lineups.

 

[Yash.]

Can i be a manager?

 

[VC the slogger]

Can i be a manager?

You could opt for the Canadians who are currently available. Their current set of players (as of 1906) look a lot stronger on paper than the team that almost won them a Bronze medal in 1900.

 

[AliB]

I would love to have Canada under my belt.