Harold Larwood

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Harold Larwood was a renowned English fast bowler best known for spearheading the controversial Bodyline tactics during the 1932–33 Ashes series against Australia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cricketer
fast bowler
human
associatedWith Douglas Jardine
awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire
battingPosition lower-order batsman
battingStyle right-handed batsman
bowlingAttributes accuracy
hostile short-pitched bowling
pace
bowlingStyle right-arm fast
bowlingTactic leg-theory
controversy Bodyline controversy
linked to: Bodyline
countryOfBirth England
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath Australia
dateOfBirth 1904-11-14
dateOfDeath 1995-07-22
emigratedTo Australia
era interwar period
familyName Larwood
fullName Harold Larwood
givenName Harold
height approximately 5 ft 8 in
influenced fast bowling tactics in Test cricket
knownFor Bodyline bowling
linked to: Bodyline

fast bowling
league County Championship
MBEStatus MBE recipient
memberOfSportsTeam England cricket team
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
nationalTeamSport cricket
notableWork Bodyline tactics in the 1932–33 Ashes series
linked to: Bodyline
occupation coal miner
cricketer
opponent Don Bradman
linked to: Sir Donald Bradman
participatedIn 1932–33 Ashes series
linked to: The Ashes

Test cricket
placeOfBirth Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire, England
placeOfDeath Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
residence Sydney, Australia
role bowler
sport cricket
subjectOf biographies about Bodyline
teamRole strike bowler
testDebutAgainst Australia
testDebutFor England

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Radcliffe-on-Trent notableResident Harold Larwood
Bodyline portrays Harold Larwood
Harold Larwood fullName Harold Larwood