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LARWOOD'S BOWLING: "BRAINS AND SPEED." LONDON, June 8. li. Larwcod, of Nottingham, bowled at a tremendous pace against Surrey and was practically unplayable. On a plumb wicket he secured 11 wickets for 106. Mr. 0. A. Faulkner, ex-South African cricketer, applauds Larwood's combination of brains, speed and accuracy.
"There were not half-a-dozen indifferent balls throughout," he writes, "but the Australian crowd will severely barrack his method of dragging his foot over the line ff the umpires ignore, it. tie and Hammond are in the highest class."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16373, 22 June 1927, Page 9
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