Jack Fingleton
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John Henry Webb Fingleton, OBE was an Australian Test cricketer, journalist and commentator. He was the son of Australian politician James Fingleton, and he was known for his dour defensive approach a
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Fingleton's father James served in the New South Wales parliament
Fingleton and Brown walk out to open for Australia
Fingleton at practice, in his NSW cap
Harold Larwood
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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 w
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…body. In one of the tour matches before the Tests, Fingleton scored a defiant 119*, carrying his bat for New South Wales against the bumper barrage of Harold Larwood and Gubby Allen, ensuring his selection for the First Test. Despite his unbending resistance, his state fell to an innings defeat. In a warm-up for the…
Larwood on a 1932 cigarette card
Trent Bridge cricket ground (2007 photograph). The main pavilion appears much as it did in Larwood's day.
Larwood with wife Lois and daughter June
Chapman (centre) leads the England team on to the field during the Brisbane Test.