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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 812: 1239:

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 1382: 713: 1324: 1116:, the Australian captain, was struck over the heart by a ball from Larwood and was incapacitated for several minutes. Larwood had been bowling to an orthodox field; on Woodfull's resumption, to the crowd's amazed hostility, Jardine switched to the leg theory attack. "What could be clearer", wrote Swanton, "than that at the root of these leg-theory tactics was the threat of physical injury?". Larwood then knocked Woodfull's bat from his hands, bringing further demonstrations from the crowd. Later in the innings a Larwood delivery struck 39: 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 603: 900:. In general, Southerton felt that crowd noise was no worse than that accorded to previous touring teams and that, "objectionable though it may appear to be to us in England, it has grown up with Australian cricket and is recognised by the public out there as part of their day's enjoyment". Larwood's view was that "it was a bit too thick at times ... I got called every name you can imagine, and every four-letter word you can think of was used against me". The Surrey 979:

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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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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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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Apart from his treatment by 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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there was some confidence in 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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In cricket reports, bowlers' match figures are usually represented in this way, meaning in this case that the bowler took 11 wickets and conceded 41 runs in the match. Seasonal or series bowling figures are usually given as total number of wickets and the average runs conceded per

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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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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

1301:. The following year Larwood became one of 26 former professional Test cricketers awarded honorary membership of the MCC. This recognition, he said, went some way to help heal the hurt he had felt over his treatment by the game's ruling body 15 years earlier. 1162:(ICC), with a view to a possible change in the rules relating to bowling. Jardine had stated that he would not lead his team in another Test unless the "unsportsmanlike" charge was withdrawn. On 8 February, two days before the fourth Test was due to begin at 1047:

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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Of Larwood's claim, Roland Perry in his biography of Bradman writes: " made a spurious claim about having caught early in the big Leeds innings. But none of the England team, the umpires or the spectators recalled it ... It was pure wishful

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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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From the age of five, Harold attended Kirkby Woodhouse school. Over the years this small village school produced, besides Larwood, four other international cricketers who became his contemporaries in the Nottinghamshire

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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 his return home, despite massive press and public interest Larwood was bound by his contract with the MCC to remain silent until the main party returned. On 7 May 1933, the day after their arrival, he gave in a

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cricket with his great-grandchildren. He died in hospital on 22 July 1995, following a brief illness, in his 91st year. He was cremated, and his ashes placed in a memorial wall at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in

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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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The injury ended Larwood's tour at that point. While the rest of the team fulfilled the final Australian fixtures before embarking on a short tour of New Zealand, Larwood returned to England on board SS

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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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game by 10 wickets; Larwood's match figures were 10 for 124, with only limited use of fast leg theory. The match's most successful batsman was Australia's

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In his own account of the match, Jardine reports that he adopted the leg side field after receiving a signal from Larwood that the change should be made.

1297:. He and Bradman exchanged polite courtesies, though he was warmly welcomed by other members of the Australian team, including their premier fast bowler 528:. He was the fourth of five sons born to Robert Larwood, a miner, and his wife Mary, née Sharman. Robert was a man of rigid principles, a disciplinarian 4579: 3874: 3731: 2592: 1990: 1426:. A plaque with a simple inscription was placed on the wall by his daughters. His wife Lois died in 2001, and her ashes were placed alongside his. 1025: 488: 464: 1075:, who scored 187 in his side's first innings, attacking both the orthodox and leg theory attacks in a "death or glory" approach. During the match 4574: 2343: 1397:, the England all-rounder, over-rated: his bowling "wouldn't burst a paper bag". He was unimpressed by the 1984 Australian television miniseries 811: 846:

England won the Brisbane Test by a record margin of 675 runs. Larwood took 6 for 32 in the Australian first innings, bowling at a speed that

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Leg theory bowling was not new; Larwood, Voce and others had employed it, generally for short periods, as had several Australians including

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played for England after the 1932–33 tour, but continued his county career with considerable success for several more seasons.

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or bodyline bowling attack was developed. With Larwood as its spearhead the tactic was used with considerable success in the

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The MCC party that sailed for Australia on 17 September 1932 contained four fast bowlers: Larwood, Voce, Bowes and

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ended a period of English cricket supremacy; Larwood and other bowlers were completely dominated by Bradman during

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newspaper commented: "At last the ruling classes honour the man who carried the can for their savage arrogance".

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he took 7 for 51 in the state's first innings and scored 79 when MCC batted. One of his victims in the match was

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The Lord's Test was drawn, with neither side coming near to winning. Larwood took three high-profile wickets—

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Filmed during the third Test at Adelaide, January 1933, this shows the ball that hit and injured Oldfield.

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but the most accurate bowler he had ever seen. Among later fast bowlers influenced by Larwood's style was

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Larwood has been widely acknowledged as the greatest fast bowler of his generation and, according to his

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Trent Bridge cricket ground (2007 photograph). The main pavilion appears much as it did in Larwood's day.

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in 1939, on the outbreak of war Larwood left the game altogether, to work away from the public eye as a

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apparently sparked by Chapman's decision to put Larwood on to bowl against Victoria's weakest batsman,

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wanted was for Bradman to score runs. In mid-May, in a hastily prepared, ghost-written book entitled

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store, before beginning work the following year at Annesley Colliery in charge of a team of

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bowled a series of bouncers, bringing protests from Hobbs and press criticism from Warner.

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threatened to turn the match. Larwood's active participation was curtailed by an attack of

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title for Nottinghamshire; they finished second after losing their final match to

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Chapman (centre) leads the England team on to the field during the Brisbane Test.

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Larwood had to wait until June 1925 for his next county match, which was against

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Larwood began the 1926 county season in good form; during a drawn match against

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In the practice nets, the county players towered over Larwood; the veteran

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of 4.9. By 1920 he was in the first team, alongside his father, playing in

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Larwood was first called for full county duty on 20 August 1924, against

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In pursuit of his plans, Jardine took advice on fielding positions from

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because the family could not afford to buy him proper cricket boots.

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Australian Board of Control's cable to MCC, 18 January 1933

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fielders, had been noted by the Australian former bowler

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In the 1923 season, under the eye of the county's coach,

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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,

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song summed up many apprehensive batsmen's feelings:

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returned to the England side for the third Test, at

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The match saw a low-key Test debut by 2998: 2996: 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" 2112: 2110: 2108: 1108:on 13 January 1933, has been characterised by 926:; he took 2 wickets in the match for 21 runs. 3868: 3249: 3247: 3245: 2593:"Test Trial, 1932: England v Rest of England" 3882: 3730:: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( 2837: 2835: 2833: 2831: 2495:Fourth Test Match: England v Australia 1930 2340:"1929: England batting and bowling averages" 2207: 2041: 1643:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 1627: 1448:Fingleton's description of Larwood's bowling 1026:English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33 459:debut in 1926, in only his second season in 3706:Larwood, Harold and Perkins, Kevin (1985). 2993: 2408:First Test Match: England v Australia 1930 2365: 2363: 2361: 2105: 2050:Fifth Test Match: England v Australia 1926 1015: 806: 4540:Members of the Order of the British Empire 3875: 3861: 3411: 3409: 3242: 3149: 2220: 1691:"From pit-pony boy to fastest bowler ever" 1443:thundering through an east coast station. 1304: 37: 3757: 3738: 3600: 3569:. London: Samson, Low, Marston & Co. 3217: 3215: 3037: 3035: 2828: 2158: 759:. His efforts could not quite secure the 506:Member of the Order of the British Empire 3666: 3622: 3435:"Records/Cricket Records/Bowling speeds" 3338: 3336: 3334: 3205: 3203: 2932: 2930: 2358: 1836: 1834: 1688: 1412:for services to cricket. Of this award, 1380: 1376: 1322: 1308: 1091: 886: 810: 716:Larwood with wife Lois and daughter June 711: 601: 3798: 3705: 3685: 3581: 3561: 3454: 3452: 3406: 2662: 2660: 2658: 2639: 2637: 2578: 2576: 2325: 2323: 1903: 1901: 1899: 1897: 1895: 1893: 1891: 1889: 1887: 1885: 1832: 1830: 1828: 1826: 1824: 1822: 1820: 1818: 1816: 1814: 1640:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1529: 1289:. In 1946 he used his savings to buy a 1276: 4580:H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers 4575:Wisden Leading Cricketers in the World 4492: 3822: 3541: 3519: 3497: 3369: 3315: 3313: 3212: 3032: 2126:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1985. 2057:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1927. 1850:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1996. 1804: 1802: 1790: 1623: 1621: 1619: 1617: 1615: 1613: 1611: 1609: 1607: 1429: 969: 3856: 3779: 3644: 3331: 3200: 2927: 2887:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1934. 2806:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1934. 2502:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1931. 2415:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1931. 1970:. London: John Wisden & Co. 1964. 1761: 1759: 1757: 1729: 1727: 1708: 1706: 1704: 1675: 1673: 1515:Undertakers look on with broad grins. 1389:, where Larwood's ashes were interred 919:Australians' visit to England in 1930 891:Larwood in Australia in February 1929 3710:. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books. 3549:. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books. 3449: 2678: 2655: 2634: 2573: 2320: 1882: 1811: 638:Seconds took 8 wickets for 44 runs. 3525:A Social History of English Cricket 3384:from the original on 23 March 2023. 3310: 2966: 2014: 1799: 1604: 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 13: 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 1754: 1724: 1701: 1670: 911: 736:for the series' decisive match at 14: 4601: 3840: 1281:After playing League cricket for 1089:, "all was sweetness and light". 683: 585: 580: 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:. 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London: Unwin Paperbacks. 3739:Le Quesne, Laurence (1983). 2924:Larwood and Perkins, pp. 2–3 1664:UK public library membership 1189: 7: 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 700:were in England, to defend 10: 4606: 4550:Nottinghamshire cricketers 3825:The Australians in England 3491: 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 1019: 463:, and was a member of the 181:Domestic team information 130:International information 70:, Nottinghamshire, England 4410: 3899: 3892: 3667:Hamilton, Duncan (2009). 1843:Obituary: Harold Larwood 792:against Gloucestershire. 775:Larwood did not join the 398: 394: 222: 217: 213: 203: 193: 188: 185: 180: 176: 165: 158:26 June 1926 v 151:Test debut (cap 150: 134: 129: 118: 110: 102: 94: 87:Randwick, New South Wales 75: 53: 48: 36: 4545:North v South cricketers 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 1649:10.1093/ref:odnb/58106 1527: 1445: 1390: 1331: 1320: 1295:Australians' 1948 tour 1199: 1129: 1101: 1061:Australian Labor Party 993: 934: 892: 827:, the Australian Test 816: 769:left-arm orthodox spin 757:Cricketers of the Year 717: 649:, an experienced Test 607: 3691:In Quest of the Ashes 3104:Le Quesne, pp. 253–55 1507: 1434: 1385:Holy Trinity Church, 1384: 1377:Final years and death 1326: 1312: 1194: 1124: 1095: 1079:, a reporter for the 1059:(later leader of the 1020:Further information: 988: 929: 890: 814: 715: 605: 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 893: 864:(19 at 25.11) and 817: 718: 608: 526:Kirkby-in-Ashfield 21: 4485: 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 412: 411: 390: 389: 218:Career statistics 208:Europeans (India) 4597: 3897: 3896: 3886: 3877: 3870: 3863: 3854: 3853: 3836: 3819: 3795: 3776: 3754: 3735: 3729: 3721: 3702: 3687:Jardine, Douglas 3682: 3663: 3650:Bodyline Autopsy 3641: 3619: 3597: 3578: 3558: 3538: 3516: 3486: 3483: 3477: 3474: 3468: 3465: 3459: 3456: 3447: 3446: 3444: 3442: 3431: 3425: 3422: 3416: 3415:Fingleton, p. 59 3413: 3404: 3401: 3395: 3392: 3386: 3385: 3367: 3361: 3360:Hamilton, p. 342 3358: 3352: 3349: 3343: 3340: 3329: 3326: 3320: 3317: 3308: 3307:Hamilton, p. 312 3305: 3299: 3296: 3290: 3287: 3281: 3280:Hamilton, p. 293 3278: 3272: 3269: 3263: 3260: 3254: 3251: 3240: 3239:Hamilton, p. 263 3237: 3231: 3228: 3222: 3219: 3210: 3207: 3198: 3195: 3189: 3186: 3180: 3177: 3171: 3168: 3162: 3161: 3147: 3141: 3138: 3132: 3129: 3123: 3120: 3114: 3111: 3105: 3102: 3096: 3093: 3087: 3084: 3078: 3075: 3069: 3066: 3060: 3057: 3051: 3048: 3042: 3039: 3030: 3027: 3021: 3018: 3012: 3011:Frindall, p. 236 3009: 3003: 3000: 2991: 2990:Hamilton, p. 178 2988: 2982: 2981:Frindall, p. 235 2979: 2973: 2970: 2964: 2961: 2955: 2952: 2946: 2943: 2937: 2934: 2925: 2922: 2916: 2915:Le Quesne, p. 50 2913: 2907: 2906:Le Quesne, p. 41 2904: 2898: 2895: 2889: 2888: 2875: 2869: 2866: 2860: 2859:Frindall, p. 233 2857: 2851: 2848: 2842: 2839: 2826: 2823: 2817: 2816:Frindall, p. 232 2814: 2808: 2807: 2794: 2788: 2785: 2779: 2776: 2770: 2767: 2761: 2760:Frith, pp. 94–98 2758: 2752: 2751:Le Quesne, p. 48 2749: 2743: 2742:Le Quesne, p. 47 2740: 2734: 2733:Le Quesne, p. 19 2731: 2725: 2722: 2716: 2713: 2707: 2706: 2704: 2702: 2691: 2685: 2682: 2676: 2675:Frith, pp. 19–20 2673: 2667: 2666:Hamilton, p. 132 2664: 2653: 2650: 2644: 2641: 2632: 2629: 2623: 2620: 2614: 2611: 2605: 2604: 2602: 2600: 2589: 2583: 2580: 2571: 2570:Frindall, p. 223 2568: 2562: 2561: 2559: 2557: 2546: 2540: 2537: 2531: 2528: 2522: 2519: 2513: 2510: 2504: 2503: 2490: 2484: 2481: 2475: 2472: 2466: 2465:Hamilton, p. 122 2463: 2457: 2454: 2448: 2445: 2439: 2438: 2436: 2434: 2423: 2417: 2416: 2403: 2397: 2394: 2388: 2385: 2379: 2376: 2370: 2367: 2356: 2355: 2353: 2351: 2346:on 11 March 2016 2336: 2330: 2327: 2318: 2317:Hamilton, p. 120 2315: 2309: 2306: 2300: 2297: 2291: 2288: 2282: 2281: 2279: 2277: 2266: 2260: 2257: 2251: 2248: 2242: 2239: 2233: 2232: 2218: 2205: 2204:Fingleton, p. 60 2202: 2196: 2195: 2193: 2191: 2180: 2174: 2171: 2165: 2162: 2156: 2153: 2147: 2144: 2138: 2137: 2114: 2103: 2100: 2094: 2091: 2085: 2082: 2076: 2073: 2067: 2066: 2045: 2039: 2036: 2030: 2027: 2021: 2018: 2012: 2009: 2003: 2002: 2000: 1998: 1987: 1981: 1978: 1972: 1971: 1958: 1952: 1951: 1949: 1947: 1936: 1930: 1929: 1927: 1925: 1914: 1908: 1905: 1880: 1877: 1871: 1868: 1862: 1861: 1838: 1809: 1806: 1797: 1794: 1788: 1787: 1785: 1783: 1772: 1766: 1763: 1752: 1749: 1743: 1740: 1734: 1731: 1722: 1719: 1713: 1710: 1699: 1698: 1686: 1680: 1677: 1668: 1667: 1659: 1657: 1655: 1636: 1631:(January 2011). 1625: 1592: 1584: 1578: 1575: 1569: 1565: 1559: 1555: 1549: 1545: 1474: 1449: 1207: 1133: 1082:Melbourne Herald 1065:High Court judge 960:George Duckworth 941: 854: 781:R. 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