Special Report on George Headley, George Bradman
George Headley, George Bradman
Facts and figures about George Headley.
A portion of the individuals who pride themselves on information of cricket and cricketers likely know less about George Headley than they should.
From right off the bat in his profession, Headley was referred to in his country of Jamaica as the Dark Bradman. Conceived on 30 May 1909, he played for Jamaica at 18 years old and in his second match, an amusement against Tennyson's English visiting group, he scored 211. Instantly, Ruler Tennyson contrasted him with the exceptional Victor Trumper and to the 'representative general', Charles Macartney.
From the age of five, I have trusted Wear Bradman to be the best batsman who at any point lived. Factually, there is no contention. A test normal of 99.94 leads the second man, Graeme Pollock by very nearly forty runs and George Headley is third. There is significantly more to it than that, as Bradman might have been, generally, totally predominant at the wrinkle, scoring rapidly, apparently without exertion. Nonetheless, for those, similar to the West Indian cricket author CLR James, who may jump at the chance to present a defense for George Headley, there is one other issue to be considered. Was Bradman the best of players in all conditions?
An examination of exhibitions on troublesome, wet wickets would propose that there were others, specifically, Headley and Jack Hobbs, both verifiably extraordinary players, who were unquestionably preferred players over Bradman on terrible wickets.
In the years prior to the war, in fifteen innings played on wet wickets, Bradman passed fifty once and arrived at the midpoint of 17. Headley's normal for that period on wet wickets is 40. To support Bradman, obviously, is that he realized that through his vocation he would not need to bat frequently on terrible wickets. It is presumably evident that had he adjusted a style that was ideal for the wickets on which he played the vast majority of his cricket, he could have figured out how to adapt to awful wickets however such was his wonderful achievement for the most part, he likely chose not to alter something that was working so well. Bradman absolutely disliked wet wickets but rather curiously, Headley really appreciated playing on them, since they were so exceptionally troublesome. He savored the test and the need to observe each ball eagerly and play it as late as could be expected under the circumstances, something he did as such normally, that on events bowlers would bid for lbw as he played the ball off his stumps at the specific last moment.
What Headley shares with Bradman is that neither of them at any point bombed in a test arrangement, something that is genuine just of maybe Graeme Pollock and Herbert Sutcliffe. Another quality he imparts to Bradman, to a far more noteworthy degree than any batsman in history is the capacity to transform fifty into a hundred. In his test profession, he made ten centuries and five fifties, while Bradman made twenty-nine centuries and thirteen fifties. Bradman scored a test century on each third visit to the wrinkle, Headley on each fourth visit. No one else comes anyplace close to those figures.
Like a large portion of the immense players, Headley was an ace on the back foot, which likewise enabled him to play the ball late. He batted forcefully yet never carelessly and was especially careful about what he called 'terrible' balls when one could lose fixation and play a senseless shot. His fixation and center were outstanding and he never discarded his wicket. A peaceful, humble man, he by and by was completely mindful of his own capacity. At some point, viewing with CLR James as the Australians battled with Britain, Bill 'Tiger' O'Reilly, considered by Bradman to be the best everything being equal, dumbfounded an especially great in which he took a few wickets. James asked Headley whether he would be in troubles confronting such knocking down some pins.
Headley answered, "When I am going in to bat, I am never in challenges. I can get out for nothing yet I am never in challenges."
This was not an absence of unobtrusiveness. Headley was just talking reality.
