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	Harold Larwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harold Larwood (November 14, 1904 - July 22, 1995) was an English cricket player, an extremely quick and accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast leg theory in the infamous "Bodyline" Ashes Test series of 1932-33.
		Larwood was born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire to working-class parents.
		Larwood was by this stage a fearsome bowler, claimed by many observers to bowl at speeds well in excess of "90 miles per hour" (145 km/h).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_Larwood (425 words)

	Bodyline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The result was that the batsman had to choose to either take evasive action from balls aimed at his body and head, or attempt to fend the ball away with the bat, possibly giving catching chances to the close-set leg side field.
		Larwood and Voce practised the plan over the next two seasons of English county cricket, terrorising their opponents as Nottinghamshire finished near the top of the competition each year.
		Larwood, having emigrated to Australia in 1950 to escape ongoing vilification in England, received several threatening and obscene phone calls after the series aired.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bodyline (2036 words)

	Cricinfo - Harold Larwood
		LARWOOD, HAROLD, MBE, who died in hospital in Sydney on July 22, 1995, aged 90, was one of the great fast bowlers of all time.
		Harold Larwood was a miner's son from Nuncargate outside Nottingham.
		Larwood's average was 17.51, which was outstanding in a batsman's era; in his 21 Tests he took 78 at 28.35.
	content.cricinfo.com /england/content/story/154190.html (1144 words)

	Harold Larwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Harold Larwood (November 14, 1904 - July 22, 1995) was an English cricket player, an extremely quick and accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of leg theory in the infamous " Bodyline " Ashes Test series of 1932-33.
		Larwood, Harold A tribute to the former England and Nottinghamshire fast bowler, best remembered for his exploits during the Bodyline Series of 1932/33 in Australia under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine.
		Harold and Maude The original text of Harold and Maude, by Colin Higgins.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Harold_Larwood.html (719 words)

	4Reference \|\| Harold Larwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Harold Larwood (14 November, 1904 - 22 July 1995) was an English cricket player, an extremely quick and accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of leg theory in the infamous "Bodyline" Ashes Test series of 1932-33.
		At the end of the series, Larwood was asked by the English cricketing hierachy to apologise for his bowling.
		Larwood refused, and never played cricket for England again, returning to Nottinghamshire, where he played until 1938.
	www.4reference.net /encyclopedias/wikipedia/Harold_Larwood.html (450 words)

	Cricinfo - The necessary monster
		Larwood and Voce "didn't contribute much" as Jardine revealed his theory that Australians in general, and Bradman in particular, were vulnerable to pace bowling concentrated at leg stump, but were immediately impressed with the thinking.
		Larwood seldom obtained swing: the handmade balls of the period had a small seam, and in Australia their poor-quality lacquer wore away within overs.
		Larwood, then, by introducing to the Bradman legend a hint of the evitable, might be considered the personification of cricketing uncertainty.
	plus.cricinfo.com /link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/NOV/102053_WAC_15NOV2004.html (1522 words)

	Harold Larwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Harold Larwood (November 14 1904 - July 22 1995) was an English cricket player an extremely quick and accurate bowler best known for his key role the implementer of leg theory in the infamous " Bodyline " Ashes Test series of 1932-33.
		Larwood was by this stage a fearsome claimed by many observers to bowl at well in excess of "90 miles per (145 km/h).
		Larwood was tasked with the plan and thus the stage was for the Bodyline Test series.
	www.freeglossary.com /Harold_Larwood (738 words)

	Cricinfo - The necessary monster
		Larwood was born on 14 November 1904 in Nuncargate, a midlands village that served a colliery at Annesley in the Leen Valley five kilometres away.
		On one occasion Larwood greeted the Leicestershire tailender Haydon Smith with a searing lifter, followed by a short one that looped from the edge and was taken on the bounce in the gully.
		Larwood took 7 for 95, including the wicket of Warren Bardsley with a delivery that knocked the bat from his hands and onto the stumps.
	content.cricinfo.com /wac/content/story/141670.html (1522 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Harold Larwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Larwood, who died in hospital in Sydney on July 22, aged 90, was the key figure in the never-to-be-allowed-to-be-forgotten `Bodyline' Test series of 1932-33, when England's supercilious, icy and provocative captain Douglas Jardine instructed him to bowl what they both insisted on calling ` leg theory' at the Australian batsmen.
		Larwood's stock ball snapped in from the off, and in days when leg-before dismissals could be granted only from balls that pitched between wicket and wicket, he was denied many a dismissal that would have been given to succeeding generations of bowlers.
		Larwood always claimed that he never tried to hit a batsman - though legend has it that he and Voce bet each other a packet of fags over who would be first to strike an Indian batsman on the turban in 1932.
	www.cricket.org /link_to_database/PLAYERS/ENG/L/LARWOOD_H_01000453 (1965 words)

	BBC Sport \| In Depth \| The Ashes
		Harold Larwood’s name is inextricably linked with the ‘Bodyline’ furore during the 1932/33 tour to Australia.
		Larwood was of an era when, if England were in need of a fast bowler, they were supposed to be automatically drawn from the pits - as a youngster he was a pony-boy.
		Bowling at immense pace, his shorter ball tended to skid disconcertingly (rather in the manner of Malcolm Marshall’s of a later generation), which meant that the unsettled batsman was often vulnerable to a lightning-fast yorker.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/cricket/2001/ashes/legends/larwood.stm (524 words)

	Bodyline Series 1932 - 1933 - 334 Not Out
		Harold Larwood was a bowler of great speed combined with considerable control.
		The 1932 tour of Australia was notorious for the tactics employed by England under the captaincy of Jardine, who instructed his faster bowlers to aim at the batsman, not the wicket.
		In 1923, Larwood was then 18 years old and with his father to accompany him made his way to Trent Bridge, home of Nottinghamshire Country Cricket Club for the trial.
	www.334notout.com /bodyline/history6.htm (1264 words)

	Sir Donald Bradman: The Australian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Correctly anticipating a first-ball bouncer (the bowler, incidentally, was Bill Bowes, substantially tamer than Larwood) Bradman stepped across the wicket before the ball left the bowler's hand, positioning himself to hook the ball to the boundary.
		Larwood agreed, saying in 1974 that Bradman was backing away "to make room to hit me''.
		It seemed that Larwood was anxious to claim a hit on Bradman in the final Test - a thing that the Englishman had not done previously.'' Larwood did indeed hit Bradman, above the elbow on his left arm.
	www.theaustralian.com.au /extras/bradman/bradman10.html (663 words)

	Larwood School - Harold Larwood
		Harold was born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire on 14th November 1904.
		Even during his time as a pit boy, Harold would play cricket as often as he could, 'cricket was my outlet' he would say.
		Harold Larwood went on to become the great England and Nottinghamshire bowler.
	www.larwood.herts.sch.uk /harold_larwood.html (84 words)

	Adelaide Oval
		Larwood, frightened that the injury might be serious, ran up to the crumpled figure.
		Larwood's foot was fl and blue from a broken bone and he could take no further part in the match or the tour.
		Larwood took it as treachery and stubbornly reacted, declaring himself unfit for the First Test against the Australians.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /sherwoodtimes/adelaide.htm (2945 words)

	DM's Explanation of Cricket - History of Cricket
		The hero for England was Harold Larwood, a terrifying fast bowler who took 8 wickets for 62 in the match, and scored 70 and 37 with the bat.
		Larwood and Bowes were rested for the game against New South Wales, but Bill Voce continued the fast stuff aimed at the batsmen, and young Jack Fingleton wore over a dozen bruises on his body, sustained in his courageous innings of 119 not out, carrying the bat for NSW.
		Harold Heydon, secretary of the NSW Cricket Association wrote Bill Jeanes in Adelaide, secretary of the Board of Control, warning that any repeat of the Bodyline tactics at the Adelaide Oval might be liable to cause public disorder.
	www.dangermouse.net /cricket/history/bodyline.html (13225 words)

	Bodyline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Jardine is said to have based his plan on a form of "Leg Theory" successfully used by the England bowlers, Frank Foster and SF Barnes in 1911-12 to curb the scoring of the immortal Victor Trumper, the greatest batsman of cricket's "Golden Age".
		Disillusioned with the cricketing authorities Larwood, his wife and five daughters migrated to Australia in 1950 and settled in Sydney, where he lived happily for the remainder of his life.
		Bill Voce's daughter recounts how her father was overwhelmed by the reception he received from the Australian crowd when he and Harold Larwood were asked to walk onto the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Centenary Test in 1977.
	www.abc.net.au /bodyline/program.htm (1851 words)

	Harold Larwood -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Larwood was born in Nuncargate, (Click link for more info and facts about Nottinghamshire) Nottinghamshire to working-class parents.
		In 1926, he played his first (An international championship match) Test match against Australia in the second Test of the series, at Lord's.
		At the end of the series, Larwood was asked by the English cricketing hierarchy to apologise for his (A game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over) bowling.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/harold_larwood.htm (468 words)

	Anecdote - Harold Larwood - Not Cricket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Larwood bowled again, faster this time, and the batsman slashed at the ball, snicked it, and sent it straight into the wickerkeeper's gloves.
		Hearing this, Larwood, irate, took a full run and, unleashing his deadly fast delivery, blasted the batsman's wicket from the ground, bails and stumps flying through the air.
		Larwood, Harold (1904-) British cricket player [noted for his introduction of "body-line"bowling (and the ensuing controversy) in the 1932-33 test matches against Australia]
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=15744 (275 words)

	BBC Sport \| Cricket \| Ashes \| Legends Guide
		Larwood's name is inextricably linked with the "Bodyline" tour to Australia.
		His searing pace made him a threat in all conditions but although he enjoyed spells of great success, he also suffered, most notably at Australian hands in 1930.
		On his return to England, Larwood was told to sign a letter of apology.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/shared/spl/hi/cricket/02/ashes/legends/html/larwood.stm (145 words)

	Larwood, Harold -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Larwood worked in the coal mines from age 14, but four years later he quit to join the ground staff at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
		U.S. flier Harold Charles Gatty was born in Campbelltown, Tasmania, Australia.
		At the age of 8 Harold Wilson posed before the prime minister's residence at 10 Downing Street in London, England, for a snapshot taken by his father.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9112179?tocId=9112179 (610 words)

	Bodyline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After the series, Douglas Jardine – who would later be appointed England's captain for the 1932–33 English tour of Australia – devised a plan with Nottinghamshire captain Arthur Carr and his two fast bowlers Harold Larwood and Bill Voce to combat Bradman's extraordinary skills.
		At a meeting in London's Piccadilly Hotel, the Oxford-educated Jardine asked working-class Larwood and Voce if they could bowl on leg stump and make the ball come up into the body of the batsman.
		Larwood was furious at the notion, pointing out that he had been following orders from his upper-class captain, and that was where any blame should lay.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Bodyline.htm (2022 words)

	The Official Web Site for The Woodham Mortimer Cricket Club
		Larwood was nothing more than a mere puppet of the English captain Douglas Jardine, the mastermind behind bodyline bowling.
		Larwood, at the peak of his career, attacked successfully and made it difficult for the opponent batsmen to stand on the wicket.
		Both, Jardine and Larwood were hated by the Australian public and the media.
	www.dkneller.freeserve.co.uk /history.htm (1087 words)

	The Ashes Cricket Series - 334 Not Out
		Enid Todd, daughter of England Cricketing Legend Harold Larwood, spoke to me earlier today regarding some exciting news that will ensure Harold's name will continue to live on for many years to come....
		This being the ground on which my father, Harold Larwood, commenced his cricket career, I was obviously very excited.
		At that time they had applied for a grant to build a new pavilion to honour the memory of "this local illustrious sportsman, who was one of the legends of the 20th Century".
	www.334notout.com /ashes/larwoodstad.htm (446 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Harold Larwood
		Mounted police mustered behind the pavilion as the masses of spectators hooted and jeered and threatened to storm the field.
		It is inscribed `To Harold for the Ashes - 1932-33 From a grateful Skipper'.
		Bill Woodfull ducks a ball from Harold Larwood
	content.cricinfo.com /england/content/player/16207.html (1965 words)

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