• cricket, roundarm bowling is a bowling style that was introduced in the first quarter of the 19th century and largely superseded underarm bowling by the...
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  • of John Willes. She has sometimes been attributed as the founder of roundarm bowling but it is known that the style was originated by Tom Walker. Many cricket...
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  • Underarm bowling is a style of bowling in cricket. The style is as old as the sport itself. Until the introduction of the roundarm style in the first...
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  • In English cricket, the years 1826–1845 were dominated by the roundarm bowling issue, which was resolved when the style was legalised in 1835, and by the...
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  • to 1840, being best remembered for his part in the introduction of roundarm bowling. He played for the Players in the Gentlemen v Players series and the...
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  • history and development for his "pivotal" role in the development of roundarm bowling. Willes was born at Headcorn in Kent in 1778 and christened at Hollingbourne...
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    underarm bowling to roundarm bowling, which later developed into overarm bowling. For some time roundarm bowling was referred to as 'Sussex bowling'. Sussex's...
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    roundarm bowling. Further complicated modifications were made before 1817, then simplifications between 1825 and 1828 that expressly forbade roundarm...
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  • one of the best slow bowlers of his era and one of the pioneers of roundarm bowling. Ashby was born in 1786 at Linton, Kent, the son of Thomas and Frances...
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    ball.[failed verification] A roundarm delivery is where the hand is between shoulder height and waist height; After roundarm was legalised in 1835 with...
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  • should be the startpoint to encompass the entire roundarm bowling phase of cricket's history, although roundarm did not begin in earnest until 1827. In Frindall's...
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    success of roundarm bowling by Lillywhite and fellow Sussex player Jem Broadbridge, modified the playing rules to officially legalise roundarm bowling. After...
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  • against Kent at Rochdale in 1876. Tranter took 3 wickets with his roundarm bowling, with best figures of 2/11. When fielding he would often field at slip...
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    obtain more turn. Round the wicket see around the wicket Roundarm bowling the type of bowling action in which the bowler's outstretched arm is perpendicular...
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  • of which came against Surrey in 1854. He took 95 wickets with his roundarm bowling, at an average of 15.58. He took three five wicket hauls during his...
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    notable sidearm quarterbacks. Baseball portal Submarine (baseball) Roundarm bowling, the cricket equivalent Morris, Peter (2010). Catcher: How the Man...
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  • (3 o'clock arm angle, compare roundarm bowling in cricket) and 'submarine' (below 3 o'clock, compare underarm bowling in cricket) deliveries. The submarine...
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  • Sussex team in two of the three roundarm trial matches against England teams in 1827 played to decide whether roundarm bowling should be legalised. He was...
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    Originally, cricket deliveries were bowled underarm. Legend has it that the roundarm bowling action was pioneered in the early 19th century by Christiana Willes...
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    Bowling, in cricket, is the action of propelling the ball toward the wicket defended by a batter. A player skilled at bowling is called a bowler; a bowler...
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  • the game's lawgivers, to decide if roundarm bowling should be legalised or if the only legitimate style of bowling should be underarm, which had been...
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  • was the first of three keypoint evolutions in bowling: the others were the introduction of the roundarm style in the 1820s and overarm in the 1860s. In...
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  • of Kent first tried to revive the idea of "straight-armed" (i.e., roundarm) bowling, which had originated with Tom Walker in the 1790s. Most runs – William...
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  • batting. He is also credited with introducing roundarm bowling, the predecessor of modern overarm bowling. Walker was born in Churt, near Frensham, Surrey...
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  • Alfred Mynn - A renowned all-rounder cricketer of the era known for his roundarm bowling. Nicholas Felix - The third famous cricketer Flashman defeats. Richard...
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  • unbeaten score of 51 on debut. With his right-arm roundarm bowling, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 10.40, with best figures of 3 for 28. In...
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  • difference was in bowling which was still mostly underarm, the key development of the period being the movement towards roundarm bowling which began in the...
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  • at an average of exactly 20. Haygarth also described his right-arm roundarm bowling as being bowled at a "tremendous speed", with him taking 5 wickets...
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  • played a significant part in the introduction and legalisation of roundarm bowling between 1825 and 1835. Knight was born at Goodnestone Park in Kent...
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  • the 1827 roundarm trial matches was played at the purpose-built Darnall New Ground in Sheffield to evaluate the new style of roundarm bowling. After this...
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