English-Australian cricketer (born 1904)

Harold Larwood

Harold Larwood was a cricketer for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team between 1924 and 1938. A right-arm fast bowler 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 "bodyline", the use of which during the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of Australia in 1932–33 caused a furore that brought about a premature and acrimonious end to his international career.

Born

1904

November 14

Died

1995

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1900s

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Harold, in brief

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1995 Died

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The world in 1904

When Harold arrived

april 4 Two Ms  ~7.1 earthquakes, among the largest in Europe, strike Bulgaria, killing over 200 people and causing destruction.
april 8 The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
august 10 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
august 23 The automobile tire chain is patented.

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Alejo Carpentier 1904–1980 Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (born 1904) Bozorg Alavi 1904– Iranian author and activist (died 1997) Cecil Beaton 1904–1980 English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980) Charles R. Drew 1904–1950 American physician and surgeon (born 1904) Clifford Roach 1904– Trinidadian cricketer and footballer (died 1988) Clyfford Still 1904–1980 American painter and academic (born 1904) Coleman Hawkins 1904–1969 American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901) Deng Xiaoping 1904–1997 Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997) George Klein 1904–1992 Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (died 1992)

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