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Always good to see locals making it into the county side and even better when they get their county cap - and also when they stay or return to the area. Ian Thompson (fast bowler from the 60s) turned up as a supply teacher at my son's school some years back. I tried to explain to my lad the...

Many thanks. suspect there are others out there. Think I'd go for Wells (A) and AA Jones at the expense of Cheatle and Hodd.

Cracking team showing the strength of club cricket in Sussex. I don't remember Nicky Phillips though (no disrespect intended). Great involve your dad in this thread too!

The case of Gehan Mendis got me thinking about other Sussex players who left and found other counties. Obviously these days there's load who come and go (eg Yasir Arafat) so I've limited myself to players who were established in the team. Here's my X1. The fast bowling is rather...

Respect! Unfortunately though I suspect his energies were drained by his off-pitch exploits as his overall performance with the bat was pretty ordinary? He'd star in a different kind of dream team maybe?

The joy of this exercise is that if you want him then he's in! He's pretty much a contemporary of mine so watched his career with interest. He goes into the category of one of the best players not to get an England cap. I'd put him in the same class as Alan Wells and Paul Parker who both (just)...

Agreed, but not sure about Wells (Alan?) as an opening bat? Bowling line-up looks good.................

Yes, no problem: I've personally negotiated this deal with the organisers of the 'Dream Teams' Championship'. They feel so sorry for us in our present state (we've recovered from 5 for 3 against Kent earlier this afternoon!) that they've generously agreed to let us play 13 against other teams'...

Yes - was there on the Saturday too. A very proud day in the county's history as this WI side were awesome and thrashed England in the Test series. I remember that Ken Suttle took one to the head from Charlie Griffith during the game? Didn't stop him from breaking the record for consecutive...

I think you'd need to be quite old to have seen him play? He was a great Bishop though! A campaigning anti-poverty champion. Might get into a composite dream team for ethical reasons and as a counter-balance to those who went on rebel tours to S Africa?

And Mendis was another local in terms of schooling. I think he actually got better when he moved to Lancs - but we should never have let him go.

Thought Martin Speight was a fine player and almost ahead of his time in his range of shots. Hugely talented player but ended up going to Durham?

Finally, a close shave?

A side for Sussex cricket connoisseurs! John Denman must have been the slowest (and shortest?) ever fast bowler?

Yes - Bevan arguably the greatest one day 'finisher' of all time?

A useful side indeed. If Snowy was in the right mood this bowling attack would run through most teams - and might even dismiss Boycott's granny!

The Nawab of Patuadi was the Indian? Went to school with one of Suttle's sons - he showed no interest at all in cricket. Jim Parks now lives in....(sorry)......Worthing (unless he's moved recently). Think you'd need to make a couple of harsh selection decisions on the morning of the game.

Nice one. The only one of those that I'd query - just because he was a couple of years before my time - would be Marlar (although I well remember him as a very opinionated Sunday Times journo). Les Lenham was class (and his brother went out with my sister!). Not sure this team would hammer a...

Enjoying your choices and comments. Lewry played for Goring CC and more or less went straight into 1st team county cricket, just missing Test match selection. Liked his pint and cigs, I believe. RMJ was by all accounts a proper gent. I'd have like to find a space for Paul Parker - fab fielder...

Like it. Take your point about overseas issue but the joy of this is that it's totally and unapologetically subjective exercise - just player who you've enjoyed watching. Pleased to see NI Thompson as he represents another Worthing link: took 10 wickets in an innings at the Manor Ground. (I've...