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 NERFINISHED
awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth England
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath Australia NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1904-11-14
dateOfDeath 1995-07-22
emigratedTo Australia NERFINISHED
era interwar period
familyName Larwood NERFINISHED
fullName Harold Larwood NERFINISHED
givenName Harold
height approximately 5 ft 8 in
influenced fast bowling tactics in Test cricket
knownFor Bodyline bowling NERFINISHED
fast bowling
league County Championship NERFINISHED
MBEStatus MBE recipient
memberOfSportsTeam England cricket team NERFINISHED
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club NERFINISHED
nationalTeamSport cricket
notableWork Bodyline tactics in the 1932–33 Ashes series NERFINISHED
occupation coal miner
cricketer
opponent Don Bradman NERFINISHED
participatedIn 1932–33 Ashes series NERFINISHED
Test cricket
placeOfBirth Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire, England NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Sydney, New South Wales, Australia NERFINISHED
residence Sydney, Australia NERFINISHED
role bowler
sport cricket
subjectOf biographies about Bodyline
teamRole strike bowler
testDebutAgainst Australia NERFINISHED
testDebutFor England NERFINISHED

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