I originally produced this post OTD last year, and now reproduce it. I add an honourable mention that I missed first time round. Ken Farnes does not quite displace Jack Ferris or George Freeman from the XI, but I should have mentioned his brief career, terminated by WWII, in which conflict he lost his life.
I continue my exploration of the all time XI theme with a look at players whose surnames begin with the letter F.
THE XI IN BATTING ORDER
- Roy Fredericks (West Indies). Somewhat overshadowed by the later deeds of the greatest opening combo WI have ever produced, Greenidge and Haynes, Fredericks was nevertheless a player of the highest class. His most famous test knock was an innings of 169 against Australia at the WACA in Perth, not generally a happy hunting ground for visiting players. He was also only the second player to score a century in a men’s ODI after Dennis Amiss.
- Charles Burgess Fry (Sussex, England). His mastery of the art of batting is all the more astonishing given that cricket was just one area in which he excelled. He once scored a six successive first class centuries, a feat equalled by Bradman and Procter but unsurpassed to this…
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I am struck by the amazing photo.
Thank you – there are two places where I might have got that particular picture – the buddleia in my own back garden, and a much larger buddleia that grows alongside a bridge over the Gaywood River, a few minutes walk from my home. I cannot remember year on which one it was.