Percy Chapman
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Arthur Percy Frank Chapman was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1926 and 1931. A left-handed batsman, he played 26 Test matches for England, captaining the side in 1
Chapman in about 1920
Chapman in about 1922
The MCC team that toured Australian in 1922–23: Chapman is sitting on the front row on the extreme left.
Carr (right) and Chapman leading the England team to the third Test against Australia at Headingley in 1926.
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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…the Australian crowds. However, in the match against Victoria which followed the fourth Test, the crowd barracked the MCC team when Chapman brought on Harold Larwood, a fast bowler, to bowl against Bert Ironmonger, the number eleven, a tactic regarded as unsporting. As the team returned to the pavilion, Chapman was…
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.