| Subject: | Re: Fuller Pilch makes the headlines |
| From: | Paul Hyett |
| Posting date: | 05-07-2008 |
| Content: | |
On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 at 05:40:31, Robert Henderson
wrote in uk.sport.cricket :
>In message , Paul Hyett
> writes
>>On Thu, 3 Jul 2008 at 12:05:08, Robert Henderson
>> wrote in uk.sport.cricket :
>>>
>>>2. Bradman played 90% of his cricket before he reached 30. Had Grace
>>>played the same amount before he was 30 he would have averaged well
>>>over 50 with the bat. RH
>>
>>I wonder if Bradman's career average would have been higher or lower
>>if the war years had not been lost?
>>
>>Given that he'd just turned 31 when the war broke out, I would guess
>>that it would have been even higher.
>
>Why? His reflexes would be slowing and physical stamina deteriorating,
>both important components of his batting because of long innings he
>played.
Except that a lot of top-class batsmen have their best years in their
early-to-mid 30's - it's not generally until their late-30's that
greater experience can no longer compensate for deteriorating reflexes &
stamina.
> After 1945 He was nothing like the batsman he had been before 1939.
>RH
I disagree - per Cricket Archive, his batting average was still around
93 in the FC matches he played after WW2.
http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/492/f_Batting_by_Season.html
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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham |
