962:: "You could hear the snick all over the ground". The umpire, however, gave Bradman not out. Bradman went on to compile 334, beating his record score of two weeks earlier. Larwood's one wicket in the Australian innings cost 139 runs; England were saved from probable defeat when the game was shortened by rain. The England selectors dropped Larwood from the team for the fourth Test, in which Bradman was limited to 14 runs, but the game was rained off after just over two days' play. Larwood was recalled for the final Test at the Oval that, as in 1926, would determine the series victor. In a game with no time limit, Australia replied to England's 405 with 695 (Bradman 232), then dismissed England for 251 to win by an innings and 39 runs. Larwood's single wicket—Bradman, for the first time in Tests—cost 132 runs. In the three Tests in which he played, Larwood took 4 wickets for 292; Bradman, he admitted, had "pasted me unmercifully". Commentators recognised the danger that Bradman presented to English hopes; the former England bowler
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adopted a regulation that specifically outlawed bodyline bowling in
Australia; MCC's initial response was to declare this law impractical, but as the events of the season unfolded they modified their stance. The ICC meeting on 31 July produced no immediate resolution, but did elicit a verbal promise from the MCC that bodyline would not be used in the projected 1934 tour by the Australians. In exchanges of telegrams with the Australian Board, the MCC still contrived to avoid a specific commitment, while emphasising that they had "always agreed that a form of bowling which is obviously a direct attack by the bowler upon the batsman would be an offence against the spirit of the game". On that basis, the Australian Board agreed to the 1934 tour.
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the next two years he concentrated mainly on domestic cricket. He made one Test appearance in 1931, against New
Zealand, in a rain-ruined game in which he neither batted nor bowled. He headed the domestic bowling averages in 1931 and 1932, in the latter year with 162 wickets at 12.86, the best seasonal figures of his career. However, because of his poor Test record in 1930, Larwood thought his chances of selection for the 1932–33 tour to Australia were slim. The 1932 Test trial was limited to half a day's play, during which Larwood bowled 15 overs for a single wicket. Nevertheless, to his great relief he was selected for the tour, as was Voce, who had been England's most successful bowler during the South African tour of 1930–31.
986:, who in 1928–29 dismissed Jardine and Herbert Sutcliffe using this tactic. What Jardine planned was a sustained leg stump attack, used in conjunction with a semicircle of close leg-side fielders ready to pounce on any mistimed shot. He found a willing ally in Carr, who, though no longer playing Test cricket, still captained Nottinghamshire and had, according to Hamilton, "an almost carnivorous appetite for trying to humiliate the Australians and grinding them, and especially Bradman, into the dirt". At a private dinner at the Piccadilly Hotel, which Jardine and Carr arranged shortly after the announcement of the 1932–33 touring party, Larwood and Voce were quizzed about leg theory. Larwood later recalled the conversation thus:
1263:, in his second county match for Middlesex, faced Larwood in June 1936; he later recorded that Larwood and Voce were the most accurate fast bowlers he ever faced, and that Larwood was the fastest. The benefit season yielded the then county record sum of £2,098. In the English winter of 1936–37, while an MCC team led by Allen toured Australia, Larwood took a coaching job in India. The climate and the food disagreed with him, and he returned home early. His bowling achievements in 1937 were modest: 70 wickets at 24.57. Larwood's relations with Nottinghamshire had steadily deteriorated since Carr's dismissal from the captaincy in 1934; his foot problem returned, and was aggravated by a
1085:, used the word "bodyline" to describe the English leg theory bowling. The term was soon universally adopted in Australia, though English sources continued to refer to "leg theory". The second Test, at Melbourne beginning 30 December, was played on a much slower pitch that blunted the English pace attack. Larwood was further handicapped by pains from sore feet, caused by a new pair of boots. Bradman returned to the Australian side and scored a century, guiding his team to victory by 111 runs; his success led many commentators to suppose that fast leg theory would thenceforth prove ineffective. The series was tied 1–1 and, in the words of the writer-historian
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1178:, he batted well into the following day to score 98. In the Australians' second innings Larwood suffered a serious injury to his left foot, the legacy of much bowling on hard, unyielding pitches. Although he could no longer bowl, Jardine would not let him leave the field while Bradman was still batting, believing that Larwood's continuing presence represented a psychological threat. When Bradman was out, he and Larwood left the field together, although no words were exchanged. England won the match to secure a 4–1 series victory.
860:, who scored 18 and 1 and was dropped for the second Test, before being rapidly reinstated for the third. England maintained their ascendancy during the second, third and fourth Tests, though with decreasing victory margins; Australia finally achieved success in the last match, giving England a 4–1 series victory. A combination of hard pitches, stifling heat, and long matches reduced Larwood's effectiveness as the tour progressed. He finished the Test series with 18 wickets at 40.22, behind
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during the 1930 Oval Test) he thought that
Bradman showed a dislike for fast, rising balls, and had been shaken when one such delivery from Larwood had hit him in the chest. This matter had been widely discussed among cricketers; a clip of film from the Oval match appeared to confirm that Bradman had flinched. This, to Jardine, suggested the basis of a plan: a sustained attack of fast leg theory that might unsettle not just Bradman but the Australian batsmen generally.
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county matches. His overall bowling figures for the 1929 season were less impressive than in the two previous years; with 117 wickets at 21.66 he fell to 25th place in the national averages. The 20-year-old Voce, whose fast-medium bowling style had now fully developed, was the county's most successful bowler. Together, Larwood and Voce helped
Nottinghamshire to secure the County Championship that had narrowly evaded them two years earlier. Ahead of the
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bodyline series was distant history. Later that year he visited
England, and watched England's cricketers play Australia at Trent Bridge, his old home ground; this was one of several trips he made to his home country, the last of which was in 1980. In 1982, the 50th anniversary of the bodyline series was commemorated with much publicity, some of which brought a revival of hate mail and hostility towards Larwood.
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709:, early in June. Larwood took five wickets in the match, but was not selected for the first Test, which in any event was ruined by rain after barely an hour's play. For the second Test, due to begin at Lord's on 26 June, the selectors took a gamble and selected the youthful Larwood. His reaction when told by Carr was to protest that he was not good enough; Carr assured him that he was.
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contract. He accepted instantly; the terms were 32 shillings (£1.60) per week—the same as his mining wages—and he was expected, when not playing, to carry out ground staff duties. Robert
Larwood was angry that his son had not asked for more generous terms, but according to Hamilton, Harold would have agreed to anything to escape from the mine, even for a single summer.
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626:, Larwood concentrated on building his physique and on learning bowling skills. He grew a few inches in height, although he remained short for a fast bowler, and under Iremonger's regime of diet and exercise he gained weight. Besides his physical development, he learned by incessant practice various bowling arts, among them accuracy in
732:—while conceding 136 runs. He thought his performance "wasn't great ... I wasted a lot of energy". He was not selected for the Third or Fourth Tests, both of which ended in draws; after the fourth match Carr, whose leadership had been criticised and whose batting form was poor, was replaced as England's captain by
1008:, were puzzled by the ineffectiveness of the bowling. Arlott later reasoned that what appeared weak bowling on English pitches would be a different proposition on the much faster Australian pitches. Hostile fast bowling was not confined to Larwood and Voce; in Yorkshire's match against Surrey at The Oval,
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One could tell his art by his run to the wickets. It was a poem of athletic grace, as each muscle gave over to the other with perfect balance and the utmost power. He began his long run slowly ... his legs and arms pistoned up his speed, and as he neared the wickets he was in very truth like the
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Jardine asked me if I could bowl on the leg stump making the ball come up into the body all the time, so that
Bradman had to play his shots to leg. "Yes, I think that can be done", I said ... I had no doubt of its purpose: we thought Don was frightened of sharp rising balls, and we reasoned that
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In 1931, with the 1932–33 series in mind, the selectors had appointed
Jardine as England's captain. In his efforts to build a strategy whereby he could threaten the Australian supremacy, the new captain consulted widely. Along with other observers, including Duckworth (who had kept wicket for England
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Bradman, Larwood was successful in 1930, rising to fourth place in the national bowling averages (99 wickets at 16.38). He also batted well on occasions, including a not-out century against Northamptonshire. He was not selected for the 1930–31 tour of South Africa, and for
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English cricketing circles, since Chapman's victorious 1928–29 side was largely intact and on paper looked formidably strong, especially in batting. England duly won the first Test, at Trent Bridge, by 93 runs, despite a second-innings century from Bradman that for a time
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in Australia. The Australians' description of the method as "unsportsmanlike" soured cricketing and political relations between the two countries; during subsequent efforts to heal the breach, Larwood refused to apologise for his bowling, since he was carrying out his captain's instructions. He never
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Larwood said he did not intend to hit batsmen, though "I didn't shed any crocodile tears if a batsman was hit in the thigh". In a press interview in 1990 he admitted that he "might sometimes have bowled at a batsman's ribs, but never at his head". He did from time to time inflict serious injuries on
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The injury to Larwood's foot meant that he scarcely bowled for Nottinghamshire in 1933. However, such was his drawing power that the county continued to play him as a batsman until mid-July, when his unfitness prematurely ended his season. Meanwhile, on 28 April the Australian Board had unilaterally
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amateur. Warner was manager of the side; he had captained two tours to Australia prior to 1914 and was a popular figure there. The manager's role, as the tour's historian Laurence Le Quesne remarks, was at the time less influential than that of the captain, who had absolute authority on the field of
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as "absolutely classical, left side showing down the wicket before the arm swung over with a thrilling vehement rhythm". Facing Larwood at his fastest was, according to Hamilton, "akin to a public stoning". Hobbs, who batted against him many times in county matches, thought him not just the fastest
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injury to his left knee. In 1938, after a few matches, he left the county by mutual agreement and retired from first-class cricket. In his first-class career he took 1,427 wickets at 17.51, and scored 7,290 runs at 19.91 including three centuries. In Tests he took 78 wickets at 28.35 and scored 485
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The first Test began at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 2 December 1932, and was played in a tense and heated atmosphere. Bradman, whose discomfort and poor form against the tourists' bowling in the preparatory games had become sources of anxiety, was prevented from playing by illness. England won the
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at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, along with many survivors of old Ashes battles. As on similar past occasions he had to be persuaded to go; later he would describe it as "one of the best days of my life". His presence created considerable interest among generations of cricket followers to whom the
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Back in England for the 1929 season, Larwood made three Test appearances against the visiting South Africans, for modest returns: a total of eight wickets at 23.25, and with the bat 50 runs at 12.50. He was injured during the third Test, and thus missed the last two games of the series and several
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In the 1926 season as a whole, Larwood took 137 wickets at 18.31; with the bat he scored 451 runs at 12.88. No Tests were played in 1927; Larwood's performances for Nottinghamshire, however, lifted him to the top of the national bowling averages—100 wickets at 16.95—and he was chosen as one of the
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Under Carr's influence Larwood developed tastes for beer and cigarettes. His biographer Duncan Hamilton writes: "An amalgam of alcohol and success loosened Larwood up, made him relax in company and brought him out of himself". Heavy beer consumption was a feature of Larwood's fast bowling career.
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obituary, was "one of the rare fast bowlers in the game's long history to spread terror in opposition ranks by the mere mention of his name". Timing technology was primitive in his day, but various tests indicated speeds of between 90 and 100 mph (140 and 160 km/h). Fingleton commented
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His illness meant that Larwood missed the second Test, at Lord's, which saw Australia score a record 729 for 6 including a rapid 254 from Bradman, at the time the highest individual Test score in England. Australia won the game by seven wickets, to draw level 1–1 in the five-match series. Larwood
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article a strong defence of what he continued to call "leg theory". Woodfull, he said, was too slow, and Bradman too scared: "Richardson and McCabe played me all right, Woodfull and Bradman could not". He was highly critical of the Australian crowds who, he said, knew nothing of cricket—all they
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cabled the MCC, protesting the English tactics with a direct accusation of unsportsmanlike conduct. In reply, MCC rejected the Australian Board's charges and insisted that they withdraw the charge of bad sportsmanship. The row escalated into high diplomatic and political circles, and drew in the
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batsmen sustained injuries as their side struggled with the unfamiliar bowling, at one stage losing 8 wickets for 52 runs. However, Glamorgan, reckoned to be a weak batting side, scored more than 500 against the experimental attack; spectators, including the future cricket writer and commentator
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to emigrate and settle in Australia, where he was warmly welcomed, in contrast to the reception accorded him in his cricketing days. He worked for a soft drinks firm, and as an occasional reporter and commentator on Tests against visiting England sides. He paid several visits to England, and was
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By the beginning of the 1934 season Larwood was fit again, and it was anticipated that he would play in the Tests. Jardine had earlier issued an unequivocal statement that he would not play. By way of confirming their commitment not to use bodyline, the MCC committee decided that Larwood should
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In his final years, Larwood withdrew his claims that Bradman had been frightened of him, and acknowledged his Australian foe as the greatest batsman of all time. He was gradually losing his sight, although he retained his alertness, and on his 90th birthday was able to join in a game of garden
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side that was playing its first series. He took six wickets in these matches, but his best performances that season were for Nottinghamshire. With 138 wickets at 14.51, Larwood once again headed the national bowling averages. As a batsman, his 626 runs at an average of 26.08 included his first
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s S. J. Southerton described as "faster than I have ever seen him". According to Jardine's biographer Christopher Douglas, this bowling, which included a spell of 3 wickets in 5 overs for 9 runs, delivered a lasting blow to Australian morale and was a major factor in England's ultimate series
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thought he looked more like a jockey than a cricketer. At first he bowled badly, and his efforts were unimpressive. As his confidence increased his bowling improved, and committee members began to revise their initial dismissive judgement; when the session ended, Larwood was offered a playing
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Southerton's tour report refers to the crowds' reactions to the England team, and in particular to the "barracking" of Larwood. This, he says, only once reached unacceptable proportions—during the game against Victoria that took place between the fourth and fifth Tests. This disturbance was
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Bodyline bowling assumed such proportions as to menace best interests of game ... causing intensely bitter feeling between players as well as injury. In our opinion is unsportsmanlike. Unless stopped at once likely to upset friendly relations existing between Australia and England
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From time to time Larwood supplemented his wages by commenting on cricket for newspapers and broadcasters. At first he was treated with some suspicion by English touring teams; in 1950–51 when he visited the English dressing room he received a cold reception from the England captain,
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Despite his short stature (at 18 he was only 5 feet 4 inches tall), Larwood had acquired considerable stamina and upper body strength from his long shifts at the mine and could bowl at a disconcertingly fast speed. Among those who watched his rising prowess as a fast bowler was
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At around 5 feet 7 inches, Larwood was short for a fast bowler, although he had long arms in relation to his height. His lower bowling trajectory helped the ball to retain speed. His side-on bowling action, following a smooth and almost soundless approach, was described by the
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When the Australians come here they are treated as gentlemen. When we go to Australia we have to suffer cheap wit from an unsportsmanlike gang which would not be tolerated for a moment here ... The Australians may not like my bowling. Well, I do not like their howling
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744:(4 for 44), who had first appeared for England in 1899, five years before Larwood was born. The victory meant that England had secured the Ashes for the first time since 1912. Among many tributes recognising Larwood's performance was one from the former England captain
740:. Primarily at the urging of Hobbs, Larwood was recalled for this critical game. On a tumultuous final day the Australians, needing 415 to win, were bowled out for 125, the main bowling honours being shared between Larwood (3 wickets for 34) and the 49-year-old veteran
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which he considered inaccurate and at risk of reawakening ill-feelings he thought best forgotten. In 1985 he was given honorary life membership of the Sydney Cricket Ground and, in England, the Larwood and Voce Stand was opened at Trent Bridge. In June 1993, in the
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of Pakistan, on 27 April 2002, was timed at 100 mph using electronic technology. This is the only ball officially timed at this speed, although other bowlers have achieved speeds in the upper 90s. These figures relate to individual deliveries rather than average
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who combined extreme speeds with great accuracy, he was considered by many players and commentators to be the finest and the fastest fast bowler of his generation and one of the fastest bowlers of all time. He was the main exponent of the bowling style known as
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on 18 November. Larwood dismissed Bradman for low scores in each of the Australian innings, writing later: "It was a refreshing sight to see clumsily waving his bat in the air". Hobbs, who having retired from Test cricket was reporting the tour for London's
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apologise to the Australians for his bowling on the 1932–33 tour. No such apology had been requested from Jardine; Larwood refused to do so, insisting that he had bowled precisely as instructed by his captain. Shortly before the second Test, he wrote in the
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In the fourth Test, which England won to retain the Ashes, Larwood curtailed his use of bodyline on an unreceptive pitch. The match passed without untoward incident; on the final day came news of the death of Archie Jackson, who had been ill for months with
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Prior to the Test series, the party played matches against State sides and selected Australian elevens. The intended fast leg theory attack was not revealed until the fifth of these games, against "An Australian XI" (including Bradman), which began at
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1186:. In the Test matches he had been England's most successful bowler, with 33 wickets at 19.52. As a batsman he had scored 145 runs, averaging 24.16. In all first-class matches on the tour he took 64 wickets at 13.89 and scored 358 runs at 23.45.
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in a five-match Test series, and Carr had been appointed to captain England. Hobbs was convinced that Larwood was good enough to play for his country; this recommendation may have prompted the young bowler's inclusion in a "Test Trial" match at
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chapel. His chief pastime was playing cricket for the village team, which he captained. Harold Larwood's biographer Duncan Hamilton writes that for Robert, cricket represented, "along with his dedication to God ... the core of his life".
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Bradman put England through the hoop. Larwood, Tate. Geary, Tyldesley, Hammond, and Leyland was not, on paper, a disreputable attack. But it was cut to pieces—not so much butchered as dissected and destroyed with a surgeon's knife.
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of South Africa were all carried unconscious from the field after being hit by high-speed deliveries. Many others suffered discomfort in the form of bruises and minor fractures. In Australia, in the wake of the bodyline series, a
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bowler, later became Larwood's principal fast bowling partner for county and country. At the season's end, Larwood was married, in a quiet and private ceremony, to Lois Bird, a miner's daughter whom he had first met in 1925.
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son who began working in the mines at the age of 14, Larwood was recommended to Nottinghamshire on the basis of his performances in club cricket, and rapidly acquired a place among the country's leading bowlers. He made his
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commented: "No greater disservice was ever done to English cricket than when Larwood was induced to dash into print and become responsible for statements which put him beyond the pale of being selected for England".
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on the head, causing his retirement from the match. The crowd's reaction was such that Larwood thought a full-scale invasion of the pitch might follow: "If one man jumps the fence the whole mob will go for us".
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newspaper, thought that the bowling had shaken Bradman's confidence: "He was drawing away, sure proof that he didn't like the bumpers". The English tactics in the game offended the crowds and so upset
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England eventually won by 338 runs; Larwood's total of seven wickets in the match was exceeded by Allen's eight, earned by orthodox style fast bowling. While the game was still in progress, the
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that he was unrepentant about leg theory, adding: "I doubt if I shall ever play against again, at least in big cricket". Larwood's Test career thus ended. In its review of the 1934 season,
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in Blackpool. Although he generally kept away from organised cricket and avoided all personal publicity, he was persuaded to attend a farewell luncheon for Don Bradman at the end of the
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As he grew older, Larwood increasingly spoke out on current cricket issues. He was particularly critical of the proliferation of protective clothing in the 1970s, and considered
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that Larwood was "about twice as fast as anyone out there", indicating a match in progress at Trent Bridge. However, one Australian from an earlier cricketing generation,
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On the basis of his form, Larwood was an obvious choice for the MCC touring side that Chapman took to Australia in the English winter of 1928–29. In an early game against
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In 1949, after years out of the limelight, Larwood was elected to honorary membership of the MCC. The following year he and his family were encouraged by former opponent
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Larwood continued to play for Nottinghamshire for several more seasons, with considerable success: 82 wickets at 17.25 in 1934, 102 at 22.70 in 1935 and in 1936, his
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if he got a lot of them he would be ... intimidated and eventually, having to direct his shots to leg all the time, would give a catch to one of the fieldsmen".
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fielders, had been noted by the Australian former bowler
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3761:(1984). "Introduction". In Fingleton, Parkinson (ed.).
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that touched the edge of the bat and was caught by the
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With a prayer and a curse they prepare for the hearse,
2427:"The Ashes: 1st Test Match, England v Australia 1930"
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returned to the England side for the third Test, at
516:Harold Larwood was born on 14 November 1904 in the
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3628:The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1876–77 to 1977–78
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3847:A 15-second clip of Larwood's run-up and delivery
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1519:Oh, they'd be a lot calmer in Ned Kelly's armour
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2880:Third Test Match: England v Australia 1932–33
2799:First Test Match: England v Australia 1932–33
2270:"England in Australia, 1928–29, Test averages"
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2495:Fourth Test Match: England v Australia 1930
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1643:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
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1026:English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33
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3706:Larwood, Harold and Perkins, Kevin (1985).
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2408:First Test Match: England v Australia 1930
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2126:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1985.
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2806:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1934.
2502:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1931.
2415:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1931.
1970:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1964.
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919:Australians' visit to England in 1930
891:Larwood in Australia in February 1929
3710:. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books.
3549:. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books.
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638:Seconds took 8 wickets for 44 runs.
3525:A Social History of English Cricket
3384:from the original on 23 March 2023.
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1146:, the governor of South Australia,
500:honoured at his old county ground,
477:Australia's victorious tour of 1930
434:between 1924 and 1938. A right-arm
428:Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
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4535:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
4515:English cricketers of 1919 to 1945
3827:. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
3810:. London: George Allen and Unwin.
3584:Douglas Jardine: Spartan Cricketer
2224:M.C.C. team in Australian 1928–29
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106:5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
4585:L. H. Tennyson's XI cricket team
3765:. London: The Pavilion Library.
3630:. London: Macdonald and Jane's.
3608:. London: The Pavilion Library.
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2499:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1931
2412:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1931
2228:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1930
2123:Wisden Cricketer's Almanack 1985
2054:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1927
1967:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1964
1847:Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1996
1689:Hamilton, Duncan (5 July 2009).
1580:
1523:When Larwood the wrecker begins.
43:Larwood on a 1932 cigarette card
4560:Cricketers from Nottinghamshire
3693:. London: Hutchinson & Co.
3370:Wright, Graeme (23 July 1995).
3221:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 254–56
3188:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 240–43
3160:. London: John Wisden & Co.
3041:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 208–11
3020:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 204–05
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4555:People from Kirkby-in-Ashfield
4520:English emigrants to Australia
2643:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 80–82
2582:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 76–77
2342:. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from
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1202:From Larwood's article in the
940:on Bradman at Headingley, 1930
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4570:Wisden Cricketers of the Year
3582:Douglas, Christopher (1984).
1406:Queen's Birthday Honours List
1368:In 1977 Larwood attended the
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169:28 February 1933 v
16:English cricketer (1904–1995)
3743:. London: Unwin Paperbacks.
3739:Le Quesne, Laurence (1983).
2924:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 2–3
1664:UK public library membership
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3476:Larwood and Perkins, p. 247
3394:Hamilton, p. 329 and p. 341
3150:Southerton, Sidney (1935).
3140:Larwood and Perkins, p. 232
2778:Larwood and Perkins, p. 101
2769:Larwood and Perkins, p. 100
1408:, Larwood was appointed an
1221:that was serialised in the
1160:Imperial Cricket Conference
1142:Australian prime minister,
1139:Australian Board of Control
728:and the Australian captain
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4550:Nottinghamshire cricketers
3825:The Australians in England
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3372:"OBITUARY: Harold Larwood"
2684:Larwood and Perkins, p. 83
2521:Larwood and Perkins, p. 11
2369:Larwood and Perkins, p. 75
2299:Larwood and Perkins, p. 63
2290:Larwood and Perkins, p. 62
2250:Perry, pp. 86–92 and p. 97
2221:Southerton, S. J. (1930).
2093:Larwood and Perkins, p. 43
1879:Larwood and Perkins, p. 32
1148:Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven
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463:, and was a member of the
181:Domestic team information
130:International information
70:, Nottinghamshire, England
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3667:Hamilton, Duncan (2009).
1843:Obituary: Harold Larwood
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3885:ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
3784:. London: Virgin Books.
3741:The Bodyline Controversy
3505:. London: Willow Books.
1475:s cricket correspondent
1016:Australian tour, 1932–33
807:Australian tour, 1928–29
547:William "Dodger" Whysall
4525:England Test cricketers
3652:. London: Aurum Press.
3527:. London: Aurum Press.
3351:Quoted in Frith, p. 440
1305:Emigration to Australia
777:Marylebone Cricket Club
445:Marylebone Cricket Club
3804:A History of Cricket (
3780:Perry, Roland (2001).
1963:Obituary: Arthur Carr
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757:Cricketers of the Year
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649:, an experienced Test
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3691:In Quest of the Ashes
3104:Le Quesne, pp. 253–55
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1385:Holy Trinity Church,
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1377:Final years and death
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1020:Further information:
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4530:Europeans cricketers
3823:Webber, Roy (1953).
3328:Hamilton, pp. 317–20
3298:Hamilton. pp. 305–08
3289:Hamilton, pp. 302–03
3271:Hamilton, pp. 276–77
3230:Hamilton, pp. 259–60
3209:Hamilton, pp. 270–72
3197:Hamilton, pp. 249–50
3153:Notes by the Editor
3086:Hamilton, pp. 206–07
3077:Hamilton, pp. 208–09
3059:Hamilton, pp. 194–95
3050:Hamilton, pp. 185–86
2945:Le Quesne, pp. 90–95
2387:Le Quesne, pp. 15–16
2378:Hamilton, pp. 102–04
2329:Hamilton, pp. 128–29
1907:Hamilton, pp. 356–58
1870:Hamilton, pp. 93–102
1530:Notes and references
1492:of Gloucestershire,
1370:Centenary Test match
1277:Obscurity in England
593:Joe Hardstaff senior
559:Joe Hardstaff junior
465:1928–29 touring side
432:England cricket team
343:5 wickets in innings
49:Personal information
3671:. London: Quercus.
3567:Playing for England
3547:The Age of Illusion
3467:Hamilton, pp. 37–39
3458:Hamilton, pp. 10–13
3262:Parkinson, pp. x–xi
3029:Jardine, pp. 249–50
2897:Jardine, pp. 136–37
2146:Hamilton, pp. 85–87
2119:Profile: Bill Voce
1980:Hamilton. pp. 69–70
1796:Hamilton, pp. 43–44
1751:Hamilton, pp. 34–38
1733:Hamilton, pp. 29–32
1712:Hamilton, pp. 71–72
1679:Hamilton, pp. 50–54
1629:Wynne-Thomas, Peter
1469:Manchester Guardian
1430:Style and influence
1152:Dominions secretary
970:Prelude to bodyline
761:County Championship
489:1932–33 Test series
461:first-class cricket
355:10 wickets in match
33:
4565:Players cricketers
4510:English cricketers
3782:The Don, 1908–2001
3759:Parkinson, Michael
3170:Compton, pp. 29–30
3131:Frith, pp. 399–400
2841:Swanton, pp. 44–45
2396:Swanton, pp. 37–38
2241:Douglas, pp. 68–69
2173:Swanton, pp. 72–73
1391:
1332:
1321:
1229:Learie Constantine
1150:, and the British
1102:
1032:G.O. "Gubby" Allen
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526:Kirkby-in-Ashfield
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4484:
4481:
4480:
3708:The Larwood Story
3678:978-1-84916-207-4
3319:Hamilton, pp. 8–9
3122:Le Quesne, p. 262
3113:Le Quesne, p. 258
2972:Le Quesne, p. 110
2936:Frith, pp. 218–22
2787:Frith, pp. 99–102
2715:Arlott, pp. 63–64
2631:Le Quesne, p, 171
2613:Le Quesne, p. 161
2512:Perry, pp. 208–10
2483:Perry, pp. 204–05
1991:"Test Trial 1926"
1662:(Subscription or
1634:"Larwood, Harold"
1586:A ball bowled by
1496:of Middlesex and
948:Headingley, Leeds
797:H. R. Wakefield's
722:Charlie Macartney
674:Herbert Sutcliffe
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402:ESPNcricinfo
366:Best bowling
114:Right-handed
81:(1995-07-22)
79:22 July 1995
18:
4505:1995 deaths
4500:1904 births
4443:Fitzpatrick
4297:V. Richards
4292:B. Richards
4137:Jayawardene
3987:Constantine
3977:I. Chappell
3972:G. Chappell
3967:Chanderpaul
3441:21 November
1460:Ernie Jones
1347:Ben Chifley
1156:J.H. Thomas
1098:Leslie Ames
1073:Stan McCabe
1006:John Arlott
858:Don Bradman
785:West Indies
698:Australians
655:Arthur Carr
651:all-rounder
616:George Gunn
563:cooperative
551:Sam Staples
543:county side
530:teetotaller
520:village of
483:, the fast
473:Don Bradman
436:fast bowler
253:Runs scored
236:First-class
227:Competition
98:The Wrecker
89:, Australia
4494:Categories
4307:Sangakkara
4272:S. Pollock
4267:G. Pollock
3927:Barrington
2701:19 October
2599:18 October
2556:18 October
2433:19 October
2350:16 October
2276:14 October
2190:13 October
1997:14 October
1946:11 October
1924:11 October
1782:11 October
1666:required.)
1568:thinking".
1503:music hall
1395:Ian Botham
1359:F.R. Brown
1291:sweet shop
1272:Retirement
1077:Hugh Buggy
1057:H.V. Evatt
1010:Bill Bowes
984:Jack Scott
870:leg theory
866:Jack White
694:Jack Hobbs
636:Lancashire
567:pit ponies
522:Nuncargate
512:Early life
485:leg theory
122:Right arm
68:Nuncargate
60:1904-11-14
4463:Sthalekar
4357:Underwood
4342:Tendulkar
4337:Sutcliffe
4327:Spofforth
4082:Greenidge
4057:Gilchrist
3806:Volume II
3726:cite book
3699:774642047
3575:792776114
1654:9 October
1599:Citations
1424:Kingsford
1387:Kingsford
1351:Kingsford
1283:Blackpool
1265:cartilage
1219:Bodyline?
1190:Aftermath
1063:, then a
1045:Melbourne
1036:Middlesex
924:gastritis
765:Glamorgan
702:the Ashes
670:Sheffield
662:Yorkshire
575:plimsolls
555:Bill Voce
534:Methodist
469:the Ashes
424:cricketer
379:stumpings
288:Top score
194:1924–1938
171:Australia
166:Last Test
160:Australia
4418:Bakewell
4262:O'Reilly
4242:Mohammad
4212:Marshall
4187:Lindwall
4087:Grimmett
4077:Graveney
4047:Gavaskar
4032:Faulkner
4007:de Silva
4002:Davidson
3816:17890016
3802:(1962).
3689:(1933).
3648:(2002).
3626:(1980).
3604:(1984).
3565:(1948).
3555:10971329
3545:(1964).
3523:(2000).
3501:(1990).
3382:Archived
2063:34258585
1400:Bodyline
1164:Brisbane
1106:Adelaide
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