The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Although his "imposing" shield form was only one good year and on that basis was always likely to end in tears. If the selectors wanted to pick an older player with imposing 1st class form players like Klinger and Cosgrove had scored more runs over more sustained periods. Klinger for example has had a similar stellar season in the past, but has consistently outscored Voges over the years. Klinger also has regularly featured in the top runscorers in County Cricket - that might have been of some use as well.
Your points are well made and I rate Klinger, but possibly not as a potential test player. At the risk of being unnecessarily blunt, Cosgrove is too fat to play test cricket. Fielding is 50% of the game and we couldn't hide him at 1st slip all the time.