It would have been unthinkable to have omitted such stalwart characters as Lesley Balfour-Melville, the fellow whose innings of 73 helped defeat the touring Australians in 1882 and was a sublimely gifted all-rounder -- he also represented his country in rugby and was Scottish champion in tennis, billiards, the long jump and amateur golf -- while there was no questioning the merits of a variety of players, who straddled the divide between Scotland and England, men in the mould of Mike Denness, Brian Hardie, Dougie Brown and Gavin Hamilton.
