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22 hours ago · The 85-year-old had stopped to let women and children board the 220 bus at Hammersmith bus station on Tuesday July 2. However, someone in the queue behind him started verbally abusing him.
Sep 26, 2024 · He’d been hit on the head numerous times including a Harold Larwood bouncer in 1931 which required 6 stiches in a wound. So, a couple of years later his wife took a traditional cricket cap and lined it with rubber, with “flaps” over the ears and an additional peak to protect his eyes.
1 day ago · He played a record (at the time) of a number of Tests at 49, and scored 3163 runs at a high for the time average of 39.04. He died in 1915 at the age of 37 from kidney disease, causing national mourning.
Oct 6, 2024 · In his final years he was dogged by ill health and died at the age of 71 in 1964. His widow survived him for another twenty years, but she did not stay in Yorkshire, Kirk Hammerton Hall and all its contents being sold in the months following Stanyforth’s passing.
Sep 22, 2024 · A piece of history has been presented to the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club by Ashfield District Council, in honour of the centenary of the legendary Harold Larwood MBE's First-Class debut for Notts.
Sep 17, 2024 · Harold Larwood. Iconic Nottinghamshire fast bowler Harold Larwood, who played in 21 Test Matches for England and had a recorded bowling speed of over 90 miles per hour, bowls in 1935. Photo: Central Press
Sep 26, 2024 · Michael Atherton delves into the Trent Bridge archives for Sky Cricket, for a look back at Harold Larwood's life.
